For as awful a character as Ellis was, still have to give him credit: he never compromised Holly. He didn't say, "Hey this is her husband," he told them John, whom he had never met before that night, was his "old friend." I also love that apparently he asked for some coke before calling on the radio and they seemingly misunderstood what he meant.
Okay...I need to stick up for Argyle. If he's in the parking garage and all the action is on the 30th/31st floor, is he really supposed to hear anything?? Justice for Argyle!! 🤣😂
Yeah, he was never gonna hear anything except MAYBE the shooting of the front desk guy and main floor security... Except Karl used a silenced pistol there. And then he came in clutch and took out Theo! Major agree, Justice for Argyle all the way.
People who do the reactions to this movie don't realize Argyle is in the sub parking lot you can't hear nothing from where he is except where the truck is.
39:28 Al being revealed as the shooter of the last bad guy is fantastic, seeing how he couldn't find it in him to pull a gun on anybody after shooting a kid. Hell of a redemption for the guy. This movie is so perfect, in every way. The set ups, the pay offs, even down to the sound design. I LOVE the freaking sound effects in this movie with the gun shots and punches and explosions. They hit you strait through the chest with the sound! What a wonderful Christmas movie!
The reason why Argile was being so cool is because if he was able to stretch out the amount of time he was on the meter for one client, especially if its on a company dime, it turns into a real profitable ride, goes from a simple airport drop off for $120 to an $800-$1200 ride
The trivia behind this movie is amazing . Bruce Willis was consider to be a joke to be cast in an action movie. The way the movie was shot changed action movies forever . Bruce lost some of his hearing due to the explosions and gun fire. Alan Rickman's first movie. The actor who played Karl was a world renown ballet dancer who's defection was made into a movie itself
I was looking for someone to say something like "The way the movie was shot....". When they said I like it when the hero is like this after he says "Yipee Ki Yay Motherfucker", I was thinking this defined those heroes you like this way. His sarcastic, not superman but smart durable everyman started this new genre, along with what was high tech weaponry and tactics. A whole new era of action movie was born with this.
The man who played Sgt. Al Powell is also known as "Carl Winslow" who also played a cop in Chicago on the television show "Family Matters" with Steve Urquel.
Talk of tv dinners reminded me of how old I am! In the 80s, microwave ovens were mostly for families. Those of us who needed tv dinners (i.e., college students, singles) couldn't afford that luxury! We had to heat up our tin tray tv dinners for 45 minutes in a regular conventional oven!
The look of shock on Hans Grubers face was real. The producer told him they were going to drop him on the count of 3. When they got to 2, they let him go!
Actually from what I heard, they told Alan Rickman it was just a rehearsal and test shot and that they wouldn't be dropping him. But yes! The look on his face was not acting. It was real shock!
I had the exact same expression when i saw that Octokrool havnt seen Die Hard yet. Also i heard they didnt really Drop Alan at all, its all tricks. They dropped his twin brother instead. Thats why people never hear about his twin
For years, GenXers have said that it’s not Christmas until Hans Gruber falls from Nakatomi Plaza - a few years back, someone decided to take that iconic scene and turned it into an advent calendar of the skyscraper and Hans with that look of shock and “Oh fuck, I’m dead - back to Europe for me” look on his face. Marry Christmas, my Guys - thank you for bringing a lot of laughter (and all of the other types of emotions and expressions, but especially laughter, and the genuine enjoyment of y’all’s reactions this past year - its been a hilarious nostalgia trip! Keep up the good work!!
Guys! You are so young! There was a time when TV dinners were heated up in the oven--wrapped in aluminum foil. Alexander Godunov (Karl) was a Russian ballet dancer--guess that's where he learned to kick! Now you've joined the '"Die Hard" is a Christmas movie' club. Welcome! Love it! Looking forward to the next reaction!
Some cast and crew rolled into this film right after a previous Christmas buddy-cop action movie. You'd recognize several of the cast members from Lethal Weapon.
Hans is still regarded as one of the best movie villains of all time and the basis for a lot of the villains that came after him. It's said that the scene where he first meets John in person was not in the original script until the director learned that Alan could do a convincing American accent. Hans was such a liked character that in Die Hard 3, they created a brother for Hans, named Simon who John Goes against.
4:23 Argyle, the limo driver in this movie was the same actor who played the young guy trying to “lift” the guitar off the wall at Ray Charles’s music shop in The Blues Brothers. Ray Charles pulls out the .38, and shoots at the wall scaring him.
Here’s the thing about Ellis tho that makes him a tiiiiiiny bit less of an ass. When he wanted to “negotiate” with Hans, he could have sold out John’s wife, but instead pretended that he was John’s friend. It still makes him incredibly stupid, but a bit less of an ass.
Yeah, he sells it fantastically. Actors rarely get enough credit for those types of roles. They get credit for roles that we love, be they heroes or villains, but it takes tremendous talent to play a role that is so annoying that everybody just hates the guy, and do it well.
Ellis was like the one character in a horror movie that never believed the group that the killer was in the house, and walks into the house to prove it. All sympathy lost.
Fun Fact: The scene when Alan Rickman gets dropped out of the window, they had him up above an air bag and they said "we'll count to three and drop you", but they dropped him on "2" so that look of surprise on his face is genuine. Also, prior to "Die Hard", Bruce Willis was best-known for a TV show called "Moonlighting" where he played a private detective with Cybill Shephard and the same kind hard-boiled snark he displayed in the this movie. Die Hard really made his career.
