this series and lethal weapon are great christmas movies lol. Along with of course "a christmas story", miracle on 34th street, dreaming of a white christmas, it's a wonderful life, etc 🙂
@@criminalcontent If Coby hasn't seen Demolition Man, put that movie on her reaction list, I think she'll like it, there's action, comedy and it's very entertaining like this movie.
The reason this movie is such a classic is because Bruce Willis isn't your usual muscle bound superhero type, he's just a regular guy doing the best he can and was the perfect actor for this role.
@@jimmykarlsson2567 exactly . My Memory is spotty but the writer wrote a movie in the late 60’s that Frank starred in and asked him to write another. Well after 10+ yrs it was nothing like we see now. Then bounced around a few yrs multiple rewrites. Crazy
@spencercliff The book the movie was based on was the sequel to a book that was made into a movie starring Sinatra, so it seemed like the natural thing to do. Sinatra passed, and script was turned into a standalone story.
@@spencercliff It's a confusing back story but a novel was written called The Detective which was then turned into the 1968 film starring Frank Sinatra as the lead character, Sergeant Joe Leland, after this in 1979 a sequel novel was written called Nothing Lasts Forever featuring the Leland character having to face off against German villains who've taken over an Oil Corporation skyscraper and holding his daughter and grand children hostage. It was this novel that was then adapted into Die Hard with Leland renamed McClane. When it came to casting they were legally obligated to offer the role first to Frank Sinatra because of the other film, that's where his part came into it, but naturally because of his age and because of the nature of the film being an action film Sinatra naturally refused but yes the character was first offered to Sinatra as a matter of legal obligation. They also then offered it to both Schwarzenegger and Stallone and both turned it down which is when they then went to Willis who at that point was only known for Moonlighting on the small screen. There was little faith he could even sell it for them so his face wasn't even included on alot of posters. Ofcourse they soon changed their tune once the money rolled in and it made stars of both Willis and Rickman.
One of the things that made this movie so refreshing was that, in the 80's, most of the iconic action-heroes were larger-than-life, fearless and indestructible. Then along comes John McClane, an "everyman" who freaks out while others are shooting at him and things are blowing up all around him. A true breath of fresh air after Sly and Arnold...
Another thing is that the bad guys were smart and were playing off each other's tactics like a game of chess, a lot of these action movies, you get a sense the bad guys come across as idiots lol, so it was refreshing to see a bad guy that's also smart and a good script to go along with it. Also, Bruce Willis had to bring is a-game here, otherwise, Alan Rickman could have overshadowed him.
It was fate because Arnold was the actor the studio originally wanted for the role but he turned it down as he didn't like the script and the execs were not happy about Bruce being cast since he was know for his comedic role on Moonlighting. It is one reason a lot of the promotional material for the movie did not have Bruce. He was later added to the posters.
@@paul1979uk2000 Alan Rickman actually did overshadow him. When you think "Die Hard" you probably either see a car battery or Hans Gruber in your mind.
His theatre background is obvious, as he's got that deliberate enunciation they use so the audience in the rearmost seats can still hear it clearly. Somehow it's much more intimidating than shouting.
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@@criminalcontent Here's an interesting story about the book that this is based on. It's sequel to a book called The Detective. The Detective was made into a movie in 1968 staring Frank Sinatra. Sinatra's contract required him to be to offered him the lead role in any sequels. So they legally had to offer Frank Sinatra the lead role in this.
Roy Rogers was one of the famous singing cowboys of the 30s - 60s. When I was growing up in the 50s I used to watch him, his wife, Dale Evans, and Trigger, his horse. He also starred in numerous movies. Westerns were the thing back in those days.
High on my list of absolute favorite movies. This was Alan Rickman's FIRST movie (or at least, his 1st theatrical/ Hollywood movie) and he absolutely "hit the ground running" and OWNED it! He was reluctant to take this role. Partially because he was worried about being "typecast", but also because it could have VERY easily been a complete DUD of a movie. (damaging his career) A movie's quality is very often dependent on the quality of its VILLAIN! And EVERY scene with him, from the moment he strides off the truck to when he falls off the building, is absolute GOLD! Hans Gruber is a top-tier villain.
They made 34 wife beaters in different conditions. 17 for Willis and 17 for his stuntman. This was Willis' first starring film role and Alan Rickman's first film.
(Blind Date from 1987 came out a year before this and started Willis and Kim Bassinger. It was a romantic comedy, which made more sense for Willis as Moonlighting was the only thing he was known for. Critics hated it, though it didn't bomb ... Just kind of an unmemorable film. Die Hard was the surprise role that shot him to action stardom).
What's funny about that is that the director told Alan Rickman they would drop him on 3 onto the airbag. They let him go on 2 and that was his real reaction
It's pretty much a perfect script - everything that happens, from the opening scene on the plane all the way to punching Atherton's reporter - all of it matters. It's either setup, misdirect, or payoff, all while developing a great cast of characters. Every beat leads somewhere or lands somewhere, and it's just so satisfying to see it play out.
She's also an actor... who was born in 1984. I mean it probably is genuine, but for an actor it would easy to pretend that she never saw it even when she did. I just find it hard to believe someone of that age has never seen this. My brother is of similar age, and his family watches Die Hard every xmas. So even his teenage kids have seen it multiple times
@@shredd5705 she could indeed be a great actor. But I know too many people of her age who haven't seen Die Hard or many movies folks our age (I am making an assumption about you) have seen a million times. A friend of mine recently sent me a clip of Christopher Reeve as Superman and wrote that the new actor has large shoes to fill. I had to point to him that only us Gen Xers remember Reeve. That most younger people think of Henry Cavill as Superman. My experience is that most movies from the 80's were not seen by people born in that decade. Maybe because of the advent of cable and the proliferation of TV in the 90's, and maybe because it was simply generational.
@@acimand Well, she's 40 even when she looks younger. Just because of her gender I might believe it's genuine. A man aged 40 saying he never saw Die Hard or Terminator would be a harder sell. Die Hard used to come from TV every year for the past two decades in my country (sometimes multiple times per year, one of most popular reruns), I just don't understand how people haven't seen it. It's often regarded as the most important modern action movie. Because it was ground breaking in many ways, and inspired dozens if not hundreds of action movies after it (Die Hard in a train, Die Hard in a ship, Die Hard in anything you can imagine). It introduced many ideas that now seem like common tropes, but at the time were groundbreaking. It's one of those key movies in history, that have shaped the whole industry. There aren't that many
@@shredd5705 I hear ya. Die Hard is seminal in a way few movies are. But like reactors who are finally watching the Star Wars movies (like Coby), there is something about long franchises that also makes younger people less likely to watch, because they see the whole shebang as a huge investment. Coby, being in the industry and a clever lass, probably knows that most movie franchises stumble from one movie to the next, with no knowledge that a total of 4+ movies will exist in the end. But to someone who doesn't know, the Terminator franchise seems daunting. You and I can tell them to not bother with anything after T2. But you and I might disagree about stopping before or after Die Hard 4. So to someone who has heard of the Die Hard franchise enough to know the Christmas controversy, I can see how someone who didn't grow in the US and was 11 when Die Hard 3 came out, would not bother watching the series.
@@acimand True. Die Hard is clearly the best of the franchise. 2 was pretty good, 3 is back to same director as the first one, and IMO the second best. Other than that, I wouldn't bother. And yeah in Terminator one should stop at T2
@@Macbeagle yes I'm afraid they played a trick on him and he genuinely thought the cords holding him were giving way for real so it's a genuine flash of fear on his face. They might say it's for the film but you shouldn't scare people like that, I don't care what the situation is it's not fair on the actor. They can act it's what they're paid for there's no need for dirty tricks to get a look from them. Especially when he probably freaked that he was going to fall for real cos they hadn't told him they'd do that.
