Fun fact...Rickman was terrified in that slo-mo falling scene...when shooting the shot he was to be dropped on a certain count...well, they intentionally dropped him early 😉
They told him they'd drop him on 3. They dropped him on 2 to get a more genuine reaction. It was also the last day of filming so if he quit, the production was safe.
38:09 Home Alone is actually the kid friendly version of Die Hard, since Home Alone came out two years later after Die Hard from the same studio (20th Century Fox). It's also a fun fact Macualy Culkin, the lead of Home Alone, is the nephew, along with brothers Kiernan and Rory, of actress Bonnie Bedelia (Holly Gennaro McClaine).
Die Hard 2 and 3, True Lies, Speed The Last Boy Scout is also a great Bruce Willis movie, less known than Die Hard but it has the same kind of humor and action
One of the things audiences loved about this film was that most action heroes like Stallone and Schwarzeneggar showed no emotion. John McLean was a real guy. He cried. He felt pain and showed fear. Die Hard is still the best action film ever made.
@@hernerweisenberg7052 - I never saw Rambo but I'll take your word for it. I'm just relaying what critics, commentators and movie goers said at the time about Die Hard.
Die Haed With Avengence (the 3rd in the series of 5) while not set at Christmas time like 1 and 2 are is amazing and it has Samuel L Jackson in it, an amazing iconic film!
@@jemal999 I know A good day to Die Hard is shit but not sure its fair not to count it.. if so then why are you counting Live free or Die Hard ? that one isnt much better :D
Jordan at 24:34 -- "I didn't realize C4 would be that explosive." That explosion wasn't only the C4. Notice that there was an initial explosion immediately followed by multiple secondary explosions. The bad guys operating the missile launcher had dropped one of their missiles next to the elevator moments earlier while they were racing to set up the launcher, and they also had an entire crate of missiles with them. John's improvised C4 bomb detonated the dropped missile, and that explosion set off the remaining missiles in the crate.
Oh hell yes! Chandra's enthusiasm and excitement for this first time watch was a joy to witness. And this movie definitely deserves it. Such a fun and exciting action movie. Bruce Willis's charisma is just something else. He was so great in the tv show Moonlighting and his energy made for a brilliant lead in this wild ride of a movie. Glad you both loved it!
The "fists with your toes" thing is actually a technique that's often recommended for people suffering from anxiety. I've found it to be surprisingly effective. It's not just for flying. General anxiety relief tactic. John's stubbornness is why the Die Hard franchise works. That's what the term means. Someone who won't give up on whatever. A die hard (sports team) fan, for example. Hans Gruber is one of the best movie villains ever. Alan Rickman's first American movie, and he knocked it out of the park. Ellis may be a sleazeball, but at least he didn't give up Holly as John's wife. The guy who played Theo also played Travett in Walker Texas Ranger. Theo and Argyle return in the Die Hard battery commercial. The C4 detonated all of the rocket launcher rockets, and whatever else the baddies had on that floor. Though, the monitor as a detonator works because when CRT monitors are smashed, it produces a small electrical charge. Violent Night is a great Die Hard/Home Alone parody, with Santa. Epic fun.
yes, it is not a "santa" movie, but it IS a christmas movie. over here it also is shown almost every year around christmas, mostly as double feature (or on subsequent days) with the 5th element.
"Welcome to the party, pal!" It isn't Christmas in my house until Hans Gruber is THROWN off the top of Nakatomi Plaza. 😎 Merry Christmas! ✝️ 🙏 🎄 🎁 Fun Fact: In 2007, Bruce Willis donated John McClane's undershirt to the Smithsonian Museum. Making Lemonade Fact: The scene where McClane (Bruce Willis) 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. When Worlds Collide Fact: The scene in which Gruber (Alan Rickman) and McClane (Bruce Willis) meet for the first time was inserted into the script after Alan Rickman 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. Casting Notes Fact: Alan Rickman nearly passed up the role of Hans Gruber, which ended up being his first American 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. Location Location Fact: The fictional Nakatomi Plaza is the headquarters of 20th Century Studios, so the studio could use one of its own buildings and didn't have to hold back on stunts and action sequences. While Jeb Stuart was writing the screenplay, he did a tour of the building, and immediately incorporated some of the locations and objects he found there into his script as set pieces. The company charged itself rent for the use of the then-unfinished building. Some of the middle floors were occupied by legal and administrative departments, so only empty floors were used for filming. Still, the filming of scenes that involved gunfire had to be postponed until after hours because some of the employees from the active floors started to complain about the noise.
Ear damage fact: Bruce Willis suffered permanent ear damage and loss of hearing during the under the table scene where he shoots the bad guy up through the table. Extra loud blanks were used but Willis had no hearing protection. The blast in the confined space did permanent damage to his left ear iirc and he got a big payout for damages. He's lived with hearing loss since then.
Ol' blue eyes fact: Frank Sinatra was in a movie based on a book written by the same author that wrote the book Die Hard was loosely based on. As a result, they were contractually obligated to offer the lead role to him first. Luckily Sinatra said "I'm too old, and I'm too rich.."
Side character fact: The actor who plays Argyle the limo driver also appeared in The Blues Brothers as the little kid who Ray Charles takes shots at for trying to steal a guitar.