I still remember the first time I saw this film and thinking when Al didn’t believe John, “You know, you’ve got 2 dead bodies up there with you now. You could probably throw them out the window for the cop to see,” and then laughing/cheering when John actually did it. Die Hard is so grounded and relatable in the craziest ways.
@@hughjorg4008 YES!!!! The humor in this film is PEAK comedy. I love when he says "ehh sorry hans wrong guess, would u like to go for double jeopardy"😂
@@hughjorg4008not his first film. He was in a movie called "First Deadly Sin" in 1980. His first lead role was in a comedy called "Blind Date" with Kim Basinger a year before "Die Hard".
Die Hard has been a Christmas movie tradition for us since it came out. Thanks to your awesome reaction, I'll be saying "Back to Europe!" every time a bad guy dies from now on! 😂 Thanks for improving our holiday tradition! Merry Christmas and Yippee-Ki-Ay boys! 😎🎄🎁⛄🎉👍
@@duncancurtis5108 John Carpenter and Debra Hill said whether or not the characters are virgins has nothing to do with their survival in Halloween (1978), but as Randy "The Fan" Meeks stated, it's One of The Rules of Horror regardless of what Carpenter and Hill said. Sometimes, fans go along with the vision of the creators. Sometimes, they don't and for good reason. haha
I found it fascinating and was beginning to notice that Reginald VelJohnson is a 70 year old, who had played three hit major roles of part of connection as a Police Officer in a force. One in sitcom, Carl Winslow in Family Matters.This movie and the 2nd and Ghostbusters (1984).
They didn't say anything about him when, as a policeman who'd mistakenly shot a kid as a rookie, so was ultra reluctant to use his pistol again, was the one who saved the day with it, when the Eurotrash guy wielded his firearm at the end.
Trivia: The guy who played Argyle, the limo driver, in Die Hard was the same guy who (as a kid) tried to steal the guitar from Ray (Charles') store in The Blues Brothers.
I recently rewatched this movie with my mother, and this was her first time seeing it, and she absolutely loved it. Definitely the best Christmas movie if you ask me
Guys, back in the day when Swanson first invented the TV dinner...originally as a way to get rid of extra leftover turkeys at Thanksgiving...they were on aluminum trays to be put in the oven. They were invented before the microwave in the 1950s.
I think even the term "TV dinner" is now archaic. They're just known as frozen dinners, frozen meals, shitty frozen meals, or just shit nowadays. So many other options if you want congestive heart failure from foods.
21:00 back in the day before microwaves became commonplace, tv dinners came in aluminum foil trays with foil lids. It was similar to today's frozen family sized lasagna, but the foil was pressed to create walls to separate the items. (Imagine an aluminum foil school lunch tray) Those tv dinners were heated up in the oven. I'm guessing LA skyscrapers need heating at Christmas.
Honestly I think the argument ends at "the entire plot only happened because there's a Christmas party" AND more importantly that the entire theme is togetherness, rekindling love and appreciating what we have. Fighting for family values and love overpowering greed and materialism at the core. A flawed every man brings his estranged family back together to overcome the hardship of jaded thieves who only value money over human life. It has such core themes of classic Christmas films it's kind of silly that there's even an argument that it isn't a Christmas film.
38:46 - Fun fact: Alan Rickman actually did his own stunt here. He fell about 50 feet onto some cardboard boxes below painted green (creating a green screen that could be swapped out and replaced with the city below). Director John McTiernan told Alan that he was going to release him on a count of THREE. He actually dropped him on a count of ONE. The surprised look on Rickman's face is authentic. While the actor was not happy about being tricked, this became the film's "money shot". Thanks for another great reaction.
This movie really started the trend of the "realistic" hero: a down to Earth man who may not have extraordinary skills but works his way through extraordinary circumsrances. Before this action movies were defined by a lot of the actors and archetypes Hans and McClane bring up, either roided out dudes standing there and killing 400 men without reloading (modern at the time) or infinitely stoic quickdraws with notches on their belt in the old west (classics). But here comes this failing marriaged cop who's not even a detective, no martial arts skills or giant muscles, who gets scared and panics but thinks past it, played by a historically romance typecast actor.
"Now I know what a tv dinner feels like" Before there were microwave ovens, there were TV dinners... TV dinners came sealed in aluminum foil for heating in the _traditional oven_ .
This movie was a groundbreaker when it comes to action. It was the first of its kind to have the hero be an everyday guy. He wasn’t some muscle bound hero that never bled. He was the guy next door who was fighting with his wife, always had a smart comeback, and more than bleeds - he gets his ass kicked. The other thing this movie did different that set the tone for future films was the bad guy was a well-dressed, well-spoken, educated man. Someone who if they sat down next to you at a bar, you’d enjoy conversing with them. This movie defined action movies for the next couple of decades and it almost bombed and was trashed because no one thought Bruce Willis could pull off being an action hero.
