25:00 --- You know HOW John knew? It's because he gave "Bill" an overseas cigarette which is stronger than American cigarettes, and "Bill" didn't cough or flinch.....
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.
But as a kid I remember him being an action star was a joke since he was so goofy on Moonlighting. No one could see him in an action movie. Back then you had to be huge and muscular (Schwarzenegger and Stallone). He was probably the first actor that totally jumped genres and nailed it. Same with Michael Keaton.
This movie is better than a lot of modern action movies because it's actually smart and well written. That's always been rare and I guess always will be.
Too, too true. You could say the same thing of romantic comedies: so rare to find one that's smart and well written. Action and Romcoms are the most formulaic film genres, and I guess that also makes them the most susceptible to poor writing. 😒
I have always thought it was because of the dialog and the plot and that they didi not have CGI back then. They had to rely on practical effects and did not have all the wondrous things that they can do with CGI today. So they had to make sure that the plot, action and story kept the audience interested.
Yippee-ki-yay is a cowboy exclamation along the lines of something like “woohoo!” and also used as nonsense noises when herding cattle just to get them moving along. So in this movie they refer back to its usage by Roy Rogers who was a famous TV cowboy from back in the black and white TV era. Hans calls John McClane a Cowboy and John responds that he was partial to Roy Rogers as a kid and then later uses the “yippee ki yay” with MF tagged on the end. References that use the phrase with the swearing at the end are referring to this movie. Without it they may be referring back to the original cowboy origins.
It's the little things that seperate a generation. My Boomer father grew up watching tv westerners. There's just no way as an American growing up you've never heard or seen a scene on TV of a cowboy adventurer shouting for his horse. "HI HO SILVER" or "Yip Yip!" or the ever classic "Yeeeee Haw!!!!" CLASSIC western expressions. I guess Bruce got it in his head that if you're gonna keep calling me a cowboy I'm going take the liberty of sarcastically playing the part during a perfect time to squeeze in a dry joke after the heightened adrenaline of killing someone. Like in Austin Powers when he wouldn't stop making one liner's after they killed the henchmen in the shark tank. It's just gotta be done.
Looking around a bit. 1936 movie Rhythm on the Range starring Bing Crosby. Bing sings a song called "I'm an old cowhand (from the Rio Grande)", written by Johnny Mercer. But since McClane likes Roy Rogers and he sang that song too that is probably what that character is referencing. That's some old stuff. With reruns I've seen some black and white shows before but don't think anything that old like Roy Rogers.
Younger people are often surprised to see him as a villain but this was our introduction to Alan Rickman. He played this role so well that I have always seen Hans Gruber in every role that he's played since.
@@Umptyscope I thought Rickman was hilarious in that role. Some of the more memorable, funny lines were thought up by him and his friends because they believed they could come up with better dialogue than was in the original script, and they were right.
If you want to see pre-diehard Alan Rickman look up the first (???) episode of the BBC miniseries production of “Tinker Taylor Soldier Sailor” He gets about a thirty second shot and one line as a hotel clerk.
29:02 Hans is cool, calm, and collected during all the violence and all the adversity from McClane. He only loses his shit when someone challenges his intellect and downplays how good he is at what he does. It wasn't that he was being subservient, it was just that his massive ego reflexively cared more about how *_fast_* he got in Holly's face over how it looked in getting there. I love that character moment 🔥 No, it's not a typical "villain" thing to do, but it says a lot about his motivations and flaws, making him more interesting and well-developed.
This was Alan Rickman's first ever movie role. He was 40 years old here. He'd only done theatre beforehand and I believe he was briefly on a short British tv show when he was slightly younger. But this was his first real role and breakout role and the rest is history. Truly a very gifted actor. Please watch more of his films. All his movies are fantastic. Side Note: Alan nailed this role. I wish they had Alan talk in a much thicker German accent and speak Deutch a little more especially since later you see him switch into an American accent when confronting John. He should have leaned more southern there to make it more convincing since Alan has such very distinctive voice.
It was not done on purpose, the actor just looked like Jeffrey Dhamer with his blonde hairs, haircut and glasses. Die Hard came out in 1988 and Dhamer crimes (and public notoriety) were known only in 1991.
Was just about to make this observation myself. To tag on to that, it's possible--however, unlikely--that Dahmer saw the popular film and modeled his look after the character. That's really the only possible relation.
It's really just a somewhat popular look for some guys in the 80's. Dhamer didn't come up with it. It wasn't unique. Long blind hair and big rimmed glasses is late 70's and 80's look.
It is a christmas movie. -when I was 20 yrs old taking english education at the highest level I did a whole written assignment about DieHard and why I considered it a christmas movie. I did a full analysis of the movie and then I had a whole chapter about traditional x-mas movies and what their common denominators were. Lastly I drew paralels to different scenes and underlying themes in Die Hard. And last a lengthy conclusion as to why Die Hard is definetly an x-mas movie, allthough it is undoubtedly wrapped in untraditional paper! I got top grade! LOL The teacher was convinced by my arguements and breakdown of the movie.
The dude who wrote the screenplay says it’s a Christmas movie, and for me, that’s case closed. The dude who literally wrote it said it’s a Christmas movie. Who are any of us to argue with that, right?
Die Hard With A Vengeance (3) is directed by the same director... he did Predator as well. This is my favorite movie of all time... not critically but fun and classic.
