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Most Brits do not consider Die Hard to be a Christmas film – politicalbetting.com
Most Brits do not consider Die Hard to be a Christmas film – politicalbetting.com
And for the inevitable complaints about 8% of Britons saying that Die Hard is their favourite Christmas movie, here is what films Britons do and don't consider to be festive flicks – Die Hard is seen as NOT a Christmas movie at a rate of 46% to 37%https://t.co/kTc6UKKhtz pic.twitter.com/rJKjDUqF2i
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They have released their list of Christmas classics at £5 per film Die Hard is on twice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlJc763eCok
Die Hard is very meh.
She thought for a moment then said, "Die Hard is clearly a Christmas movie....... it's completely shite, but its definitely a Christmas movie."
On this occassion, I'll give her that she's half right. I'll let you decide which half it was.
There is only one totally standout Christmas film: 1951 'Scrooge' with Alistair Sim.
Then complete disrespect with short disinterested going through the motions speech in respect of John Prescott.
She gloats she's not popular. She's just plain rude, disrespectful and totally out of her depth.
Perfectly fine and reasonable.
The 'festive season' now seems to commence some time in mid-November (I wouldn't have it thus but there we are) and doesn't conclude in many countries until a few days after Twelfth Night, or possibly even Candlemas.
So it's not unreasonable to consider that the entire 'festive season' has a duration of around eight weeks, or about 15% of the whole year.
If the timescales covered by films were distributed evenly/randomly, given that most cover a period of several days or longer, one would expect the proportion of all films to have some of their action taking place during the festive season to be getting close to 20%.
And yet, even allowing for actual Christmas films to skew the numbers, it doesn't appear to be anywhere near this.
Who did you vote for at the last GE out of interest.
"You'll be visited by dozens of ghosts, the first on the 30th of September"
Was always shown at Christmas back in the day. Therefore, I associate it with Christmas.
Anything of the genre "Christmas Film" is usually a pile of mushy shite.
And Home Bargains had the Christmas isle up and running by 25th August this year.
Sure, we have Halloween and Bonfire Night, but both of those are just speedbumps in the tri-seasonal run. It's basically 26th December to Easter Monday - Easter shite; Tuesday after Easter to 31st August - Barbecue shite; 1st September to 25th December - Christmas shite.
What we really need is Carnival like they have in (mainly) Catholic Europe, which gives you something to look forward to in February. Because February is SHIT
It's interesting to see what I let him watch as he grows older. Last year I let him watch all of Blackadder; one of his friends was allowed to see all four seasons, *except* the last episode of series 4 because his parents did not think he could handle it.
...by doing a Q&A at the CBI.
Holly McClane to Harry Ellis: "Harry, it's Christmas Eve. Families... Stockings... chestnuts... Rudolph and Frosty... those things ring a bell?"
[listening to "Christmas in Hollis" by Run DMC]
John McClane: "How 'bout some Christmas Music?
Argyle the limo driver: "This IS Christmas Music!"
John McClane to Takagi: "You throw quite a party. I didn't know they had Christmas in Japan."
Powell to Eddie (Gruber's gang): "Sorry to water your time. Merry Christmas!"
Hans Gruber to Theo: "It's Christmas, Theo, it's the time of miracles. So be of good cheer and call me when you hit the last lock."
Robinson the engineer to the FBI guys: "Are you crazy? It's Christmas Eve, thousands of people -- the Mayor'll scream bloody murder..."
Argyle the limo driver (final line): "If this is their idea of Christmas, I gotta be there for New Year's!"
Film closes out to "Let It Snow" sung by Vaughn Monroe.
Gibberish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drpdrPLdguc
It is the single greatest dance ever invented. Completely mesmerising. I must have watched dozens of videos of young people doing it all over the world. I watch them whenever I am feeling down about humanity
We're not all bad. We can dance like THAT!!
But it is definitely a young person's dance. I tried to learn it a couple of years ago. Ouch
Personally it's Patrick Stewart's Christmas Carol, but Scrooged is right up there.