Two of the greatest lines in cinematic history as only Bruce Willis could deliver: 1. Yippy Ky Yay, Muthaeffer" 2."You should've heard your brother squeal when I broke his effin neck!"🍿🥂
This will tell you how good of an actor the guy who played Ellis was. He always played a straight man before this, boring business type. He had an idea for this character that he ran by the Director… And he loved it. His attitude, mannerisms, and drug use was all his idea. I thought that was pretty cool! 💙💙💙
They didn't. Same as with "The Terminator" and likely bunch of films. Two grown-ass bearded men, never seen Die Hard or Terminator. Yeah right. You're being duped....and unlike you, they don't have to go real 9-5 work because of that (Special thank you to their dimwit 9-5 working Patreons)
Gosh, first It's a Wonderful Life and now Die Hard. You're making this a great time for awesome reactions with your great taste in Christmas movies! XD First time commenting, but I just had to express how excellent your taste in movies is. I first subscribed back at Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, but I lurked longer than that. By then, I knew I was sold by the journey of content you were on, as well as your excellent insights in the analysis portion afterwards. All this to say, thanks for the fun times and I wish you a great holiday. I look forward to more of what you awesome guys bring~
Fun fact: when Hans falls from that building out the window. They lied at the count when he was to fall. They dropped him at 2 instead of 3, so they could get the most genuine look ever as he's falling.
It seems like everybody is disappointed when McClane says, "Argyle, tell me you heard the shots..." then it shows Argyle sitting in the Limo talking on the phone with the music blaring. What everyone doesn't get is that Argyle is in the underground parking 30+ floors of concrete and steel below where the shots were fired. After the body hits the police car and McClane says, "Welcome to the party pal," it turns out the sergeant's name is actually Powell.
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I recently rewatch Die Hard in Theaters. It had a Theatrical rerelease earlier this Month. I’m very surprised you guys haven’t seen it. Glad to hear y’all enjoyed it. Merry Christmas to y’all.
It always freaks me out, look at it again. That fall in the vent shaft was real! The stunt guy missed his mark. Terrifying. They left the footage in the movie, because the guy didn't die, in which case the studios would refrain out of respect (and possible lawsuits).
Its such a brilliant script..so efficient, The direction by John Mctiernan and performances from Willis and Rickman...Is it the best action film ? its definitely high up the list!
Funny you say about the star. There is an advent calendar you can buy which each day towards Christmas Hans falls one floor further down Nakatomi Plaza.
Same as with "The Terminator" and likely bunch of films. Two grown-ass bearded men, never seen Die Hard or Terminator. Yeah right. You're being duped....and unlike you, they don't have to go real 9-5 work because of that (Special thank you to their dimwit 9-5 working Patreons)
Yes!! I actually wore my grey Die Hard xmas sweater today for our family get together! This has always counted as an Xmas movie in our house. Wish you guys and your family a very Merry Christmas!! 🎅🌲🍕 From Karen in Woodstock, Ontario
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To be fair, he did cover her by saying he was the friend in the building. I mean ok probably because he was trying to look better to the criminals, but still. Merry Christmas.
Welcome to the party, guys! This movie is based on the 1979 novel NOTHING LASTS FOREVER, which was a sequel to THE DETECTIVE which starred Frank Sinatra.
Okay the tv dinner joke.... IN the 80s, TV DInner's were generally packed in aluminum foil to seal in freshness. ONly in the late eighties, early nineties did they switch to plastic. SO prior to the switch, you had no choice but to use an oven to cook them. There were no microwaveable tv dinners back then.
i haven't even seen the actual reaction yet because i'm here for the "what sword" shirt. seeing ian walking out onto stage at blizzcon wearing that was great! anyway, happy christmas you two! addendum: it's not christmas until arthas falls from nakatomi plaza.
7:14 He's Coked up 10:25 it works! 13:15 Okay Headshot! 17:07 Now I have the Machine Gun Ho-Ho-Ho! 23:05 Called it! 24:42 Famous Quote! 28:50 Bombs Away Chumps! 29:39 True! 30:26 Dumbest Jackwagon! 38:00 KO! 38:32 Happy trails Huns!
Another fun piece of Die Hard trivia is that M. Night Shamalan (sp?) said that the scene of McClane digging the glass out of his feet while talking to Powell about his wife was the scene that made him realize Bruce Willis was the right person to play Dr. Crowe in The Sixth Sense.
Here are my thoughts on why this is a Christmas movie. Al is tiny tim, unable to pull his gun until he has to. Argyle is the Ghost of Christmas Past, bringing up Johns past to lay the road. Ellis is the Ghost of Christmas Present. He is the reality of what John is dealing with right now. And the guy on the airplane is the ghost of Christmas future. He needs to get John to take off his shoes to eventually experience pain, it is moments after John walks through broken glass when he gives his heartfelt speech about Holly. and just a little extra Ellis, when he is sitting with Hans, one of the villains hands him a glass only filled about a quarter way with coke. He likely asked for "a little coke" expecting the snow you alluded to.
Merry Christmas! The only thing I'll say about the Christmas Movie debate is that almost *every* Shane Black film takes place around Christmas hahaha. Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, Last Boy Scout, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Long Kiss Goodnight, Iron Man 3 - the list goes on :D
Akagi was the name of one of the aircraft carriers that carried out the attack on Pearl Harbor, on Dec. 7, 1941. ("...Pearl Harbor didn't work out, so we got you tape decks.") It was also one of the Aircraft carries that was sunk during the Battle of Midway in June of 1042). Shigeta played Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo in the movie "MIDWAY" (1976).
