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What a classic, probably my favourite action film. Your new book arrived the other day. Looking forward to getting stuck into it with a drink or ten. ;)
"Die Hard" is, objectively, a true Christmas movie. It is set on Christmas Eve, at a Christmas (*not* "Holiday") party. There is Christmas music throughout. There are Christmas motifs throughout. Christmas is mentioned throughout. And, at the core of it, it is a story of a man trying to reconcile with his wife so that he may spend Christmas with his family!
Do you wait all year long so you're able to watch it? Those of us who are old enough to have seen this on opening day at a theater know it's a summer blockbuster. Sure, it's fitting to watch it at Christmas, given the setting. But if it's supposed to be a Christmas movie, why did they release it in July?
@@jagar5580 That long haired blonde guy was Alexander Godunov, a famous Russian ballet dancer for the Bolshoi Ballet. He defected to the west in 1979. He was also in “Witness” and several other films.
I like to think he was being a bit ironical. Why on Earth of all people would JOHN MCLAIN pack heat on a plane!! OF COURSE JOHN MCLAIN IS GONNA PACK HEAT ON A PLANE!! He's JOHN FUCKING MCLAIN!
I'm sorry I thought this was AMERICA. Die Hard 1, you can argue that. 2 and followups... "John, why aren't you carrying a suitcase nuke instead of a pistol?"
One brilliant touch of comic relief takes place when the SWAT team is advancing on the doors. They move through some rose bushes and one cop pricks a finger on a thorn. That one tiny moment in the middle of all the tension and drama is just perfect.
In the scene after that, we’re one of the Hinchman starts eating the candy bars while waiting for swat team to come through. It’s a little moments like that make it memorable
Bad guys' plan in Die Hard 3 made more sense, and it worked, if it wasn't for a bottle of aspirin. In the first one, the bad guys wanted to blow off the roof, fake their deaths, and then what? How they expected to get out of the building unnoticed?
"Director John McTiernan asked Rickman to fall backwards onto an airbag from a height of 25 feet on the count of three. Sounds easy enough, until the stunt crew decided to drop him on “one” instead, to make his reaction more genuinely believable. So that explains why Hans Gruber’s expression is quite so priceless."
@@tarico4436 it is true. It’s talked about on the show “the movies that made us.” Die hard is one of those movies they have an episode on. I believe it may still be on Netflix.
I’m watching this wearing a T-shirt that says, “It’s not Christmas until Hans Gruber falls from Nakatomi Plaza”, with the image of Hans’ face looking up as he plummets. Well done Critical Drinker!
The first 10 minutes of Die Hard is a directing masterclass in Show don’t Tell. From revealing McClane’s gun to Holly’s name on the touchscreen, it’s so slickly put together.
Agreed and anybody who's been a cop or related to a cop will know that the cop will justify having their side arm on them at all times...(Remember, this is pre 9-11-2001)
Even the Tell exposition is solid and doesn't feel too contrived in its delivery. The conversation between Argyle and John and the one between Holly and the daughter and housekeeper both feel very natural in the information they provide.
To me one of the few flaws of the movie does come in the finding of Holly using her maiden name on touchscreen. It's Christmas eve the receptionist is like just type in her name. Then says everyone that is left in the building is all on one floor for the party. As in there was literally no point to showing John the touchscreen at all. Everyone in the building is sitting one floor for the party where he is then directed to.
"I'm agent Johnson, this is special agent Johnson...no relation" One of the funniest one liners in the entire movie, or any movie given its visual obviousness. Pure and utter class from start to finish.
@@charmawow I love to see the critical drinker give his opinion on that film magnificent piece of work... Still extremely watchable and Rene Russo on the Dance Floor just brings back shivers
RICKMAN was da bomb! Who can forget him in Prince of Thieves! He took roles he was born to play (in fact, J.K. Rowling wanted RICKMAN HIMSELF to play the character of Severus Snape in the Harry Potter series) . RIP
"It's Christmas time theo,it is a time for miracles " "You asked for miracles theo, I give you the F B I " -Hans Gruber Alan Rickman as Hans made this movie imo.
I turned and told my girlfriend "Drinker is definitely European" the moment he said that. I literally have a toilet gun; a gun I keep in my bathroom near the toilet in case someone breaks in when I'm using it. I've known 2 other Americans in my life who do this too.
Actually one of my favourite lines is when Hans is giving names of prisoners he wants released. Karl gives him a wtf look and Hans replies "i read about them in Time magazine" in the most dismissive way. It sums the character up perfectly and Rickman's delivery was brilliant.
yeah, his false demands and diversion games, I laughed at that scene. one low budget action flick in the 90s '' Skyscraper '' try to mimic the same stunt.
There is nothing wrong with CGI, but this movie proves that CGI isn't what makes a movie successful for great. But this is (was) also a contemporary movie. Kinda hard to imagine a space sci-fi movie without CGI.
@@benc3475 Aliens yes, Alien no. Alien wasn't really an action movie, it was a suspense/horror movie. The fact that Cameron was able to create a great action movie based on it was amazing.
I was in Phuket about 10 years ago just flying domestically to the mainland then after we boarded a few security guards come on the plane and ask a Chinese guy to get his bag down and open it, inside was like a mini hand held cross bow with bolts lol couldn't believe it they confiscate it and left him on the plane really bizarre like if they knew he had it why not take it before he got on the plane. I kept my eye on him the whole flight.
Probably aging myself a little bit. I had just turned 11. People lost their shit. I also snuck out of Snow White during a summer camp field trip and saw Robo Cop instead. I was yelling “I’d buy that for a dollar!” for a week afterwards.
American police officers usually do carry their guns everywhere even when off-duty. While they usually aren't allowed to carry on planes in the modern world, they were in the pre-9/11 era.
@@Kenfren cringe is being terrified of guns and not mentally ill criminals back on the street immediately after being arrested for violent crimes. Particularly on planes when it would have only taken four off duty officers on four planes to save the world a whole lotta trouble back in 2001.
You are wrong. It's a movie about firearm safety. Need proof? Christmas is only in the first two movies, firearms are in every single one. Checkmate, mate.
@@SecretOfMonkeyIsland784 because I am. Don't ask me why, it's like asking why water is wet. Btw, love the series, I intend on playing The Course of Monkey Island this Christmas. This, and Discworld 2 will forever be my "Christmas games".
and the way Gruber reads it from the note is perfect, when he reads "Ho ho ho" it's like.. perfectly abbreviated, and I don't even know the right word to describe it. Man I miss Alan Rickman being alive :(.
McTiernan knew that geography was one of the most important factors in an action movie. It's the reason we know exactly where we are in every shot of this movie. Predator does the same thing. This improves the viewing experience 10-fold.
Something that has gone missing from most movies since first the advent of MTV quick-cut musicals, then shaky-cam obscuring everything, then fighting in the dark, then the rise of the cryptic fight scene like in the first Christian Bale Batman, where the fighting was awesome because ... it was quick-cut shaky cam in the dark, then the Transformers where you just gave up completely on trying to understand what was going on onscreen because, "Ooooh, shiny!".
“If this movie had been made in 2020, he’d have taken her name!” No Drinker, if this movie had been made in 2020, she’d have taken his gun and killed all the terrorists herself, while John McClain wallowed in a corner, learning valuable life lessons about “Respecting Wahmen” and “Ending Patriarchy”.