I worked at a theater showing this when it came out and I can absolutely tell you that people were losing their shit!!! And the world was introduced to the late great Alan Rickman, and we were never the same. #BabySnape
Oh man, I’d forgotten about that one. Such a good movie. I just fell in love with Laura San Giacomo in that one. Then I never saw her again until Pretty Woman, then nothing until Just Shoot me. Or maybe I missed some stuff. I never understood why I didn’t see more of her. She’s so great! And seeing Magnum as a cowboy? Well, that was just the sexiest thing ever! Lol
Ash: "Listen, baby. Police training doesn't involve dangling from guns." Hannah: "Then put your leg out and try and touch it with your toes." This is the bestest.
That would be quite difficult, considering neither are Christmas movies. But still, Lethal Weapon is a classic... just NOT a Christmas movie, stop this nonsense.
@@ori2425 You don't have the right to decide what a christmas movie is. I watch "Die Hard" every christmas and without it, christmas wouldn't be complete! 🤷🏻♂️
@@tp7hero Nope, sorry, just because you watch it during Christmas doesn't make it a Christmas movie. It was an action movie... based around Christmas time. What day did the movie take place? You wanna a Christmas movie, go watch AChristmas Story
@@ori2425 Just you saying it is not a christmas movie doesn't make it not a christmas movie either 🤷🏻♂️.. The writer of die hard himself told that this is a christmas movie. And who should know it better, what the movie was supposed to be as the writer of the story??! .. 🤷🏻♂️
This movie IS THE STANDARD. Director John McTiernan who also directed Predator....such HUGE movies... BLOCKBUSTERS... and you know what.... you can still watch BOTH and they are STILL FUCKING FANTASTIC despite the age... THEY HOLD UP because they are TIMELESS CLASSICS.
Joshua passed out after he did his best to construct that sentence, and it’s lovely that he got so many likes regardless. 🙂 Hope he doesn’t have a bad hangover 🤪
This is also Bruce Willis’ first action movie. He was doing tv shows prior and they weren’t sure about putting him on the poster cover cause he wasn’t a known action star at the time.
You hit the nail on the head todays action films lack the levity of movies like this. I think there was more artistic freedom for filmmaking in Hollywood back then.
Moonlighting with Bruce Willis and Cybil Shepherd (Betsy from Taxi Driver) had been on TV a while when I saw the ads on TV for this film in 88. I remember thinking oh he's doing an action film now, not knowing how huge this would become and his movie career began from there. The building was the Fox headquarters and it's still there.
I've watched this at least a dozen times and picked up more little Christmas references every time, but it's thanks to your reaction that I've first noted that McClane was "making a list" (of the terrorists). Looking forward to more of your work in 2023!
In the States, many say "Merry Christmas to you and yours" rather than to mention family specifically. 1. As Hanna suggests, some people do not have families or there is drama with them at the time. 2. It can be perceived as a bit TOO personal to mention someone's family unless you really/actually know that person well. "To you and yours" can mean family, friends, people who are important to you and is far less intrusive.
When John Mclean asked to be called Roy, he was referring to Roy Roger's, a 1950s television cowboy, Roy Rogers. He was known as the King of cowboys back then and used to sing a song called Yippee ki yay.
No one in North America had ever heard of or seen Rickman, when this came out. Costner did a Robin Hood movie after this. When I saw it I saw Rickman and thought that is the guy that was in Die Hard. He has been on my radar ever since. Great actor in diverse roles. RIP Alan Rickman.
Yippie ki-yay was an exclamation of joy used by cowboys in the old American west. Since Hans called Mclane John Wayne, an actor famous for portraying cowboys, Mclane responded like a cowboy with yippie ki-yay.
Not only do I think this is the best action movie but one of the best movies period. The plot, the characters, the action sequences, it's one of the few movies I think are perfect Great reaction as usual and I hope you react to the sequels
Great reaction! Die Hard is so iconic that future action movies described themselves using the Die Hard name. Example - The movie Speed was advertised as 'Die Hard on a bus'. Under Siege was advertised as 'Die Hard on a battleship'. By the way both Speed and Under Seige would be great action movies to react to on the channel, make it happen Ash!
It's funny that you mention "Under Siege" because that was the film that scuppered the plan for the third "Die Hard" film to be set on a cruise ship. And no, contrary to popular belief, the script wasn't recycled into "Speed 2: Cruise Control".
One of Hannah's best outfits for watching a reaction. In all seriousness, loved your reaction to this movie. So many great lines and themes. Keep up the great work!
Ash looks like Sacha Baron Cohen, Hannah like Isla Fisher, and the celebrity couple is married .. Symbolissmmmmssss!! Lol Y'all are a great couple and a great duo with your reactions! Much love
BEST Christmas movie ever! Filmed at the Fox Plaza in L.A., the building was really still under construction when they filmed. Pretty cool! Watching you react to this movie is so awesome. I watch this every Christmas. Traditions are hard to break. 😊
Die Hard was originally going to be an Arnold Schwarzenegger film. The first versions of the script were written as a sequel to his film Commando, but Arnold turned down the role because he wanted to make less action films and make more comedies instead. Sylvester Stallone also turned down the role, and so it went to Bruce Willis instead.
Yes, the building still exists. It's Fox Plaza on Avenue Of The Stars in Century City. I used to work directly next door to it at the Park Hyatt Century City.
OMFG, It's not fair to have me laughing that hard that early. I had to stop the reaction @ 3:01 for like 2 minutes. Best editor on UA-cam. If you really want to see Alan Rickman as a hilarious, terrible villain, you need to react to "'Robin Hood : Prince of Thieves" It is a really fun movie with Kevin Costner.
