Die Hard - Nostalgia Critic

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You can't celebrate Christmas without Die Hard! It's the holiday classic unlike any other, and Nostalgia Critic takes a look at what makes it so awesome!
Die Hard is a 1988 American action thriller film directed by John McTiernan, written by Steven E. de Souza and Jeb Stuart. Based on Roderick Thorp's 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forever. The film follows off-duty New York City Police Department officer John McClane (Bruce Willis) who is caught in a Los Angeles skyscraper on Christmas Eve during a heist led by criminal mastermind Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman).
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[@YodaPM999]

A merry Christmas to you too!

[@GVMetric]

DUDE DIE HARD?!?! FUCK YES!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

[@69wandering]

Merry Christmas to all and to all a goodnight!

[@MegaNinjaRyan]

Channel Awesome Merry Christmas Doug and friends! Everyone! Merry Christmas!

[@sullivanbard]

Merry Christmas!

[@KathyMort]

"The late Alan Rickman" still hurts

[@Foxfire_forty-nine]

Just wait until it is "the late Bruce Willis", Bishop.

[@purpleheart3000]

"Even after all this time?" "Always."

[@dannys8014]

RIP Severus Snape (Oh and Hans Gruber, I guess).

[@AdenaKaiba]

😔😭 so true

[@NyarlathotepWelfare]

@@dannys8014 and farewell THE BEST SHERIFF OF NOTTINGHAM EVER

[@ArthurIdrisov]

Fun fact - C4 can burn without going "boom", that is why you need a detonator. So, Maclaine was perfectly safe while smoking around this type of explosive.

[@MrJackfaire]

Came here to see this but checked to see if someone else did. You need more than just a detonator C4 has to have pressure applied. You have to compress plus detonator. Usually this is accomplished by packing it around the detonator. Fun fact if you use it an a barrel of let's call them ingredients to make Napalm there won't be much of the barrel left.

[@copcuffs9973]

Myth busters cooking with C4!

[@kwkreativeworks3725]

Am I the only one who’s wondering why the guy with Guy-Fawkes style facial hair knows this much about explosives... P.S. If I disappear, check for explosive residue.

[@curticcarmichael3580]

I guess knowing is half the battle.

[@clamp7123]

So how come in call of duty when I shoot some c4 I explode

[@LucyLioness100]

Totally agree that Alan Rickman’s “oh shit” face when being dropped is the best reaction ever. The man was a treasure & will always be missed

[@johnduckworth3866]

I heard him tell the story of how the scene was filmed and the way he said in his British accent "Let's drop the actor" was hilarious.

[@LucyLioness100]

@@johnduckworth3866 now that is truly a gift 😄

[@simple-commentator-not-rea7345]

Yeah, obviously, but shouldn't the credit for that drop go to whomever dropped him before counting to 3 like he was promised? The director, I guess? It's not like we're implying Rickman was such an amazing actor he even acted well by accident

[@johnduckworth3866]

@@simple-commentator-not-rea7345 Well according to Rickman's own account that I heard it was a stunt that he elected to do so I would give him most of the credit for actually doing it himself. The reaction was a different part of the story to where he himself said he didn't recall the count to 3 part. He basically said they dropped him from about 40 feet which was scary enough for him to get a great reaction, and then he added the producers said thank God he didn't break his neck.

[@tanz7877]

@@simple-commentator-not-rea7345 6 months on you got 4 likes

[@abigailflynn6400]

Fun Fact: The police chief calling John a bartender is alluding to Bruce Willis' first job as a bartender.

[@HeilRay]

Clever.

[@edwardhernandez6668]

Girl

[@jmd1999]

Knowledge is the greatest drug.

[@randalgraves6979]

Show Dick some respect!!

[@keefriff99]

@@randalgraves6979 Haha, love The Breakfast Club reference. Paul Gleason was a great actor. RIP.

[@unoriginal1562]

“We know everything about him... except what he looks like...” “Yeah how did we miss that?” “You’re not helping Carl!!!”

[@barbertalesansboys2098]

How does that work?

