Die Hard IS a Christmas Movie As Far As I'm concerned...

Remember the rea$on for the $ea$on.

 

Millions of untraceable Bearer Bonds?

 

All your speeches, Highlander, and you're nothing but a common thief.

 

He is an exceptional thief. And since he's moving up to kidnapping, you should be more polite.

 

Hans: The following people are to be released from their captors: In Northern Ireland, the seven members of the New Provo Front. In Canada, the five imprisoned leaders of Liberte de Quebec. In Sri Lanka, the nine members of the Asian Dawn movement...
John McClane: [listening on the radio] What the fuck?
Karl: [mouthing silently] Asian Dawn?
Hans: [covers the radio] I read about them in Time magazine.

 

I actually always thought that was a stupid line for Hans to say. Moving up to kidnapping? By that time, he'd already killed how many people, including two (Takagi and Ellis) with bullets to the head at close range?

 

Best line in the flick
"I think we're going to need some new FBI guys."

 

Why don't you come out to the coast, we'll have a few laughs.

 

Don't forget Argyle playing Run DMC's "Christmas in Hollis."

Back then, Notre Dame and USC would never have been playing around Christmas, though.

And, can someone please answer this question that has bugged me for 20+ years? How did John know that Hans was not Bill Clay. Was it his not blinking when offered the European cigarette?

 

I just figured he was suspicious that he would not be with the other hostages.

What better way to check than to give him an unloaded gun? If the guy doesn't point it at your head, you can always give him bullets later.

Oh, and I say it's a Christmas movie if you count It's a Wonderful Life a Christmas movie.

Christmas is really a plot device in both to get the people all in town.

Die Hard uses it ironically, and A Wonderful Life uses it to tie everything together at the end.

 

Agreed. It's A Wonderful Life is a Depression era, small-town values movie with a Christmas finale (complete with talking nebula!). Great film, but if it's a Christmas movie, so are "Die Hard" and "Lethal Weapon."

I was actually disappointed when "Die Hard With a Vengeance" was set outside of the holiday season.

 

Phoniest part of the flick was when Willis jumps from the roof and shoots the glass out of an office window. Windows that high up won't shatter like that. Also, the fire hose wheel that he used to support himself breaks and is falling. As heavy as that hose wheel is, his ass should've fallen too just by shear force. In the flick, he conveniently has time to untie himself. Bullshit.