I once heard best justification of why it is christmas movie: "It is christmas movie because it being christmas is integral part of plot (like almost empty building, holiday party, security running with minumun personel etc..). If you could replace christmas with 4th of july or easter without affecting plot it would not be christmas movie."
The 3rd one is good too, it has Samuel L. Jackson lending John a hand. 2 more recent Bruce Willis action films are "RED" and "RED2" with stellar casts and more humor. I also like him in "The Last Boy Scout".
Die hard 3 is also pretty great. It moves a bit away from the christmas setting, but it also has a really good secondary lead. Also, it has a really interesting alternate ending, that's worth checking out after seeing the film.
I would say it is a Christmas movie. Aside from all the action and deaths going on. John and his wife are able to restore their love for one another just in time for the holidays as they reunite their family after being apart for so long. Not to mention John is able to have a change of heart after realizing his faults in regard to his wife’s career path and how he should be more supportive to her.
Good reaction. Addie. There's fun factoid about this movie as well. One of the actors, the late Fred Thompson, who played Trudeau (the guy who runs the airport) actually became a US Senator. He was also one of the presidential front-runners for the Republican nomination back in 2008, but eventually lost the primaries to john mccain. Anyway, one of his other notable roles in that same year 1990 as 'Die Hard 2', was as an Admiral in the movie 'The Hunt For Red October'. He passed away in 2015.
There's a line from the 4th movie (which is very different than the first 3, I enjoy it) that perfectly explains McClane. He is telling another character that he's no hero, he's not that guy. Other character asks him why he kept doing all the stuff then. John replies, "Because there was no one else there to do it." And the other character says, "that's why you're that guy."
4:35 "This is Buckwheat. The clubhouse is open." is a reference to the 1922-1944 series Our Gang (later renamed Little Rascals). Buckwheat was a character played by William Thomas, Jr (from 1935-1944) and the 'clubhouse' is a reference to their All-Star Clubhouse.
I wrote this on another reactors Die Hard video. Hans called him a cowboy coming to the rescue like in an old movies. Bruce Willis grew up watching those movies, like Roy Rodgers, the singing cowboy from the 1940s. That's why he called himself Roy when talking to Al on the walkie talkie. Roy Rodgers would sing "I'm an old cowhand, from the Rio Grande" the chorus for the song was Yippy Ai Yo Kai Yay! Or shortened to Yippey Kai Yay! Die Hard gave a new meaning to those nonsense cowboy words in the 1980s. Like today we have YOLO and LEROYYYYYY JENKINSSS!!!
William Sadler was also President Ellis in Iron Man 3 which is also considered by some to be a Christmas movie. He reprised the role in three episodes of Agents of shield.
Great reaction!! The actor playing Major Grant, John Amos, had been known for playing very likable characters from his roles in the tv series Good Times and the movie Coming to America. So that added to the shock value when his character was revealed to be a villain.
Die Hard is definitely a Christmas movie: Christmas music, takes place during the Christmas season, Christmas party and decorations, and Christmas miracles for the bad guys and the protagonists alike! Granted, it was short lived for the bad guys, but reconciling husband and wife is definitely a Christmas miracle! Also, it was a "white Christmas" in Las Angeles - even if it was "snowing" millions in bearer bonds...
Yippy-ki-yay, Addie. Die Hard (1988) and its sequel Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990) ARE Christmas movies. It's really great that you've finally watched the sequel after watching the first film, last year. I'm looking forward to having a Die Hard double feature soon. BTW, nice Addie intro and outro.
...and speaking of Bruce Willis, I suggest The Last Boy Scout (1991, directed by Tony Scott), Death Becomes Her (1992, directed by Robert Zemeckis), Pulp Fiction (1994), 12 Monkeys (1995), The Fifth Element (1997), The Jackal (1997), Armageddon (1998, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Michael Bay), The Whole Nine Yards (2000), The Whole Ten Yards (2004), Disney's The Kid (2000), Tears of the Sun (2003), and Death Wish (2018).
I just watched both Die Hard movies last night, with your full-length reactions on Patreon, and enjoyed them. The question is, how does John & Holly get themselves in these kind of situations?
A Christmas movie is one that being Christmas is an integral factor in the movie. For example, the Christmas party of the first movie is one. The fact that John is even in LA is due to Christmas. Nakatomi Plaza is largely empty because of Christmas. Security is lax because it's Christmas. Same thing with this movie. Everybody is at the airport because it's Christmas. The weather is a factor because it's Christmas. What doesn't make sense is sending a criminal to a crowded airport during Christmas.
That actor was also the dad of the two murdered girls in THE GREEN MILE - DIEHARD is a Christmas movie - it takes place on Christmas Eve, the setting is a corporate Christmas party and Ellis was snorting Santa's snow - if that's not Christmas, I don't know what is 😂
Addie: "Yippee-ki-yay, motherf-" Me: Are you mad? That made my day 😂! Now, you'll have to do the "Dirty Harry" movies and speak the lines from those movies ... "Who's your Addie?" Merry Christmas!
