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Who loves "A Christmas Story"?
by alldatndensum Sat Dec 10, 2016 4:47 pm
My family are huge fans of the movie "A Christmas Story". You know the one: its about a kid dreaming of getting a Red Rider BB gun for Christmas. The movie reminds me of growing up in a more rural town and looking forward (and now nostalgically) to getting my first BB gun for Christmas as well.
I did this tribute to the movie and put it on the blues album I did this year. Please take the time to watch it. Perhaps this will get you to pull out the DVD or Blu-Ray and watch this film yet again.
I did this tribute to the movie and put it on the blues album I did this year. Please take the time to watch it. Perhaps this will get you to pull out the DVD or Blu-Ray and watch this film yet again.
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Re: Who loves "A Christmas Story"?
by New Creation Sat Dec 10, 2016 5:11 pm
Yes, we love this movie and have watched it for so very many years now. It's hard to believe, but we still show this movie sometimes to people who have not seen it! I own it on VHS and DVD. Would like to upgrade to Blu-ray someday.
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Re: Who loves "A Christmas Story"?
by Staybrite Sat Dec 10, 2016 5:54 pm
Fantastic film, and I also really dig your video (very clever song).
Now the sequel to the film I didn't like nearly as much as the original.
Now the sequel to the film I didn't like nearly as much as the original.
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Re: Who loves "A Christmas Story"?
by ThomasEversole Sat Dec 10, 2016 6:38 pm
Its ok. I think some guys in high school kind of ruined it for me...
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Re: Who loves "A Christmas Story"?
by eatbugs Sat Dec 10, 2016 6:59 pm
I like it but it's not nostalgic/iconic Christmas to me. I saw it for the first time as an adult about 5 years ago.
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Re: Who loves "A Christmas Story"?
by alldatndensum Sat Dec 10, 2016 9:09 pm
Staybrite wrote:Fantastic film, and I also really dig your video (very clever song).
Now the sequel to the film I didn't like nearly as much as the original.
I can understand that for sure. I like the sequel, but in some ways it felt more like a different story that was just doing a tip of the hat to the original. Having different cast members did affect my enjoyment of it a little, too. The mom and dad in the original would be hard to beat.
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Re: Who loves "A Christmas Story"?
by L8T Sat Dec 10, 2016 9:56 pm
I enjoy this movie. It's pretty much a staple here in NE Ohio. I work just a few blocks from the actual house. And, a co-worker is friends with the owner, so I get Christmas Story House talk year round'.
I have taken pics outside the house, but they look just like the website, so no need to post them....
We watch this movie at least once a season.
On a side note, the mom, Melinda Dillon, played in a movie, with Martin Sheen, Shattered Spirits. Martin Sheen is the alcoholic dad and she is the wife. We used to show this movie when I worked in rehab.
But, imo, she was Great as the pathetic enabler....And Darren McGavin, he made "Billy Madison" believable.
Enjoy!!
I have taken pics outside the house, but they look just like the website, so no need to post them....
We watch this movie at least once a season.
On a side note, the mom, Melinda Dillon, played in a movie, with Martin Sheen, Shattered Spirits. Martin Sheen is the alcoholic dad and she is the wife. We used to show this movie when I worked in rehab.
But, imo, she was Great as the pathetic enabler....And Darren McGavin, he made "Billy Madison" believable.Enjoy!!
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Re: Who loves "A Christmas Story"?
by Hardcore Christian Sun Dec 11, 2016 1:02 am
Never seen it 
Don't start throwing the stones!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't start throwing the stones!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Who loves "A Christmas Story"?
by alldatndensum Sun Dec 11, 2016 7:51 am
Hardcore Christian wrote:Never seen it
Don't start throwing the stones!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't throw them. I finally watched Princess Bride this year.
A Christmas Story is very nostalgic for me. My brother got into the habit of showing this in the background while my family gets together for Christmas. I had not seen it until then (probably back around 2000-2001). While it takes place in the 40s, it still reminds me of life in rural Tennessee when I was Ralphie's age back in the 70s. I still remember getting my first BB gun (a Daisy). We did not, however, shoot our eyes out. We would later have fights with those BB guns as teenagers and actually shoot one another--for fun. What a bunch of country bumpkin rednecks!!! LOL
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Re: Who loves "A Christmas Story"?
by Hardcore Christian Sun Dec 11, 2016 10:55 am
That's truealldatndensum wrote:Hardcore Christian wrote:Never seen it
Don't start throwing the stones!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't throw them. I finally watched Princess Bride this year.
