Posted on 12/26/2019 5:17:19 AM PST by EyesOfTX
Watched it again yesterday.
Die Hard is not a Christmas movie.
“Welcome to the party, Pal.”
There are so many lines....
“Yippie layer...
And although “It’s a Wonderful Life” is a great movie, it makes an honest and good businessman, Potter, into a villain. Sure he takes the $8,000 and attempts to shut down Bailey, but Bailey gives loans to people that don’t qualify and puts his other clients into jeopardy. Potter rents out “shacks” but they do have a choice of bettering their lives.
Kay yea
Dang autocorrect
Don't care who you are, but you are wrong. Die Hard is a Christmas movie as much as "All I Want For Christmas Is You" is a Christmas song. It's meant for a generation of people who grew up differently.
Is too. In fact, it’s a Christmas Movie one can watch year round
Sorry, I dont watch anything with make believe tough guy bruce willis in it. Cant stand the guy.’Bout like robert deniro.
I am aware that bruce is Conservative, that is the only thing I like about him.
Not only is Die Hard a Christmas movie, it’s an American Christmas movie.
I use to drive a Yellow cab in New York city when I was insane around 15 years ago and picked up Bruce around Columbus circle. He got in speaking in a Russian accent I guess because he didn’t want to get recognized and I called him McClain and went to shake his hand and instead he grabbed my wrist and shook that lol lol I don’t blame him considering the kinds of taxi drivers I ran into who used the taxi as their own personal toilet.
Not buying it. Just because a movie (or song or whatever) references Christmas, and then totally goes against the beauty and message of peace behind the “real meaning of Christmas”, does not make it a “Christmas movie”.
I must be crazy. I watched it twice.
It ain’t Christmas until Hons falls out the window... Yippi ki yi _ _ _ _
One of the best Christmas movies.
One of the best movies, period. Got in shortly before the SJWs took over. I’m not a fan of action movies, but I like this one, as well as the Dirty Harry series. I’m into good overcoming evil, especially when there’s a bit of revenge mixed in (I’m a Scorpio; we appreciate revenge).
Uhg. All of you ‘Die Hard is a Christmas movie’ people have ruined an action classic. It’s not a Christmas movie, it is a film that takes place during Christmas. Yes, there is a difference. It’s about as much a Christmas movie as Lethal Weapon, which also takes place during Christmas, with Jingle Bell Rock as the opening song, and the opening scene being a drug bust in Christmas tree shop.
Then we must also consider Rocky, Rocky II, and Rocky IV. As well as The Karate Kid as ‘Christmas movies’ (The All Valley Tournament takes place Dec 19). Every movie listed here is a great flick, and it actually shortchanges Die Hard to relegate it to ‘Christmas Classic’. Now people seem to only watch it at Christmas, and it really has become a tired cliche.
I think it’s also indicative of how Americans have ruined Christmas, just in general. I’ve thought this way since my childhood, of the disconnect between Baby Jesus and the way our consumerist culture (which I normally champion) has perverted Christmas. Where people are judged on the quality of gifts given, and apparently where we celebrate Jesus birth with machine gun fire, C4 explosions, and bazookas on film huddled around a christmas tree?
I like the action movie Die Hard EyesofTX, but to have it celebrated as an American Christmas classic is a sign of our cultural rot and degeneracy.
Also what is with the commentary that Die Hard is unique for being the first true action movie? Just in the 1980’s, did you somehow miss First Blood, or Rambo First Blood part 2? Where did Commando and Predator disappear to?
Love it!
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