Why would you say it's NOT a Christmas movie? 1. Takes place at Christmas time, 2. Has Christmas music, 3. Has family reunited for the holiday, 4. Has a love story element. So there.
I never got that part in the first place. Shouldn't the technique be something you can do BEFORE or WHILE you are flying? Who needs countermeasures AFTER the flight?
@@funnyml3356 It'd be great to avoid jet lag and edema during the flight, but many people are still fighting those symptoms for days after the flight. A ton of flight remedies are post facto.
It isn't Christmas in my house until Hans Gruber is THROWN out of the Nakatomi Building. 😎 🎄 Fun Fact: Alan Rickman nearly passed up the role of Hans Gruber, which ended up being his first film role. He had only arrived in Hollywood two days earlier and was appalled by the idea of his first role being the villain in an action film. To a degree, Rickman was right to be concerned considering his performance as Hans Gruber was so hailed that the actor had to struggle being typecast as a player of villains for much of his career. First Face-Off Fact: The scene in which Gruber and McClane meet fir the first time was inserted into the script after Alan Rickman (Hans Gruber) was found to be proficient at mimicking American accents. The filmmakers had been looking for a way to have the two characters meet prior to the climax and capitalized on Rickman's talent. Making Lemonade Fact: The scene where McClane falls down a shaft was a mistake by the stuntman, who was supposed to grab the first vent, as it originally was planned. He slipped and continued to fall, but the shot was used anyway; it was edited together with one where McClane grabs the next vent down as he falls.
shoot out the window to alert the cop?! He's on the 32nd floor of the building. that's about 210 meters. When I was younger, I worked construction on a 14 story building. Once you get above 8 floors, you can barely communicate AT ALL with the ground floor. Hammering, pounding, power saws and power tools are completely inaudible at that altitude. This is TWICE that height. SO, John couldnt yell or shoot at the cop, until he breaks that window, WHICH is usually rated at a 70-90 mile/hr wind strength. . Those windows are thick, heavy and TOUGH. Additionally, if he started to break the window when the cop arrived, he wouldnt finish breaking the window before the cop got outta the car. He's waiting because he's HOPING and he's SMART: if the cop figures out there's trouble, John wont have to endanger himself by revealing his position. Once he realizes the cop got fooled only THEN is it the smart thing to try ANYTHING to get his attention.
Diehard is 100% a Christmas movie! Its set at Christmas! It has Christmas music. Its about a Christmas party. How is it not a Christmas movie? Easily the BEST Christmas movie ever made!
@@ACab05050 not to mention that Home alone is so much more un-neccissary brutal... did you hear the rumor, that it´s Kevin who grew up and became the "Jigsaw killer" from saw ?
This movie is on the list of Christmas movies my wife and I watch each year during the holidays. Along with Elf and Nightmare Before Christmas and a few others.
Definitely a Christmas movie. Didn't you see all the snow at the end, coming down from the building? And the Christmas music? And the big Christmas presents in the Vault!! One of the best Christmas movies ever!
For decades, It's a Wonderful Life was THE Christmas movie. It's very old, but stands up very well. Then again, these days, I always say, "It's not Christmas until Hans falls from Nakatomi Tower." haha
It's a Christmas movie because it takes place at a Christmas party on Christmas Eve, but also because the movie is about someone miraculously overcoming impossible odds to save the day and good triumphing in the end. It's the kind of hopeful theme that fits right in with the Christmas season.
Both were made long before I was born, but "A Christmas Story", and "Miracle on 34th Street" were always on TV at my house during Christmas. "A Charlie Brown Christmas" (cartoon) was another 1.
"A Wonderful Life (1946)" when I was growing up, but when I got married, I made sure to watch "A Christmas Story (1983)" every year. "The Christmas List (1997)" is a good one as well.
Bisscute, I am so happy you made this second channel, I started out on your first, but I love your movie reactions! Always looking forward to your next upload 😊
You asked how Karl was still alive at the end. Easy. John wrapped that chain around Karl's neck and hung him from the ceiling right below the roof that blew up. When the roof blew up, it also destroyed that ceiling so Karl fell to the floor. Why didn't the chain around his neck kill him? When you hang somebody, the two ways they might die are from a broken neck or from suffocation. Breaking the neck means the person needs to fall at least a meter or so. Karl did not fall so his neck did not break. Suffocation takes about 4-5 minutes to kill a person. Karl was only hanging for about a minute, maybe a little more, so he didn't suffocate. It took him a bit to wake up and make his way down. You saw the result.
Growing up the Christmas type film was "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and once I got a little older it was "Christmas Vacation." You NEED to see "Lethal Weapon" as that too takes place at Christmas. Lethal Weapon 2 is awesome as well. 3 and 4 are pretty good too.
Growing up in the 70s I cannot think of any Christmas movies I grew up with. They were mostly animated TV movies like Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (muppets), etc.
Around here, in the U.S., the go to Christmas movie when i was growing up was "It's A Wonderful Life" with Jimmy Stewart, was on television on multiple channels all season long. Also it wasn't Christmas till the Peanuts Christmas Special, a cartoon, came on.
It's A Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street (original b&w), all versions of A Christmas Carol, Die Hard 1 & 2 and Lethal Weapon 1 are all Christmas movie staples in our house. With the kids its the animated Christmas movies like Rudolph & Frosty and of course The Grinch Who Stole Christmas with Jim Carey.
The only reason the two main characters, John McClane and Hans Gruber are in the building is because it's Christmas. John is there hoping the Christmas spirit of family will help him reconcile with his estranged wife. Hans is there to get rich by taking the Christmas party hostage. One represents traditional Christmas family values, the other the corrupted materialistic side of Christmas. And it ends with the former winning, and spending Christmas with his family. This movie is 100% a Christmas movie. It's unusual for a Christmas movie to also be an action movie, but the two are not mutually exclusive.
I love watching this with you! One of my all time favorite movies!!! Die Hard is definitely a family tradition with us! Can't wait to see more on your journey!!!
For me it's Christmas movie. When I was a child it was on TV just after Home Alone, so my memories about Christmas include Die Hard in the same way as Home Alone, Christmas tree and presents. I even had to bought it on blu-ray since TV stopped showing it on christmas, but there is no christmas eve for me without the movie.
