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OK, it's CHRISTMAS NIGHT and you want to take in a movie.

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by printdust, Dec 18, 2006.

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Which of the following do you pay money for?

  1. Rocky Balboa

    9 vote(s)
    34.6%

  2. We Are Marshall

    17 vote(s)
    65.4%
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  1. printdust

    printdust New Member

    I'll take Marshall, but my kid wants Balboa....he pulls out the five-movie package and watches it incessantly. Sick, I know.
     
    printdust, Dec 18, 2006
    #1
  2. three_bags_full

    three_bags_full Well-Known Member

    Doesn't Black Christmas debut on Christmas?
     
    three_bags_full, Dec 18, 2006
    #2
  3. Columbo

    Columbo Active Member

    I will have seen Rocky by then... so... Marshall.
     
    Columbo, Dec 18, 2006
    #3
  4. bigpern23

    bigpern23 Well-Known Member

    Rocky.
     
    bigpern23, Dec 18, 2006
    #4
  5. spnited

    spnited Active Member

    Unless you're Jewish, you don't go to the movies on Christmas.

    Or as a Jewish co-worker says on his last day of work before Christmas: "To my Christian friends, Merry Chistmas. To my Jewish friends, see you at the movies."
     
    spnited, Dec 18, 2006
    #5
  6. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    Oh, but you do if you go to your parents house and everyone is asleep by 9 except dad, who wants to read in peace and quiet.

    You go to the movies to save the marriage. :D
     
    BYH, Dec 18, 2006
    #6
  7. grrlhack

    grrlhack Member

    We always go to the movies like Christmas afternoon. What else is there left to do after all the eating and gift opening?
     
    grrlhack, Dec 18, 2006
    #7
  8. spnited

    spnited Active Member

    After dinner drinks... lots of them
     
    spnited, Dec 18, 2006
    #8
  9. Jesus_Muscatel

    Jesus_Muscatel Well-Known Member

    Marshall.

    Because of the factual connection (basis).
     
    Jesus_Muscatel, Dec 18, 2006
    #9
  10. slappy4428

    slappy4428 Active Member

    Ummm, no.
    I went one year, maybe 20 years ago. I was alone for Christmas, family wasnt in town, so I went by myself to see Grumpy Old Men... only time I;ve ever gone to the movies by myself too. And I am quite Catholic...
     
    slappy4428, Dec 19, 2006
    #10
  11. lantaur

    lantaur Well-Known Member

    You mean you're going to miss out on the Jets-Dolphins titanic struggle?
     
    lantaur, Dec 19, 2006
    #11
  12. lantaur

    lantaur Well-Known Member

    Actually, since it's a tradition that I see a movie every Christmas I'm kind of in the same boat (although I have to work that night) ... another possibility is The Good Shepherd.

    Interesting (to me at least) that Rocky Balboa is listed at 102 minutes. Seems kind of short (for a Rocky movie).

    We Are Marshall is 120 minutes, I believe, and The Good Shepherd 160.

    Just to add to the mix ... on rottentomatoes.com, We Are Marshall has 3 fresh (good) reviews and 11 rotten (bad) ones. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/we_are_marshall/

    Rocky Balboa has gained a couple of fresh reviews in recent days, and now has 10 fresh, 3 rotten. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rocky_balboa/

    The Good Shepherd: 8 fresh, 6 rotten. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/good_shepherd/
     
    lantaur, Dec 19, 2006
    #12
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