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Thursday, December 31, 2015

Thursday Movie Picks #77: Snowy Winter Movies




Hello there and welcome to Thursday Movie Picks a weekly series where you share three movie picks each Thursday. The rules are simple simple: Each week there is a topic for you to create a list of three movies. Your picks can either be favourites/best, worst, hidden gems, or if you're up to it one of each.For further details visit the series main page here.
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This week's Thursday Movie Picks is Snowy Winter Movies

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It's the last day of the year! Nooo....how did this happen so fast. Where did the year went! 
Anyway, I hope you all have enjoyed the year end holidays. A little note, I've picked the topics from some of your suggestions for the 2016 Thursday Movie Picks. Please see here and here.

The Thing (1982)
This was just about the first thing that came to mind when I think about snowy winter movies. If you still haven't check this out, do it! It has shape-shifting aliens!

Snow Angels (2007)
The movie starts with gunshots in the distance and then the story goes back days prior to this. It's one of those dramas where you know someone is barreling towards something terrible and it's just so sad.

Chalet Girl (2011) 
Chalet Girl I suppose has the typical chick flick plot: girl gives up promising sports career to help support family by working at a chalet and later falls in love with her rich boss. I just found this fun, sweet and charming. Maybe it's Felicity Jones? I tend to think she's great in most things and make them better than they otherwise would have been.

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 So that's it...my three picks. What three movies made your list today?

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10 comments:

  1. DellDecember 31, 2015 at 6:40 AM

    I've only seen The Thing. Such a great film. Happy New Year!

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  2. Brittani BurnhamDecember 31, 2015 at 11:05 AM

    I love Snow Angels. It's so well acted. Happy New Year! Thank you for this wonderful meme.

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  3. BirgitDecember 31, 2015 at 12:18 PM

    I was grossed out by The Thing:) I also laughed when the one head oozed off the table and then walks away. Very scary...for me. I have not seen the other 2 at all. I should check them out

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    1. WandererJanuary 7, 2016 at 4:27 AM

      I do not remember that scene. Yes it scary. Scary but fun trying to figure who could be the Thing.

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  4. joel65913December 31, 2015 at 9:19 PM

    I've only seen The Thing, I'm not much for horror movies but it was a decent of its type. The other two are new too me, both sound worth checking out.

    For some reason I struggled a little to come up with really snowy films and my last is the fluffiest of the fluffy.

    Mystery, Alaska (1999)-Mystery, Alaska is a small, quiet town where hockey is the most important thing in the lives of the townsfolk. The mayor oversees special "Saturday Games" selecting locals to play against each other for the enjoyment of the other townspeople. When an article about the town and their hockey playing is published in Sports Illustrated a native son, who has left and made a name for himself in sports, convinces the NHL to have the N.Y. Rangers play a televised exhibition game in the town for publicity. This causes no end of upheaval. This was Russell Crowe's last film just before moving on to superstardom in Gladiator.

    Iron Will (1994)-Having recently lost his father and in peril of losing the family farm a young man, Will Stoneman, enters a grueling dog sled race across the frozen north just before the outbreak of WWI. As he endures many hardships the newspapers latch onto his story and he becomes an inspiration for the country famed as "Iron Will".

    Ski Party (1965)-Silly comedy, basically a beach party movie moved to the slopes. Two college boys pretend to be women on a ski weekend to meet other women. Taking into consideration the name of the movie your expectations should be low to start with but this is still a pretty dumb time waster. The major redeeming feature would be the appearances of James Brown and even more so Lesley Gore. Notice how whenever someone sings the movie switches to stereophonic sound! Also the scene of night skiing with color flares over which the opening credits are projected is very striking but otherwise...well read the description.

    Happy New Year!

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    1. WandererJanuary 7, 2016 at 4:32 AM

      Haven't heard of the later two; Mystery Alaska is one that I've been meaning to watch.

      I think this theme was a little challenging because wintry movies tend to be associated with festivities, they certainly are the ones that usually gets the most attention.

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  5. Kevin PowersJanuary 2, 2016 at 1:11 AM

    Snow Angels is beautiful...and devastating. Great pick!

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