"He has shoes this time" was on the Japanese poster for this movie. To me a Christmas Movie has to meet 3 criteria; 1. Is there a wholesome family moment at the end? 2. Would this work at any other time of the year? 3. Does it actually take place at Christmas? John is flown in for Christmas, something a company wouldn't do at any other time of the year. "Now I have a Machine Gun. Ho Ho Ho" wouldn't be iconic and be on merchandise. The Christmas Tape to tape the gun on his back on the final confrontation could be regular tape, but again, it's from a Christmas display. And he reunites with his estranged wife and they're both happy to be going home for Christmas. So yes, Die Hard is a Christmas movie.
Die Hard is definitely a Christmas movie! Multiple characters say "Merry Christmas" throughout and it takes place during the company Christmas party. Love your videos and have a Merry Christmas!!!
Not really. Christmas isn't essential to the plot like say Elf. You could set Die Hard at any time of the year and it wouldn't massively change. Okay, people wouldn't be saying Merry Christmas to each other but that isn't important to the story.
@@markysumm72 I think it just depends what someone defines as a Christmas movie. It's the same with a few others, as well. Home Alone, for example, could've taken place at any point through the year but it didn't. Put it at any time of the year and it wouldn't massively change. However, it is widely considered to be a Christmas movie, as well. People just like a debate with no stakes so that we can have an opinion about something safe :). If you celebrate it, have a Merry Christmas! Otherwise, have a great holiday season!
Die Hard is practically a Hallmark type Christmas movie. A family in turmoil. Put in a bad situation. Fights to get it back together. Big hugs and Christmas music at the end. How is it not a Christmas movie?
Yes, Die Hard is a X-mas movie. The movie is conically in the Christmas Season. There is iconography of Christmas stuff (Christmas Tree, Bows), has characters referencing Christmas things such as "ho ho ho", has "Christmas songs" playing, this movie wouldn't have happened at another time (because John was there to see wife @ Christmas at a Christmas party), heart warming Christmas like story at the end with John finally getting to be with wife and making a new friend in the cop.
31:20 You saw him in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘸𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘙𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, but probably most recently in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘦. He was the father of the two girls who were murdered and got John Coffey wrongly accused of murder. He was also the President of the United States in 𝘐𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘯 3.
I think it definitely IS a Christmas movie. It isn't just an action movie that takes place at Christmas. It has the themes of family, togetherness, forgiveness, and redemption. John McClane's whole purpose is to spend Christmas with his estranged family and overcome their difficulties. The scene where he says "she's heard me say 'I love you 1000 times, but she's never heard me say 'I'm sorry'" shows this. Take for comparison the film Lethal Weapon. It is a great movie, but it is a perfect example of a movie that takes place AT Christmas without being a Christmas movie. Those cops are investigating a homicide and get involved in a complicated case. But it could happen any time of the year. Even the Christmas lines could just as easily be Halloween lines. But in Die Hard, the fact that Hans and his gang are committing these acts at Christmas time is shown to make it especially heinous. And then punch at the end is for someone who shamelessly exploited a family, family being what Christmas is all about. If the fact that Die Hard involves violently stopping criminals automatically undoes the Christmas Spirit, then Home Alone isn't a Christmas movie either.
Themes of family, togetherness, forgiveness, and redemption happen in all sorts of movies that have nothing to do with any holidays. Adding some Christmas music doesn't make it a Christmas movie.
Totally agree. Plus the bad guys motivation is greed and Johns is as you said his family, classic christmas movie conflict. And his wifes name is Holly for fuck sake, how much more do people need?!
The bad guy isnt just in Shawshank, hes also the reaper from Bill & Ted 😊 But yeah Die Hard 2 is absolutely packed with famous names who may not be leads, but theyve starred in a LOT of movies and shows.
Yes William Sadler was also the main villain in the Steven Seagal action movie Hard To Kill in 1990 as a corrupt Senator with mob ties and hired his hit men to kill Seagal’s character.
I remember watching this movie on CBS back in 2000, and the way they removed or dubbed the swearing is hilarious especially when John McClane says, "Yippee Kay Yay Mr Falcon!" Lol!! Or "Forget Monday Night quarterbacks! My wife is on one of those Damn planes those guys are messing with! And if you moved your fat feet like I told you so, we wouldn't be deep in snow right now!" And, "Come to papa Falcon." In the the theatrical release, it was "Come to papa, Scumbag ".
4 more set at Christmas: "Lethal Weapon" (1987) Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey "R.E.D." (2010) Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Karl Urban, Helen Mirren, Brian Cox "The Long Kiss Goodnight" (1996) Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Brian Cox "Survivor" (2015) Milla Jovovich, Pierce Brosnan
1:10 -- here may be an interesting take on how to classify this movie -- I consider Die Hard 1 & Die Hard 2 , along with Lethal Weapon, Batman Returns, etc--- a Christmas ACTION movie.
