DIE HARD (1988) Movie Reaction! | First Time Watch | Bruce Willis | Alan Rickman | 80's Classics
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- Опубліковано 10 гру 2023
- YIPPIE KI YAY MOTHER-LOVERS! Steph & Kristen watch top 80's action film, Die Hard!
This film stars: Bruce Willis (The Sixth Sense, The Fifth Element, Armageddon, 12 Monkeys, Red, The Whole Nine Yards, & Unbreakable), Alan Rickman (Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Alice in Wonderland, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, & Galaxy Quest), Reginald VelJohnson (Family Matters & Turner & Hooch), & Bonnie Bedelia (Presumed Innocent & Salem's Lot)
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The Stunt Coordinator told actor Alan Rickman, who played Hans Gruber, that for the final ending stunt scene they would drop him on the count of 3. 1,2,3 Drop…but, they actually dropped him after 1; so, the reaction seen in the film is a look of genuine SHOCK by the Late Great Alan Rickman.
Didn’t McTiernan also tell the stunt co-ordination to drop him on 2 after telling Rickman they were going on 3? So the stunt co-ordinator surprised everyone.
Scared a few too many years off of his life...
RIP, Hans!
@@blakewalker84120 It also bothered Alan that they had the drop as the last thing he shot for the film...
💯💯💯💯
Rickman didn't talk to directors for days for doing that.
"Yippie ki-yay, mother f***er!" This is so good. Easily one of the greatest action films and one of Bruce Willis' best roles. That tank top in in the Smithsonian for a reason. And it's also Alan Rickman's debut film. Amazing start.
The best part is that technically it was a blooper, he was goofing around after they had cut.
Yep, at the time Alan Rickman was an unknown British stage actor. This movie launched his long career as a movie villain.
@@Frank-vn9rgthat’s a dub over for streaming it live on tv
@@charlize1253not unknown; as you said he had a stage career.
This entire movie is pure gold. Every little detail matters. The dialog. The characters. All of it
It's not only an action classic and a Christmas movie, but it's one of the best action movies period. I didn't get to see it on the big screen as a kid and it makes it so much better!
The limo driver doesn't get enough respect. It's exactly what I'd expect from a regular guy. Doesn't go out trying to be a hero, but comes in clutch
it's better that you didn't see it on the big screen? 😄
i would pay to see it on the big screen now. as one of those re-releases.
It was re-released to theaters a little over a week ago. But streamers generally dont want to see movies in theaters...not even current ones. Probably because theyd have to pay attention and aren't allowed to gab all through a movie. Theyd be thrown out faster than Lauren Boebert at a stage show. They much prefer seeing big screen movies on the smallest screen possible. I doubt most of them even own a tv. Also, I read somewhere that a more genuine Xmas movie, Batman Returns got another re-release this month as well. (It had one last year too.)
Imagine if people saw a movie for the first time properly on a big screen...THEN they could opine about it afterwards on their channels. The times we live in, i guess.
@@film-maniac Meh, I don't own a TV. The 90s ended a long time ago.
@@WaywardVet You must be referring to the 1890s. Or are VERY uninformed.
9:37 “He dances at night,” fun fact - Alexander Godunov (Karl) actually was an incredible ballet dancer, who was a lead dancer in the Russian Bolstoi and in the American Ballet Theater.
Didn't he defect from the soviet union?
This was Alan Rickman's first major Hollywood role. We would not have got him as Severus Snape without Hans Gruber.
R.i.P. Alan Rickman. What a Legend. Miss him dearly.
"He dances at night" - That's Alexander Gudunov, who was a very famous ballet dancer, so, he probably does dance at night
Fun fact: Bonnie Bedelia (Holly) is the real life aunt of Macaulay Culkin (Kevin from Home Alone)
It’s not Christmas until Hans falls from the Nakatomi building. 😂
Yippie kay yay is a phrase from the theme song of a classic 1950's cowboy show starring Roy Rogers. Rogers, his horse, Trigger, and his wife Dale Evans are iconic characters in the folklore of the American West as depicted in dozens of western TV shows in the 1950's and 60's.