[@shyboi1426]

I think it’s a phineas and ferb reference

[@samkresil6011]

Its "Karl"@@shyboi1426

[@Arvidus89]

One of the best NC gags, I could watch this all day

[@djcorneliusbingleton]

Yes, we all watched the video

[@georgeprchal3924]

Honest Trailers: In a decade where every other action hero was a hulked out roid machine, no one kicked more ass than the the guy from Moonlighting who looked like your dad, John McClane.

[@rickychadsgoodnbads-racgab9869]

George Prchal nice

[@MrDuck797]

George Prchal brilliant

[@xraystudios3693]

Yeah, when people talk about how Bruce Willis was the only action star that wasn't pure muscle they forget about Mel Gibson and Sigorney Weaver.

[@dkendrick1916]

“I shot a kid”. Have a holly jolly Christmas.

[@UlshaRS]

He really nails the 'jazz hands at gun point' vibe

[@Stormrider881]

"I have come to awesome your movie" Most accurate statement ever. RIP Alan Rickman.

[@thomaskositzki9424]

I ROFL'd so hard and also so true. ^^

[@CDBookManGaming]

If it weren't for Doug, I would have died never knowing that dude blinked when Hans turned his head inspecting his corpse in the elevator.

[@V4Now]

Not that it matters but that can actually happen to dead corpses

[@JPproductions303]

The unusual suspect

[@HowIsTheCraic]

@@V4Now What about live corpses?

[@V4Now]

@@HowIsTheCraic at which point you should stop asking questions and run

[@AoAD]

@@V4Now A body can still have muscles function, such as twitching and blinking, for about 12 hours before the rigor mortis sets in. Still, did not notice Tony blinked until that zoom though lol

[@mr.k418]

Fun fact: The code breaker quit acting and became a professor after this movie.

[@christopher8198]

Yo that's Trivette from Walker, Texas Ranger

[@TheGuardDuck]

A professional WHAT, tho?

[@TheGuardDuck]

@Jack Burton oh, my bad... For some reason I read "professor" as "professional"... Doh!

[@SepakanSudut]

The university didnt hire him for his charming personality

[@whoknowswhocares885]

Not the most glorifying job but more respectful and makes bank. Hell this improved his resume by 100 percent

[@a.t.m873]

Alan Rickman would've been a definitive James Bond villain. R.I.P Professor Snape and Judge Turpin to name a couple.

[@DoctorCarlMortner]

Fun Fact: Both Alan Rickman (Who actually bizarrely turned this role down because he didn’t like being cast as a villain anymore) and Anthony Hopkins (Of Doctor Hannibal Lecter Fame) were in talks to be the Bond villain for Pierce Brosnan’s 007 Goldeneye. Originally the villain was supposed to be named Augustus Trevelyan, Bond’s mentor turned traitor. However, the filmmakers decided to drop the whole mentor idea and opt for a rouge Double O persona instead. Since the schtick required someone younger, Rickman and Hopkins were written out as possible choices and they originally wanted Jeremy Irons for the role. However, Irons was too busy with Die Hard with A Vengeance so he was unavailable. A lesser known actor (at the time) named Sean Bean got the part. And of course, Augustus Trevelyan’s first name got changed to Alexander first, then was settled on Alec, for reasons unexplained.

[@NostalgiaMan]

My God This movie was a gold plated Dynamite Stick wrapped in Diamonds and blazing with blue fire Welcome to the Party Pall

[@jakerieder3512]

Welcome to the party Paul*

[@gamegeekz1]

True description

[@zombieguy4444]

Sounds like a shrapnel party With Bruce Willis? I’m in

[@guybroyles48]

@@jakerieder3512 I thought that was "welcome to the party PAL". I looked to see if dudes comment you replied to was Paul. lol That would've been clever if so. Actually, it's "welcome to the party, Powell" I did think it was pal for years though.

[@bakabule]

A moment to remember this movie is old, not current, and those gas prices are in cents, not dollars.

[@MrBassem95]

He knows he thinks it's crazy they were that cheap when they're so expensive now

[@oscarpena00op]

Bassem Elmehdawi it wasn’t cheaper it’s just inflation

[@devilmikey00]

@@oscarpena00op WRONG. 75c in 1988 would be $1.63 in 2019. Current average price for gas in Los Angeles in 2019? $3.58. Inflation my fucking ass.