Greetings from Finland girl!!! This was directed by Renny Harlin and he's from Finland 2!!! You should check out Cliffhanger and The long kiss goodnight also directed by him.. I mean if u haven't seen those yet??? "I'll be back" 😎
I haven't checked this but the main villain, William Sadler, turns up in a whole bunch of places and if you did a Marvel marathon you may also be able to spot him as the President in Iron Man 3.
Yippee-ki-yay Motherflerken! Die Hard is absolutely a Christmas movie. It's set at a Christmas party, there's the tracksuit top with "Ho Ho Ho" written on it, it's set on Christmas Eve, John's wife's name is literally Holly, the soundtrack is full of Christmas songs, Hans Gruber literally says "It's Christmas, Theo. It's a time for miracles", Hans is kinda Grinch-like in that he's trying to steal all the 'presents' from the Nakatomi vault, the basic plot is as Christmassy as it gets - a man fighting (literally, this time) to get home to his family for Christmas...and the writer said it's a Christmas movie 😁
You answered your question yourself, the moment you heard "Let it snow" you said I think it;s a christmas movie - yes for me it's the background musik. IF they use christmas songs for the score it's a christmas movie. Die Harde 1 did it even more.
As someone who does not entirely agree. Yes, Die Hard is a Christmas movie in the general sense. It takes place during Christmas which is a pivotal plot point to the story of why John makes his way to California. Where I argue that it is not a Christmas movie is that the Spirit/activity of Christmas is not a focal point of the story (I.E. the giving of gifts, Santa representation, and personally connecting with an inner child feeling.). TLDR Die Hard is a Christmas movie*.
Best start to any video ever. 🤣 🤣 🤣 To answer your question, Die Hard most certainly IS a Christmas movie. One of my favorites too. Merry Christmas Addie 🥂🍻
The first one was definitely a Christmas movie and it even has a Christmas miracle in it to prove it Because as Hans promised" It's Christmas, Theo. It's the time of miracles. You asked for miracles, Theo, I give you the F.B.I. " the second movie is less so because it only has all the people traveling for the holidays and clogging the airports at Christmas to make the story of the terrorist taking over to pose the maximum threat work to fit the plot
The "edited for TV" version of Die Hard 2 is also entertaining, if not for the ridiculous and unintentionally hilarious way they censor the movie for television. In it, Bruce Willis' voice is dubbed out with a voice that sounds very much unlike Bruce Willis, and they dub out the profanity with some pretty absurd phrases, chief among them "Yippie Ki Yay, Mister Falcon!" 😂
Yes, Die Hard is in fact a Christmas movie but it's one that can be enjoyed at any time. It takes place on Christmas Eve and a Christmas party is a key plot factor. That's more than enough to be considered a Christmas movie, anyone who thinks otherwise is just wrong.
To answer your question, Die Hard is absolutely a Christmas movie. It may not be one in the traditional sense, but that does not make it any less of one than say, A Christmas Story. Also, merry Christmas 🎅 🎄
I think you could say it is Christmas adjacent - the story takes place AT Christmas as does Lethal Weapon, but the story itself is not Christmas centric.
Die Hard is a Christmas movie because Christmas is essential to the plot. If there wasn’t a Christmas party at Nakatomi Plaza, John McLane wouldn’t have been there. Die Hard 2 is just a movie that takes place around Christmas.
Great job! Love your spontaneous & authentic reactions. I always watch the Die Hard series every Christmas, they are my Christmas movies!!! Lol I liked and subed!
To me a Christmas movie is any movie that takes place during the Christmas season, so Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, Gremlins, Ghostbusters 2, Batman Returns, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Iron Man 3 (Tony pretty much has a Scrooge like change of heart in the movie), Trading Places & Die Hard 2 are all Christmas movies to me
Die hard is a christmas movie. It is also a movie you can watch year round. You don't have to wait as long to watch Die hard 3 though. It doesn't take place in winter.
You have seen this actor, the bad guy, in the Green Mile too. He's the 2 little girls' daddy. Great video. Thanks for sharing this moments with us. Merry Christmas 🙂🌲🎁🎅
My quick and dirty test for whether something is a Christmas movie: if you remove Christmas, do you need to make changes to the script to make it work? Christmas movie. By this, Die Hard 1 and 2 are Christmas. Without the circumstances of the holiday, you need to rewrite. Something like Lethal Weapon is borderline because there are some themes underlying. But you could have the same exact plot and story if it took place literally any time, the holiday is completely circumstantial to the plot.
Die Hard 1 and 2 are clearly christmas movies. The first is literally a christmas party in Nakatomi Tower, the second one is just before christmas. The third, however, is _not_ a christmas movie. And there are no more Die Hard movies after 3, no matter what wikipedia and/or google tell you
When he said, Just the fax, m'am, he was paodying an old detective TV show, where the star (Jack Webb) would always say to people he was interviewing, Just the facts, m'am.