I really feel that Hollywood needs to do a lot better with the dramatic possibilities provided by the context of a Trump Presidency. They pretty much missed out completely last time.
I do find the arguments about this amusing. And it is classic pub debate fodder. However, if release date matters then what month makes a Christmas movie? I appreciate the answer may be “not July” - but what about November? Home Alone came out then - and was still packing out cinemas in early spring.
Mind as I recall from the film Dogma, it wasn’t the angel serendipity responsible for inspiring Home Alone, but satan. So perhaps not Christian fodder.
She's explained why she had to do what she did.
She's promised it's a one off and explained why.
She's defined the metric by which she expects to be judged?
Like it or not.
It's clear and concise. That will reassure Business and the Markets.
They now know what the hard miles are going to involve and what is the end aim.
Tin eared. Yes.
But, then, I do that with Back to the Future.
Die Hard may not be a Christmas film, but TSE going off on the subject is a true Christmas tradition. Which in turn ironically makes Die Hard a Christmas film here.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj6kwdw6n05o
Risen to £5 a night come 2030?
Yes yes, there are pretty girls, but I like watching the guys do it as well. Because this dance might just be the purest expression of human joy I know. The sheer exuberance of being alive
https://youtu.be/okzGINsQIlc?si=xQA6JHRX3b1YSuzi
She invented a crisis so she could tax hard to bribe the public sector. This isnt explanation it's lying
She's in no position to say its a one off as inflation and no growth means she'll be cash strapped sooner than later
She has no plan no ideas except to parrot that she's not a Tory
Failure
It is a Christmas Film!
This is our family traditional Christmas movie, though I used to prefer It's a Wonderful Life but can't enjoy it now for personal reasons.
"How debauchery turns to tragedy in towns like Vang Vieng
Sean Thomas"
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-debauchery-turns-to-tragedy-in-places-like-vang-vieng/
Is The Railway Children a Christmas film?
https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-the-finishing-line-1977-online
Those signing the general election petition should know better"
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/those-signing-the-general-election-petition-should-know-better/
"Despite being so geographically disparate, they all share that same cultural mix of dope pizzas and music-on-the-beach..."
Is this fella a yank or is there a comma missing there?
I'm sure Hans Gruber would say so.
Exactly why is this woman dancing? Because she's opverjoyed at the prospect of her imminent death, or the inheritance she will get from the granny she just slotted?
I think I'd vote against the Bill because of this advert, by itself
https://x.com/Adrian_Hilton/status/1861017161646616957
Or is that such a rare possibility that we needn't worry?
Checked out Leytonstone High Road and Wanstead Park on the London Overground today. Both had new maps with all 6 newly named lines, "Suffragette Line" timetables, and platform announcements mention "Suffragette Line train". Also rode on two 710s between the two stations (one each way), both had the six different line diagrams above the insides of the doors.
https://content.tfl.gov.uk/standard-tube-map.pdf
Alastair Sim's Scrooge;
Bad Santa;
Gremlins.
I cannot think of an advert better designed to undermine the Bill than this, so maybe it was funded by the Catholic Church
I think we will see it everywhere in the UK shortly.
The Chancellor told the CBI conference she would not be coming back with more borrowing or taxes.
Asked if she could confirm there would be no more big tax rises on businesses, Rachel Reeves said: “I faced a problem, and I faced into it, and we have now drawn a line under the fiction peddled by the previous government.
“We’ve put our public finances back on a firm footing, and we’ve now set the budgets for public services for the duration of this Parliament.
“Public services now need to live within their means because I’m really clear, I’m not coming back with more borrowing or more taxes.”
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The IFS have already looked at this and said unless she is going to accept austerity (which she has already said is an absolute no no), then further public service spending increases will be required in year 3 which are currently unfunded.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2024/11/25/rfu-chief-executive-bill-sweeney-paid-record-salary/
You lose £40 million and you get a performance bonus.....
Stagey, but somewhat great nonetheless.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvkiv4DuF6g
If it's not going to the local council, that's a different matter..
Yes OKC's a little bitter, but this is a family argument that's going to go on for some time.
It’s clearly a Christmassy theme.