[@MrBassem95]

@@oscarpena00op lmfao bro the war in Afghanistan and Iraq increased the gas prices insanely high.

[@equusquaggaquagga536]

Bassem Elmehdawi Also, regular leaded gas (which this movie has) hasn't been sold since the 90's.

[@realityisanillusion2312]

Ok Alan Rickman is a national treasure.

[@haihai9022]

R.I.P Alan Rickman

[@Lee_Lee1776]

Loved him in Robin Hood

[@redhood982]

Reality is an illusion “Always”

[@carter_lovejoy]

“Lily? After all this time?” “Always.” I wish Critic reviewed all the Harry Potter films. Except it’ll probably piss off a lot of people. Didn’t he say he’ll never review them?

[@elimDBZ]

@@redhood982 The universe is a hologram! Buy gold bye!!!!

[@franl155]

And this was Alan Rickman's very first film role, and he almost turned it down. What we'd have missed if he'd turned this part down - not only for this film but his future film career. Who else could have played Snape?

[@wyatthill6252]

Way to hit the ground running, Rickman.

[@franl155]

@@wyatthill6252 - Just occurred to me, his stage performances must have been electrifying - to be in the presence of the actor at work ...

[@wet-read]

Not saying they would be as good, let alone better, but how about: John Lithgow William Hurt Al Pacino Ian McShane

[@franl155]

@@wet-read - obviously we can only speculate! but comparing a known with an unknown is never going to work. If one of those had played Snape we'd have said, "Yes, that's Snape to the life". But I'm glad we got the Snape we did.

[@AlexHarrison-zv4jj]

​@@wet-read Considering McShane would have been the only one eligible, I'd pick him.

[@04279]

Fun fact: Hans Gruber's name could also be a reference to christmas as Franz (not Hans) X. Gruber (same last name) was the composer of the Christmas song "Silent Night".

[@alexsilva28]

Neat

[@04279]

@@gracehaven5459 What exactly do you mean?

[@04279]

@@gracehaven5459 Yes, I'm aware of that too. Just: Where is the connection to christmas? Because "Holly"--> Holy?

[@04279]

@@gracehaven5459 Sorry, this is the first time i hear it in this connection in English (it is not my first language). Learned something new. Thank you.

[@SolidusGabriel]

15

[@gacku7847]

I like the censoring in Die Hard 3, where Sam Jackson calls him a racist melonfarmer

[@christinalittleton5773]

Sam Jackson said that? What an [french vanilla]?

[@musicman6806]

Thats related to a nerfherder for all you wondering

[@LadyOnikara]

@@musicman6806 Some of the best Nerf Herders are also great Melon Farmers.

[@UniqueornBacon]

The funniest part about that is that even though the “yippee Kai yay, motherfucker” and subsequent “motherfucker” lines were attributed to John McClane, it’s actually one of SLJs most commonly quoted lines from other movies. Especially Pulp Fiction’s “Say what again motherfucker!”

[@kyliethelittlecouragegirl94]

What did he call him in the original (curious)

[@chrisallen9638]

Nostalgia Critic: "It may not have a Christmas lesson," Also Nostalgia Critic: *Cuts the Christmas lesson scene short to make a joke of it.* When McClane is asking the cop to tell his wife he loves her, and he should have supported her instead of trying to control what she did, THAT'S THE CHRISTMAS LESSON. It's the lesson the main character has to learn to not just get out of the situation alive, but to be a family again.

[@Kektus1]

Eh, who cares. We've definitively proven it isn't a Christmas movie.

[@chrisallen9638]

@@Kektus1 No, you haven't. "It was released in the summer!" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_in_July "It doesn't have a Christmas lesson/theme/etc." Addressed in my initial comment. "The plot doesn't revolve around Christmas" If it wasn't Christmas, John wouldn't be there. The way the final villain is defeated is through the use of a Christmas gift. Christmas is integral to the plot. It's not just set during Christmas, it's a Christmas movie. I have yet to see one single argument that holds any water as to why it's not.