I saw Alan Rickman attend a play at a small theatre in London that I was at for my 17th birthday. I was way too shy to speak to him but I watched him interact with loads of fans for hours after the play and he seemed like nicest man ever. I don't remember what play I saw but I'll always remember him
People think this is not a Christmas movie because it came out in the summer of 88. It's been a long time debate for 20 years but it is is considered a Christmas movie!!
The movie is literally about a guy who put his work before his family going through a crisis during Christmas and realizing he's wrong and reconnecting with his estranged wife. How is this not a classic Christmas movie plot? Same thing with Lethal Weapon. A sad loner who lost everything and has nothing to live for gets "adopted" by a nice family during the holidays and finds a new appreciation for life, getting back on track.
It's not Christmas until Hans Gruber is falling from the Nakatomi Building. Great reaction.
HAPPPY TRAILS HANS!!
Even before that you hear the jingle started playing 😁
I am still impressed that this was Rickman's first feature film.
He set a high bar and lived up to it his entire career.
He was a phenomenal actor in everything he did
Well he was a theatre actor before that iirc
RIP Alan ❤
Long live Hans!!!
For as awful a character as Ellis was, still have to give him credit: he never compromised Holly. He didn't say, "Hey this is her husband," he told them John, whom he had never met before that night, was his "old friend." I also love that apparently he asked for some coke before calling on the radio and they seemingly misunderstood what he meant.
Never thought about the Coke that way... Nice observation!
Still a duch.😒
"Hey this is her husband," LOL I never thought of it that. Still it made me laugh because i could image him doing that. LOL
Still, father fuck Ellis
I always assumed Ellis didn’t betray Holly so that he could have her all to himself after he got rid of McClane. 😏
Okay...I need to stick up for Argyle. If he's in the parking garage and all the action is on the 30th/31st floor, is he really supposed to hear anything?? Justice for Argyle!! 🤣😂
Or the chainsaws.
Yeah, he was never gonna hear anything except MAYBE the shooting of the front desk guy and main floor security... Except Karl used a silenced pistol there. And then he came in clutch and took out Theo! Major agree, Justice for Argyle all the way.
People who do the reactions to this movie don't realize Argyle is in the sub parking lot you can't hear nothing from where he is except where the truck is.
If Powell couldn't hear the gunfight while he was in the lobby, Argyle sure as heck wouldn't hear anything from an underground garage.
RIP Alan Rickman (February 21, 1946 - January 14, 2016), aged 69
You will be remembered as a legend.
Amen 🙏🏽.
Always😢
Yep.
My birthday is February 20, I celebrate Alan Rickman’s in my head every single year. Man was a legend.
39:28 Al being revealed as the shooter of the last bad guy is fantastic, seeing how he couldn't find it in him to pull a gun on anybody after shooting a kid. Hell of a redemption for the guy.
This movie is so perfect, in every way. The set ups, the pay offs, even down to the sound design. I LOVE the freaking sound effects in this movie with the gun shots and punches and explosions. They hit you strait through the chest with the sound!
What a wonderful Christmas movie!
Argyle is so cool because back in the 80s, people were genuine af. People were kind to simply just be kind.
It was the best decade to be alive.
The reason why Argile was being so cool is because if he was able to stretch out the amount of time he was on the meter for one client, especially if its on a company dime, it turns into a real profitable ride, goes from a simple airport drop off for $120 to an $800-$1200 ride
Dude knew how to work the system.
The trivia behind this movie is amazing . Bruce Willis was consider to be a joke to be cast in an action movie. The way the movie was shot changed action movies forever . Bruce lost some of his hearing due to the explosions and gun fire. Alan Rickman's first movie. The actor who played Karl was a world renown ballet dancer who's defection was made into a movie itself
I was looking for someone to say something like "The way the movie was shot....". When they said I like it when the hero is like this after he says "Yipee Ki Yay Motherfucker", I was thinking this defined those heroes you like this way. His sarcastic, not superman but smart durable everyman started this new genre, along with what was high tech weaponry and tactics. A whole new era of action movie was born with this.
Yeah, losing his hair in his thirties? Not a good look. I still can't believe he made a successful transition from TV to movies.
@@Sebuin I've heard it called "the first 90s action movie".
You could've at least researched on who "the actor who played Karl" was.
The man who played Sgt. Al Powell is also known as "Carl Winslow" who also played a cop in Chicago on the television show "Family Matters" with Steve Urquel.
Before microwaves were common, TV dinners came in foil packs and went in the oven.
Great reaction!
Kids! 😂😂🤣
Ya, I wanted to say. that
Yep and had to do the pokes in the foil and pull the foil back just perfectly
They still sell ready-made meals like that. The oven ones are always better than the microwave ones.
The classics 😋😋😋
Die Hard is the touching story of how Christmas magic rekindles a police officer's spirit and taught him to shoot people again.
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This is my new favorite summary of this movie.
Excellent 🎄
This is the funniest description.
YES!!! THANK YOU🎄🎁🙏🙌😂
"He could be a f***ing bartender for all we know!" Bruce Willis worked as a bartender while attending acting classes.
But also, bartenders are the people most used to spotting fake IDs.
That as well too.
Talk of tv dinners reminded me of how old I am! In the 80s, microwave ovens were mostly for families. Those of us who needed tv dinners (i.e., college students, singles) couldn't afford that luxury! We had to heat up our tin tray tv dinners for 45 minutes in a regular conventional oven!
The look of shock on Hans Grubers face was real. The producer told him they were going to drop him on the count of 3. When they got to 2, they let him go!
