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(I-Mockery) Obvious Die Hard is the best Christmas holiday action movie ever made. Ho, ho, ho   (i-mockery.com) divider line 163
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dustman81 [TotalFark]
2011-12-25 08:36:22 AM
Damn straight it is. Need to fire up Netflix and watch it again,

/Yippie ki yay, motherfarker.
 
EnviroDude [TotalFark]
2011-12-25 08:44:16 AM
First Blood disagrees
 
gonzoduke [TotalFark]
2011-12-25 08:45:20 AM
Merry Christmas, Mister Falcon
 
dopeydwarf [TotalFark]
2011-12-25 09:38:00 AM
Now I have a machine gun. Ho ho ho.
 
dartben [TotalFark]
2011-12-25 09:45:24 AM
No shiat lady, do I sound like I'm ordering a farking pizza?
 
nekom [TotalFark]
2011-12-25 09:56:21 AM
Dear Die Hard:

You rock! Especially when that guy was on the roof.

P.S. Do you know Mad Max?
 
Archie Goodwin [TotalFark]
2011-12-25 10:24:52 AM
Take 'this' under advisement.
 
Howie Spankowitz [TotalFark]
2011-12-25 10:56:38 AM
You know what I love about Die Hard that modern action movies have lost? A true sense of vulnerability for the hero. McLain gets his ass kicked and he actually looks like it by the end.

As much as I like the Bourne movies, the hero has knock down, drag out 10 minute fist fights with trained killers and comes out with a tiny dribble of blood on his lip.

I've now written too much on this topic.

I'm bored.
 
enry
2011-12-25 11:36:45 AM
Howie Spankowitz: You know what I love about Die Hard that modern action movies have lost? A true sense of vulnerability for the hero. McLain gets his ass kicked and he actually looks like it by the end.

As much as I like the Bourne movies, the hero has knock down, drag out 10 minute fist fights with trained killers and comes out with a tiny dribble of blood on his lip.

I've now written too much on this topic.

I'm bored.

Good point. Is why I like the Evil Dead movies too.
 
skodabunny
2011-12-25 11:39:50 AM
Yeah, but there aren't a whole lot of other "Christmas holiday action movies" to serve as competition, are there?
 
Guntram Shatterhand
2011-12-25 11:40:02 AM
Does Lethal Weapon come in second place?

/ignoring Mel Gibson's insanity, it is a good action movie
 
Dr.Zom
2011-12-25 11:40:24 AM
You just figured this out? Welcome to the party, pal!
 
hosalabad
2011-12-25 11:42:11 AM
Best Christmas movie ever.



Just a fly in the ointment, Hans. The monkey in the wrench. The pain in the ass.
 
ELF Radio
2011-12-25 11:45:50 AM
Huh, i actually watched Die Hard tonight with my coworker. I had seen bits and pieces, but never the whole thing all the way through.
 
I am not a Limivore
2011-12-25 11:48:33 AM
The Cleveland Show parody 'Die Semi-Hard' ,from a few weeks back, was a lot of fun too. If you are a big 'Die Hard' fan, it's available on the HULU.

/ Not normally a Cleveland Show fan.
 
lexslamman
2011-12-25 11:49:31 AM
Gremlins
 
VaportrailFilms
2011-12-25 11:53:48 AM
Let's hope #5 takes place at Christmas again.
 
saintwrathchild
2011-12-25 11:57:08 AM
I'd just like to welcome everyone in this thread to the party, pals.
 
beta_plus
2011-12-25 11:57:32 AM
That needed to be said?

Watched it again for the first time in over a decade a few months ago.
Except for all the smoke machines and Hollywood SWAT team tactics, the movie has aged incredibly well.
 
Captain Hollywood
2011-12-25 12:00:04 PM
I re-watched it a few days ago. What really sets it apart from most action movies are the villains. It goes by the less is more logic. There's only a handful of bad guys in the movie but each has a distinct personality/look. It's not 50 random faceless ones getting killed.
 
NuttierThanEver [TotalFark]
2011-12-25 12:00:27 PM
Ok the Ben Affleck piece of crap was a piece of crap but it did have a naked Charlize
 
RoyBatty
2011-12-25 12:00:46 PM
 
rocky_howard
2011-12-25 12:01:15 PM
Howie Spankowitz: You know what I love about Die Hard that modern action movies have lost? A true sense of vulnerability for the hero. McLain gets his ass kicked and he actually looks like it by the end.

As much as I like the Bourne movies, the hero has knock down, drag out 10 minute fist fights with trained killers and comes out with a tiny dribble of blood on his lip.

I agree with you but Bourne is not one of those movies...

Guy looks pretty beat up by the end. He can't even walk straight.

Not to mention super soldier > new york cop. Bourne wasn't a regular human being.
 
Mole Man
2011-12-25 12:08:02 PM
cdn0.hark.com

"The title suggested a love story."

/hot link
 
Captain Hollywood
2011-12-25 12:15:40 PM
RoyBatty, what's funny is while watching the movie it seems like it just comes natural to add "Mr. potter" before or after every sentence he says.
 
bravian
2011-12-25 12:19:19 PM
rocky_howard: Howie Spankowitz: You know what I love about Die Hard that modern action movies have lost? A true sense of vulnerability for the hero. McLain gets his ass kicked and he actually looks like it by the end.

As much as I like the Bourne movies, the hero has knock down, drag out 10 minute fist fights with trained killers and comes out with a tiny dribble of blood on his lip.

I agree with you but Bourne is not one of those movies...

Guy looks pretty beat up by the end. He can't even walk straight.

Not to mention super soldier > new york cop. Bourne wasn't a regular human being.

