tygerprints, In Monday's USA Today, they list "Die Hard" as an "essential Christmas movie," while describing the shoot out at a christmas tree lot. Yep nothing says Yuletide cheer like watching blood spattered gun battles on TV. I'm very old so my ideas are out of date but I enjoy the quieter classics like "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and even "Magoo's Christmas Carol" (which is surprisingly faithful to Dicken's actual story).
I like feeling up and happy and in a good mood, though - so I guess I'm an outlier, a holdover from another age.
Redhotkurt, I like feeling up and happy and in a good mood, though - so I guess I'm an outlier, a holdover from another age.
"Relic from the previous century," that's what I like to call myself.
Note: The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) is quite good. It has a solid performance by Michael Caine, who carries on as though it's an all-human cast.
tygerprints, Yes that's another good one. I am also a relic from the previous century! I was around when "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and "The Grinch who Stole Christmas" first premiered on network television.
Redhotkurt, Ah, you were just a bit before my time. I'm a Gen Xer and grew up watching A Christmas Story when it first aired on tv, which I think is another great example of a happy holiday movie. I can't believe I mentioned The Muppet Christmas Carol before it, hah. Yeah, I liked A Christmas Story when I was a kid, but I love it now that I'm older and get the more adult references. My wife and I keep it in the regular Christmas viewing rotation along with A Charlie Brown Christmas, which in my opinion are perfect when you want to feel the ol' winter warm & fuzzies. They're so comforting in a way.
tygerprints, I was lot bit before your time. I remember working as a projectionist for the University of Utah (a part time gig) and showing "A Christmas Story" for one of my film classes - the first time I ever saw it, and I really enjoyed it. I think anything can really be considered a Christmas movie if it is something you watch each year and enjoy. I still am amazed by the quality of the music in "Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol," a movie I rewatch every year, and just recently got to purchase the sheet music (which only came out a few years ago).
P34C0CK, If Die Hard is a Christmas movie then so is Die Hard 2. Yet the sequel never gets brought into this debate by either side 🤔
MossyFeathers, I still cannot believe that the full title for the home release of that movie was Die Hard 2: Die Harder.
Assman, What would you have called it? Die Less Hard?
MossyFeathers, No. Probably something that sounds even sillier tbh, like “Die Hard 2: the harder they fall the harder they die”
Assman, To Those About to Die Hard, We Salute You
Obi, That’s something you keep for #3.
RobertOwnageJunior, ‘Die harder too, also.’
MrMcGasion, That’s what made the late 80s/early 90s cool. Nothing had to make sense, it just had to sound cool to 7 year old kids, and executives coked out of their gourds - combining to make the unlikeliest demographic.
MossyFeathers, Memphis Design was also popular in the 80s-90s, and is sometimes described as Bauhaus meets Fisher-Price. I wonder if there’s any coincidence there.
The_Picard_Maneuver, Die Hard 2 is great, and it has O’Brien in it! (Oh wait, I’m not in Risa right now)
lugal, I honestly never watched Die Hard, but a movie that seems to be about suffering with O’Brien, well it’s a match
The_Picard_Maneuver, Full disclosure, he has a very small part as a pilot.
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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA, I think you mean an chief transporter
peopleproblems, You kidding me? Lemmy is Risa now.
theodewere, just bag the Twinkies
Ashyr, What Christmas movie comes out July 15?
The_Picard_Maneuver, It’s brilliant. There’s no competition in July.
GlitterInfection, Just in time for Christmas in July.
Ashyr, “Yeah, you know something… Vermont should be beautiful that time of year, with all that snow.”
-White Christmas
III, I am sure you can check the ol’ Hallmark Channel lineup
Cylusthevirus, First or Second council of Nicea?
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA, They were in agreement
Dagwood222, [off topic]
The Long Kiss Goodnight is a Christmas movie and is superior to Die Hard.
One_Honest_Dude, I’ll with you that it’s a Christmas movie, but better than Die Hard? No way José
Aggravationstation, Hardware (1990) is also a Christmas movie, as it takes place on Christmas eve www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV-qegEKMQw
pigup, If only clemenceau had accepted the Turkish proposal to codify its Christmas movie status in the 1919 Paris agreement, could have prevented a lot of violence smh
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Matthew Black, @MatthwBlack
The thing is, Die Hard wasn’t a Christmas movie originally. The script was changed by Constantine in 336 to align it with the Sol Invictus festival.
The Messianic Secret, @Messianic…
IT WAS DECLARED A CHRISTMAS MOVIE AT THE COUNCIL OF NICEA I CAN’T BELIEVE I HAVE TO GET ANGRY ABOUT THIS
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