Minty, as a kid, my friend convinced me to see die hard in the 80s. my first reaction to him was "you mean the guy from moonlighting? are you nuts?" he promised me that it was a great movie and he wanted to see it again. as i watched it for the first time, i was BLOWN AWAY. there was "david addison" being such a bad ass and being so funny, it took half the film for me to finally shed the moonlighting motif and accept willis as the action hero of the 80s.
Spartan117TCF: "I always watch Die Hard at Christmas. Watched it today. It's not Christmas until Hans Gruber falls from the Nakatomi Plaza". Quoted for truth.
Little late for the party, but here goes, my friends 86 year old grandmother said at christmas time while channel surfing with the TV "Where the hell is Die Hard i wanna watch it!"
Totally; Die Hard and Home Alone are the only two Xmas movies I can watch over and over again every few years, and perhaps find something new to laugh at each time!
The main reason Bruce Willis was not on the poster was because when the trailer came out and Bruce was on screen, the audience laughed and some even said they were booing. 20th Century Fox took him off the poster until the movie came out and it was a big hit, then Fox put him back on the poster.
In 1988 I was 11 years old and I remember being enamored with Bruce Willis In a little show called moonlighting his cheeky antics and Devil May care attitude along Side Maddys Sterling beauty was crisp and refreshing.
Paul Martinez Same. My plan was to run away to Hollywood and marry him. Mama said I was too young for him. He’s now married to a gal YOUNGER than I! :(
Paul Martinez I was ten when this came out, i remembered my parents when to go see it and the following year it came on HBO and i saw it and loved it. I remember Master Bruce from Moonlighting and a romantic comedy called Blind Date. Good times.
The other scary blond guy(with the short pony tail) is Wilhelm Von Homberg, best known to moviegoers as Vigo The Carpathian in Ghostbusters II (1989). I never knew he was in Die Hard until a few years ago. Additionally William Atherton who played Walter Peck in Ghostbusters (1984) plays Richard Thornberg the tv news reporter.
You forgot to mention that John's tank top is such an American icon that his actual shirt, blood, sweat and dirt is currently on display at the smithsonian
So Bruce Willis is playing a character from a book that Clint Eastwood purchased the film-making rights to that was a sequel to another book which was adapted into a movie with Frank Sinatra playing the original John McClane character.. okay, got it.
Clint Eastwood did purchase the rights to the novel Nothing Lasts Forever which Die Hard is based from. Eastwood had planned to star in the film adaptation early in 1980s. Bruce Willis took the role after Robert De Niro has turned down the role in 1987 during pre production. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone, Harrison Ford, Don Johnson, and John Travolta were all considered for John McClane. Ironically 4 of those actors went to star in The Expendables series with Bruce Willis.
You missed the most important thing. John's Beretta is Martin Riggs' from another Christmas movie, lethal weapon. Yes, they used the same gun prop for the heroes in both movies.
@@youteo3596 Yes. It's in a museum or something now, I think. The same gun "little friend" used in Scarface is used by Arnold in Predator. The same minigun used in predator Arnold uses in Terminator 2.
"Sell your skin at high price" means "give them real beating before they get you" or "if you need to die, let them pay high price before that happens". It is actually common idiom in some countries. BTW, great content and very nice movie descriptions.
@@AmerIndianWarrior the R-Rated cut (Unrated) of Live Free Or Die Hard is good, too bad it's only on DVD, while the Blu Ray is the theatrical only. A Good Day To Die Hard sucked
Moonlighting was the best show on TV - first 1hr show on tv I ever cared for. I just assumed Bruce was going to be a huge motion picture star but then he was in Blind Date...he is the king of box office bombs but still manages to avoid the poison list
Screw you. I liked "Blind Date". Because after "Moonlighting" I like goofy Bruce Willis. Just like i liked "Hudson Hawk"...Shit movie but it was goofy Bruce Willis...Danny Aiello: You look like fucki' Zorro..
@@markboomgaarden4679 funny how 30+ years fades my memory - a quick wiki search and I see the film was a financial success. I know it was panned by critics but I honestly never watched it, assuming the critics were right and I didn't want to see Bruce in a bad movie. Maybe I'll give it a look soon and decide for myself if it's a good flick...
When John walks through the airport carrying a giant teddy bear while smoking a cigarette.. All of this prior to 911. After that. We all have sand in our collective vaginas...uhg
yep - I am from germany, and this is true. HANS GRUBER became JACK Gruber. KARL became CHARLY and so on... You can imagine my surpise when i watched this for the 1st time in the original english version.
That is ok. We renamed all the Civil War villains to middle eastern names in America after 911. Robert E. Lee was renamed Qadir Abden. Then we wonder why our children are dumb.