You're assuming she would use a gun, a phallic extension of the patriarchy, and not just weakly Krav Maga her way through every armed man who would, in turn, sell it like they had been hit by a combination of Muhammad Ali and Bruce Lee to make her look strong.
The 80s will always be the decade of the greatest Action Movies. The stars simply aligned for so many from First Blood to Terminator to Predator to Aliens to Terminator 2 to Die Hard...the list is absolutely crazy. I was aged 6 to 16 during that decade and got to watch nearly all of these as family affairs with my Dad and my older brother (who passed away last year at just 51. No, not from Covid. I was 46 when he died. My Dad still kicking it at 70.) It’s great to look back at these movies. You never forget the first time you saw them. They’re good reminders now for me Of better times and of my big bro...God, I miss him. Just the best decade of movies period, for my money.
Little things like his lines and the shooters snacking on candy while waiting for the SWAT team to raid them really made them out to be the scary professionals. You really believed these guys were badass bank robbers
I agree with you there. Without Alan Rickman's take on Gruber, this movie would've been forgettable. I watched an old interview with Rickman some months back where he described the version of Gruber originally envisioned. He took a look at it, decided it was garbage, and got the director to let him do Gruber his way. I believe the original conception of Gruber was some form of cardboard cutout stereotypical Hollywood "terrorist". Just imagine the trope and that's what they wanted.
I keep yelling at my kids when they take off their shoes, even inside the house! - " go ahead, take off your shoes, but when the terrorists come in and you have to walk barefoot on glass to save your life, don't come crying to me!! Idiots!"
It's virtually impossible to explain young people today how rewarding was watching this movie during its original theatrical run. Merry Christmas, Drinker. Ho ho ho!
Also, there’s an allegory about the movie in the movie: When Argyle plays “Christmas in Hollis” and John asks him if he has any Christmas music, Argyle responds that it is Christmas music. Just like Die Hard as a whole; on the surface it may not seem like a Christmas movie, but it definitely is.
I love how the attention to little details end up impacting the story. The amorous couple distracts the bad guys long enough for McClane to escape, Holly slamming the photo face down keeps Hans from connecting McClane to her until the last moment, and the plane passenger’s advice to McClane to take off his shoes makes things very painful for him to say the least.
He gets into an argument with his wife, then when she storms of, chides himself for doing it. Things like that make a character real, little details that don't have anything to do with the film, just give you the impression the characters exist outside the frame of the camera. His wife's gasp of dismay when she sees him at the end, bloodied but unbowed.
Attention to detail is something most writers can't seem to manage sadly. What elevates a movie to true greatness is getting all the little details correct, not the big effects and explosions.
agree 100%. And even I see this movie the 100th time, you can find sooo many details in it I love the scene after they execute Takagi and you can see, that the bad guys made a bet, if they get the password from him :D
Another thing that adds depth to Hans Gruber is although he quotes classical literature not only does he get the quote wrong he misses the point of said quote about Alexander The Great. He betrays his "classical education" which adds even more to his character.
Galaxy Quest parodied everything about Star Trek: the show, the characters, the plots, the behind the scenes drama, and the fandom and managed to do it in such a way that the more you love TOS, the more you love Galaxy Quest. The best part is that everything they made fun of got flipped into a truly heroic moment.
Love this movie so much that I saw it multiple times at the theater. In the scene where McClain shoots upwards through table, Willis suffered significant hearing loss.
Most definitely the best Christmas movie next to the classic "It's a wonderful life" and the stunningly original "A Nightmare before Christmas" that I could watch each and every year without it getting old.
See this is what happens when writers have talent and aren't hired for diversity or representation. I have zero problem with diverse people nor identity, but when hiring decisions are first and foremost based on race & identity instead of talent and experience things go badly. And then those writers go on to base their stories on race & identity...
I like the way John MaClain is written. He's a regular cop; not an special elite, or top militar officer, or super agent, who wants to reconciliate with his family and cope with the fact his wife is growing her career faster than he is. The concept of him being barefoot in the movie is carefully stablished in the opening when he is talking with the guy on the plane and later, having him walk through broken glass with no shoes to protect his feet makes him feel more human and relatable.
@@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747 Yeah, its brilliant writing, directing and acting. There are places for stories about the elite (007 is pretty cool) but many/most stories work best when they are about average people placed in unusual circumstances.
One thing that always made Die Hard special was the main character was just a guy. He wasn't some kind of super cop, special forces soldier. He was just a normal cop and he got the crap kicked out of him through out the movie. Sure his pain tolerance might of been a bit high, but he wasn't nearly to the insane levels most 80's and 90's action films went to. Which is probably why follow up Die Hard movies were decreasingly worse. McClain turned into almost a god by the later sequels.
the second one had a few good moments, but was a bit over the top overall. but I really liked the third just as much as the first one, because Willis had great chemistry with Samuel L. Jackson and Jeremy Irons was a great villain.
yeah by the 4th Die Hard movie McClane was riding the wing of a fighter jet like a surfboard... Really Hollywood??? But I don't have a problem with the hero being special forces highly trained badass as it can also be done effectively like in The Bourne movies BUT I feel personally prefer a CONSISTENCY in the character, plot, action etc... so if you tell me that IRON MAN can withstand a punch from Thor's hammer but later he gets hit by a missile that knocks him down OR our here is in a car without a seatbelt on which overturns 8 times downhill and he walks away without a scratch it is beyond suspension of disbelief. They should establish rules, stick to them and then have charcters do amazing stuff within those rules.
@@ArmyWolves When McClane got hurt, he stayed hurt. He hobbled the entire film after cutting up his feet. His arm stayed disabled. Everything that happened to him didn't get plotted away.
@@justtime6736 yes that's my point... the first Die Hard was great because it had that consistency, his bleeding foot, his aching body even by the end when he limps his was to save his wife and kill Hans Gruber you even wonder how the hell he will take them out with just two bullets left... AND THEN HE DOES making him more awesome, remarkable and a true hero in the eyes of the viewer. they didn't giving him some last minute supernatural energy boost. Now by DIe Hard 4 Hollywood missed this and he was superhuman and even surfing on a fighter jet and not understanding what made McClane a true hero in the first place.
Agreed. The character appealed because he WASN'T an action hero although I admit I still love 2 and 3. Part 3 would have been a good send off. It put him back where he started, in NY estranged from his wife - and of course, there's Jeremy Irons as Peter Gruber.
Go another year of this covid crap and we'll be talking about the good days when the average IQ was _double-digit_ (because you gotta get oxygen to your brain and facemasks ..."don't help" with that basic human need).
Recently watched this movie with my niece (her first time) she finally understood what me and my sister have been referencing all these years. One time years ago we were at the back wing of a theatre complex and they had an empty concession kiosk, I hopped on the other side and tossed my candy in then rein acted the scene. Sister peed herself laughing my niece just thought I was weird.
Die Hard, Back to the Future, Ghostbusters, Home Alone, Predator, ET, Beverly Hills Cop, the list goes on. It really was a golden age for movies. Not upper case "C" Cinema, but tightly paced, not-to-serious but not meta / sarcastic movies. Even movies the next rung down like Lethal Weapon, The Goonies, Under Siege, Hunt for Red October, Tremors etc nail what going to the movies should be. I could watch every one of those movies above again today and still enjoy them.
