Just a little pushback against his IDS (Italians Derangement Syndrome).
Syl said
Dec 4 12:51 PM, 2025
Vam wrote:
Syl wrote:
Vam wrote:
Maddog wrote:
Vam wrote:
Syl wrote:
Dream on cowboy.
😂 As they say in Texas, ‘All hat, no head’.
I don't think they say that here..😉
You’re right, they don’t.
I made it up
Just a little pushback against his IDS (Italians Derangement Syndrome).
I get it, and it made me laugh.
Maddog said
Dec 4 4:28 PM, 2025
Vam wrote:
Maddog wrote:
Vam wrote:
Syl wrote:
Dream on cowboy.
😂 As they say in Texas, ‘All hat, no head’.
I don't think they say that here..😉
You’re right, they don’t.
I made it up
Good, because I like head..😘
Magica said
Dec 4 6:51 PM, 2025
Maddog wrote:
Vam wrote:
Maddog wrote:
Vam wrote:
Syl wrote:
Dream on cowboy.
😂 As they say in Texas, ‘All hat, no head’.
I don't think they say that here..😉
You’re right, they don’t.
I made it up
Good, because I like head..😘
😮
Syl said
Dec 18 11:47 AM, 2025
Anyone got any favourite old Christmas movies?
I love 'It's a wonderful life'...it has a real good feel to it, as do a lot of the old black and white films. I doubt they would have the same appeal if they were redone today.
I watched the original Brief Encounter decades ago....then they remade it with Sophia Loren and Richard Burton as the two main leads, it should have been good, it wasn't.
One Christmas film I have never seen, and I can't find it on anywhere, is ELF. I will keep looking out for it.
Anonymous said
Dec 18 12:04 PM, 2025
Syl wrote:
One Christmas film I have never seen, and I can't find it on anywhere, is ELF. I will keep looking out for it.
Amazon Prime.
Magica said
Dec 18 12:07 PM, 2025
I was watching for the umpteenth time the other days, Jinle all the way. I still laughed, one of my fav Xmas films. If course my fav has always been Scrooge. Seen it so many times, but still love it. I love the one with Alistair Simms, he plays it brilliantly!
Went to the Old Vic last Xmas to see it there as well. Happy days 😆
Syl said
Dec 18 1:15 PM, 2025
Anonymous wrote:
Syl wrote:
One Christmas film I have never seen, and I can't find it on anywhere, is ELF. I will keep looking out for it.
Amazon Prime.
I dont have it.
And we got rid of Sky last year too...robbing bastards.
I have Netflix and catch up....that's about it.
Syl said
Dec 18 1:19 PM, 2025
Magica wrote:
I was watching for the umpteenth time the other days, Jinle all the way. I still laughed, one of my fav Xmas films. If course my fav has always been Scrooge. Seen it so many times, but still love it. I love the one with Alistair Simms, he plays it brilliantly!
Went to the Old Vic last Xmas to see it there as well. Happy days 😆
I like Arnie, and Jingle all the way is entertaining. Watched The Holiday a couple of years back, I like Cameron Diaz....people raved about it, it was OK ish.
Red Okktober said
Dec 18 6:38 PM, 2025
Christmas movies are notoriously awful. I don't think I've ever seen a good one. Maybe some of the really old b&w ones are watchable, but the modern ones are complete and utter shite.
There was a good Xmas cartoon when I was a kid - probably Tom and Jerry, that started 'Twas the night before Christmas'
Syl said
Dec 18 7:15 PM, 2025
Red Okktober wrote:
Christmas movies are notoriously awful. I don't think I've ever seen a good one. Maybe some of the really old b&w ones are watchable, but the modern ones are complete and utter shite.
There was a good Xmas cartoon when I was a kid - probably Tom and Jerry, that started 'Twas the night before Christmas'
I love some of the old black and white films, nostalgia is very comforting on a rainy Sunday afternoon. I haven't had one of those for ages, will have to fit one in soon.
To Kill a Mocking Bird, is a great old film to watch.
Red Okktober said
Dec 18 7:43 PM, 2025
Syl wrote:
I love some of the old black and white films, nostalgia is very comforting on a rainy Sunday afternoon. I haven't had one of those for ages, will have to fit one in soon.
To Kill a Mocking Bird, is a great old film to watch.
I rarely watch old movies because there is so much choice now and not enough time to watch everything you want to. I enjoy them though if I visit someone and they have one on and are really into it - like an elderly relative, but I wouldn't put one on myself.