It's not Christmas in my house until we watch Die Hard. First watched it during the Christmas holidays when I was 11, in my first year of secondary school, and it's been an integral part of the Christmas season for me ever since. When Hans Gruber falls out of Nakatomi Plaza then the festive season is truly upon us.
Pity TH-cam doesn't show the thumbs down totals anymore. It is a Christmas movie! It's set at Christmas, there's Christmas music and there's a Christmas tree. Also it's about family. Why do you think it isn't one?
I got into watching old movies as a teen with my friends. The one that became my go to Christmas movie is We're No Angels (1955) starring Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov, Aldo Rae, Joan Bennett, Basil Rathbone, Leo G. Carrol, Gloria Talbot and John Baer. It's a wonderful light romantic comedy. I really hope you get a chance to see it.
The Christmas movies that accompanied my childhood (watched over and over again) are "Trading Places" (1983) and "Scrooged" (1988), both very funny and with excellent actors.
#1 the intention...director John McTiernan and writer Steven De Souza have confirmed that Die Hard is a Christmas movie (but there's more) the Christmas theme and motif are central to the film The basic narrative situation of Die Hard is a man traveling long-distance to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged wife and their children. It's set at an office party on Christmas Eve The chief villain Hans Gruber explicitly invokes the Christmas spirit: “It’s Christmas, Theo, it’s a time for miracles.” As the vault door opens and the crescendoing chords of "Ode to Joy" boom over the soundtrack, Theo has the expression of a kid coming downstairs to see piles and piles of presents. "Merry Christmas," he whispers in awe. Merry Christmas, indeed "Die Hard" is chock full of Christmas songs. Both the opening and closing credits, in fact, feature "Winter Wonderland" and "Let it Snow," there's Beethoven's "Ode to Joy,"and let's not forget Run-D.M.C.'s 1987 single "Christmas in Hollis." played by limousine driver Argyle when picking up John from the airport. We have a story where one man is after pure material gain, using once-sincere beliefs as a disguise to get what he wants, while another man opposes him, fighting for his family and his principles and it all takes place on Christmas Eve. That sure sounds like a Christmas movie to me. Love, sacrifice, family, friendship, good conquering evil, and reconciliation His wife is called Holly Hans is the Grinch Argyle (as in socks) hangs out (like a stocking) There is an invocation of Jesus Christ, Mary, & Joseph Another big recurring theme of Christmas movies is a lack of faith and at first no one believes. Even John begins to lose hope but perseveres to the end "Season's Greetings" packing tape inspiration used to tape hand gun to John McClane's back Santa Claus makes an appearance Ho-Ho-Ho (even if it's in the form of a dead terrorist). See, "Die Hard" is a Christmas movie! 😉🎄🎅🦌✨
Sts it might be nice to remember that now, 20 Dec, we are only 2 days away from the 'original winter feast' as celebrated for 100s of years before 'Xmas' hijacked it and moved it 2-3 days forward. Winter solstice, on 22nd Dec, was always the thing before our modern Xmas. Then people used to eat well, drink too much, give little gifts, kiss under a mistletoe, go around singing songs to ward off evil spirits, decorate houses with branches and worship a dressed winter man. Sounds familiar, as those 'pagan' rites have survived till today in the form of 'Xmas'. Btw., Grusse aus Finnland mit viel Schnee heute und Tschussi. Frohe Weihnachten / Season's Greetings!
music and the spirit of christmas, are what make this a solid Christmas movie. michael kamen's choice of utilizing Christmas themes for the score is epic.
You hit the nail on the head! It's a Christmas movie solely due to the time. That's it. Growing up, one of my all time favorite Christmas movies was "Scrooge" starring Alistair Sim. A VERY close second would have to be "Scrooged" starring Bill Murray. The first is, of course, a direct reenactment of the Charles Dickens classic; the second a "modernized", comedic version from 1988.
Great reaction! Can you watch Willow next? For some reason, growing up, we watched Willow around Christmas... however, it has nothing to do with Christmas :)
Fun fact: Alan Rickman didn't know about the fall at end. That's his genuine reaction. Until this movie, all action stars were basically mountains of muscles so McClain open the door to regular guy to be part of the action. Also before this movie, Bruce Willis was known mostly because of his comedy side. Please continue with the series, also I strongly recommend lethal weapon series as well. I love how immersed in the movie you were, keep it coming, lady
Great reaction!!! You are so funny. Cant wait for the faction to Die Hard II, another Xmas movie!!! Hahaha!!! I think it isn't really an Xmas movie, but if I remember rightly it did come out at Xmas in 1988, so that will be part of it. I'm glad you liked it because when you said before starting this why is it an Xmas movie I thought uh, oh, but your reaction made me laugh a lot, just remind me never to cross you because you are brutal and it wouldn't be pretty!!!
Back in the 70s and 80s we called that the relax era of policing hearing Gun Fire in the background could’ve been fireworks going off on Christmas. 19:13
it's a christmas movie because he's going out to l.a. to visit his kids for christmas , his wife holly her boss and all of the other employees are at a christmas party , characters are singing christmas songs and people are wishing other people a merry christmas
One of my favourite Christmas movies! (It's a Christmas movie because it's set at Christmas, and also there's a Christmas tree). I also really like Bad Santa
A very enjoyable reaction. I will say though, you're very young, so I get why you talk about this like it must have been a big deal because it happened all the way back in '88. This is easily one of the best action films ever made. It's in the top half of IMDB's top 250 films of all time, for all genres. Before anyone knew there would be sequels, it was quite common to think that John wasn't going to make it, which completely subverts most of the action genre. He seems vulnerable, and human. Also the comedy is excellent, and Alan Rickman's performance was as always, phenomenal.
