‘Die Hard’ Isn’t Your Typical Christmas Movie, But It’s The Best

KHITS 104.3 ^ | 12/21/16 | John Calhoun

[Sybeck1]

McClane just arrived from New York to spend Christmas with his estranged wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia) in Los Angeles. As he waits for her office Christmas party to break up, terrorists take over the building. The late Alan Rickman is superb as the terrorist leader Hans Gruber.

Billed as 40 Stories Of Sheer Adventure, the film does not disappoint. There’s plenty of action, along with humor and warm, fuzzy moments too.

[Sybeck1]

Great concept:

The Night the Reindeer Died w/Lee Majors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0QVJOEwXac

[Future Snake Eater]

[Williams]

A great movie and tremendous performance by Alan Rickman

[JennysCool]

Of course, the original Lethal Weapon is also a Christmas movie.

[SaveFerris]

Best part of that whole movie.

[needmorePaine]

Ellis

"Hans, boubie, I'm your white knight."

[wally_bert]

One I would love to see get made.

[Drew68]

I was coming up on 20, not much of a Moonlighting fan, barely knew who Bruce Willis was when my friends said, "Let's go the theater and see Die Hard."

We all left the theater a few hours later in full agreement that that was the best thing we'd thing on the big screen since Star Wars. There hadn't been anything like it and after Die Hard, Hollywood couldn't churn out Xerox copies fast enough.

[Haiku Guy]

Hey, what am I, a method actor? Hans, babe, put away the gun, this is radio, not television.

[Redcitizen]

” We’re gonna need some more FBI guys.” That was a funny line.

[Mad Dawgg]

[Flick Lives]

;-)

[day10]

[JoeProBono]

[needmorePaine]

There hadn't been anything like it and after Die Hard, Hollywood couldn't churn out Xerox copies fast enough.

I believe that Speed was pitched as "Die Hard on a bus."

[day10]

Pretty much the same here, except I was in my mid 20’s.

I walked out thinking:

1. That was simply awesome.
2. Who is this Alan Rickman dude? That’s as good a bad guy as I ever saw.

[Heartlander]

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

If someone walked into my house and began to use some of the language on that movie they would be shown the door real quick, and not invited back.

[shotgun]

I also found it to be a great workout video on the treadmill or elliptical machine. Plenty of action to keep your mind off the exercise.

[onedoug]

For a different side of Rickman check out, “The Song Of Lunch”.