Actually from what I heard, they told Alan Rickman it was just a rehearsal and test shot and that they wouldn't be dropping him. But yes! The look on his face was not acting. It was real shock!
I heard the same thing.
Nobody cares
I heard 3 stories:
1. They dropped him on 1 instead of 3
2. They dropped him on 2 instead of 3
3. They said they wouldn’t drop him and dropped him
I had the exact same expression when i saw that Octokrool havnt seen Die Hard yet.
Also i heard they didnt really Drop Alan at all, its all tricks. They dropped his twin brother instead. Thats why people never hear about his twin
For years, GenXers have said that it’s not Christmas until Hans Gruber falls from Nakatomi Plaza - a few years back, someone decided to take that iconic scene and turned it into an advent calendar of the skyscraper and Hans with that look of shock and “Oh fuck, I’m dead - back to Europe for me” look on his face.
Marry Christmas, my Guys - thank you for bringing a lot of laughter (and all of the other types of emotions and expressions, but especially laughter, and the genuine enjoyment of y’all’s reactions this past year - its been a hilarious nostalgia trip! Keep up the good work!!
Guys! You are so young! There was a time when TV dinners were heated up in the oven--wrapped in aluminum foil. Alexander Godunov (Karl) was a Russian ballet dancer--guess that's where he learned to kick! Now you've joined the '"Die Hard" is a Christmas movie' club. Welcome! Love it! Looking forward to the next reaction!
Some cast and crew rolled into this film right after a previous Christmas buddy-cop action movie. You'd recognize several of the cast members from Lethal Weapon.
You mentioned how well Karl kicked during the fight scene. The actor was a professional ballet dancer which is why he moved so well.
Hans is still regarded as one of the best movie villains of all time and the basis for a lot of the villains that came after him. It's said that the scene where he first meets John in person was not in the original script until the director learned that Alan could do a convincing American accent. Hans was such a liked character that in Die Hard 3, they created a brother for Hans, named Simon who John Goes against.
Played by Jeremy Irons, also a classic "villain" actor.
@@Roguefem76❤
I'd say don't spoil but I honestly feel a lot of people figured that out pretty quick like I did. So did my kids.
@@clevelandcbiit gets revealed in the first act.
@@SuperSayinSolidSnek I know. I was kinda joking about how people cry "spoilers" in the comments lol. Should've worded it better. Hans is awesome.
Watching Die Hard reactions has become a Christmas tradition in itself for me,this is the most entertaining one I’ve seen
4:23 Argyle, the limo driver in this movie was the same actor who played the young guy trying to “lift” the guitar off the wall at Ray Charles’s music shop in The Blues Brothers. Ray Charles pulls out the .38, and shoots at the wall scaring him.
Yup! Good catch!
Here’s the thing about Ellis tho that makes him a tiiiiiiny bit less of an ass. When he wanted to “negotiate” with Hans, he could have sold out John’s wife, but instead pretended that he was John’s friend. It still makes him incredibly stupid, but a bit less of an ass.
You have to watch the 3rd film, Die Hard with a Vengeance. One of the best action films ever made.
Basically that's the last good one.
I agree. It's the best one out of the lot.
I would said Die hard 3 is the sequel to Die hard the second can be the third movie 😂
Well John, I highly recommend it along with this, part 2, and part 4.
I knew the guys would love the humor of this movie. Usually, in movies, a death is sad. But, with Ellis, everybody is so happy. Kudos to the actor.
@AndPigsCanFly-ku6ku yeah, that's extremely hard to believe.
@@jomojojo6603 believe it no, but not everyone has seen every movie from a generation ago.
Yeah, he sells it fantastically. Actors rarely get enough credit for those types of roles. They get credit for roles that we love, be they heroes or villains, but it takes tremendous talent to play a role that is so annoying that everybody just hates the guy, and do it well.
Same with William Atherton (Ghostbusters, Real Genius). He plays a-holes and he does a really good job of it.
Ellis was like the one character in a horror movie that never believed the group that the killer was in the house, and walks into the house to prove it.
All sympathy lost.
One of the greatest Christmas movies of all time.
Welcome to the party, pals.
Yaaayyy! Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman are amazing together.
Have a great holiday guys! ❤
Fun Fact: The scene when Alan Rickman gets dropped out of the window, they had him up above an air bag and they said "we'll count to three and drop you", but they dropped him on "2" so that look of surprise on his face is genuine.
Also, prior to "Die Hard", Bruce Willis was best-known for a TV show called "Moonlighting" where he played a private detective with Cybill Shephard and the same kind hard-boiled snark he displayed in the this movie. Die Hard really made his career.
Yup.
My favorite Christmas movie and one of the greatest movies of all time! Thanks for making a video on it!
I still remember the first time I saw this film and thinking when Al didn’t believe John, “You know, you’ve got 2 dead bodies up there with you now. You could probably throw them out the window for the cop to see,” and then laughing/cheering when John actually did it. Die Hard is so grounded and relatable in the craziest ways.
"Come out to the coast, we'll get together have a few laughs" BEST line 😄 merry xmas guys! 💕🎄
My favorite John McClain's punch line is: "This channel is reserved for emergency calls only." "Do I sound like I'M ORDERING A PIZZA?!!! " 😂
@@hughjorg4008 YES!!!! The humor in this film is PEAK comedy. I love when he says "ehh sorry hans wrong guess, would u like to go for double jeopardy"😂
The best line is “No, the other one”.