"Home Alone" is a movie that happens at Christmas. "Die Hard" is a Christmas movie. The shows we watched when I was a kid that defined Christmas were the Rankin-Bass stop-action "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (1964) and the animated "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (1966), which BTW was a heist movie like "Die Hard."
neither Die Hard or Home Alone is a christmas movie, theyre both movies that happen to be set at christmas time, but they have nothing to do with christmas and both couldve just as easily have been set at a different time of the year. A christmas movie is a movie about christmas. Neither Home Alone nor Die Hard qualify. I know that's an unpopular opinion, because I know it's "cool" to claim that Die Hard is a christmas movie, because people for some reason seem to think that makes them unique or something (all millions of them sharing that same sentiment...) and love to comment on Every. Single. Video that "it isnt Christmas in our house until Hans Gruber its thrown out of the Nakatomi building" like some god damn parrot. I mean it's even more annoying than redditors repeating the same comments in every thread over and over and over
@@GroovingPict Home Alone is definitely a Christmas movie that revolves around and about Christmas and how it affects the McAllister family and led to certain expected/unexpected events.
This is one of my favorite action movie of all time. Glad you had watch it. You might also recognized Alan Rickman (Hans Gruber) from the Harry Potter movies and others. Sadly, Rickman had past away a few years ago.
Its a xmas movie because it's a feel good ending, it has simplistic themes, it is devoid of politics or other controversial topics. Something for the whole family to enjoy together.
In My Humble Opinion these are 3 of the Greatest Christmas Movies of All Time ( It's A Wonderful Life ) ( Miracle on 34 The Street ) ( The Bishops Wife ) that were the embodiment of the best of Humanity. !!! Still this is my opinion. Happy Holidays 🌲🌲🌲😁🌞🌞🌞 From the Sunshine State of Florida the USA Like button Illuminated.
It used to be that a film studio's BIG movies were reserved for big holiday openings. These were times when many people had time away from their jobs to go to movies. Christmas was one such time.
What a fantastic Christmas Reaction! 😅 So salty from the beginning, and just did not get hydrated the entire time, until maybe the end! Firstly, I don’t care if it’s considered Christmas or not, it’s a really good movie. I feel there are a lot of Shakespearean elements in it, like the story ark range of bad guys(from Hans to Ellis to the reporter) all look alike, the call backs like the glass from the explosion (“..who gives a fuck about glass?”) and then Johns feet, and a bunch more other stuff. As to the “Christmas Movie” aspect, one thing many might not get to is how it was snowing, in LA, in the end(you said raining), and the family was back together(like “Home Alone 1”). Speaking of Home Alone, how is that a Christmas Movie?! The horrible family, traveling to Paris(had to look it up, never seen it), where Christmas doesn’t even exist, leaves a poor kid behind, cuz they are all so narcissistic 😂, I’m kidding! I haven’t seen any of them, but they are definitely Christmas movies. The only Christmas movie I really like, besides “The Christmas Story”, which I was very late to, but have seen, is the version of “A Christmas Carol”, with George C. Scott, as Scrooge. That’s a very good rendition, in my opinion. The original story is amazing, if you read it. Dickens, tho a bit formulaic, is a favorite of mine! Great reaction, again! You are such an interesting individual, you make revisiting something I’ve enjoyed in the past really fun!🌷💐
It is a Christmas movie. What do you do at Christmas time? Go see family right? John is reconnecting with his wife, Powell is going home to see his wife and Argyle is going to his Girlfriend. Hans Powell and John are introduced using Christmas songs.
There are several Christmas movies that I grew up with, and now I am fortunate to have them on DVD or Blu-Ray... Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Frosty the Snowman, but the one that I have watched more than the others is A Charlie Brown Christmas.
"Die Hard" has just enough Christmas in it and has been around long enough to have become a Christmas movie. That said, I have always enjoyed "It's a 'Wonderful Life", "A Christmas Carol" (1951, Alistair Sim), and "Miracle on 34th Street" (Maureen Ohara). Don't be afraid to watch them in their original black and white form. To me this adds to the depth of these movies.
I was kind of surprised when I'd learned that that police-chief had, back in the early '70's, played the role of Long Tom Roberts in George Pal's movie-adaptation of "Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze."
Good Christmas or holiday movies you might enjoy reacting to if you haven’t seen them are “Scrooged” a comical and one many adaptations of the classic Christmas movie “A Christmas Carol”, “Planes Trains And Automobiles”, A Christmas Story, “Home Alone” which I think you mentioned, “Home Alone 2”, “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”, and Elf. These movie mentioned are now among the top Holiday/ Christmas movies having become as popular if not more popular than many animated Christmas movies that came before them and a couple of movies from the 1940s, “It’s A Wonderful Life and “Miracle On 34th Street”.
"Now I have a michine gun too, Ho! Ho! Ho!" "Yippie KaYay, Mother****er!" "Eeeeenkkk! Sorry Hans, wrong answer!" "Come out to the Coast! We'll get together, have a few laughs! Click!" "Looks like we're gonna need some more FBI guys." Some of the best lines ever.
In a figurative sense, the film is closer to Christmas reality than most standard Christmas films. Parents in particular are allowed to feel like John MccLane when the kids really crank it up and let out all kinds of feelings. From joy to arguments and screams, everything is there. It's a nice metaphor for christmas. 🎅
Bruce was broke and homeless, making calls and getting callbacks from a payphone!!! And then he got one of the best tv shows ever that made him a star, Moonlighting! Look up a few episodes here! It's a throwback to old 40s-50s movies, Cary Grant comedies.
For my family, it’s not Christmas until we watch the original 1947 black and white Miracle on 34th Street. I do like watching Die Hard around this time of year too though lol
Great video! Die Hard is an action masterpiece but I was very impressed how quick you were at finding the few plot holes (no movie is perfect) while still enjoying watching the film for the first time. I remember first being shown this movie on Christmas Eve 2000 when I was 10. It was one of my dad's favorites and for once I didn't need to try and convince him to let me see an R-rated film. Then in our family, believe it or not, me, my dad, my brother and my mom would sit down before Christmas and watch the Die hard trilogy from 2000 to about 2012. Sometimes we would watch the 4th film as well since it is very good despite the idiotic decision to rate it PG-13 (It should only be viewed in it's Unrated version). I would rate them like this: Die Hard A+, Die Hard 2 A-, Die Hard with a Vengeance A, Live Free or Die Hard B+, A Good Day to Die Hard...D-. So yep, Die Hard was my Christmas movie before I (or my dad) even knew there was a debate about it being a Christmas movie. Christmas, to me, is about the mood that is everywhere during that holiday period in December---decorations, music, parties, Christmas trees and usually some family conflict. Die Hard takes the conflict part to the extreme but the family conflict is still right at the center of the story and is resolved by the end. Those are some of the reasons I would declare it a "Christmas Movie."