It was also the line in a Johnny Cash's song in 1979 "Ghost riders in the sky" that had the line Yippie-yi-yay.
@stevenwoodward5923 yep but that was paying homage to Roy Rogers
Also, after McLane shoots Gruber, he says, "Happy Trails, Hans." At the end of the Roy Rogers & Dale Evans show, they would sing "Happy Trails to You".
It ain't Christmas until you see Hans Grueber fall off the Nakatomi tower!
😂😂
I've watched this movie countless times, and my eyes still water up when John and Al finally meet face to face at the end.
This movie is even more heartbreaking knowing that Bruce Willis is battling dementia.
Yes, you can't help wonder if his action movie days contributed in some way. This film also left him with damaged hearing (from the scene where he fires the gun up through the table), but on the other hand he seems to have loved his career and this was where it really started.
Alan Rickman is a legend. Gone too soon ❤
Hearing you say to the police dispatcher "It's a Code 10, ho!" made me chuckle. I actually went to police academy, once upon a time. In Police Ten-Code, there are three levels of urgency to respond to a call for service. Code 2 means "Proceed urgently, but without lights and sirens."
Also, even though you had the wrong code, you were also technically right. Code 10 is shorthand for a bomb threat!
Lol. Funyy, thanx for the info! -When she said that I was thinking that I had no clue if what she was saying actually made sense even though her point was clear! :D
@@JokerInk-CustomBuilds I think she was thinking of the threat level as 1 to 10. But yeah, it did make sense.
It depends on the location (state or country). Here in the Philippines, some of the ten codes have different meanings from those in the US.
This was the movie that REINVENTED the action genre. Before this most of the full-blown "grown-up" action movies we'd seen coming out of Hollywood were these big dumb bullet/explosion-fests where an indestructible muscle-man solider type went around with a machine-gun blasting hundreds of bad guys with NO consequences at all (usually played by Arnold or Sly, or sometimes Dolph Lundgren or Van Damme). Then this came along and was SUCH a massive hit that the execs wised up that audiences wanted smarter, more sophisticated action cinema, with more relatable action heroes who fought the villains with brains more than brawn, and actually got BEATEN UP over the course of the story. So we started seeing more of the kind of movies that guys like John Woo had been making in Hong Kong for a few years already, with features like Speed taking this new style and crafting it into the new standard.
Best. Christmas. Movie. Ever. Period. 🎄
I recently rewatched this movie with my mother, and this was her first time seeing it, and she absolutely loved it. Definitely the best Christmas movie if you ask me
Die Hard is not a christmas movie, it's THE christmas movie.
"Code-2, it's a Code-10 hoe!" This reaction did not disappoint. It was really fun watching the girls go from "It's every dad's favorite Christmas movie." to an enthusiastic, "I'm a 'Die Hard' fan. I'm fully in. I get it!" They are great, and I would love to see them continue the series.
Agreed. At least 2 and "with a vengeance". (There's no point in the newer ones^^)
I especially want to see them watch the team up of Jackson and Willis in "With a Vengeance"!
Please also watch part 2 & 3. Part 1 & 3 are both great, part 2 is a very good sequel, too.
And Live Free or Die Hard. The 5th can be skipped.
Part 4 is also too good.
@@LongIslandSoldier
...yeahh, they realy fcked'up the fifth movie, that was worse than bad 😐👎
A Christmas tree, one to 2 miracles, Christmas music (even "Freude schöner Götterfunke" was played), family, Christmas party and even snow (in the form of money falling from the sky). This is a Christmas movie.
A character named Holly (traditional Christmas decoration) and Alan Rickman saying, "Ho. Ho. Ho." DEFINITELY a Christmas movie! 😂
Imo, the setting(Christmas Eve) and the plot being centered around an office Christmas party is more than enough to classify this as a Christmas movie.
Not to mention it has subplots of reconnecting with loved ones and looking back on the regrets of the year.
they more than make up for the lack of snow in la in the next one 😄
I first saw Bruce Willis in an add for a TV show called Moonlighting, I had to see it after that add. It was a great show, was on several years. It was a comedy show, then he made a movie called Blind Date, again a comedy. who new he'd become such a great action Star.
