Christmas Movies Die Hard

Some feel that the setting is enough.

Christmas movies die hard. 10 trading places 1983. Below are reflections on the linguistic impact of die hard the film s impact on the family and the film s impact on christmas. Perhaps a better point of comparison to die hard in the setting versus release discussion is the work of shane black where christmas is likewise imposed on a story yet only plays a tangential part in proceedings lethal weapon kiss kiss bang bang and iron man 3 black wrote the former and directed the latter two are all set at christmas yet were released in august october and may respectively. Here are 10 christmas flicks for lovers of die hard ranked from oldest to newest.

The gift of die hard is that it gives everyone a kick ass movie to register your disgust whether genuine or facetious at the overbearing supremacy of december 25th. Directed by john mctiernan. The packaging is different and some years it hangs nowhere near the tree but that makes it no less part of the tradition. Die hard is a 1988 american action film directed by john mctiernan and written by jeb stuart and steven e.

One of the biggest debates in modern film discourse has to be about whether or not die hard is a christmas movie. 10 movies to watch if you like die hard. Die hard is not really a christmas movie on its own. An nypd officer tries to save his wife and several others taken hostage by german terrorists during a christmas party at the nakatomi plaza in los angeles.

For anyone who thinks that having a christmas tree in the background makes it a holiday flick even if there s a ton of action and violence this list is definitely for you. It would still be a phenomenal movie if you changed its setting just a little bit. Die hard is a christmas movie like a stocking is a present. Die hard released in 1988 and directed by john mctiernan holds the dual distinction of being both the greatest action movie of all time as well as the greatest christmas movie of all time.

With bruce willis alan rickman bonnie bedelia reginald veljohnson.