@@paulcanning4702 The Goonies is a top 5 all time for me, but I think from a cultural perspective they're not as well regarded (and I don't mean by critics, as they're all tools on the whole)
Exactly! I use this quote when someone has a realisation of something. Then they look at me funny and I have to say ‘Its from Die Hard’. Then they get the reference. Then I get to say it again
*Santa Drinker:* "Sssssooo...whaaddaayyaaa want for C-cc--ccrrhiistmas little booooy?" *Boy:* "A Nintendo Switch, a boxset of Harry Potter books, a-" *Santa Drinker:* "Naaaaah - it'll be fine. Here, take these films and a bottle-o-Jack instead!"
"Dear God..please don't let me die!" as he leaps from the roof with the fire hose may be my favorite line! That, or "Hi, Honey" at the climax scene! Love this movie! 😉😸
@@stevenscott2136 yes, up until prior to 9/11 many officers would be allowed to carry their weapon on the plane as a passenger with the permission of the Captain of the flight. After 9/11, the only officers allowed to fly armed are either Federal Agents or officers on an actual on-duty assignment. Otherwise, you can bring your gun with you on vacation so long as it is in checked through luggage screened / inspected by TSA with appropriate paperwork filled out.
The story behind it is that they were going to release him after a count of three, but when they actually did it they released him early, so his expression is actually him being surprised
"When they're done sifting through the rubble... I'll be on a beach... earning 20%..." always loved this line by Hans, after he gets into the Bank vault... Merry Christmas to all, and the Drinkers too!
That's the issue I have with the newer James Bond films. Bond should be like Dr No, From Russia with Love and Goldfinger for example and a lot less like say Die Another Day with ridiculous gadgets. Bond was not a physical match for Oddjob in Goldfinger and even had to use his cunning to not get lazered to death in that famous scene. That's when Bond is at it's best is when he plausibly outwits his opponents.
@Crimson Steel Not to mention the playfulness of the original movies. A real secret agend could not be a Playboy good looking man as Sean Connery and definitely would never openly say his pile name, but they were self aware with over the top villains and ridiculous plots. The newer ones took themselves WAY too serio and are actually dumber than the old ones.
Reminds me of what happened to Captain price in the cod series. He used to be a slightly more badass soldier until mw2. Then he just randomly turned into this nigh unstoppable action hero who can somehow singlehandedly stop world war 3 by firing a nuke into space and is the only person in the entire fucking planet that Makarov is afraid of.
The casting in this movie was impeccable. Bruce Willis had made one so so movie in blind date. Rickman had just moved in front of the cameras after acting on stage. Alexander Godunov was a ballet dancer and movie actor who acted both in the Soviet Union and in the US after defecting. He was in just his third theatrical US movie but all were major roles in major movies, playing the Amish romantic rival to Harrison Ford in Witness and the musician romantic rival to Tom Hanks in Money Pit. Bonnie Bedelia had dozens of acting credits but only one major movie: Heart Like A Wheel. Reggie ValJohnson hard had only minor roles. Paul Gleason was best known for his role tormenting The Breakfast Club. William Atherton was best known for playing DEA jerk Walter Page in Ghostbusters, a role reprised in the latest edition. The casting of these last two was genius as their characters perfectly mirrored their most famous roles. So many movies have too often characters whose presence barely leaves a mark, but from top to bottom this movie was brilliantly cast. And the best part - the budget got to be spent on practical effects and stunt work, not actors.
@@bhsx "Attempting"? lol That was autocorrect? I was wondering. Interestingly, if you type the word "gun" (which is what i assumed you were going for), but shift your fingers one key to the right, you get "him"!
Man, this is the best movie review in the history of movie reviews. You just put into words everything I've been thinking about this movie since I first watched it in 1992. I literally feel embarrassed that a movie review is bringing me tears of joy. Feels weird. But you're so good at reviewing. Well done Critical Drinker. I'm watching Die Hard every day until New Year's day.
Yeah. When you see enough reviews and analyses from them to assure you that they've got great taste, sharp judgment, and they know more than a thing or two about writing... I know that for myself, it convinces me, "I think I should look into these _other_ movies he recommends!" =)
@@pedrochevez2090 Bruce is wrong. The movie taking place during Christmas is essential to the themes and plot of the movie. Sure, you could set it at another time of year, but it would lose some of the emotion.
By every metric it's a perfect action/drama/comedy film. Was enormously influential in my life and no doubt the lives of millions of young boys/men, and influenced the entire movie industry as noted. It's a true masterpiece.
a cristmas classic! fun fact: John McTiernan also directed first Predator, Die Hard 1 and 3, 13th Warrior, Last Action Hero and the Hunt for the Red October. thats why they are so good!
Watched it again after many years and my favourite bit in it is the guy telling him on the plane that the best way to beat jet lag is to walk barefoot on carpet which leads to him being shoeless for most of the movie. Great price of exposition that made the action all the more compelling. It is one of the truly great action movies and also my all time favourite Christmas movie lol
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Bought your first book and I’m a planning on buying the next! Good read sir!
What a classic, probably my favourite action film. Your new book arrived the other day. Looking forward to getting stuck into it with a drink or ten. ;)
Do season 4 of MR Robot the whole season is a Xmas special.
Bruce Willis said recently that the first 2 die hard films were not Christmas films... really.. that kept me laughing for a while...
God bless Alan Rickman.
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AMEN
Isnt the one who rick rolls?
"Now I have a machine gun. Ho, ho, ho."
Always
A Salute to John McTiernan who made Predator and Die Hard back to back. 2 of the best Action Movies ever made.
Yep, most directors/artists have their short sweet spot where they could do no wrong and that was his.
@Anthony Swiss Lets make it 2 of the best 4, dont forget Aliens and T2. T2 is probably THE GOAT.
@@mkocel Such a tough choice for #1, but these are definitely the top 4 GOAT candidates.
And then calms down to gift us Hunt for Red October. Not bad.
@@chefskiss6179 which is still bloody awesome!
"Die Hard" is, objectively, a true Christmas movie. It is set on Christmas Eve, at a Christmas (*not* "Holiday") party. There is Christmas music throughout. There are Christmas motifs throughout. Christmas is mentioned throughout.
And, at the core of it, it is a story of a man trying to reconcile with his wife so that he may spend Christmas with his family!
But where's the *donkey*?
Do you wait all year long so you're able to watch it? Those of us who are old enough to have seen this on opening day at a theater know it's a summer blockbuster. Sure, it's fitting to watch it at Christmas, given the setting. But if it's supposed to be a Christmas movie, why did they release it in July?
@keyman6689 they released it in the summer because...🤑🤑🤑🤑
"You're a policeman, there are rules for policemen."
"Yeah...that's what my captain keeps telling me."
Fun fact: the actor who plays that terrorist is also one of the bad guys in the Bond film The Living Daylights.
@@MrJohnlennon007 the long haired blonde guy plays the clock maker in the runestone
@@jagar5580 That long haired blonde guy was Alexander Godunov, a famous Russian ballet dancer for the Bolshoi Ballet. He defected to the west in 1979. He was also in “Witness” and several other films.
