- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
re: lets settle the debate. is die hard a Christmas movie?
Posted on 12/11/18 at 10:10 am to NfamousPanda
Posted on 12/11/18 at 10:10 am to NfamousPanda
could have just as easily been a new years eve party.
0
Posted on 12/11/18 at 10:18 am to L1C4
quote:
is die hard a Christmas movie?
2009: lol that’s funny - never thought of that before. This should make for an interesting debate.
2018: kill me
Posted on 12/11/18 at 10:26 am to NfamousPanda
quote:
Is it though? Change it to a retirement party after hours in the middle of August and the plot is basically the same.
It is.
You can't take out a main part of the plot and try to replace it with something else and then claim that makes it not a Christmas movie. That's like saying if you change the time of NL's Christmas Vacation to 4th of July, it is no longer a Christmas movie....well no shite. That's the whole point.
It wasn't a retirement party in August. It was a Christmas party. That is the entire reason that people are there. And Christmas themes and things pop up throughout the entire movie.
It's not even a movie that randomly happens to have Christmas in it. It is central to the plot of the movie and is rampant throughout.
Posted on 12/11/18 at 10:27 am to NfamousPanda
quote:
Is it though? Change it to a retirement party after hours in the middle of August and the plot is basically the same.
Change the setting for A Christmas Story to a road trip to Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss and you get the same adult waxing nostalgic about his youth plot too.
This post was edited on 12/11/18 at 10:32 am
Posted on 12/11/18 at 10:31 am to athenslife101
Double post.
This post was edited on 12/11/18 at 10:36 am
Posted on 12/11/18 at 10:33 am to L1C4
I'll base it off of this:
Posted on 12/11/18 at 10:33 am to NfamousPanda
quote:
Change it to a retirement party after hours in the middle of August and the plot is basically the same.
Why would John McClane have visited his family across the USA for a retirement party in the middle of August? He wouldn't have been there had it not been for Christmas.
This post was edited on 12/11/18 at 10:35 am
Posted on 12/11/18 at 10:35 am to athenslife101
quote:
Lethal Weapon is also a Christmas movie
So is Brazil
Posted on 12/11/18 at 10:38 am to Tigris
quote:
So is Brazil
That was a weird, weird movie.
Posted on 12/11/18 at 10:44 am to L1C4
It’s definitely a Christmas movie.
John McClane is coming home FOR CHRISTMAS attempting to patch things up with his estranged wife. He attends a CHRISTMAS PARTY and then just so happens to run into a terrorist plot. He easily handles these terrorists, reconciles with Holly, and the viewer assumes they had a merry Christmas.
Total Christmas movie.
John McClane is coming home FOR CHRISTMAS attempting to patch things up with his estranged wife. He attends a CHRISTMAS PARTY and then just so happens to run into a terrorist plot. He easily handles these terrorists, reconciles with Holly, and the viewer assumes they had a merry Christmas.
Total Christmas movie.
Posted on 12/11/18 at 10:49 am to Norbert
quote:
John McClane is coming home FOR CHRISTMAS
This makes me question your expertise on the movie
Posted on 12/11/18 at 10:53 am to L1C4
quote:
hallmark channel
This is the definition of a Christmas movie?
Posted on 12/11/18 at 10:55 am to Geauxboy
quote:
This is the definition of a Christmas movie?
It's literally ALL they play from the middle of October - Christmas AND for the entire month of July. It's a good barometer if nothing else.
Posted on 12/11/18 at 11:01 am to L1C4
Why would people want to question this?
Of course it is.
Christmas Music, Christmas Party, Happens on Christmas Eve, Family is a central motivator to the plot. Santa Hat, Lights.
Of course it is.
Christmas Music, Christmas Party, Happens on Christmas Eve, Family is a central motivator to the plot. Santa Hat, Lights.
Posted on 12/11/18 at 11:06 am to L1C4
Yes, top 10 all time. Hallmark Channel is for women and gheys. Die Hard is for neither.
Hope you and your boyfriend have a Merry Christmas
Hope you and your boyfriend have a Merry Christmas
This post was edited on 12/11/18 at 11:06 am
Posted on 12/11/18 at 11:06 am to stapuffmarshy
quote:
Christmas Cocaine
Posted on 12/11/18 at 11:07 am to NfamousPanda
quote:
Is it though? Change it to a retirement party after hours in the middle of August and the plot is basically the same.
By that standard anything not involving Santa Clause isn’t a Christmas movie.
Posted on 12/11/18 at 11:08 am to SSpaniel
quote:
The writer said it's a Christmas movie.
quote:
Well... uhh.... in my defense, I didn't know that. So I guess that it is a Christmas movie. Somebody needs to tell Bruce, though.
De Souza settles the Die Hard question
Posted on 12/11/18 at 11:12 am to CocomoLSU
quote:
You can't take out a main part of the plot and try to replace it with something else and then claim that makes it not a Christmas movie. That's like saying if you change the time of NL's Christmas Vacation to 4th of July, it is no longer a Christmas movie....well no shite. That's the whole point.
If you take Christmas out of NL, it changes everything about the movie. You need to have different scenes entirely because the vast majority of the film is Christmas traditions. If you change die hard it won’t effect the film that much. You are over playing this lame arse debate from 10 years ago.
This post was edited on 12/11/18 at 11:15 am
Posted on 12/11/18 at 11:14 am to Dam Guide
So according to you It's A Wonderful Life is not a Christmas movie. 
Page 2 of 9
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News