But it is an example of a movie where the main character seemingly can never get hurt. James Bond and the recent slew of super hero movies are other examples. The action scene looks and feels fake and you know the character will shake it off in about 2 hours in time for dinner.

/loves me some Jason Bourne
//recent Batman movies seems to be an exception to this type of movie
 
wattimus
2011-12-25 12:28:56 PM
Best christmas movie ever. Not just among christmas action movies, but all movies
 
wiseolddude
2011-12-25 12:30:35 PM
I am not a Bruce Willis fan, but I do like that movie.
 
TravisBickle62
2011-12-25 12:39:49 PM
I happen to have trained with Jason Bourne and that is what he is like in real life, you could run the dude over with a steam roller and he would still look fresh, he has been trained to bleed on the inside.
 
eddievercetti
2011-12-25 12:40:04 PM
 
Rwa2play
2011-12-25 12:42:57 PM
dustman81: Damn straight it is. Need to fire up Netflix and watch it again,

/Yippie ki yay, motherfarker.

I beg to differ, therefore I present Exhibit A:

upload.wikimedia.org

/Won't deny that "Die Hard" is awesome.
//I'm too old for this
 
Wise_Guy
2011-12-25 12:43:36 PM
Come out to the coast, we'll get together, have a few laughs...
 
zobear
2011-12-25 12:50:39 PM
I'm pretty sure Sgt. Al was buying Twinkies - not Ho-Hos.

yipee-ki-ay...
 
Wise_Guy
2011-12-25 12:52:47 PM
'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.
 
Jaws_Victim
2011-12-25 12:54:53 PM
Was watching it last night. Was always my favorite, although I liked the second one a lot also. I get what roger ebert says when he says it's kind of flawed beau
Se of the dumb cops. I'd like to see a remake that takes them out and makes it one extremely tense movie. Directed by James Cameron.
 
blessthe40oz
2011-12-25 01:03:01 PM
Ohhh the quarterback is toast!
 
Howie Spankowitz [TotalFark]
2011-12-25 01:13:09 PM
bravian: rocky_howard: Howie Spankowitz: You know what I love about Die Hard that modern action movies have lost? A true sense of vulnerability for the hero. McLain gets his ass kicked and he actually looks like it by the end.

As much as I like the Bourne movies, the hero has knock down, drag out 10 minute fist fights with trained killers and comes out with a tiny dribble of blood on his lip.

I agree with you but Bourne is not one of those movies...

Guy looks pretty beat up by the end. He can't even walk straight.

Not to mention super soldier > new york cop. Bourne wasn't a regular human being.

But it is an example of a movie where the main character seemingly can never get hurt. James Bond and the recent slew of super hero movies are other examples. The action scene looks and feels fake and you know the character will shake it off in about 2 hours in time for dinner.

/loves me some Jason Bourne
//recent Batman movies seems to be an exception to this type of movie

Yep. This was more my point. One of the things I love about Die Hard is that the fight scenes feel like fights, and if you've ever been in one, you know what I mean (and I ain't talking about the schoolyard, last about 2 minutes until the teacher breaks it up type). You're exhausted about a minute into it and all the martial arts technique goes to shiat and you start biting, elbowing, eye-gouging or whatever else you can do to survive.

There is a distinctly non-choreographed feel to the fight scenes in Die Hard and the hero is actually f*cking winded at the end.

I agree about Batman. It's so much more enjoyable to think he might actually feel it in the morning. Giggity.
 
Weigard
2011-12-25 01:15:03 PM
Ellis also directed PCU.
 
LewDux
2011-12-25 01:15:26 PM
Home Alone is better
 
INeedAName
2011-12-25 01:15:53 PM
This has been my Christmas movie since I was a lad. Every year we would get home from church, I would snag any gifts still needing to be wrapped and head to the basement.

This movie is one of the few Christmas traditions I won't be giving up when I get married.

With holiday blessings to you all,
Bill Clay
 
zulius
2011-12-25 01:20:53 PM
Die Hard is the best Christmas holiday action movie ever made
FTFY
 
Mugato [TotalFark]
2011-12-25 01:26:06 PM
LewDux: Home Alone is better

Are you high?
 
ertznay
2011-12-25 01:30:20 PM
Blast of Silence
 
TV's Vinnie
2011-12-25 01:35:50 PM
Aaaaaaaaand the quarterback is toast!
 
LeroyBourne
2011-12-25 01:49:45 PM
I guess it doesn't qualify as an action movie, but I'd say "the ref" is one of the best.
 
zulius
2011-12-25 01:49:45 PM
 
GungFu
2011-12-25 01:50:04 PM
Captain Hollywood: I re-watched it a few days ago. What really sets it apart from most action movies are the villains. It goes by the less is more logic. There's only a handful of bad guys in the movie but each has a distinct personality/look. It's not 50 random faceless ones getting killed.

www.avforums.com
 
perigee
2011-12-25 01:50:10 PM
www.getreligion.org

Mazel Tov, goyim.
 
The1andonlyZack
2011-12-25 01:56:44 PM
Rwa2play: dustman81: Damn straight it is. Need to fire up Netflix and watch it again,

/Yippie ki yay, motherfarker.

I beg to differ, therefore I present Exhibit A:

[upload.wikimedia.org image 220x329]

/Won't deny that "Die Hard" is awesome.
//I'm too old for this

Your exhibit is not granted as it is not a reality.

/Good movie. Die Hard is a GREAT.
 
Contrabulous Flabtraption [TotalFark]
2011-12-25 02:00:56 PM
wattimus: Best christmas movie ever. Not just among christmas action movies, but all movies

Yes, this is truth. Hear it.
 
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