Is Die Hard a Christmas Movie

this Die Hard Christmas movie maymay needs to be put to rest and here's how

>looks at release date
why would they release a supposed Christmas movie in July? Hmmmmmm

I wasn't even considering watching it on christmas, but I just might do so just to spite all you autists

the movie takes place on christmas eve

>Implying Christmas movies have to be released in December

grow a brain, pinhead

I never considered it a Christmas movie, but I will now

You’re not wrong user

Find me a Christmas movie that was released in the Summer

It's an action packed Christmas movie
Dumb ass

>Christmas movie
>literally released in July

>Find me a Christmas movie that was released in the Summer
Iron Man 3
and one of the Lethal Weapons

>what is Christmas in July

Neither are Christmas movies wew lad

Eyes Wide Shut

Die Hard is an anytime movie but people have turned it into a Christmas movie so they have an excuse to watch it yearly.

All Shane Black movies are Christmas movies mate.

Batman Returns is a christmas movie.

tbf Christmas movies should have 2 prongs:

1. Christmas content
2. be released during the season

Die hard

Anyone who cares about this debate belongs in a concentration camp

Yea, try being depressed year round, being alone, being betrayed by the few people you let close to yourself. You begin to appreciate traditions your family kept and also start making new ones for yourself.

/thread

Is this going to be the new meme for the month?

Of course it is. It's set at Christmas and Christmas is an integral part of how the film works.

I dunno, but for the last 30 years of my life I lived in 4 different countries and in each one tv stations always broadcast that film during christmas season... oh and the third one on new years eve too.

Post your favorite Christmas movies.
Pic related: my favorite Christmas movie

In the southern hemisphere they have winter in July, therefore, christmas season.
Checkmate......

Ghostbusters 2 is a Christmas / New Year's Eve movie.

Do they celebrate Christmas?

No they're all atheists

Why would they release a World War 2 movie in the 21st century?

>My favorite Christmas movie you ask?
>*Chuckles and snorts*
>Why it's Die Hard of course!

>pinhead
underrated insult
have an upvote, friendo.

I've never understood why you fags try to meme Die Hard into being a Christmas movie when Die Hard 2 works much better as a Christmas movie

Not really, you could literally set the story any night of the year and it would work just the same.

Lethal Weapon

There's no upvotes here, maybe you should try reddit, "friendo". Fucking loser.

>iron man 3
imagine sitting watching Quippy Roboman the Third with your family at Christmas just because there's a Christmas tree in one scene.

*a Christmas kino

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Good one, bud. You really earned my upvote

I had a mandela effect with this movie, I could have swore it was a Shane Black joint since it's a late 80s action flick, with a white and black buddy cops, set in Chritmas. I still can't believe Shane Black didn't have anything to do with it.

Your friends must think you're the life of the party.

Considering that in the south hemisphere they celebrate Christmas in summer, it might as well be.

And you must think you are the life of the Christmas party with your shit opinions nobody likes. I can picture you, holding a glass of wine, forcing your relatives to watch fucking Die Hard while they awkwardly and reluctantly accept so you don't get upset and ruin the night with your autism.

>The main setting for the entire movie is at a Christmas party (hijacked or not).
>There is a giant Christmas tree in the middle of the room and Takagi wishes everyone aMerry Christmasand aHappy New Year from the CEO and the Board of Directors.
>Based on the lack of security and other people in the building, Christmas Eve is maybe the only day where a heist like this could hypothetically work.
>The orchestra plays “Ode To Joy” the entire time the party is going on. The song is also played at different speeds in later parts of the movie, usually depending on the mood of the scene. “Ode To Joy” is not technicially a Christmas song, but is played a lot during the holiday season.
>Our first time meeting Ellis, we see him hitting on Holly. She reminds him that it’s Christmas Eve and a time for “families…stockings…chestnuts…Rudolph and Frosty”.When Holly gets back to her office, she sees Ginny is still working. She tells Ginny to join the party, she is making her feel likeEbenezer Scrooge.
>The aforementioned office is decorated in the Christmas spirit, with multiple Santa decorations on the desks.
>Holly tells Lucy “no snooping around for presents” on the phone.
>John has a giant bear with a bow on it. It is clearly a Christmas gift.
>John asks Argyle to play some Christmas music, which Argyle has already put on. “Christmas Time In Hollis” is definitely a Christmas song.
>John gets a big kiss of the cheek from a drunk employee, who wishes him a “Merry Christmas”.
>After meeting Mr. Takagi, John mentions “I didn’t realize they celebrated Christmas in Japan”.
>When John first escapes the terrorist takeover, he is on the 33rd floor, which has Christmas decorations up.
>Once John kills Tony, he puts a Santa hat on Tony’s head and writes “Now I have a machine gun. Ho-Ho-Ho” on Tony’s shirt.

