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🎄CHRISTMAS TV FILM WATCH 2024 🎅

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  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,741
    jimmymelrose said:
    It’s a Wonderful Life was on French terrestial télévision this year so after several years of trying, I finally persuaded my wife to watch it with me.
    Did she like it ? It's definitely the best Christmas movie of all time for me. 
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,791
    Bedsaddick said:
    FRIDAY 27TH of DECEMBER 
    -------------------------------------
    3.40PM             -        CHANNEL 4                                  -    THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER
    4.50PM             -        CHANNEL 5                                  -    ESCAPE TO VICTORY
    12.50AM           -    LEGEND                                        -    BONE TOMAHAWK 
    ON DEMAND    -    NETFLIX                                       -    GANGS OF NEW YORK
    6.15AM             -    SKY CINEMA PREMIERE          -    A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE
    7.00PM             -    SKY CINEMA ACTION                -    ENTER THE DRAGON

    FILM TO AVOID
    -----------------------
    10.00PM           -    SKY CINEMA BEST OF 2024    -    MADAME WEB

                                                           RECOMMENDED FILM OF THE DAY
                                                                   GANGS OF NEW YORK

                                             https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bjh979vVG0
    It's a poor day of telly when the very silly, all style over substance, Gangs of New York is the film of the day.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,741
    edited December 2024
    SATURDAY 28TH of DECEMBER
    -------------------------------------
    7.00PM            -        CHANNEL 4                         -    CAST AWAY
    9.45PM            -        CHANNEL 4                         -    THE GODFATHER
    11.10PM          -        5STAR                                 -    KEVIN AND PERRY GO LARGE
    ON DEMAND    -        NETFLIX                              -    PLANE
    10.00PM          -        SKY CINEMA 10's                -    ZERO DARK THIRTY
    10.05PM          -        SKY CINEMA THRILLER        -    LAWLESS

    FILM TO AVOID
    -----------------------
    9.50PM            -        SKY CINEMA MONSTERS     -    MEN IN BLACK: INTERNATIONAL


                                                               RECOMMENDED FILM OF THE DAY

                                                                                     LAWLESS
                                                 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HibcC7w5l1g


  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,825
    edited December 2024
    Bar a midnight viewing of Gavin & Stacey, TV got turned on for first time n 3 days this afternoon and enjoyed Wallace & Grommit. Such an easy family watch. 

    Wanna try and sneak a proper film in tonight if I can stay awake 
  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    Where are all the Carry On comedies? At this time of year I always fancy a bit!
  • heckington_reds
    heckington_reds Posts: 727
    Bedsaddick said:
    jimmymelrose said:
    It’s a Wonderful Life was on French terrestial télévision this year so after several years of trying, I finally persuaded my wife to watch it with me.
    Did she like it ? It's definitely the best Christmas movie of all time for me. 
    Me and the Mrs sat and watched it last night, just brilliant.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,741
    Hal1x said:
    Where are all the Carry On comedies? At this time of year I always fancy a bit!

  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,741
    edited December 2024
    Jessie said:
    AddicksAddict said:
    Bedsaddick said:
    FRIDAY 27TH of DECEMBER 
    -------------------------------------
    3.40PM             -        CHANNEL 4                                  -    THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER
    4.50PM             -        CHANNEL 5                                  -    ESCAPE TO VICTORY
    12.50AM           -    LEGEND                                        -    BONE TOMAHAWK 
    ON DEMAND    -    NETFLIX                                       -    GANGS OF NEW YORK
    6.15AM             -    SKY CINEMA PREMIERE          -    A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE
    7.00PM             -    SKY CINEMA ACTION                -    ENTER THE DRAGON

    FILM TO AVOID
    -----------------------
    10.00PM           -    SKY CINEMA BEST OF 2024    -    MADAME WEB

                                                           RECOMMENDED FILM OF THE DAY
                                                                   GANGS OF NEW YORK

                                             https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bjh979vVG0
    It's a poor day of telly when the very silly, all style over substance, Gangs of New York is the film of the day.
    I've seen so many criticism of this film over the years but I still don't understand. I'm a big Scorsese fan so I may be biased but I never thought one of his films could be labeled as "style over substance"😅 That's a term usually fits the likes of Wes Anderson films.... Anyway, this is the second film of Scorsese's I've ever seen. I was not a fan of his films at all at the time but I loved it. That was early 2000's. I became a fan last year and rewatched it, thought it stood the test of time. It's a well told story and entertaining enough. Much better than all the new films we get to see these days. Also slightly better and faster paced than Scorsese's own latest work (Killers of the Flower Moon).
    I’m with you Jessie . I think it’s a great film . Probably not in Scoreces’s top five but he’s made so many classics that’s not surprising and definitely better than Killers of The Flower Moon . 
    Daniel Day Lewis is great in it  . 