I can’t believe this was Alan Rickman’s first movie. This may be his best role!
First movie but he had plenty of theatre credits in his career, ‘though.
It wasn’t his first acting gig. 😂
@@kratosGOWtrue but stage acting is totally different
@@shadowproductions969
With as many takes as needed, it really isn’t. He’s talented and intelligent, he adapted his art to this new one.
The movie was filmed at the Fox movie headquarters building in Century City. But to this day, forty years later, every time I visit LA I still think of that building as Nakatomi Plaza.
Gotta love how the two chicks are going in on John from the beginning like Holly isn’t the one that took the dude’s kids to the other side of the country, away from their home father just for a job.
"he dances at night" That's actually pretty hilarious. That actor is Alexander Godunov, a very famous Russian-American Ballet dancer
The little building across the way was the exterior for the radio station in Airheads. This movie is absolutely perfect. Hands down the greatest action movie ever made.
The best part. They told Alan Rickman that he'd be dropped on the count of three. But the director ordered that he be dropped on one. So the fear and surprise in his face when he falls is legitimate. :)
Yeah I saw that behind scenes about that, pure genius on their part
It's not Christmas until you throw Hans Gruber off the Nakatomi Tower.
Not only did Alan Rickman get a short count on his drop, the director wanted extra powerful blanks for dramatic effect. Willis suffered some permanent hearing loss after the "shoot from under the table" scene.
Also, the stunt man in the ventilator shaft was supposed to grab for a vent near by. He really did slip, and barely catch himself. It was left in the final cut.
The absolute favorite movie of hubby. The must-watch Christmas movie (yes, in our house it's a Christmas movie) in our family. From hubby to the teenagers, we love it. It's just so good. It's just so much fun. From Bruce Willis to Alan Rickman, a pure joy. As a German, I have things to say about Hans, but that just adds more fun to us watching it.
Great CHRISTMAS movie!! 😂🤣😂🤘😎🤘
LETS GOOOOOO!!! 😁
Glad y'all loved it and recognized it as a Christmas movie. Another great Action/ Christmas movie is the first Lethal Weapon. As for Die Hard check out the rest since you liked it. 2 is fun but not as strong as the first, but 3 Die Hard with a Vengeance isn't Christmas but is once again a brilliant action film.
... if theres no snow , its not realy a christmas movie 🙄 Renny Harlin🇫🇮 knows that, he has directed couple good "christmas" action movies 🎄 Die Hard 2 (1990) and Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) 👍
@@DVDhoarder Long Kiss Goodnight is definitely another great Xmas/Action film, Geena Davis did a wonderful job.
@@DVDhoarderit doesn’t snow everywhere at Christmas.
That said, I don’t think Lethal Weapon is a Christmas movie, because Christmas time isn’t central to the plot.
@@shmick6079 hmmm, you are correct there... but could it be that even people who live areas where there is no snow during holiday season, would feel more christmasy if there were some 🤔
@@DVDhoarder I live in Australia. It’s summertime here, and that’s all I’ve ever known. Backyard cricket, BBQs, swimming pools and Christmas presents.
Great video! You laughed at all the right times, especially the “butt fucked on national tv” part, the movie audiences died with laughter just like you two at that part. It is hard to overstate how surprisingly awesome this movie was when it came out, everyone thought it would suck and it blew everyone away. Speaking of rewatchability, I saw this three times the first four days it was out in theaters and again a week later, the first time I snuck in after seeing a different movie as I had nothing else to do and figured if Die Hard sucked I’d just leave halfway through. Instead it was one of the top 3 moviegoing experiences of my life!
"Before they had HR"😂😂
23:00 I LOVE how their reaction to the " butt fuc*ed line mirrors Argyle's reaction lol.....Steph with the "bug eyes" and mouth open and Kristen with the burst of laughter...that was my favorite part of the reaction right there...they were flabbergasted and loved it.