Actually, Hungarian translation makes sense when you think about it along the line of not selling your life short while Serbian /Croatian actual title is Die Manly.
Hahah ,doesnt surprise me. Useless ,random and potentially offensive trivia : do you know that a direct translation of the name Slobodan Milošević would be Freeman Tenderfucker ? :)
To me Christmas is when Hans finally manage to open the caveau and the Ode to Joy rises. The close shot on his face is the definition of what a Christmas miracle should be like :)
I'm not a huge action fan, however, 80's action movies were cool in their own right. All the one liners and the humor of the lone hero, classic. Awesome as always Minty! ( LOVE the Christmas rap song in the background by the way)😋
Minty.. boobie I'm your white knight. There are 2 types of people of people in this world. Those that believe that Die Hard is a Christmas Movie.... And those that are wrong.
"Je huid duur verkopen" is a Dutch expression - which literally means "sell your skin expensive". It means you'll (probably) lose, but it will come at a very high price (to your opponent) - say Pyrrhic victory high. BTW, here it was released as "Die hard", so I can't imagine the expression originated in Holland.
Technically the Terrorists weren't all German. The door guy and Theo are American. Marco was Italian. The one that stole the candy bar was Chinese. Karl, his brother, Hans and a couple other guys were German though.
Shanethefilmmaker the Actor Alexander Godunov who played Karl was Russian not German. He was a Russian ballet dancer turned actor and his brother Tony that actor is German though and was a James Bond bad guy in The Living Daylights as Necros. Theo played Clarence Gilyard Jr is American.
I know that Richard Gere as the possible lead in the film sounds really weird. But you'll have to remember at the time, having Bruce Willis as the lead sounded just as weird. I remember the first time I saw an ad for the film, my exact reaction was "Bruce Willis in an action movie?" It of course, turned out very well for Bruce. Would really be interesting to see if the same would have happened for Richard!
Excellent video, Minty! I really love your work, because it shows your love for movies! #bestchristmasmovieever I remember '88 (as a kid) when Willis was starring in Moonlighting. And, even though the show was billed as a 'romantic comedy,' Willis was essentially a lighter version of John McClane (David Addison - a 'rub you the wrong way and then make you laugh about it' private detective). So, when Die Hard came out, it made perfect sense that he was cast... *I just can't believe there were any other choices!* 😨
Damn. Imagine what might have been if Harrison Ford actually took the role as John McClane. He would have been sitting on the three biggest action franchises in film history (Star Wars: Hans Solo, Raiders of the Lost Ark: Indiana Jones and Die Hard: John McClane)!
The Glass Jungle refers to the all window sky scraper being overrun by terrorists (as they originally thought in the movie)! And bruce was the best to fill those shoes, he was only known for that romantic comedy series and it surprised everybody that he surpassed the expectations of that role, plus, he was afraid of flying in the beginning and had to calm his nerves right when all the chaos started and when he had to jump into action, he proved himself as an action actor! And Bruce had humor in contrast with his one man army! It's been a long time since I had seen Die Hard but I don't remember them saying anything about a German origin, only of European origin! And Sargent Al Powell also starred in Family Matters as Carl Winslow! And the scene with "Now I have a gun ho ho ho" was very Christmassy!
Minty is well-known for his malapropisms, at least to me - I seem to hear one in every other of his videos. Annoying, but worth it for the rest of his Minty-ness.
From watching your videos I bought Road house, RoboCop, beetlejuice And Point Break on Blu Ray. Even though I've seen them, just watching your videos urged me to rewatch them again. Thanks. Keep up the good work. Getting Top Gun next.
To add to number 10. Roderick Thorpe got the idea to write "Nothing last forever" when he went to see "The Towering Inferno". He said it would be cool if a guy was running around a burning building shooting people. Ironically when people first saw the "Die Hard" trailer. Many thought it was a remake to "The Towering Inferno".
In Poland its "Szklana Pułapka" - "Glass Trap". Now we often make a joke: "Live Free or Die Hard" - "Live Free or Glass Trap" - "Żyj Wolny albo Szklana Pułapka"
Let this be a lesson to all skyscraper heroes: Always ship extra shoes around the world! Do it randomly; you never know when you'll need them or where you'll be.
Die Hard is special for me. 1989 My pregnant wife broke waters and i rushed her to the Hospital . That night my friend took me to see Die Hard at the local cinema to help relax me and my son was born the next day.
He was too old to considered in 1980s as he was 72 in 1987 when Die Hard was in pre production. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson, and Harrison Ford were all considered as well.
Die Hard or Reluctant Hero is my favorite action film of all time. Loved learning something new about this film. Greatly appreciate it and now, I am going to watch Die Hard 1,2, and 3 again. :)
Japan has a centuries old custom of taking shoes off when entering a house, so the fact that he has no shoes is very important and specific to that culture. Great videos mate, loving it.
