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    ChanceChance Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Toefoo wrote: »
    Chance wrote: »
    Doc Holliday wrote: »
    Oh oh... it's coming.

    Can you feel it?

    If not, go watch Nightmare Before Christmas and then come back.

    Done and done. Speaking of Nightmare,
    the other day I watched it and Corpse Bride back-to-back. Nightmare has better pacing, better overall art direction and way, way better music - but watching it on blu-ray (and a decade after I'd last seen it) really highlights the roughness of the animation, and the rather mediocre acting on the part of Jack and Sally (who was done by Catherine O'Hara - surprising).

    Corpse Bride, on the other hand, has great acting from all the leads and looks absolutely fantastic (it was done with combined stop-motion animation, and CGI to smooth the frames), character expressiveness is much more impressive, but it's much more boring to look at in terms of art direction, and the songs are dull as dishwater.

    It makes me want Nightmare, re-created with the same technology and maybe new actors.

    *gasp* That's Chris Sarandon and Danny Elfman you are talking about! I am not amused, sir.

    Elfman's singing is great.

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    see317see317 Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    UnbreakableVow wrote: »
    Claymation freaks me out

    I'm not sure what brought it about but I'm relatively sure The Nightmare Before Christmas was the first claymation film I saw.

    Christmas for you:
    Digital camera, tripod, several large blocks of plascticene clay.

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    DyvionDyvion Back in Sunny Florida!!Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    spookymuffin wrote: »
    HallowedFaith wrote: »
    Can we join in the festivities if we currently have an APO address?

    Yes. I have an APO address.

    Me three.

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    spookymuffinspookymuffin ( ° ʖ ° ) Puyallup WA Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Doc Holliday wrote: »
    Oh oh... it's coming.

    Can you feel it?

    If not, go watch Nightmare Before Christmas and then come back.

    I just went from 0 to 80 boners.

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    Jam WarriorJam Warrior Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I was just thinking that we must be getting to that time. Woop!

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    LewieP's MummyLewieP's Mummy Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Doc Holliday wrote: »
    Oh oh... it's coming.

    Can you feel it?

    If not, go watch Nightmare Before Christmas and then come back.

    Oh my goodness, I can feel the cyber-stalking urge growing, I can't wait to find out who will be my Santee!!!

    I know it's only October, but I've been squirrelling away the odd geeky pressie for the last couple of months, so looking forward to this!

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    noir_bloodnoir_blood Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I been stalking people in real life to get me through till this time of the year, and I gotta tell you, I'm excited to finally be able to do it here without the fear of prison time.

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    ImperfectImperfect Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Aw crap, I got someone to put a santa hat on the rat picture I was usin' last-year and now I don't use that rat no more.

    I guess it's time for me to IMPROVISE.

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    anoffdayanoffday To be changed whenever Anoffday gets around to it. Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Doc Holliday wrote: »
    Oh oh... it's coming.

    Can you feel it?

    If not, go watch Nightmare Before Christmas and then come back.
    I totally did watch this a few days ago. I'm pysssccchhheeeddd.

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    FiggyFiggy Fighter of the night man Champion of the sunRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Imperfect wrote: »
    Aw crap, I got someone to put a santa hat on the rat picture I was usin' last-year and now I don't use that rat no more.

    I guess it's time for me to IMPROVISE.

    I'm sure the great hattening will begin once the SS thread is made.

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    THEPAIN73THEPAIN73 Shiny. Real shiny.Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I will watch Stephen Colbert's Christmas special to get pumped up for this.

    Aww yeah.

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    anoffdayanoffday To be changed whenever Anoffday gets around to it. Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    For me, it's A Christmas Story. It's like a tradition that we watch Ralphie's adventure at least 10 times before Christmas is over.

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    UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    The best Christmas movie is Over the Top

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    RentRent I'm always right Fuckin' deal with itRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    UnbreakableVow wrote: »
    The best Christmas movie is Over the Top

    Huh?

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    UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Correct

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    cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Well, if your PC's dead, that means you're stuck with that avatar/signature combination, which is for the best, as you'll never top that one. :P

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    mere_immortalmere_immortal So tasty!Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Best Christmas movie was and always will be Die Hard.