@@Jeremy-f3s Well... i mean Ed Harris almost drowned filming The Abyss ans had a mental breakdown because of it... so in retrospect falling a LITTLE sooner and a LITTLE farther in a well controlled and still safe environment is not that big a deal... Kubrick was a tyrant making his films... practically caused Shelley Duvall to have a mental break. But pranking Rickman for a more authentic shot was a big deal? I mean how soft ARE you?
This is the gold standard for action movies, you were spot on not one scene is wasted the pacing is perfect the script tight and everything is tied up. Something newer films can't seem to grasp. Throw in one of the best bad guys ever in hans you can't go wrong. Loving your reactions ❤
Reginald VelJohnson (Al Powell) was a fantastic character actor who never got enough recognition. It seems like every time Hollywood needed a guy to play a cop he was the one chosen. He was a cop in Ghostbusters (1984), this film, reprised his role to a lesser extent in Die Hard 2: Die Harder, and on the ABC sitcom Family Matters (the show famous for the character Steve Urkel). He has had many many roles over the years, but not so much recently. Which is a shame because he's a really great actor.
I had to scroll down to see if anyone mentioned Reginald VelJohnson! I was surprised Coby didn't make the Family Matters connection. Ghostbusters is such a small part for him, but it was another cop roll. He was my favorite cameo in the film.
Casting Bruce Willis as the lead for an action movie was outrageous at the time. Not only was he not the prototypical action guy (it was the decade of Schwarzenegger, Stallone and Chuck Norris after all) but he was a TV actor at a time when that was a separate world and he was on a comedy (one of the best, but still), it wasn't even some action drama type show. It wasn't supposed to be a Christmas movie, it was just a summer blockbuster but once the setting was a holiday party they threw in a bunch of little references to Christmas and now everyone argues if it's a Christmas movie. One thing for sure, it will forever be the best action movie. It completely changed that genre. For a while movies were described as "Die Hard in a..." when it was one good guy taking on the bed guys.
Fun fact: The Beretta 92 pistol that Bruce Willis uses in this movie is the same one used by Mel Gibson in "Lethal Weapon". Not just the same model, the same actual pistol.
Not exactly... he had a movie before that called Busted and he was in 6-7 Tv-Shows before Die Hard. People also love to say that Die Hard was the first action movie from Bruce Willis but it wasnt.... Sunset is his first action movie.
giannisksanthopoulos4300 Before Die Hard, Willis was on a series called Moonlighting. It was more comedy, but also had some action. I read an article once that said that Bruce Willis’s entire career was based on a smirk, because his character on Moonlighting smirked a lot.
Hans says, "we've left nothing to chance" He absolutely knows what Takagi looks like when they crash the Christmas party, ..he's just playing to the room for dramatic effect, let them all know he's a pro!!
Coby I am SO enjoying your reaction to this movie. I saw an interview Bruce Willis did after this movie. He said they were shooting, & he was in the air duct & there was no line in the script at that point. Director wanted something more. They got on the phone & asked writers to come up with a line ASAP. You see & hear what they came up with. Sometimes the best lines aren't planned.
@TruthWiz Even when i was watching this in the early 90s , 640 Million was a number that just sounded unbelievable. Nowadays this would barely buy you 10 estates in Beverly hills
Paul Gleason (Deputy Chief Robinson) had some of the best one liners in the movie IMHO. "Looks like we're going to need some more FBI guys." (After the helicopter blows up). "I hope that's not a hostage." (After Hans Gruber falls off the building). RIP Mr. Gleason
Die Hard changed Hollywood, changed the blockbuster action movies. Before this Stallone and Arnold were the archetypes of summer action. Big muscled guys who always came thru the story unscathed. Then comes Die Hard. The hero was a medium height, medium build guy who by the climatic scene looked like he was dragging himself across the room. Everything changed after that. Also, fun fact. When they filmed the closeup Allen Rickman falling shot they told him they were going to let go of the cable on three, then they dropped him on ONE!! That's why they got that sudden shocked look on his face as he fell! The director wanted genuine shock so he put the stunt crew up to it. 🤣
I love how the tiny details make all the difference in the level of suspense and action in the movie. The suggestion to remove his shoes, argyle offering to wait for John, the Rolex, Holly slamming down the family portrait in a moment of pique, marco with the detonators chasing john instead of some other henchman, john almost but never quite able to see Hans Gruber's face, and so on. Each a little Chekhov's gun waiting patiently to go off.
Including the wait for the FBI and there playbook playing a big role. I saw that blackout and though "Hold on weren't night vision goggles a thing yet".
I've seen this movie more times than I can count, but this is the first time I noticed that McClane saying "Glass?! Who gives a shit about glass??" was the sneaky setup for a later joke when he has to walk across all the broken glass barefoot. This screenplay is TIGHT.
A little known gag in the film that I like is that they give Ellis a glass of coke when he's with Hans. That's likely because they would have asked him, off screen, if he wanted anything, and he probably told them he'd like some 'coke' 😆
The explosion at 36:48 would take out the glass, interior walls, and the terrorists on that floor - but the concrete building support pillars are MUCH stronger so they would survive the blast and continue to support the floors above. During building demolitions they have to strap explosives to each pillar and direct the individual blasts to sever all the pillars at once. A general explosion like this would have little to no chance of doing enough damage to enough pillars to threaten the structural integrity of the whole building.
Yes but on 911 the jet fuel caused the whole building to collapse. Or so they say. Others think it was a controlled demolition. I favour the latter. You don't build steel skyscrapers that can collapse in the event of a fire.
@@StimParavane Apples and Oranges. The WTC towers had a very different design than the more typical concrete supported and much shorter Nakatomi Plaza. This movie portrays a singular explosion that doesn't even produce a sustained fire. The WTC towers collapsed because 767 commercial airliners at nearly full fuel capacity exploded inside them and produced massive fires that were located on very high floors where effective firefighting could not be brought to bear. These fires burned out of control for almost an hour. Due to the steel truss floor system used in the WTC (and assisted by fire insulation being knocked off the beams from the impacts) the steel heated up and eventually sagged enough to cause a floor collapse.
@@arkwill14 This is wrong from an engineering perspective. The temperatures were not high enough and the way the buildings collapsed was consistent with a controlled demolition.
WTC wasn't built in the traditional steel beam grid like all buildings but was a new type of style built with a central square tube up the middle. When the jets hit and the higher burning temp of jet fuel in that open area, it was like a blast oven that made the fire even hotter. Hot enough over extended time to melt steel. Buildings aren't built like that anymore.
46:12 He figured it out when Hans used a name off of the board that he was sitting next to. There was also the fact he smoked a European brand of cigarettes without gagging (most Americans have a hard time adjusting to the difference, especially back then). What was left out of the theatrical release is that the whole group working for Hans, and himself included, are wearing identical watches, which John also noticed allowing him to add the clues together to figure out who he was really talking to.
"For all we know he could be a bartender". Bruce Willis was a bartender before his Moonlighting TV role. At least 10 actors declined the job before Bruce, Alan, and Reginald made this iconic blockbuster. Coby r u drinking liquid caffeine? Great reaction!
One of the main reasons this movie is so good was due to Rickman and how they well they wrote his character. He was a very smart and charming Antagonist, the Mastermind type villain; not the A-typical campy villain of the time. An additional reason this is a Christmas movie is that it is about an estranged family overcoming obstacles to come together for Christmas. I also dare you to not think of this movie when Christmas rolls around. 😉😁 I always do a Die Hard marathon during Christmas.