Amazing reaction! Yeah, my favourite Christmas film, and one of my favourite action films. I think i t was 1991 tis premiered on British tv when i was 11. I recorded it on VHS of course, taking oit commercials too. I watched the first half on the main tv, then it took a break for the news, i watched and carried on recording the rest in my bedroom.
This was back when cell phones were relatively new and you paid for a certain number of minutes every month. Minutes were pretty expensive so that phone call in the limo went on for quite a while so whoever owns it is going to be furious when they get the bill!
BEST CHRISTMAS ACTION MOVIE EVER MADE! It's based on the 1979 novel, NOTHING LASTS FOREVER, which was a sequel to THE DETECTIVE, which starred Frank Sinatra in 1968.
The shot of Hans falling from the building was a real stuntman falling. They built a mechanism where a cable attached to a stuntman allows him to freefall to a point then a brake slows the cable gradually. My question though, who's the first stuntman to ever test the rig? 😮
Alan Rickman is excellent in this movie. Some also know him as Professor Snape in Harry Potter. When he fell from the tower at the end it his expression is real. They had to drop him some and he is afraid of heights. They told him to count and then they would drop him. But on purpose they dropped him too early; hence his realistic scared expression
and don't skip him in Galaxy Quest either ... Over here, all movies always are dubbed, and thus i didn't recognize that all those roles were played by the same actor, until i could hear his unique voice and way of speaking in all these reaction videos.
Seeing that you guys really liked this one, definitely continue the series. Die Hard 2 and 3 are definitely worth watching. Not as good as the first, the first one will always be the best, but the first 2 of the sequels are absolutely worth a watch.
2 things...Home Alone was AFTER Die Hard. Also, the criminals in HA were idiots. The criminals in DH were brilliant and competent. John McClane was just more motivated and had the advantage of surprise.
I am new here but thank you both for a great reaction channel. I will say one thing though. Either your wife is a GREAT actress or she really enjoyed Die Hard. (for my money she just enjoyed one of our favorite movies. 👍
As a fan of action movies in the '80's (Born 1970, so I was a teenager), there's a certain context that is lost about this movie. Compared to most of them (Except for top-tier ones like 'Aliens'), 'Die Hard' was BRUTALLY realistic. When my friends and I first saw it shortly after release, we were amazed at how plausible they made everything seem. Even things like reloading guns, so many movies before this never even bothered to keep track of. My Dad loved it because John McClane felt so much like a normal guy and not a Superhuman. The film was also notable in that prior to this, Bruce Willis was NOT thought of as an action star. So much so that it was seen as a risk to give him the role. Prior to this his biggest role was in the TV Show, 'Moonlighting', which was definitely not an action series. There was even a small shout-out to the show in the bickering between John and Holly, as Bruce's and Cybill Shepard's bickering in Moonlighting was legendary.
Have loved this movie since I first saw it on VHS as a kid. I've always felt it had a very "Indiana Jones" vibe to it, including the character of John McClane. Very intense, very action-driven, but also with a lot of humor.
Die Hard was in 1988 and Home Alone was in 1990, so it is more that Home Alone was the children's version of Die Hard. The Die Hard release occurred after the mid-80s wave of muscle-man uber-action films where largely invulnerable mega-men owned dozens of bad guys at a time. The John McClane character was the refreshing breeze after this period (Bruce Willis was previously in Moonlighting and no one thought he was a realistic action hero) as the gritty hero that outlasted and outwitted his enemies. A great landmark film.
That "such a good bad guy" is the very talented Alan Rickman. He actually won a BAFTA for playing a really bad baddie in Robin Hood. His best known role was as Snape in Harry Potter.
One of my favorite movies ever. I was 17 when this came out in 1988 and, in the years since, I have made it a tradition to watch it every Christmas Eve. It's not Christmas until Hans Gruber falls off the Nakatomi building. Bruce Willis and the late Alan Rickman were both amazing in their respective roles. If you want to see another amazing movie, check out the 1974 disaster film The Towering Inferno. It is my favorite disaster film ever and is one of the granddaddies of all disaster films. That one and 1972's The Poseidon Adventure are basically the blueprint for what a disaster film should be. The Towering Inferno's three lead roles are played by Paul Newman as the architect who designed the building, Faye Dunaway as his girlfriend and my favorite actor, Steve McQueen, as the battalion chief in the San Francisco Fire Department trying to fight the fire and save the people trapped in the building.
The Die Hard and Rambo movie series are great action movies that the both of you can definitely get into and check out. Plus, basically any Arnold action movies are excellent as well. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to the both of you as well ❤️👍🎄.
It's not a christmas movie, it's an action movie with a christmas set piece. It would be the same movie if it was at a new years eve party. The countdown to midnight might even be more of a tension builder. Even the creators state it's not a christmas movie and Bruce Willis says it's not a christmas movie, it's a Bruce Willis movie...
39:00: Well, and he's not invulnerable. A lot of action heroes previously would just either miraculously not get hit no matter how much the bad guys fired at them, or walk it off like it was a mosquito bite. John gets really roughed up through the film, to the point audiences seeing it when it came out wondered if he was going to survive. It adds to the tension and drama, the he accumulates wounds and damage, that his effectiveness steadily drops through the movie, so the final showdown, where he's barely hanging on physically and has only two bullets left, the tension is unbearable.
