I love watching Christmas movies. There are so many to see, but I prefer the classics to the more modern films. "It's a Wonderful Life" is one that comes to mind right away. I also love all the Rankin-Bass stop motion animated films like "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," "The Year Without a Santa Claus," and "Santa Claus is Coming to Town." And we can't forget "Frosty the Snowman," and "Charlie Brown's Christmas."
There are a few Christmas movies that have been remade over the years, and even though they might have done a good job with those,... they will never replace the originals. Here's a few of my ultimate favourite "Original" Christmas films,...
Some people like the Jim Carrey version, but the only Grinch for me is Chuck Jones' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." This is one on a long list of animated Christmas movies I have to see every year.
"Miracle on 64th Street" is a wonderful Christmas movie. It's one I've loved since I was a kid. They made a remake of it, and even though that one is okay,... the original is so much better. A timeless classic everyone should watch.
There are so many versions of this movie that have been made over the years, live action and animated,... but I will not watch any other version of "A Christmas Carol" than the one starring Alastair Sim. To me, he is the one and only. It wasn't the first film version of this story, but I think this one is the best. Any other is just a pale imitation. I actually managed to see it twice this year,... in black & white, and the colourized version. Even though it's the same film,... it's much better to see it in the original black & white.
I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
Chris:
ReplyDeleteOne, thanks for following my blog. Two.... I feel exactly the way you do regarding Christmas specials. The originals are always the classics. Maybe becausse those are the ones we've experienced first ?,no sure. But I feel the same way on all counts.
Hope the holidays were good for you and yours. I look forward to future exchanges.
Marty
Hey Marty. Good to hear from you. Yeah, part of it may be that those are the ones we saw first,... the ones we grew up with. Maybe we were just lucky to see the best versions first. ;o)
ReplyDeleteI hope you had a good holiday too. We'll be chatting more in the future I'm sure.