Allen Rickman's big breakout role in film. before this he was a Shakespearean actor, and before this, Bruce Willis was in an 80's comedy series called Moonlighting. this was his breakout into being an action star.
"Its good because he knows where he is - thats why he was happy to see em" - every guy thinking "no - he didnt get a good look the first time and needed to take another look"
Remember the kid in The Blues Brothers who tried to steal the guitar off the wall in the music store and got shot at by Ray Charles? That was a 14 year old Argyle the limo driver, De'voreaux White.
I believe that “Yippee Kiyay” most likely originated in the early cowboy movies. With stars like Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, and Audi Murphy. I would even go so far as to guess it was from one of the many yodeling cowboy songs that were popular in that era. ✌🏼😎
There's a lot of movie reviewers out there, but you guys definitely take the cake. I love your chemistry, your banter, your energy. Plus: You do choose really worthy movies. Keep it up! I don't know if I have reached "request"-status yet by simply following and fawning, but if you'd consider some Jason Statham Geezer-Fu, that'd be cool.
ash and hanna fun fact , allen rickman was really up on a scaffold or something like that really high and the director told him that they were going to drop him on a count of 3 but instead they did it on 1 so the fear on hans face was rickman's real fear
One of the things that makes Hans’ fall so great was they didn’t tell him they were going to do the stunt. They told him they needed to film the close up, then they’d bring in the double. Instead as he was filming the “close up” they hit the release on the ropes and he fell like 20 feet into the air bag below. Rickman had a hilarious interview about it way back in like Conon or Letterman.
Please watch the sequels! You will love them at least through part 4. Part 3 has Samuel L. Jackson and Jeremy Irons. Part 4 is my favorite overall actually. Everything gets dialed up to 10 from the action to the dialogue. Look forward to it.
Alan's best villain role is as Sheriff of Nottingham in the 90s Robin Hood Prince of Thieves. MUST watch if you love Alan. Also, a great 90s action flick. He's also good in Sense and Sensibility. 😁
"Baby Snape" - I love it^^. But yeah, he looks really, really fantastic in this movie! His first major role after only doing a couple of movies ever, and then it becomes such an iconic one.
31:57 Ash, speaking as a tan guy who’s been married to a redhead for 24 years … you always need to apologize. Even if you save her, even if you save the world, she still needs to hear the apology. Just trust me on this one.
As Ash pointed out, John McClane is an average guy that appeals to everyone. As Hannah mentioned, John McClane is very lucky. Luck is an essential part of the Die Hard Franchise. As in luck is always on his side. It almost feels as if Luck is its own character and it's protecting John. I've always liked that aspect of the Die Hard formula as it's very subtle but yet everyone seems to notice but never over analyze.
Like Ash said he would try but probably die. McClane has to the luck to make it happen. Even if he is the everyman his luck grows both ways each movie. Bad to be in that situation again, but good enough to be just the guy needed to save the day, where most others would probably fail.
6:34 younger people watching this film always give her a hard time about switching her name to her maiden name. I don't think younger people understand how different the 80s was regarding women's working rights. Her character even mentions why in the film but most younger people wouldn't pick up on it. The 80s was when there was still strong prejudices against women seeking high level positions in executive roles. And stigma attached to being a divorced woman and/or single mother. Enough to effect employment chances. And on top of that her character is working for a Japanese Company. Japanese companies can still be very conservative even these days! In the 80s Japan was a major world tech country/producer and a lot of our electronics, white goods and cars were being made in Japan. Getting a job with a Japanese company in the 80s had great potential. Her character had very good reasons to keep her marital status under wraps considering the historical context. But they make up at the end of the film ❤️
The actor who played Al did a fantastic job. Reginald VelJohnson was a great character actor who could always be called on to play a cop in the 80s and 90s. He was a cop in the first Ghostbusters movie, this and Die Hard 2, and also was a cop in the TV show Family Matters. Also; That part where he talked about accidentally killing a kid was based on, or inspired by, the same incidents where cops killed kids and they made the laws where toy guns had to be brightly colored or with bright orange tips on them. So after all that for him to shoot the guy at then end was a fantastic bit of redemption for his character and it was beautifully set up and executed.
Die Hard is definitely a Christmas movie. In my house I always tell my kids that it's not Christmas until Hans Gruber goes out the window. My wife does really hate for making her watch it every Christmas Eve. She always begs the kids to a different movie. I laugh and smile when they say "No mom we want to watch Die Hard". My wife and kids are the best and I really love them completely.
Funny Story about Alexander Godunov (Karl): my dad accidentally met him and Jacqueline Bisset in a restaurant in Chicago when my dad was piss drunk with his sister. He didn't recognize either of them, sat himself down, bumbed a cigarette off Godunov, looked at Jacqueline and said "you look just like Jacqueline Bisset" Alexander replied "because that's who that is". My dad, mocking his accent, repeated the reply before it clicked and said "wait...if you're Jacqueline, then that would make you Alexand...😳...oh, excuse us." He proceeded to pick up my aunt off the floor and make a hasty exit. 🤣🤣🤣
There is a tee shirt you can buy with "now I have a machine gun. Ho Ho Ho" on it in red. My brother got it as a gift from me, because I have awesome taste.
Agree with Ash. Said it since I saw this in the theaters while in high school. Alan Rickman's character was insanely good. Great thing about 80s action movies was the scripting. They didn't take themselves too seriously, and they didn't add their social/political beliefs into the film. Everybody could enjoy them for what they were.
BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIE EVER!! Before Bruce Willis was cast as John McClane, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Harrison Ford, Kevin Costner, James Caan, Michael Douglas, Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, William Hurt, Mickey Rourke, Mel Gibson, Richard Gere, Charlie Sheen, Clint Eastwood, Paul Newman, Warren Beatty, Ryan O'Neal, Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Nick Nolte, Kurt Russell, Sylvester Stallone, Jeff Bridges and Charles Bronson were considered for the role. For the cop Al Powell, Laurence Fishburne, Denzal Washington, Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall, and Wesley Snipes were considered. The movie is based on the novel 1979, Nothing Lasts Forever, which was the sequel to The Detective which starred Frank Sinatra. In the novel, he's named Joe Leland rather than John McClane. The novel's ending was a lot darker than the movie itself: SPOILERS! McClane shoots Gruber in the chest, but not before he grabs Holly by her sweater where they fall out the window to their deaths. Karl does survive and starts to shoot at police and reporters with an M-60 Machine Gun. Powell kills Karl with an M-16 rifle where a stray bullet from Karl's gun hits McClane in the leg, where he is put in an ambulance but dies of his injury.
One symbolism you didn’t know that was at the end of the movie. Officer Powell was in the tv show called Family Matters and his name was Carl Winslow. He was only known by that character name. So it only makes sense that he get to kill that character off.
Hannah: "why is he smoking in an airport?"
Ash: "its the 80ies, they dont give a sh!t"
aaaaah the good old days
Hell, you could smoke on planes in the US til the year this movie came out.
Remember smoking and non smoking sections of restaurants?? Lol
I was there. I don't smoke anymore, though.
I missed those days
@@juliafloreshernandez6854 i think we all do more and more
25:00 --- You know HOW John knew? It's because he gave "Bill" an overseas cigarette which is stronger than American cigarettes, and "Bill" didn't cough or flinch.....
" ...and his wife's name is Holly"
Watched this movie dozens of times and never caught that as a Christmas reference lol
Me either, Ash doesnt know how clever he actually is lmao
Makes sense why in the other installments that she isn’t in, they aren’t Christmas movies lol.
Symbolism!
Another thing is that John is constantly in elevator shafts and heating ducts, like Santa in chimneys and fireplaces.
Brilliant 🤌
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 thought it was on "1"
But as a kid I remember him being an action star was a joke since he was so goofy on Moonlighting. No one could see him in an action movie. Back then you had to be huge and muscular (Schwarzenegger and Stallone). He was probably the first actor that totally jumped genres and nailed it. Same with Michael Keaton.
Fun fact: This is the most posted info on Die Hard reactions.
@@killgun2 It doesn't matter. Rickman was pissed off at the director.
@@deetsitmeisterjd Do you know in Star Wars, they're not really flying in outer space?? It's all green screen and CGI!!
This movie is better than a lot of modern action movies because it's actually smart and well written. That's always been rare and I guess always will be.
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So true, the villains actually feel dangerous and smart and not incompetent buffoons.
Too, too true. You could say the same thing of romantic comedies: so rare to find one that's smart and well written.
Action and Romcoms are the most formulaic film genres, and I guess that also makes them the most susceptible to poor writing. 😒
No need for the word "modern".
I have always thought it was because of the dialog and the plot and that they didi not have CGI back then. They had to rely on practical effects and did not have all the wondrous things that they can do with CGI today. So they had to make sure that the plot, action and story kept the audience interested.
Yippee-ki-yay is a cowboy exclamation along the lines of something like “woohoo!” and also used as nonsense noises when herding cattle just to get them moving along.
So in this movie they refer back to its usage by Roy Rogers who was a famous TV cowboy from back in the black and white TV era. Hans calls John McClane a Cowboy and John responds that he was partial to Roy Rogers as a kid and then later uses the “yippee ki yay” with MF tagged on the end. References that use the phrase with the swearing at the end are referring to this movie. Without it they may be referring back to the original cowboy origins.
It's the little things that seperate a generation. My Boomer father grew up watching tv westerners. There's just no way as an American growing up you've never heard or seen a scene on TV of a cowboy adventurer shouting for his horse. "HI HO SILVER" or "Yip Yip!" or the ever classic "Yeeeee Haw!!!!" CLASSIC western expressions.
I guess Bruce got it in his head that if you're gonna keep calling me a cowboy I'm going take the liberty of sarcastically playing the part during a perfect time to squeeze in a dry joke after the heightened adrenaline of killing someone. Like in Austin Powers when he wouldn't stop making one liner's after they killed the henchmen in the shark tank. It's just gotta be done.
Spot on.
Yippee ki yay, was a song Roy Roger's sang. He was known as the King of cowboys back in the 1950s
Looking around a bit. 1936 movie Rhythm on the Range starring Bing Crosby. Bing sings a song called "I'm an old cowhand (from the Rio Grande)", written by Johnny Mercer.
But since McClane likes Roy Rogers and he sang that song too that is probably what that character is referencing.
That's some old stuff. With reruns I've seen some black and white shows before but don't think anything that old like Roy Rogers.
@@imthewolf1 "Back In The Saddle Again."
Hans Gruber, one of the greatest villains of all time. Alan Rickman, outstanding actor, and that voice...
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Alan Rickman breathes nothing but Xenon gas
The voice is what connected him to Snape for me. He looks a lot different with different hair color/facial hair
Fun fact: Bonnie Bedelia whom plays Holly is the real life aunt of Macaulay Culkin.
