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- It was decided on my Patreon That for my Christmas Movie Reaction List Die Hard should have Priority . And so I did ! But do I think this is a Christmas Movvie??? Wellllll....
I do love the Yippee-Ki-Yay, Motherf*cker
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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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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!
"He's knees are weak. Mom's spaghetti" 🤣🤣 that was the best reaction to that part
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.
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.
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
Cars used to come with 4 little ashtrays on each door and a huge one under the AM/FM radio
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.
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.
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.
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
My most favorite Alan Rickman role. Been a fan ever since.
His was also the best role in Robin Hood.
And Harry Potter saga ^_^
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.
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
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.
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.
"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.
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
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
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.
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
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
The shoes and socks thing was a suggestion for when you get home, or to your hotel. Not on the plane!
So fun watching you watch this movie. Movies bring out more emotions in you than music.
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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This movie has a saying, that there's no christmas until you see a German falling from a tower! 🤣
"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.
Best Christmas movie ever.
Hans down.
For me: A Christmas Carol 1951, I grew up watching it each Christmas.
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.
#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.
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation with Chevy Chase was always a fav at Christmas time.... funny, funny, funny!!
"definetely you were calling... Jesus, you were calling" LOL
"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.
It's a Christmas movie because it takes place during a Christmas party ;-) Bad Santa is another really fun Christmas movie!
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
What can I say, I think some people say it’s a Christmas movie so they can watch an action movie instead of a chick flick kinda Christmas moive. It also is about family, love, and is set at Christmas so the added action is just the icing on the cake!
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.
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 😊
It's a wonderful life is the best Christmas movie,and this is a Christmas movie
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.
It is 100% a Christmas movie. Take everything Christmas related in this movie and it’s just another really great action movie about a heist. There’s so many Christmas references and music cues and dialogue about the holiday. Therefore it’s a Christmas movie.
The 'Christmas' theme in this is literally maybe 2 minutes of 2hour plus movie. It's NOT a CHRISTMAS MOVIE
@@JohnnyXoz I think you’re thinking of Lethal Weapon. Anything Christmas was barely mentioned in that movie. There were so many verbal mentions of and about Christmas. Christmas cues in the score itself, visual cues of and about Christmas. So many references one after another in this movie. Lethal Weapon had maybe a few scattered references. One could forget that it takes place during Christmas if they’re not paying attention.
@@JohnnyXoz lol 😂
More importantly, take Christmas out of it and the movie doesn't even happen. It's not Christmas, John isn't home for the holidays. So there's no one there to save everyone, but that's okay because........ It's not Christmas, so everyone isn't staying at the office late for the big Christmas party so Hans and his gang don't even bother showing up. So take everything Christmas out of the movie, and it's not even an action movie.
and "santa" said HO HO HO ! after he aquired a machinegun.....
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...
He's not talking about taking shoes and socks off in the Aircraft, he is talking about when he gets home, and this is a Christmas movie because it's set at Christmas time :)
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
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.
Is this a Christmas movie? Definitely. It takes all the themes of family, friendship, greed and forgiveness of a “traditional” Christmas movie which would normally take place on the snowy East coast of America and moves them to Californian where everything is supposed to be extravagant and over the top and plays them out in an action movie
Home Alone came 2 years later,if anything that’s a PG version of Die Hard not the other way around
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
This is one of my favourite Christmas movies, along with Scrooged and Elf.
6:27 "Shut the f.... hell up!"
LOL!! Nice save!!
You're cracking me up! 🙂
xmas movie,,, it is about a dad who is doing what ever it takes to be with his family for the holidays.
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
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. 🎅
LOL! Good one, Bisscute! It was fun rewatching this one with you. 😆
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 Die Hard is a Christmas movie:
- John McClane is going to see his wife for Christmas at a Christmas party being held by the company she works for. (IE this meeting wouldn't happen any other time of year.)
- The rap Arguile is listening to in the limo is about Santa Claus "This IS Christmas music!"
- The orchestra at the Christmas party is playing Ode to joe.
- There's a huge Christmas tree
- The guy that kisses John says "Merry Christmas."
- Holly makes references to Rudolph, Frosty, and Scrooge.
- Holly says to her daughter "We'll see what mommy and Santa can do, okay?"
- Hans makes a reference to it being the "time of miracles" and tells Theo to be of "good cheer."
- When Al is picking up Twinkies "for the wife." He's singing "Let it snow."
- "Now I have a Machine gun - Ho. Ho. Ho." Would not work without it being Christmas.
- Ode to Joy plays when the terrorists open the vault door and Theo says "Merry Christmas!"
- The tape John uses to strap his pistol to his back is Christmas wrapping tape. If it wasn't the Christmas season he wouldn't have been able to save his wife.
- Papers fall from Nakatomi like snow flakes while John and Holly drive away in the limo and "Let it snow" plays.
- The movie has themes regarding family, redemption, and togetherness.
A great Christmas movie despite the murder killing and mayhem lmao.
Christmas never start until Hans Gruber fells from Nakatomi Tower :D the scene where he actually falls down was shot in the way, that they were suposed to make him fall at count of three, but they released him at "two" so the surprise and horror in his face are real.
Glad you enjoyed it! Happy Christmas ;)
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!
Xmas movie: National Lampoons Christmas Vacation.
Thanksgiving: Planes Trains, and automobiles
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.
Even if it wasn't, which it is, the fact that this debate comes up every year makes it one now
"Now I have a Machine Gun. Ho. Ho. Ho."
It's a Wonderful Life and A Christmas Story for me growing up.
It takes place in Christmas time, has a Christmas party, has Christmas music. Just because it has action and violence doesn't mean it's not a Christmas movie.