@@MsAppassionata yeah I loved him in rune stone but couldn't remember his name
@@jagar5580 And he was Max, the musician trying to seduce Shelley Long in The Money Pit.
Drinker: "You don't have to take your gun everywhere."
Texans: *[HYSTERICAL LAUGHING]*
Well, technically, he is correct. You don't *HAVE* to. But why wouldn't you? lol
I just worked a gun show during Covid. In motherfuckin' Texas. People had to be medically vetted. There were still hundreds of buyers.
Amen to that.
I like to think he was being a bit ironical. Why on Earth of all people would JOHN MCLAIN pack heat on a plane!! OF COURSE JOHN MCLAIN IS GONNA PACK HEAT ON A PLANE!! He's JOHN FUCKING MCLAIN!
I'm sorry I thought this was AMERICA.
Die Hard 1, you can argue that. 2 and followups... "John, why aren't you carrying a suitcase nuke instead of a pistol?"
One brilliant touch of comic relief takes place when the SWAT team is advancing on the doors. They move through some rose bushes and one cop pricks a finger on a thorn. That one tiny moment in the middle of all the tension and drama is just perfect.
In the scene after that, we’re one of the Hinchman starts eating the candy bars while waiting for swat team to come through. It’s a little moments like that make it memorable
Bad guys' plan in Die Hard 3 made more sense, and it worked, if it wasn't for a bottle of aspirin. In the first one, the bad guys wanted to blow off the roof, fake their deaths, and then what? How they expected to get out of the building unnoticed?
@@dr.juerdotitsgo5119 In the ambulance they brought.
My favourite comic line in the movie is:
"I'm Agent Johnson, this is Special Agent Johnson. No relation."
It's such a subtle suggestion that the police are clearly out of their depth in this situation
"Director John McTiernan asked Rickman to fall backwards onto an airbag from a height of 25 feet on the count of three. Sounds easy enough, until the stunt crew decided to drop him on “one” instead, to make his reaction more genuinely believable. So that explains why Hans Gruber’s expression is quite so priceless."
Sounds like a nice story. True? Well, maybe.
@@tarico4436 It is true, there's videos on here of people asking Alan Rickman about it. Seems he was sore about it for many years after lol
@@tarico4436 it is true. It’s talked about on the show “the movies that made us.” Die hard is one of those movies they have an episode on. I believe it may still be on Netflix.
Actors get sore when they're tricked into revealing genuine emotion captured on film
That’s so meaaaan lol
You forgot "Skyscraper", Die Hard in a building. Wait...
It's Die Hard with the Rock.
@@kintsuki99 Not to be confused with "The Rock". Die Hard with Nicholas Cage.
(Die Hard + Towering Inferno) - 50% of the entertainment value
That's the Anna Nicole movie, right?
@@Grimwear Not to be confused with "The Wicker Man" remake, Die Hard with bees.
I’m watching this wearing a T-shirt that says, “It’s not Christmas until Hans Gruber falls from Nakatomi Plaza”, with the image of Hans’ face looking up as he plummets. Well done Critical Drinker!
I have that shirt too! Love it!
I WANT THAT SHIRT!!
@@beanman2206 well it’s mine, and I can’t even promise it would fit you, so you’ll just have to buy your own!
Well done, Joe the sensei!
Sincerely,
Clay. Bill Clay
F@#$k . . . Where do you get that t shirt
"He won't be joining us for the rest of his life"
"Hans bubby"
“You have two options , you can walk or be carried out of here. So, decide now, each of you. And have no illusions, we are in charge. “
@ I thought he only had two. But rumour has it Arafat buys his there.....
This is the best line in the film. Hahahahaha.
The first 10 minutes of Die Hard is a directing masterclass in Show don’t Tell. From revealing McClane’s gun to Holly’s name on the touchscreen, it’s so slickly put together.
Agreed and anybody who's been a cop or related to a cop will know that the cop will justify having their side arm on them at all times...(Remember, this is pre 9-11-2001)
Even the Tell exposition is solid and doesn't feel too contrived in its delivery. The conversation between Argyle and John and the one between Holly and the daughter and housekeeper both feel very natural in the information they provide.
@@kentonkruger8333 and that's where the master class truly happened. In showing how the oft vilified 'Tell' part can be done effectively.
I remember Louis CK talking about the set up of this film being perfect
To me one of the few flaws of the movie does come in the finding of Holly using her maiden name on touchscreen. It's Christmas eve the receptionist is like just type in her name. Then says everyone that is left in the building is all on one floor for the party. As in there was literally no point to showing John the touchscreen at all. Everyone in the building is sitting one floor for the party where he is then directed to.
"I'm agent Johnson, this is special agent Johnson...no relation" One of the funniest one liners in the entire movie, or any movie given its visual obviousness. Pure and utter class from start to finish.
I will see your quote and raise you with "We're gonna need some more FBI guys, I guess".
@@RealBadMike 🤣🤣🤣 Love that moment!!!
" I'M BUSTER BUNNY "
" I'M BABS BUNNY "
" NO RELATION "
McTiernan most underrated director. Die Hard, Predator, Red October, Last Action Hero. Unique and Groundbreaking movies.
The 13th Warrior is unfairly maligned. I love that movie.
They don't make them like they used to! Action films these days are all shaky-cam CGI- filled shitfests.
He also directed The Thomas Crown Affair.......In my opinion, one of the few times a remake improves on the original.
Renee Russo on the beach... mmmmm
@@charmawow I love to see the critical drinker give his opinion on that film magnificent piece of work... Still extremely watchable and Rene Russo on the Dance Floor just brings back shivers
Big shout out to the late Alan Rickman - Probably his best role (just edging out his turn in Galaxy Quest).
Not just his best movie role, his very first. Amazing.
By Grabthar's Hammer!
Not to forget his bad guy role in Quigley Down Under.
RICKMAN was da bomb! Who can forget him in Prince of Thieves! He took roles he was born to play (in fact, J.K. Rowling wanted RICKMAN HIMSELF to play the character of Severus Snape in the Harry Potter series) . RIP
Fucking amazing Rickman. I hope him and Bowie are chill af on the planet Elon's car is heading to
"It's Christmas time theo,it is a time for miracles "
"You asked for miracles theo, I give you the F B I "
-Hans Gruber
Alan Rickman as Hans made this movie imo.
The way he says F....B.....I.....is perfectly executed. The subtle facial expressions by Rickman are criminally underrated.
“Don’t have to take your gun everywhere”. Spoken like a true European.
I turned and told my girlfriend "Drinker is definitely European" the moment he said that. I literally have a toilet gun; a gun I keep in my bathroom near the toilet in case someone breaks in when I'm using it.
I've known 2 other Americans in my life who do this too.
Got a 10mm on the nightstand and a loaded AR in a wall mount..
Literally any non-American: "How many guns could you possibly need?"
American: "How many rooms do you have?"
I have a hallway gun, veranda gun, nursery gun...
The one time you don't have one might be the one time you need one. I keep one on me or near me at all times.