Lethal Weapon (1986) is another Christmas action movie worth watching, if you haven't already. In fact, action movies that take place at Christmas was kind of a weird eighties phenomenon. Die Hard is the most famous example (and arguably the best of the bunch) but it certainly wasn't the only one, or even the first.
Right, recommendations. Well, first of all, _The long kiss goodnight_ and _The last Boy Scout._ They're both scripted by Shane Black, who is brilliant, and _Boy Scout_ even features Bruce Willis. _Long kiss_ has Geena Davis as the heroine and Samuel L Jackson, and the script is sizzling. Someone elsewhere in the comments suggests _Speed,_ and I would second that. _Predator,_ the first in the franchise, is not to be missed, and the most recent _Prey_ is also very good. Then there's the _Bourne_ movies with Matt Damon, of which the first two are the best; I'm gonna finish with _Leon: the professional_ starring Jean Reno and a very young Natalie Portman, who absolutely kills it as a naive but fierce girl who wants to avenge the death of her entire family. That should keep you going for a bit!
And very few notice the 74cents per gallon of regular gas. 24:45 C-4 the pressure wave of a C-4 explosion is 24,000 feet per second. This rapid expansion of hot gas is what causes all the damage.
One brick of C4 (plus the handful of blasting caps used to prime it, which is a nice detail) still wouldn't be enough to make that kind of damage, but the potential for sympathetic detonation of the rocket munitions near the elevator shaft just might. Unlikely? Probably so. Fun to watch? Oh hell yeah. Also... $0.74 for gas would be incredible right now...
A stuntman did do that fall into an airbag. And the reason why Alan Rickman looked terrified is because he was! For the close-up falling shot, he was hanging on a wire above a Blue Screen. And they filmed two limited falls with a quick break on the wire. They weren't getting what they wanted so, on the third fall, the director actually let him fall 30 feet before hitting the break. So that look of absolute terror on his face is real. He thought that he was actually falling.
@@paulmartin2348 If it's on the internet, it MUST be TRUE! I'll stick to the behind-the-scenes interview with the director (John McTiernan) extra on the DieHard BlueRay.
Hey guys! As I recall, at this time, Bruce Willis was best known for being a wisecracking P.I. on a show called "Moonlighting". But then he got this gig and they rewrote the modern Action Movie genre (and *Christmas Movie* genre, too!). And the rest is history. Very sad about Bruce's current situation, though... Anyway, great job! 😉👍 (Goooo Rock Band, btw. I never could master drums, though... haha)
One of the best action movies ever made, and the very best action crime villain thanks to Alan Rickman's brilliant performance. Everyone is smart and capable but never invulnerable. Hart Bochner was also excellent as the quintessential corporate douchebag. C-4 Is a but more powerful that TNT, with an expansion velocity over 26,000 feet per second.
Bruce Willis was known for Moonlighting and singing before this hit cinemas. Trailers shown actually had people laughing out loud when they saw Willis' tough guy character. Fears at the studio were so high that Willis was removed from the marketing material and the poster simply showed the building. How little did we all know. Fun fact when the van opens and the goons step out there is no ambulance in the back as they had not written the ending yet. Also the journalist was called "Dick" Thornburg and the two FBI guys were called "Johnson". Paul Gleason who played Dept. Dwayne T Robinson playes the absolute worst dick in The Breakdfast Club (which SHOULD be on your list). Top action movies ; - The Raid 1 & 2 - Indonesian but directed by a Welshman Gareth Evans (watch Gangs of London TV !) - Commando & Predator - Schwarzenegger's infinitely quotable, cheesy but fun 80s action romps - Dredd - Alex Garland (The Beach) gritty sci-fi cult classic - Sicario - Denis Vilnueve (Dune) with Emily Blunt getting sucked into CIA black ops against Mexican drug cartels with Josh Brolin and Benicio del Toro - Elite Squad 1 & 2 - this is not for reviewers as nobody is ever going to do this. This is for the fans of these channels. These are the story of the police enforcers that work in the Favela in Rio de Janeiro, a story of abuse of power and police corruption. ES 2 is a top five film of mine.
The Building in this movie was owned by 20TH Century Fox it’s based in Century City California I’ve been there a few times. Such an Amazing way to save money and get a Huge reaction from your own Company 😂 This was Alan Rickman’s Debut role as the Villain and man did it pay off. The chemistry between the two was just Awesome even down to Reginald VelJohnson and McClaine. Greatest Christmas movie ever! Oh and the end scene they ended up dropping Alan early it was supposed to be 3 but they let him go on 2 for the Best reaction I mean that Face said it all! 😂😂😂
John McClane is the OG "every day man" action hero. Sure he is a cop, but he isnt a hand-to-hand combat expert fighter like a Van Damme, or ex-war veteran super jacked characters that Schwarzenegger or Stallone were portraying that were dominating the 80s action movie genre at that time. It opened the doors for more possibilities for the genre as a smart, well plotted, story driven movie and not just an excuse to blow things up and shoot up dozens of people.