It is a movie about a man that trying to get home to patch up his marriage and spend christmas with his children. it is not only a christmas film it is a christmas drama,
34:19 Since you want to watch more action movies, here are some recommendations: Action-Comedy - True Lies (1994) - Rush Hour (1998) - Rush Hour 2 (2001) - Rush Hour 3 (2007) - Hot Fuzz (2007) - Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) Sci-Fi Action - RoboCop (1987) - Total Recall (1990) - Demolition Man (1993) - Minority Report (2002) - The Matrix Reloaded (early 2003) and The Matrix Revolutions (late 2003)
Its a freaking Christmas movie. Think about the setting and story line. And estranged father travels cross country to try and reconnect with his family. He has some trouble and traumas along the way, realizes what's important to him with the help of a new best friend giving him some good advice. Just cause its set during a hostage situation and robbery doesn't take away that John and Holly become a stronger couple going thought the story.
Yes, Die Hard is a Christmas movie and not just because it takes place at a Christmas party or because it has Christmas music. It's because it has a message of love and family defeating greed and selfishness. Think about the end where they defeat Gruber. The materialistic "terrorist" is defeated by the good guys sacrificing the expensive Rolex watch. This one is a little harder to justify calling a xmas movie but there's not much more xmas-y than being stuck in an airport trying to get the family together.
One of those rare exceptions (Aliens, Lethal weapon 2, The Empire Strikes Back) where the sequel is just as good as the first film. Film nerd trivia: The taser is what is known as a "Chekhov's gun", (i.e. if you show it, it will come into play later on): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chekhov%27s_gun
YIPPEE KI -YAY MOTHER VULCAN! You seemed to enjoy "Are you out of your Vulcan mind?!" So I thought I'd combine these two a bit. 1:11 .... To me, DH/DH2 are not Christmas movies. (Addie did not ask for reasoning/explanations). It was mentioned jokingly but Bruce Willis himself said, "Die Hard is not a Christmas movie. It's a Bruce Willis movie." Straight from the sources mouth. Have a Merry Christmas, Addie!
No, a movie isn’t a Christmas movie just because it takes place at Christmas time. Die Hard 3 takes place in the summer, so you don’t have to wait another whole year to watch it.
"Hopefully he has shoes in this movie." What pretty much all of us were thinking when we watched this. 😄 You're the best Addie!
He may not have shoes in the first one, but he still had his sole, if you know what I mean.
Which was apparently the tag line on the Japanese edition of the movie.
I once heard best justification of why it is christmas movie: "It is christmas movie because it being christmas is integral part of plot (like almost empty building, holiday party, security running with minumun personel etc..). If you could replace christmas with 4th of july or easter without affecting plot it would not be christmas movie."
The 3rd one is good too, it has Samuel L. Jackson lending John a hand. 2 more recent Bruce Willis action films are "RED" and "RED2" with stellar casts and more humor. I also like him in "The Last Boy Scout".
Ditto this. Both the RED movies were great fun. I'll add The Whole Nine Yards as well.
There are 3 more Die Hard movies after this.
I love how you picked Robert Patrick out on his first scene in the movie!
Die hard 3 is also pretty great. It moves a bit away from the christmas setting, but it also has a really good secondary lead. Also, it has a really interesting alternate ending, that's worth checking out after seeing the film.
Could you link that?
@@Deathbird_Mitch Just look up Die Hard 3 alternate ending. It's on YT.
It's still around Christmas, just not on Christmas Eve.
@@passionsquietrage3 is in the summer....nothing about Christmas at all
Lethal Weapon is absolutely another must watch action movie set during Christmas
Even the director of Die Hard says it's a Christmas movie. Alan Rickman is literally The Grinch character.
I would say it is a Christmas movie. Aside from all the action and deaths going on. John and his wife are able to restore their love for one another just in time for the holidays as they reunite their family after being apart for so long. Not to mention John is able to have a change of heart after realizing his faults in regard to his wife’s career path and how he should be more supportive to her.
Good reaction. Addie. There's fun factoid about this movie as well. One of the actors, the late Fred Thompson, who played Trudeau (the guy who runs the airport) actually became a US Senator. He was also one of the presidential front-runners for the Republican nomination back in 2008, but eventually lost the primaries to john mccain. Anyway, one of his other notable roles in that same year 1990 as 'Die Hard 2', was as an Admiral in the movie 'The Hunt For Red October'. He passed away in 2015.
Yep both are Christmas movies. You're Yippe-Kay-Yay was adoreable ;D Merry Christmas Ads! xoxo
There's a line from the 4th movie (which is very different than the first 3, I enjoy it) that perfectly explains McClane. He is telling another character that he's no hero, he's not that guy. Other character asks him why he kept doing all the stuff then. John replies, "Because there was no one else there to do it." And the other character says, "that's why you're that guy."
