Christmas Movies - Recommend and Review

[Deadset]

I've been getting into the spirit of things so far this year. Every year the family tries to watch holiday or Christmas movies that symbolize what this time of year means to us.

That said, I'm going to start a list similar to the Halloween thread I created in Oct. with a list of movies, synopsis (if not widely known) and ratings. I look forward to your recommendations and reviews of movies you've watched!

So far we have watched:

Christmas Vacation - 1989 - everyone knows this movie and if you don't run out and buy it. The 2nd best Christmas movie of the season

5/5 - Chevy Chase was at his prime in this movie. I absolutely love his neighboors. Classic. We watched this in blu-ray and it looks great, a worthy upgrade from my DVD. I have owned this since VHS and it's a must watch for us every year.

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - 1964 - the one with Burl Ives. A great stop motion TV movie for you stop motion junkies. My favorite song is Misfits, which was originally replaced with another song 1 year after it's release, 1965, but was restored for the DVD set. A great addition to anyone's movie collection.

4.5/5 - Looks great upconverted

Elf - 2003 - I've read where many people hate this movie, however I consider this to be a great movie, one that will become a classic in years to come. With all the extremely bad newer christmas movies, this is a standout.

5/5 - looks ok upconverted, I'll be putting this on my blu-ray upgrade list

Muppet's Christmas Carol - 1992 - The muppets take on the famous Christmas Carol and knock this one out of the park. While a kids movie, we watch this every year and it's available on DVD. A great pickup for anyone who has not seen this movie and has children. Michael Caine does a fantastic job as Scrooge and it's a great mix of live characters and puppets.

4.5/5 - This movie looks great upconverted, for anyone looking for a great classic movie that can be enjoyed by parents (yes there are some funny subtle parent humor in it) and children, this is it.