Is 'Die Hard' a Christmas movie?

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Is "Die Hard" a Christmas movie?

Poll ended at 2024-12-29, 14:52

No
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Yes
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Is 'Die Hard' a Christmas movie?

Post by SouthernComputerGeek » 2024-12-15, 14:14

Die Hard is not a Christmas movie.


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Re: Is 'Die Hard' a Christmas movie?

Post by Moonchild » 2024-12-15, 14:51

This needs to be a poll. *makes it one*
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Re: Is 'Die Hard' a Christmas movie?

Post by vannilla » 2024-12-15, 18:21

My go-to christmas movie is Trading Places. :geek:
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Re: Is 'Die Hard' a Christmas movie?

Post by BenFenner » 2024-12-15, 18:45

If a group hasn't seen it and is willing to read subtitles, I like to suggest Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale. It is pleasantly dark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RQlikX4vvw

If not reading subtitles, I like to go with Anna and the Apocalypse. Very fun, but not for kids either.
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Re: Is 'Die Hard' a Christmas movie?

Post by Night Wing » 2024-12-15, 19:00

I really don't think "Die Hard" is a Christmas type of movie. It is a "stretch" for me. As for the poll, I think a third choice could have added: Yes & No. If there was a third choice, I would have placed "Die Hard" in there. It is for this reason I did not vote in this poll.

I really liked the "Home Alone 1 & 2" Christmas type of movies with Macaulay Culkin.
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Re: Is 'Die Hard' a Christmas movie?

Post by suzyne » 2024-12-15, 23:04

Die Hard isn't, but Die Hard 2 feels slightly more Christmasy?

But I don't have a tradition of watching any particular movie during the season. Is that what it's about, a film you watch on Christmas eve, or one just set during the holidays?
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Re: Is 'Die Hard' a Christmas movie?

Post by athenian200 » 2024-12-17, 02:17

I wouldn't call it a Christmas movie per se, but I can understand why a fan of the movie might want to watch it during the holidays with family if everyone enjoys it and it's tradition for them. Personally I prefer to watch "It's a Wonderful Life," but to each their own.
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Re: Is 'Die Hard' a Christmas movie?

Post by andyprough » 2024-12-17, 03:34

The Die Hard franchise pales in comparison to the Home Alone franchise when it comes to Christmas movies.
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Re: Is 'Die Hard' a Christmas movie?

Post by fatboy » 2024-12-18, 23:27

Terminator 2 is the best xmas movie
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Re: Is 'Die Hard' a Christmas movie?

Post by suzyne » 2024-12-19, 00:09

Apparently a growing yuletide legion do put Die Hard into the Christmas movie box?
We seem to have at last settled the debate over whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie. The classic siege thriller is now regarded by a growing yuletide legion as the Christmas movie.
https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/entertainment/movies/2024/12/17/xmas-movies-worst-best
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