4:35 "This is Buckwheat. The clubhouse is open." is a reference to the 1922-1944 series Our Gang (later renamed Little Rascals). Buckwheat was a character played by William Thomas, Jr (from 1935-1944) and the 'clubhouse' is a reference to their All-Star Clubhouse.
I wrote this on another reactors Die Hard video.
Hans called him a cowboy coming to the rescue like in an old movies. Bruce Willis grew up watching those movies, like Roy Rodgers, the singing cowboy from the 1940s. That's why he called himself Roy when talking to Al on the walkie talkie. Roy Rodgers would sing "I'm an old cowhand, from the Rio Grande" the chorus for the song was Yippy Ai Yo Kai Yay! Or shortened to Yippey Kai Yay!
Die Hard gave a new meaning to those nonsense cowboy words in the 1980s. Like today we have YOLO and LEROYYYYYY JENKINSSS!!!
William Sadler was also President Ellis in Iron Man 3 which is also considered by some to be a Christmas movie. He reprised the role in three episodes of Agents of shield.
Great reaction!! The actor playing Major Grant, John Amos, had been known for playing very likable characters from his roles in the tv series Good Times and the movie Coming to America. So that added to the shock value when his character was revealed to be a villain.
I always remember him from Beastmaster.
He was also in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970s) - was the weather guy (Gordy) at the station where she worked.
It was a double cross
Shut up junior
He's a bad ass actor! 🔥 Top shelf
Die Hard is definitely a Christmas movie: Christmas music, takes place during the Christmas season, Christmas party and decorations, and Christmas miracles for the bad guys and the protagonists alike! Granted, it was short lived for the bad guys, but reconciling husband and wife is definitely a Christmas miracle! Also, it was a "white Christmas" in Las Angeles - even if it was "snowing" millions in bearer bonds...
In addition to Heywood in "The Shawshank Redemption," William Sadler also played the father of the 2 murdered girls in "The Green Mile," FYI.
He also plays Death in Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey. Dude has range.
He was in Hard To Kill with Steven Seagal in 1990 as the main villain a corrupt Senator.
Happy Holidays! ❄❄🎄🎄🎅🎅
Yippy-ki-yay, Addie. Die Hard (1988) and its sequel Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990) ARE Christmas movies. It's really great that you've finally watched the sequel after watching the first film, last year. I'm looking forward to having a Die Hard double feature soon. BTW, nice Addie intro and outro.
Speaking of Renny Harlin, I suggest Cliffhanger (1993), The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), & Deep Blue Sea (1999).
...and speaking of Bruce Willis, I suggest The Last Boy Scout (1991, directed by Tony Scott), Death Becomes Her (1992, directed by Robert Zemeckis), Pulp Fiction (1994), 12 Monkeys (1995), The Fifth Element (1997), The Jackal (1997), Armageddon (1998, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Michael Bay), The Whole Nine Yards (2000), The Whole Ten Yards (2004), Disney's The Kid (2000), Tears of the Sun (2003), and Death Wish (2018).
Can't wait till she watches with a vengeance
I just watched both Die Hard movies last night, with your full-length reactions on Patreon, and enjoyed them. The question is, how does John & Holly get themselves in these kind of situations?
Not to mention the other three Die Hard movies.
A Christmas movie is one that being Christmas is an integral factor in the movie. For example, the Christmas party of the first movie is one. The fact that John is even in LA is due to Christmas. Nakatomi Plaza is largely empty because of Christmas. Security is lax because it's Christmas.
Same thing with this movie. Everybody is at the airport because it's Christmas. The weather is a factor because it's Christmas. What doesn't make sense is sending a criminal to a crowded airport during Christmas.
Of course it's a Christmas movie, Christmas time, music and everything.
Happy Holidays!
That actor was also the dad of the two murdered girls in THE GREEN MILE - DIEHARD is a Christmas movie - it takes place on Christmas Eve, the setting is a corporate Christmas party and Ellis was snorting Santa's snow - if that's not Christmas, I don't know what is 😂
That intro!!! 🤣 EDIT: and the bloopers!!!
Addie: "Yippee-ki-yay, motherf-"
Me: Are you mad? That made my day 😂! Now, you'll have to do the "Dirty Harry" movies and speak the lines from those movies ... "Who's your Addie?" Merry Christmas!
Speaking of Christmas, watch Home Alone 1&2 after this.
Yes she must see !
"He has shoes this time" was on the Japanese poster for this movie.
To me a Christmas Movie has to meet 3 criteria; 1. Is there a wholesome family moment at the end? 2. Would this work at any other time of the year? 3. Does it actually take place at Christmas?
John is flown in for Christmas, something a company wouldn't do at any other time of the year. "Now I have a Machine Gun. Ho Ho Ho" wouldn't be iconic and be on merchandise. The Christmas Tape to tape the gun on his back on the final confrontation could be regular tape, but again, it's from a Christmas display. And he reunites with his estranged wife and they're both happy to be going home for Christmas.