It’s a Christmas movie because all John wants is to be home with his family for the holidays. See? It’s basically the same story as It’s A Wonderful Life.
One of the cool special features on the special edition DVD release of this movie was an editing special feature where they show you all the different camera footage originally shot for Takagi's death scene (when Hans shoots him.) You can then choose to do your own temporary re-edit, to make the scene look different than the release version, by choosing different shots or angles. It was a fun idea for film buffs. I enjoyed it.
The standard Christmas movie was a toss up between Miracle on 34th Street and It's a Wonderful Life. Both outstanding messages and very different from each other.
What is the traditional Christmas movie? A Christmas Story of course. What other movie gets a full 24 hours of airplay in the USA during Christmas? It's a must watch
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@@roberormonde What the fuck are you talking about? First of all, it's "hear" not "here". Secondly, I expect/want nothing. I know she gets tens of thousands of comments every day from as many people (mostly dudes, surely), and only has so much time to read them. If she sees mine, great. If not, that's okay, too. Sometimes she replies, but most times she doesn't. Finally, what does any of that have to do with "it's just a dude"? Make sense, man. Look, I have NO delusions about Bisscute, okay? Or any of the "cute and adorable" female reactors in the TH-camsphere. I'm well aware mine are but some random comments in an ocean or other comments, and are not gonna do shit to get anyone's attention, let alone Bisscute's. Even if I lived next door to her, I know my chances would be slim to none and slim left town. Like I said, I have no delusions. I'm old, I'm hideous, and I've always been nothing but a subhuman beast. I'm accustomed to admiring from afar. Very far. Halfway around the world seems to be the ideal distance. So if you're worried about anyone horning in your simping territory or whatever, relax. I'm no threat to anyone.
The Grinch that Stole Christmas, the cartoon. Frosty the snow man & Rudolf the red nosed reindeer. It had all three movies on one VHS. The Grinch was always the big one for me because my mom always played it and called me ‘Lou’ my first name is Cindy so ‘cindy lou who’ was something she loved. She still calls me Lou.
Why would you say that this movie is a Christmas one ?
Because it happened during Christmas hahahahaha
because he ask santa for a machine gun and received one
I wouldn't. The only thing Christmassy about this movie is the time of the year.
Why would you say it's NOT a Christmas movie? 1. Takes place at Christmas time, 2. Has Christmas music, 3. Has family reunited for the holiday, 4. Has a love story element.
So there.
We don't need to tell you if it's a Christmas Movie. Let Bruce Willis tell you himself. th-cam.com/video/DZvrTa1e7Sc/w-d-xo.html
Because she was a flight attendant, and knows airplanes and airports inside and out, she absolutely MUST watch Die Hard 2, the followup!
Considering the time she worked there, the commentary will hilarious.
He’s not telling him to take off his shoes on the airplane, he’s telling him to do it once he gets to his destination.
@Enoonmai a few flight attendants did but I don't think I ever used my feet
I was about to say that
I never got that part in the first place. Shouldn't the technique be something you can do BEFORE or WHILE you are flying? Who needs countermeasures AFTER the flight?
@@funnyml3356 It'd be great to avoid jet lag and edema during the flight, but many people are still fighting those symptoms for days after the flight. A ton of flight remedies are post facto.
I think she might have missed that part where he mentioned the destination.
😆. It's okay.
It isn't Christmas in my house until Hans Gruber is THROWN out of the Nakatomi Building. 😎 🎄
Fun Fact: Alan Rickman nearly passed up the role of Hans Gruber, which ended up being his first film role. He had only arrived in Hollywood two days earlier and was appalled by the idea of his first role being the villain in an action film. To a degree, Rickman was right to be concerned considering his performance as Hans Gruber was so hailed that the actor had to struggle being typecast as a player of villains for much of his career.
First Face-Off Fact: The scene in which Gruber and McClane meet fir the first time was inserted into the script after Alan Rickman (Hans Gruber) was found to be proficient at mimicking American accents. The filmmakers had been looking for a way to have the two characters meet prior to the climax and capitalized on Rickman's talent.
Making Lemonade Fact: The scene where McClane falls down a shaft was a mistake by the stuntman, who was supposed to grab the first vent, as it originally was planned. He slipped and continued to fall, but the shot was used anyway; it was edited together with one where McClane grabs the next vent down as he falls.
It's not Christmas in my mouse until gremlins are getting loaded in a bar!
Isn't Alan Rickman, Cameron from ferris bueller?
Washbum ...You're thinking of Alan Ruck. Similar names.
@@BigGator5 yeah that sounds right
shoot out the window to alert the cop?!
He's on the 32nd floor of the building. that's about 210 meters. When I was younger, I worked construction on a 14 story building. Once you get above 8 floors, you can barely communicate AT ALL with the ground floor. Hammering, pounding, power saws and power tools are completely inaudible at that altitude. This is TWICE that height.
SO, John couldnt yell or shoot at the cop, until he breaks that window, WHICH is usually rated at a 70-90 mile/hr wind strength. . Those windows are thick, heavy and TOUGH. Additionally, if he started to break the window when the cop arrived, he wouldnt finish breaking the window before the cop got outta the car. He's waiting because he's HOPING and he's SMART: if the cop figures out there's trouble, John wont have to endanger himself by revealing his position.
Once he realizes the cop got fooled only THEN is it the smart thing to try ANYTHING to get his attention.
Bisscuit makes a lot of unrealistic, ignorant comments that don't a apply to real life.
Diehard is 100% a Christmas movie! Its set at Christmas! It has Christmas music. Its about a Christmas party. How is it not a Christmas movie? Easily the BEST Christmas movie ever made!
@@ACab05050 not to mention that Home alone is so much more un-neccissary brutal... did you hear the rumor, that it´s Kevin who grew up and became the "Jigsaw killer" from saw ?
