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[–] 25 points 4 months ago (7 children)

Lord of the Rings during Christmas time.

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  • [–] 12 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Nice. I always watch during the fall when the air turns crisp and I'll pair it with a hard apple cider.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Extended or theatrical?

    I'm extended for Fellowship, theatrical for Two Towers, and extended with scene skips for Return.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I've watched them three times. Always spaced out by many years. Just did it a week or two ago actually.

    The last two were extended. I don't even know what the theatrical looks like anymore. I can't imagine skipping scenes.

    Which scenes do you skip? And what are you fine skipping in the two towers?

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    I just felt like the extendeds often include scenes that rightly belong in “deleted scenes” because they are either momentum killers, background info, or straight-up bad--like they just wanted to have the most complete version for archivists.

    What convinced me off extended Two Towers was a very cringe scene between that wild, tramelled thing and the mere ranger (I'm terrrble with names) on the trail to helm's deep.

    Two Towers is a pretty cut-and-dry action story, for the most part. Most of the character development beats happen in 1 and 3.

    For Return, I think they just chickened out on the run timev-there's a few necessary scenes cut from theatrical, but also some cruft--like the romance with Faramir.

    Testing out my new normie girlfriend soon, so I'll be doing the merciful thing and going theatrical for all three. Let's see what I feel is missing.

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  • [–] 20 points 4 months ago

    Die Hard (1) every Christmas.

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  • [–] 16 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Not actually a movie, but, like all Germans, Dinner for One on December 31st

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Does not count as a movie.

    I always thought that nobody in the UK would knew what I was talking about with "Dinner for One", but in North-East Lincolnshire, namely Grimsby, they know that piece. That's where Freddy Frinton lived.

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  • Groundhog Day in October. Jk, early February is the yearly watch.

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  • [–] 15 points 4 months ago

    The Muppet Christmas Carol ever year on Christmas Eve.

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  • [–] 14 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I’ve fallen off in recent years but I used to watch V for Vendetta every November 5th

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  • [–] 13 points 4 months ago

    RoboCop is my go-to New Years Eve movie. If you press play at 22:58:25 on the Director's Cut, you should get within a second or so of synchronizing Clarence Boddicker's digital hand grenade countdown with midnight.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

    New Year's - Strange Daze

    Saint Patrick's Day - Boondock Saints

    Easter - Mallrats; Life of Brian

    4th of July - Jaws; Southland Tales

    Halloween - Monster Squad

    Thanksgiving - Planes, Trains, and Automobiles; My Blue Heaven

    Christmas - Die Hard; National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago*

    V for Vendetta on 5th of Nov

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago

    Yes, I watch Groundhog Day on February 2.

    And then again every night until the next February 2.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Christmas:

    • Muppet Christmas Carol

    • Nothing Like the Holidays

    • The Snowman

    Thanksgiving, not a movie, a song: Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant"

    July: Independence Day

    I also generally reread at some point in the summer Neal Stephenson's novel Zodiac

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago

    Halloween: Sleepy Hollow, Halloween 1 & 2

    Christmas: Die Hard, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Ronin

    Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Prey

    4th of July: Independence Day

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago

    Fantastic Mr. Fox in October/November

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago

    On November 5th I watch V for Vendetta.

    During the week of November 10 (when Kevin Conroy died) I'll watch many of his Batman animated movies.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    One of the only Christmas movies I want to watch yearly is the BBC adaptation of Terry Pratchetts The Hog Father

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Conan The Barbarian at Christmas time.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I read Hogfather around Christmas every year.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    Waterworld once every two years on the second Saturday in June.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago*

    I watch Die Hard around every xmas. It's a really good movie.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    I watch the Seven Samurai every year around Christmas because that's around when Toshiro Mifune died. I did it the year he died and it just became a tradition after that.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    I put on childhood Christmas movies while wrapping Christmas presents, lol

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I like to watch the hogfather around the winter solstice

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    Not anymore but I used to watch the Wizard of Oz and It's a Wonderful Life around Xmas. Never got into the Diehard thing.

    edit: actually yes, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation!

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    Rise of the guardians, every Xmas, with the kids, since it came out.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    Addams Family is a Halloween classic at my house. It’s so good.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Always watch A Christmas Story around Christmas obviously. A few days before 4th of July I usually watch Gettysburg. And on 4th of July I watch 1776.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    There are a number of movies on fixed dates or occasions watched here:

    • "Groundhog Day" on February 2nd.
    • "V for Vendetta" on November 5th.
    • "Little Lord Fountleroy", "Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel"(1), and "The Muppets Christmas Carol" over the holidays.

    (1) A German-language Cinderella movie.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    Here in Italy they always air Trading Places on Christmas Eve, so it's sort of tradition to watch that.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    It's a wonderful life. My sister watches it every Christmas and the rest of the family watches it with her.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    Samhain: Addams Family / Values, The Nightmare Before Christmas. Perhaps (in rotation) Shaun of the Dead, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, Beetlejuice, The Lost Boys, Van Helsing, Corpse Bride, Army of Darkness

    Yule: Die Hard, Hogfather (BBC), The Long Kiss Goodnight. Maybe Lethal Weapon, Gremlins, Trading Places.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Not a movie, but me and my dad used to watch the Twilight Zone on TV every new year when he was alive and I still try to get a few episodes in.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Miss Congeniality, at the end of April.

    Not every year, but when I remember.. I especially enjoy it if I can introduce someone else to it on that perfect date.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    I like to kick off the Halloween season with Trick 'r Treat.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Christmas Movies:

    Paul

    LOTR

    Strictly Ballroom

    Princess Bride

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    I mean, I try to at least have Groundhog Day on in the background every February 2nd.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    I watched the traditional Russian NYE film one year, and it is hilarious.

    Will look it up..

    The Irony of Fate , a group of guys get drunk on NYE, their friend ends up in the wrong town.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    The Long Kiss Goodnight is the best Christmas movie!

    Peak Geena Davis kicks everybody's ass, especially Samuel L. Jackson, who plays the schnook sidekick.

    Also, the book "A Night In the Lonesome October" is 31 chapters long. It's the diary of Jack the Ripper's talking dog. Jack is the hero, and the action concludes on a Halloween night with a full moon...

    Roger Zelazny, author

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    I've shown The Snowman to my kids every December.

    They started not wanting to, so one year I didn't, but then they came asking "can we watch the Snowman?" Hell yeah we can watch The Snowman.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Halloween: Dracula (1992), Addams Family + Values, Mr. Boogedy + Bride of Boogedy, Hocus Pocus

    Christmas: Batman Returns, Die Hard, A Christmas Story, Christmas Vacation, Mickey’s Christmas Carol

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Every year on Christmas Eve I watch Last Christmas(2019) it’s an incredibly mediocre movie but man do I love that movie (and Emilia Clarke)

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    The Last Temptation Of Christ during easter, usually on Good Friday. The Ivanhoe TV movie from 1982 on new years day.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    My wife got stuck on "Christmas Shoes", the kids and I hated warching it.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Midsommar freaks me out the more I think about that movie. I mean, the guy in the bear suit at the end about to be burned alive but he's completely paralyzed but can see, hear, and feel everything?

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    I watch Boogie Nights every 4th of July to see Heather Grams perfect tits.

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