Younger people are often surprised to see him as a villain but this was our introduction to Alan Rickman. He played this role so well that I have always seen Hans Gruber in every role that he's played since.
You want to see Alan Rickman being way over the top? See "Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves."
@Umptyscope He did three great villain roles in succession. He made Die-Hard, Robin Hood and Quigley Down Under. They were all three brilliant.
@@Umptyscope cut his heart out with a spoon...
@@Umptyscope I thought Rickman was hilarious in that role. Some of the more memorable, funny lines were thought up by him and his friends because they believed they could come up with better dialogue than was in the original script, and they were right.
If you want to see pre-diehard Alan Rickman look up the first (???) episode of the BBC miniseries production of “Tinker Taylor Soldier Sailor”
He gets about a thirty second shot and one line as a hotel clerk.
29:02 Hans is cool, calm, and collected during all the violence and all the adversity from McClane. He only loses his shit when someone challenges his intellect and downplays how good he is at what he does. It wasn't that he was being subservient, it was just that his massive ego reflexively cared more about how *_fast_* he got in Holly's face over how it looked in getting there. I love that character moment 🔥 No, it's not a typical "villain" thing to do, but it says a lot about his motivations and flaws, making him more interesting and well-developed.
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Roy Rogers was a singer and actor from way back. Men of McClain’s generation would had grown up watching those old reruns.
This was Alan Rickman's first movie. Also, the shot where he falls to his death won an academy award for visual effects.
They got that reaction because they didn’t tell him they were going to drop him. Surprise! 😂
This was Alan Rickman's first ever movie role. He was 40 years old here. He'd only done theatre beforehand and I believe he was briefly on a short British tv show when he was slightly younger. But this was his first real role and breakout role and the rest is history. Truly a very gifted actor. Please watch more of his films. All his movies are fantastic.
Side Note: Alan nailed this role. I wish they had Alan talk in a much thicker German accent and speak Deutch a little more especially since later you see him switch into an American accent when confronting John. He should have leaned more southern there to make it more convincing since Alan has such very distinctive voice.
You two:
"It's massive, this building... that you couldn't even jump off"
Bruce Willis:
"Hold my beer"
This was Alan Rickman's breakout role in Hollywood! Another great film where he plays the bad guy is Quigley Down Under!
Oh yes, I hope they watch Quigley!
I loved that movie. You know Hannah will snail trail when she sees Tom Selleck.
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Great movie choice!
Let's not forget Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.
Say what you want about the movie as a whole, but Alan was magnificently over the top as the sheriff.
It was not done on purpose, the actor just looked like Jeffrey Dhamer with his blonde hairs, haircut and glasses.
Die Hard came out in 1988 and Dhamer crimes (and public notoriety) were known only in 1991.
Was just about to make this observation myself. To tag on to that, it's possible--however, unlikely--that Dahmer saw the popular film and modeled his look after the character. That's really the only possible relation.
It's really just a somewhat popular look for some guys in the 80's. Dhamer didn't come up with it. It wasn't unique. Long blind hair and big rimmed glasses is late 70's and 80's look.
@@Biggiiful Absolutely this. My father had a Dhamer phase.
McClane to his brother Karl:
"I'm going to f**king kill you, I'm going to f**king cook you and I'm going to f**king eat you!"
Dahmer: 💡
Symbolisms!
I literally died when they said that.
Die hard is still iconic 30 years later. ❤🙏
It's a TIMELESS CLASSIC
It is a christmas movie. -when I was 20 yrs old taking english education at the highest level I did a whole written assignment about DieHard and why I considered it a christmas movie. I did a full analysis of the movie and then I had a whole chapter about traditional x-mas movies and what their common denominators were. Lastly I drew paralels to different scenes and underlying themes in Die Hard. And last a lengthy conclusion as to why Die Hard is definetly an x-mas movie, allthough it is undoubtedly wrapped in untraditional paper! I got top grade! LOL The teacher was convinced by my arguements and breakdown of the movie.
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The dude who wrote the screenplay says it’s a Christmas movie, and for me, that’s case closed. The dude who literally wrote it said it’s a Christmas movie. Who are any of us to argue with that, right?
The actor playing one of the Germans getting the rocket launchers together at 22:21 also played Vigo the Carpathian in Ghostbusters 2.
Nice. Deep cut🩸
Bonnie Bedelia (Holly) is also Macaulay Culkin's aunt.
My stepsister is related to the guy who played Argyle (De'voreaux White). I got to meet him a long long time ago in the early '90s.
Die Hard With A Vengeance (3) is directed by the same director... he did Predator as well. This is my favorite movie of all time... not critically but fun and classic.
I worked at a theater showing this when it came out and I can absolutely tell you that people were losing their shit!!! And the world was introduced to the late great Alan Rickman, and we were never the same. #BabySnape
Alan Rickman was a fantastic villain in "Quigley Down Under". An incredibly underrated movie. Please review it!
One of my favorite movies.
The internet mathed out the bucket shot at around 700+ yards. Quigley is such a bad MF.
Oh man, I’d forgotten about that one. Such a good movie. I just fell in love with Laura San Giacomo in that one. Then I never saw her again until Pretty Woman, then nothing until Just Shoot me. Or maybe I missed some stuff. I never understood why I didn’t see more of her. She’s so great! And seeing Magnum as a cowboy? Well, that was just the sexiest thing ever! Lol
Ash: "Listen, baby. Police training doesn't involve dangling from guns."
