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ProfessorGAC

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3. Disagree

Wed Dec 25, 2024, 01:59 PM

Dec 25

If the exact same movie was set around a Valentine's Day visit, or a summer visit to see his kids, it would have changed nothing.
The "ruining Christmas" angle doesn't work for me either, because Gruber isn't trying to ruin Christmas. He trying to steal money. Did he ruin Christmas for a handful of people? Yes. But, that wasn't his goal.
And, I don't see the transformative "battling demons" in McClane. Other than being a cop too dedicated to the job to allow the marriage to work, I think he was ok to begin with.
I am unconvinced, despite all the mental gymnastics I've seen over the years, that it's a Christmas movie.

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Why "Die Hard" is a Christmas movie [View all] jmowreader Dec 25 OP

Agreed odins folly Dec 25 #1

LOL buzzycrumbhunger Dec 25 #2

You've got two great actors playing the roles they were born to play. malthaussen Dec 26 #9

Disagree ProfessorGAC Dec 25 #3

Al Powell had the demons, not John McClane jmowreader Dec 25 #5

Agreed - the movie was released in July, so it was hardly considered Christmas fare by the studio. Midwestern Democrat Dec 26 #6

Well, Miracle on 34th Street was released in June 1947 and yet it's a Christmas movie. catbyte Dec 26 #8

Based on a 16 year old book with no established leads filmed on a construction site underpants Dec 27 #11

Careful you don't strain your back reaching like that... Wounded Bear Dec 25 #4

I've come to accept that "Die Hard" is a Christmas movie Mike 03 Dec 26 #7

What makes it a Christmas movie is that it is a treat. Intractable Dec 26 #10

It's an "anti-Hallmark" Christmas movie LeftInTX Dec 27 #12

I've never seen "Die Hard," and if I ever saw a Hallmark Christmas movie, soldierant Dec 27 #13

Same hear Thank you soldierant. debm55 Dec 27 #14

No. The meaning and spirit of Christmas needs to be central to the plot Auggie Dec 28 #15