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Post by Rollo Tomasi on Dec 8, 2020 9:42:01 GMT -5
Tell that to Takagi Pixonic. They don’t seem to think so.  |
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Post by Poopface on Dec 8, 2020 9:47:49 GMT -5
Tell that to Takagi Pixonic. They don’t seem to think so.  |
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Post by Rollo Tomasi on Dec 8, 2020 10:16:26 GMT -5
Yup, this is a go to Christmas classic, right up there with Trading Places, Lethal Weapon and (my namesake movie) L.A. Confidential. But we digress... We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread, already in progress. |
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Post by Poopface on Dec 8, 2020 10:21:42 GMT -5
I've never seen L.A. Confidential, but I don't think either LW or TS are actual Christmas movies.
I saw an excellent point made about what does and doesn't make a Christmas movie. The premise is that if you remove the Christmas aspect of the movie, will the movie still stand up? If so, it's a movie that is a Christmastime rather than being a Christmas movie.
In the case of LW and TS, I'd argue that those are movies that happen to be set at/around Christmas. In the case of Die Hard, McClane is only in LA for that Christmas party and Gruber staged the scheme deliberately at that time of year such that the building would largely be empty but would still have enough people such that he could masquerade it as being a hostage activity. Without those two activities both occurring in those circumstances, the movie doesn't hold up.
Thus: Die Hard is a Christmas movie.
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Post by Jeb on Dec 8, 2020 10:28:08 GMT -5
I've never seen L.A. Confidential, but I don't think either LW or TS are actual Christmas movies.
I saw an excellent point made about what does and doesn't make a Christmas movie. The premise is that if you remove the Christmas aspect of the movie, will the movie still stand up? If so, it's a movie that is a Christmastime rather than being a Christmas movie.
Then this may be the best Christmas movie of all time. (NSFW language) |
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Post by Oliver Kloesov on Dec 8, 2020 10:47:20 GMT -5
I needed convincing in the past, but yeah, "Die Hard" IS a Christmas movie. You have to squint and be with drunken friends though.
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Post by Rollo Tomasi on Dec 8, 2020 12:08:45 GMT -5
I've never seen L.A. Confidential, but I don't think either LW or TS are actual Christmas movies.
I saw an excellent point made about what does and doesn't make a Christmas movie. The premise is that if you remove the Christmas aspect of the movie, will the movie still stand up? If so, it's a movie that is a Christmastime rather than being a Christmas movie.
In the case of LW and TS, I'd argue that those are movies that happen to be set at/around Christmas. In the case of Die Hard, McClane is only in LA for that Christmas party and Gruber staged the scheme deliberately at that time of year such that the building would largely be empty but would still have enough people such that he could masquerade it as being a hostage activity. Without those two activities both occurring in those circumstances, the movie doesn't hold up.
Thus: Die Hard is a Christmas movie.
Well played, sir! That, and you couldn’t have “Now I have a machine gun. Ho, ho, ho!” as a marquee line.  |
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Post by Poopface on Dec 8, 2020 12:13:54 GMT -5
Thanks for the compliments, but I can't take credit. That credit goes to that unnammed individual who was in disagreement with his son who incorrectly said Die Hard isn't a Christmas movie.
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Post by Poopface on Dec 11, 2020 16:01:35 GMT -5
  That’s right. I’m sitting in a theater waiting for the best Christmas movie to start. And my wife and I are the only two people in the theater. |
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Post by Poopface on Dec 11, 2020 17:32:34 GMT -5
Hans. Bubbie. I’m your white knight.  So much better in theater! |
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Post by Poopface on Dec 11, 2020 17:40:42 GMT -5
Want a breath mint?  Even better in the theater. |
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Post by Poopface on Dec 11, 2020 17:59:59 GMT -5
Warning Powell about a double cross is better in the theater.  |
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Post by Poopface on Dec 11, 2020 18:04:34 GMT -5
Special Agent Johnson (no, the other one) being a 「wee-wee」head is better in the theater.  |
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Post by Poopface on Dec 11, 2020 18:07:40 GMT -5
John McClane playing with his hose with his shirt off is better in the theater.  |
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Post by Poopface on Dec 11, 2020 18:16:51 GMT -5
John McClane getting his strap-on gun ready (it’s for fighting as well as fun) is better in the theater.  |
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Post by Poopface on Dec 11, 2020 18:18:06 GMT -5
Hans beating everyone else to the lobby is better in the theater.  |
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Post by Browncoats4ever on Dec 12, 2020 5:44:50 GMT -5
Hans beating everyone else to the lobby is better in the theater. I love Alan Rickman as an actor. Even when he’s a bad guy, I love his character. |
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Post by santaclaus on Jan 2, 2021 1:27:50 GMT -5
If I had seen this bull「dookie」 thread 8 days ago, all you diehard people would have been sent to work in the coal mines.
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Post by santaclaus on Jan 2, 2021 1:30:26 GMT -5
Hans beating everyone else to the lobby is better in the theater. I love Alan Rickman as an actor. Even when he’s a bad guy, I love his character. I used to work for Starbucks in corporate management, my boss was actually called Alan Rickman. And whenever I would talk about him people would be "pfftt yeah right!" and I never understood why. I didn't know it was the name of Galaxy Quest guy. |
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Post by santaclaus on Jan 2, 2021 1:35:09 GMT -5
I'm actually quite upset with you all.
A Christmas movie is a Christmas movie if and only the central plot IS ABOUT CHRISTMAS.
Take this War Robots event right now... Is it a Christmas event? NO it is a Serious Sam 4 event.
Does Die Hard even mention me?
Does it bring glory to the north pole?
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Post by Browncoats4ever on Jan 2, 2021 1:42:41 GMT -5
Hans. Bubbie. Iâm your white knight. So much better in theater! I was watching DH on Christmas and kept thinking this 「wee-wee」head looks too much like Jr. |
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Post by mechtout on Jan 3, 2021 2:31:51 GMT -5
If you think about it, Die Hard is an adult Home Alone in an office building
"Merry Christmas little fella. We know that you're in there and that you're all alone"
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