I am so fortunate to have seen this in the theaters in 1988 as a kid. That day I knew no other action film would top this.
So the blonde guy who they said looks like Fabio's brother was Alexander Godunov, a professional ballet dancer turned actor who defected from the Soviet Union and sadly died young as a result of severe alcoholism.
I've seen this movie countless times and dozens of reactions and just realized how Karl got free of the chain around his neck and dangling (everyone always goes "how tf is he still alive?" at the end).
Right after dangling him, McClane goes to the roof (which is the ceiling he's dangling from since the stairs they fight on directly led to the roof), then the roof explosion happens. The explosion damages that whole section, dropped that chain, and he regained consciousness before it was too late (for him)!
Kristen said "This is Fabio's brother" and then Steph says "Yeah he dances at night" LOL.
You are talking about Alexander Godunov. He literally trained at the Riga State Ballet School alongside Mikhail Baryshnikov.
He toured with the Moscow Classical Ballet among many other amazing accomplishments.
Awesome first time reactions to Die Hard, from Steph and Kristen.
Fun Facts:
The film version of Die Hard is actually the sequel to the film version of The Detective, starring Frank Sinatra.
For this reason, Frank Sinatra was contractually offered the lead role in Die Hard first, but due to his age, Sinatra turned it down.
Then Die Hard was offered to Arnold Schwarzenegger as a sequel to his movie Commando, but Arnold turned it down.
With time running out to start production, 20th Century Fox took a gamble and gave Bruce Willis the lead.
The producers of Moonlighting advised Bruce not to do it, not because it affected their show, they just thought it was a bad idea. They changed their mind when they saw the finished film.
You gotta do Die Hards 2,3 and 4 now (There is no 5 lol) The 3rd is just as good as the 1st!
This is one of those movie I LOVED the villain 10x more than hero.... I like Bruce Willis... But ALAN RICKMAN is absolutely f***ng mind-blowing in this movie. He set the bar soo high...
And he was Severus Snape... another amazing character... sad he died so early.... miss him dearly.
would be fun to see a severus vs hans epic rap battle
@@vinsanity40kohh sure.. but unfortunately the OG will never be there... cz Alan Rickman is no more...
An all time classic. They even got Christmas advent calendars that use Hans falling down the side of Nakatomi tower to count the days till Christmas.
Alan Hickman falling from the building was a "real" reaction. They didn't tell him he was going to fall. Best Bruce Willis movie after Moonlighting series he became a star. ❤😎🎄
This is the ultimate Christmas action movie. Happy to see you ladies reacting to this classic action Christmas movie.
If you only know Rickman as Severus Snape, you need to watch more movies. He plays a great bad guy not just here, but in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves and Quigley Down Under.
Die Hard actually was his big screen debut though.
Lol calm down, they didn't say that's only where they know him from, it's just his more recent big hits. I mean Robin Hood is from 1991 and Quigley Down Under was 1990. Heck if anything why didn't you mention Sense and Sensibility 1995 or Dogma 1999 or Galaxy Quest was great. Should you be ridiculed for picking 2 very old examples? Heck he was even in the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. If you wanted to give those as suggestions perhaps next time leave out the "you need to watch more movies" snark 😅
there is really something to be said about authentic and genuine people in this reaction space. I never enjoyed a reaction especially of late as i did this one. You guys rock
Me when I first saw Harry Potter: Hey, that's Hans Gruber!!
Young people now when they first see Die Hard: Hey, that's Severus Snape!!
The actor who played Karl was one of the most famous Russian ballet dancers of that time. They made a movie about his defection , his plane was grounded for days , his wife chose to leave him instead of going with him , Jimmy Carter was involved . It was a big deal
It's not Christmas until Hans Gruber falls from the Nakatomi Building...
Fun Fact: That scene where Alan Rickman falls from the building, that look on his face was true. They didn't tell Alan when they were going to drop him to get that authentic look of fear... This was also Alan's first movie role...
John did not know what Hans looked like, that's why the whole charade with the emoty gun. He suspected, but he didn't know for sure.