Actually one of my favourite lines is when Hans is giving names of prisoners he wants released. Karl gives him a wtf look and Hans replies "i read about them in Time magazine" in the most dismissive way. It sums the character up perfectly and Rickman's delivery was brilliant.
“ Do you think they'll even try to do it?”
“Who cares?”
@@TK42100 Hahah so many great moments :)
yeah, his false demands and diversion games, I laughed at that scene. one low budget action flick in the 90s '' Skyscraper '' try to mimic the same stunt.
John McClane is the KING of action movies... Bruce Willis ALWAYS makes that character feel REAL
No CGI. Everything is analog. Boy, do I miss the 80s.
There is nothing wrong with CGI, but this movie proves that CGI isn't what makes a movie successful for great. But this is (was) also a contemporary movie. Kinda hard to imagine a space sci-fi movie without CGI.
Yeah they don't make them like they use too ;(
Alien.
@@benc3475 Aliens yes, Alien no. Alien wasn't really an action movie, it was a suspense/horror movie. The fact that Cameron was able to create a great action movie based on it was amazing.
You and me both! I'm convinced it was the U.S.'s best decade.
"Grab your mulled wine and sub machinegun" If that doesn't put you in the spirit of the season, I don't know what will. I feel more festive already.
I can hear that comment in the voice of R.Lee Ermey.
Whet the f*** did I put my mulled wine?
"James Reeves here..."
Brought a smile to my face
You forgot "Home Alone" which is "Die Hard" for children.
And the prequel to saw
try "Deadly Games" aka Dial Code Santa Claus.
U sure home alone is for children if you ask me home alone is more hardcore than die hard
@@paulnathanmullock6214 The original Mad Max is the prequel to saw. Watch what Mel Gibson does to the last bad guy.
I guess I'll ignore the fact that I happily watched Die Hard while I was a child.
Ah yes, pre-9/11 air travel:
"Sir, will you please leave your gun behind before boarding the plane?"
"No."
"Okay, have a nice trip."
The good ol days
I was in Phuket about 10 years ago just flying domestically to the mainland then after we boarded a few security guards come on the plane and ask a Chinese guy to get his bag down and open it, inside was like a mini hand held cross bow with bolts lol couldn't believe it they confiscate it and left him on the plane really bizarre like if they knew he had it why not take it before he got on the plane. I kept my eye on him the whole flight.
Not like post-9/11 shouldn't make it common sense for both cops and average folk to maintain the right to bear arms.
@@jairoukagiri2488 Nobody has the right to bear arms. Killing bears just for their arms is cruel, man.
Actually it wasn’t uncommon for off duty police to get approval to carry their firearms in those days.
The only movie I’ve ever seen where people actually stood up and cheered.
Even here in Finland, where people are more "reserved", there was a lot of clapping in the end. I miss those days.
And rightly so.
greetings from germany :-)
Wish I had been old enough to see this film in theaters. At least I was alive when it came out lol
@@casedistorted
Oh, this Christmas there'll surely be many drive-in cinemas showing DIE HARD. 😊
Probably aging myself a little bit. I had just turned 11. People lost their shit. I also snuck out of Snow White during a summer camp field trip and saw Robo Cop instead. I was yelling “I’d buy that for a dollar!” for a week afterwards.
American police officers usually do carry their guns everywhere even when off-duty. While they usually aren't allowed to carry on planes in the modern world, they were in the pre-9/11 era.
Cringe, people did only be allowed on planes with a gun
Armed Off Duty Brazilian cops could have stopped 9/11. :)
Retired Police too.
@@Kenfren cringe is being terrified of guns and not mentally ill criminals back on the street immediately after being arrested for violent crimes.
Particularly on planes when it would have only taken four off duty officers on four planes to save the world a whole lotta trouble back in 2001.
@@bot_Est1989 I was so confused seeing this notification after a year I posted my comment. But I'm very much in favour of guns
There are two kinds of people: Those who think Die Hard is a Christmas movie and those who are wrong.
It’s a movie set at Xmas same as Gremlins
@@SecretOfMonkeyIsland784
You are wrong. It's a movie about firearm safety. Need proof? Christmas is only in the first two movies, firearms are in every single one. Checkmate, mate.
@@kalash_nikov I dont know why you would think you are the authority on what makes something Xmas
@@SecretOfMonkeyIsland784 because I am. Don't ask me why, it's like asking why water is wet.
Btw, love the series, I intend on playing The Course of Monkey Island this Christmas. This, and Discworld 2 will forever be my "Christmas games".
The wife's name is Holly, more proof it's a Christmas movie.
One of the greatest movies, ever made
@DJexs I'll leave this here for you
imgur.com/gallery/B9m9UrY
@DJexs Main actor?
@DJexs I mean if the universe time is Chinese New year's and it's mentioned, an argument can be made 🥴
And suddenly, Deck the halls with boughs of Holly, sounds a bit darker.
“Endlessly rewatchable” has to be the most accurate classification of this movie.
Best line ever: *Now I have a machine-gun. Ho-Ho-Ho*
Got the sweatshirt for this Christmas!! (That’ll make an interesting Zoom call)
“You’re most troublesome for a security guard”
@Anthony Swiss they are available right on scamazon!
i got the t-shirt. love it. its my go-to Christmas shirt to piss off the family.
and the way Gruber reads it from the note is perfect, when he reads "Ho ho ho" it's like.. perfectly abbreviated, and I don't even know the right word to describe it. Man I miss Alan Rickman being alive :(.
John McTiernan was at the top of his game in the 80's and early 90's. Hunt for Red October is one of my favorite flicks ever.
...and the 13th Warrior, a criminally underrated movie.
Brilliant film
Yep
@@willbo6017 damn guy did all the great movies, I had no idea.
I am wondering wtf happened to him.
He is a legend, come on PREDATOR, DIE HARD 1 & 3 and HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER
Hans isn’t actually a pushover. Don’t forget he physically restrains Karl after his brother is killed.
Rickman nailed his part.
McTiernan knew that geography was one of the most important factors in an action movie. It's the reason we know exactly where we are in every shot of this movie. Predator does the same thing. This improves the viewing experience 10-fold.
Agreed. It is an aspect of films which, when not done properly, is glaringly obvious and jarring.
Top Tier Directing.
Something that has gone missing from most movies since first the advent of MTV quick-cut musicals, then shaky-cam obscuring everything, then fighting in the dark, then the rise of the cryptic fight scene like in the first Christian Bale Batman, where the fighting was awesome because ... it was quick-cut shaky cam in the dark, then the Transformers where you just gave up completely on trying to understand what was going on onscreen because, "Ooooh, shiny!".
“If this movie had been made in 2020, he’d have taken her name!”
No Drinker, if this movie had been made in 2020, she’d have taken his gun and killed all the terrorists herself, while John McClain wallowed in a corner, learning valuable life lessons about “Respecting Wahmen” and “Ending Patriarchy”.
You're assuming she would use a gun, a phallic extension of the patriarchy, and not just weakly Krav Maga her way through every armed man who would, in turn, sell it like they had been hit by a combination of Muhammad Ali and Bruce Lee to make her look strong.
A perfect role for the plank of wood, Brie Larson
Yeah but she would have used a bow and arrows. The former weapon of choice for women.
This movie would never ever be made in 2020. Neither Commando, Cobra and Lethal Weapon.