Hey Coby, you picked another one of my favourites genres here."Die hards- with Bruce Willis" loving your critiquing style on this classic. Adding your cool style, personality, and fun. I must say you give "star quality, whilst critiquing my favourite films. You should follow up- "these other die hards." Again, keeps up with your fantastic work.❤
The only reason Bruce Willis was able to make this movie in the first place was because his co-star on "Moonlighting" (one of the greatest TV shows of the 80s, which started his career) became pregnant. The show, which was known for its legendary chemistry between the two leads, produced fewer episodes, focused more on the supporting characters, and gave Willis the opportunity to make this game-changing action movie. To this day, I still don't who it was that watched "Moonlighting," a comedy/romance about two private detectives, and decided that this wisecracking goofball main character should be an action star. But I would love it if some reactor out there would react to "Moonlighting." Now that Bruce Willis' career is over, it would be interesting for them to see how it all began.
Another reason he was able to make this movie is by process of elimination. Fox had a deal with Frank Sintra where they were supposed to offer him first dibs on movies. something in his contract. Naturally he passed as Fox knew he would. so they offered it to nearly every leading man at that time. Burt Reynolds, Mel Gibson, Clint Eastwood the list go on for atleast 24 named. Bruce was number 25 or last on that list. i forget how many were ahead of him but it was alot. So he got it. Make sense seeing how he was not an action hero and his look wasnt that of an action hero in the 80's. But his look is what changed the action hero look from big and buffed to in some ways the everyday man.
This movie was so awesome, fun and widely loved by everyone when it came out that it made Bruce Willis synonymous with Christmas for the a tion movie aficionados.
If you live above the 20th floor of a building you no longer hear street traffic. Gunfire over 30 floors is inaudible to people on the ground. Look up at a skyscraper from blocks away you must higher than the top floor to see people on the top unless they're looking over the edge, and then only with binoculars.
When Powell looks up at the tower from the convenience store, the lights at the top are flashing and many people, myself included, mistake the lights for gun fire flashes. This is what leads to the first impression that he sees trouble when in reality those flashing lights are just to make sure low flying aircraft see the building in the dark.
" Gunfire over 30 floors is inaudible to people on the ground." - This isn't true if the shots are fired outside (like on a rooftop). Real gunfire is extremely loud and can be heard from miles away. It may be muffled or less distinct, but it's far from inaudible. Just ask anyone who lives anywhere near an outdoor range. Like the other guy said - many of the characters would suffer pretty serious hearing damage from the gunshots inside the building.
i love sitting down to watch you watch a movie i've already seen..that's a talent..something about seeing it through someone else's eyes "beautiful eyes"
Bonnie Bedelia says whenever she is asked about this movie, the first thing she recalls is Alan Rickman; as they had lunch almost every day on set and he was very nice to her.
Saw this in the theater in 1988. It was so fresh and awesome!!! The Powell shooting scene at end the whole theater burst out in cheer!!! Excellent Reaction ride with You Coby!!! Take care & Merry Xmas 🙂
Hey Coby. Watched this on opening night in Melbourne. My friends and I walked out of the theater and looked at each other, dumbfounded and in disbelief at what we had just experienced. For its time, Die Hard was on another level. (pun intended) Enjoyed your reaction, cheers from Downunder.
So much fun watching you watch this. There are lots of good Christmas movies, but this one is the best. I've been watching this every year since the 90s. The only other Christmas movie I never skip is Christmas Vacation. And as for holiday movies in general, the only other one that I never skip is Groundhog Day.
Just found this channel, but I have to say it's so much fun seeing you react for the first time to movies I've seen dozens of times. It's like I'm watching them for the first time again. And it's very impressive how many of your predictions are spot on.
I don't know if this is a stupid suggestion or not, because I don't know if you being Australian would mean that you would or wouldn't know it, but there's a fun western from the 90s called "Quigley Down Under" where Tom Selleck plays an American cowboy that goes to Australia, and Alan Rickman is also in a great role in that. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend.
Hi Coby, another great video, Thoroughly enjoyed your reactions👍. Also loved how committed you were to it that you literally wore a white tank top in honour of Bruce Willis’s lead character...and the overalls make you look like you’d just finished painting something😂. Can’t wait for the next one Coby, glad you had fun in nice warm weather👍.
Bruce Willis used the name Roy because Allen Rickman called him cowboy. Roy Rogers was a movie star cowboy on the big screen from the 30's,, 40's and 50's. He passed in 1998. Yippie Ki - yea was used in cowboy songs. I also think there was a reference to Hop Along Cassidy who used the term Yippie Ki yea. He was also a cowboy actor in early serial westerns. People watching this movie in the early 80's would pick up on the shout outs.
I remember watching this movie when it first came out and thinking about how amazing it was because, as coby points out, the pacing was just insane. It keeps you on the edge of your seat the entire freaking time in a way that is common ever since then in film but was completely unique back then. The first real blockbuster ACTION movie. Brilliant! Coby I hope you get around to checking out 'Die Hard With A Vengeance'. The interplay between Willis and Samuel Jackson adds so much to the franchise, you'd love it I bet. Thanks for making these classic films fresh and new again.
*FUN FACT* - at one point the limousine driver Argyle says _'My boss thinks I'm on my way to Vegas.'_ And in 2023 he has a cameo role in the Netflix action drama 'Obliterated'... as a limo driver in Vegas.
80's action movies were so awesome and this was one of the best of that era . Featuring Alan Rickman in his film debut and of course Bruce Willis in his action movie debut ! And i totally think it's a Christmas movie 🎄🎅 and one of my favourites too Christmas in July with Coby reacting to DIE HARD 😄 loved it CHEERS .
I watch this one every Christmas, and even though we're in the middle of summer, seeing Coby watch it for the first time was a lot of fun. She's always fantastic.
Great reaction, Coby! I wish you had done this at Christmas, but Die Hard is a movie that works, even if it isn't Christmas time. - Alan Rickman, before Die Hard, was mainly a stage actor who occasionally did film work for the BBC. He was cast after gaining raves in both London and New York for the play Les Liaisons Dangereueses by Christopher Hampton, earning a Tony Award nomination for the Broadway production. The role that Rickman created for the play was The Vicomte de Valmont, and in the film version, would later be played by John Malkovich and in other later film adaptations of the original Choderlos de Lachlos novel by Colin Firth (in Milos Forman's Valmont) and Ryan Phillipe (in Cruel Intentions). Rickman had started acting relatively late, establishing himself as a graphic designer before trying to be an actor. When he was cast as Hans Gruber, Alan Rickman was 41 years old. Hans Gruber is regularly counted as one of the top 10, if not top 5, all-time greatest movie villains. - Bruce Willis was best known as a TV star in the romantic comedy-drama series Moonlighting, playing David Addison opposite Cybil Shepherd. While it was a huge show and got Bruce a couple of movie roles that didn't do much, no one pictured him as an action star. This movie made Bruce a Big Damn Action Movie Hero and a superstar in one fell swoop! - "Nakatomi Plaza" was still under construction at the time and was being built to be the new headquarters for 20th Century Fox. So, to save money, the studio rented the building to the production. This ticked off the neighbors, who regularly complained of noise due to night shoots during the filming. - There are several UA-cam videos that make the case for Die Hard as a Christmas movie. I have always counted it as one of my favorite Christmas films. It comes down to the selections of music and how they were used, like Beethoven's Ode To Joy (which is Gruber's theme), Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow (Powell's theme), Singing In the Rain (Theo, the hacker/safecracker), Run DMC's "Christmas In Hollis" (the limo ride with Argyle), Bach's The Brandenberg Concerto (the Christmas Party musicians), and Winter Wonderland. The score by Michael Kamen strings all of these pieces into the score (except for the Run DMC song). However, the Christmas feeling for the film also lies in its themes of redemption for John McClain, Holly Gennaro McClain, and Al Powell. Al and Holly have much smaller redemption stories, as the main one is on John. Christmas is a theme and background for the story's action, which helps in the other themes of sacrifice, atonement, and love. It is a Christmas movie...even if Bruce Willis says it isn't, it damn well is!