@@ACab05050 and his wifes name is Holy XD
now i have a machine gun
ho ho ho
lethal weapon is another great christmas movie.
This movie is on the list of Christmas movies my wife and I watch each year during the holidays. Along with Elf and Nightmare Before Christmas and a few others.
Definitely a Christmas movie. Didn't you see all the snow at the end, coming down from the building? And the Christmas music? And the big Christmas presents in the Vault!! One of the best Christmas movies ever!
Cars used to come with 4 little ashtrays on each door and a huge one under the AM/FM radio
For decades, It's a Wonderful Life was THE Christmas movie. It's very old, but stands up very well. Then again, these days, I always say, "It's not Christmas until Hans falls from Nakatomi Tower." haha
Hahaha, good one.
@@GeorgeTropicana Wow, thank you.
"He's knees are weak. Mom's spaghetti" 🤣🤣 that was the best reaction to that part
It's a Christmas movie because it takes place at a Christmas party on Christmas Eve, but also because the movie is about someone miraculously overcoming impossible odds to save the day and good triumphing in the end. It's the kind of hopeful theme that fits right in with the Christmas season.
You are so awesome.
I love your sense of humour and your "one liner" comments are so funny.
PS...
It's definately a Christmas Movie... 😀
Tis a Christmas Movie because NYC Detective John McClain is traveling to LA to spend the Holidays with the wife he still loves and their 2 children...
Both were made long before I was born, but "A Christmas Story", and "Miracle on 34th Street" were always on TV at my house during Christmas. "A Charlie Brown Christmas" (cartoon) was another 1.
"A Wonderful Life (1946)" when I was growing up, but when I got married, I made sure to watch "A Christmas Story (1983)" every year. "The Christmas List (1997)" is a good one as well.
Bisscute, I am so happy you made this second channel, I started out on your first, but I love your movie reactions! Always looking forward to your next upload 😊
Every Christmas movie has a conflict. This is the only one with explosions. Thats why its the best.
My most favorite Alan Rickman role. Been a fan ever since.
His was also the best role in Robin Hood.
And Harry Potter saga ^_^
You asked how Karl was still alive at the end.
Easy.
John wrapped that chain around Karl's neck and hung him from the ceiling right below the roof that blew up.
When the roof blew up, it also destroyed that ceiling so Karl fell to the floor.
Why didn't the chain around his neck kill him?
When you hang somebody, the two ways they might die are from a broken neck or from suffocation.
Breaking the neck means the person needs to fall at least a meter or so.
Karl did not fall so his neck did not break.
Suffocation takes about 4-5 minutes to kill a person.
Karl was only hanging for about a minute, maybe a little more, so he didn't suffocate.
It took him a bit to wake up and make his way down.
You saw the result.
Karl also had his fingers between the chain and his throat, so that gave him some literal breathing room.
If I knew you were a fligth attendant I would have travelled every week lol.
Great reaction as always!
LOL! Good one, Bisscute! It was fun rewatching this one with you. 😆
The shoes and socks thing was a suggestion for when you get home, or to your hotel. Not on the plane!
Oh my. You are so naturally beautiful 😻
Merry Christmas.
I love Die Hard . One of my all time favorite action/xmas movies
6:27 "Shut the f.... hell up!"
LOL!! Nice save!!
You're cracking me up! 🙂
So fun watching you watch this movie. Movies bring out more emotions in you than music.
Growing up the Christmas type film was "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and once I got a little older it was "Christmas Vacation." You NEED to see "Lethal Weapon" as that too takes place at Christmas. Lethal Weapon 2 is awesome as well. 3 and 4 are pretty good too.
I'm a little older and I still watch A Charlie Brown Christmas. Love the music and the message.
Growing up in the 70s I cannot think of any Christmas movies I grew up with. They were mostly animated TV movies like Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (muppets), etc.
Those are the most classic Christmas movies.... lol
I watched die hard and bad Santa. I watch one or the other every year for over 15 years. Great reaction.
"Now I have a Machine Gun. Ho. Ho. Ho."
I am going to start calling you John McClain cause that was one of the best Die Hard reviews I have seen. Glad you enjoyed the movie.
Glad you enjoyed it! Happy Christmas ;)
Not just that but it always comes out on Christmas hits the marathon just as much as a Christmas story around Christmas time so there's that too
Around here, in the U.S., the go to Christmas movie when i was growing up was "It's A Wonderful Life" with Jimmy Stewart, was on television on multiple channels all season long. Also it wasn't Christmas till the Peanuts Christmas Special, a cartoon, came on.
It's A Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street (original b&w), all versions of A Christmas Carol, Die Hard 1 & 2 and Lethal Weapon 1 are all Christmas movie staples in our house.
With the kids its the animated Christmas movies like Rudolph & Frosty and of course The Grinch Who Stole Christmas with Jim Carey.
The only reason the two main characters, John McClane and Hans Gruber are in the building is because it's Christmas. John is there hoping the Christmas spirit of family will help him reconcile with his estranged wife. Hans is there to get rich by taking the Christmas party hostage. One represents traditional Christmas family values, the other the corrupted materialistic side of Christmas. And it ends with the former winning, and spending Christmas with his family.
This movie is 100% a Christmas movie. It's unusual for a Christmas movie to also be an action movie, but the two are not mutually exclusive.
I could say so much,but ill just leave it with GO ROMANIA!bissCUTE that was your best reaction yet.I was watching your face the entire time.
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation with Chevy Chase was always a fav at Christmas time.... funny, funny, funny!!
I love watching this with you! One of my all time favorite movies!!! Die Hard is definitely a family tradition with us! Can't wait to see more on your journey!!!
For me it's Christmas movie. When I was a child it was on TV just after Home Alone, so my memories about Christmas include Die Hard in the same way as Home Alone, Christmas tree and presents. I even had to bought it on blu-ray since TV stopped showing it on christmas, but there is no christmas eve for me without the movie.
My Christmas Movie has to be " Bad Santa " as i cannot stop laughing all the way through it .
It's not Christmas in my house until we watch Die Hard. First watched it during the Christmas holidays when I was 11, in my first year of secondary school, and it's been an integral part of the Christmas season for me ever since. When Hans Gruber falls out of Nakatomi Plaza then the festive season is truly upon us.