Hannah: "Then put your leg out and try and touch it with your toes."
This is the bestest.
Lethal Weapon needs to be next...another great 80's Christmas movie
That would be quite difficult, considering neither are Christmas movies.
But still, Lethal Weapon is a classic... just NOT a Christmas movie, stop this nonsense.
Idk about Lethal Weapon but Die Hard is one of the greatest Christmas movies of all time. Why do you believe it isn’t?
@@ori2425 You don't have the right to decide what a christmas movie is. I watch "Die Hard" every christmas and without it, christmas wouldn't be complete! 🤷🏻♂️
@@tp7hero Nope, sorry, just because you watch it during Christmas doesn't make it a Christmas movie. It was an action movie... based around Christmas time.
What day did the movie take place?
You wanna a Christmas movie, go watch AChristmas Story
@@ori2425 Just you saying it is not a christmas movie doesn't make it not a christmas movie either 🤷🏻♂️.. The writer of die hard himself told that this is a christmas movie. And who should know it better, what the movie was supposed to be as the writer of the story??! .. 🤷🏻♂️
This movie IS THE STANDARD. Director John McTiernan who also directed Predator....such HUGE movies... BLOCKBUSTERS... and you know what.... you can still watch BOTH and they are STILL FUCKING FANTASTIC despite the age... THEY HOLD UP because they are TIMELESS CLASSICS.
My favorite witty & naught reaction couple with another classic. Happy new year Hannah & Ash.
Seriously, these two should make a comedy road trip vlog or something.
Great chemistry and timing.
@@richardrobbins387 I would absolutely watch that.
Alan Rickman was so great as a villian. Happy New Years guys!
I saw this in the theater when it came out & it was mind blowing. Easily the coolest action film most of us had ever seen at that point in time.
Fun Fact: This was Alan Rickman first movie in his entire.
He did a number of films before Die Hard, they just weren't theatrical releases.
...career is what you wanted to say and he kills it ! 😄👌
what about the movie where he kisses Norman Reedus aka Daryl Dixon from the walking dead? or maybe that was after DH..
Joshua passed out after he did his best to construct that sentence, and it’s lovely that he got so many likes regardless. 🙂
Hope he doesn’t have a bad hangover 🤪
This is also Bruce Willis’ first action movie. He was doing tv shows prior and they weren’t sure about putting him on the poster cover cause he wasn’t a known action star at the time.
You hit the nail on the head todays action films lack the levity of movies like this. I think there was more artistic freedom for filmmaking in Hollywood back then.
Moonlighting with Bruce Willis and Cybil Shepherd (Betsy from Taxi Driver) had been on TV a while when I saw the ads on TV for this film in 88. I remember thinking oh he's doing an action film now, not knowing how huge this would become and his movie career began from there.
The building was the Fox headquarters and it's still there.
one of my favorite movie EVER!!! Literally never get tired or old of watching this!! I watch Every single CHRISTMAS!!!! ❤❤😂😂
Yes Alan Rickman was a beautiful man (RIP). You NEED to see him in "Robin Hood" (with Kevin Costner)!!
I've watched this at least a dozen times and picked up more little Christmas references every time, but it's thanks to your reaction that I've first noted that McClane was "making a list" (of the terrorists). Looking forward to more of your work in 2023!
One of my favourite movies of all time, thank you Ash and Hannah.
In the States, many say "Merry Christmas to you and yours" rather than to mention family specifically. 1. As Hanna suggests, some people do not have families or there is drama with them at the time. 2. It can be perceived as a bit TOO personal to mention someone's family unless you really/actually know that person well. "To you and yours" can mean family, friends, people who are important to you and is far less intrusive.
When John Mclean asked to be called Roy, he was referring to Roy Roger's, a 1950s television cowboy, Roy Rogers. He was known as the King of cowboys back then and used to sing a song called Yippee ki yay.
No one in North America had ever heard of or seen Rickman, when this came out. Costner did a Robin Hood movie after this. When I saw it I saw Rickman and thought that is the guy that was in Die Hard. He has been on my radar ever since. Great actor in diverse roles. RIP Alan Rickman.
The building does still exist. It's in downtown Los Angeles
Greatest Christmas Action Movie of All Time. I still break when John meets Sgt. Powell at the end. Great reactions mates 🥃🥃🥃
Yippie ki-yay was an exclamation of joy used by cowboys in the old American west. Since Hans called Mclane John Wayne, an actor famous for portraying cowboys, Mclane responded like a cowboy with yippie ki-yay.
Not only do I think this is the best action movie but one of the best movies period.
The plot, the characters, the action sequences, it's one of the few movies I think are perfect
Great reaction as usual and I hope you react to the sequels
Ash: I curl your toes 😎
Hannah : you wish 😂😂
Great reaction! Die Hard is so iconic that future action movies described themselves using the Die Hard name. Example - The movie Speed was advertised as 'Die Hard on a bus'. Under Siege was advertised as 'Die Hard on a battleship'. By the way both Speed and Under Seige would be great action movies to react to on the channel, make it happen Ash!
Speed was actually Runaway Train on a bus.
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It's funny that you mention "Under Siege" because that was the film that scuppered the plan for the third "Die Hard" film to be set on a cruise ship. And no, contrary to popular belief, the script wasn't recycled into "Speed 2: Cruise Control".
One of Hannah's best outfits for watching a reaction. In all seriousness, loved your reaction to this movie. So many great lines and themes. Keep up the great work!
