We always watch a long movie on Christmas Eve. Last year it was Gone With The Wind. This year's candidates so far are Dances With Wolves and Dr. Zhivago. I threw Schindler's List into the mix. My wife says no way.
shareI think it would be appropriate, but I can understand why some might not want to. It is a very heavy film.
shareWhat about watching one of these :
Ben-Hur (1959)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Hamlet (1996)
The Right Stuff (1983)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Spartacus (1960)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Ben-Hur we watched on Boxing Day last year. Barry Lyndon and Lawrence of Arabia I haven't seen in total. Spartacus is one of my favorites. No interest in the Bard. The Ten Commandments - possibly.
shareI missed two of those but otherwise a fine list👍
shareWhich two haven't you seen?
shareBarry Lyndon and Lawrence...I bailed out of Lawrence, it was a real snoozer for me and I dislike Ryan O'Neal a lot so I could not do that Lyndon movie all the way through either...They are famous and probably both excellent but I thought both were really annoying...Once again I'm probably in the wrong here but phooey to those movies anyway
shareNo, it is not.
shareGone With The Wind has death and destruction.
shareThat's not cool, either. I'd go with Dr. Zhivago.
sharethat seems to be the leading candidate
shareDr. Zhivago has death and destruction as well as ending on a sad note.
sharethat is true. doesn't bother me though.
shareI love that movie, and the book, I just thought that if your wife wanted to avoid the downers it may not be the best choice.
shareI think we have settled on Dances with Wolves on the 24th and Dr Zhivago on the 26th. Unless I can come up with something else. One Upon A Time In America is another long one we haven't seen.
shareI don't know how you feel about LOTRs, but you could do all 3 extended edition ones on boxing day. :)
shareThere is snow in some scenes.
shareNo, it’s way too depressing. You should watch something up lifting. This year has been hard enough...
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