One of my friends had this take on it:
Die Hard can't be a Christmas movie because Die Hard is actually good.
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My wife claims
- die hard is not a Christmas movie
Yet
- the sound of music is
She's so gorgeous but sometimes I just don't understand her.
Diehard is 100% a Christmas movie, however, Die Hard 2 which also takes place at Christmas time, is NOT a Christmas movie, as the fact that it's Christmas is coincidental and not at all integral to the plot.
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I think its important to establish why it's a Christmas movie. I consider it one not just because it's Christmas time in the movie but because it's heavily Christmas themed the entire movie. For this exact same reason I think other movies also fall into this category like gremlins and terrifier 3.
Every movie that's set during Christmas is a Christmas movie. I'm watching Eyes Wide Shut with my wife tonight
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It's about a man at a Christmas party that has gone incredibly wrong. It's a Christmas movie
Well, yeah. What else would it be?
Yes, along with the dress being blue.
Die Hard, the grade school musical?
Bruce thinks it’s a Bruce Willis movie.
… he gets a pass.
Absolutely. There can be zero disagreement on this.
...melon farmer.
heck yeah, it's a christmas film. the whole thing is based around a christmas party and is all about love
No.
That's like saying Flight Club is a movie about soap.
Every scene in this movie is a work of art. It's so rare for a movie to check as many boxes as this one does so perfectly. it has humor, a love story, action, Alan Rickman, a heist, and most of all Christmas!
Happy holidays everyone! Hoping you can all get together and have a few laughs with your loved ones.
Astonishingly, that was also Rickman's movie debut
Indeed. It’s perhaps the only Christmas movie.
Die Hard is awesome, but I've always liked The Ref too.
Yes, and so are The Long Kiss Goodnight and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Yippee kayak other buckets
I remember the 90's TV censored edit was "Yippee Ki Ay, Melon Farmer!"
The most recent time I watched the TV version it was, "Yippee Ki-yay, my friend".
I was doing the B99 version
the best classifier i've heard is "christmas movies are movies you would feel weird watching any other time of the year".
Technically it is set during Christmas, but it's not about Christmas. But a movie tons of people like to watch at Christmastime is a Christmas movie.
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Die Hard is not a Christmas movie!
Die Hard is a Christmas Eve movie.
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The best christmas movie!
Yes it is. Just like how The Shawshank Redemption is an after New Year's movie.