So yes, Die Hard is a Christmas movie.
Die Hard is definitely a Christmas movie! Multiple characters say "Merry Christmas" throughout and it takes place during the company Christmas party. Love your videos and have a Merry Christmas!!!
Not really. Christmas isn't essential to the plot like say Elf. You could set Die Hard at any time of the year and it wouldn't massively change. Okay, people wouldn't be saying Merry Christmas to each other but that isn't important to the story.
@@markysumm72 I think it just depends what someone defines as a Christmas movie. It's the same with a few others, as well. Home Alone, for example, could've taken place at any point through the year but it didn't. Put it at any time of the year and it wouldn't massively change. However, it is widely considered to be a Christmas movie, as well. People just like a debate with no stakes so that we can have an opinion about something safe :). If you celebrate it, have a Merry Christmas! Otherwise, have a great holiday season!
@@bklowe0131 I don't consider Home Alone a Christmas movie either 😅
@@markysumm72 There's a lot to be said for consistency...lol
Thank you for including “just the fax, ma’am”! It’s a great line that no one leaves in.
Die Hard is practically a Hallmark type Christmas movie. A family in turmoil. Put in a bad situation. Fights to get it back together. Big hugs and Christmas music at the end. How is it not a Christmas movie?
Yes, Die Hard is a X-mas movie. The movie is conically in the Christmas Season. There is iconography of Christmas stuff (Christmas Tree, Bows), has characters referencing Christmas things such as "ho ho ho", has "Christmas songs" playing, this movie wouldn't have happened at another time (because John was there to see wife @ Christmas at a Christmas party), heart warming Christmas like story at the end with John finally getting to be with wife and making a new friend in the cop.
And yet people say Lethal Weapon is not, despite having all those things. People need to make up their minds about what counts.
31:20 You saw him in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘸𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘙𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, but probably most recently in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘦. He was the father of the two girls who were murdered and got John Coffey wrongly accused of murder. He was also the President of the United States in 𝘐𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘯 3.
I think it definitely IS a Christmas movie. It isn't just an action movie that takes place at Christmas. It has the themes of family, togetherness, forgiveness, and redemption. John McClane's whole purpose is to spend Christmas with his estranged family and overcome their difficulties. The scene where he says "she's heard me say 'I love you 1000 times, but she's never heard me say 'I'm sorry'" shows this. Take for comparison the film Lethal Weapon. It is a great movie, but it is a perfect example of a movie that takes place AT Christmas without being a Christmas movie. Those cops are investigating a homicide and get involved in a complicated case. But it could happen any time of the year. Even the Christmas lines could just as easily be Halloween lines. But in Die Hard, the fact that Hans and his gang are committing these acts at Christmas time is shown to make it especially heinous. And then punch at the end is for someone who shamelessly exploited a family, family being what Christmas is all about.
If the fact that Die Hard involves violently stopping criminals automatically undoes the Christmas Spirit, then Home Alone isn't a Christmas movie either.
Exactly, the film deals with themes typically found in traditional Christmas films and uses them in a unconventional way
Themes of family, togetherness, forgiveness, and redemption happen in all sorts of movies that have nothing to do with any holidays. Adding some Christmas music doesn't make it a Christmas movie.
#trancersisachristmasmovie
Totally agree. Plus the bad guys motivation is greed and Johns is as you said his family, classic christmas movie conflict.
And his wifes name is Holly for fuck sake, how much more do people need?!
@jowbloe3673 the entire first movie takes place during a Christmas party
The bad guy isnt just in Shawshank, hes also the reaper from Bill & Ted 😊 But yeah Die Hard 2 is absolutely packed with famous names who may not be leads, but theyve starred in a LOT of movies and shows.
Yes William Sadler was also the main villain in the Steven Seagal action movie Hard To Kill in 1990 as a corrupt Senator with mob ties and hired his hit men to kill Seagal’s character.
I remember watching this movie on CBS back in 2000, and the way they removed or dubbed the swearing is hilarious especially when John McClane says, "Yippee Kay Yay Mr Falcon!" Lol!!
Or "Forget Monday Night quarterbacks! My wife is on one of those Damn planes those guys are messing with! And if you moved your fat feet like I told you so, we wouldn't be deep in snow right now!"
And, "Come to papa Falcon." In the the theatrical release, it was "Come to papa, Scumbag ".
Or 'Melon farmer.'
First two Die hard's are christmas movies.
31:35 He also plays President Ellis in the MCU.
4 more set at Christmas:
"Lethal Weapon" (1987) Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey
"R.E.D." (2010) Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Karl Urban, Helen Mirren, Brian Cox
"The Long Kiss Goodnight" (1996) Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Brian Cox
"Survivor" (2015) Milla Jovovich, Pierce Brosnan
It took me a while to stop laughing about the intro. 🤣
Addie, John's wife's name is Holly, i think that makes it a Christmas movie
1:10 -- here may be an interesting take on how to classify this movie -- I consider Die Hard 1 & Die Hard 2 , along with Lethal Weapon, Batman Returns, etc--- a Christmas ACTION movie.