Yeah but no one gives a shit about monkeys or Australians.

>During John’s radio transmission to the police dispatch station, we can briefly see some Christmas decorations up.
>When Powell is in the ampm convenience store, “Let It Snow” is playing on the store’s speakers and Powell is singing the song to himself.
>The trees in the main entranceway of Nakatomi Plaza have Christmas lights on them.
>As Powell leaves the Nakatomi building after his initial inspection, him and the security guard wish Merry Christmas to one another.
>Powell continues to sing “Let It Snow” to himself in the driveway of Nakatomi Plaza.
>At the beginning of the news broadcast, Gail Wallens says “Our top stories on this Christmas Eve”
>When the LAPD tries to forcibly enter the Nakatomi building, Theo says ”‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, except… the four assholes coming in the rear in standard two-by-two cover formation”.
>After Theo tells Hans that they will need a miracle to break through the electro-magnetic lock on the vault, Hans tells him “It’s Christmas Theo. It’s the time of miracles”.
>When Agent Johnson demands that the power company shut down the grid, Dwayne explains that he should ask the mayor about this first, since it is Christmas Eve.
>Once the vault is unlocked and opens, Theo’s eyes grow wide and he wishes everyone a Merry Christmas.
>Realizing he only has two bullets left and needs to think of a plan, John sees Christmas packaging tape. He tapes the gun to his back and you can clearly see the tape says Season’s Greetings when the camera pans to it.
>As all the hostages are leaving the building after being rescued, thousands of papers are flying from the sky. This is the closest thing to snow that you will find in Los Angeles.
>As John and Holly drive away from the scene, “Let It Snow” plays. Which means that Christmas music played as John arrived and departed from Nakatomi Plaza. This is what we call symmetry.

>Set at Christmas.
>Features Christmas songs.
>Features Christmas themes.
>Mentions it's Christmas MULTIPLE times.
Yes. It's a Christmas movie.
As is Die Hard 2.

It has a Christmas setting, so yes, it is a Christmas movie, albeit not a conventional one

>no christmas theme
>no actual santa
>no magic
>not realeased during winter season

Its not a christmas movie the only people who say so are the same fucks that say “Troll 2 is the best movie ever bro!”

*tips fedora*

>le murdered man is wearing santa hat so its a christmas movie

So is the first Harry Potter movie a christmas movie too?

I think most people here don't have any idea of what a Christmas movie is, orobably because they are all edgy faggots. It would be like saying E.T. is a Halloween movie, and ironically E.T. is probably more of a Christmas movie even, just add a shitty christmas song and that's all you need for this faggots.

They always show action and horror movies during Christmas here in Germany - like half of the channels show fantasy stuff like LotR, rest action and horror.

Refute this

You miss the "Ho Ho Ho"?

Also, the soundtrack has multiple Christmas songs, and the underlying setting is literally an office Christmas party on Christmas Eve.

> It would be like saying E.T. is a Halloween movie
That's a flawed comparison, since only a relatively small part of E.T. happens on Halloween. The entirety of Die Hard is set on Christmas Eve.

Independence day is an Independence movie

Having a Christmas time setting doesn't make it a Christmas movie because it has none of the qualities that make a Christmas movie. The Guest takes place around Halloween, uses decorations, and a haunted house but it still isn't a Halloween movie

You mean a 4th of July movie? Yes, it is. Complete with fireworks (well, explosions, anyway).

Man if I could give gold to you right now

It doesnt have the theme of christmas. Its not a christmas movie.

The writer didnt make a christmas script, he made an action movke set on christmas as a way to keep the plot moving.

the guest is absolutely a halloween movie, and a film about a stubborn workaholic dad trying to patch things up with his family and save christmas is CLEARLY a fucking christmas movie

i watch it every christmas so yes

But that's correct.