There are two types of people in the world. People who think Die Hard is a Christmas movie, and people who are WRONG.
Pity TH-cam doesn't show the thumbs down totals anymore. It is a Christmas movie! It's set at Christmas, there's Christmas music and there's a Christmas tree. Also it's about family. Why do you think it isn't one?
You are correct
Don't forget the name of John's wife
@@ctakitimu because it doesn't make me feel like it's Christmas.
@@godmagnus Fair enough, there's no right answer to that question tbh
Ok, Biss - I acknowledge, you're really good at Action Movies. High five. 👋😆
I got into watching old movies as a teen with my friends. The one that became my go to Christmas movie is We're No Angels (1955) starring Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov, Aldo Rae, Joan Bennett, Basil Rathbone, Leo G. Carrol, Gloria Talbot and John Baer. It's a wonderful light romantic comedy. I really hope you get a chance to see it.
The Christmas movies that accompanied my childhood (watched over and over again) are "Trading Places" (1983) and "Scrooged" (1988), both very funny and with excellent actors.
Scrooged!
It’s been a few years since I watched “Scrooged”. I’ll have to squeeze it into my schedule this week.
Whait a minute..you dont think Die Hard is a Christmas movie ..but you acttually like ..Trading Places ..with Dan Ackroyd in blackface...lol
#1 the intention...director John McTiernan and writer Steven De Souza have confirmed that Die Hard is a Christmas movie (but there's more)
the Christmas theme and motif are central to the film
The basic narrative situation of Die Hard is a man traveling long-distance to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged wife and their children.
It's set at an office party on Christmas Eve
The chief villain Hans Gruber explicitly invokes the Christmas spirit: “It’s Christmas, Theo, it’s a time for miracles.”
As the vault door opens and the crescendoing chords of "Ode to Joy" boom over the soundtrack, Theo has the expression of a kid coming downstairs to see piles and piles of presents. "Merry Christmas," he whispers in awe. Merry Christmas, indeed
"Die Hard" is chock full of Christmas songs. Both the opening and closing credits, in fact, feature "Winter Wonderland" and "Let it Snow," there's Beethoven's "Ode to Joy,"and let's not forget Run-D.M.C.'s 1987 single "Christmas in Hollis." played by limousine driver Argyle when picking up John from the airport.
We have a story where one man is after pure material gain, using once-sincere beliefs as a disguise to get what he wants, while another man opposes him, fighting for his family and his principles and it all takes place on Christmas Eve. That sure sounds like a Christmas movie to me.
Love, sacrifice, family, friendship, good conquering evil, and reconciliation
His wife is called Holly
Hans is the Grinch
Argyle (as in socks) hangs out (like a stocking)
There is an invocation of Jesus Christ, Mary, & Joseph
Another big recurring theme of Christmas movies is a lack of faith and at first no one believes. Even John begins to lose hope but perseveres to the end
"Season's Greetings" packing tape inspiration used to tape hand gun to John McClane's back
Santa Claus makes an appearance Ho-Ho-Ho (even if it's in the form of a dead terrorist).
See, "Die Hard" is a Christmas movie!
😉🎄🎅🦌✨
They arent terrorists, they are thieves.
@@mikegilgenbach4840 Exceptional thieves...
Sts it might be nice to remember that now, 20 Dec, we are only 2 days away from the 'original winter feast' as celebrated for 100s of years before 'Xmas' hijacked it and moved it 2-3 days forward. Winter solstice, on 22nd Dec, was always the thing before our modern Xmas. Then people used to eat well, drink too much, give little gifts, kiss under a mistletoe, go around singing songs to ward off evil spirits, decorate houses with branches and worship a dressed winter man. Sounds familiar, as those 'pagan' rites have survived till today in the form of 'Xmas'. Btw., Grusse aus Finnland mit viel Schnee heute und Tschussi. Frohe Weihnachten / Season's Greetings!
Great reaction, you are hilarious and cold-blooded 😆
music and the spirit of christmas, are what make this a solid Christmas movie. michael kamen's choice of utilizing Christmas themes for the score is epic.
You hit the nail on the head! It's a Christmas movie solely due to the time. That's it.
Growing up, one of my all time favorite Christmas movies was "Scrooge" starring Alistair Sim. A VERY close second would have to be "Scrooged" starring Bill Murray. The first is, of course, a direct reenactment of the Charles Dickens classic; the second a "modernized", comedic version from 1988.
Yeah had a feeling it was because of that. Thanks for watching
47:20 "The Christmas tree is like, 'I had ENOUGH!".. "
ROFL!! You're killing me! 🤣
I'm gonna watch this with you again on Christmas morning ,what a day 💕 you me and die hard what a Christmas morning.
"definetely you were calling... Jesus, you were calling" LOL
Great reaction! Can you watch Willow next? For some reason, growing up, we watched Willow around Christmas... however, it has nothing to do with Christmas :)
Fun fact: Alan Rickman didn't know about the fall at end. That's his genuine reaction.
Until this movie, all action stars were basically mountains of muscles so McClain open the door to regular guy to be part of the action.
Also before this movie, Bruce Willis was known mostly because of his comedy side.
Please continue with the series, also I strongly recommend lethal weapon series as well. I love how immersed in the movie you were, keep it coming, lady
I enjoyed your reaction. If you would like more traditional Xmas movies, try the 1947 (The Bishop`s Wife) & the 1940 (The Shop Around The Corner). :)
my favorite christmas movie. i like your accent and eyeliner (eyeshadow?), it works well for ya
Great reaction!!! You are so funny. Cant wait for the faction to Die Hard II, another Xmas movie!!! Hahaha!!! I think it isn't really an Xmas movie, but if I remember rightly it did come out at Xmas in 1988, so that will be part of it. I'm glad you liked it because when you said before starting this why is it an Xmas movie I thought uh, oh, but your reaction made me laugh a lot, just remind me never to cross you because you are brutal and it wouldn't be pretty!!!
Back in the 70s and 80s we called that the relax era of policing hearing Gun Fire in the background could’ve been fireworks going off on Christmas. 19:13
It's a Christmas movie because it takes place during a Christmas party ;-) Bad Santa is another really fun Christmas movie!