The writer of Die Hard said it’s a Christmas movie
13:12 "Just kill him." "Why go through all that and waste your energy?" "Now you're gonna cause a whole scene. This was not smart."
A policeman having an itchy trigger finger is not a good thing. Police aren't supposed to fire their weapons other than in self-defense, despite. John had already caught the guy off-guard from behind, so while he was still armed, he didn't pose an immediate threat to John's life at that point. Elbowing him in the back of the head was a dumb, impulsive move, but their subsequent fight didn't cause any more of a scene than gunshots would have.
One of my favourite overlooked lines (because it feels so in the moment) is when he's fighting Karl and as he's punching him he's trash talking: "I'm gonna kill you! I'm gonna kill you, I'm gonna cook you, and I'm gonna eat you!"
This movie is based on a 1979 novel by Roderick Thorpe. The novel is a sequel to his 1966 novel The Detective, which was made into a movie in 1968 and starred Frank Sinatra. When it came time to make this film, the studio was contractually obligated to first offer the role to Sinatra. Thankfully, Sinatra, who was 70 at the time declined
Another '90s Action Gem... potential follow-up Demolition Men, Last Action Hero.
Demolition Man is a great movie and predicted a lot . Sandra Bullock and Wesley Snipes were hilarious in it
Did you miss this joke,the cop getting into his car sings nobody has a place to go,then the body hits his windshield 😂
AL! Uli, the candy bar snatcher, is played by Al Leong, martial arts expert, stunt man and Hollywood legend. At the time, he was in everything and anyone's henchman.
Haha I just realized Sgt Al sings,” NoBODY has a place to go, let it snow” and then it literally snows a body onto to his car.
24:44 at least Ellis said that John was his guest thereby protecting Holly.
It's not Christmas until I see Hans Gruber fall from Nakatomi Plaza.
Hi Steph & Kristen, it was great to see you both enjoy this as much as I did when first seeing it, all those years ago. I prefer it when reactors have no idea about the film you are about to watch, often the synopsis can spoil the surprise to come. The 2nd film is also a Xmas film by the way, I look forward to seeing you both reacting to that one as well. Merry Xmas to you both, your families & all your other commentators & viewers. :)
Watched this in theatres back in 1988, 13yo. Life changing moment, right there.
I then got to relive that feeling in 2018, when it had a one time re-release on its 30th birthday. 😊
Alan Rickman's reaction when he fell at the end was genuine. They didn't warn him exactly when they were going to drop him from that window.
"There's gotta be more to it than that" idk but $640m in 1988 is like $2B today. Pretty sure that's plenty of reasons...
When he falls down the air shaft, the stunt man really slipped and missed the ledge they planned.
LOVED this reaction. You two are a dream team
Love these 2 together!!! We need to do all the Die-hard films and Commando!!!
The real unsung heroes of this movie are the paramedics that rushed to the top floor, took Karl down from the chain, and after putting him on the stretcher said 'hey, this gun looks like it goes with this dude!' and put it back in his hand just in case he woke up months later during a zombie apocalypse and needed to defend himself.
Stooooop!!! You've NEVER seen Die Hard??? How???
You'd expect a YT movie reactor (is that the job title?) to know movies, but many of them don't know much, they just enjoy watching films.
McLain didn't necessarily know that "Bill Clay" was Gruber. But what gave him away was how he held his cigarette. He used a very European thumb/index finger grip, rather than the more American holding it between his first two fingers.
15:34 code 2 in LA means response without lights and sirens (other source says lights but no sirens). In reality it would be a code 3 (full on light and sirens, possibly with assistance), because the dispatch clearly heard gunshots over the radio. This was only for dramatic reasons to build up the connection between McClane and Powell.
One of the best Christmas movies of all time. Glad you both loved it, it's an amazing movie. Just one thing, it's yippee ki yay.
This is my favorite Christmas movie.
This is now and will be forever a CHRISTMAS MOVIE!🌲
The acting chops of Ellis...he's capable of pissing off everyone!
One of the best Christmas movies to watch this time of year!
I love how Kristen says Bazooka
Me too but she made a mistake saying it's a bazooka but a rocket launcher.
