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‘Die Hard’ Isn’t Your Typical Christmas Movie, But It’s The Best
KHITS 104.3 ^ | 12/21/16 | John Calhoun

Posted on 12/21/2016 11:51:47 AM PST by 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.


TOPICS: Humor; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: christmas; diehard; hollywood; moviereview
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To: Little Bill

Dirty Harry, Andrew Robinson who had a recurring role as Garak in Deep Space 9. Very underrated actor.


61 posted on 12/21/2016 3:18:30 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Hardastarboard

He was Garak the Cardassian tailor (spy) on Deep Space 9. A very underrated actor.


62 posted on 12/21/2016 3:21:43 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Mad Dawgg

Die Hard problems with a language warning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk8skZQC8po


63 posted on 12/21/2016 3:32:07 PM PST by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: Little Bill

“Hans Gruber was the best movie villain I have ever seen, pure evil.”

Rickman was a phenomenal actor.
He was the perfect villain in Die Hard.
Loved the way Hans Gruber died.


64 posted on 12/21/2016 3:49:14 PM PST by oldvirginian (If someone tells you biscuits and gravy ain't a meal, just walk away. You don't need the negativity.)
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To: Little Bill
"Hans Gruber was the best movie villain I have ever seen, pure evil."

He was the only outstanding portion of "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" as the Sheriff of Nottingham as well...

"That's it then. Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans, no more merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas."


65 posted on 12/21/2016 4:01:01 PM PST by BlueLancer ("If the present tries to sit in judgment on the past, it will lose the future." Winston Churchill)
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To: day10

66 posted on 12/21/2016 4:06:09 PM PST by x
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To: Hardastarboard

Yes, he played the second Frank Ryan on “Ryan’s Hope.” We called him the Liberace Frank Ryan for his uncanny resemblance.


67 posted on 12/21/2016 5:45:42 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: Sybeck1
Really That Good: DIE HARD
68 posted on 12/21/2016 6:35:20 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: discostu

For actions films, give me The Road Warrior or The Warriors!


69 posted on 12/21/2016 7:47:33 PM PST by Borges
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To: Borges

Road Warrior is of course amazing. Never got into The Warriors, never understood why people hail that movie, it’s so dumb.


70 posted on 12/22/2016 6:23:23 AM PST by discostu (Alright you primative screwheads, listen up!)
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To: discostu

It’s a fantasy with mythic overtones. It’s best to ignore the dialogue.


71 posted on 12/22/2016 7:02:43 AM PST by Borges
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To: Borges

And the costumes, and the camera work, and with the main theme being one of Joe Walsh’s worst song ignore the soundtrack while you’re at it. In fact, just watch a different movie ;)


72 posted on 12/22/2016 7:28:13 AM PST by discostu (Alright you primative screwheads, listen up!)
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To: Sybeck1

1988. So it’s a classic, like “Miracle on 34th Street.”

Back when only limo drivers had cell phones.

And bad guys had to rely on CB radios for advanced communications.

And Channel 9 was only for emergencies and ordering pizzas, and no one believed you if you called in an actual emergency.

It was normal procedure to send a semi-retired sergeant who shoots kids to check out a terrorist incident in a high-rise by himself. Tell him to “use caution.”

Back then, you could use “Red Castle” as your password without a number or special character.

Back then, computer monitors were detonation devices (why didn’t Hans just use those?).

Back then, you would “lose the grid or lose your job.”


73 posted on 12/22/2016 7:35:08 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: discostu

The camerawork is terrific. As is the abstract direction and the action choreography.


74 posted on 12/22/2016 7:38:06 AM PST by Borges
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To: Larry Lucido; Squantos; sit-rep
Back then, computer monitors were detonation devices (why didn’t Hans just use those?).

Okay, I guess he inserted a detonator. But the somehow still-active monitor triggered the detonator or something? I didn't go to dynamite school.

75 posted on 12/22/2016 7:40:41 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: Borges

No it’s not. It’s a hunk of crap. I think you’re finding accidental art. I don’t think it was supposed to be abstract, I think they just weren’t good enough to make it anything else.


76 posted on 12/22/2016 7:54:31 AM PST by discostu (Alright you primative screwheads, listen up!)
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To: discostu

I watched it once. I’ve watched “Fargo” 6-10 times. :)


77 posted on 12/22/2016 7:56:12 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: trisham

Fargo is amazing. The TV show is pretty great too.


78 posted on 12/22/2016 7:57:11 AM PST by discostu (Alright you primative screwheads, listen up!)
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To: discostu

It is. I’ll have to check out the TV show!

Thanks!


79 posted on 12/22/2016 8:00:11 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Larry Lucido

lol


80 posted on 12/22/2016 10:26:19 AM PST by sit-rep
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