Great reaction. Love your European perspectives. Fabulous makeup too 😘
it's a christmas movie because he's going out to l.a. to visit his kids for christmas , his wife holly her boss and all of the other employees are at a christmas party , characters are singing christmas songs and people are wishing other people a merry christmas
One of my favourite Christmas movies! (It's a Christmas movie because it's set at Christmas, and also there's a Christmas tree). I also really like Bad Santa
When I grew up "the great escape " was on ever Christmas, still don't know why lol
You should check out "Alita -Battle Angel" there is a resemblance
A very enjoyable reaction. I will say though, you're very young, so I get why you talk about this like it must have been a big deal because it happened all the way back in '88. This is easily one of the best action films ever made. It's in the top half of IMDB's top 250 films of all time, for all genres. Before anyone knew there would be sequels, it was quite common to think that John wasn't going to make it, which completely subverts most of the action genre. He seems vulnerable, and human. Also the comedy is excellent, and Alan Rickman's performance was as always, phenomenal.
"Home Alone" is a movie that happens at Christmas. "Die Hard" is a Christmas movie.
The shows we watched when I was a kid that defined Christmas were the Rankin-Bass stop-action "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (1964) and the animated "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (1966), which BTW was a heist movie like "Die Hard."
neither Die Hard or Home Alone is a christmas movie, theyre both movies that happen to be set at christmas time, but they have nothing to do with christmas and both couldve just as easily have been set at a different time of the year. A christmas movie is a movie about christmas. Neither Home Alone nor Die Hard qualify. I know that's an unpopular opinion, because I know it's "cool" to claim that Die Hard is a christmas movie, because people for some reason seem to think that makes them unique or something (all millions of them sharing that same sentiment...) and love to comment on Every. Single. Video that "it isnt Christmas in our house until Hans Gruber its thrown out of the Nakatomi building" like some god damn parrot. I mean it's even more annoying than redditors repeating the same comments in every thread over and over and over
@@GroovingPict your cognitive dissonance is astounding
@@GroovingPict Nah, it's been scientifically proven that they are both christmas movies.
@@GroovingPict Home Alone is definitely a Christmas movie that revolves around and about Christmas and how it affects the McAllister family and led to certain expected/unexpected events.
This is one of my favorite action movie of all time. Glad you had watch it. You might also recognized Alan Rickman (Hans Gruber) from the Harry Potter movies and others. Sadly, Rickman had past away a few years ago.
It's a wonderful life is the best Christmas movie,and this is a Christmas movie
Its a xmas movie because it's a feel good ending, it has simplistic themes, it is devoid of politics or other controversial topics. Something for the whole family to enjoy together.
This movie is rated 'R', it's definitely NOT for the whole family
@@JohnnyXoz It for sure is for the whole family. It's just some blood and violence.
@@Nekotaku_TV lol it literally uses curse words like motherF**
@@jog.antani So? You must be American. In Sweden for example it's normal to swear, for kids too.
@@Nekotaku_TV not a nice thing to normalise. They would also know the sexual meanings at such an early age. Their innocence is lost
In My Humble Opinion these are 3 of the Greatest Christmas Movies of All Time ( It's A Wonderful Life ) ( Miracle on 34 The Street ) ( The Bishops Wife ) that were the embodiment of the best of Humanity. !!! Still this is my opinion. Happy Holidays 🌲🌲🌲😁🌞🌞🌞 From the Sunshine State of Florida the USA
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For me: A Christmas Carol 1951, I grew up watching it each Christmas.
It used to be that a film studio's BIG movies were reserved for big holiday openings. These were times when many people had time away from their jobs to go to movies. Christmas was one such time.
Their JOBS & SCHOOL.
If I'm trapped in an office building at Christmas. I want Bisscute on my side. :) Merry Christmas.
What a fantastic Christmas Reaction! 😅 So salty from the beginning, and just did not get hydrated the entire time, until maybe the end! Firstly, I don’t care if it’s considered Christmas or not, it’s a really good movie. I feel there are a lot of Shakespearean elements in it, like the story ark range of bad guys(from Hans to Ellis to the reporter) all look alike, the call backs like the glass from the explosion (“..who gives a fuck about glass?”) and then Johns feet, and a bunch more other stuff. As to the “Christmas Movie” aspect, one thing many might not get to is how it was snowing, in LA, in the end(you said raining), and the family was back together(like “Home Alone 1”). Speaking of Home Alone, how is that a Christmas Movie?! The horrible family, traveling to Paris(had to look it up, never seen it), where Christmas doesn’t even exist, leaves a poor kid behind, cuz they are all so narcissistic 😂, I’m kidding! I haven’t seen any of them, but they are definitely Christmas movies. The only Christmas movie I really like, besides “The Christmas Story”, which I was very late to, but have seen, is the version of “A Christmas Carol”, with George C. Scott, as Scrooge. That’s a very good rendition, in my opinion. The original story is amazing, if you read it. Dickens, tho a bit formulaic, is a favorite of mine! Great reaction, again! You are such an interesting individual, you make revisiting something I’ve enjoyed in the past really fun!🌷💐
My personal top three Christmas movies are Die Hard, The Ref, and the George C. Scott version of A Christmas Carol.
It is a Christmas movie. What do you do at Christmas time? Go see family right? John is reconnecting with his wife, Powell is going home to see his wife and Argyle is going to his Girlfriend. Hans Powell and John are introduced using Christmas songs.
There are several Christmas movies that I grew up with, and now I am fortunate to have them on DVD or Blu-Ray... Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Frosty the Snowman, but the one that I have watched more than the others is A Charlie Brown Christmas.
This is one of my favourite Christmas movies, along with Scrooged and Elf.
41:12 lol "his knees are weak, moms spaghetti"
"Die Hard" has just enough Christmas in it and has been around long enough to have become a Christmas movie. That said, I have always enjoyed "It's a 'Wonderful Life", "A Christmas Carol" (1951, Alistair Sim), and "Miracle on 34th Street" (Maureen Ohara). Don't be afraid to watch them in their original black and white form. To me this adds to the depth of these movies.
