Given that it was written by Michael O'Donaghue, it's shocking that the love story didn't climax with someone's brutal demise.
― Automatic For The Peehole (Old Lunch), Monday, 3 December 2012 18:15 (eleven years ago) link
given that cross is a severely unhinged manic type i'm sure we can imagine what happens next
― bill paxman (darraghmac), Monday, 3 December 2012 23:52 (eleven years ago) link
David Johansen as the cab driver is too funny in this. It's one of our holiday movie trifecta, along with Bad Santa and the MST3K Santa Claus.
― Jaq, Tuesday, 4 December 2012 00:49 (eleven years ago) link
OL, O'Donoghue disowned and loathed the candyass element of the final product.
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 01:01 (eleven years ago) link
That makes much more sense.
― Automatic For The Peehole (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 01:14 (eleven years ago) link
p sure he blamed co-writer Mitch Glazer for the balls-loppin'
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 01:21 (eleven years ago) link
i've got to stop watching this movie
― John Dope Assos (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 17 November 2015 20:55 (eight years ago) link
because it's too early?
― you too could be called a 'Star' by the Compliance Unit (jim in glasgow), Tuesday, 17 November 2015 21:03 (eight years ago) link
it's too late
― John Dope Assos (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 17 November 2015 21:07 (eight years ago) link
Caught this on commercial TV last night; my first viewing since I was a kid. Predictably, it doesn't hold up (I'm not sure I even liked it all that much at the time anyhow), but the whole Ghost of Christmas Future bit is a surprisingly great piece of filmmaking: the grim reaper with a TV screen for a face, the Caligari-like art direction, Karen Allen's creepy make-up...I know that the original script was severely neutered, but if this wasn't going to be the outrageous comedy that was originally conceived, there are traces here of what could have at least been a helluva horror film.
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Thursday, 15 December 2016 18:00 (seven years ago) link
My brain was scrambling to answer the exact question the OP posed as soon as I saw the thread revive. Such a great gag.
I wasn't crazy about this movie when it first came out but it has proven to be more a grower than a shower and now I love it and I watch it pretty much every Christmas.
― My Lunch Is Older Than Your Lunch (Old Lunch), Thursday, 15 December 2016 18:09 (seven years ago) link
The appearance of the much funnier (and much warmer) National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation a year after this film probably saved me from this inferior product becoming my go-to contempo, semi-adult Christmas pic of choice for many years to follow.
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Thursday, 15 December 2016 18:18 (seven years ago) link
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jesus thats dark
national lampoon is excrement, chevy chase vs bill murray was stopped as a poll on doctors orders before a vote was cast
― loudmouth darraghmac ween (darraghmac), Thursday, 15 December 2016 23:15 (seven years ago) link
Unearthed from deep storage: Mitch Glazer, Michael O'Donoghue, and Bill Murray on the set of SCROOGED. pic.twitter.com/WNAnvKy2sJ— Dennis Perrin (@DennisThePerrin) June 21, 2017
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 22 June 2017 14:32 (six years ago) link