The Christmas Holidays Movies Thread - The Bear and Badger

Paul the sparky

Wookienopants wrote:

Dino is the forum RadioTimes and I really appreciate it

Me too, solid work Dino.

Is The Thing the original? The prequel has popped up on Netflix. My brother shocked me to my core when he watched the original a few weeks ago and said it was shite! Silly sod.

Dinostar77

The original is a 1950s movie. The one tonight is john carpenters movie with Kurt Russell. Absolute classic scifi

Wookienopants

I tried to convince the wife that The Thing is a perfect film to watch at Christmas thanks to the snowy setting and the whole concept that nobody can be trusted and one of the “family” might be an absolute monster. Just like Christmas with the relatives...

Paul the sparky

There's a bit of a plot hole/error in Carpenter's The Thing that I'm hoping someone can clarify for me:

Spoiler:

I dunno, someone set me straight. By the way, and hopefully before anyone gets upset, it's taken me about ten watches to notice this, so it's obviously not a big issue and hasn't ruined my opinion of it, it's an outright classic.

Dinostar77

Im gonna watch tonight and watchout for the bit in the spoiler as i cant remember it at all.

davyK

It doesn't really makes any sense that bit with respect to what @Paul the sparky says when I think about it. I'd need to see it again for some context. Maybe the game was up.

Paul the sparky

Hang fire, I'll see if I can dig up the scene.

Here it is:

Spoiler:

b0r1s

Toy Story 2 Jessie song scene... gets me every time... the bastards.

bad_hair_day

Likewise b0r1s, it's an act of self flagellation getting through it. Heartbreaking stuff.

XOMuggins

Paul the sparky wrote:

Hang fire, I'll see if I can dig up the scene. Here it is:

Spoiler:

Seems like I'm remembering it wrong as he takes a knock when falling back there, I think that's what injures the alien? So it's not play acting. There's an earlier scene where they're waiting for Mac to return and the guy is at the window rubbing his chest, think that's what's threw me. Just a bit of good misdirection rather than a plot hole then, as the alien gets injured it doesn't choose to strike there, it strikes because it has no other option.

I love that scene. The special effects are crazy good in the film, but what I love about the effects here is that it misdirects you to thinking there's something happening with the guy's arms, when really the make-up is on the mans face to make him look like the actor. He really had no arms in real life.

b0r1s

bad_hair_day wrote:

Likewise b0r1s, it's an act of self flagellation getting through it. Heartbreaking stuff.

Mr Wheezy brings the smiles at the end along with the outtakes.

Definitely my favourite Toy Story, especially the Buzz/Zorg Star Wars cross over :-D

mannaboy

Watched The Omen/Omen 2 with the kids yesterday, right into the Xmas spirit now.

Dinostar77

Today's Movies (a selection)

Deck the Halls 3pm 5*
Elf 515pm ITV1
Home Alone 530pm ch4
The Night Before 9pm 5*
Die Hard 2 9pm Film4
The Game 9pm Sony Movies

b0r1s

That’s a strong list there Dino. Die Hard 2 is pure class.

“What do I look like to you?”

“A sitting duck!!”

:-)

Dinostar77

Lol. Michael Douglas movie "The Game" is a great movie.

Dinostar77

Forgot Planes, Trains and Automobiles sky1 9pm tonight

Wookienopants

I’m spending the next week with the extended family and sadly none of them like sitting down and watching movies at this time of year so I’ve no hope of watching anything until after New Year’s Day.
Goddamn relatives.

RamSteelwood

Dino also forgot 'seven brides for seven brothers' on 5 right now!

Nina

Andy wrote:

My must-watch Christmas films include films that a lot of people absolutely hate. Hey ho.

Must Watch Every Year
Love, Actually
Arthur Christmas
A Christmas Carol (the Disney, Jim Carey one)
It’s a Wonderful Life
The Polar Express

We're going to It's a Wonderful Life tomorrow. I'd never heard of it before I saw the theater promoting it (it's a small independent one) so I'm curious.

I've only seen The Polar Express from your list there, and don't have much of an opinion about that (don't hate it, don't love it, would probably watch in the background of someone else put it on) so we'll see how good it is.

davyK

You will be surprised how modern It's a Wonderful Life feels.

Has an edge to it but with an ultimate feel good ending. Stewart made it after returning from active service in World War 2 and I think the impact of that is on show.

XOMuggins

I am ashamed to say I have never seen It's a Wonderful Life, but I *did* see Mr Smith Goes to Washington - also directed by Frank Capra - and I loved it. Will try and give it a watch tomorrow. I'm a huge Jimmy Stewart fan. His Hitchcock movies are my favourites but I also love the many Westerns he did - Winchester 73 being the best I've seen.

b0r1s

Oh Nina you are in for a treat. Amazing film. Watch it Muggins you won’t regret it.

Nina

Yeah I'm looking forward to it. When the theatre posted they only open for one movie on Christmas day, and it's this one, that was enough for me to be curious and go out and watch it. It's one screening, one movie tomorrow and that's it.

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davyK wrote:

You will be surprised how modern It's a Wonderful Life feels.

George’s speech to Potter in the board meeting, fairly early in the film, should have been played to traditional Labour voters considering voting Tory a couple of weeks ago.

A couple of parts of the BBC production of A Christmas Carol were also particularly biting, given our current political climate.

XOMuggins

Mr Smith Goes to Washington is also quite a timely watch these days regarding the corruption of many politicians and a lack of compassion for the common person. Well worth a watch if you haven't seen it.

GooberTheHat

It's A Wonderful Life is a pretty brutal film emotionally until the feel good ending, which you've earned as the audience when it arrives).

ShabbyMcCrabby

XOMuggins wrote:

Paul the sparky wrote:

Hang fire, I'll see if I can dig up the scene. Here it is:

Spoiler:

Seems like I'm remembering it wrong as he takes a knock when falling back there, I think that's what injures the alien? So it's not play acting. There's an earlier scene where they're waiting for Mac to return and the guy is at the window rubbing his chest, think that's what's threw me. Just a bit of good misdirection rather than a plot hole then, as the alien gets injured it doesn't choose to strike there, it strikes because it has no other option.

I love that scene. The special effects are crazy good in the film, but what I love about the effects here is that it misdirects you to thinking there's something happening with the guy's arms, when really the make-up is on the mans face to make him look like the actor. He really had no arms in real life.

The way I saw it was

Spoiler:

regmcfly

Watched it's a Wonderful Life again last night. Absolutely greeting by the end. I love that film

b0r1s

Top, top film!

Dinostar77

Todays movies (a selection)

Back to the future 230pm ch4
Elf 410pm itv2
Home Alone 2 455pm ch4
Jurassic World 8pm itv2
Deadpool 9pm ch4
Kickboxer 9pm 5 spike
Tremors 1045pm itv4
Midnight Run 11pm film4

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