[@BIOHAZARDRUSGaming]

If I remember correctly, Die Hard has more Christmas songs than one of the greatest Christmas movies of all time, White Christmas with Bing Crosby. COME ON, DIE HARD IS A CHRISTMAS MOVIE

[@Turbo9987]

$0.77 for a gallon of unleaded gas is the real tragedy in all of this.

[@quincycroft3323]

Goddamn 80's people, you truly don't know how good you had it.

[@lordmavbmp]

People probably still complained back then

[@MiBones]

@@lordmavbmp Yes, because many remember gas at .25 cents a gallon in the early seventies.

[@ThatSexyNerdReacts]

Thanks Bush and thanks trump

[@omriarielly1]

European's cry with 3.6 dollars a gallon

[@creakimoi2958]

"I'm here to make this movie awesome" I miss you, Alan Rickman Also, I always felt Bruce willis acts like he's constantly having a monologue inside his head and it just kinda dolphins out of his mouth every so often. Like he's always just talking to himself.

[@OGdadpool]

Home Alone is Die Hard, just for kids/families. Christmas time, one person alone against criminals, who underestimate who they are up against, in one building. Merry Christmas everyone!

[@samuelbarber4154]

Jared D one difference is that Home Alone is deadlier.

[@srstriker6420]

Samuel Barber what about the other home alone Movies?

[@inky5574]

@game over man 69 No that would be Marv. Remember that ornament trap?

[@jpennacchio87]

Jared D John McLane and Kevin Macalister have issues with their families as well.

[@sakehump7536]

Merry Christmas ya filthy animals.. and a happy new year

[@Jake-vy2bh]

"Eyes on the job, eyes on the job, eyes on the job... WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! "Eyes on the job....." Best episode in a while!

[@UZIKING]

When you work at a child’s play place.

[@Xaero188]

It also was with German accent, so... "VEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

[@Jess-ko1ph]

I'll never unhear it

[@shaggy4real97]

Had to replay it several times I loved that joke

[@anthonymurillo7934]

This is endless i love it veeeeee!!!

[@DashCat9]

"I have come to awesome your movie" - So true.

[@AdenaKaiba]

Yes! So, SO true ! 😍

[@LucyLioness100]

Because Alan was truly an awesome dude. He seemed like the gentlest man & so caring

[@christopherfleetwood5252]

THANK YOUUUUU!

[@gianni4925]

He awesomed every movie he was in.

[@matthewabdel-missih281]

“Yippie Kayak Other Buckets!!!” - Charles Boyle

[@alietmanska8596]

Matthew Abdel-Missih I have been scrolling specifically for this comment, thank you my friend

[@alexisdominey6487]

Yippie Kaya Mr.Falcon -Donald Duck.

[@yuckless]

Les Chroniques d'Ali et Manska same here

[@ezelfrancisco1349]

Boyle, you did it. And you completely botched the catchphrase

[@Kieran986]

"Charles you saved us and completely botched the catchphrase " -jake peralta

[@ChaoticButterfly]

That moment of anger for thirty-year gas prices is totally legit. -_-

[@AnimationNation2004]

That moment made me laugh hard

[@zealotguy]

The more time passes the better (worse) it gets.

[@ALJ9000]

Damn inflation

[@manoftruth0935]

Even more so under poopy pants potato.

[@PeterPeter-pr2hi]

How about now?

[@The_Nametag]

"No other Christmas movie has action this good or characters this badass." So we're just going to pretend Lethal Weapon doesn't exist?

[@ferdinandpurczeld234]

Are those christmas movies too?

[@nicplaybr1243]

pretty much

[@FatherTime89]

Die Hard is better than Lethal Weapon. Hell it may be the best action movie ever made. Although the John Wick movies give it a run for their money.

[@ernor15]

@@FatherTime89 Mad Max: Fury Road, anyone? I joke. John Wick 1 is about as close as we're likely to get for a modern rival to Die Hard in terms of a one-man character-driven action classic. And even *John Wick* loses because it doesn't have Alan Rickman, who's a Christmas Gift all by himself.

[@cleverpsyche115]

@@ernor15 Keanu more than makes up for a lack of a Rickman.

