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
It is.
That is what the producer of the movie confirmed.
Welcome to the Christmas Party pal.
Hahahahahahaha...we were talking about Christmas movies the other day, and I cheerily opined “Die Hard is a Christmas movie!” and someone said “Bruce Willis said it is NOT a Christmas movie!”
I say: I don’t care. We all say it is...:)
Is Trading Places a Christmas movie, too?
It is about family winning over greed.
About a good man who made a mistake leaning to forgive himself.
About a small child getting their Christmas wish.
About a news critter getting punched in the face.
And nothing brings a warm glow of happiness like a purveyor of discord getting socked in the kisser.
“Just A Fly In The Ointment, Hans. The Monkey In The Wrench. The Pain In The Ass.”- Trump/MAGA 2024
Best Die Hard ever!
Die Hard has a lot of laughs, so that makes it Christmasy. Plus the hero wins.
Yes!
Yippee ki-yay MF
LOL
The discussion can also be had about Donovan’s Reef. As there is a hysterical Christmas pageant near the end.
It’s certainly a fun movie - but at the same time, it’s a shame that the old movies get overlooked and lost to generations. And that these sorts of things become the new traditions. The actual purpose of “a CHRISTmas season” is lost - and is background lights and decorations.
“A Christmas Carol” with Alistair Sim (?) - great version - probably my favorite - George C. Scott’s was very good as well
I remember when Casey Kasem was apoplectic over “The Little Drummer Boy” - ridiculous
On a side note, I remember when Sunday morning was filled with Christian pastors preaching on TV - now it seems like it’s 10% of what it once was (in post-Christian America - thanks Manchurian Candidate spirit-of-antichrist Barack Hussein Obama for pushing that as well)
(yes, I liked the next two DH movies though, as well)
It’s the best Christmas movie ever! :)
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