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post #1 of 17
10/3/04 at 1:16pm
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Basically I mean what films can you only watch at certain times of the year?

I can only watch the Lord of the Rings films around Christmas. I don't really know why but I just don't get into them as much if it's spring or summer. Same with the Harry Potter films.
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post #2 of 17
10/3/04 at 1:26pm
I usually find I can only sit through I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE on or after the third day of Hanukkah.
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post #3 of 17
10/3/04 at 4:11pm

This is Halloween!

Of course, I find I can only really enjoy Tim Burton films around the end of October. That is, save 'Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas.' That movie I MUST watch around Christmas. It's like a family tradition. Without it . . . it just doesn't seem like Christmas!
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post #4 of 17
10/3/04 at 6:58pm
I usually watch Gladiator on Christmas Eve right before I go to bed.
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post #5 of 17
10/3/04 at 7:33pm
Empire and Jedi durning the xmas season. I remember that the thursday before school let out USA would show star wars
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post #6 of 17
10/3/04 at 11:40pm
Throughout the month of December, I must watch National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Scrooged, A Christmas Story, The Neverending Story, With Honors, and The Lord Of The Rings films. It's not December without those films.
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post #7 of 17
10/4/04 at 12:09am
I watch the Classic SW Trilogy roughly every other month.
Around the end of the year, I try to watch my top 10 films.

Nothing really holiday based with me.
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post #8 of 17
10/5/04 at 3:25pm
Die Hard is my Christmas film. I try to see it every Christmas holiday, and I usually skip it if it's on TV any other time of the year.
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post #9 of 17
10/5/04 at 3:31pm
Field of Dreams the night before opening day is a tradition I've only missed a couple of times.

I also have to see A Charlie Brown Christmas at some point in December.
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post #10 of 17
10/5/04 at 6:25pm
Seems obvious, but the Peanuts Halloween special, with the Great Pumpkin. Bram Stoker's Dracula is another one that I can only really enjoy around this time of year, even though it's not a horror movie per se.

And all those "scary" documentaries on the History Channel, Discovery... goddamn, I just love Halloween.
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post #11 of 17
10/5/04 at 9:35pm
If my brother and I can get together on Thanksgiving, we have to watch Goodfellas. A great movie and an excellent non sequitur ("Why are you watching THAT on Thanksgiving?!").
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post #12 of 17
10/6/04 at 4:36pm
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles at Thanksgiving

Nightmare Before Christmas before Christmas

LOTR throughout December and January

Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter THIS Halloween
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post #13 of 17
10/7/04 at 4:48pm
I actually have a lot of these, mostly because I get in certain moods depending on the season--my wife calls it male PMS. I don't watch every one of these examples every year, but if I were to watch the chosen film, it would be in season listed:

WINTER:

Die Hard
The Thing
The Thing from Another World
Red Beard
Ravenous

SPRING: (rainy season)

The Hidden Fortress
Seven Samurai

SUMMER:

Jaws
Jurassic Park
Star Wars Trilogy
Star Trek The Next Generation Films (Generations, First Contact, Insurrection)
Star Trek Original Series Movies (Wrath of Khan, Search for Spock, Voyage Home, Undiscovered Country)

FALL:

They Live
Prince of Darkness
In the Mouth of Madness
The Evil Dead Trilogy
Rosemary's Baby
The Exorcist
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
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post #14 of 17
10/8/04 at 1:40am
Halloween- The Nightmare before Christmas
Christmas- The Shop around the Corner
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post #15 of 17
10/13/04 at 10:08am
Let's see...I watch Vampyr movies year round, so that doesn't count....

But for Halloween, I usually see what Disney Channel runs, which includes-
Tower of Terror (The first Disney movie based on a theme park ride...and the only watchable Steve Guttenberg movie)
Halloweentown (Twisted and freaky-looking for a children's movie...didn't see the third one yet)
The Scream Team (A cross between "The Frighteners" and "Lethal Weapon", only not hard core R-rated)

And Christmas-
The first two Home Alone movies (They should've stopped at #2....)
Both Santa Clause movies
Scrooged
A Christmas Story
A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (Still need to get the DVD)
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post #16 of 17
10/22/04 at 11:45am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Brendan
Basically I mean what films can you only watch at certain times of the year?
I have to watch Nightmare Before Christmas somewhere around Halloween. Sometimes I'll watch it during Christmas as well. I don't pick it up during the rest of the year.

At Christmas time I'll usually rotate all the favorite tv/film staples from year to year, but White Christmas is a must.
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post #17 of 17
10/22/04 at 6:09pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by AJ Blood
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles at Thanksgiving
That's my one seasonal movie, as well.
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