Comments on: Christmas Movies 4: Lost Innocence

By: matt nathanson music fan

matt nathanson music fan — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:29:48 +0000

Enjoyed the post

By: Helen Martin

Helen Martin — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:44:26 +0000

When we returned home at noon today My husband looked at the tv guide and said that had he read it before we left he might have just stayed home because they were showing “It’s a Mad, etc. World”. Hope it’s shown again before New Years.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:35:53 +0000

I suppose I don’t see humor as seasonal, so much as seasoning.

The spice of life!

By: Helen Martin

Helen Martin — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:39:40 +0000

It turns up around Christmas because it has no Christmas references at all, but is very, very funny. There are many people who appreciate something very,very funny with no Christmas references toward the end of December.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:09:41 +0000

I vaguely remember seeing it as a kid, being vastly amused, and somewhat confused as to what was going on. I don’t recall ever associating it with Christmas though.

By: Helen Martin

Helen Martin — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:12:32 +0000

It’s almost a complete roster of the American comic actors of the ’50s, plus Terry Thomas. It is hysterically funny (as long as you don’t think about it too much) and gallops along so fast you’ve hardly got time to realize what is happening. Just say “the big W” in some groups and you’ll immediately have people describing their favourite bits. Love that movie, and I don’t have one favourite bit, although the explosions in the hardware store are pretty good and the calculations as to what share everyone should get.

By: Terenzio

Terenzio — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:02:21 +0000

Titanic was an accident – a tragedy yes, but simply a tragic accident. Whereas, 9/11 was an done intentionally with the goal of inflicting as much damage and carnage as possible. I can’t imagine someone romantizing 9/11 like James Cameron did with Titanic. So no – I doubt future generations will view a dramatic recreation of 9/11 pleasure around the holidays. Unless of course you are a member of or supporter of Al-Qaeda.

By: I.A.M.

I.A.M. — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:07:36 +0000

There’s so much so very right with this film, isn’t there? Even its insane screen ratio of seemingly 87:1 is correct, in that the tale is entirely out of proportion and needs all the room it can get in order to tell it.

Watching a true ensemble of actors working towards a common goal in a movie seems so very odd to us now, it’s impossible to imagine it ever happening again.

Thank you for reminding the world of how mad, mad, mad, mad it once admitted to being. If only we were that honest now, perhaps we’d be able to laugh again.