I've been enjoying what you do on your channel for a few years now. I don't know how many of your videos I've seen or if I've seen all of them. I watch as many as I can. 🤓
There are two types of people in this world: 1. People who say Die Hard is their favorite Christmas movie! 2. Others who say Die Hard is not a Christmas movie.
Die Hard is better than a Christmas movie, it's an optional Christmas movie. You can watch it as a Christmas movie at Christmas, or you can watch it whenever you want. Perfect.
TBH, while people are praising the director’s decision to drop Rickman at the count of 2 instead of 3, it probably pissed Rickman off. An actor has to condition himself in order to convey how he should be feeling when acting a scene. Doing the drop unexpectedly threw Rickman’s preparation of out the window. It’s like playing a prank on someone and expect them not to get pissed.
Interesting fact ... that scary blonde guy who gets angry a lot is Alexander Godunov. He was a Soviet ballet dancer before defecting to the US in the late 70's.
4 German bonus facts: 1. The German title is "Stirb langsam" what is translated to "Die slowly" 2. To make the terrorists non-German there were some name changes: Hans Gruber is called Jack Gruber in the German dub. Karl Vreski is called Charlie, Uli turns to Oliver and Heinrich is called Henry. In the scene where John is writing Hans and Karls name on his arm, he wispers: "You two I call Hans and Karl, like the to giants from the fairytale." That was done to explain the written names. Anyway in Die Hard with a vengance the name changes seems to be forgotten in the German dub. So when the name of Simons brother is revealed, the name is Hans Gruber. 3. Hans Grubers line "Schieß dem Fenster!" is very terrible German. It should be like "Schieß auf das Fenster!" 4. To reduce the vocal violance in the movie "Yippie kay yay, motherfucker" was translated to "Yippie kay yay, Schweinebacke." Schweinebacke could be translated to "pigcheek".
Notable mention; when Bruce made a cameo as McLain in Loaded weapon 1. A spoof of another great Christmas movie Lethal weapon. Or when you mentioned Don Johnson was in the running as McLain. Bruce was an evil weapons trafficker in an episode of Miami Vice.
@@zerubbabelsbridge dam bro, u give me home work; “Dificil de Matar”. Duro and difícil are synonym in Spanish. Also in recent years is becoming more common that most movie titles don’t get translated if they are super common and cool English words, like “Spiderman” instead of “el hombre araña”.
No love for Home Alone? Macauley Culkin can effectively kill more people with his personality, than Bruce Willis and Mel Gibson combined, and armed to the teeth with assault weapons...
Diehard is simply one of the greatest action films ever. A lot of movies after were based on it But it was not a Christmas movie, a Christmas movie has to have a theme centering around the Christmas spirit, like " a miracle on 34th street" , " a Christmas Carol" or " the Christmas story".
DIE HARD is the best Christmas movie. "Theme"? Are you suggesting 'It's a Wonderful Life' has a Christmas theme? I think not. In fact, what better Christmas "theme" do you need than Christmas being a time for family and sacrifice over greed and malice? The 'Christmas Spirit'? That is the definition of the 'Christmas Spirit'.... McClane's whole reason for being in L.A. was because it was Christmas. Did he go visit his estranged family on Thanksgiving? Labor Day? Easter? I think not. There is as much 'Christmas' laced throughout 'DIE HARD' as any Christmas movie. From the music, to the dialogue to the props and mood of the film. Even with everything exploding all around you, the film never lets you forget about the holiday season that is Christmas.
I first watched it a bit after I first immigrated to the U.S. from Mexico, and had watched it on a spanish channel, which was advertised as "Duro Para Murir", which verbatum translates to "Hard to Die".
rbeck3200tb40 he was not he didn’t acting until 1980 when was an extra in a few movies then and was bartender before he went to be in the Tv show Moonlighting when got the role of John McClane.
Something that NOW you will know, that hardly anyone else did! The Bad Guy is Hans Gruber. He shares the same last name as the composer of "Silent Night" which is Franz Gruber. With Hans though, it's anything BUT a "Silent Night"!
In case anyone is interested, and you probably guessed it already, the number 1 most memorable move quote of all time is “Frankly my dear I don’t give a damn” from Gone With the Wind
In Germany the movie is titled: Stirb Langsam. Which means :Die slowly. Yes, i had to watch it in German dubbing. At least on DVD I could select the original language and hear the difference.
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Minty, as a kid, my friend convinced me to see die hard in the 80s. my first reaction to him was "you mean the guy from moonlighting? are you nuts?" he promised me that it was a great movie and he wanted to see it again. as i watched it for the first time, i was BLOWN AWAY. there was "david addison" being such a bad ass and being so funny, it took half the film for me to finally shed the moonlighting motif and accept willis as the action hero of the 80s.
