Die Hard
December 25th, 2019 at 6:17 AM ^
You know what.... maybe.
December 25th, 2019 at 6:15 PM ^
Yippie-kai-a.
December 25th, 2019 at 6:15 PM ^
Yippie-kai-a.
December 25th, 2019 at 6:17 AM ^
Absofuckinglutely
December 25th, 2019 at 6:30 AM ^
If Die hard is a Christmas movie, so is Lethal Weapon and Blow. I mean they both have a Christmas Tree at some point in the movie.
December 25th, 2019 at 6:36 AM ^
Gangbang at the north pole is the only Christmas movie you should be watching
December 25th, 2019 at 11:20 AM ^
Is the stated North Pole the north pole from 1900? Or is it the North Pole now? Because they are in two different positions (pun intended)
December 25th, 2019 at 11:35 AM ^
The Peter North Pole?
December 25th, 2019 at 8:50 AM ^
Lethal Weapon absolutely is a Christmas movie.
December 25th, 2019 at 11:33 AM ^
Uh, there are tons of Christmas references in Lethal Weapon.
December 25th, 2019 at 6:39 AM ^
You’re damn right it is.
December 25th, 2019 at 1:48 PM ^
Heck yea!
Die Hard is the best Christmas movie ever!!!
(The best Christmas comedy ever is A Christmas Story. Ya know, "the soft glow of electric sex gleaming in the window.")
December 25th, 2019 at 6:55 AM ^
Love it. Watch it every Christmas. The ladies cringe that there are about 150 F bombs but other than that great movie. They don't make action flicks that good anymore.
Check out Nakatomi plaza when in LA.
December 25th, 2019 at 7:23 AM ^
who could disagree with this? nothing celebrates the birth of Christ quite like blowing up nakatomi plaza.
by corrollary, if die hard is, then lethal weapon most definitely is.
December 25th, 2019 at 7:31 AM ^
Love Lethal Weapon, but the entire Die Hard movie takes place at a Christmas party...Lethal Weapon takes place during the holidays. Regardless, both are great movies. Cheers!
December 25th, 2019 at 9:25 AM ^
But, but, you're blick!
December 25th, 2019 at 10:14 AM ^
great line. now substitute 'xtramelanin' for blick, and say it in a south african accent.
December 25th, 2019 at 10:00 PM ^
nothing celebrates the birth of Christ quite like blowing up nakatomi plaza.
Personally, I prefer to celebrate the King of Kings with the $660 million in negotiable bearer bonds in the Nakatomi vault.
December 26th, 2019 at 6:31 AM ^
and it looks like one of the three wise men is an mgoblogger. good call.
remember to avoid herod on the way back home.
December 25th, 2019 at 7:36 AM ^
Absolutely it is.
My question is what threshold must be crossed to go from "movie with Christmas elements" to "Christmas movie"? Example. Iron Man 3 and Shazam! both take place during Christmas. Between them you have Christmas music prominently throughout, ornaments as improvised weapons, a Christmas themed beauty pageant, the funniest movie Santa in years, a Christmas decorated mall, a Christmas carnival, and feel good themes including finding home and family. I've never heard either referred to as a Christmas movie so what threshold have they not crossed that Die Hard has?
December 25th, 2019 at 8:52 AM ^
Iron Man 3 was directed by Shane Black, so yeah it's a Christmas movie.
December 25th, 2019 at 7:37 AM ^
We watch it on Christmas like a fair number of folks. Actually, we adopted a tradition of watching "Spaceballs" on Christmas Eve, even though the movie has nothing to do with any holiday, so I can't really talk.
December 25th, 2019 at 7:39 AM ^
Batman Returns is a Christmas movie.
December 25th, 2019 at 7:47 AM ^
Finally, someone brings up a Christmas movie worth talking about. Die Hard and Lethal Weapon are legit
December 25th, 2019 at 8:11 AM ^
Good movie, but NOT a Christmas movie. You guys that think so are just being argumentative! (I'm not an argumentative kinda guy, so it's not my fault...) Its a really good action movie that happens to take place at a Christmas party - big deal. I mean, The Wedding Singer takes place at weddings - is it a movie about getting married? No!
December 25th, 2019 at 9:05 AM ^
It takes place at a Christmas party, mcclane writes “ho ho ho” on the shirt of a dead terrorist, and at the end, the credits roll to “let it snow”. Those are just ones i can think of. There is more Christmas referenced throughout.
December 25th, 2019 at 9:13 AM ^
The opening song of the movie ismthe Run DMC song Hollis in Queens and everyone is whistling/ singing Christmas movies throughout.
December 25th, 2019 at 9:58 AM ^
They ask for the Christmas miracle to open the vault. In more than one scene when mcclane is trapped on an upper floor he hums Christmas carols. Hans does it at least twice.
December 25th, 2019 at 10:16 AM ^
Yes, all those things and more are true. Now do this: Take every one of those references out. Does that change the plot one bit?