Well said. Please allow me to add one other older b&w Christmas movie: "We're No Angels." Bogart, Ustinov, & Aldo Ray.
I was kind of surprised when I'd learned that that police-chief had, back in the early '70's, played the role of Long Tom Roberts in George Pal's movie-adaptation of "Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze."
THIS IS THE MOST BADASS CHRISTMAS MOVIE OF ALL TIME
Very good Christmas movie but Lethal weapon is better
@@TheDarkhorse386 Lethal Weapon is my number 2 but respect
Dont forget Gremlins. Makes a nice trifecta to watch on Christmas Eve
Good Christmas or holiday movies you might enjoy reacting to if you haven’t seen them are “Scrooged” a comical and one many adaptations of the classic Christmas movie “A Christmas Carol”, “Planes Trains And Automobiles”, A Christmas Story, “Home Alone” which I think you mentioned, “Home Alone 2”, “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”, and Elf. These movie mentioned are now among the top Holiday/ Christmas movies having become as popular if not more popular than many animated Christmas movies that came before them and a couple of movies from the 1940s, “It’s A Wonderful Life and “Miracle On 34th Street”.
"Now I have a michine gun too, Ho! Ho! Ho!" "Yippie KaYay, Mother****er!" "Eeeeenkkk! Sorry Hans, wrong answer!" "Come out to the Coast! We'll get together, have a few laughs! Click!" "Looks like we're gonna need some more FBI guys." Some of the best lines ever.
In a figurative sense, the film is closer to Christmas reality than most standard Christmas films. Parents in particular are allowed to feel like John MccLane when the kids really crank it up and let out all kinds of feelings. From joy to arguments and screams, everything is there. It's a nice metaphor for christmas. 🎅
2:50 yeah that's it, precisely! 🤣
I like her,, merry Christmas miss bisscute
You are so much fun to watch movies with. I love all your reactions and advice. Do you do any online console gaming? It's so much fun.
It helps that she's. Very beautiful.
Bruce was broke and homeless, making calls and getting callbacks from a payphone!!! And then he got one of the best tv shows ever that made him a star, Moonlighting! Look up a few episodes here! It's a throwback to old 40s-50s movies, Cary Grant comedies.
For my family, it’s not Christmas until we watch the original 1947 black and white Miracle on 34th Street. I do like watching Die Hard around this time of year too though lol
Great video! Die Hard is an action masterpiece but I was very impressed how quick you were at finding the few plot holes (no movie is perfect) while still enjoying watching the film for the first time. I remember first being shown this movie on Christmas Eve 2000 when I was 10. It was one of my dad's favorites and for once I didn't need to try and convince him to let me see an R-rated film. Then in our family, believe it or not, me, my dad, my brother and my mom would sit down before Christmas and watch the Die hard trilogy from 2000 to about 2012. Sometimes we would watch the 4th film as well since it is very good despite the idiotic decision to rate it PG-13 (It should only be viewed in it's Unrated version). I would rate them like this: Die Hard A+, Die Hard 2 A-, Die Hard with a Vengeance A, Live Free or Die Hard B+, A Good Day to Die Hard...D-.
So yep, Die Hard was my Christmas movie before I (or my dad) even knew there was a debate about it being a Christmas movie. Christmas, to me, is about the mood that is everywhere during that holiday period in December---decorations, music, parties, Christmas trees and usually some family conflict. Die Hard takes the conflict part to the extreme but the family conflict is still right at the center of the story and is resolved by the end. Those are some of the reasons I would declare it a "Christmas Movie."
It’s a Christmas movie because all John wants is to be home with his family for the holidays. See? It’s basically the same story as It’s A Wonderful Life.
Good one Bisscute.
xmas movie,,, it is about a dad who is doing what ever it takes to be with his family for the holidays.
One of the cool special features on the special edition DVD release of this movie was an editing special feature where they show you all the different camera footage originally shot for Takagi's death scene (when Hans shoots him.) You can then choose to do your own temporary re-edit, to make the scene look different than the release version, by choosing different shots or angles. It was a fun idea for film buffs. I enjoyed it.
It's not xmas until Hans Gruber falls from Nakatomi Tower.
The standard Christmas movie was a toss up between Miracle on 34th Street and It's a Wonderful Life. Both outstanding messages and very different from each other.
It's a Wonderful Life is definitely no Christmas movie
What is the traditional Christmas movie? A Christmas Story of course. What other movie gets a full 24 hours of airplay in the USA during Christmas? It's a must watch
5:36 "CORRRP'RRRATE!"
LOL! You are too adorable! 😀
Sorry, it's just a dude but. You nailed it. She's got it all
@@roberormonde
She certainly does.
Not sure what you mean by "Sorry it's just a dude" though?
@@BlackieNuffbecause you probably wanted to here from biss i felt like i buted in i that what i meant ,wouldent you love to talk to her and you know any way she's a keeper ,take care
@@roberormonde
What the fuck are you talking about?
First of all, it's "hear" not "here".
Secondly, I expect/want nothing. I know she gets tens of thousands of comments every day from as many people (mostly dudes, surely), and only has so much time to read them.
If she sees mine, great. If not, that's okay, too. Sometimes she replies, but most times she doesn't.
Finally, what does any of that have to do with "it's just a dude"?
Make sense, man.
Look, I have NO delusions about Bisscute, okay? Or any of the "cute and adorable" female reactors in the TH-camsphere.
I'm well aware mine are but some random comments in an ocean or other comments, and are not gonna do shit to get anyone's attention, let alone Bisscute's.
Even if I lived next door to her, I know my chances would be slim to none and slim left town. Like I said, I have no delusions.
I'm old, I'm hideous, and I've always been nothing but a subhuman beast. I'm accustomed to admiring from afar. Very far. Halfway around the world seems to be the ideal distance.
So if you're worried about anyone horning in your simping territory or whatever, relax.
I'm no threat to anyone.
The Grinch that Stole Christmas, the cartoon. Frosty the snow man & Rudolf the red nosed reindeer. It had all three movies on one VHS. The Grinch was always the big one for me because my mom always played it and called me ‘Lou’ my first name is Cindy so ‘cindy lou who’ was something she loved.
She still calls me Lou.
Best Christmas movie ever.
Hans down.