I also didn't "do Harry Potter," along with Vampires, Werewolves, Zombies and the MCU/DCU movies. "Train to Busan" (2016) is a big exception because it's all about The People on the train.
Very enjoyable watch along of a movie i have seen many times but great to view with someone watching with fresh eyes, back in the day the peril was cranked up because there was no thought of a sequel at the time. See you next time Coby .
One of my personal favorites. I was 17 the year this movie came out. Thank you, Alan Rickman, for giving the world one of cinema's most iconic villains. Hans Gruber belongs on every Top 10 villain's list. Bruce Willis as John McClane was amazing. I love the back and forth between Hans and John. That scene when they first meet face to face was perfection. I watch this movie and It's A Wonderful Life every Christmas Eve. It is not Christmas until I see Hans Gruber fall from the Nakatomi building. And I love the music in this movie; it fits the movie so perfectly.
Alan Rickmans first major movie role, and he stole the show. For the climactic fall scene, the producer played a trick on Rickman by telling him his harness would be released after a count of five but he told the rigging crew to release him after a count of three. The resultant look of horror on Alan's face was genuine and only added to the realism of the scene.
oh yeah,cobys watching the classics!when willis is under the table shooting at the guy above him,he lost part of his hearing in his left ear which effected him for the rest of his life.
Another great react! I worked in the Fox lot tower in Century City for a bit and it always made me smile going into work knowing I was entering "Nakatomi Plaza" haha! Inside the building there were huge pictures/murals of Die Hard and Bruce Willis. This movie really saved 20th Century Fox at that time!
Had an awesome time watching this! Very happy that you enjoyed Die Hard and now recognize it as a Christmas movie. :) Now I'm gonna check out more of your other content on here, May sub to the Patreon next month, we'll see. :)
It's Christmas in July, y'all ;)
Just like the Hallmark Channel...well, sort of. 🎅🎄
Remember when a very young Holly Genaro was in "Salem's Lot"?
this series and lethal weapon are great christmas movies lol. Along with of course "a christmas story", miracle on 34th street, dreaming of a white christmas, it's a wonderful life, etc 🙂
@@Easy_Skanking 'tis our goal
I knew it! You can’t shake the Aussie in you, Coby!
It's not Christmas until I see Hans Gruber fall from the top of the Nakatomi Plaza.
it sure ain't
@@criminalcontentWe took about a dozen pictures including the lobby at 2121 AotS, the old Fox News Plaza, hoping to find a stray bearer bond.😄
@@criminalcontent If Coby hasn't seen Demolition Man, put that movie on her reaction list, I think she'll like it, there's action, comedy and it's very entertaining like this movie.
And Al using his gun again is the equivalent of the angel getting his wings from It's A Wonderful Life.
I remember seeing that meme on Facebook.
The reason this movie is such a classic is because Bruce Willis isn't your usual muscle bound superhero type, he's just a regular guy doing the best he can and was the perfect actor for this role.
I read the role was written for Frank Sinatra originally. It’s a funny story.
@@spencercliffFrank Sinatra.
He was a old guy by this time
@@jimmykarlsson2567 exactly . My
Memory is spotty but the writer wrote a movie in the late 60’s that Frank starred in and asked him to write another. Well after 10+ yrs it was nothing like we see now. Then bounced around a few yrs multiple rewrites. Crazy
@spencercliff The book the movie was based on was the sequel to a book that was made into a movie starring Sinatra, so it seemed like the natural thing to do. Sinatra passed, and script was turned into a standalone story.
@@spencercliff It's a confusing back story but a novel was written called The Detective which was then turned into the 1968 film starring Frank Sinatra as the lead character, Sergeant Joe Leland, after this in 1979 a sequel novel was written called Nothing Lasts Forever featuring the Leland character having to face off against German villains who've taken over an Oil Corporation skyscraper and holding his daughter and grand children hostage. It was this novel that was then adapted into Die Hard with Leland renamed McClane. When it came to casting they were legally obligated to offer the role first to Frank Sinatra because of the other film, that's where his part came into it, but naturally because of his age and because of the nature of the film being an action film Sinatra naturally refused but yes the character was first offered to Sinatra as a matter of legal obligation. They also then offered it to both Schwarzenegger and Stallone and both turned it down which is when they then went to Willis who at that point was only known for Moonlighting on the small screen. There was little faith he could even sell it for them so his face wasn't even included on alot of posters. Ofcourse they soon changed their tune once the money rolled in and it made stars of both Willis and Rickman.
Hans Gruber is one of the most iconic Villans of all time.
Don't forget gary Oldman in the professional
@@tonyporenshenko425 Or Gary Oldman's short lived Villain "Drexl" from the movie "True Romance".
@laudanum669 great actor
Wait until you see Simon Gruber in third installment of this movie.
He is mentioned in Eurotrip :)
OMG! Coby is hitting all the classics!, Alan Rickman, greatest villain ever! RIP, bro
One of the things that made this movie so refreshing was that, in the 80's, most of the iconic action-heroes were larger-than-life, fearless and indestructible. Then along comes John McClane, an "everyman" who freaks out while others are shooting at him and things are blowing up all around him. A true breath of fresh air after Sly and Arnold...
Another thing is that the bad guys were smart and were playing off each other's tactics like a game of chess, a lot of these action movies, you get a sense the bad guys come across as idiots lol, so it was refreshing to see a bad guy that's also smart and a good script to go along with it.
Also, Bruce Willis had to bring is a-game here, otherwise, Alan Rickman could have overshadowed him.
It was fate because Arnold was the actor the studio originally wanted for the role but he turned it down as he didn't like the script and the execs were not happy about Bruce being cast since he was know for his comedic role on Moonlighting. It is one reason a lot of the promotional material for the movie did not have Bruce. He was later added to the posters.
The hero is basically Homer Simpson.
@@tcaudiobooks737Doh!!
@@paul1979uk2000 Alan Rickman actually did overshadow him. When you think "Die Hard" you probably either see a car battery or Hans Gruber in your mind.
This movie's reputation is well earned.
Alan Rickman's cadence when he speaks in this movie is really good.
His theatre background is obvious, as he's got that deliberate enunciation they use so the audience in the rearmost seats can still hear it clearly. Somehow it's much more intimidating than shouting.
I believe a lot of that was due to him being born with a tight jaw along with his theatrical background.
@@danflashes7125 Tight jaw? I've never heard that expression.
He has the same cool cadance going on as the sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves
Loved that movie man. 2 iconic villain roles he played to perfection.@burbo8270
The one thing I love about watching your reactions the most is I have seen these movies a million times but with you I learn new stuff all the time
ty for huge compliment !
