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The 30 Best Christmas Movies Ever
Seasonal favourites, as voted for by Empire readers…
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24. Lethal WeaponYear: 1987 Director: Richard Donner Starring: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Mitch Ryan, Tom Atkins, Darlene Love Of course it’s a Christmas movie: it opens with Jingle Bell rock, includes a scene in a Christmas tree lot and finishes with the family around a tree on Christmas day. And like all good Christmas movies it’s a morality play, with Riggs learning the value of continued existence over suicide and Murtaugh learning not to judge crazy cops by appearances, or to unquestioningly trust old friends. It also has one of the most moving Christmas present selections ever: Riggs gives Murtaugh the bullet he had intended to use to commit suicide. Admittedly, we’re not sure where he’s going to put that or whether he wouldn’t have preferred a nice new pair of socks, but it’s the thought that counts.
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| 1 | Erm... | Where's Titanic? Nothing should be watched more than Titanic on Boxing Day! More
| Posted by pablo94 on Tuesday December 25, 2012, 12:46 |
| | 2 | | brilliant shout with mickey's christmas carol
was devastated to find out my video copy of it last year was broke, damn nearly ruined my christmas
found it online, and brought back the great memories of my childhood christmases More
| Posted by jordieb on Thursday December 22, 2011, 23:20 |
| | 3 | Christmas | What kind of list is this? I do not know how you created ths list. Christmas in Connecticut is not even on the list. I think you need to rethink what Christmas is all about. More
| Posted by bugsyb62 on Friday November 11, 2011, 16:18 |
| | 4 | RE: Bah Humbuggery | you evil!! :)) More
| Posted by doncorti on Sunday December 26, 2010, 12:53 |
| | 5 | RE: Bah Humbuggery | Thanks for the kitten abuse! I'm off to spend Christmas kicking some cats into snow. More
| Posted by Arfpint on Wednesday December 22, 2010, 18:03 |
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