There's all kinds of underlying Christmas themes. You just haven't looked deep enough.

It's practically How the Grinch Stole Christmas! for adults.

I ain't reading all that shit nigger.

Riddle me this.

If Die Hard is a christmas movie, how come its other 4 movies are all set during cristmas and have other christmas songs and hats?

why are you wrong

It is. I went to see it with my dad on July 4, 1996, and the theater was so crowded some guy sat down in the aisle because he didn't want to be in the front row.

Post more vp reactions please

I hate you christmas cucks because throughout all of december, all of the media you consume is supposed to be christmas themed.
That means christmas movies, christmas shows, shitty cringey holiday music put on repeat all the way until new year's day.
Fuck all of you
Any other holiday and it just blows by but fucking christmas, everyone has to know it's fucking christmas everyday until the 25th.
Fuck
You

Don't forget the whole fucking marketting campaign was based around "ID4" as well.

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Sup Forums, what's the best Christmas movie?

If it makes you feel any better, there's a lot of Christians who feel the same way, and are upset that the Christmas season has been turned into something more about commercialism than religion (and also that the penitential season of Advent gets lost in the shuffle: the traditional Christmas season is supposed to BEGIN with Christmas Eve, and end with Epiphany, on January 6).

But Halloween is getting to be just as bad. That's supposed to be just one day (a prelude to the traditional Days of the Dead, Nov. 1-8), but now the decorations and store displays start going up the first of October, if not immediately after Labor Day. The whole month has become associated with horror movies, too.

Die Hard

Kek i bet you spend your Christmases alone and that made you bitter. I look forward to your eventual suicide, cuck.

You are retarded, try actually looking up what Halloween is about.

>Is Die Hard a Christmas Movie
No.

Just because it takes place at Christmas doesn't make it a Christmas movie. A Christmas movie must have the central themes of Christmas at the core of it's story and plot.

Sorry, Die Hard, Batman Returns, Lethal Weapon. None of these are Christmas movies.

Die Hard

>Find me a Christmas movie that was released in the Summer
Gremlins was released in June.
Are you going to also argue that's not a Christmas movie?

It features Christmas carols, Christmas decorations, is set during Christmas and is about a man reuniting with his family. Of course it's a Christmas movie.

>saving private ryan isnt a wwii movie, it came out in the 90s!

I am personally of the opinion that The Lion in Winter is the best non-Christmas Christmastime movie.

Not the guy you were talking to but Gremlins is a Christmas movie because it features one of the central themes of Christmas. Giving presents. You also have the hard working dad whose struggling to be home on Christmas. Both essential Christmas themes.

I agree. My point is that he said no Christmas movie was released during Summer.

Christmas movie for me was Demolition Man

Everyone went to a night church i stayed home watched that shit.

what a cool poster for such a shit movie

I know what Halloween is about: it's a mishmash of various continental and British customs (both Christian and pre-Christian) surrounding the traditional octave of All Saints (Nov. 1-8, during which various commemorations are made of the dead in Catholicism), and all All Souls Day (Nov. 2) in particular, although now observed on the eve of All Saints.

But in America, it's mostly been co-opted to sell cheap candy and splatter films.

It wasn't intended as one, but it became one due to the setting. It's one of those christmas movies you can watch anytime, like the home alone movies, gremlins, or bad santa.

>Christmas carols, Christmas decorations, is set during Christmas a
Inconsequential. This does not make it a Christmas movie. Especially since much of the film is about wholesale murder and violence. Definitely not Christmas themes.

>Peace on Earth and goodwill towards men.
>Blowing the shit out of people and dropping a guy off a building.

Pick one and only one.

>Find me a Christmas movie that was released in the Summer

Well here in Aus Christmas is during Summer

Yes.

Go fuck yourself

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DIE HARD CONFIRMED BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIE

The film is set in Christmas and features themes of feel-good Americanism and redemption. It's a Christmas movie.

Ok , there's no way you deny this one. OP is wrong 100% now.

>Find me a Christmas movie that was released in the Summer
Donovan's Reef

It's about a guy reconciling with his estranged wife and getting his family back together. It's every bit as much a Christmas movie as It's a Wonderful Life.

>The quintessential christmas movie was released in fucking May
well color me surprised. I guess Die Hard is a christmas movie after all