Ash looks like Sacha Baron Cohen, Hannah like Isla Fisher, and the celebrity couple is married .. Symbolissmmmmssss!! Lol
Y'all are a great couple and a great duo with your reactions! Much love
BEST Christmas movie ever! Filmed at the Fox Plaza in L.A., the building was really still under construction when they filmed. Pretty cool! Watching you react to this movie is so awesome. I watch this every Christmas. Traditions are hard to break. 😊
Die Hard was originally going to be an Arnold Schwarzenegger film. The first versions of the script were written as a sequel to his film Commando, but Arnold turned down the role because he wanted to make less action films and make more comedies instead. Sylvester Stallone also turned down the role, and so it went to Bruce Willis instead.
I love you guys reactions and Hannah's accent( 8:21 "He's a baybee" ) is the best! 😂
This and "Die Hard With a Vengeance" are my favorites of the series.
Yes, the building still exists. It's Fox Plaza on Avenue Of The Stars in Century City. I used to work directly next door to it at the Park Hyatt Century City.
OMFG, It's not fair to have me laughing that hard that early. I had to stop the reaction @ 3:01 for like 2 minutes. Best editor on UA-cam. If you really want to see Alan Rickman as a hilarious, terrible villain, you need to react to "'Robin Hood : Prince of Thieves" It is a really fun movie with Kevin Costner.
Top 10 best action movies ever. Still holds up! Watched this so much on my dads recorded vhs tape in the early 90s lol
You two had me laughing from the get go lol 😂, you and your lady are perfect together lol
Allen Rickman's big breakout role in film. before this he was a Shakespearean actor, and before this, Bruce Willis was in an 80's comedy series called Moonlighting. this was his breakout into being an action star.
So surprised to hear Ash hadn’t seen this movie before (seems right up his alley); loved both of your reactions!
Yeah i couldn't believe it, made it sooo much better😂✌
I thought he was gonna say it was top of his action movie list and be quoting lines as they happen.
"Its good because he knows where he is - thats why he was happy to see em" - every guy thinking "no - he didnt get a good look the first time and needed to take another look"
Remember the kid in The Blues Brothers who tried to steal the guitar off the wall in the music store and got shot at by Ray Charles? That was a 14 year old Argyle the limo driver, De'voreaux White.
my favorite christmas movie.
complete with christmas miracles via the various ways John gets lucky and lives when he should have died.
Definitely a favorite! Shoutout to one of the best Christmas movies. Glad you like it! Thanks for the reaction Ash and Hannah!
I believe that “Yippee Kiyay” most likely originated in the early cowboy movies. With stars like Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, and Audi Murphy. I would even go so far as to guess it was from one of the many yodeling cowboy songs that were popular in that era.
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He will not be joining us for the rest of his life. Best damn line
Hans Gruber is on almost every top 20 best movie villain list for good reason... Alan Rickman just nailed it, and so early in his career.
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There's a lot of movie reviewers out there, but you guys definitely take the cake. I love your chemistry, your banter, your energy. Plus: You do choose really worthy movies. Keep it up!
I don't know if I have reached "request"-status yet by simply following and fawning, but if you'd consider some Jason Statham Geezer-Fu, that'd be cool.
I need to be careful with my drinks when I watch you guys because I almost blew Powerade out my nose with your jokes. 😂
You guys crack me up. Love watching your reactions.
ash and hanna fun fact , allen rickman was really up on a scaffold or something like that really high and the director told him that they were going to drop him on a count of 3 but instead they did it on 1 so the fear on hans face was rickman's real fear
Danget!!! You convinced me this IS A CHRISTMAS MOVIE!
One of the things that makes Hans’ fall so great was they didn’t tell him they were going to do the stunt. They told him they needed to film the close up, then they’d bring in the double. Instead as he was filming the “close up” they hit the release on the ropes and he fell like 20 feet into the air bag below. Rickman had a hilarious interview about it way back in like Conon or Letterman.
Christmas movie tip: If you watch “Die Hard” right after “Love Actually”, you can see Alan Rickman get punished for what he did to Emma Thompson.
This was your best video yet in terms of the jabs and deflections to each other with the edits lol
_"They don't swing from guns."_
- Ash 2023
Nakatomi plaza is an actual building in Los Angeles. It’s not called that obviously, but it’s there
Please watch the sequels! You will love them at least through part 4. Part 3 has Samuel L. Jackson and Jeremy Irons. Part 4 is my favorite overall actually. Everything gets dialed up to 10 from the action to the dialogue. Look forward to it.
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33:09 -- Die Hard.. Is a story about redemption... It's about forgiveness.. It's about making up for the past..
Not going to lie Alan Rickman he is excellent villain in Die Hard ever R.I.P.
This is my go-to Christmas movie. Fantastic reaction guys as always.
Happy New Year.
Alan's best villain role is as Sheriff of Nottingham in the 90s Robin Hood Prince of Thieves. MUST watch if you love Alan. Also, a great 90s action flick. He's also good in Sense and Sensibility. 😁
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"Baby Snape" - I love it^^. But yeah, he looks really, really fantastic in this movie! His first major role after only doing a couple of movies ever, and then it becomes such an iconic one.
31:57 Ash, speaking as a tan guy who’s been married to a redhead for 24 years … you always need to apologize. Even if you save her, even if you save the world, she still needs to hear the apology. Just trust me on this one.
15:47 -- Hi Ash.. Yes.. The "Fox Plaza" building is still there, but I believe it changed names in recent years.