You are all so right. What a sad empty vehicle for woke hollywood has become
"Hans gets bored of the movie and drops out." Priceless!
"Come out to the coast, we'll get together we'll have a few laughs" my friend who live in California always say that.
“I’m telling you, you’re just going to have to kill me.”
“Ok.”
BANG
Alan Rickman is irreplaceable
Best bad guy ever!
Best good guy too
a talent that can *NEVER* be replaced...
R.I.P Rickman.
He was a great Sheriff of Nottingham.
The 80s will always be the decade of the greatest Action Movies. The stars simply aligned for so many from First Blood to Terminator to Predator to Aliens to Terminator 2 to Die Hard...the list is absolutely crazy. I was aged 6 to 16 during that decade and got to watch nearly all of these as family affairs with my Dad and my older brother (who passed away last year at just 51. No, not from Covid. I was 46 when he died. My Dad still kicking it at 70.) It’s great to look back at these movies. You never forget the first time you saw them. They’re good reminders now for me Of better times and of my big bro...God, I miss him.
Just the best decade of movies period, for my money.
“Ohhhhhh, the quarterback is toast!”.
The best Christmas movie of all time!
The police have themselves an RV
Little things like his lines and the shooters snacking on candy while waiting for the SWAT team to raid them really made them out to be the scary professionals. You really believed these guys were badass bank robbers
"Schieß dem Fenster."
????
"Shoot the glass!!!"
Always cracks me up 😂
Deutsch 101 with Herr Grüber
""Schieß auf das Fenster."
"Shoot the Window" not the glass :-)
I thought scheisse means shit.
@@dannybailey666 That's right, if you want to say "Shit the window", you have to say "Scheiss auf das Fenster"... You're welcome. :D
@@THEREALZENFORCE I remember looking it up way back and always laughed about the translation being a little off 😂
For me, Alan Rickman stole the show. Hans Grüber was - and remains - the most well drawn “bad guy” in any action thriller I’ve seen.
Anton chigurh??
If he wasn't such a cold blooded murderer, you almost want him to pull it off.
No Gruber.
No McLane.
No Box Office Success.
Hans can even calculate your taxes for you.
I agree with you there. Without Alan Rickman's take on Gruber, this movie would've been forgettable. I watched an old interview with Rickman some months back where he described the version of Gruber originally envisioned. He took a look at it, decided it was garbage, and got the director to let him do Gruber his way. I believe the original conception of Gruber was some form of cardboard cutout stereotypical Hollywood "terrorist". Just imagine the trope and that's what they wanted.
This movie always seemed to me as a good PSA for having shoes.
Or just no feet
For keeping your shoes on
That stuck with since seeing it as a kid when it came out.
I keep yelling at my kids when they take off their shoes, even inside the house!
- " go ahead, take off your shoes, but when the terrorists come in and you have to walk barefoot on glass to save your life, don't come crying to me!! Idiots!"
To this day, if I'm anywhere other than home, I keep my shoes within grabbing distance. If asked about it, I just say "Remember Die Hard?".
It's virtually impossible to explain young people today how rewarding was watching this movie during its original theatrical run.
Merry Christmas, Drinker. Ho ho ho!
Also, there’s an allegory about the movie in the movie: When Argyle plays “Christmas in Hollis” and John asks him if he has any Christmas music, Argyle responds that it is Christmas music.
Just like Die Hard as a whole; on the surface it may not seem like a Christmas movie, but it definitely is.
What better way to spend your Christmas Eve than to listen to Carl Winslow tell his heartwarming story of him shooting a kid
"I shot a kid."
" It was dark I couldn't see very well" .... John... "so he wasnt white?"
"Don't be impatient. Just wound them."
Rickman contributed to the great tradition of British actors playing villains.
I love how the attention to little details end up impacting the story. The amorous couple distracts the bad guys long enough for McClane to escape, Holly slamming the photo face down keeps Hans from connecting McClane to her until the last moment, and the plane passenger’s advice to McClane to take off his shoes makes things very painful for him to say the least.
He gets into an argument with his wife, then when she storms of, chides himself for doing it. Things like that make a character real, little details that don't have anything to do with the film, just give you the impression the characters exist outside the frame of the camera.
His wife's gasp of dismay when she sees him at the end, bloodied but unbowed.
That amorous couple is a perfect staple of 80s action films. Gratuitous tit shot for no reason. Well until your comment anyway 😁
@@abbaszaidi8371 No tit shot is ever gratuitous!
Attention to detail is something most writers can't seem to manage sadly. What elevates a movie to true greatness is getting all the little details correct, not the big effects and explosions.
agree 100%. And even I see this movie the 100th time, you can find sooo many details in it
I love the scene after they execute Takagi and you can see, that the bad guys made a bet, if they get the password from him :D
Over 30 years old and still of the best action movies ever made
Another thing that adds depth to Hans Gruber is although he quotes classical literature not only does he get the quote wrong he misses the point of said quote about Alexander The Great. He betrays his "classical education" which adds even more to his character.
Yes. I have heard that before. But do not understand it.
I fondly remember when movies were made to entertain us instead of trying to brainwash us. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone.
"The bad guys that would define his career. . ."
*indignantly points at a Galaxy Quest poster*
. . . oh Drinker, now you've got to do Galaxy Quest!
Galaxy Quest... Another great flick.
Just rewatched galaxy quest today, brill movie
But that logic, he should also do Quigly Down Under!
Galaxy Quest parodied everything about Star Trek: the show, the characters, the plots, the behind the scenes drama, and the fandom and managed to do it in such a way that the more you love TOS, the more you love Galaxy Quest. The best part is that everything they made fun of got flipped into a truly heroic moment.
That movie is a gift to humanity, and Alan Rickman was one of the absolute funniest and best parts of it!
Love this movie so much that I saw it multiple times at the theater. In the scene where McClain shoots upwards through table, Willis suffered significant hearing loss.
Most definitely the best Christmas movie next to the classic "It's a wonderful life" and the stunningly original "A Nightmare before Christmas" that I could watch each and every year without it getting old.
Its my number two, after Its A Wonderful Life. Honestly, I don't like Christmas very much, but even so, I can appreciate Wonderful very much.
What about "A Christmas Story"?
Joven C Amen. Got to see it.
It’s a wonderful life, Die Hard , Lethal Weapon and the long kiss goodnight, great Xmas movies lol 😂
You forgot Gremlins
I love how he is barefoot for most of the movie.. and not only is is NOT shoehorned (hehe) in it plays as a valid plot device.
Added note: He took off his shoes to destress himself. Guess he was wrong.
Fists with your toes.
See this is what happens when writers have talent and aren't hired for diversity or representation. I have zero problem with diverse people nor identity, but when hiring decisions are first and foremost based on race & identity instead of talent and experience things go badly. And then those writers go on to base their stories on race & identity...
I like the way John MaClain is written. He's a regular cop; not an special elite, or top militar officer, or super agent, who wants to reconciliate with his family and cope with the fact his wife is growing her career faster than he is.
The concept of him being barefoot in the movie is carefully stablished in the opening when he is talking with the guy on the plane and later, having him walk through broken glass with no shoes to protect his feet makes him feel more human and relatable.