"Guess we're gonna need some more FBI guys..."
Thank you Bruce for the best christmas movie ever made. Your talent impacted the world. You wont be forgotten. You are appreciated
Amen 🙏🏽.
This was Alan Rickman's first movie role, and he nailed it 🙂
RIP the Goat himself
He had a ton of theatre work experience before this, so first movie wasn't a big deal to him.
He was on Broadway before this. Shakespearean.
I believe it was also BRUCE WILLIS' first film role. Before that, he was acting in a television sitcom series called Moonlighting (1985-89).
@@hughjorg4008not his first film. He was in a movie called "First Deadly Sin" in 1980. His first lead role was in a comedy called "Blind Date" with Kim Basinger a year before "Die Hard".
Die Hard has been a Christmas movie tradition for us since it came out. Thanks to your awesome reaction, I'll be saying "Back to Europe!" every time a bad guy dies from now on! 😂 Thanks for improving our holiday tradition! Merry Christmas and Yippee-Ki-Ay boys! 😎🎄🎁⛄🎉👍
It's not Christmas before Alan Rickman falls from Nakatomi Plaza. =)
It came out in the summer of 1988. I guess you mean its a Christmas in july tradition. LOL
Willis says its not a Christmas movie!!
@@newclothes8165 TV Stations play it on every single Christmas Eve since it was released, that's why it became a xmas-movie.
@@duncancurtis5108 John Carpenter and Debra Hill said whether or not the characters are virgins has nothing to do with their survival in Halloween (1978), but as Randy "The Fan" Meeks stated, it's One of The Rules of Horror regardless of what Carpenter and Hill said.
Sometimes, fans go along with the vision of the creators. Sometimes, they don't and for good reason.
haha
I found it fascinating and was beginning to notice that Reginald VelJohnson is a 70 year old, who had played three hit major roles of part of connection as a Police Officer in a force. One in sitcom, Carl Winslow in Family Matters.This movie and the 2nd and Ghostbusters (1984).
They didn't say anything about him when, as a policeman who'd mistakenly shot a kid as a rookie, so was ultra reluctant to use his pistol again, was the one who saved the day with it, when the Eurotrash guy wielded his firearm at the end.
Facts. I forgot it was three movies.
I didn't know that. Thanks for the info!
@@TheConnonedrum Also Turner and Hooch
@JordanPeacock-ou6qw well, I'll be damned. Wow. Apparently, he found his niche in police officer roles.
Trivia: The guy who played Argyle, the limo driver, in Die Hard was the same guy who (as a kid) tried to steal the guitar from Ray (Charles') store in The Blues Brothers.
I recently rewatched this movie with my mother, and this was her first time seeing it, and she absolutely loved it. Definitely the best Christmas movie if you ask me
As someone who saw this for the first time with my mom and sister, it's definitely a favorite with all three of us
100% Christmas movie!!!!! I was going to watch this for the xmas, and y'all uploaded. Happiness ensuing....
I’m so happy every reaction channel is doing Die Hard on this Christmas
So am I.
Even though Die Hard was originally released at Theaters July 22, 1988, during the summer.
Guys, back in the day when Swanson first invented the TV dinner...originally as a way to get rid of extra leftover turkeys at Thanksgiving...they were on aluminum trays to be put in the oven. They were invented before the microwave in the 1950s.
I think even the term "TV dinner" is now archaic. They're just known as frozen dinners, frozen meals, shitty frozen meals, or just shit nowadays. So many other options if you want congestive heart failure from foods.
21:00 back in the day before microwaves became commonplace, tv dinners came in aluminum foil trays with foil lids. It was similar to today's frozen family sized lasagna, but the foil was pressed to create walls to separate the items. (Imagine an aluminum foil school lunch tray)
Those tv dinners were heated up in the oven.
I'm guessing LA skyscrapers need heating at Christmas.
Alan Rickman is amazing!!! This was his FIRST movie role. truly incredible.
Honestly I think the argument ends at "the entire plot only happened because there's a Christmas party" AND more importantly
that the entire theme is togetherness, rekindling love and appreciating what we have. Fighting for family values and love overpowering greed and materialism at the core. A flawed every man brings his estranged family back together to overcome the hardship of jaded thieves who only value money over human life. It has such core themes of classic Christmas films it's kind of silly that there's even an argument that it isn't a Christmas film.
38:46 - Fun fact: Alan Rickman actually did his own stunt here. He fell about 50 feet onto some cardboard boxes below painted green (creating a green screen that could be swapped out and replaced with the city below).
Director John McTiernan told Alan that he was going to release him on a count of THREE. He actually dropped him on a count of ONE. The surprised look on Rickman's face is authentic.
While the actor was not happy about being tricked, this became the film's "money shot". Thanks for another great reaction.
This movie really started the trend of the "realistic" hero: a down to Earth man who may not have extraordinary skills but works his way through extraordinary circumsrances.
Before this action movies were defined by a lot of the actors and archetypes Hans and McClane bring up, either roided out dudes standing there and killing 400 men without reloading (modern at the time) or infinitely stoic quickdraws with notches on their belt in the old west (classics). But here comes this failing marriaged cop who's not even a detective, no martial arts skills or giant muscles, who gets scared and panics but thinks past it, played by a historically romance typecast actor.
