Oh banish me to the furthest reaches of MN purgatory....I HATE THE SNOWMAN...

[HowTheFillyjonkStoleChristmas]

It is too long

I don't think the boy's parents are happily married.

And it is animated in a funny squiggly way that makes my eyes ache.

The song about walking in the air is daft and has too many "R"s in it. It sounds like it is being sung by Gimli

And ffs, the intro by David Bowie. "I never forgot that night.." or whatever he says

Well you wouldnt really, would you?

(I should say that I saw it for the first time at 6am this morning)

[HowTheFillyjonkStoleChristmas]

is david bowie not cannon then?

oh christ the only film worse than the snowman is father christmas. same dvd

people got paid to write this? ffs.

I'll stick to when the wind blows, I htink. far less depressing

[NotQuiteCockney]

MIL is in lurve with the snowman. The house is full of snowman-related tat. She has the snowman on DVD/video/every other format, but we must watch it live every xmas. Bleurgh.

[MamaG]

we're walking in the aaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrrrrr

[HowTheFillyjonkStoleChristmas]

the santa clause sounds like it might perhaps have some irony

the snowman is, as we all know, a national treasure

I am sorry, but santa does not come from somewhere around Mile End and mysteriously live in a terraced 2 up 2 down in Leeds. He just doesn't. God that killed the magic of christmas for me stone dead

[HowTheFillyjonkStoleChristmas]

more R's in there, mamag

its that rather strange double articulated "R"

(actually I used to be in a church choir as a child and we had whole mornings devoted to saying this "R" in that strange, abnormal way)

[MamaG]

OK then just for you

we're walking in the aaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[Pruni]

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[SoMuchToBits]

Why don't you think the boy's parents are happily married Fillyjonk?

[HowTheFillyjonkStoleChristmas]

there is a certain frigidity between them, i felt

clearly staying together for the sake of the kid

and whoah that moustache

[FrancestheFlyingWindUpQueen]

Oh sorry you didn't like it Filly

I agree the David Bowie bit stinks

[HowTheFillyjonkStoleChristmas]

i love proper raymond briggs

this is...I dunno...wrong, somehow

[Pruni]

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[HowTheFillyjonkStoleChristmas]

he does intro

where he says that he will remember the night when his snowman came to life and then they flew through the air and saw santa forever

no shit

[Pruni]

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[nutcracker]

The stage show is fantastic. You get snowed on if you sit in the right place

[Tutter]

[TooTickyDoves]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Snowman is beautiful - I grew up on it.

[Tutter]

ooooh nutcracker

i need my eyes tested

i seriously thought your post contained the words "sitting on face"

[LieselVonTrapp]

How can you hate the Snowman - Ive been trying to get it on DVD for ages, do they still sell it?

[mateychops]

LVT, I've got it on video, I'll give you a borrow.

[ginnedupmummy]

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[LieselVonTrapp]

Mateychops - fantastic

[NotQuiteCockney]

DH grew up on it.

Hates it with the burning fire of a million suns. No, probably more than that.