Ralphie ★ Posted December 26, 2019 Share #1 Posted December 26, 2019 Thought triggered by watching A Christmas Story for the first time in a few years. I enjoy the snapshot in time aspect of it. The Higbees scenes really brought that oot. Higbees in Cleveland was bought by Dillard’s in 92 and then went oot of business for good in 2002. The 1940-ish feel of the movie was fun. I like how one way to tell a classic is when it is played in heavy rotation on tv. Office Space really comes to mind here, along with Shawshank Redemption and Goodfellas. Too bad it doesn’t happen on the same frequency with other deserving movies like Caddy Shack and Airplane! and Dumb and Dumber. Also,I really enjoy dvd director’s commentaries.Those sort of went the way of the dodo, but I ‘spose they must be available on u-tube Here, I’ll check! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted December 26, 2019 Share #2 Posted December 26, 2019 13 minutes ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: Too bad it doesn’t happen on the same frequency with other deserving movies like Caddy Shack and Airplane! and Dumb and Dumber. Probably has something to do with them being the worst movies ever made. We all identify with all the stuff that happens in A Christmas Story. No one identifies with anything in your trio of suckage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted December 26, 2019 Share #3 Posted December 26, 2019 I'm afraid that Die Hard is the quintessential Christmas movie. It even fits Ralph's standards of seasonal replay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted December 26, 2019 Share #4 Posted December 26, 2019 25 minutes ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: Airplane! caught this one on the tube last night 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted December 26, 2019 Author Share #5 Posted December 26, 2019 23 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: I'm afraid that Die Hard is the quintessential Christmas movie. It even fits Ralph's standards of seasonal replay. As God as my witness, I had no idea that was a Christmas-related movie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted December 26, 2019 Share #6 Posted December 26, 2019 3 hours ago, maddmaxx said: I'm afraid that Die Hard is the quintessential Christmas movie. It even fits Ralph's standards of seasonal replay. A final one of my daughter wrote in college had a bonus question. "Is Die Hard really a Christmas Movie?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted December 26, 2019 Share #7 Posted December 26, 2019 Indeed. The setting, a christmas party at the Nakatomi Tower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
late Posted December 26, 2019 Share #8 Posted December 26, 2019 Yippie ki yay... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted December 26, 2019 Share #9 Posted December 26, 2019 There are a lot of books and movies that became classics long after they were created. Moby Dick, the novel is one. Movies that flopped when first released include It's a Wonderful Life: it became a classic when TV began to pick it up in 1974 after it's copyright expired. Other films that their producers considered flops in their first year that became classics include Citizen Cane, The Wizard of Oz, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. The producers of Willy Wonka didn't even bother to renew its copyright. Warner Bros. bought the film rights and brought it to TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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