@@criminalcontent please react to more black movies
Want to sub but need more black movies in you category
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LIFE (EDDIE MURPHY)
💪🏽BAD BOYS Trilogy (Martin Lawrence )
MONEY TALKS (Chris Tucker),
BLUE STREAK (Martin Lawrence)
NOTHING TO LOSE (TIM ROBBINS)
BAIT (JAMIE FOXX )
HARLEM NIGHTS(EDDIE MURPHY
RANSOM (MEL GIBSON)
KISS THE GIRLS (MORGAN FREEMAN)
AMERICAN GANGSTER ,DEJAVU, FALLEN (ALL DENZEL WASHINGTON )🙏
@@criminalcontent Here's an interesting story about the book that this is based on. It's sequel to a book called The Detective. The Detective was made into a movie in 1968 staring Frank Sinatra. Sinatra's contract required him to be to offered him the lead role in any sequels. So they legally had to offer Frank Sinatra the lead role in this.
Roy Rogers was one of the famous singing cowboys of the 30s - 60s. When I was growing up in the 50s I used to watch him, his wife, Dale Evans, and Trigger, his horse. He also starred in numerous movies. Westerns were the thing back in those days.
Yipee Ki Yah.
I was pleasantly surprised to find a Roy Roger's restaurant a couple of years back.
Roy Rogers were also kids' cocktails when I was growing up, as were Shirley Temple's with the marachino on top.
High on my list of absolute favorite movies.
This was Alan Rickman's FIRST movie (or at least, his 1st theatrical/ Hollywood movie) and he absolutely "hit the ground running" and OWNED it!
He was reluctant to take this role. Partially because he was worried about being "typecast", but also because it could have VERY easily been a complete DUD of a movie. (damaging his career)
A movie's quality is very often dependent on the quality of its VILLAIN! And EVERY scene with him, from the moment he strides off the truck to when he falls off the building, is absolute GOLD! Hans Gruber is a top-tier villain.
They made 34 wife beaters in different conditions. 17 for Willis and 17 for his stuntman. This was Willis' first starring film role and Alan Rickman's first film.
If I recall correctly, while or just after the Moonlighting TV series with Cybill Sheppard, which was a comedy.
Although Rickman was VERY famous as a stage actor in the UK, prior.
(Blind Date from 1987 came out a year before this and started Willis and Kim Bassinger. It was a romantic comedy, which made more sense for Willis as Moonlighting was the only thing he was known for. Critics hated it, though it didn't bomb ... Just kind of an unmemorable film. Die Hard was the surprise role that shot him to action stardom).
First ACTION starring role. He starred in Blind Date the previous year with Kim Basinger.
@@hyperchronicxlc Also Sunset with James Garner. That film and Blind Date were both directed by Blake Edwards (the Pink Panther franchise).
43:44 - The way your face transformed when Alan Rickman fell at John’s feet and tried to pretend he was a party-goer… was PRICELESS!! 😂😂
Not sure if u meant it, but that G rated comment could easily be rated R. 😉
What's funny about that is that the director told Alan Rickman they would drop him on 3 onto the airbag. They let him go on 2 and that was his real reaction
It's pretty much a perfect script - everything that happens, from the opening scene on the plane all the way to punching Atherton's reporter - all of it matters. It's either setup, misdirect, or payoff, all while developing a great cast of characters. Every beat leads somewhere or lands somewhere, and it's just so satisfying to see it play out.
Coby is the best reactor. So clever and familiar with plot structure. She saw the picture on the desk being part of the plot a mile away.
She's also an actor... who was born in 1984. I mean it probably is genuine, but for an actor it would easy to pretend that she never saw it even when she did. I just find it hard to believe someone of that age has never seen this. My brother is of similar age, and his family watches Die Hard every xmas. So even his teenage kids have seen it multiple times
@@shredd5705 she could indeed be a great actor. But I know too many people of her age who haven't seen Die Hard or many movies folks our age (I am making an assumption about you) have seen a million times.
A friend of mine recently sent me a clip of Christopher Reeve as Superman and wrote that the new actor has large shoes to fill. I had to point to him that only us Gen Xers remember Reeve. That most younger people think of Henry Cavill as Superman. My experience is that most movies from the 80's were not seen by people born in that decade. Maybe because of the advent of cable and the proliferation of TV in the 90's, and maybe because it was simply generational.
@@acimand Well, she's 40 even when she looks younger. Just because of her gender I might believe it's genuine. A man aged 40 saying he never saw Die Hard or Terminator would be a harder sell. Die Hard used to come from TV every year for the past two decades in my country (sometimes multiple times per year, one of most popular reruns), I just don't understand how people haven't seen it. It's often regarded as the most important modern action movie. Because it was ground breaking in many ways, and inspired dozens if not hundreds of action movies after it (Die Hard in a train, Die Hard in a ship, Die Hard in anything you can imagine). It introduced many ideas that now seem like common tropes, but at the time were groundbreaking. It's one of those key movies in history, that have shaped the whole industry. There aren't that many
@@shredd5705 I hear ya. Die Hard is seminal in a way few movies are. But like reactors who are finally watching the Star Wars movies (like Coby), there is something about long franchises that also makes younger people less likely to watch, because they see the whole shebang as a huge investment.
Coby, being in the industry and a clever lass, probably knows that most movie franchises stumble from one movie to the next, with no knowledge that a total of 4+ movies will exist in the end. But to someone who doesn't know, the Terminator franchise seems daunting. You and I can tell them to not bother with anything after T2. But you and I might disagree about stopping before or after Die Hard 4. So to someone who has heard of the Die Hard franchise enough to know the Christmas controversy, I can see how someone who didn't grow in the US and was 11 when Die Hard 3 came out, would not bother watching the series.
@@acimand True. Die Hard is clearly the best of the franchise. 2 was pretty good, 3 is back to same director as the first one, and IMO the second best. Other than that, I wouldn't bother. And yeah in Terminator one should stop at T2
Rickmans face as he was falling was authentic because he was dropped earlier than he was told.
Yeah did one of those on the count of 3 moves and pulled the cord at 1. Lol
Didn't they also allow him to drop a bit further than he had been told?
@@Macbeagle yeah
@@Macbeagle yes I'm afraid they played a trick on him and he genuinely thought the cords holding him were giving way for real so it's a genuine flash of fear on his face. They might say it's for the film but you shouldn't scare people like that, I don't care what the situation is it's not fair on the actor. They can act it's what they're paid for there's no need for dirty tricks to get a look from them. Especially when he probably freaked that he was going to fall for real cos they hadn't told him they'd do that.
@@Jeremy-f3s
Well... i mean Ed Harris almost drowned filming The Abyss ans had a mental breakdown because of it... so in retrospect falling a LITTLE sooner and a LITTLE farther in a well controlled and still safe environment is not that big a deal...
Kubrick was a tyrant making his films... practically caused Shelley Duvall to have a mental break.
But pranking Rickman for a more authentic shot was a big deal?
I mean how soft ARE you?
This is the gold standard for action movies, you were spot on not one scene is wasted the pacing is perfect the script tight and everything is tied up. Something newer films can't seem to grasp. Throw in one of the best bad guys ever in hans you can't go wrong. Loving your reactions ❤
EVEN the blooper of The stuntman falling down the air vent to the next air duct.
Also the music just ties up everything, its the whole package. New movies do nothing for me, the lack the soul.
I love how invested she got into the movie
Reginald VelJohnson (Al Powell) was a fantastic character actor who never got enough recognition. It seems like every time Hollywood needed a guy to play a cop he was the one chosen. He was a cop in Ghostbusters (1984), this film, reprised his role to a lesser extent in Die Hard 2: Die Harder, and on the ABC sitcom Family Matters (the show famous for the character Steve Urkel). He has had many many roles over the years, but not so much recently. Which is a shame because he's a really great actor.
I had to scroll down to see if anyone mentioned Reginald VelJohnson! I was surprised Coby didn't make the Family Matters connection. Ghostbusters is such a small part for him, but it was another cop roll. He was my favorite cameo in the film.