  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,230
    Hal1x said:
    Where are all the Carry On comedies? At this time of year I always fancy a bit!
    Was flicking channels the other day an caught a bit of Carry On Matron.
  • jimmymelrose
    jimmymelrose Posts: 9,753
    Bedsaddick said:
    jimmymelrose said:
    It’s a Wonderful Life was on French terrestial télévision this year so after several years of trying, I finally persuaded my wife to watch it with me.
    Did she like it ? It's definitely the best Christmas movie of all time for me. 
    Yes, she did. I have a new TV but I think the superb picture quality must also be thanks to improvements they’ve made to the original picture. It’s amazing for a film made in 1947.

    As for it being à Christmas film, I’m not sure that at the time that was the intention. My eldest son was disappointed and left half way through complaining it was boring and that he’d thought we were sitting down together to watch a Christmas film. It was only then that I realised that Clarence comes down to help quite late on in the film, and it’s only Christmas for the last 20-30 minutes of a 2 hour film.
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  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,004
    Bedsaddick said:
    SATURDAY 28TH of DECEMBER
    -------------------------------------
    7.00PM            -        CHANNEL 4                         -    CAST AWAY
    9.45PM            -        CHANNEL 4                         -    THE GODFATHER
    11.10PM          -        5STAR                                 -    KEVIN AND PERRY GO LARGE
    ON DEMAND    -        NETFLIX                              -    PLANE
    10.00PM          -        SKY CINEMA 10's                -    ZERO DARK THIRTY
    10.05PM          -        SKY CINEMA THRILLER        -    LAWLESS

    FILM TO AVOID
    -----------------------
    9.50PM            -    SKY CINEMA MONSTERS     -    MEN IN BLACK: INTERNATIONAL


                                                               RECOMMENDED FILM OF THE DAY

                                                                                     LAWLESS
                                                 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HibcC7w5l1g


    A few I like there, but Lawless for me too 
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,721
    Hal1x said:
    Where are all the Carry On comedies? At this time of year I always fancy a bit!
    Itv 3 for the whole of today by the looks of it. Carry on up the Khyber on now
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,848
    Karim_myBagheri said:
    Hal1x said:
    Where are all the Carry On comedies? At this time of year I always fancy a bit!
    Itv 3 for the whole of today by the looks of it. Carry on up the Khyber on now
    Fakir, off!
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    AFKABartram said:
    Watched In Bruges for the first time when off sick a couple of months ago, great film.

    We’re going for Click & Collect in a minute. Mainly because it’s only 53 minutes long! 
    I watched In Bruges today for the first time.
    I thought it was superb and got better as it went along.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,741
    edited December 2024
    SUNDAY 29TH of DECEMBER 
    -------------------------------------
    1.30PM           -       CHANNEL 5                         -   THE FIRM
    6.20PM           -       FILM4                                  -   MASTER & COMMANDER : THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD 
    10.00PM         -       CHANNEL 5                         -   HANNIBAL 
    ON DEMAND   -       APPLE TV +                         -   STILL:  A MICHAEL J FOX MOVIE
    2.05PM           -       SKY CINEMA FAVOURITES   -   THE BFG
    6.30PM           -        SKY CINEMA COMEDY        -   TROPIC THUNDER

    FILM TO AVOID
    -----------------------
    02.50AM        -   SKY CINEMA COMEDY         -   MOVIE 43

                                                       RECOMMENDED FILM OF THE DAY
                                      MASTER & COMMANDER : THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD 