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    cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I'm partial to Gremlins.

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    KyouguKyougu Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Santa with Muscles.

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    Angel177Angel177 Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Muppets Christmas Carol

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    mrt144mrt144 King of the Numbernames Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Love Actually

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    LouieLouie Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Oh dear boys and girls. So much wrongness!

    The best ever Christmas movie is elf.

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    Jubal77Jubal77 Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Emmit Otter's Jugband Cristmas....

    There is no better

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    UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Louie wrote: »
    Oh dear boys and girls. So much wrongness!

    The best ever Christmas movie is elf.

    Now, I have never seen Elf

    But it has Will Ferrell and Zooey Deschanel

    So there's pretty much no possible way this could be correct. That is like a pairing from Hell.

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    anoffdayanoffday To be changed whenever Anoffday gets around to it. Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    UnbreakableVow wrote: »
    Louie wrote: »
    Oh dear boys and girls. So much wrongness!

    The best ever Christmas movie is elf.

    Now, I have never seen Elf

    But it has Will Ferrell and Zooey Deschanel

    So there's pretty much no possible way this could be correct. That is like a pairing from Hell.
    Why?

    I have to agree with Louie. Elf is an excellent Christmas movie.

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    UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Will Ferrell may be one of the worst comedic actors ever and Zooey Deschanel (while cute) is super-boring because in every film she's in she always plays the quirky indie girl who makes the otherwise unfulfilling life of the protagonist "complete"

    EDIT: Oh hey, according to Wikipedia there's a term for this: "Manic Pixie Dream Girl"

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    Jubal77Jubal77 Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Elf is great though. And I dont really like Will Ferrell either.

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    see317see317 Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    UnbreakableVow wrote: »
    Louie wrote: »
    Oh dear boys and girls. So much wrongness!

    The best ever Christmas movie is elf.

    Now, I have never seen Elf

    But it has Will Ferrell and Zooey Deschanel

    So there's pretty much no possible way this could be correct. That is like a pairing from Hell.

    And yet, somehow, it works.
    I don't understand it myself.

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    parabolaparabola Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Does Nightmare Before Christmas count as a Christmas movie? Because that's my vote.

    If not it's the Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer TV Special.

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    ForarForar #432 Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    mere_immortal wrote: »
    Best Christmas movie was and always will be Die Hard.

    This.

    Though I'll always be partial to childhood classics like Rudolph, Frosty, The Grinch and A Claymation Christmas.

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    stevemarks44stevemarks44 Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Die Hard is second only to The Christmas Toy.

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    Jam WarriorJam Warrior Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Angel177 wrote: »
    Muppets Christmas Carol

    This man/woman wins and the rest of you are simply dead wrong.

    The songs, the muppets, the Michael Caine.

    But mainly the songs.

    :whistle:It's in the singing of a street corner choir...:whistle:

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    PepperSinclairePepperSinclaire Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    The best Xmas movie is clearly Trading Places.

    Or Die Hard.

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    stevemarks44stevemarks44 Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    I also can't believe no one has shown love for Home Alone.

    "Buzz, your girlfriend...woof."

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    Satanic JesusSatanic Jesus Hi, I'm Liam! with broken glassesRegistered User regular
    edited October 2010
    No love for It's A Wonderful Life?

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    Big ClassyBig Classy Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Its not christmas until this comes on t.v
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb-pX7sIjFY

    And we immediately switch the fucking thing off. Fuck that kid with his flying snowman.
    I never got a flying snowman :(

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    Angel177Angel177 Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    the Scots version is better

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfiqrkV_ZqI

    also I'm a dude.

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    cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Did anyone say the best Christmas movie is Die Hard yet?

    Cause it is.

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    LouieLouie Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    It's a good movie that is set during the christmas period. It is not a christmas movie.

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    Doc HollidayDoc Holliday Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Elf is the best.

    Nightmare Before Christmas is also the best.

    And then Christmas Vacation is also the best.

    All of the claymation ones are creepy and scary and are only good for nostalgic value.

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