When I saw it in the theater, the vault opening scene was not only breathtaking but gave everybody goosebumps with Beethoven‘s “Ode To Joy.”
Casting Bruce Willis as the lead for an action movie was outrageous at the time. Not only was he not the prototypical action guy (it was the decade of Schwarzenegger, Stallone and Chuck Norris after all) but he was a TV actor at a time when that was a separate world and he was on a comedy (one of the best, but still), it wasn't even some action drama type show.
It wasn't supposed to be a Christmas movie, it was just a summer blockbuster but once the setting was a holiday party they threw in a bunch of little references to Christmas and now everyone argues if it's a Christmas movie. One thing for sure, it will forever be the best action movie. It completely changed that genre. For a while movies were described as "Die Hard in a..." when it was one good guy taking on the bed guys.
Fun fact: The Beretta 92 pistol that Bruce Willis uses in this movie is the same one used by Mel Gibson in "Lethal Weapon". Not just the same model, the same actual pistol.
Thanks, Coby! Great reaction, a lot of fun to watch with you!
This is Alan Rickman first movie in his entire life. Another thing Bonnie Bedelia (Holly) is also Macaulay Culkin's aunt.
I guess Christmas movies runs in the family.
Not exactly... he had a movie before that called Busted and he was in 6-7 Tv-Shows before Die Hard.
People also love to say that Die Hard was the first action movie from Bruce Willis but it wasnt.... Sunset is his first action movie.
@@giannisksanthopoulos4300 in my experience when people say first movie they typically mean not made for tv. But maybe that’s changing.
@@godssss42 it is right as you and the guy in the main comment said it. But realistically Alan Rickman first movie was called Busted and not Die Hard.
giannisksanthopoulos4300 Before Die Hard, Willis was on a series called Moonlighting. It was more comedy, but also had some action. I read an article once that said that Bruce Willis’s entire career was based on a smirk, because his character on Moonlighting smirked a lot.
Hans says, "we've left nothing to chance" He absolutely knows what Takagi looks like when they crash the Christmas party, ..he's just playing to the room for dramatic effect, let them all know he's a pro!!
Loved watching this movie again with you. Your reactions are so fun
Her face when he says the thing… 😂. This is one of my all time faves. What an endlessly rewatchable movie. Any time of year.
"Come out to the coast. We'll get together... Have a few laughs." 😉
Coby I am SO enjoying your reaction to this movie. I saw an interview Bruce Willis did after this movie. He said they were shooting, & he was in the air duct & there was no line in the script at that point. Director wanted something more. They got on the phone & asked writers to come up with a line ASAP. You see & hear what they came up with. Sometimes the best lines aren't planned.
It was $640 million in bearer bonds which would be almost $1.6 billion today.
And it's still nothing compared to the Federal Reserve Bank. After all, Fort Knox is for tourists.))
@TruthWiz Even when i was watching this in the early 90s , 640 Million was a number that just sounded unbelievable. Nowadays this would barely buy you 10 estates in Beverly hills
Paul Gleason (Deputy Chief Robinson) had some of the best one liners in the movie IMHO.
"Looks like we're going to need some more FBI guys." (After the helicopter blows up).
"I hope that's not a hostage." (After Hans Gruber falls off the building).
RIP Mr. Gleason
Who also played the idiot from the EPA who released the Ghost From the Ghostbusters capture machine.
@@w41duvernay that’s the reporter who also played Walter Peck. He’s referring to the Police Chief who was also in the Breakfast Club.
Die Hard changed Hollywood, changed the blockbuster action movies. Before this Stallone and Arnold were the archetypes of summer action. Big muscled guys who always came thru the story unscathed.
Then comes Die Hard. The hero was a medium height, medium build guy who by the climatic scene looked like he was dragging himself across the room. Everything changed after that.
Also, fun fact. When they filmed the closeup Allen Rickman falling shot they told him they were going to let go of the cable on three, then they dropped him on ONE!! That's why they got that sudden shocked look on his face as he fell! The director wanted genuine shock so he put the stunt crew up to it. 🤣
Harrison Ford - I get no respect
I love how the tiny details make all the difference in the level of suspense and action in the movie. The suggestion to remove his shoes, argyle offering to wait for John, the Rolex, Holly slamming down the family portrait in a moment of pique, marco with the detonators chasing john instead of some other henchman, john almost but never quite able to see Hans Gruber's face, and so on. Each a little Chekhov's gun waiting patiently to go off.
They gave each one a payoff.
Including the wait for the FBI and there playbook playing a big role.
I saw that blackout and though "Hold on weren't night vision goggles a thing yet".
Coby's joy throughout the movie was such a treat! Fantastic as always and keep up the great work!!
Glad you enjoyed it !!
I've seen this movie more times than I can count, but this is the first time I noticed that McClane saying "Glass?! Who gives a shit about glass??" was the sneaky setup for a later joke when he has to walk across all the broken glass barefoot. This screenplay is TIGHT.
A little known gag in the film that I like is that they give Ellis a glass of coke when he's with Hans. That's likely because they would have asked him, off screen, if he wanted anything, and he probably told them he'd like some 'coke' 😆
Amateur. I picked that up after just 20 years. 😏
The explosion at 36:48 would take out the glass, interior walls, and the terrorists on that floor - but the concrete building support pillars are MUCH stronger so they would survive the blast and continue to support the floors above. During building demolitions they have to strap explosives to each pillar and direct the individual blasts to sever all the pillars at once. A general explosion like this would have little to no chance of doing enough damage to enough pillars to threaten the structural integrity of the whole building.
Yes but on 911 the jet fuel caused the whole building to collapse. Or so they say. Others think it was a controlled demolition. I favour the latter. You don't build steel skyscrapers that can collapse in the event of a fire.
@@StimParavane Apples and Oranges. The WTC towers had a very different design than the more typical concrete supported and much shorter Nakatomi Plaza. This movie portrays a singular explosion that doesn't even produce a sustained fire. The WTC towers collapsed because 767 commercial airliners at nearly full fuel capacity exploded inside them and produced massive fires that were located on very high floors where effective firefighting could not be brought to bear. These fires burned out of control for almost an hour. Due to the steel truss floor system used in the WTC (and assisted by fire insulation being knocked off the beams from the impacts) the steel heated up and eventually sagged enough to cause a floor collapse.
@@arkwill14 This is wrong from an engineering perspective. The temperatures were not high enough and the way the buildings collapsed was consistent with a controlled demolition.
WTC wasn't built in the traditional steel beam grid like all buildings but was a new type of style built with a central square tube up the middle. When the jets hit and the higher burning temp of jet fuel in that open area, it was like a blast oven that made the fire even hotter. Hot enough over extended time to melt steel. Buildings aren't built like that anymore.
@@jerryward3311 Not correct. The fire was not hot enough to melt steel.
Love watching movies with Coby. She’s amazing.
Same dude....
It's like am rewarching for the 1st time
Great reaction to this classic. Looking forward to your reactions to the next two!
46:12 He figured it out when Hans used a name off of the board that he was sitting next to. There was also the fact he smoked a European brand of cigarettes without gagging (most Americans have a hard time adjusting to the difference, especially back then). What was left out of the theatrical release is that the whole group working for Hans, and himself included, are wearing identical watches, which John also noticed allowing him to add the clues together to figure out who he was really talking to.
"For all we know he could be a bartender". Bruce Willis was a bartender before his Moonlighting TV role. At least 10 actors declined the job before Bruce, Alan, and Reginald made this iconic blockbuster. Coby r u drinking liquid caffeine? Great reaction!
