Our community Christmas Gogglebox

“Little Lord Fauntleroy”: A must-watch for me, I have to enjoy it at least once every Christmas.

Lord of the rings: Always a safe choice for anyone that loves fantasy or even just great music paired with fantastic visuals.

Star Trek: A colourful mixture… I recently started rewatching Next Generation since it’s my favourite era (also, I’ve recently rewatched “Picard” from Amazon and still don’t really know what to think of it so I wanted to get a fresh impression of the original Picard)

Thank you, I checked and it was on BBC so is probably on iPlayer now, however I don't have a TV licence so I can't watch it. Never mind, I'm enjoying the old Star Wars movies, and actually I watched the original Ghostbusters movies so many times when I was younger that I know most of the dialogue.

"Where do those stairs go? They go up!"

"Ray, when someone asks you 'Are you a god?' you say - YES! "

Continuing to binge watch all the previous Cormoron Strike series on iplayer. It’s addictive and I don’t know what I’ll do when I’ve finished. Watched Call the Midlife which was sad but uplifting. The characters around Nonatus House are surrounded by so much love and support, and some of them were really struggling in dire circumstances. 

I watched festive Pottery Throw Down last night, it was good and enjoyable, much better than xmas Strictly

I don’t believe I have seen the others sorry. The original was on normal tv and I’m not sure which channel as I was at my in-laws, it was either the 23rd or the 24th December if that helps?

Wallace and Gromit is our firm favourite and the new one didn't disappoint. It may not have the charm of the original but enjoyable none the less.

Afterlife is fun, my son has seen frozen empire and says it watchable but not as good.

We just looked for mini ghost movies on You Tube, and even found a decent Dracula we'd never seen, in which Christopher Lee plays a dodgy CEO. 

Which tv channel or app did you watch the original Ghostbusters on?

I was thinking of watching the two latest ones - Afterlife and Frozen Empire, but the reviews aren't that great and they are not free to watch - you have to rent or buy them. Have you seen those movies?

Sorry just wanted to mention spoiler alert on the Gavin and Stacey Christmas finale for those that has not yet managed to watch it. 

Great thread. 

1, I too watched trading places but just before Christmas to get me in the mood. It is by far my favourite Christmas film ever (apart from non PC bits as Pixiefox mentioned above. This is a film guaranteed to lift my mood with some amazing comedy moments. 

2,  I watched the first 3 ever episodes of Gavin and Stacey and then the new Christmas finale (that has been said a few times so I’m taking that with a pinch of salt). Some brilliant performances but also some very moving scenes particularly where Smithy nearly married his controlling partner who didn’t really love him. He realised after 17 years that he loved Ness and went to find her. 

3,  I watched the original Ghostbusters movie with no sound as there were a few family members present. I couldn’t stop watching and probably came across as a bit rude but I couldn’t stop. There is something about catching something on tv that you haven’t seen for some time even though you could probably choose to watch any time. Loved the special effects of their time which makes it all the more special for me. 

I also plan to watch Jason and the Argonauts, Weird Science, Castaway, Big and Turner and Hooch. Now Pixiefox has mentioned it some Star Wars also and hopefully Andor on Disney plus. 

The celebrities only do one dance for the xmas special rather than learn different ballroom and latin dances over the course of about 3 months with one being voted off each week. None of them were very good and the audience decide who's won and the judges marks are advisory, not that they use a proper marking scale, as nobody gets less than 7 when in the normal series they would have got much less.

What was awful /different about it? (I've never watched Strictly, so I don't have a point of reference)

I watched xmas Strictly, it was awful and reminded me of why I don't watch it usually, I much prefer the normal Strictly

Thank you Debbie. 

I also put which app the programmes are available on, in case anyone wants to watch them. They are completely free to watch, you don't even need a TV licence (just don't click on the Live TV section when you are in the app)

Nothing 

I've enjoyed reading your analyses/synopses and look forward to reading about what I am missing.

Nice idea for a thread.