You really think you stand chance against Cowboy
@@jalenikezeue4114
Absolutely brilliant.
Hans Gruber is awesome villain, and John McLane, súper cool
"Ho-ho-ho Now I have gun too".
@fluorosco why on imbd does the site say minty referenced die hard 4 and 5
"No fuckin' shit, lady! Do I sound like I'm ordering a pizza?!?" LMFAO! Always loved that line!
"Come out to the coast, we'll get together, have a few laughs..."
"Now I know what a TV Dinner feels like"
@@fixitdad1955 I was going to say that !!! Hahaha theft lmao Jenn way to be late to the party
You have to watch ERB John Wick, John McLean and Rambo!
😂 classic
Plus the line : "Ho! Ho! Ho! Now I have a machine gun!" totally makes it a Xmas movie! =o) ;oD
I always watch Die Hard at Christmas. Watched it today. It's not Christmas until Hans Gruber falls from the Nakatomi Plaza. Merry Christmas Minty.
Spartan117TCF
I’m making the gingerbread building next year with the LEGO cops and such.
CarrieAnne Atreides. That sounds awesome.😀
Spartan117TCF: "I always watch Die Hard at Christmas. Watched it today. It's not Christmas until Hans Gruber falls from the Nakatomi Plaza". Quoted for truth.
Little late
for the party, but here goes, my friends 86 year old grandmother said at christmas time while channel surfing with the TV "Where the hell is Die Hard i wanna watch it!"
Totally; Die Hard and Home Alone are the only two Xmas movies I can watch over and over again every few years, and perhaps find something new to laugh at each time!
"But this time he has shoes" made me actually laugh, amazing!
Lol right.
I wonder what were the tag-lines for all the sequels?
I need a deep dive to an answer about the issues of socks. Kidding, this is one of my favorite things I now know thanks to Minty🤟😁
The main reason Bruce Willis was not on the poster was because when the trailer came out and Bruce was on screen, the audience laughed and some even said they were booing. 20th Century Fox took him off the poster until the movie came out and it was a big hit, then Fox put him back on the poster.
In 1988 I was 11 years old and I remember being enamored with Bruce Willis In a little show called moonlighting his cheeky antics and Devil May care attitude along Side Maddys Sterling beauty was crisp and refreshing.
Paul Martinez
Same. My plan was to run away to Hollywood and marry him. Mama said I was too young for him.
He’s now married to a gal YOUNGER than I! :(
Paul Martinez I was ten when this came out, i remembered my parents when to go see it and the following year it came on HBO and i saw it and loved it. I remember Master Bruce from Moonlighting and a romantic comedy called Blind Date. Good times.
Hudson Hawk seemed more like his Moonlighting character.
Scary blond guy aka Karl was Alexander Godunov a very famous Russian dancer. Lord rest his soul.
Lavern Merriweather absolutely...he was a ballet dancer who came over with Mikail Barishikov.
The other scary blond guy(with the short pony tail) is Wilhelm Von Homberg, best known to moviegoers as Vigo The Carpathian in Ghostbusters II (1989). I never knew he was in Die Hard until a few years ago. Additionally William Atherton who played Walter Peck in Ghostbusters (1984) plays Richard Thornberg the tv news reporter.
He was a defector, it actually became an international incident
FirebirdCamaro1220 hell yes, it was.
Alexander Godunov first caught my attention as Shelley Long’s self-absorbed conductor/ex-husband in The Money Pit. “And, don’t smoke!”
You forgot to mention that John's tank top is such an American icon that his actual shirt, blood, sweat and dirt is currently on display at the smithsonian
Oh the classic props and costumes they must have on display there... like Disneyland for us movie tragics...
Ugh.
It is a vest and not a tank top
Tim Wodzynski tank top in oz😉
Nicky Bell ok far dinkum mate 😂
So Bruce Willis is playing a character from a book that Clint Eastwood purchased the film-making rights to that was a sequel to another book which was adapted into a movie with Frank Sinatra playing the original John McClane character.. okay, got it.
Clint Eastwood did purchase the rights to the novel Nothing Lasts Forever which Die Hard is based from. Eastwood had planned to star in the film adaptation early in 1980s. Bruce Willis took the role after Robert De Niro has turned down the role in 1987 during pre production. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone, Harrison Ford, Don Johnson, and John Travolta were all considered for John McClane. Ironically 4 of those actors went to star in The Expendables series with Bruce Willis.
Bruce Willis was an extra in The Detective.
Welcome to the party pal.
one of the great movie lines, often forgotten behind Yippee Kiyay!!