"Now I know what a tv dinner feels like"
Before there were microwave ovens, there were TV dinners...
TV dinners came sealed in aluminum foil for heating in the _traditional oven_ .
This movie was a groundbreaker when it comes to action. It was the first of its kind to have the hero be an everyday guy. He wasn’t some muscle bound hero that never bled. He was the guy next door who was fighting with his wife, always had a smart comeback, and more than bleeds - he gets his ass kicked. The other thing this movie did different that set the tone for future films was the bad guy was a well-dressed, well-spoken, educated man. Someone who if they sat down next to you at a bar, you’d enjoy conversing with them. This movie defined action movies for the next couple of decades and it almost bombed and was trashed because no one thought Bruce Willis could pull off being an action hero.
His gun is holding on to his back with Merry Christmas tape… definitely Christmas movie.
One thing that I found cool about Hans is that it is uncommon for the mastermind to put himself out there as bait for the hero.
Hard to believe this was Alan Rickman's first movie, or that Willis was the sixth choice to play John McClane.
Fun fact: when they learned that Rickman could pull off an American accent they came up with the scene between the two of them.
Two of the greatest lines in cinematic history as only Bruce Willis could deliver:
1. Yippy Ky Yay, Muthaeffer"
2."You should've heard your brother squeal when I broke his effin neck!"🍿🥂
This will tell you how good of an actor the guy who played Ellis was. He always played a straight man before this, boring business type. He had an idea for this character that he ran by the Director… And he loved it. His attitude, mannerisms, and drug use was all his idea. I thought that was pretty cool! 💙💙💙
Everytime I watch this movie, I act like I haven’t seen it before. Thanks for reacting. Please watch all of them. It get better and better.
It's common now, but the hi-tech angle of the movie was cutting edge pioneer back then and many movies stole from it.
Don't know how you missed this movie, this long. Widely regarded as best action movie of all time.
They didn't. Same as with "The Terminator" and likely bunch of films. Two grown-ass bearded men, never seen Die Hard or Terminator. Yeah right. You're being duped....and unlike you, they don't have to go real 9-5 work because of that (Special thank you to their dimwit 9-5 working Patreons)
Gosh, first It's a Wonderful Life and now Die Hard. You're making this a great time for awesome reactions with your great taste in Christmas movies! XD First time commenting, but I just had to express how excellent your taste in movies is. I first subscribed back at Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, but I lurked longer than that. By then, I knew I was sold by the journey of content you were on, as well as your excellent insights in the analysis portion afterwards. All this to say, thanks for the fun times and I wish you a great holiday. I look forward to more of what you awesome guys bring~
Welcome to the pants party! The ultimate Christmas movie and I've been saying that since I first saw it on video back in '89.
Nice reaction, thank you! 💪
'Last Boy Scout' should definitely also be on your 'must see' Bruce Willis movies 👌
The Last Boy Scout is good.
Die Hard was released in July of 1988 as a summer blockbuster, one week after the 4th of July, so whether or not it's a Christmas movie is subjective.
Christmas-theme movie. Not a Christmas release. No one has ever considered "Avatar 2" a "Christmas movie" because of its release date.
Fun fact: when Hans falls from that building out the window. They lied at the count when he was to fall. They dropped him at 2 instead of 3, so they could get the most genuine look ever as he's falling.
🔔 13:29 "Argyle (you're only 30 stories below us in the parking garage so) tell me you heard the shots and are calling the police right now." 🤣
It seems like everybody is disappointed when McClane says, "Argyle, tell me you heard the shots..." then it shows Argyle sitting in the Limo talking on the phone with the music blaring. What everyone doesn't get is that Argyle is in the underground parking 30+ floors of concrete and steel below where the shots were fired.
After the body hits the police car and McClane says, "Welcome to the party pal," it turns out the sergeant's name is actually Powell.
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Also Merry Christmas, and happy to see you add something to the Christmas library.
I recently rewatch Die Hard in Theaters. It had a Theatrical rerelease earlier this Month. I’m very surprised you guys haven’t seen it. Glad to hear y’all enjoyed it. Merry Christmas to y’all.
It always freaks me out, look at it again. That fall in the vent shaft was real! The stunt guy missed his mark. Terrifying. They left the footage in the movie, because the guy didn't die, in which case the studios would refrain out of respect (and possible lawsuits).
He had to be on ropes though, right?
@@clevelandcbi Oh, I'm sure, yeah.
Its such a brilliant script..so efficient, The direction by John Mctiernan and performances from Willis and Rickman...Is it the best action film ? its definitely high up the list!
One the best action films and Christmas films of all time. The film that cemented Bruce Willis's career. And memorable villain by Alan Rickman, rip.
Yup.
Funny you say about the star. There is an advent calendar you can buy which each day towards Christmas Hans falls one floor further down Nakatomi Plaza.
I can hardly believe y’all hadn’t seen this. Now I’m just ready for y’all to react to Die Hard With A Vengeance. Happy Hollandaise!
Same as with "The Terminator" and likely bunch of films. Two grown-ass bearded men, never seen Die Hard or Terminator. Yeah right. You're being duped....and unlike you, they don't have to go real 9-5 work because of that (Special thank you to their dimwit 9-5 working Patreons)
A very Merry Christmas to you all. Thanks for your work, uploads and great reactions. Always a joy to watch you guys.