I enjoy nostalgia within a movie, where there is an epic sense of the passing of time, with people and places that are forever gone. Ghosts from the past kind of thing.
Syl said
Dec 18 7:53 PM, 2025
Yes, I tend to watch new films at home a lot more, but very few are that memorable. I think we are just more spoiled for choice now. As modern films go, The Joker, with Jaquin Pheonix has been the only one in the last few years that I have actually made the effort to go to the cinema to see....and it was brilliant imo.
Anonymous said
Dec 18 8:07 PM, 2025
Syl wrote:
Red Okktober wrote:
Christmas movies are notoriously awful. I don't think I've ever seen a good one. Maybe some of the really old b&w ones are watchable, but the modern ones are complete and utter shite.
There was a good Xmas cartoon when I was a kid - probably Tom and Jerry, that started 'Twas the night before Christmas'
I love some of the old black and white films, nostalgia is very comforting on a rainy Sunday afternoon. I haven't had one of those for ages, will have to fit one in soon.
To Kill a Mocking Bird, is a great old film to watch.
Black and white afternoon films used to be a highlight for me and my mum...brothers generally out playing, ah the peace where we could sit and enjoy a cuppa and some freshly baked fairy cakes, or if extravagant some Battenburg cake.
Digger said
Dec 18 10:29 PM, 2025
I love the old movies. Hobson's Choice is one of favourites.
Syl said
Dec 18 11:47 PM, 2025
One of my favourites was one I watched with my mum several times.
Imitation of life...Sandra Dee played the daughter, Lana Turner played the mother.
On the face of it, it was rather glitzy, but the subjects it touched on were very forward thinking.
I also recently watched two weepies 'Beaches' and 'The Notebook' again...neither are that old, but both worth watching.
Syl said
Dec 19 11:32 AM, 2025
Speaking of weepies, when you watch with family and friends, do you openly cry, or pretend your nose is running?
Magica said
Dec 19 4:42 PM, 2025
Syl wrote:
Speaking of weepies, when you watch with family and friends, do you openly cry, or pretend your nose is running?
Have been known to wipe a tear away.
With Beaches it's very sad
-- Edited by Magica on Friday 19th of December 2025 04:43:07 PM
You’re right, they don’t.
I made it up
I get it, and it made me laugh.
Good, because I like head..😘
😮
I love 'It's a wonderful life'...it has a real good feel to it, as do a lot of the old black and white films. I doubt they would have the same appeal if they were redone today.
I watched the original Brief Encounter decades ago....then they remade it with Sophia Loren and Richard Burton as the two main leads, it should have been good, it wasn't.
One Christmas film I have never seen, and I can't find it on anywhere, is ELF. I will keep looking out for it.
Amazon Prime.
Went to the Old Vic last Xmas to see it there as well. Happy days 😆
I dont have it.
And we got rid of Sky last year too...robbing bastards.
I have Netflix and catch up....that's about it.
I like Arnie, and Jingle all the way is entertaining. Watched The Holiday a couple of years back, I like Cameron Diaz....people raved about it, it was OK ish.
There was a good Xmas cartoon when I was a kid - probably Tom and Jerry, that started 'Twas the night before Christmas'
I love some of the old black and white films, nostalgia is very comforting on a rainy Sunday afternoon. I haven't had one of those for ages, will have to fit one in soon.
To Kill a Mocking Bird, is a great old film to watch.
I rarely watch old movies because there is so much choice now and not enough time to watch everything you want to. I enjoy them though if I visit someone and they have one on and are really into it - like an elderly relative, but I wouldn't put one on myself.
I enjoy nostalgia within a movie, where there is an epic sense of the passing of time, with people and places that are forever gone. Ghosts from the past kind of thing.
Yes, I tend to watch new films at home a lot more, but very few are that memorable.
I think we are just more spoiled for choice now. As modern films go, The Joker, with Jaquin Pheonix has been the only one in the last few years that I have actually made the effort to go to the cinema to see....and it was brilliant imo.
I love the old movies. Hobson's Choice is one of favourites.
Imitation of life...Sandra Dee played the daughter, Lana Turner played the mother.
On the face of it, it was rather glitzy, but the subjects it touched on were very forward thinking.
I also recently watched two weepies 'Beaches' and 'The Notebook' again...neither are that old, but both worth watching.
Have been known to wipe a tear away.
With Beaches it's very sad
-- Edited by Magica on Friday 19th of December 2025 04:43:07 PM