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Re: Who loves "A Christmas Story"?
by Professor_Valconian Sun Dec 11, 2016 12:21 pm
It was horrible. That is all.
*kidding*
*kidding*
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Re: Who loves "A Christmas Story"?
by New Creation Sun Dec 11, 2016 12:49 pm
Professor_Valconian wrote:It was horrible. That is all.
*kidding*
I had gathered up the remaining stones that were left over after the "Princess Bride" scandal recently, but upon reading your "kidding", they have been safely returned to the woodshed out back.
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Re: Who loves "A Christmas Story"?
by eatbugs Sun Dec 11, 2016 1:09 pm
New Creation wrote:I had gathered up the remaining stones that were left over after the "Princess Bride" scandal recently, but upon reading your "kidding", they have been safely returned to the woodshed out back.
Get 'em out.
Elf is overrated. I haven't even finished it.
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Re: Who loves "A Christmas Story"?
by Hardcore Christian Sun Dec 11, 2016 2:48 pm
New Creation wrote:Professor_Valconian wrote:It was horrible. That is all.
*kidding*
I had gathered up the remaining stones that were left over after the "Princess Bride" scandal recently, but upon reading your "kidding", they have been safely returned to the woodshed out back.
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Re: Who loves "A Christmas Story"?
by Xid Sun Dec 11, 2016 3:10 pm
We just watched it the other night. My nephew had never seen it.
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Re: Who loves "A Christmas Story"?
by Athanasius Sun Dec 11, 2016 5:46 pm
I saw part of it on TV many years ago. It didn't make a lasting impression, and I think I probably ended up changing the channel. Maybe I should give it another chance though, since so many people love it.
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Re: Who loves "A Christmas Story"?
by alldatndensum Sun Dec 11, 2016 9:10 pm
eatbugs wrote:New Creation wrote:I had gathered up the remaining stones that were left over after the "Princess Bride" scandal recently, but upon reading your "kidding", they have been safely returned to the woodshed out back.
Get 'em out.
I, too, cannot stand Elf. I don't like anything with Will Ferrell in it. To me, he is the most non-funny comedy guy I have ever heard.
Verbum Lux wrote:I saw part of it on TV many years ago. It didn't make a lasting impression, and I think I probably ended up changing the channel. Maybe I should give it another chance though, since so many people love it.
It isn't for everyone. It is a quirky film. Most people who do love it probably saw it in their younger years. I was an exception but got into it due to the nostalgic feelings it brought up for me. Some movies just don't tickle the ol' funny bone like others do. As I stated in my recent rant against Princess Bride, I also don't like O, Brother, Where Art Thou?. My tastes in movies will be different than someone else's. Mine may even be defective as I actually enjoyed this year's reboot of Ghostbusters. There has to be something wrong with me!
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Re: Who loves "A Christmas Story"?
by L8T Sun Dec 11, 2016 10:14 pm
I'm 52 years old and I am proud (probably in a sinful way ) that I have never seen E.T. and Titanic.
On a Christmas note, I don't watch It's a Wonderful Life....haven't seen it in its entirety, ever.
) that I have never seen E.T. and Titanic. On a Christmas note, I don't watch It's a Wonderful Life....haven't seen it in its entirety, ever.
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Re: Who loves "A Christmas Story"?
by alldatndensum Mon Dec 12, 2016 6:11 am
L8T wrote:I'm 52 years old and I am proud (probably in a sinful way
On a Christmas note, I don't watch It's a Wonderful Life....haven't seen it in its entirety, ever.
Titanic I can relate. Who really wants that crappy, sappy love story? Just sink the dang boat!
You've really never seen E.T.--The Extra Testical? Now that's surprising. It was actually a good story.
No love for It's A Wonderful Life? That's a classic. I didn't watch it until in my early 30s, but it too has a good story. I would imagine that if they ever remake it that it would be a much darker film.
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Re: Who loves "A Christmas Story"?
by Athanasius Mon Dec 12, 2016 12:59 pm
alldatndensum wrote:L8T wrote:I'm 52 years old and I am proud (probably in a sinful way
On a Christmas note, I don't watch It's a Wonderful Life....haven't seen it in its entirety, ever.
Titanic I can relate. Who really wants that crappy, sappy love story? Just sink the dang boat!