@@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747 Yeah, its brilliant writing, directing and acting. There are places for stories about the elite (007 is pretty cool) but many/most stories work best when they are about average people placed in unusual circumstances.
One thing that always made Die Hard special was the main character was just a guy. He wasn't some kind of super cop, special forces soldier. He was just a normal cop and he got the crap kicked out of him through out the movie. Sure his pain tolerance might of been a bit high, but he wasn't nearly to the insane levels most 80's and 90's action films went to.
Which is probably why follow up Die Hard movies were decreasingly worse. McClain turned into almost a god by the later sequels.
the second one had a few good moments, but was a bit over the top overall. but I really liked the third just as much as the first one, because Willis had great chemistry with Samuel L. Jackson and Jeremy Irons was a great villain.
yeah by the 4th Die Hard movie McClane was riding the wing of a fighter jet like a surfboard... Really Hollywood???
But I don't have a problem with the hero being special forces highly trained badass as it can also be done effectively like in The Bourne movies BUT I feel personally prefer a CONSISTENCY in the character, plot, action etc... so if you tell me that IRON MAN can withstand a punch from Thor's hammer but later he gets hit by a missile that knocks him down OR our here is in a car without a seatbelt on which overturns 8 times downhill and he walks away without a scratch it is beyond suspension of disbelief. They should establish rules, stick to them and then have charcters do amazing stuff within those rules.
@@ArmyWolves
When McClane got hurt, he stayed hurt.
He hobbled the entire film after cutting up his feet. His arm stayed disabled. Everything that happened to him didn't get plotted away.
@@justtime6736 yes that's my point... the first Die Hard was great because it had that consistency, his bleeding foot, his aching body even by the end when he limps his was to save his wife and kill Hans Gruber you even wonder how the hell he will take them out with just two bullets left... AND THEN HE DOES making him more awesome, remarkable and a true hero in the eyes of the viewer. they didn't giving him some last minute supernatural energy boost. Now by DIe Hard 4 Hollywood missed this and he was superhuman and even surfing on a fighter jet and not understanding what made McClane a true hero in the first place.
Agreed. The character appealed because he WASN'T an action hero although I admit I still love 2 and 3. Part 3 would have been a good send off. It put him back where he started, in NY estranged from his wife - and of course, there's Jeremy Irons as Peter Gruber.
Best Christmas movie of all time.
Is Gremlins
@@vonfaustien3957 correct
@@vonfaustien3957 Could this be the next movie on the Drinkers list 🤔😄
By grabthar’s hammer, this is a classic
"Hey, it's Dr. Lazarus!"
An action movie from times when average IQ was still triple digit.
Go another year of this covid crap and we'll be talking about the good days when the average IQ was _double-digit_ (because you gotta get oxygen to your brain and facemasks ..."don't help" with that basic human need).
@@MelanCholy2001 With a single digit IQ, we'll probably just drool about the good ol' days 🙄
Oh boy another person that doesn’t understand the basics of a semi permeable barrier, your iq is already in the singles then
@Sauli Luolajan-Mikkola but all of my friends on social media have 120+ IQs, it says so right in their bios.... 🤔🤔🤔
@Sauli Luolajan-Mikkola fun fact: the average iq in the US is 98. In belgium it is 100, and in the netherlands it is 102.
"You don't have to take your gun everywhere", Mister...
"Bond. James Bond."
I still love the bit where the baddie sets up an ambush then grabs the candy bars and starts eating. The things you remember...
His last meal.
Recently watched this movie with my niece (her first time) she finally understood what me and my sister have been referencing all these years.
One time years ago we were at the back wing of a theatre complex and they had an empty concession kiosk, I hopped on the other side and tossed my candy in then rein acted the scene. Sister peed herself laughing my niece just thought I was weird.
One of the greatest movies of all time. A true classic that never gets old and is always a pleasure to watch again.
"hold its own with anything made in the last 20 years" thats more of a sad statement then praise of Die Hard.
A little of column A, a little of column B.
"Grabbed your mulled wine and submachine gun". Truly a sentence I never imagined uttered.
Watched it again last night. It never gets old. It’s just as Christmas as egg nog and Santa. I even had the fireplace going.
There is not a wasted scene or character in this movie. It’s the perfect action film.
I had the pleasure of seeing "Die Hard" in the theater at the tender age of 12...it blew me away! All time classic.
Die Hard, Back to the Future, Ghostbusters, Home Alone, Predator, ET, Beverly Hills Cop, the list goes on. It really was a golden age for movies. Not upper case "C" Cinema, but tightly paced, not-to-serious but not meta / sarcastic movies. Even movies the next rung down like Lethal Weapon, The Goonies, Under Siege, Hunt for Red October, Tremors etc nail what going to the movies should be.
I could watch every one of those movies above again today and still enjoy them.
Ha ha, those movies you class as " next rung down " I would still put on the same level !.😂
@@paulcanning4702 The Goonies is a top 5 all time for me, but I think from a cultural perspective they're not as well regarded (and I don't mean by critics, as they're all tools on the whole)
Ah, the days when I remember movies were actually *_good._* Good times, good times.
Late 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s were the golden age
"welcome to the party pal!" best line in a movie ever
Exactly! I use this quote when someone has a realisation of something. Then they look at me funny and I have to say ‘Its from Die Hard’. Then they get the reference. Then I get to say it again
Yippee ki ay!
Rest In Peace Alan Rick man.
From everything I’ve heard about him from Kevin Smith, he was a fantastically kind man who died way too soon.
"grueber gets bored and drops out of the movie"
didnt see that coming hunh
I legit LOLed at that one.
“Now, I Have A Machine Gun. Ho. Ho. Ho. >8•|.”-Hans Gruber
"He's a man who views people, either as resources to be used, or obstacles to be removed." Brilliant.
*Santa Drinker:* "Sssssooo...whaaddaayyaaa want for C-cc--ccrrhiistmas little booooy?"
*Boy:* "A Nintendo Switch, a boxset of Harry Potter books, a-"
*Santa Drinker:* "Naaaaah - it'll be fine. Here, take these films and a bottle-o-Jack instead!"
Did you see that ? Action shots that aren't sub-second cuts blurring everything together !!
They used to be able to do that back when they staged some action to shoot.
"Dear God..please don't let me die!" as he leaps from the roof with the fire hose may be my favorite line! That, or "Hi, Honey" at the climax scene! Love this movie! 😉😸
Wife and I watched this whilst we decorated the tree Saturday evening.
Perfect 😊
Do you have a Hans Gruber ornament for your Christmas tree? Don't disappoint us with the wrong answer.
@@och70 no. Not yet.
My gun is like an American Express: I never leave home without it.
@Chris_Wooden_Eye well most people from Europe dont know what a gun is.
American Express? Do you write for the Hitchhiker's Guide?
Every cop I know carries a gun when off duty. My best friends dad is a deputy sheriff and he said he feels naked without it.
Anybody know what the actual rules were for cops taking guns on planes in 1987? Airline security wasn't always as obsessive as it is now.
@@stevenscott2136 yes, up until prior to 9/11 many officers would be allowed to carry their weapon on the plane as a passenger with the permission of the Captain of the flight. After 9/11, the only officers allowed to fly armed are either Federal Agents or officers on an actual on-duty assignment.
