Got some great films this Christmas !! [Archive]

KeyserSoze

16-12-2001, 17:07

Heres my TV list.

Good Will Hunting
The Birds
Day of the Dead
Ronin
Twelve Monkeys
Lawrence of Arabia
Santa Claus The Movie ;)
A Nightmare before Christmas
Jason and the Argonauts.
Zulu
Toy Story
The Great Escape
Oliver!
Hellraiser
Braindead (Woohoo!)
Dumb and Dumber
Night of the Living Dead
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
Bill and Ted bogus journey
Jaws
Great expectations
Vertigo
Young Sherlock Holmes (Yay!)
Burnt Offering: The cult of the Wicker Man
The Truman Show
Doctor Zhivago
Pleasantville
The Wicker Man
Bridge on the River Kwai
Suspiria
Dario Argento: An eye for horror

am i missing anything ?

Narshty

16-12-2001, 17:11

Written on the Wind - Wednesday 2 January, 10:40am, Channel 4.

Just trust me on this. I'll be reviewing Criterion's disc soon.

Gizmo

16-12-2001, 17:19

Yeah, there's gonna be a big dent worn into the cushion under my derrier this Christmas.

But where is 'It's a Wonderful Life?'

Bit of a tradition to watch this on Chrismas Eve.

And no Bond? Bah humbug.

Still, I look forward to watching Twelve Monkeys (the missus hates this film with a passion), The Wicker Man and The Nightmare before Christmas being my pick of the films listed.

Wonder if Young Sherlock will be good as I seem to remember enjoying this when I first saw it?

KeyserSoze

16-12-2001, 17:37

does anyone know if any version of A Christmas Carol is on ? i gotta watch this every year !

Squirtle

16-12-2001, 17:40

BBC Choice are showing a load of horror flicks over the coming weeks - such as Halloween, Dawn of the Dead and Evil Dead 2.

retroandy

16-12-2001, 19:05

Originally posted by Gizmo
Yeah, there's gonna be a big dent worn into the cushion under my derrier this Christmas.

But where is 'It's a Wonderful Life?'

Really! It's not even on TCM! I want It's a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Story, Wiz of OZ! Looks like I'll be searching for a few more DVDs this week...

Retroandy

kcxdev

16-12-2001, 19:09

Originally posted by KeyserSoze
am i missing anything ?

yeh, the time, date and chaneel so i know when they're on :D

WeaselFierce

16-12-2001, 20:56

Best Xmas viewing I remember was the year Jonathan Ross hosted a Jackie Chan every night for a week. At the time it was my first encounter with the Chanster and I was blown away by Police Story, Armour of God, Wheels on Meals, Project A.

Ahhhh.... happy days... :rolleyes:

carrott_girl

16-12-2001, 21:45

Originally posted by KeyserSoze
am i missing anything ?

Mississippi Burning - can't remember when or where.

FightForTheRight

16-12-2001, 23:20

That'll be New Year's Day at 11.55 pm til 2.15 am on ITV1. ;)

Also, It's A Wonderful Life IS on - Christmas Day at 3.15 pm on some channel called The Studio. :confused:

Other good films include:

Rush Hour - Christmas Eve at 8.30 pm til 10.00 pm on BBC1
White Christmas - Christmas Day at 5.50 pm til 7.45 pm on BBC2
Three Amigos - Christmas Day at 1.10 am til 3.00 am on ITV1
Back To The Future Part II - Boxing Day at 3.15 pm til 5.15 pm on ITV1
Die Hard - Wednesday 2nd January at 9.00 pm til 11.35 pm on ITV1
Beverly Hills Cop III :p - Wednesday 2nd January at 10.35 pm til 12.10 am on BBC1

Probably more - that's a good lot though! :D

Napoleon

17-12-2001, 00:01

Originally posted by carrott_girl

Mississippi Burning - can't remember when or where.

The problem with good films on ITV/Ch 5,is that they are not in widescreen,or it is barely greater than 1:33:1.The 'Wizard of Oz' is on TCM by the way.

pompeyfan

17-12-2001, 00:51

Originally posted by Napoleon

The problem with good films on ITV/Ch 5,is that they are not in widescreen,or it is barely greater than 1:33:1.The 'Wizard of Oz' is on TCM by the way.

...and they have a nasty habit of putting the news in the middle, someting the BBC have cottoned on to lately:mad:

Not bad viewing this year, but where's the Tarzan season (the old B&W Johnny Weismuller one's) or the Flash Gordon serial on every morning? Used to look forward to these:(

Roberto

17-12-2001, 01:30

I don't want to hijack the thread but do you know if C4 are going to show any anime during christmas? They usally show a couple of jap anime movies over the holiday's. If fact, it's been an absolute age since they had any kind of anime season on C4, any word on weather they'll have another one??

ProgressiveScan

17-12-2001, 06:16

Originally posted by Gizmo
Yeah, there's gonna be a big dent worn into the cushion under my derrier this Christmas.

mmm...a Homer curve!!!

Fozzybear

17-12-2001, 06:53

Originally posted by FightForTheRight
It's A Wonderful Life IS on - Christmas Day at 3.15 pm on some channel called The Studio. :confused:

I'm glad I taped it last year then! Can't believe I haven't seen it yet - taped it but didn't get a chance to watch it over the holiday so I saved it for this Christmas. Going on my pile of 'must watch' films along with Muppet Christmas Carol and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

:clap:

Dear Mr Echo

17-12-2001, 08:21

I noticed that C4 are showing the excellent seasonal epic that is Draindead on Chistmas Day... 1.40 in the morning mind (...so technically Boxing Day for all you pedants out there :))

Andrew

Kevin Harper

17-12-2001, 08:49

I may be missing something here but why are people so interested in what is on TV at Christmas. This is a DVD forum and surely we have got into DVD because we don't want to bother with the films that are transmitted in butchered, wrong ratio, interrupted by news etc etc etc.
Most of the movies are on DVD anyway so why not watch them in the superior format ?
I understand that many people will not have seen some of the films on offer and this may prompt them to invest in the DVD in future - there are some classic films on in the next few weeks but none of them will be improved by watching them on TV.

Gizmo

17-12-2001, 10:02

Originally posted by ProgressiveScan

mmm...a Homer curve!!!

Exactly! And by the time I finish eating I'll be around the same shape and weight too........mmm Cranberries.....

Kevin Harper - the reason people enthuse over some of the films shown over Christmas is because;

a) They show LOADS of films over the holidays
b) No-one can afford to buy EVERY half decent film available on DVD and some are NOT available on DVD
c) Tradition ie Bond at Christmas, The Great Escape, It's a Wonderful Life - remember back when there were 3 channels and no vcr's you HAD to watch whatever big film the TV channels put on
d) We're all too stuffed to get of the couch to stick a DVD in the player!

KeyserSoze

17-12-2001, 12:57

does anyone know which A Christmas Carol film is on Christmas Day (morning) after A nightmare before christmas ?

Roberto

17-12-2001, 14:24

Originally posted by Roberto
I don't want to hijack the thread but do you know if C4 are going to show any anime during christmas? They usally show a couple of jap anime movies over the holiday's. If fact, it's been an absolute age since they had any kind of anime season on C4, any word on weather they'll have another one?? Anyone? huh, even CartoonNetwork seems to short change anime fans