tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post699699644750432027..comments2024-03-29T06:07:03.415-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: A Chant Top Ten List - Christmas FilmsOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-54259023035276603682016-12-28T12:02:22.131-08:002016-12-28T12:02:22.131-08:00Well, it ended up fairly low on the Historical Acc...Well, it ended up fairly low on the Historical Accuracy and Death and Destruction categories. Well Told Story held up well, but when I offered it to the wife for viewing consideration this Christmas, she demurred, which brought it down in the probability of wife...<br /><br />It still would have one out over Trading Places, except for the bonus points awarded to Jamie Leigh Curtis. For want of a horseshoe....juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-20720482727177172082016-12-28T11:59:12.511-08:002016-12-28T11:59:12.511-08:00Ok, two warning flags went up when I read this com...Ok, two warning flags went up when I read this comment. First "girlie viewpoint", second "men sit in the other room and try different whiskeys". Now, I'm not casting aspersion on either assessment (certainly not the second), so I guess another criteria for Christmas movies for Guys will have to be "which room do the men sit in and drink whiskey while the movie is playing?". Not having seen this particular cinematic triumph, but....I will defer to your assessment. <br />Hope you had a Merry Christmas and wish you a Happy New Year.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-16215027930941956942016-12-28T09:49:05.049-08:002016-12-28T09:49:05.049-08:00Some interesting choices on here, including Die Ha...Some interesting choices on here, including Die Hard. Although your choice is supported by a commercial for Cox Cable running recently, as the dad, armed with tons of bandwidth, answers all sorts of unspoken Christmas question- including "Die Hard IS considered a Christmas movie!" Not having "It's a Wonderful Life" seems a bit scandalous though.Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-76323878488772547092016-12-28T07:39:13.071-08:002016-12-28T07:39:13.071-08:00Just to throw in my girlie viewpoint, watching &qu...Just to throw in my girlie viewpoint, watching "The Family Stone" has become a new tradition with my daughter and me. We invite other girl friends over to watch with us, while the men sit in the other room and try different whiskeys. Bag Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01885412195900280096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-14547088724993178992016-12-27T17:38:47.934-08:002016-12-27T17:38:47.934-08:00Hmmm.... more movies to watch! Life is good.Hmmm.... more movies to watch! Life is good.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-91785596508562491322016-12-27T09:29:49.137-08:002016-12-27T09:29:49.137-08:00You have to really work at it, and probably have t...You have to really work at it, and probably have to have congenitally weak scleral vasculature. I saw one fellow do it while trying to clear his ears with the valsalva maneuver.PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-77324855813204801242016-12-27T06:12:47.826-08:002016-12-27T06:12:47.826-08:00"The Long Kiss Goodnight." And we watche..."The Long Kiss Goodnight." And we watched "Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale." John in Phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196033252818387245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-89450309201679984972016-12-26T19:43:38.332-08:002016-12-26T19:43:38.332-08:00Well Said! Well Said!Well Said! Well Said!juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-13734346684312168432016-12-26T19:43:17.362-08:002016-12-26T19:43:17.362-08:00Thanks and ConcurThanks and Concurjuvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-37945765337224655602016-12-26T19:41:10.314-08:002016-12-26T19:41:10.314-08:00Agreed, We watched the Elizabeth Perkins version ...Agreed, We watched the Elizabeth Perkins version this season. It's not anywhere near as good, or believable, as the original.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-1116907807927873002016-12-26T19:39:31.264-08:002016-12-26T19:39:31.264-08:00I suspect after the Somme, Ypres, Verdun, Gallipol...I suspect after the Somme, Ypres, Verdun, Gallipoli and others, it would be very difficult to view the other side as having any shred of humanity. Another interpretation of "War is Hell".juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-28071432761562595532016-12-26T17:42:30.310-08:002016-12-26T17:42:30.310-08:00Excellent choices all...and Old NFO wins the inter...Excellent choices all...and Old NFO wins the internet today for that bit o' snark!Murphy's Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-67145559049153620612016-12-26T16:03:12.253-08:002016-12-26T16:03:12.253-08:00Only if it's the Natalie Wood version, not the...Only if it's the Natalie Wood version, not the latest pile of squeeze out of Hollyweird.Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-70033705296857778642016-12-26T15:00:06.999-08:002016-12-26T15:00:06.999-08:00Ah yes, the dropping of the Gruber... :-)Ah yes, the dropping of the Gruber... :-)Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-62436559766584822642016-12-26T13:34:10.916-08:002016-12-26T13:34:10.916-08:00Not to get all serious on you 'n all, but re: ...Not to get all serious on you 'n all, but re: #3, "Joyeux Noël":<br /><br />Coincidentally enough I just this morning read this paragraph in "Elegy" by Andrew Roberts, about the first day of fighting on the Somme. Roberts is recounting some of the later diary entries of Ernst Jünger, who volunteered on the war's first day in 1914 & served throughout the war. On page 146, Roberts writes:<br />"Although a great deal has been written about the Christmas Truce of 1914, where Tommy and Fritz fraternized, exchanged cigarettes and played football in no man's land, Jünger makes it clear that there was no repeat of this the following year. 'We sang hymns,' he recalled, 'to which the British responded with machine gun fire. On Christmas Day we lost one man to a ricochet in the head. Immediately afterwards, the British attempted a friendly gesture by hauling a Christmas tree up on their traverse, but our angry troops quickly shot it down again, to which Tommy replied with rifle grenades. It was all in all a less than merry Christmas.' "<br /><br />So, perhaps the Christmas 1914 killing hiatus is indeed a time to be lauded in film, as it seems to have been the last moment of shared humanity between the warring parties.ColoCommentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-44518259771736906022016-12-26T12:29:11.494-08:002016-12-26T12:29:11.494-08:00Truly? Not even Home Alone or Lethal Weapon? Ok, ...Truly? Not even Home Alone or Lethal Weapon? Ok, We're gonna start you out slow....No more than 1 a week. Wouldn't want you to laugh so hard you blow <i>"a surface capillary in the sclera of my left eyeball".</i>juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-82359049282813835792016-12-26T12:25:29.967-08:002016-12-26T12:25:29.967-08:00I also was overruled by the "Power behind the...I also was overruled by the "Power behind the Throne" in my attempt to re-view #1 this Christmas Season, having viewed it Thanksgiving Evening. I was, however, successful in getting Scrooged, 3 Godfathers (first time I've seen it, good movie) and Die Hard (I had to use the Nakatomi Plaza ploy though)juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-31421797421518696372016-12-26T11:22:23.285-08:002016-12-26T11:22:23.285-08:00Ok. So, for the first nine of the movies listed I ...Ok. So, for the first nine of the movies listed I kept saying, "Nope, haven't seen that one", etc. However, at number 10, bingo. My wife and I watched "White Christmas" earlier this month. One of my favorites.<br /><br />Paul L. QuandtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-3168840301729335422016-12-26T11:17:34.061-08:002016-12-26T11:17:34.061-08:00A very fine list Cratchit, er, I mean (ahem), Juva...A very fine list Cratchit, er, I mean (ahem), Juvat.<br /><br />#6 was watched Christmas Morn while awaiting the arrival of <em>The Olde Vermonter</em> and his tribe. Hilarity ensured. However, <em>Madame Mère</em> vetoed a second, consecutive, viewing of that holiday classic. Perhaps she hadn't caught all the subtle nuances of the film.<br /><br />Oh well, there's always next year. (Or Blu-Ray or YouTube, etc., etc.)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-42256208011516546032016-12-26T09:56:35.287-08:002016-12-26T09:56:35.287-08:00Yes, but comparatively she's aged pretty grace...Yes, but comparatively she's aged pretty gracefully. <br /><br />Didn't know that laughing could affect your eyes. Might not have watched Caddy Shack while sitting alert at Osan if I had. "Juvat, how'd you blind yourself while sitting alert? Well, Doc, see there's this gopher...."juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-46003946479346347782016-12-26T09:53:32.155-08:002016-12-26T09:53:32.155-08:00Ahhh, well then....That's a horse of a differe...Ahhh, well then....That's a horse of a different color!juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-65832387964597985422016-12-26T09:50:46.825-08:002016-12-26T09:50:46.825-08:00Hmmmm, No. This was a new assignment from Ebeneez...Hmmmm, No. This was a new assignment from Ebeneezer. Next year we may have to have a nomination process, maybe something along that of the Oscars. Yeah....That's the ticket!juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-39670735433989221132016-12-26T09:32:00.279-08:002016-12-26T09:32:00.279-08:00Great lineup. Since I'm now an old fart let me...Great lineup. Since I'm now an old fart let me just say, they sure don't make movies like that anymore, dagnabbit!<br /><br />I can't believe the girl in the mirror is now flogging colonic yogurt.<br /><br />The first time I watched A Christmas Story I laughed so hard I blew a surface capillary in the sclera of my left eyeball. Looked like a demon until opening day.PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-91982718105961487172016-12-26T08:01:24.047-08:002016-12-26T08:01:24.047-08:00Making top ten ...or even favorites lists reminds ...Making top ten ...or even favorites lists reminds me too much of some kind of assignment.<br />That said, did you even consider the Laurel & Hardy version of Babes in Toyland?(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-1624247301817723172016-12-26T07:50:52.185-08:002016-12-26T07:50:52.185-08:00Don't worry about the British humour, it's...Don't worry about the British humour, it's more guy humor in the whole series...............taminator013noreply@blogger.com