Rickman, looking at a deleted co-criminal:
"By Grabthar's Hammer, you shall be avenged"
One of my favorite action movies, and my heart goes out to Bruce Willis.
One of the main reasons this movie is so good was due to Rickman and how they well they wrote his character. He was a very smart and charming Antagonist, the Mastermind type villain; not the A-typical campy villain of the time.
An additional reason this is a Christmas movie is that it is about an estranged family overcoming obstacles to come together for Christmas. I also dare you to not think of this movie when Christmas rolls around. 😉😁 I always do a Die Hard marathon during Christmas.
Your reaction was fun Coby😊
Hey Coby, you picked another one of my favourites genres here."Die hards- with Bruce Willis" loving your critiquing style on this classic. Adding your cool style, personality, and fun. I must say you give "star quality, whilst critiquing my favourite films. You should follow up- "these other die hards." Again, keeps up with your fantastic work.❤
Thank you !
Oh Coby, I must say - you have a certain Halle Berry look about you. "You could pass as her twin. ".. again, keep up the brilliant work.
The only reason Bruce Willis was able to make this movie in the first place was because his co-star on "Moonlighting" (one of the greatest TV shows of the 80s, which started his career) became pregnant. The show, which was known for its legendary chemistry between the two leads, produced fewer episodes, focused more on the supporting characters, and gave Willis the opportunity to make this game-changing action movie.
To this day, I still don't who it was that watched "Moonlighting," a comedy/romance about two private detectives, and decided that this wisecracking goofball main character should be an action star. But I would love it if some reactor out there would react to "Moonlighting." Now that Bruce Willis' career is over, it would be interesting for them to see how it all began.
There was little chemistry between Willis and Cybill Shepherd in Moonlighting. Apparently, they had real problems with each other - diva and divo.
Willis got the part because a number of prominent action stars turned it down.
@@hankstaines6568they hated each other IRL, but on screen their characters had chemistry
this is a fantastic suggestion !
Another reason he was able to make this movie is by process of elimination. Fox had a deal with Frank Sintra where they were supposed to offer him first dibs on movies. something in his contract. Naturally he passed as Fox knew he would. so they offered it to nearly every leading man at that time. Burt Reynolds, Mel Gibson, Clint Eastwood the list go on for atleast 24 named. Bruce was number 25 or last on that list. i forget how many were ahead of him but it was alot. So he got it. Make sense seeing how he was not an action hero and his look wasnt that of an action hero in the 80's. But his look is what changed the action hero look from big and buffed to in some ways the everyday man.
This movie was so awesome, fun and widely loved by everyone when it came out that it made Bruce Willis synonymous with Christmas for the a tion movie aficionados.
If you live above the 20th floor of a building you no longer hear street traffic. Gunfire over 30 floors is inaudible to people on the ground.
Look up at a skyscraper from blocks away you must higher than the top floor to see people on the top unless they're looking over the edge, and then only with binoculars.
When Powell looks up at the tower from the convenience store, the lights at the top are flashing and many people, myself included, mistake the lights for gun fire flashes. This is what leads to the first impression that he sees trouble when in reality those flashing lights are just to make sure low flying aircraft see the building in the dark.
Conversely, a great number of the hostages and John McClane should have hearing damage by the end of the film.
" Gunfire over 30 floors is inaudible to people on the ground." - This isn't true if the shots are fired outside (like on a rooftop). Real gunfire is extremely loud and can be heard from miles away. It may be muffled or less distinct, but it's far from inaudible. Just ask anyone who lives anywhere near an outdoor range. Like the other guy said - many of the characters would suffer pretty serious hearing damage from the gunshots inside the building.
@@mvanvoorC'mon people! It's a MOVIE!! Just enjoy this classic action movie👍😁.
i love sitting down to watch you watch a movie i've already seen..that's a talent..something about seeing it through someone else's eyes "beautiful eyes"
Alan Rickman is also in "Dogma" with Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Kevin Smith, Chris Rock, Jason Lee, etc.
Coby, Christmas movie? You know it is. Thanks for the great reaction. 🙂
Bonnie Bedelia says whenever she is asked about this movie, the first thing she recalls is Alan Rickman; as they had lunch almost every day on set and he was very nice to her.
This is quite possibly the greatest reaction video I’ve ever seen. Absolutely love this movie and your emotions and reactions to it.
thank you!
Saw this in the theater in 1988. It was so fresh and awesome!!! The Powell shooting scene at end the whole theater burst out in cheer!!! Excellent Reaction ride with You Coby!!! Take care & Merry Xmas 🙂
Hey Coby. Watched this on opening night in Melbourne. My friends and I walked out of the theater and looked at each other, dumbfounded and in disbelief at what we had just experienced. For its time, Die Hard was on another level. (pun intended) Enjoyed your reaction, cheers from Downunder.
So much fun watching you watch this. There are lots of good Christmas movies, but this one is the best. I've been watching this every year since the 90s. The only other Christmas movie I never skip is Christmas Vacation. And as for holiday movies in general, the only other one that I never skip is Groundhog Day.
Kobe is a perfect reactor. Her soul is bursting out of her body, she really wears her emotions
Definitely. She’s adorable to watch with all of her expressions.
*COBY*
Just found this channel, but I have to say it's so much fun seeing you react for the first time to movies I've seen dozens of times. It's like I'm watching them for the first time again.
And it's very impressive how many of your predictions are spot on.
Thank you !!
@@criminalcontent you’re not a writer yourself by any chance, are you? Seems like you have a gift for stories.
100% Christmas film!! 😂😂 great reaction Coby, time to sit back and buckle in for the ride 😂
Another winner, Coby! Thank you so much for your beautiful smile of amusement and your lovely pertinent comments! Love your work!👍👌🌟🤗🙂🙃😉
Glad you enjoyed it!!
Loved this reaction.
Thank you !!
"Now I know what a TV dinner feels like" one of my fav underrated lines from this film haha
33:53 haha always love that thorn part
Since Hans called John a “cowboy”, he chose to call himself “Roy”, as in Roy Rogers. 🤠
John McClain also mentioned that he was partial to Roy Rogers, as if he was his favorite actor.
He even mentioned. "I've always been partial to Roy Rogers, I loved those sequined shirts.."
I thought it was b/c of the Everyone Loves Raymond episode.... /sigh....
The best action movie. It's so incredibly well written with so many callbacks and foreshadowing.
operates on every level, characters, cinematography, fun
I don't know if this is a stupid suggestion or not, because I don't know if you being Australian would mean that you would or wouldn't know it, but there's a fun western from the 90s called "Quigley Down Under" where Tom Selleck plays an American cowboy that goes to Australia, and Alan Rickman is also in a great role in that. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend.
I second that recommendation!;)
Third! Excellent "Western" set "dan unner": magnificent scenery, great performances by Selleck, Rickman, and Giacomo.
1st film is legendary, 2nd is good but 3rd is tied with 1st one.. I can't wait to see rest of the film reactions.
Hi Coby, another great video, Thoroughly enjoyed your reactions👍. Also loved how committed you were to it that you literally wore a white tank top in honour of Bruce Willis’s lead character...and the overalls make you look like you’d just finished painting something😂. Can’t wait for the next one Coby, glad you had fun in nice warm weather👍.
Thank you so much 😁
You’re very welcome😎.
I always love your movie reactions, the 70s have great movies too ! Love your nails !
Thank you ! We'll be one of the few channels doing the classics
Bruce Willis used the name Roy because Allen Rickman called him cowboy. Roy Rogers was a movie star cowboy on the big screen from the 30's,, 40's and 50's. He passed in 1998. Yippie Ki - yea was used in cowboy songs. I also think there was a reference to Hop Along Cassidy who used the term Yippie Ki yea. He was also a cowboy actor in early serial westerns. People watching this movie in the early 80's would pick up on the shout outs.