Nope. This movie (which I love) could easily take place at a 4th of July party, McClane could write "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" on the shirt, and they could play the "Star Spangled Banner" over the end credits. Nothing would really change.
Die Hard is one of the greatest action movies of all time, but its setting at Christmas is incidental. The plot doesn't depend on it.
December 25th, 2019 at 10:30 AM ^
I’m with you on this.
This meme needs to die.
December 25th, 2019 at 10:55 AM ^
I see your perspective. So if you apply the same criticism to "It's a Wonderful Life" (IAWL), you will come to the same conclusion, even though IAWL is widely considered a Christmas movie!
IAWL is partially set around Christmas, just like Die Hard, but is mostly about George's life and his financial crisis and issues with the bank. There's not even as much Christmas music in IWAL vs. Die Hard. To top it off, the basic message of IAWL is essentially, "suck it up and be happy with what you have even if though were screwed out of something unfairly by assholes." However, IAWL does deal with the Christmas themes of depression and suicidal ideation, so I guess that makes sense.
Take the plot out of IAWL and stick at elsewhen on the calendar and it still works with the same ideas--I'm not saying it's a bad movie at all and I think it's got a very powerful message at the end. But to apply the same criteria and call IAWL a classic Christmas movie and in the same breath state that Die Hard is not, is at the very least disingenuous and most likely apocryphal.
I have spoken.
Edit to add: F*ck xOSU. Go Tigers. Beat Bama. Etc.
December 25th, 2019 at 11:48 AM ^
I’ve made this argument before. It has merit.
Also, “Halloween” is not a Halloween movie.
December 25th, 2019 at 12:38 PM ^
Lol wut?
michael Meyers kills his family AND returns on Halloween night to kill. It is directly associated with the holiday.
December 25th, 2019 at 1:32 PM ^
Coincidence. Could have happened on any day of the year. The only thing that the holiday advances in the film is the two masks.
December 25th, 2019 at 11:53 AM ^
Ah, yes, that well-known tradition of people striving to get home to their kids on the 4th of July.
December 25th, 2019 at 1:01 PM ^
The references are not what make it a Christmas movie. What is the central plot? At its core, Die Hard is about a man trying to spend Christmas with his family. Definitely a Christmas plot, if you ask me.
December 25th, 2019 at 11:51 AM ^
I mean, nothing says Christmas like sending a dead guy down an elevator with a freshly broken neck, a Santa hat and the words "ho ho ho now I have a machine gun" written in his own blood on his chest.
December 25th, 2019 at 8:22 AM ^
Whatever your thoughts on whether or not Die Hard should be a Christmas movie, in this day an age, it absolutely is one. It's speaks to the zeitgeist more than anything else. No other action movie (No, not even YOU, Jingle All the Way!) has really cemented itself in Christmas pop culture like Die Hard has.
So whatever your opinion in the matter, (and you're not wrong, either way) pop culture dictates that it's a Christmas movie and it's likely here to stay.
December 25th, 2019 at 9:03 AM ^
Exactly. I was going to say the same thing...it shouldn't be, but it is.
Speaking if Jingle All The Way...
1. Home Alone
2. Grinch (original cartoon)
3. Jingle All The Way
4. Die Hard
5. Charlie Brown
6. The Holiday
7. The Santa Clause
8. Elf
9. Four Christmases
10. Polar Express
HM: Best Man Holiday
Don't @ me. And miss me with your Christmas Vacation and Christmas Story...I have my 10 and there is nothing anyone can so to change my mind about my top 8. I've got all my bases covered, with this.
And yes The Holiday and yes it is 10x better than Love Actually. Also, Bad Santa was good, but not one I repeat. Same with the silly Office Christmas Party and The Night Before movies.
My question to the group is...is Toy Story a Christmas movie? If so...bye bye Polar Express...I only watch you every Christmas Eve to fall asleep. Works every time.
(Trading Places moves in as well if I'm allowed to call that a Christmas Movie...Four Christmases isn't great...it's just always on when nothing else is so I enjoy it every year).
I'm out. Merry Christmas, everyone!!!
December 25th, 2019 at 10:44 AM ^
+1 for The Holiday. Excellent movie you can watch with anybody from 8 to 80. Great music, too. My wife and I used part of the score to enter the hall at our wedding (the part where Cameron Diaz gets out of the cab and runs back to the house). Her idea....I promise.
Merry Christmas!
December 25th, 2019 at 12:42 PM ^
Love, Actually is horrific.
A more honest title would be something like, BPD: The Movie.
December 25th, 2019 at 9:15 PM ^
It's soooooooo boring.
December 25th, 2019 at 8:56 AM ^
But of course. Who says it isn't?
December 25th, 2019 at 9:10 AM ^
It is absolutely a Christmas movie. My dad and I watched it last night.
December 25th, 2019 at 10:01 AM ^
One of my new favorites is Green Book. Since it ends with a traditional Italian Christmas Eve 7 Fishes dinner, does this qualify as a Christmas movie? Actually experienced the modern day version at my in-laws last night.
December 25th, 2019 at 8:32 PM ^
Fantastic movie