Reply Wed 30 Nov, 2022 04:04 pm
What do you think? Is Die Hard a Christmas movie or not?? Are you right or WRONG?
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InfraBlue
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Reply Wed 30 Nov, 2022 05:34 pm
@tsarstepan,
Sure it is, it takes place during Christmas and features Christmas music.
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edgarblythe
 
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Reply Wed 30 Nov, 2022 07:32 pm
I don't know. I've never been able to sit through it.
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McGentrix
 
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Reply Wed 30 Nov, 2022 08:32 pm
@tsarstepan,
Of course it is. What would Christmas be without a hostage situation at the Nakatomi Plaze in Los Angeles?
oralloy
 
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Reply Wed 30 Nov, 2022 10:44 pm
I too vote that yes it is a Xmas movie.
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Real Music
 
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Reply Thu 1 Dec, 2022 01:56 am
@tsarstepan,
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What do you think? Is Die Hard a Christmas movie or not?? Are you right or WRONG?

1. Even though the movie does takes place during Christmas, I would not categorize it as being a Christmas movie.

2. Christmas is nothing more than an (incidental backdrop) that doesn't really have anything to do with the movie.
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izzythepush
 
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Reply Thu 1 Dec, 2022 09:25 am
It's a Christmas film, the action takes place at a Christmas Party and people are dressed as Father Christmas.

How else could "Now I have a machine gun, ho, ho, ho," have worked?
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Mame
 
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Reply Thu 1 Dec, 2022 04:21 pm
In the traditional sense of a Christmas movie, I'd say no, although it has been years since I've seen it.
izzythepush
 
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Reply Thu 1 Dec, 2022 04:33 pm
@Mame,
Not like The Great escape or The Railway Children.
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tsarstepan
 
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Reply Thu 1 Dec, 2022 04:35 pm
@McGentrix,
McGentrix wrote:

Of course it is. What would Christmas be without a hostage situation at the Nakatomi Plaze in Los Angeles?

Laughing EXACTLY! Laughing
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bobsal u1553115
 
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Reply Fri 2 Dec, 2022 04:03 pm
Close enough. Is the 'Nightmare Before Christmas' a Christmas movie?
tsarstepan
 
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Reply Fri 2 Dec, 2022 04:26 pm
@bobsal u1553115,
I consider it a Christmas movie. It's what I consider my second favorite Christmas movie of all time. Tokyo Godfathers (2003) being my favorite.

Please note that my avatar now reflects the love of the latter film.

bobsal u1553115
 
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Reply Fri 2 Dec, 2022 04:31 pm
@tsarstepan,
And that's my point: of course 'Die Hard' is a Christmas movie. And so is Nightmare Before Christmas, even if baby Jeebus gets no screen time.

How much about Christmas is 'It's a Wonderful Life'? Not much - you could remove all references to Christmas and the movie doesn't change much, just like Die Hard. But 'It's a Wonderful Life is a Christmas' movie.
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oralloy
 
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Reply Sat 3 Dec, 2022 04:11 am
It's been awhile since I've seen it. But if I recall correctly, the first sequel (the one at an airport) took place during Christmas too.
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Reply Sat 3 Dec, 2022 09:23 am
@oralloy,
True. But it's considered a bomb.
oralloy
 
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Reply Wed 7 Dec, 2022 03:21 am
@bobsal u1553115,
I don't remember it being all that bad.

Rotten Tomatoes ranks it as not as good as the first movie, but still reasonably good:

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/die_hard
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/die_hard_2_1990
tsarstepan
 
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Reply Wed 7 Dec, 2022 04:34 pm
@oralloy,
oralloy wrote:

I don't remember it being all that bad.

Rotten Tomatoes ranks it as not as good as the first movie, but still reasonably good:

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/die_hard
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/die_hard_2_1990

On a $70MM production budget, it didn't lose any money at the box office, making a worldwide total of $240MM.

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All Releases
DOMESTIC (49%)
$117,540,947
INTERNATIONAL (51%)
$122,490,327
WORLDWIDE
$240,031,274
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Real Music
 
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Reply Wed 7 Dec, 2022 09:05 pm
@bobsal u1553115,
1. I first saw the movie "Die Hard" back when it was first released.

2. I really enjoyed the movie "Die Hard."

3. When it comes to the genre of Action movies, "Die Hard" is probably in my top 10.

4. One side note: I like the first "Die Hard" movie more than any of the sequels.

5. I wasn't impressed by any of the sequels.
bobsal u1553115
 
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Reply Thu 8 Dec, 2022 07:37 am
@Real Music,
First and third.
Region Philbis
 
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Reply Fri 9 Dec, 2022 06:52 pm

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