If I'm trapped in an office building at Christmas. I want Bisscute on my side. :) Merry Christmas.
If I knew you were a fligth attendant I would have travelled every week lol.
Great reaction as always!
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.
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... 😀
"Ho - Ho - Ho, Now I have a machine gun" = Christmas movie
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!!!
Takes place on Christmas Eve he takes a trip to see his wife and kids for Christmas it happens during a Christmas party there's Christmas music there's Christmas everything
Home Alone for me too! I could probably recite the whole script from memory.
It's just a kid home alone, nothing to do with Christmas
Even though it’s not set at Christmas, one movie that was shown where I am every Christmas, and usually on more than one channel between 15 December and New Year’s Day was Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory. I watched every year as a child, and watch it occasionally now as an adult. Even though the location was never mentioned in the movie, a lot of it was film around Munich
Reasons Die Hard is a Christmas movie:
(1) Hans chose Christmas Eve because the building would be mostly empty and vulnerable. The Antagonist needs it to be Christmas.
(2) John is only there because he's visitng the family for Christmas. The Protagonist is only there because it's Christmas. Could they have written it differently and found plausible explanations for the coincidence of them both being there? Perhaps, but they didn't. Because they were making a Christmas movie.
(3) Bloody as it is, it's essentially a feel good movie. We cheer when John chalks up another bad guy. We cheer louder when he follows the kill with a pithy one-liner. And we go batshit crazy at the end when Hollie punches out the reporter. Well, they did in my cinema, anyway (and I should tell you I'm a Brit and as a rule we don't cheer in cinemas. Maybe more common now, but in the 80s, nope. No way.)
(4) After the first twenty minutes or so, no one dies who we care about all that much. We have some sympathy for the security guards downstairs, and we feel bad about Takagi, but after that it's deserved death all the way (you might argue that the cops outside the building and in the armoured car don't deserve it, but the way the movie plays at the very least our sympathy is tempered by how thick-headed they are going in the way they do). Other than that the gang members get what's coming to them, as does Ellis, and the FBI guys were set up as massive pricks precisely so that we shed no tears when their helicopter goes down.
(5) There are movies which we consider Christmas movies that don't even take place exclusively at Christmas. Only the third act of It's A Wonderful Life is set at Christmas, for example. And whilst I'd never argue that It's a Wonderful Life is not a Christmas movie - you could argue that it is less of one than Die Hard. Not only does a good chunk of the film not take place at Christmas, but also the bad guy doesn't get his comeuppance. Potter steals the money and gets to keep it with zero consequences.
Going back to Die Hard - take Christmas away and the story doesn't work. It is possible to make a movie set at Christmas that isn't a Christmas movie, but to do that Christmas has to be an afterthought. Maybe it's only set at Christmas because the filmmaker wants the visuals and to use Christmas music. Or perhaps they're just setting it at Christmas because that's when it's due to be released. You spot those movies by the same test - can you take Christmas out of the equation without hurting the story?
It should be noted that Bruce Willis is on record denying that it's a Christmas movie. But charming as Bruce is as a screen presence, that doesn't make him right, and both the director and writer of the film have said quite clearly they think it is.
The director has come out and said, it is a christmas movie! Please react to another christmas movie, Lethal Weapon with Mel Gibson!
no he hasn't
lol the bloodlust of this girl i love it
If "Christmas" isn't about importance of family to you, then it's about stopping greedy ones
You misunderstood. He was saying after you get off the plane and get to the location you are headed to. That is when you take off shoes and socks and walk on carpet and make fists with your toes. Nobody would have been there at night if they were not having a CHRISTMAS office party. 👱♀👱♀👗👗👠👠💓💓
When Hans says as Santa Claus," Now I have a machine gun. Ho Ho Ho!" Then it's Christmas! Also the guy said, take off shoes and socks, when u get where ur going, then make fists with ur toes...not in the plane or airport!
The actor who played Theo the computer expert (Clarence Gilyard, Jr.), died unexpectedly on November 28th this year. He was just 66 years old.
"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.
"HO! HO! HO! Now I have a machine gun" How is this NOT a Christmas movie?
It's not xmas until Hans Gruber falls from Nakatomi Tower.
At the gas station, when he's buying all the snacks, gas cost was 74 cents a gallon!!😮😮😮
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.
While calling Die Hard a Christmas movie has always been a little tongue-in-cheek, I do have a defense for it.
Here in the U.S., and maybe elsewhere too, we consider It's a Wonderful Life to be a Christmas movie. Die Hard shares enough characteristics with it to justify the same designation.
- Both movies have plots that have nothing to do with Christmas.
- The protagonist in both movies finds himself in the midst of a disastrous emergency.
- Both movies have an antagonist who is motivated solely by greed.
- Someone fires a gun at least once in each movie.
- At some point in time a Christmas carol or traditional Christmas song is sung.
- The protagonist in each movie is kissed by a person who is not his wife
- The protagonist removes at least one article of clothing at some point in each movie
- The plot of each movie involves the reconciliation of a strained family relationship.
- Someone falls off the edge of a high structure in each movie.
So there you go. If we can call It's a Wonderful Life a Christmas movie, we have to call Die Hard a Christmas movie. I rest my case.
For another Christmas movie: Trading Places. The inept cop also stars in Trading Places. It’s a comedy. Stars Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd.
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.
41:12 lol "his knees are weak, moms spaghetti"
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.
47:20 "The Christmas tree is like, 'I had ENOUGH!".. "
ROFL!! You're killing me! 🤣
A wonderful life, 1951 A Christmas Carol.