@@stevenlehmann7195 happy trails to you happy trails to you🤠
I don't know why but I get a little too much joy from these reactions!
Another hot reaction. I always loved this one 🥰
I remember watching this movie when it first came out and thinking about how amazing it was because, as coby points out, the pacing was just insane. It keeps you on the edge of your seat the entire freaking time in a way that is common ever since then in film but was completely unique back then. The first real blockbuster ACTION movie. Brilliant! Coby I hope you get around to checking out 'Die Hard With A Vengeance'. The interplay between Willis and Samuel Jackson adds so much to the franchise, you'd love it I bet. Thanks for making these classic films fresh and new again.
Best 80s action movie of the decade and that's the best decade for action movies.
The holy trinity (in my mind) of 80's action movies is "Die Hard", "Aliens", and "Terminator".
*FUN FACT* - at one point the limousine driver Argyle says _'My boss thinks I'm on my way to Vegas.'_ And in 2023 he has a cameo role in the Netflix action drama 'Obliterated'... as a limo driver in Vegas.
80's action movies were so awesome and this was one of the best of that era .
Featuring Alan Rickman in his film debut and of course Bruce Willis in his action movie debut !
And i totally think it's a Christmas movie 🎄🎅 and one of my favourites too
Christmas in July with Coby reacting to DIE HARD
😄 loved it
CHEERS .
Coby’s expressions are amazing. You can tell when she’s hooked into the film. Definitely my top reactor for movies!
🤙🤙🤙
I like your overalls and white tank combo 🔥
I watch this one every Christmas, and even though we're in the middle of summer, seeing Coby watch it for the first time was a lot of fun. She's always fantastic.
after Die Hard, Christmas can only start when Hans Gruber is thrown out of the window! 'til the season to be jolly...
That would make for a great home Christmas lights display.
Ever since I first saw this movie, I haven't been able to hear Brandenburg No. 3 without immediately thinking of the opening party scene.
Great reaction, Coby! I wish you had done this at Christmas, but Die Hard is a movie that works, even if it isn't Christmas time.
- Alan Rickman, before Die Hard, was mainly a stage actor who occasionally did film work for the BBC. He was cast after gaining raves in both London and New York for the play Les Liaisons Dangereueses by Christopher Hampton, earning a Tony Award nomination for the Broadway production. The role that Rickman created for the play was The Vicomte de Valmont, and in the film version, would later be played by John Malkovich and in other later film adaptations of the original Choderlos de Lachlos novel by Colin Firth (in Milos Forman's Valmont) and Ryan Phillipe (in Cruel Intentions). Rickman had started acting relatively late, establishing himself as a graphic designer before trying to be an actor. When he was cast as Hans Gruber, Alan Rickman was 41 years old. Hans Gruber is regularly counted as one of the top 10, if not top 5, all-time greatest movie villains.
- Bruce Willis was best known as a TV star in the romantic comedy-drama series Moonlighting, playing David Addison opposite Cybil Shepherd. While it was a huge show and got Bruce a couple of movie roles that didn't do much, no one pictured him as an action star. This movie made Bruce a Big Damn Action Movie Hero and a superstar in one fell swoop!
- "Nakatomi Plaza" was still under construction at the time and was being built to be the new headquarters for 20th Century Fox. So, to save money, the studio rented the building to the production. This ticked off the neighbors, who regularly complained of noise due to night shoots during the filming.
- There are several UA-cam videos that make the case for Die Hard as a Christmas movie. I have always counted it as one of my favorite Christmas films. It comes down to the selections of music and how they were used, like Beethoven's Ode To Joy (which is Gruber's theme), Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow (Powell's theme), Singing In the Rain (Theo, the hacker/safecracker), Run DMC's "Christmas In Hollis" (the limo ride with Argyle), Bach's The Brandenberg Concerto (the Christmas Party musicians), and Winter Wonderland. The score by Michael Kamen strings all of these pieces into the score (except for the Run DMC song). However, the Christmas feeling for the film also lies in its themes of redemption for John McClain, Holly Gennaro McClain, and Al Powell. Al and Holly have much smaller redemption stories, as the main one is on John. Christmas is a theme and background for the story's action, which helps in the other themes of sacrifice, atonement, and love. It is a Christmas movie...even if Bruce Willis says it isn't, it damn well is!
I'm one of the only people I know that has never watched a Harry Potter film either. Love your reactions!!
Well now you know Three! I haven't either. Also haven't ever watched Titanic and have no desire to.
I also didn't "do Harry Potter," along with Vampires, Werewolves, Zombies and the MCU/DCU movies. "Train to Busan" (2016) is a big exception because it's all about The People on the train.
@@Otokichi786 Train to Busan is exceptional. Glad you got to that one.
Very enjoyable watch along of a movie i have seen many times but great to view with someone watching with fresh eyes, back in the day the peril was cranked up because there was no thought of a sequel at the time. See you next time Coby .
next time !
Great reaction Coby, hope you continue, the next couple are great too!
We will!
never get tired of seeing your face and your reactions!
thank you !!
It's a Christmas movie! And arguably the best action movie ever.
One of my personal favorites. I was 17 the year this movie came out. Thank you, Alan Rickman, for giving the world one of cinema's most iconic villains. Hans Gruber belongs on every Top 10 villain's list. Bruce Willis as John McClane was amazing. I love the back and forth between Hans and John. That scene when they first meet face to face was perfection. I watch this movie and It's A Wonderful Life every Christmas Eve. It is not Christmas until I see Hans Gruber fall from the Nakatomi building. And I love the music in this movie; it fits the movie so perfectly.
Alan Rickmans first major movie role, and he stole the show. For the climactic fall scene, the producer played a trick on Rickman by telling him his harness would be released after a count of five but he told the rigging crew to release him after a count of three. The resultant look of horror on Alan's face was genuine and only added to the realism of the scene.
Yippee-ki-yay...coby🤠 your killin it girl! Another great reaction, thank you✌😁
oh yeah,cobys watching the classics!when willis is under the table shooting at the guy above him,he lost part of his hearing in his left ear which effected him for the rest of his life.
Wow, fascinating info drop
"I'll always love Alan Rickman from Galaxy Quest" Coby you have the best taste!
This might be my favorite combination ever. Right up there with peanut butter and jelly.
with a dash of sunny-side x-mas
Another great react! I worked in the Fox lot tower in Century City for a bit and it always made me smile going into work knowing I was entering "Nakatomi Plaza" haha! Inside the building there were huge pictures/murals of Die Hard and Bruce Willis. This movie really saved 20th Century Fox at that time!
Merry Christmas Great reaction 😉
I'm glad you finally watched THE BEST Action/Christmas movie EVER!!! Love your reactions!!!
This girl is a breath of fresh air
Keep it in your pant simp.
Your reaction was delightful.
You picked on all the subtle cues that some might miss the first time around.
Well done, Coby!
thank you !!
Had an awesome time watching this! Very happy that you enjoyed Die Hard and now recognize it as a Christmas movie. :)
Now I'm gonna check out more of your other content on here, May sub to the Patreon next month, we'll see. :)
Always the best to watch a movie with Coby!
it's a new experience for her to have a movie playing while she sits in front of it instead of being on her knees with her back to the screen...
Your reactions are always great but i dont ever think ive seen you so bouncy, on the edge of your seat, excited in any other movie. Just awesome!
The silliest line in the movie when he says he's moving up to kidnapping after committing multiple murders.
true true
Yeah, but it’s the USA. Gun deaths are passé.