Merry Christmas Chandra and Jordan! This may have been my favorite reaction video y'all put out. Your video is the perfect example of the reaction a well written action movie with incredibly charismatic leads should illicit. I never thought of it, but your Home Alone comparison was spot on. Die Hard is a high bar for action movies, but I think True Lies (directed by the great Canadian James Cameron) is an action movie you'd both love.
The trivia behind this movie is amazing . Bruce Willis was consider to be a joke to be cast in an action movie. The way the movie was shot changed action movies forever . Bruce lost some of his hearing due to the explosions and gun fire. Alan Rickman's first movie. The actor who played Karl was a world renown ballet dancer who's defection was made into a movie itself
Die Hard 2 and 3, Speed, True Lies, Commando, Under Siege, Heat, The Negotiator, Executive Decision, The Rock, Matrix Trilogy...there's more, but I'm having a brain fart. These should start you off...
C4 is pretty powerful but here's the funny thing, it's inert. Without an explosive charge to set it off, it's just a type of clay. You can make a flowerpot out of it.
If you haven't, "Tombstone" is an all time great action movie/western with Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer. Kilmer gives perhaps the greatest performance in a western in movie history. Try that next.
Die Hard 2 is sillier but still fun. DH3 is good too. Also recommend Terminator and Terminator 2; T2 is considered even better than the first one by many.
This was filmed long before 9/11. It was a time when people could walk into an airport and go to a gate to meet their loved ones as they exited the planes. Good luck trying to do that now a days. Also, did you notice Bruce smoking in the airport? That doesn't happen anymore either.
Fun fact...Rickman was terrified in that slo-mo falling scene...when shooting the shot he was to be dropped on a certain count...well, they intentionally dropped him early 😉
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Terrified? 🤔
They told him they'd drop him on 3. They dropped him on 2 to get a more genuine reaction.
It was also the last day of filming so if he quit, the production was safe.
Yeah they wanted the reaction to be genuine.
@@earth7551 I can't picture MacGyver saying "Yippie Ki yay, motherfucker.".... 😂
38:09 Home Alone is actually the kid friendly version of Die Hard, since Home Alone came out two years later after Die Hard from the same studio (20th Century Fox). It's also a fun fact Macualy Culkin, the lead of Home Alone, is the nephew, along with brothers Kiernan and Rory, of actress Bonnie Bedelia (Holly Gennaro McClaine).
Toy Soldiers is the in-between version of Home Alone and Die Hard.
@@Electronic_Boyscout No argument here.
Die Hard 2 and 3, True Lies, Speed
The Last Boy Scout is also a great Bruce Willis movie, less known than Die Hard but it has the same kind of humor and action
Your sentence structure needs improvement.
@@bluecollartradesman715 Sure, I can always improve, it's not my first language after all. Or second.
One of the things audiences loved about this film was that most action heroes like Stallone and Schwarzeneggar showed no emotion. John McLean was a real guy. He cried. He felt pain and showed fear. Die Hard is still the best action film ever made.
Rambo cried his heart out on Colonel Trautmans shoulder 6 years befor this came out.
@@hernerweisenberg7052 - Really? What a wuss. :P
@@randyruggles342 War hero with PTSD Rambo showed more emotion in those couple minutes then Bruised Willis in his entire career :P
@@hernerweisenberg7052 - I never saw Rambo but I'll take your word for it. I'm just relaying what critics, commentators and movie goers said at the time about Die Hard.
@@randyruggles342 Sorry to have spoiled the movie for you then. You should watch it anyway. It gets deeper then you might think :)
Die Haed With Avengence (the 3rd in the series of 5) while not set at Christmas time like 1 and 2 are is amazing and it has Samuel L Jackson in it, an amazing iconic film!
I think you mis-counted. There are only 4 Die hard movies.
@@jemal999 I know A good day to Die Hard is shit but not sure its fair not to count it.. if so then why are you counting Live free or Die Hard ? that one isnt much better :D
Jordan at 24:34 -- "I didn't realize C4 would be that explosive."
That explosion wasn't only the C4. Notice that there was an initial explosion immediately followed by multiple secondary explosions. The bad guys operating the missile launcher had dropped one of their missiles next to the elevator moments earlier while they were racing to set up the launcher, and they also had an entire crate of missiles with them. John's improvised C4 bomb detonated the dropped missile, and that explosion set off the remaining missiles in the crate.
Oh hell yes! Chandra's enthusiasm and excitement for this first time watch was a joy to witness. And this movie definitely deserves it. Such a fun and exciting action movie. Bruce Willis's charisma is just something else. He was so great in the tv show Moonlighting and his energy made for a brilliant lead in this wild ride of a movie. Glad you both loved it!
I saw this in the theatre when it was released in the summer of 1988. You should have heard the audience cheer when Al shot the bad guy at the end.
I bet! That would have been such a fun experience!
@@maplenutsreact - It was. I went in not really being a fan of Bruce Willis and came out knowing Die Hard was the best action film ever made.
The "fists with your toes" thing is actually a technique that's often recommended for people suffering from anxiety. I've found it to be surprisingly effective. It's not just for flying. General anxiety relief tactic.
