It’s a Christmas movie, dammit! :mad:
We’ve recently acquired an Echo and have been having fun asking Alexa silly questions. Monday evening, I asked, “Alexa what is the best Christmas movie ever?” and she said, “If you’re trying to get away from all the holiday sweetness, I recommend Die Hard. What is better than [something I didn’t hear because I was laughing]. Yippie-ky-yay!”
Even Alexa knows that Die Hard is a Christmas movie.
She left off “Motherfucker”?
Yes, she did. Not sure yet if she has a profanity setting or if she’s always PG rated.
Sorry to resurrect this in July, but John McClane himself has chimed in on this subject.
At the taping of his Comedy Central roast last night, Bruce Willis declared that Die Hard is NOT a Christmas movie. Does this settle the argument? No, it just shows that Bruce has begun the long, slow descent into dementia. Sad!
Brice Willis Officially Declares That Die Hard Is Not A Christmas Movie.
Indeed.
The first comment on that article says it all.
QFT.
Bruce Willis is, of course, welcome to his own opinion, wrong as it may be.
For most actors it’s just a job. They say their lines and cash their checks. I’ve heard that Maggie Smith hasn’t seen a single episode of Downtown Abbey. Intentionally misspelt because I haven’t seen one, either.
Not a Christmas movie.
To define one, you use the operational definition of science fiction: if you remove the science fictional elements and the story still works, it’s not science fiction.
Die Hard could have taken place on any day of the year.
Arthur Christmas, Miracle on 34th Street, Scrooge, (and other versions of A Christmas Carol), and A Christmas Story could not.
And, yes, I know that excludes It’s a Wonderful Life. The first time I saw it, it was shown in August, and I was surprised to discover years later that people were considering it as one. But my experience with the film is unique – I may be the only person living who read the original short story before seeing the movie.
Way to go Bruce! Put those wrong people in their places!
It could have but it didn’t. It takes place during Christmas and uses the trappings of Christmas for more than just background (Ho Ho Ho and an explanation as to why the building is mostly empty). Thus, it is a Christmas movie.
That’s right I summed up with a “thus”! 
Yes. I’d watch it anytime, since it’s a great fucking movie, but it’s extra special around Christmas.
Bruce Willis is entirely awesome in Die Hard, and is entirely correct in his opinion.
Yes he is, and no he’s not.
Disagree. Christmas is integral to the plot in that:
The firm they are robbing is holding a party, so they have the hostages they need for cover - and the rest of the building is empty (as Quimby said).
This combination wouldn’t be true any other time of year.
“Ha, Ha, Ha. Now I have a machine gun.”
Just doesn’t flow. Christmas movie.
Plus, the Christmas wrapping tape he uses to save the day.
I don’t think I said this before, though this is a long thread and years old.
I watched the director’s commentary last Christmas, because it’s a Christmas movie, and there’s one part when he said that it was supposed to be a Christmas movie. They showed that not only by having the decorations up inside the building, but they also put them outside the building as well. He said a couple of other things as well, but I don’t really remember them.
I think a “Christmas Movie” should actually be about Christmas, and the effects the holiday has on the people in the movie. Not a movie simply set during the time period of Christmas.
Thus, Die Hard is NOT a Christmas movie.