re: The annual Die Hard is not a Christmas movie thread

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Christmas movies don't have to explain to the viewer what Christmas is all about.

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It helps

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DH is easily a Christmas movie.

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No, it isn't

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Just not as "Christmas-y" much as some others.

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No shite. It's not even close. It isn't a Christmas movie.

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And just because it's mostly an action film doesn't mean that it can't also fall under other categories.

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Due to the action and body count, yes DH is pretty much disqualified from being a Christmas movie.

Nobody walked out of the theater in 1988 and said "wow, that was the best Christmas movie I have ever seen!", yet, boatloads of people discussed it being the best action movie ever.

Nobody was discussing a god damned thing pertaining to Christmas after watching it. They were saying shite like "damn that explosion was fricking awesome!", "it hurt me watching him pull out all of the glass embedded in his feet" or "ewww that jap got it bad when they splattered his brains all over that room".

Die Hard has a few things that many Christmas movies have, and about 9868976897685 things that NO other Christmas movies have, and this disqualifies it from being a Christmas movie.