John's stubbornness is why the Die Hard franchise works. That's what the term means. Someone who won't give up on whatever. A die hard (sports team) fan, for example.
Hans Gruber is one of the best movie villains ever. Alan Rickman's first American movie, and he knocked it out of the park.
Ellis may be a sleazeball, but at least he didn't give up Holly as John's wife.
The guy who played Theo also played Travett in Walker Texas Ranger. Theo and Argyle return in the Die Hard battery commercial.
The C4 detonated all of the rocket launcher rockets, and whatever else the baddies had on that floor. Though, the monitor as a detonator works because when CRT monitors are smashed, it produces a small electrical charge.
Violent Night is a great Die Hard/Home Alone parody, with Santa. Epic fun.
The best Christmas movie, and such a great movie.
Thanks for all your cool videos. I think this is my favorite iteration of Jordan's facial hair journey. Oh and Die Hard is good too.
Greatest Christmas Movie Ever.
Bruce Willis has said that this is NOT a Christmas movie. I, respectfully, disagree.
yes, it is not a "santa" movie, but it IS a christmas movie.
over here it also is shown almost every year around christmas,
mostly as double feature (or on subsequent days) with the 5th element.
@SamuelStevenson-dz5xk I respectfully disagree.
@SamuelStevenson-dz5xk THE DUDE: Well, that's like your opinion, man...
@SamuelStevenson-dz5xk Touche.
@SamuelStevenson-dz5xk I sure do not. I love saying words I don't know what they mean.
Now on to another christmas movie ...... "LETHAL WEAPON"...Mel Gibson and Danny Glover......
Not a Christmas movie. It's a movie set at Christmas.
@@RealBLAlley mmmmm..that's like saying frosty isn't Christmas cartoon .....it's just set at Christmas.....
@@richardpoindexter6322 No it's not. Frosty is very much about the spirit of Christmas with the kids working together to save him.
Good lord you're right ..I'm wrong....sorry...don't know what I was thinking.....
@28:40; that would be tempered glass, that would break into rounded pebbles.
"Welcome to the party, pal!"
It isn't Christmas in my house until Hans Gruber is THROWN off the top of Nakatomi Plaza. 😎
Merry Christmas! ✝️ 🙏 🎄 🎁
Fun Fact: In 2007, Bruce Willis donated John McClane's undershirt to the Smithsonian Museum.
Making Lemonade Fact: The scene where McClane (Bruce Willis) 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.
When Worlds Collide Fact: The scene in which Gruber (Alan Rickman) and McClane (Bruce Willis) meet for the first time was inserted into the script after Alan Rickman 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.
Casting Notes Fact: Alan Rickman nearly passed up the role of Hans Gruber, which ended up being his first American 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.
Location Location Fact: The fictional Nakatomi Plaza is the headquarters of 20th Century Studios, so the studio could use one of its own buildings and didn't have to hold back on stunts and action sequences. While Jeb Stuart was writing the screenplay, he did a tour of the building, and immediately incorporated some of the locations and objects he found there into his script as set pieces. The company charged itself rent for the use of the then-unfinished building. Some of the middle floors were occupied by legal and administrative departments, so only empty floors were used for filming. Still, the filming of scenes that involved gunfire had to be postponed until after hours because some of the employees from the active floors started to complain about the noise.
Ear damage fact: Bruce Willis suffered permanent ear damage and loss of hearing during the under the table scene where he shoots the bad guy up through the table. Extra loud blanks were used but Willis had no hearing protection. The blast in the confined space did permanent damage to his left ear iirc and he got a big payout for damages. He's lived with hearing loss since then.
Ol' blue eyes fact: Frank Sinatra was in a movie based on a book written by the same author that wrote the book Die Hard was loosely based on. As a result, they were contractually obligated to offer the lead role to him first. Luckily Sinatra said "I'm too old, and I'm too rich.."
@@HamSandwich-xk3om 😂😂😂😂 Funny quote.
Side character fact: The actor who plays Argyle the limo driver also appeared in The Blues Brothers as the little kid who Ray Charles takes shots at for trying to steal a guitar.
Amazing reaction! Yeah, my favourite Christmas film, and one of my favourite action films. I think i t was 1991 tis premiered on British tv when i was 11. I recorded it on VHS of course, taking oit commercials too. I watched the first half on the main tv, then it took a break for the news, i watched and carried on recording the rest in my bedroom.
This was back when cell phones were relatively new and you paid for a certain number of minutes every month. Minutes were pretty expensive so that phone call in the limo went on for quite a while so whoever owns it is going to be furious when they get the bill!
BEST CHRISTMAS ACTION MOVIE EVER MADE!
It's based on the 1979 novel, NOTHING LASTS FOREVER, which was a sequel to THE DETECTIVE, which starred Frank Sinatra in 1968.
"Die Hard 2: Die Harder" is awesome, but the 3rd film, "Die Hard with a Vengeance" is quite possibly one of the best 3rd entries in a trilogy, ever!
Well, you’ve seen Home Alone & Die Hard. Now is the time (or next Christmas) to watch Violent Night - - a movie made by fans of both movies.