See you at the party! RICHTER...! Oh wait? Wrong film!
Thank You! You as well, friendo
Is it "pal"....or "Powell"?
@@whutzat it's pal as he doesn't know anything about him yet...
You missed the most important thing. John's Beretta is Martin Riggs' from another Christmas movie, lethal weapon. Yes, they used the same gun prop for the heroes in both movies.
I think this is important to mention
Same as in serial number and all? If it's the same damn gun that's badass!!!
@@youteo3596 Yes. It's in a museum or something now, I think. The same gun "little friend" used in Scarface is used by Arnold in Predator. The same minigun used in predator Arnold uses in Terminator 2.
Wow, yeah, I think that's a pretty important point that Minty should mention.
Yep cuz Beretta was the standard police/military gun back then.
"Sell your skin at high price" means "give them real beating before they get you" or "if you need to die, let them pay high price before that happens". It is actually common idiom in some countries. BTW, great content and very nice movie descriptions.
In my reality only three Die Hard movie's exist and we call it Die Hard Trilogy. And it's a much happier world for it.
II DIRECTx II What about Die Hard 4 and 5?
@@AmerIndianWarrior the R-Rated cut (Unrated) of Live Free Or Die Hard is good, too bad it's only on DVD, while the Blu Ray is the theatrical only.
A Good Day To Die Hard sucked
FirebirdCamaro1220 I thought it was PG 13?
@@AmerIndianWarrior the theatrical cut was, the Unrated (only available on DVD) is an "R Rated" cut, with more blood and cursing
I thought die hard 4 was good.
Not as good as the original 3 but far better than die hard 5
Just gonna throw Michael Keaton's name into the ring I think he could have played the part.
Moonlighting was the best show on TV - first 1hr show on tv I ever cared for. I just assumed Bruce was going to be a huge motion picture star but then he was in Blind Date...he is the king of box office bombs but still manages to avoid the poison list
Screw you. I liked "Blind Date". Because after "Moonlighting" I like goofy Bruce Willis. Just like i liked "Hudson Hawk"...Shit movie but it was goofy Bruce Willis...Danny Aiello: You look like fucki' Zorro..
Blind date a bomb? No way. It was awesome!
@@markboomgaarden4679 funny how 30+ years fades my memory - a quick wiki search and I see the film was a financial success. I know it was panned by critics but I honestly never watched it, assuming the critics were right and I didn't want to see Bruce in a bad movie. Maybe I'll give it a look soon and decide for myself if it's a good flick...
@@MartinMcCauslin you should watch it! It’s even got a little Phil Hartman cameo, which is hilarious
When John walks through the airport carrying a giant teddy bear while smoking a cigarette..
All of this prior to 911.
After that. We all have sand in our collective vaginas...uhg
yep - I am from germany, and this is true. HANS GRUBER became JACK Gruber. KARL became CHARLY and so on...
You can imagine my surpise when i watched this for the 1st time in the original english version.
That is ok. We renamed all the Civil War villains to middle eastern names in America after 911. Robert E. Lee was renamed Qadir Abden. Then we wonder why our children are dumb.
Ironically, if Die Hard took place in Japan, no one would have been wearing shoes
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Merry Christmas minty . I lost my dad on July 19 2017, and watching your show has help out alot.
I'm terribly sorry for you loss. RIP
Hugs, my friend. 💕
I lost my dad in 1996, these now classic movies helped me a lot. Here's to riding off into the sunset with Grace Kelley...
"But this time he has shoes!" sounds like something random I would say.
Actually, Hungarian translation makes sense when you think about it along the line of not selling your life short while Serbian /Croatian actual title is Die Manly.
Hahah ,doesnt surprise me. Useless ,random and potentially offensive trivia : do you know that a direct translation of the name Slobodan Milošević would be Freeman Tenderfucker ? :)
The best action movie ever!!! My husband and I watch it every Christmas!
Dani Heiser
You are in my tribe, friend! 💕
You are a keeper!
When this movie was released in Thailand, it was called "Hell on the skyscraper".
This movie just never gets old.
For over time it's an movie that defined expectations back in 1988.
To me Christmas is when Hans finally manage to open the caveau and the Ode to Joy rises. The close shot on his face is the definition of what a Christmas miracle should be like :)
I'm not a huge action fan, however, 80's action movies were cool in their own right. All the one liners and the humor of the lone hero, classic. Awesome as always Minty! ( LOVE the Christmas rap song in the background by the way)😋
Huddle around the fire while the family watches a heartwarming Christmas movie.
Minty.. boobie I'm your white knight.
There are 2 types of people of people in this world. Those that believe that Die Hard is a Christmas Movie.... And those that are wrong.
Mr. Mugatu awesome film!!!
