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diebitter

11-26-2005, 02:27 PM

Keeping it simple. No knockout, just one poll. I combine sequels (Home Alone, Die Hard), so a vote for this means a vote for either. If I missed anything, too bad.

You can vote for as many as you like, so have fun.

Bonus question - what have the first and last choice got in common that the others haven't?

Vavavoom

11-26-2005, 02:29 PM

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Home Alone

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pryor15

11-26-2005, 02:37 PM

http://www.cc.gatech.edu/grads/t/thsu/images/CharlieBrown.JPG

or maybe i'm just sentimental.

fnord_too

11-26-2005, 02:47 PM

You have die hard and bridget jones et al but left off pocketful of miricles? wtf?

edit - I am pretty sure it was set at christmas time, if not I'll feel pretty silly. Certainly has a traditional christmas movie feel.

diebitter

11-26-2005, 02:49 PM

Never heard of it so too bad.

M2d

11-26-2005, 02:49 PM

um, Irving Berlin's White Christmas?

fnord_too

11-26-2005, 02:56 PM

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Never heard of it so too bad.

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I listed it as one of the first responses in your candidate thread...

Kirg

11-26-2005, 02:59 PM

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um, Irving Berlin's White Christmas?

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This gets my vote too

diebitter

11-26-2005, 03:04 PM

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Never heard of it so too bad.

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I listed it as one of the first responses in your candidate thread...

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you wrote 'Poketful of Miricles', which returned no results in imdb, so I dismissed it.

Anyway, you can't edit poll lists, and I'm not gonna redo it all, so there you go. (White Christmas fell due to miscounting candidates, and it was last alphabetically).

fnord_too

11-26-2005, 03:10 PM

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Never heard of it so too bad.

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I listed it as one of the first responses in your candidate thread...

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you wrote 'Poketful of Miricles', which returned no results in imdb, so I dismissed it.

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yes, it does (http://www.imdb.com/find?q=Poketful%20of%20Miricles;s=all)

Edit - IMDB is taking forever to pull stuff up today (for me at least). This is Frank Capra's final film.

diebitter

11-26-2005, 03:13 PM

Kay, if you want it in, you redo the poll. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

fnord_too

11-26-2005, 03:14 PM

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Kay, if you want it in, you redo the poll. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Negative, I know my limitations, I am no Swede.

diebitter

11-26-2005, 03:17 PM

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Kay, if you want it in, you redo the poll. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Negative, I know my limitations, I am no Swede.

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Me neither, as this FUBAR poll illustrates /images/graemlins/cool.gif

fluxrad

11-26-2005, 03:33 PM

You missed The Ref.

How do you miss The Ref? I would have given you a pass on forgetting some minor christmas movie since I try not to be a nit about missing options, but then you go and forget to put in The Ref.

That's like doing a "best porno" poll and leaving out Breastman's Ultimate Orgy 15.

housenuts

11-26-2005, 04:28 PM

reference: http://archiveserver.twoplustwo.com/show...part=1&vc=1 (http://archiveserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=1327755&page=0&fpart=1&v c=1)

Use the search function!!! haha, i love forum nazi's

diebitter

11-26-2005, 04:33 PM

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reference: http://archiveserver.twoplustwo.com/show...part=1&vc=1 (http://archiveserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=1327755&page=0&fpart=1&v c=1)

Use the search function!!! haha, i love forum nazi's

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Yeah, but things change, people change, hairstyles change...

handsome

11-26-2005, 04:35 PM

Love Actually owns.

evil_twin

11-26-2005, 04:59 PM

Lots of good films and results so far, but the fact that Scrooged and Planes Trains and Automobiles are not doing better is about as depressing as the "best invention" poll not coming up trumps for the Wheel.

housenuts

11-26-2005, 05:09 PM

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Yeah, but things change, people change, hairstyles change...

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what do you mean hairstyles change?
http://lennon.csufresno.edu/~skinnypunk12/ultimullet.jpg

diebitter

11-26-2005, 05:27 PM

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Kay, if you want it in, you redo the poll. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Negative, I know my limitations, I am no Swede.

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Actually fnord, I just noticed your Sisyphan avatar - seems entirely congruous with trying to get a perfect listing for 'Christmas' films! /images/graemlins/grin.gif

diebitter

11-27-2005, 09:48 AM

bump for the returning Thanksgiving refugees

ZeeJustin

11-27-2005, 10:10 AM

I gotta go with It's a Wonderful Life. That movie is just awesome.

Hamish McBagpipe

11-27-2005, 10:11 AM

My favourite christmas movie is, believe it or not, the abysmal remake of A Christmas Carol called An American Christmas Carol with Henry Winkler as Scrooge, in this one called Benedict Slade. This came out around 1980 and Fonzie was running around in depression era America repossessing poor people's furniture. Actually has some pretty good flashback subplots about Fonzie bitching to his boss/fatherinlaw about moving the business to the new-fangled production line methods. ..... Ah, there is no real way to justify this steaming pile, but I like it.

Diebitter, I'm surprised you forgot this one.

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/5313/christmas9bk.jpg

diebitter

11-30-2005, 05:43 AM

just bumping, cos it's nearly December!

housenuts

11-30-2005, 06:01 AM

i like The Family Man.

not sure if it's the best though

imported_CaseClosed326

11-30-2005, 06:05 AM

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Santa Claus conquers the martians

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LMFAO I have that DVD at home right now.

Some good ones up there.

diebitter

11-30-2005, 06:10 AM

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Santa Claus conquers the martians

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LMFAO I have that DVD at home right now.

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Yeah, I have it too.

Mine's a Mystery Science Theater 3000 one though. Not really purist, so I'm a little ashamed /images/graemlins/blush.gif

I have to say, I think the 'throw em all up and see what comes out' approach has worked well here, unlike the James Bond one, where view to a kill is only just trailing OHMSS (WTF!)

Weird, huh?

imported_CaseClosed326

11-30-2005, 06:12 AM

Adding MST3k to anything can never make it worse.

Landon_McFly

11-30-2005, 06:15 AM

National Lampoon's

11-30-2005, 06:18 AM

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this one is particularly funny. in high school I actually collected all the episodes that had torrents, they're in a huge binder, tre cool, no?

diebitter

11-30-2005, 06:19 AM

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Adding MST3k to anything can never make it worse.

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this one is particularly funny. in high school I actually collected all the episodes that had torrents, they're in a huge binder, tre cool, no?

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I have ALL the mst3k they've released on DVD. I dig em!

I just realised, watching mst3k is like sitting watching a film with some OOT dudes. oh, dear...