The shot of Hans falling from the building was a real stuntman falling. They built a mechanism where a cable attached to a stuntman allows him to freefall to a point then a brake slows the cable gradually.
My question though, who's the first stuntman to ever test the rig? 😮
Alan Rickman is excellent in this movie. Some also know him as Professor Snape in Harry Potter. When he fell from the tower at the end it his expression is real. They had to drop him some and he is afraid of heights. They told him to count and then they would drop him. But on purpose they dropped him too early; hence his realistic scared expression
He was excellent in Robin Hood: Prince of thieves, and hilarious in Dogma.
and don't skip him in Galaxy Quest either ... Over here, all movies always are dubbed, and thus i didn't recognize that all those roles were played by the same actor, until i could hear his unique voice and way of speaking in all these reaction videos.
@@Anson_AKB What country do you live in, if you don’t mind me asking?
Seeing that you guys really liked this one, definitely continue the series. Die Hard 2 and 3 are definitely worth watching. Not as good as the first, the first one will always be the best, but the first 2 of the sequels are absolutely worth a watch.
2 things...Home Alone was AFTER Die Hard. Also, the criminals in HA were idiots. The criminals in DH were brilliant and competent. John McClane was just more motivated and had the advantage of surprise.
You must check out the 1994 action/thriller 'Speed' starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. Absolute classic! 🧡
I am new here but thank you both for a great reaction channel. I will say one thing though. Either your wife is a GREAT actress or she really enjoyed Die Hard. (for my money she just enjoyed one of our favorite movies. 👍
As a fan of action movies in the '80's (Born 1970, so I was a teenager), there's a certain context that is lost about this movie.
Compared to most of them (Except for top-tier ones like 'Aliens'), 'Die Hard' was BRUTALLY realistic. When my friends and I first saw it shortly after release, we were amazed at how plausible they made everything seem. Even things like reloading guns, so many movies before this never even bothered to keep track of. My Dad loved it because John McClane felt so much like a normal guy and not a Superhuman.
The film was also notable in that prior to this, Bruce Willis was NOT thought of as an action star. So much so that it was seen as a risk to give him the role. Prior to this his biggest role was in the TV Show, 'Moonlighting', which was definitely not an action series. There was even a small shout-out to the show in the bickering between John and Holly, as Bruce's and Cybill Shepard's bickering in Moonlighting was legendary.
You guys need to do at least up to Die Hard 3!
Great reaction again!
Have loved this movie since I first saw it on VHS as a kid. I've always felt it had a very "Indiana Jones" vibe to it, including the character of John McClane. Very intense, very action-driven, but also with a lot of humor.
Die Hard was in 1988 and Home Alone was in 1990, so it is more that Home Alone was the children's version of Die Hard. The Die Hard release occurred after the mid-80s wave of muscle-man uber-action films where largely invulnerable mega-men owned dozens of bad guys at a time. The John McClane character was the refreshing breeze after this period (Bruce Willis was previously in Moonlighting and no one thought he was a realistic action hero) as the gritty hero that outlasted and outwitted his enemies. A great landmark film.
Merry Christmas 🎄, Guy's & Great Reaction To One Of My All Time Favorite Movie's
That "such a good bad guy" is the very talented Alan Rickman. He actually won a BAFTA for playing a really bad baddie in Robin Hood. His best known role was as Snape in Harry Potter.
He's also the guy playing the actor playing the alien doctor in Galaxy Quest.
Great movie , epic performance by the late Alan Rickman , legendary !
RIP . Alan Rickman.
Perfection!
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Please continue this series theyre so good lol
Favorite Christmas movie, Gremlins is second 😂
Die Hard is the greatest Christmas movie of all time.
I've recommended it before and I'll do it again. Spawn from 1997. You two would really enjoy it.
The sleek , dazzling veneer of the 80s.
I do believe that this movie is a Christmas movie 🎉
I love the gas prices when Al is looking at the building. 74 cents a gallon
One of my favorite movies ever. I was 17 when this came out in 1988 and, in the years since, I have made it a tradition to watch it every Christmas Eve. It's not Christmas until Hans Gruber falls off the Nakatomi building. Bruce Willis and the late Alan Rickman were both amazing in their respective roles. If you want to see another amazing movie, check out the 1974 disaster film The Towering Inferno. It is my favorite disaster film ever and is one of the granddaddies of all disaster films. That one and 1972's The Poseidon Adventure are basically the blueprint for what a disaster film should be. The Towering Inferno's three lead roles are played by Paul Newman as the architect who designed the building, Faye Dunaway as his girlfriend and my favorite actor, Steve McQueen, as the battalion chief in the San Francisco Fire Department trying to fight the fire and save the people trapped in the building.
Hart Bochner (Ellis) doesn’t get enough credit for his performance. He is brilliantly completely unlikable!
Like "La Cucaracha," which can't travel without Marijuana, this "Cokerachero" can't do anything without Coke. No, not the soft drink!;)
Mery christmas guys, your channel it's awesome, Best wishes
Chandra reminds me of Julia Stiles
hope you two are having a merry Christmas!!💚💚❤❤
The Die Hard and Rambo movie series are great action movies that the both of you can definitely get into and check out. Plus, basically any Arnold action movies are excellent as well. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to the both of you as well ❤️👍🎄.