Mclain himself disagrees.
(Roast)
A movie can be whatever you want it to if the subject matter is part of that movie lol.
Watching the first two Die Hards for Christmas is holiday tradition in my family👍🏼.
Hate to break it to you, but it's not a Christmas Movie... It's an AWESOME CHRISTMAS MOVIE!!!
"Je huid duur verkopen" is a Dutch expression - which literally means "sell your skin expensive". It means you'll (probably) lose, but it will come at a very high price (to your opponent) - say Pyrrhic victory high. BTW, here it was released as "Die hard", so I can't imagine the expression originated in Holland.
Technically the Terrorists weren't all German. The door guy and Theo are American. Marco was Italian. The one that stole the candy bar was Chinese. Karl, his brother, Hans and a couple other guys were German though.
No Hans is actually British
Yeah right, Ben Conway!
Ben Conway you mean Alan Rickman he was born in England
Shanethefilmmaker the Actor Alexander Godunov who played Karl was Russian not German. He was a Russian ballet dancer turned actor and his brother Tony that actor is German though and was a James Bond bad guy in The Living Daylights as Necros. Theo played Clarence Gilyard Jr is American.
@@scottknode898 - Godunov was a Russian, but his character Karl was a German.
I know that Richard Gere as the possible lead in the film sounds really weird. But you'll have to remember at the time, having Bruce Willis as the lead sounded just as weird. I remember the first time I saw an ad for the film, my exact reaction was "Bruce Willis in an action movie?" It of course, turned out very well for Bruce. Would really be interesting to see if the same would have happened for Richard!
Excellent video, Minty! I really love your work, because it shows your love for movies!
#bestchristmasmovieever
I remember '88 (as a kid) when Willis was starring in Moonlighting.
And, even though the show was billed as a 'romantic comedy,' Willis was essentially a lighter version of John McClane (David Addison - a 'rub you the wrong way and then make you laugh about it' private detective).
So, when Die Hard came out, it made perfect sense that he was cast...
*I just can't believe there were any other choices!* 😨
"He has no shoes!" "This time he has shoes!" LMAO
Damn. Imagine what might have been if Harrison Ford actually took the role as John McClane. He would have been sitting on the three biggest action franchises in film history (Star Wars: Hans Solo, Raiders of the Lost Ark: Indiana Jones and Die Hard: John McClane)!
“Goober”at the min mark. We are now Andy Griffith
The Glass Jungle refers to the all window sky scraper being overrun by terrorists (as they originally thought in the movie)! And bruce was the best to fill those shoes, he was only known for that romantic comedy series and it surprised everybody that he surpassed the expectations of that role, plus, he was afraid of flying in the beginning and had to calm his nerves right when all the chaos started and when he had to jump into action, he proved himself as an action actor! And Bruce had humor in contrast with his one man army! It's been a long time since I had seen Die Hard but I don't remember them saying anything about a German origin, only of European origin! And Sargent Al Powell also starred in Family Matters as Carl Winslow! And the scene with "Now I have a gun ho ho ho" was very Christmassy!
"strained" wife? ESTRANGED wife! bloody aussies lol
Minty is well-known for his malapropisms, at least to me - I seem to hear one in every other of his videos. Annoying, but worth it for the rest of his Minty-ness.
Fun alternative titles. The Norwegian title was: "Action skyscraper"
"Now I have a machine gun HO-HO-HO"
Watching this April 2020. Love Die Hard! Stay safe everyone 🙏
Cool avatar pic!
I BELIEVE DIE HARD HAS BEEN THE ACTION MOVIE MOST RIPPED OFF IN HOLLYWOOD!!
True. It's an actual genre. New movies are pitched as "Die Hard on a boat" "Die Hard in a mall" "Die Hard in a coliseum" etc.
Minty, I rewatch your Christmas episodes EVERY year!
From watching your videos I bought
Road house,
RoboCop, beetlejuice
And
Point Break on Blu Ray.
Even though I've seen them, just watching your videos urged me to rewatch them again. Thanks. Keep up the good work.
Getting Top Gun next.
10:20 had to rewind, I knew there was no way one of my hairs got on the screen. That said, I'm making this comment without shoes.
Glad you're enjoying making these videos. Personally I love this channel and you are a great presenter Minty 👍
Keep up the good work
All the best!!!
To add to number 10. Roderick Thorpe got the idea to write "Nothing last forever" when he went to see "The Towering Inferno". He said it would be cool if a guy was running around a burning building shooting people. Ironically when people first saw the "Die Hard" trailer. Many thought it was a remake to "The Towering Inferno".
10:14 Richard Gere as an action star? Next you will be telling Liam Neeson is an action star.