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Ash. Watch 13th Warrior. Right up your alley.
" ... Lo, there do I see... The line of my people... Back to the beginning." Great movie 👍
@@protovision2010 Yeah. Even if I don’t watch the whole thing, I watch that end scene at least once a year.
30:15 "would you still love me if I was a worm" vibes there from Hannah, bless lmao 🪱🤗🤗
hannah your hair is gorgeous seriously
Ash's hair is better.
@@rram. hope he sees this bro
@@chief_mourner Not only will he see this, he'll also PIN this comment thread...
Bruce Willis was just a comedian up until this amazing film... I remember seeing this in the theater as a teenager and it blowing my mind!
As Ash pointed out, John McClane is an average guy that appeals to everyone. As Hannah mentioned, John McClane is very lucky. Luck is an essential part of the Die Hard Franchise. As in luck is always on his side. It almost feels as if Luck is its own character and it's protecting John. I've always liked that aspect of the Die Hard formula as it's very subtle but yet everyone seems to notice but never over analyze.
Like Ash said he would try but probably die. McClane has to the luck to make it happen. Even if he is the everyman his luck grows both ways each movie. Bad to be in that situation again, but good enough to be just the guy needed to save the day, where most others would probably fail.
A very merry Christmas and a happy new year to you both. Looking forward to another year of great content.
6:34 younger people watching this film always give her a hard time about switching her name to her maiden name. I don't think younger people understand how different the 80s was regarding women's working rights. Her character even mentions why in the film but most younger people wouldn't pick up on it. The 80s was when there was still strong prejudices against women seeking high level positions in executive roles. And stigma attached to being a divorced woman and/or single mother. Enough to effect employment chances. And on top of that her character is working for a Japanese Company. Japanese companies can still be very conservative even these days! In the 80s Japan was a major world tech country/producer and a lot of our electronics, white goods and cars were being made in Japan. Getting a job with a Japanese company in the 80s had great potential. Her character had very good reasons to keep her marital status under wraps considering the historical context. But they make up at the end of the film ❤️
The actor who played Al did a fantastic job. Reginald VelJohnson was a great character actor who could always be called on to play a cop in the 80s and 90s. He was a cop in the first Ghostbusters movie, this and Die Hard 2, and also was a cop in the TV show Family Matters.
Also; That part where he talked about accidentally killing a kid was based on, or inspired by, the same incidents where cops killed kids and they made the laws where toy guns had to be brightly colored or with bright orange tips on them. So after all that for him to shoot the guy at then end was a fantastic bit of redemption for his character and it was beautifully set up and executed.
Die Hard is definitely a Christmas movie. In my house I always tell my kids that it's not Christmas until Hans Gruber goes out the window. My wife does really hate for making her watch it every Christmas Eve. She always begs the kids to a different movie. I laugh and smile when they say "No mom we want to watch Die Hard". My wife and kids are the best and I really love them completely.
Funny Story about Alexander Godunov (Karl): my dad accidentally met him and Jacqueline Bisset in a restaurant in Chicago when my dad was piss drunk with his sister. He didn't recognize either of them, sat himself down, bumbed a cigarette off Godunov, looked at Jacqueline and said "you look just like Jacqueline Bisset" Alexander replied "because that's who that is". My dad, mocking his accent, repeated the reply before it clicked and said "wait...if you're Jacqueline, then that would make you Alexand...😳...oh, excuse us." He proceeded to pick up my aunt off the floor and make a hasty exit. 🤣🤣🤣
I was saddened to know that Bruce Willis has retired due to his disease 😢
There is a tee shirt you can buy with "now I have a machine gun. Ho Ho Ho" on it in red. My brother got it as a gift from me, because I have awesome taste.
Agree with Ash. Said it since I saw this in the theaters while in high school. Alan Rickman's character was insanely good. Great thing about 80s action movies was the scripting. They didn't take themselves too seriously, and they didn't add their social/political beliefs into the film. Everybody could enjoy them for what they were.
Yea no 80s movies had Russians as the bad guy or anti-corporate themes
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BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIE EVER!!
Before Bruce Willis was cast as John McClane, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Harrison Ford, Kevin Costner, James Caan, Michael Douglas, Tom Cruise, Patrick Swayze, William Hurt, Mickey Rourke, Mel Gibson, Richard Gere, Charlie Sheen, Clint Eastwood, Paul Newman, Warren Beatty, Ryan O'Neal, Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Nick Nolte, Kurt Russell, Sylvester Stallone, Jeff Bridges and Charles Bronson were considered for the role.
For the cop Al Powell, Laurence Fishburne, Denzal Washington, Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall, and Wesley Snipes were considered.
The movie is based on the novel 1979, Nothing Lasts Forever, which was the sequel to The Detective which starred Frank Sinatra.
In the novel, he's named Joe Leland rather than John McClane.
The novel's ending was a lot darker than the movie itself: SPOILERS!
McClane shoots Gruber in the chest, but not before he grabs Holly by her sweater where they fall out the window to their deaths.
Karl does survive and starts to shoot at police and reporters with an M-60 Machine Gun.
Powell kills Karl with an M-16 rifle where a stray bullet from Karl's gun hits McClane in the leg, where he is put in an ambulance but dies of his injury.
One symbolism you didn’t know that was at the end of the movie. Officer Powell was in the tv show called Family Matters and his name was Carl Winslow. He was only known by that character name. So it only makes sense that he get to kill that character off.