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Jharry5

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Yeah, I can imagine myself with a glass of mulled wine and Christmas cake watching it by the open fire. Sounds like a perfect way to spend Christmas. It's got everything a christmas film should have.
 

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Die Hard is not a Christmas film. I would say that to be a christmas film it would have to be about Christmas otherwise a movie at spring time would be about spring (and would most likely be a coming of age tale). In addition to this, Die Hard 2 is one of the worst excuses for a movie the world has ever seen.
 

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unknownquantity said:
Die Hard is not a Christmas film. I would say that to be a christmas film it would have to be about Christmas otherwise a movie at spring time would be about spring (and would most likely be a coming of age tale). In addition to this, Die Hard 2 is one of the worst excuses for a movie the world has ever seen.
I have to agree with you there, wrapping up a nasty sandwich nicely doesn't change the fact that the sandwich sucks.

In other words the Christmas element of Die Hard is transparent and frail.

Every Die Hard movie other than the first, was a terrible movie. The 2nd one was especially bad.
 

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I watch Die Hard every Christmas.

Top 7 Christmas movies:
1. Die Hard
2. Scrooged
3. A Christmas Story
4. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
5. Home Alone
6. Jingle All the Way
7. Die Hard 2: Die Harder (though it has been debated that It's A Wonderful Life should be here)
 

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Iori35 said:
unknownquantity said:
Die Hard is not a Christmas film. I would say that to be a christmas film it would have to be about Christmas otherwise a movie at spring time would be about spring (and would most likely be a coming of age tale). In addition to this, Die Hard 2 is one of the worst excuses for a movie the world has ever seen.
I have to agree with you there, wrapping up a nasty sandwich nicely doesn't change the fact that the sandwich sucks.

In other words the Christmas element of Die Hard is transparent and frail.

Every Die Hard movie other than the first, was a terrible movie. The 2nd one was especially bad.
thats kinda harsh, i mean, sure the 3rd one was pretty bad, but what was so wrong with the other films
also its called Die Hard, not Christmas Hard XD they're not gonna focus much on the Christmas part when they can have explosions
 

Sanaj

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I liked the first movie, not a lot...but it was decent.
The others were just the same general type of movie but much more poorly executed.

It's just the general rule with movies, most sequel or prequel movies turn out mediocre or just plain unwatchable.

It's my personal opinion...I can hate the other Die Hard movies if I want to.
Why does that bother you?...[Edit (so I look less crazy)]: sky14kemea

I wasn't really expecting Die Hard to include more Christmas in the movie.
I'm just saying that it isn't really a Christmas Movie at all.
 

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Hmmm... Yes, in that it is a MANLY Christmas movie.
The true meaning of Christmas: Have the spirit of love and generosity in your heart and make some stuff blow up in awesome action scenes.
 

sky14kemea

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Iori35 said:
I liked the first movie, not a lot...but it was decent.
The others were just the same general type of movie but much more poorly executed.

It's just the general rule with movies, most sequel or prequel movies turn out mediocre or just plain unwatchable.

It's my personal opinion...I can hate the other Die Hard movies if I want to.
Why does that bother you?...

I wasn't really expecting Die Hard to include more Christmas in the movie.
I'm just saying that it isn't really a Christmas Movie at all.
XD im gonna assume thats a reply to me

it doesnt bother me that you dont like it, everyone's entitled to their opinion =D
your right though, it isnt really a 'Christmas Movie' but it usually plays on TV at Christmas so people associate it with Christmas :p like The Great Escape, there's no mention of Christmas as far as i can remember
 

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It definitely is. It's set at Christmas time, it's usually on at Christmas time and the credit song is 'Let it Snow'. Christmas isn't really a genre of film, every other Christmas film has an actual genre to it (comedy, romance, fantasy etc.) so Die Hard can still be an action movie and a Christmas film.
 

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sky14kemea said:
Iori35 said:
I liked the first movie, not a lot...but it was decent.
The others were just the same general type of movie but much more poorly executed.

It's just the general rule with movies, most sequel or prequel movies turn out mediocre or just plain unwatchable.

It's my personal opinion...I can hate the other Die Hard movies if I want to.
Why does that bother you?...

I wasn't really expecting Die Hard to include more Christmas in the movie.
I'm just saying that it isn't really a Christmas Movie at all.
XD I'm gonna assume that's a reply to me

it doesn't bother me that you don't like it, everyone's entitled to their opinion =D
your right though, it isn't really a 'Christmas Movie' but it usually plays on TV at Christmas so people associate it with Christmas :p like The Great Escape, there's no mention of Christmas as far as i can remember
If a person includes watching Die Hard around Christmas as part of the holiday season...
Than Yes, it is a Christmas Film for that person.

If a person doesn't make watching Die Hard a holiday tradition...then No it doesn't.
Just it randomly being played on TV during the holidays doesn't really associate it with Christmas.
 

The Giggling Pin

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sky14kemea said:
Iori35 said:
unknownquantity said:
Die Hard is not a Christmas film. I would say that to be a christmas film it would have to be about Christmas otherwise a movie at spring time would be about spring (and would most likely be a coming of age tale). In addition to this, Die Hard 2 is one of the worst excuses for a movie the world has ever seen.
I have to agree with you there, wrapping up a nasty sandwich nicely doesn't change the fact that the sandwich sucks.

In other words the Christmas element of Die Hard is transparent and frail.

Every Die Hard movie other than the first, was a terrible movie. The 2nd one was especially bad.
thats kinda harsh, i mean, sure the 3rd one was pretty bad, but what was so wrong with the other films
also its called Die Hard, not Christmas Hard XD they're not gonna focus much on the Christmas part when they can have explosions
Woah. I have to disagree with you there! Die Hard was, well, ok and Die Harder (the most terrible film name i have ever heard) was easily the worst. I found the third, Die Hard with a Vengence or whatever it was called, to be the best. It was more amusing, had the whole wise cracking black dude always arguing with the unhip white guy dynamic and it made me giggle. A little bit anyway.

I think the less we say about 4 the better....