MERRY NEW YEARS 2 DIE HARD!!! RIP ALAN RICKMAN!!! GOOD VILLIAN!!!
In Poland its "Szklana Pułapka" - "Glass Trap". Now we often make a joke: "Live Free or Die Hard" - "Live Free or Glass Trap" - "Żyj Wolny albo Szklana Pułapka"
One fact I *don't want to think about*, I saw this in the theater when it came out. I was 19 at the time. :-/
Well thanks for making me feel old. I was 28. My buddy and I saw it at least a half dozen times at the theater.
@@thebeagles2025 I was 32 when it came out,saw it on VHS-was already a Willis fan from "Moonlighting".
Let this be a lesson to all skyscraper heroes: Always ship extra shoes around the world! Do it randomly; you never know when you'll need them or where you'll be.
Merry Christmas Minty and heres to a great New year
Die Hard is special for me. 1989 My pregnant wife broke waters and i rushed her to the Hospital . That night my friend took me to see Die Hard at the local cinema to help relax me and my son was born the next day.
Good facts - the most shocking being that Frank Sinatra could have been in it! Can you inagine? :D
He was too old to considered in 1980s as he was 72 in 1987 when Die Hard was in pre production. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson, and Harrison Ford were all considered as well.
Die Hard or Reluctant Hero is my favorite action film of all time. Loved learning something new about this film. Greatly appreciate it and now, I am going to watch Die Hard 1,2, and 3 again. :)
Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, Gremlins, First Blood, all Christmas movies, obviously.
Japan has a centuries old custom of taking shoes off when entering a house, so the fact that he has no shoes is very important and specific to that culture.
Great videos mate, loving it.
I suspected it was something like that.
Lethal Weapon must be a holiday movie, as well, then...
One of the greatest quotes, when fighting Karl: "You should have heard your brother squeal when I broke his fucking neck".
I've been enjoying what you do on your channel for a few years now. I don't know how many of your videos I've seen or if I've seen all of them. I watch as many as I can. 🤓
People thinking what I watch during Christmas. Elf? Fred Clause? HELL NO!!!!
I watch Die Hard during Christmas.
There are two types of people in this world:
1. People who say Die Hard is their favorite Christmas movie!
2. Others who say Die Hard is not a Christmas movie.
No body and I mean nobody could have ever ever been John McLain except Bruce Willis. EVER. ICONIC
Die Hard is better than a Christmas movie, it's an optional Christmas movie. You can watch it as a Christmas movie at Christmas, or you can watch it whenever you want. Perfect.
You have made my year Minty. Have a satisfying solstice and a logical new year.
TBH, while people are praising the director’s decision to drop Rickman at the count of 2 instead of 3, it probably pissed Rickman off. An actor has to condition himself in order to convey how he should be feeling when acting a scene. Doing the drop unexpectedly threw Rickman’s preparation of out the window. It’s like playing a prank on someone and expect them not to get pissed.
Minty you are like the STUFF once you try it cant stop. Please do KRULL and more 80s sci-fi and action.
Hank Messaros
Yesssssssssss. \m/
Hank Messaros krull that magic ninja star thing? Lol
Interesting fact ... that scary blonde guy who gets angry a lot is Alexander Godunov. He was a Soviet ballet dancer before defecting to the US in the late 70's.
4 German bonus facts:
1. The German title is "Stirb langsam" what is translated to "Die slowly"
2. To make the terrorists non-German there were some name changes: Hans Gruber is called Jack Gruber in the German dub. Karl Vreski is called Charlie, Uli turns to Oliver and Heinrich is called Henry. In the scene where John is writing Hans and Karls name on his arm, he wispers: "You two I call Hans and Karl, like the to giants from the fairytale." That was done to explain the written names. Anyway in Die Hard with a vengance the name changes seems to be forgotten in the German dub. So when the name of Simons brother is revealed, the name is Hans Gruber.
3. Hans Grubers line "Schieß dem Fenster!" is very terrible German. It should be like "Schieß auf das Fenster!"
4. To reduce the vocal violance in the movie "Yippie kay yay, motherfucker" was translated to "Yippie kay yay, Schweinebacke." Schweinebacke could be translated to "pigcheek".
Omg my dad just finished bingewatching Die Hard 1,2 and 3
You should have joined him!
Did you tell him that was the end and they rightfully decided to not make any more
Oh my God! No way!!
Notable mention; when Bruce made a cameo as McLain in Loaded weapon 1. A spoof of another great Christmas movie Lethal weapon. Or when you mentioned Don Johnson was in the running as McLain. Bruce was an evil weapons trafficker in an episode of Miami Vice.
Latin American version was “duro de matar”... “hard to kill”
What was Steven Segal's movie "Hard to Kill" called in Latin America?