Ladies, ladies... this notion of proper wear and tear... um... WHAT?
Truly a great freakin' reaction!
I don’t think some people are “scared of guns”, just what those guns can do, and the fact that anyone can snap at any time over literally anything.
What makes this movie special is that it took place in real time and took place in a 24 hour period.
What? Lol no it didn't
BEST Film EVER!! Alan Rickman & Bruce Willis are Simply OUTSTANDING. The Action Scenes Are SUPERB, John McTiernan Direction Is FANTASTIC
The script for the movie wasn't even complete when they started filming. They had no idea what the getaway plan was for the bad guys. They decided to use the ambulance towards the end. When the bad guys first exit the truck near the beginning, there was clearly no ambo inside the truck.
Regardless, this movie was so well executed, it became the benchmark for action movies to come. And all that despite the fact that it had no big names involved (Bruce Willis was not considered an action hero at the time because he was the lead opposite Sybil Shepphard on Moonlighting... a more romantic comedy).
Originally, it was a sequel to a movie starring Frank Sinatra. He turned down the role and they changed the script from the source material to create Die Hard.
This is Alan Rickman first movie in his entire life.
Yep, at the time he was an unknown British stage actor. This movie launched his long career as a movie villain.
Wow, I didn't know that, that's crazy. Such an iconic role to start off with too.
He had just arrived in Hollywood at the time as well.
So funny that you said the guy "dances at night." That's Alexander Godunov, one of the premiere Russian ballet dancers of his time, a member of the Bolshoi Ballet. So he did dance at night.
The whole saga is good, at least until 4.0, as well as Lethal Weapon, so keep up with the next movies.
I had SOOOOO UCH FUN with you both! Ladies! Love You! All the best!
Loved that Steph couldn't say Kristen StephensonPinoJingleHeimerSchmidt. These two are funny :)
Now you know why it's not really Christmas until Hans falls.
You guys should watch Speed if you haven't already, directed by Jan de Bont, the director of photography for this movie!
More , more , more , pleeeaaaaaase do more films together , I could listen to you two talk for days ....
Kristen "Wait, put your shoes on" 🤐
You're too young to remember, but this movie broke the mold for the action flick. Up until Die Hard, all the action heroes were big, muscular guys like Schwarzenegger, Stallone, etc. Bruce Willis was the first action hero to be an Everyman, just a normal guy stuck in an impossible situation, plus it was Bruce Willis' first serious role. Before this, he had only played comedies, in particular, Moonlighting on TV. So besides an unknown actor playing the villain, an unknown writer, and mostly second string actors and actresses, this whole movie was a gigantic gamble, but did they ever hit it out of the park.
Loved your reactions!!! This is a fantastic movie. I saw it when it debuted and it blew everyone away.
One of the best Christmas movies ever. Right behind It's a Wonderful Life and Miracle on 34th st
You two should watch Bruce Willis in Blind Date. It's crazy to think this movie almost didn't get made because of that one. Bruce Willis almost quit after it and Alan Rickman didn't want to be the villain in his first movie. So glad they both decided to make this.
Blind Date was a great movie!
Best Christmas movie ever.
A lot of people say this is the best Christmas movie.
Some people point out that it's not a Christmas movie because it's a movie about a guy sneaking around in a building hiding from Alan Rickman, and is therefore a Harry Potter movie.
Both sides of this debate are missing the truth that Die Hard is the Harry Potter Christmas Special.
Happy Yule/Litha! (I live in upside-downland, it's Summer instead of Winter here, but a solstice either way)
Also fun fact: When filiming Alan Rickman's death scene, they had to plan it out really carefully, because they did it as a practical effect without a stunt double. They set him up on a harness with a release clasp, and organised to drop him on the count of 3. Then the director, without letting anyone know except the guy who was operating the release, changed the plan and made sure Alan Rickman didn't know what was happening until they dropped him as soon as "one" was said. The shock on his face as he fell was more than just great acting, he was freaking out (and he was mad about it at the time, but he's been very appreciative of the result since).