Yes!! I actually wore my grey Die Hard xmas sweater today for our family get together! This has always counted as an Xmas movie in our house.
Wish you guys and your family a very Merry Christmas!! 🎅🌲🍕
From Karen in Woodstock, Ontario
Bruce Willis did all his own stunts in this film
Merry Christmas, gentlemen. This is such a fun movie for any occasion.
yes the foot thing works, its relieves stress and increases blood flow. its not only good for air travel but for traveling any time you are sitting for long periods of time.
To be fair, he did cover her by saying he was the friend in the building. I mean ok probably because he was trying to look better to the criminals, but still.
Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas from London, Ontario, boys!!! Thanks for the laughs!!!
Welcome to the party, guys!
This movie is based on the 1979 novel NOTHING LASTS FOREVER, which was a sequel to THE DETECTIVE which starred Frank Sinatra.
Nobody cares
@@blakerh No one was talking to you clown 🤡
Okay the tv dinner joke.... IN the 80s, TV DInner's were generally packed in aluminum foil to seal in freshness. ONly in the late eighties, early nineties did they switch to plastic. SO prior to the switch, you had no choice but to use an oven to cook them. There were no microwaveable tv dinners back then.
As we say around these parts it ain’t Christmas until Hans Gruber falls off Nakatomi Plaza 😂🎄
Die hard 2 die harder is also a Christmas movie lol. It also good the reporter gets tased ,worth seeing it
I hope you will record two more reactions to the Die Hard 2 and 3 movies right away, because these are the three best parts of all five
The first three are great. The next two are generic action movies with the Die Hard title.
Hot take! Die Hard 4 is better than 2. 1>3>4>2
i haven't even seen the actual reaction yet because i'm here for the "what sword" shirt. seeing ian walking out onto stage at blizzcon wearing that was great! anyway, happy christmas you two!
addendum: it's not christmas until arthas falls from nakatomi plaza.
If you liked THIS Christmas movie, you should be sure to check out Die Hard 2, which is ALSO a Christmas movie.
And the action is upped!
Die hard is totally a Christmas Action movie 🎄🎁
7:14 He's Coked up
10:25 it works!
13:15 Okay Headshot!
17:07 Now I have the Machine Gun Ho-Ho-Ho!
23:05 Called it!
24:42 Famous Quote!
28:50 Bombs Away Chumps!
29:39 True!
30:26 Dumbest Jackwagon!
38:00 KO!
38:32 Happy trails Huns!
Another fun piece of Die Hard trivia is that M. Night Shamalan (sp?) said that the scene of McClane digging the glass out of his feet while talking to Powell about his wife was the scene that made him realize Bruce Willis was the right person to play Dr. Crowe in The Sixth Sense.
Merry Christmas you two. Here’s to lots more great reactions in ‘24!🎄🎅🏼🎁🎊
Love the Die Hard Christmas star idea!!! Love this movie!!! Great reactions bros! Hope you had a very Merry Christmas! 🥰😃
Here are my thoughts on why this is a Christmas movie. Al is tiny tim, unable to pull his gun until he has to. Argyle is the Ghost of Christmas Past, bringing up Johns past to lay the road. Ellis is the Ghost of Christmas Present. He is the reality of what John is dealing with right now. And the guy on the airplane is the ghost of Christmas future. He needs to get John to take off his shoes to eventually experience pain, it is moments after John walks through broken glass when he gives his heartfelt speech about Holly.
and just a little extra Ellis, when he is sitting with Hans, one of the villains hands him a glass only filled about a quarter way with coke. He likely asked for "a little coke" expecting the snow you alluded to.
This movie has been a Christmas tradition in my family since it came out.
Well THIS reaction was a pleasant Christmas surprise! Thank you!
Violent Night is an awesome Christmas movie. It's a mix of Die Hard and Home Alone.
Merry Christmas!
The only thing I'll say about the Christmas Movie debate is that almost *every* Shane Black film takes place around Christmas hahaha. Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, Last Boy Scout, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Long Kiss Goodnight, Iron Man 3 - the list goes on :D
Akagi was the name of one of the aircraft carriers that carried out the attack on Pearl Harbor, on Dec. 7, 1941. ("...Pearl Harbor didn't work out, so we got you tape decks.") It was also one of the Aircraft carries that was sunk during the Battle of Midway in June of 1042). Shigeta played Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo in the movie "MIDWAY" (1976).
Thankyou for reacting to this Christmas Movie!!. A very Happy Christmas to the both of ya. from 🇦🇺 Down Under.
RIP Alan Rickman! I hope you guys have an amazing christmas!
I saw Alan Rickman attend a play at a small theatre in London that I was at for my 17th birthday. I was way too shy to speak to him but I watched him interact with loads of fans for hours after the play and he seemed like nicest man ever. I don't remember what play I saw but I'll always remember him
Thats amazing!@@bronzewand
Great film. Merry Christmas guys!
People think this is not a Christmas movie because it came out in the summer of 88. It's been a long time debate for 20 years but it is is considered a Christmas movie!!
Welcome to the party pals!🎄⛄
The movie is literally about a guy who put his work before his family going through a crisis during Christmas and realizing he's wrong and reconnecting with his estranged wife. How is this not a classic Christmas movie plot?
Same thing with Lethal Weapon. A sad loner who lost everything and has nothing to live for gets "adopted" by a nice family during the holidays and finds a new appreciation for life, getting back on track.