@@zerubbabelsbridge dam bro, u give me home work; “Dificil de Matar”.
Duro and difícil are synonym in Spanish.
Also in recent years is becoming more common that most movie titles don’t get translated if they are super common and cool English words, like “Spiderman” instead of “el hombre araña”.
@@alejofox10 El hombre araña! 😂
La araña discoteca! Hahaha that's great man! Thanks!
the scary blond guy is Mr. Godunov, a very famous Russian ballet dancer
Die Hard and the original Lethal Weapon are the ONLY Christmas movies I will watch
No love for Home Alone? Macauley Culkin can effectively kill more people with his personality, than Bruce Willis and Mel Gibson combined, and armed to the teeth with assault weapons...
Oh, his streak of holiday violence is to be commended, but he doesn't "Fuck" enough for it to be truly festive and heartwarming
I enjoy Behind Enemy Lines as well
Every Christmas Eve, this movie!
John McTiernan = "John McTyrenan"
Classic Minty
Diehard is simply one of the greatest action films ever. A lot of movies after were based on it
But it was not a Christmas movie, a Christmas movie has to have a theme centering around the Christmas spirit, like " a miracle on 34th street" , " a Christmas Carol" or " the Christmas story".
Nope, Die Hard is a Christmas movie. So is Lethal Weapon.
What was the music during the credits…I rest my case!
DIE HARD is the best Christmas movie. "Theme"? Are you suggesting 'It's a Wonderful Life' has a Christmas theme?
I think not.
In fact, what better Christmas "theme" do you need than Christmas being a time for family and sacrifice over greed and malice? The 'Christmas Spirit'? That is the definition of the 'Christmas Spirit'....
McClane's whole reason for being in L.A. was because it was Christmas. Did he go visit his estranged family on Thanksgiving? Labor Day? Easter?
I think not.
There is as much 'Christmas' laced throughout 'DIE HARD' as any Christmas movie. From the music, to the dialogue to the props and mood of the film. Even with everything exploding all around you, the film never lets you forget about the holiday season that is Christmas.
WRONG
I think Die Hard is an action that takes place at Christmas.
I first watched it a bit after I first immigrated to the U.S. from Mexico, and had watched it on a spanish channel, which was advertised as "Duro Para Murir", which verbatum translates to "Hard to Die".
Hey did you know Bruce Willis was an extra in the movie The Detective ?
At what part? Bruce Willis turned 3 in 1968. I'd love to see that part...
I meant *13*
Wow! Talk about synergy!
rbeck3200tb40 he was not he didn’t acting until 1980 when was an extra in a few movies then and was bartender before he went to be in the Tv show Moonlighting when got the role of John McClane.
Think it was more for comedy with the "he has no shoes" and "but this time he has shoes".
Thank you for your videos Minty. This time I didn't know any of your 10 things about the movie.
I do watch this movie every December while I wrap gifts. This and Bill Murray's Scrooged.
Tis a Christmas movie alright. 'Die Hard' should be watched every Christmas year after 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'. Fun for the whole family!
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Something that NOW you will know, that hardly anyone else did!
The Bad Guy is Hans Gruber.
He shares the same last name as the composer of "Silent Night" which is Franz Gruber.
With Hans though, it's anything BUT a "Silent Night"!
In case anyone is interested, and you probably guessed it already, the number 1 most memorable move quote of all time is “Frankly my dear I don’t give a damn” from Gone With the Wind
Great Christmas film! I left shoes, cigarettes and twinkies for John McClane near my tree.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!
Yes it's a Christmas movie merry Christmas minty best year can't wait for next year
I love the pun. Yes. "Die Hard" is a Christmas movie. Happy new year Minty.
Minty, in Serbia the movie was titled something like "Die in manly way" or "Die like a man". No one is selling his skin :) Greetings from Serbia!
Never understood what the rename when it doesn't make sense. What's wrong with Die Hard in other languages?
007 - The Living Daylights had a German title: "Der Hauch des Todes" which means "The Smell of Death". :D
Riutanharju weird
In Sweden it was "Iskallt uppdrag" (Ice cold Mission),
Riutanharju really
And in Finland it was "Vaaran vyöhykkeellä" (In the Danger Zone).
Bruce Willis, "Die Hard is not a Christmas movie, Die Hard is a Bruce Willis Movie".
DUDE, it's pronounced "Mick-TEAR-Nen" - John McTiernan. NOT Mick-TIRE-Nan
In Germany the movie is titled: Stirb Langsam. Which means :Die slowly. Yes, i had to watch it in German dubbing. At least on DVD I could select the original language and hear the difference.
F Yeah, hands down the GOAT of all Christmas Movies
i stopped watching the video to watch die hard with a vengeance and came back with so much energy