Edmund Gwen was in many films. Watch Edmund Gwen in Hitchcock’s “The Trouble With Harry”. A black comedy about an inconvenient corpse named Harry.
It's not a christmas movie, it's an action movie with a christmas set piece. It would be the same movie if it was at a new years eve party. The countdown to midnight might even be more of a tension builder. Even the creators state it's not a christmas movie and Bruce Willis says it's not a christmas movie, it's a Bruce Willis movie...
39:00: Well, and he's not invulnerable. A lot of action heroes previously would just either miraculously not get hit no matter how much the bad guys fired at them, or walk it off like it was a mosquito bite. John gets really roughed up through the film, to the point audiences seeing it when it came out wondered if he was going to survive. It adds to the tension and drama, the he accumulates wounds and damage, that his effectiveness steadily drops through the movie, so the final showdown, where he's barely hanging on physically and has only two bullets left, the tension is unbearable.
I absolutely appreciate the note from jump it being a Christmas film! Also if not the best top 5 best villains of all time
There is a count down to new years clock that has Hans falling to bring in the new year.
Lethal Weapon (1986) is another Christmas action movie worth watching, if you haven't already.
In fact, action movies that take place at Christmas was kind of a weird eighties phenomenon. Die Hard is the most famous example (and arguably the best of the bunch) but it certainly wasn't the only one, or even the first.
If you guys haven't seen it already, Predator is another fantastic action movie, and so is Lethal Weapon!
The Long Kiss Goodnight is another Christmas movie in the same vein as this one....an unconventional Christmas movie
Agreed. Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson killed it in that movie. And Jackson has said that was his favorite movie that he acted in.
MERRY YIPEEKI-A! Thank you for reacting to this Christmas Classic!
Right, recommendations.
Well, first of all, _The long kiss goodnight_ and _The last Boy Scout._ They're both scripted by Shane Black, who is brilliant, and _Boy Scout_ even features Bruce Willis. _Long kiss_ has Geena Davis as the heroine and Samuel L Jackson, and the script is sizzling. Someone elsewhere in the comments suggests _Speed,_ and I would second that. _Predator,_ the first in the franchise, is not to be missed, and the most recent _Prey_ is also very good. Then there's the _Bourne_ movies with Matt Damon, of which the first two are the best; I'm gonna finish with _Leon: the professional_ starring Jean Reno and a very young Natalie Portman, who absolutely kills it as a naive but fierce girl who wants to avenge the death of her entire family.
That should keep you going for a bit!
Long Kiss Goodnight. Is great.
And very few notice the 74cents per gallon of regular gas. 24:45
C-4 the pressure wave of a C-4 explosion is 24,000 feet per second. This rapid expansion of hot gas is what causes all the damage.
One brick of C4 (plus the handful of blasting caps used to prime it, which is a nice detail) still wouldn't be enough to make that kind of damage, but the potential for sympathetic detonation of the rocket munitions near the elevator shaft just might.
Unlikely? Probably so. Fun to watch? Oh hell yeah.
Also... $0.74 for gas would be incredible right now...
Hope you two are having an merry Christmas 🎅 ❤
A stuntman did do that fall into an airbag.
And the reason why Alan Rickman looked terrified is because he was! For the close-up falling shot, he was hanging on a wire above a Blue Screen. And they filmed two limited falls with a quick break on the wire. They weren't getting what they wanted so, on the third fall, the director actually let him fall 30 feet before hitting the break. So that look of absolute terror on his face is real. He thought that he was actually falling.
Wrong. Go read about the scene on Google then please come back and correct this to the truth. Thank you.
@@paulmartin2348 If it's on the internet, it MUST be TRUE!
I'll stick to the behind-the-scenes interview with the director (John McTiernan) extra on the DieHard BlueRay.
Did you notice when his vest turned from white to Army Green?
Perfect reaction to one of the best action films. The comment that this was like an adult version of Home Alone was brilliant. Thank you.
Shanda, YOU ARE ADORABLY GORGEOUS.... SO CUTE 😉 😊 😅...❤
the building i believe dont exist anymore i think.8:16 willis lost part of his hearing in his left ear which affected him for the rest of his life
Hey guys! As I recall, at this time, Bruce Willis was best known for being a wisecracking P.I. on a show called "Moonlighting". But then he got this gig and they rewrote the modern Action Movie genre (and *Christmas Movie* genre, too!). And the rest is history. Very sad about Bruce's current situation, though... Anyway, great job! 😉👍
(Goooo Rock Band, btw. I never could master drums, though... haha)
One of the best action movies ever made, and the very best action crime villain thanks to Alan Rickman's brilliant performance. Everyone is smart and capable but never invulnerable.
Hart Bochner was also excellent as the quintessential corporate douchebag.
C-4 Is a but more powerful that TNT, with an expansion velocity over 26,000 feet per second.
Bruce Willis was known for Moonlighting and singing before this hit cinemas. Trailers shown actually had people laughing out loud when they saw Willis' tough guy character. Fears at the studio were so high that Willis was removed from the marketing material and the poster simply showed the building. How little did we all know.