The "yippee kayay" outakes at the end were very funny!
Greetings from Finland girl!!! This was directed by Renny Harlin and he's from Finland 2!!! You should check out Cliffhanger and The long kiss goodnight also directed by him.. I mean if u haven't seen those yet??? "I'll be back" 😎
I haven't checked this but the main villain, William Sadler, turns up in a whole bunch of places and if you did a Marvel marathon you may also be able to spot him as the President in Iron Man 3.
Yippee-ki-yay Motherflerken!
Die Hard is absolutely a Christmas movie. It's set at a Christmas party, there's the tracksuit top with "Ho Ho Ho" written on it, it's set on Christmas Eve, John's wife's name is literally Holly, the soundtrack is full of Christmas songs, Hans Gruber literally says "It's Christmas, Theo. It's a time for miracles", Hans is kinda Grinch-like in that he's trying to steal all the 'presents' from the Nakatomi vault, the basic plot is as Christmassy as it gets - a man fighting (literally, this time) to get home to his family for Christmas...and the writer said it's a Christmas movie 😁
the music really makes the Christmas spirit
1:09 - Yes.
The villain of this movie, played the father of the murdered girls in Green Mile, maybe you remember him from that movie.
Cool reaction Addie, Merry Christmas sweetie 🥰🥰
You answered your question yourself, the moment you heard "Let it snow" you said I think it;s a christmas movie - yes for me it's the background musik. IF they use christmas songs for the score it's a christmas movie. Die Harde 1 did it even more.
That first bit of the video had me in stitches🤣
As someone who does not entirely agree. Yes, Die Hard is a Christmas movie in the general sense. It takes place during Christmas which is a pivotal plot point to the story of why John makes his way to California. Where I argue that it is not a Christmas movie is that the Spirit/activity of Christmas is not a focal point of the story (I.E. the giving of gifts, Santa representation, and personally connecting with an inner child feeling.). TLDR Die Hard is a Christmas movie*.
Best start to any video ever. 🤣 🤣 🤣 To answer your question, Die Hard most certainly IS a Christmas movie. One of my favorites too. Merry Christmas Addie 🥂🍻
31:40 - Shawshank... The Green Miles... The Mist... To say the least...
Yeah, you definitely must have seen him "somewhere"...
The first one was definitely a Christmas movie and it even has a Christmas miracle in it to prove it Because as Hans promised" It's Christmas, Theo. It's the time of miracles. You asked for miracles, Theo, I give you the F.B.I. " the second movie is less so because it only has all the people traveling for the holidays and clogging the airports at Christmas to make the story of the terrorist taking over to pose the maximum threat work to fit the plot
The phrase you're looking for is, "Yippee-ki-yay Mr Falcon!"
2 thumbs up for the first 3 seconds of the vid
The "edited for TV" version of Die Hard 2 is also entertaining, if not for the ridiculous and unintentionally hilarious way they censor the movie for television. In it, Bruce Willis' voice is dubbed out with a voice that sounds very much unlike Bruce Willis, and they dub out the profanity with some pretty absurd phrases, chief among them "Yippie Ki Yay, Mister Falcon!" 😂
Yes, Die Hard is in fact a Christmas movie but it's one that can be enjoyed at any time. It takes place on Christmas Eve and a Christmas party is a key plot factor. That's more than enough to be considered a Christmas movie, anyone who thinks otherwise is just wrong.
To answer your question, Die Hard is absolutely a Christmas movie. It may not be one in the traditional sense, but that does not make it any less of one than say, A Christmas Story. Also, merry Christmas 🎅 🎄
I think you could say it is Christmas adjacent - the story takes place AT Christmas as does Lethal Weapon, but the story itself is not Christmas centric.
Die Hard is a Christmas movie because Christmas is essential to the plot. If there wasn’t a Christmas party at Nakatomi Plaza, John McLane wouldn’t have been there. Die Hard 2 is just a movie that takes place around Christmas.
loved that opening haha
At first I didn't think Die Hard was a Christmas movie but I've come around to it.
If "Now I have a machine gun HO HO HO" doesn't make it a Christmas movie, I don't know what does.
Merry Christmas Addie. Hope you have a fantastic holiday
Great job! Love your spontaneous & authentic reactions. I always watch the Die Hard series every Christmas, they are my Christmas movies!!! Lol I liked and subed!
To me a Christmas movie is any movie that takes place during the Christmas season, so Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, Gremlins, Ghostbusters 2, Batman Returns, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Iron Man 3 (Tony pretty much has a Scrooge like change of heart in the movie), Trading Places & Die Hard 2 are all Christmas movies to me
Die hard is a christmas movie. It is also a movie you can watch year round. You don't have to wait as long to watch Die hard 3 though. It doesn't take place in winter.
