If Die Hard is a Christmas movie...Is Steel Magnolias an Easter movie ?

[chickapin parterre]

Saturday morning, Fox TV is airing Steel Magnolias because nothing sports worthy to broadcast and sporting event re-reuns are probably leaving a rotten egg taste in the mouth of viewers.....Is the best female ensemble movie a Easter movie ?

 

[AlohaNow]

It is definitely an Easter movie! I had this discussion with my (very uninterested) husband today when I saw that it was on TV! I think of it every Easter. Watched it endlessly during college, so it always reminds me of my college friends too.

 

[chickapin parterre]

It is definitely an Easter movie! I had this discussion with my (very uninterested) husband today when I saw that it was on TV! I think of it every Easter. Watched it endlessly during college, so it always reminds me of my college friends too.

....well.....that makes two husbands with egg on their face.....

 

[SamFaniam]

Although the opening of the movie and the closing of the movie take place during Easter season, there are many other holidays interspersed, including Halloween, Christmas, and Fourth of July. So, I would not classify it as an Easter movie.

 

[PollyannaMom]

I love how it kind of takes place at every holiday, but I would definitely give Easter the nod, both because of the "wrap-around" effect of starting and ending the movie at Easter and because of how much the themes of the movie follow Easter themes - death and birth, sacrifice, redemption, hope, life goes on...

 

[fly girl]

I do not consider it an Easter movie.

My first job was at a movie theater, I started around Nov-Dec '89. Steel Magnolias was one of the movies, along with Christmas Vacation, The Little Mermaid, and War of the Roses. Don't ask me why I remember that, but I do!

Since I associate the movie with my first job that was around the winter holidays, I don't consider it an Easter movie. However, I can see why some consider it to be since it starts and ends at Easter.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

Yes. And Santa Clause 2 was a tooth fairy movie.

 

[SamFaniam]

I love how it kind of takes place at every holiday, but I would definitely give Easter the nod, both because of the "wrap-around" effect of starting and ending the movie at Easter and because of how much the themes of the movie follows Easter themes - death and birth, sacrifice, redemption, hope, life goes on...

I see your point. I think thematic reasons are why I see Die Hard is a Christmas movie. There’s a family that would like to spend the holiday together, but forces beyond their control are keeping them apart. Eventually, they are able to bypass those obstacles and reunite for Christmas. It’s like a Hallmark movie, only with bombs and terrorists!

 

[chickapin parterre]

.....so I have been in and out of the front room listening....and guess what I heard....Chinquapin parrish....when shirley was in the graveyard!!!!

 

[lovemygoofy]

I have nothing to chime in but I love this movie and can quote so much of it. It's great for laughing and it's great for crying and then laughing again.

 

[EveDallas]

One of my favorite movie lines ever

 

[bobbiwoz]

I enjoy that movie! I would consider it fitting for Easter.