Weekend update

[gyzki]

Friday night, B went to see The Hobbit Part One; she approves it. We g'rups are probably going to see it next weekend, after D gets home (by which time B may be up for another time too).

Saturday night, we watched the perennial A Christmas Story ("You'll shoot your eye out!"): I haven't seen it in...well, more than 20 years at least, and C had

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[alexx_kay]

I love "A Christmas Story" dearly, and have since it was in theaters and practically no one else had ever heard of it. That said, I find that very few movies, even "classics", hold up to viewing yearly, now that my tastes have matured.

[gyzki]

I was certainly among the myriads who ignored it in theaters, but among the first who saw it on television long before it attained "classic" status. Watching yearly, god forbid; but it turns out it wears better after twenty years than I had expected.

(Cf. my rant on It's a Wonderful Life.)

[alexx_kay]

I don't remember the specifics of your IaWL rant. I think I've seen the whole thing once or twice, and liked it well enough. But certainly not enough for every year.

Now, I *do* think that A Christmas Carol is worth a yearly visit, though if one wants variety, there are plenty of adaptations to choose among.