Fun fact when the van opens and the goons step out there is no ambulance in the back as they had not written the ending yet.
Also the journalist was called "Dick" Thornburg and the two FBI guys were called "Johnson". Paul Gleason who played Dept. Dwayne T Robinson playes the absolute worst dick in The Breakdfast Club (which SHOULD be on your list).
Top action movies ;
- The Raid 1 & 2 - Indonesian but directed by a Welshman Gareth Evans (watch Gangs of London TV !)
- Commando & Predator - Schwarzenegger's infinitely quotable, cheesy but fun 80s action romps
- Dredd - Alex Garland (The Beach) gritty sci-fi cult classic
- Sicario - Denis Vilnueve (Dune) with Emily Blunt getting sucked into CIA black ops against Mexican drug cartels with Josh Brolin and Benicio del Toro
- Elite Squad 1 & 2 - this is not for reviewers as nobody is ever going to do this. This is for the fans of these channels. These are the story of the police enforcers that work in the Favela in Rio de Janeiro, a story of abuse of power and police corruption. ES 2 is a top five film of mine.
The Building in this movie was owned by 20TH Century Fox it’s based in Century City California I’ve been there a few times. Such an Amazing way to save money and get a Huge reaction from your own Company 😂 This was Alan Rickman’s Debut role as the Villain and man did it pay off. The chemistry between the two was just Awesome even down to Reginald VelJohnson and McClaine. Greatest Christmas movie ever! Oh and the end scene they ended up dropping Alan early it was supposed to be 3 but they let him go on 2 for the Best reaction I mean that Face said it all! 😂😂😂
Merry Christmas to you 2,Great Reaction! Lol😂
John McClane is the OG "every day man" action hero. Sure he is a cop, but he isnt a hand-to-hand combat expert fighter like a Van Damme, or ex-war veteran super jacked characters that Schwarzenegger or Stallone were portraying that were dominating the 80s action movie genre at that time. It opened the doors for more possibilities for the genre as a smart, well plotted, story driven movie and not just an excuse to blow things up and shoot up dozens of people.
Merry Christmas 🌲 you two.
Merry Christmas Chandra and Jordan!
This may have been my favorite reaction video y'all put out. Your video is the perfect example of the reaction a well written action movie with incredibly charismatic leads should illicit. I never thought of it, but your Home Alone comparison was spot on.
Die Hard is a high bar for action movies, but I think True Lies (directed by the great Canadian James Cameron) is an action movie you'd both love.
fun fact guy that steal chocolat do that off script but Director like it so much he Decide to keep him longer
How about that John Melain 🤣
Great choice for a Christmas review! Thank you for sharing your entertainment. I can’t stress this enough though. No you gotta see Die Hard 2.
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Barefoot, or sock-feet will quickly be put to end by any air steward; as it should.
if anyone think this is a Christmas movie, will think a porn that is set around Christmas is a Christmas movie also.
You guys done Braveheart yet?
I know I am 3 months too late, but True Lies when :) ? Same type of feeling action/comedy Big time action movie btw
The trivia behind this movie is amazing . Bruce Willis was consider to be a joke to be cast in an action movie. The way the movie was shot changed action movies forever . Bruce lost some of his hearing due to the explosions and gun fire. Alan Rickman's first movie. The actor who played Karl was a world renown ballet dancer who's defection was made into a movie itself
Regular gas for 75 cents a gallon in Cali. That dates this movie a bit.
Great reaction! You guys are fun...just subbed!
Die Hard 2 and 3, Speed, True Lies, Commando, Under Siege, Heat, The Negotiator, Executive Decision, The Rock, Matrix Trilogy...there's more, but I'm having a brain fart. These should start you off...
R.i.P. Alan Rickman ... what a Legend, what a Lost 😢
It's not a Christmas movie. It's set in Christmas but it came out in July. It's not a Christmas movie. Ask the director.
Die Hard 2 is great also.
Good to know!!
C4 is pretty powerful but here's the funny thing, it's inert. Without an explosive charge to set it off, it's just a type of clay. You can make a flowerpot out of it.
No wires on the detonators
This is such a Christmas movie, i have a "John Mclane crawling through an air duct" tree ornament
PERFECT script
If you haven't, "Tombstone" is an all time great action movie/western with Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer. Kilmer gives perhaps the greatest performance in a western in movie history. Try that next.
The building in die hard is the same one in the opening of lethal weapon
Die Hard 1-4 are great. Pretend #5 never happened lol
I don’t know if this was intentional or not, but I just realized the name Hans Gruber is very close to the composer of Silent Night, Franz Gruber.
Lots of,lo9ve😂😂😂😂😂😂😊
Die Hard 2 is sillier but still fun. DH3 is good too. Also recommend Terminator and Terminator 2; T2 is considered even better than the first one by many.
Its not Christmas until Hans takes a swan dive off nakatomi, now time for violent night
Oh heaven forbid someone takes a teddy bear on a plane, never know what might be stuffed in there. lol
This was filmed long before 9/11. It was a time when people could walk into an airport and go to a gate to meet their loved ones as they exited the planes. Good luck trying to do that now a days. Also, did you notice Bruce smoking in the airport? That doesn't happen anymore either.