The Christmas Observations Thread

[Heston]

I've convinced my family we should watch Trading Places on Xmas Eve because it is really funny and a great film.
I haven't watched Trading Places in 30 years, Has anyone seen it lately, is it as good as I remember?

Yes, it's still good, watched it about 3 years ago. Good plots don't date.

Great, after Jaws and Back To The Future I can't afford any more let downs.

What an absurd statement, two of the greatest movies of all time right there.

Don't shoot the messenger!!! I loved both and said on here last week how well Jaws held up after 40 years BUT teenagers don't agree. Neither of them even got to the end of Back To The Future!!

I can understand Jaws to a degree because it is a bit verbose in parts but Back To the Future? My daughter is 9 and has watched all three movies about 4 times each. My girlfriend's daughter is 13 and loves it too.

[Silent Majority]

Yes, it's still good, watched it about 3 years ago. Good plots don't date.

Great, after Jaws and Back To The Future I can't afford any more let downs.

What an absurd statement, two of the greatest movies of all time right there.

Don't shoot the messenger!!! I loved both and said on here last week how well Jaws held up after 40 years BUT teenagers don't agree. Neither of them even got to the end of Back To The Future!!

I can understand Jaws to a degree because it is a bit verbose in parts but Back To the Future? My daughter is 9 and has watched all three movies about 4 times each. My girlfriend's daughter is 13 and loves it too.

Yeah, I've loved BTTF since I was about ten.

[101Walterton]

Great, after Jaws and Back To The Future I can't afford any more let downs.

What an absurd statement, two of the greatest movies of all time right there.

Don't shoot the messenger!!! I loved both and said on here last week how well Jaws held up after 40 years BUT teenagers don't agree. Neither of them even got to the end of Back To The Future!!

I can understand Jaws to a degree because it is a bit verbose in parts but Back To the Future? My daughter is 9 and has watched all three movies about 4 times each. My girlfriend's daughter is 13 and loves it too.

Yeah, I've loved BTTF since I was about ten.

But you weren't 13 in 2015. I've love BTTF which is why I got my kids to watch it but neither of them did.

[Dr. Medulla]

Trading Places is still brilliant—easily my favourite Eddie Murphy flick. So is Back to the Future (all of them). It's been decades since I've seen Jaws, so no clue there.

[Silent Majority]

Trading Places is still brilliant—easily my favourite Eddie Murphy flick. So is Back to the Future (all of them). It's been decades since
I've seen Jaws, so no clue there.

Jaws hasn't grabbed me. Still haven't seen it all the way through.

[101Walterton]

Trading Places is still brilliant—easily my favourite Eddie Murphy flick. So is Back to the Future (all of them). It's been decades since
I've seen Jaws, so no clue there.

Jaws hasn't grabbed me. Still haven't seen it all the way through.

I still think it is great and terrifying but 50.5W (15) just laughed all the way through.

[Kory]

Trading Places is still brilliant—easily my favourite Eddie Murphy flick. So is Back to the Future (all of them). It's been decades since
I've seen Jaws, so no clue there.

Jaws hasn't grabbed me. Still haven't seen it all the way through.

Just strap some steaks to your legs before you go swimming.

[Heston]

I don't know how this has happened but my phone has just started playing Wonderful Christmas Time of its own accord! I haven't even got my browser open. INDER!

[revbob]

I've convinced my family we should watch Trading Places on Xmas Eve because it is really funny and a great film.
I haven't watched Trading Places in 30 years, Has anyone seen it lately, is it as good as I remember?

I haven't seen it in years but the image of Jamie Lee Curtis' breasts are forever etched in my memory and for that I'm grateful. On top of that yeah good stuff, it's hard to beat a thin Dan Ackroyd.

[Flex]

I've watched Trading Places in the last year or two. It holds up.

[Marky Dread]

I've watched Trading Places in the last year or two. It holds up.

It's a good story. Pygmalion/My Fair Lady.

[Dr. Medulla]

[matedog]

Trading Places is still brilliant—easily my favourite Eddie Murphy flick. So is Back to the Future (all of them).

Pretty sure that was Christopher Lloyd, not Eddie Murphy. Easy to confuse the two though.

[Dr. Medulla]

Trading Places is still brilliant—easily my favourite Eddie Murphy flick. So is Back to the Future (all of them).

Pretty sure that was Christopher Lloyd, not Eddie Murphy. Easy to confuse the two though.

We were talking about TP, BttF, and Jaws as a group, Monsieur Le Snarko.

[Dr. Medulla]