You've really never seen E.T.--The Extra Testical? Now that's surprising. It was actually a good story.
No love for It's A Wonderful Life? That's a classic. I didn't watch it until in my early 30s, but it too has a good story. I would imagine that if they ever remake it that it would be a much darker film.
I watched It's a Wonderful life for the first time a few years back and was very pleasantly surprised. It was more serious and less sappy and cloying than what I was expecting. It's a good film. And yes, I can certainly picture someone doing a darker remake of it.
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Re: Who loves "A Christmas Story"?
by Hardcore Christian Tue Dec 13, 2016 2:04 am
Ok now I see the problem, you just have bad tastealldatndensum wrote:Mine may even be defective as I actually enjoyed this year's reboot of Ghostbusters. There has to be something wrong with me!
Never seen Titanic either, Ive seen bits and pieces of E.T.alldatndensum wrote:Titanic I can relate. Who really wants that crappy, sappy love story? Just sink the dang boat!
You've really never seen E.T.--The Extra Testical? Now that's surprising. It was actually a good story.
No love for It's A Wonderful Life? That's a classic. I didn't watch it until in my early 30s, but it too has a good story. I would imagine that if they ever remake it that it would be a much darker film.
And surprisingly I haven't seen It's A Wonderful Life either, I watch a lot of older movies and I do not remember seeing it.
The one thing I can not get over is how Avatar of (all movies!!!!!!!!!) is the highest grossing of all time!
(Of course not counting inflation)
It honestly makes me mad because its just a average sci-fi story and isn't that special.
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Re: Who loves "A Christmas Story"?
by MikeInFla Fri Dec 16, 2016 10:33 am
I can say that this is one of my all time favorite movies. I first saw it in the 80's. Have seen it every year since. We are such fans of the movie that 2 years ago we drove from Florida to see the house.
Here is a video I made outside : https://vimeo.com/117379899
It was a very fun trip. All of us love the movie and enjoyed seeing the house and taking the tour. I haven't seen the sequel and probably won't. But there IS another "real" sequel to it called "My Summer Story". That movie is also directed by Bob Clark and narrated by Jean Shepard. In fact it was supposed to be filmed directly after the original but wasn't filmed until 10 years later. The roles were recast except for Miss Shields (the teacher). Not near as good as the first but it is also a very good movie shot in the exact same location.
Here is a video I made outside : https://vimeo.com/117379899
It was a very fun trip. All of us love the movie and enjoyed seeing the house and taking the tour. I haven't seen the sequel and probably won't. But there IS another "real" sequel to it called "My Summer Story". That movie is also directed by Bob Clark and narrated by Jean Shepard. In fact it was supposed to be filmed directly after the original but wasn't filmed until 10 years later. The roles were recast except for Miss Shields (the teacher). Not near as good as the first but it is also a very good movie shot in the exact same location.
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by MikeInFla Fri Dec 16, 2016 10:41 am
My Summer Story had the original title of "It Runs In The Family". If you are curious you can see it here (before it gets removed).
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by L8T Fri Dec 16, 2016 8:38 pm
Those are Great pics MikeInFLa!!!
Were you surprised how narrow the street was? It's as narrow as many one-ways. I see your pic, from outside was in the yard across the street, the Museum. Did you go into the Museum? And, 2 years ago, that was a Lousy winter, you were brave.
Were you surprised how narrow the street was? It's as narrow as many one-ways. I see your pic, from outside was in the yard across the street, the Museum. Did you go into the Museum? And, 2 years ago, that was a Lousy winter, you were brave.
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Re: Who loves "A Christmas Story"?
by MikeInFla Sun Dec 18, 2016 2:08 pm
Yeah, it is pretty small! We parked on the street. The "Bumpus House" charges 5 bucks for parking, NO WAY! So we parked in the street. We went in the museum and the gift shop. Was a very fun trip, we enjoyed every minute of it. Have tons of more pictures. The interior of the house is a bit different from the movie. For example, from the bathroom you cannot see the phone on the wall. The bathroom is in a different part. And the kitchen was a bit different but for a lot of the interior scenes they used a soundstage. My videos on vimeo show a bit of what we saw.L8T wrote:Those are Great pics MikeInFLa!!!
Were you surprised how narrow the street was? It's as narrow as many one-ways. I see your pic, from outside was in the yard across the street, the Museum. Did you go into the Museum? And, 2 years ago, that was a Lousy winter, you were brave.
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