Xmas things {3} films

i love films. and i really like watching films at xmas...

not all films, and preferably not on one of the commercial stations, as advert breaks are a complete turn off, but there's a few films i'll happily watch - even on the wretched commercials - year in year out...  

my list:

* While Your Were Sleeping  {1995} - of course, totally predictable, but Sandra Bullock plays a fairly relatable loser with no love life who falls for a pretty boy, one she only really knows from the booth at the train station where she sells tokens to get onto the train. and then he falls onto the track, goes into a coma {... go with it...} and she rescues him... cue his family who thinks she's his fiance, and madness and mayhem ensue.  set around the holidays, so totally fitting in mood, and cuteness... 

* Muppet Christmas Carol {1992} - this will always leave me with a few tears, and a happy heart... been a family favourite since we discovered it, many moons ago. yet another version of the Dickens tale, but done it a very charming, sweet and uplifting way.

* Scrooged {1988} - another version again of A Christmas Carol, but done with Bill Murray as a bastard exec of a tv station that has his staff on a short leash. not always in the mood for it, but when i catch it, i tend to sit through it. very dated, though...

* The Nightmare Before Christmas {1993} - stop-motion x Tim Burton x Xmas = brilliant!! love this film, despite missing it often... beautifully awful spirited, but still amazingly sweet... 

* You've Got Mail {1998} - actually, i'll watch this film any time of the year, but at Xmas it's even more cute... one of my all time favourites, xmas or no xmas.

* The Chronicles Of Narnia ~ The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe {2005} - beautifully made adaptation of one of the books in the Narnia series, by C.S. Lewis. 

well, that's the ones i can think of. what are your faves?

2 comments:

Sandra said...

My all time favorite is a Christmas Carrol. Op de middelbare school, dus heeeel lang geleden, lazen wij met kerst altijd dit verhaal als een soort luisterboek (cassettebandjes) en sinds die tijd hoort voor mij dit verhaal bij de kerst.

Daan said...

@Sandra: ja, dat is wel een giga-klassieker, inderdaad... :-)