and a machine gun. But mostly the machine gun.
Posted on 11/28/2023 7:17:02 PM PST by DoodleBob
Die Hard is heading back to theaters for the holiday season.
Originally released in 1988, Die Hard is a bloody action movie that happens to be set on Christmas. Every year, fans debate over whether they consider the film to be a genuine Christmas movie, or just a film that happens to be set on Christmas, with some arguing that there's a big difference between the two. In any case, per AMC, it's been announced that Die Hard is coming back to theaters for this year's Christmas season, set to hit the big screen for a limited time starting on Dec. 8, 2023.
The debate has waged on for many years. Last year, the city of San Diego declared Die Hard to be the "greatest Christmas movie of all time" in a social media post. Die Hard's very own Bruce Willis mentioned the debate in his Comedy Central roast in 2018, joking, "Die Hard isn't a Christmas movie, it's a g*ddamn Bruce Willis movie!" As this was said as a joke, it's hard to gauge Willis' true opinion, but the actor's mother, Marlene, has said she's adamant that the film is not a Christmas movie.
Die Hard's Director Says It's Up to Fans to Decide
"If the audience decides they want to make it a Christmas movie, it’s a Christmas movie," Die Hard director John McTiernan also said of the debate last year on the Empire Film podcast. "It turns out that way. It wasn’t intended as a Christmas movie, although the fact that it was deliberately built around Christmas – but not intended to be a Christmas movie. But the fact that it was a Christmas movie had a lot to do with... it’s politically pretty strident. And the only reason that survived was that the people in the studio who would have stopped that were deceived, because they thought it was just an action movie about a Christmas party that goes wrong."
Die Hard starred Bruce Willis as John McClane, a New York detective who gets caught up in a terrorist takeover of a Los Angeles skyscraper on Christmas Eve. The film also starred Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, Bonnie Bedelia, and Reginald VelJohnson. Based on Roderick Thorp's novel Nothing Lasts Forever, the film was written by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza. John McTiernan directed.
Advance tickets for Die Hard's return to theaters can be picked up at AMC's website. To check out the classic film at home, it's currently streaming for free on Tubi, and it's also available to watch on Hulu.
Source: AMC
THERE’S A DEBATE?
One of the all time best lines in a movie.
In fact, I make it a point to watch Donovan's Reef every Christmas.
Ooh, this sounds like fun.
I’m considering inflicting one of those old classics on my son, either Miracle on 34th Street or (gag) It’s a Wonderful Life. If he can sit through either one, he will fully understand why we always watch Die Hard for Christmas.
and a machine gun. But mostly the machine gun.
And watch the Alistair Sim movie again :))
Mrs. Cratchit, after Bob's returning from church with Tiny Tim, asks:
'And how did little Tim behave?' asked Mrs. Cratchit when she had rallied Bob on his credulity, and Bob had hugged his daughter to his heart's content.
'As good as gold,' said Bob, 'and better. Somehow, he gets thoughtful, sitting by himself so much, and thinks the strangest things you ever heard. He told me, coming home, that he hoped the people saw him in the church, because he was a cripple, and it might be pleasant to them to remember upon Christmas Day who made lame beggars walk and blind men see.
There may (not) be other mentions, but this one occurred to me at once.
You may be right about the state of Dickens' soul; but his friendly attitude toward, and mentions of, Christianity in this and other works cannot be denied.
Well talking about this..........(no, I’ve only had fake Dr. Pepper to drink - the cheaper stuff from WalMart! LOL)
with 24/7 Christmas music playing on the stereo (radio - I’d like to record it so I can play it all year - haven’t had any luck trying to capture it successfully - I’d like 1-2 solid)
gave me a little inspiration:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/religion/4199945/posts
[’As good as gold,’ said Bob, ‘and better. Somehow, he gets thoughtful, sitting by himself so much, and thinks the strangest things you ever heard. He told me, coming home, that he hoped the people saw him in the church, because he was a cripple, and it might be pleasant to them to remember upon Christmas Day who made lame beggars walk and blind men see.]
Nice catch! I remember that now.
The Alastair Sim version is definitely my favorite but I haven’t caught that version in awhile now
Looks great for elevator rides!
I remember when the wife and I went to see Diehard first run at the theatre. It really was the beginning of the ultimate action film genre, IMO.
LOL! I love that.
I don’t know if it’s a Christmas movie or not, but I’d watch that before any Hallmark Christmas movie any day.
“I remember when Casey Kasem was apoplectic over ‘The Little Drummer Boy’”
I don’t know where Kasem is coming from, but for me that song is the one I hate the most at Christmas! Even worse, a Christian radio station I listen to plays it. Like .. what’s the chapter and verse?
I see that Moonlighting can only be seen on Hulu. I hope other outlets pick it up. Loved that show.
“eventually the godless reprobate New World Order government of Daniel 7:23 that’s coming will outlaw Bibles and the Word of God, worldwide.”
That’s why we had AWANA and BMA (Bible Memory Association) in our churches. Start kids memorizing and they can carry it through their lives and share when the time comes when the Bible disappear.
“I did hear Bruce Willis is having physical issues”
A type of dementia. Very sad.
Casey Kasem was from Detroit born to Lebanese Druze parents (had to look).
Obviously the story is not Biblical, per se. Still, I just heard it in the last couple of hours and didn’t mind it.
Casey Kasem’s biggest issue was the Christmas special (animated) that was made - based on the song. He felt it oppressed Arabs by making them look bad.
I should have been more clear - more so he complained about the special animated show based upon the song.
We had to memorize Psalm 1 at summer camp in the ‘60s and I still remember it. It’s a beautiful Palm.
Memorized other passages growing up. Many verses were set to choruses, also making them easy to remember, eg., Galatians 2:20
1 Timothy 2:5.
Oh. His reason was cultural. I just hate the song ... Pa rum pum pum pum.
My vote for worst Christmas season song is Dominic the Donkey.
And if these are DNC rulez, I’ll vote twice - Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer.
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