“Yippie-ki-yay, mr falcon”
Addie's reaction at 25:52 is hilarious!!
You have seen this actor, the bad guy, in the Green Mile too. He's the 2 little girls' daddy. Great video. Thanks for sharing this moments with us. Merry Christmas 🙂🌲🎁🎅
My quick and dirty test for whether something is a Christmas movie: if you remove Christmas, do you need to make changes to the script to make it work? Christmas movie. By this, Die Hard 1 and 2 are Christmas. Without the circumstances of the holiday, you need to rewrite. Something like Lethal Weapon is borderline because there are some themes underlying. But you could have the same exact plot and story if it took place literally any time, the holiday is completely circumstantial to the plot.
Die Hard 1 and 2 are clearly christmas movies.
The first is literally a christmas party in Nakatomi Tower, the second one is just before christmas.
The third, however, is _not_ a christmas movie.
And there are no more Die Hard movies after 3, no matter what wikipedia and/or google tell you
'Tis a Christmas movie as it hits all the points.
3 (Die Hard With A Vengeance) and 4 (Live Free or Die Hard) are summer movies, so no need to wait for Christmas to keep going!
That was a really big fireball for an aircraft that was running on fumes.
This is one of my favorite Die Hard films ever made! I'm only counting this and the first one as a Christmas movie. 🎄🥰
14:46 "grate timing" well more of a grille probably, but the pun works
Seeing as I watch it every year at Christmas time I'm going to say yes. It's a Christmas movie.
1 and 2 are both Christmas movies, because they wouldn't have been in the situation, except they were visiting for Christmas.
When he said, Just the fax, m'am, he was paodying an old detective TV show, where the star (Jack Webb) would always say to people he was interviewing, Just the facts, m'am.
0:00 Damn, I really thought you were gonna say it... 🤣🤣🤣
Yep, Die Hard is a Christmas movie. Not all of them, but the first two for sure.
It is a movie about a man that trying to get home to patch up his marriage and spend christmas with his children. it is not only a christmas film it is a christmas drama,
34:19 Since you want to watch more action movies, here are some recommendations:
Action-Comedy
- True Lies (1994)
- Rush Hour (1998)
- Rush Hour 2 (2001)
- Rush Hour 3 (2007)
- Hot Fuzz (2007)
- Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
Sci-Fi Action
- RoboCop (1987)
- Total Recall (1990)
- Demolition Man (1993)
- Minority Report (2002)
- The Matrix Reloaded (early 2003) and The Matrix Revolutions (late 2003)
the TV edit is "Mr. Falcon"
Its a freaking Christmas movie. Think about the setting and story line. And estranged father travels cross country to try and reconnect with his family. He has some trouble and traumas along the way, realizes what's important to him with the help of a new best friend giving him some good advice. Just cause its set during a hostage situation and robbery doesn't take away that John and Holly become a stronger couple going thought the story.
Can't wait for the third one. It's not a Christmas movie and doesn't even take place in the winter so you don't have to make us wait a year!
Great reaction as always. The 3rd die hard is the best one!!!
Omg you totally caught me off guard at the end 😳😂
Die Hard is not a Christmas movie...it is THE Christmas movie. Also Merry Christmas Addie!
Absolutely love it when you swear, Addie! 😍🤭🤭
The "happy ending" of this movie does somewhat overlook the fact that 200 people had just died in the earlier plane crash. It's still great though.
Great movie. Great reaction. Merry Christmas Addie.
the first two are in fact christmas movies - i just rewatched the first two yesterday in the spirit of the holidays 😆
Yes, Die Hard is a Christmas movie and not just because it takes place at a Christmas party or because it has Christmas music. It's because it has a message of love and family defeating greed and selfishness. Think about the end where they defeat Gruber. The materialistic "terrorist" is defeated by the good guys sacrificing the expensive Rolex watch. This one is a little harder to justify calling a xmas movie but there's not much more xmas-y than being stuck in an airport trying to get the family together.
One of those rare exceptions (Aliens, Lethal weapon 2, The Empire Strikes Back) where the sequel is just as good as the first film. Film nerd trivia: The taser is what is known as a "Chekhov's gun", (i.e. if you show it, it will come into play later on): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chekhov%27s_gun
YIPPEE KI -YAY MOTHER VULCAN!
You seemed to enjoy "Are you out of your Vulcan mind?!" So I thought I'd combine these two a bit.
1:11 .... To me, DH/DH2 are not Christmas movies. (Addie did not ask for reasoning/explanations).
It was mentioned jokingly but Bruce Willis himself said, "Die Hard is not a Christmas movie. It's a Bruce Willis movie."
Straight from the sources mouth.
Have a Merry Christmas, Addie!
No, a movie isn’t a Christmas movie just because it takes place at Christmas time.
Die Hard 3 takes place in the summer, so you don’t have to wait another whole year to watch it.
8:18 - Doesn't his scar change side later (8:24 and on) or did you flip the frame for copyright?