Otherwise, you can bring your gun with you on vacation so long as it is in checked through luggage screened / inspected by TSA with appropriate paperwork filled out.
The look in Gruber's eyes as he falls still gives me chills to this day!
The story behind it is that they were going to release him after a count of three, but when they actually did it they released him early, so his expression is actually him being surprised
"When they're done sifting through the rubble... I'll be on a beach... earning 20%..." always loved this line by Hans, after he gets into the Bank vault... Merry Christmas to all, and the Drinkers too!
Amen and cheers.
The best Christmas movie ever made. One of the best films ever made.
Rewatched yesterday with my teenage kids. They loved it.
I mean it was only inevitable that the Drinker would review Die Hard.
Thank God
It was a good review but I'm kind of upset over his "you don't have to take your gun everywhere" comment. That is racist against Americans ;-)
@@micfail2
Americans aren’t a race we’re a country.
And off duty cops are typically armed irl. Back then, even on a plane.
Now, The Drinker needs to review Die Hard's sassy sister film, Working Girl.
More and more I feel the drinker is just re-living his childhood memories with his adult mind 😂
“You don’t have to take your gun everywhere”
Drinker made my conceal carry laugh. 😁
My constitutional carry also had a good chuckle.
Also, there was a day before 9/11. In fact, loads of them. Cops used to be able to carry everywhere…even on planes.
I love Die Hard on Christmas so much
hey, from Russia btw
Guns, explosions, and one-liners are universal.
When John Mclain was just some dude, the movies were great. Now he’s superman/James Bond.
He's "Unbreakable"... I'm not sorry
That's the issue I have with the newer James Bond films. Bond should be like Dr No, From Russia with Love and Goldfinger for example and a lot less like say Die Another Day with ridiculous gadgets. Bond was not a physical match for Oddjob in Goldfinger and even had to use his cunning to not get lazered to death in that famous scene. That's when Bond is at it's best is when he plausibly outwits his opponents.
@Crimson Steel Not to mention the playfulness of the original movies. A real secret agend could not be a Playboy good looking man as Sean Connery and definitely would never openly say his pile name, but they were self aware with over the top villains and ridiculous plots.
The newer ones took themselves WAY too serio and are actually dumber than the old ones.
Reminds me of what happened to Captain price in the cod series. He used to be a slightly more badass soldier until mw2. Then he just randomly turned into this nigh unstoppable action hero who can somehow singlehandedly stop world war 3 by firing a nuke into space and is the only person in the entire fucking planet that Makarov is afraid of.
The casting in this movie was impeccable. Bruce Willis had made one so so movie in blind date. Rickman had just moved in front of the cameras after acting on stage. Alexander Godunov was a ballet dancer and movie actor who acted both in the Soviet Union and in the US after defecting. He was in just his third theatrical US movie but all were major roles in major movies, playing the Amish romantic rival to Harrison Ford in Witness and the musician romantic rival to Tom Hanks in Money Pit. Bonnie Bedelia had dozens of acting credits but only one major movie: Heart Like A Wheel. Reggie ValJohnson hard had only minor roles. Paul Gleason was best known for his role tormenting The Breakfast Club. William Atherton was best known for playing DEA jerk Walter Page in Ghostbusters, a role reprised in the latest edition. The casting of these last two was genius as their characters perfectly mirrored their most famous roles. So many movies have too often characters whose presence barely leaves a mark, but from top to bottom this movie was brilliantly cast. And the best part - the budget got to be spent on practical effects and stunt work, not actors.
This and Lethal Weapon, two Xmas films.. for adults. Amazing 80's.
Most off duty cops are required to carry their them(edited from him to them). And this was the eighties, airport security has, um, changed.
Are female off duty cops required to carry their her?
@@viddork edited, thanks
@@wadi_dog he was attempting to make a joke about my autocorrect "him."
@@bhsx "Attempting"? lol
That was autocorrect? I was wondering. Interestingly, if you type the word "gun" (which is what i assumed you were going for), but shift your fingers one key to the right, you get "him"!
@@wadi_dog no offense taken at all. Have a good one!
“Out of all the terrorists in the world, i had to kill one with feet smaller than my sister.”
agree on everything you said...but The Rock is endless rewatchable too...absolute classic
Man, this is the best movie review in the history of movie reviews. You just put into words everything I've been thinking about this movie since I first watched it in 1992. I literally feel embarrassed that a movie review is bringing me tears of joy. Feels weird. But you're so good at reviewing. Well done Critical Drinker. I'm watching Die Hard every day until New Year's day.
The Drinker has become my go-to for movie recommendations; no surprise this Christmas gem makes the list. Happy holidays lad.
I love these older movie reviews. Its like "remember that movie your Dad made you watch? Here's why he was right..."
Yeah. When you see enough reviews and analyses from them to assure you that they've got great taste, sharp judgment, and they know more than a thing or two about writing... I know that for myself, it convinces me, "I think I should look into these _other_ movies he recommends!" =)
This movie got 1 trillion times more charisma than all MCU movies combined)
There are two types of people today; those who say 'Die Hard' is a Christmas movie and those who are WRONG!
@Conservitarian 17 Only part 1 &2 take place during Xmas, Part 3 is set in summer during a heat wave in NY.
Its a christmas tradition. For sure a christmas movie.
Well, Bruce Willis himself confirmed that it isn't a Christmas movie.
Wait, so what's the second type?
@@pedrochevez2090 Bruce is wrong. The movie taking place during Christmas is essential to the themes and plot of the movie. Sure, you could set it at another time of year, but it would lose some of the emotion.
Even though “The Christmas Carol” is my favorite Christmas story, Die Hard is the Christmas movie of ALL Christmas movies!
By every metric it's a perfect action/drama/comedy film. Was enormously influential in my life and no doubt the lives of millions of young boys/men, and influenced the entire movie industry as noted. It's a true masterpiece.
“You don’t have to take your gun everywhere.”
Your gun is no good, if it’s not on you.
puts gun on head
@@mihpop9733 - you can wear it on
your head, for a hat! 🍑👓🎩
I know right. How the hell else are you supposed to shoot a bad guy?
Right? Because no one has EVER needed to protect themselves on an airplane before.... *9/11 flashbacks ensue*
"The penis is bad. The gun is good." -Zardoz.
a cristmas classic!
fun fact: John McTiernan also directed first Predator, Die Hard 1 and 3, 13th Warrior, Last Action Hero and the Hunt for the Red October. thats why they are so good!
He did Last Action Hero? That movie was gold. "To be or not to be *lights cigar* not to be."
I liked The 13th Warrior but it seems most people haven't seen it.
Don't forget the stylish remake of 'The Thomas Crown Affair' which is not any way inferior to the original one with Steve McQueen.
I love both die hard 1 & 3.
Watched it again after many years and my favourite bit in it is the guy telling him on the plane that the best way to beat jet lag is to walk barefoot on carpet which leads to him being shoeless for most of the movie. Great price of exposition that made the action all the more compelling. It is one of the truly great action movies and also my all time favourite Christmas movie lol
Does it work tho?
Never been on a plane myself.
@@BADWOLF-cs6ow dunno mate. Never tried it myself. I find alcohol works lol