                                           https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHTHCNYiiHk


  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,848
    I do like Master & Commander. Seems generally underrated to me.
  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    Off_it said:
    Karim_myBagheri said:
    Hal1x said:
    Where are all the Carry On comedies? At this time of year I always fancy a bit!
    Itv 3 for the whole of today by the looks of it. Carry on up the Khyber on now
    Fakir, off!
    no it was true.
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,004
    Off_it said:
    I do like Master & Commander. Seems generally underrated to me.
    So agree … it’s a brilliant film 
  • jimmymelrose
    jimmymelrose Posts: 9,753
    If it were a true story it would interest me.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,741
    jimmymelrose said:
    If it were a true story it would interest me.
    The film is based on the hunt for the USS Essex, the first American warship to operate in the Pacific during the War of 1812. The film's events are based on real events, but the American ship was replaced with a fictional French vessel.
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  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,848
    Bedsaddick said:
    jimmymelrose said:
    If it were a true story it would interest me.
    The film is based on the hunt for the USS Essex, the first American warship to operate in the Pacific during the War of 1812. The film's events are based on real events, but the American ship was replaced with a fictional French vessel.
    Because the American audiences wouldn't appreciate them being the bad guys!
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,741
    Off_it said:
    Bedsaddick said:
    jimmymelrose said:
    If it were a true story it would interest me.
    The film is based on the hunt for the USS Essex, the first American warship to operate in the Pacific during the War of 1812. The film's events are based on real events, but the American ship was replaced with a fictional French vessel.
    Because the American audiences wouldn't appreciate them being the bad guys!
    More than likely
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,741
    edited December 2024
    MONDAY 30TH of DECEMBER 
    -------------------------------------
    2.50PM           -       CHANNEL 4                        -   PLANES , TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES
    9.00PM           -       CHANNEL 4                        -   ROCKETMAN
    11.05PM         -       FILM4                                 -   THE DEPARTED
    ON DEMAND   -   NETFLIX                             -       BLOOD DIAMOND
    5.55PM           -       SKY CINEMA ANIMATION   -    DESPICABLE ME
    9.50PM           -       SKY CINEMA ACTION         -   BABY DRIVER

    FILM TO AVOID
    -----------------------  
    9.55PM           -       SKY CINEMA COMEDY       -   MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2 


                                                              RECOMMENDED FILM OF THE DAY
                                                         
                                                             PLANES , TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES
                                             
                                                 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfnvrPZSFb8

  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,741
    Two days to go …
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,004
    The Departed .. but I do enjoy Despicable Me
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,004
    Bedsaddick said:
    Two days to go …
    As always, goes too quickly 
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,741
    edited December 2024
    I’ve just watched Planes , Tranes and Automobiles and I can’t believe how much they cut out of it for the daytime TV audience. At least twenty minutes taken out . Not a patch on the uncut version. 
  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,738
    Bedsaddick said:
    I’ve just watched Planes , Tranes and Automobiles and I can’t believe how much they cut out of it for the daytime TV audience. At least twenty minutes taken out . Not a patch on the uncut version. 
    Are you sure you didn't just keep nodding off ?
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,741
    Fanny Fanackapan said:
    Bedsaddick said:
    I’ve just watched Planes , Tranes and Automobiles and I can’t believe how much they cut out of it for the daytime TV audience. At least twenty minutes taken out . Not a patch on the uncut version. 
    Are you sure you didn't just keep nodding off ?
    No . I love the film . Just not the censored version . 
  • Boom
    Boom Posts: 1,680
    Bedsaddick said:
    MONDAY 30TH of DECEMBER 
    -------------------------------------
    2.50PM           -       CHANNEL 4                        -   PLANES , TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES
    9.00PM           -       CHANNEL 4                        -   ROCKETMAN
    11.05PM         -       FILM4                                 -   THE DEPARTED
    ON DEMAND   -   NETFLIX                             -       BLOOD DIAMOND
    5.55PM           -       SKY CINEMA ANIMATION   -    DESPICABLE ME
    9.50PM           -       SKY CINEMA ACTION         -   BABY DRIVER

    FILM TO AVOID
    -----------------------  
    9.55PM           -       SKY CINEMA COMEDY       -   MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2 


                                                              RECOMMENDED FILM OF THE DAY
                                                         
                                                             PLANES , TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES
                                             
                                                 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfnvrPZSFb8

    That’s a cracking selection! 

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