[@LloxieFox]

As the cliche goes: Intelligence is knowing Die Hard is not a christmas movie. Wisdom is knowing Die Hard is the BEST christmas movie. ;D

[@cherrywoodstudios385]

Lloxie Fox The Christmas Spirit is knowing Die Hard is the only true Christmas Movie.

[@jakemetzgar]

Eyes on the job Eyes on the job Eyes on the job *VEEEEEEEEEE!!!!* Eyes on the job 😂😂😂😂

[@EmilySimski1995]

I bursted out laughing at that part!

[@DarkseidJoshua]

I read this comment before the review even got to that part and knew exactly what part of the movie that was a reference to lol

[@jmdnelson4891]

Die Hard is sheer action-packed, crowd-pleasing perfection!! I hope the Critic does Die Hard 2 soon!!

[@상냥한새벽]

still waiting at the end of 2024

[@TheStupidLama]

Oh btw as a German I have to say this: "Schieß dem Fenster" (supposed to mean "shoot the glass") is HORRIFICALLY but hilariously wrong German^^ It's grammatically wrong af. So I think the reason why the GERMAN dude gives him the "I don't speak German" - look, I think it's because the German henchman is just perplexed HOW BAD Hans' German is. For those who might actually care, it would have to be "Schieß auf das Fenster" or maybe "Zerschieß das Glas".

[@raidenvakarian9362]

So he missed the "auf". I'd hardly classify that as "horifically but hilariously wrong German"...

[@jamesallen5591]

Good post. Isn't Fenster 'window' in German? The other 'German' guy was probably thinking "Why the fuck should I shoot the windows?' They weren't windows; they were interior glass partitions. That was just a very weird exchange. If Hans is German, he should be able to speak proper German. Well, that's Hollywood. It's just a minor complaint; this is still one of my favorite movies of all time.

[@5hiftyL1v3a]

so how would what he actually said come across? Google translate gives "shoot the window", but that means nothing. Like what would be an English equivalent as an example?

[@jamesallen5591]

@@raidenvakarian9362 Hans is supposedly German so the German is pointing out his lack of basic knowledge of the German language. I think the point is "Fenster" vs "Glas". About three years after this movie came out I spent one of my college years living and studying in Germany. A Fenster is a window which separates the interior from the exterior of a building or a car. What was shot wasn't a window; it was interior glass, oder Glas. Shooting at the windows wouldn't have made any sense.

[@darqube]

@@raidenvakarian9362 'just auf'... Wrong case, wrong article, wrong preposition, wrong object. That's like Darth Vader saying 'No, myself is your paternal ancestor' instead of 'No, I am your father'. Abomination lol

[@zackcross7190]

Other references that Doug forgot “It’s Christmas, Theo. It’s the time of miracles, so be of good cheer. And call me when you hit the last lock.” Guy walks up to McClane. “Hey Merry Christmas!”

[@angryredninja]

The gun McClain used to shoot Hans that was taped to his back, said Merry Christmas.

[@mosfrat7711]

"Having a Brit playing a German playing an American...everyone wins." Wait until you see the third movie.

[@AlecDraven]

Well..... they are brothers. They should share that in common.

[@THEBLACKBELT]

16:06 In German he actually says "Shoot the window", which is why Karl doesn't quite understand at first. He only switches it to "shoot the glass" when he speaks English.

[@edwardtjbrown1979]

ok. Rickman's character had just learned that John was barefoot. hence the order. but, Hans had not noticed.

[@Yetibyte]

I'm German and if someone said to me "Schieß dem Fenster" like he did, I would give them the same confused look, since "Schieß dem Fenster" is far form a correct German sentence. :D

[@Yetibyte]

@@ARCtheCartoonMaster It should be "Schieß auf das Fenster!" And yes, if it was "Der Fenster" it would become "den" in this case. But it is "das Fenster".

[@MidlandTPUSA]

What make Allen Rickman's role better is that it was his first film role ever! Way to hit the ground running!

[@bethanymcmurtrey9542]

First film role. He'd spent about 20 years acting in stage productions, especially Shakespeare, before this.

[@MidlandTPUSA]

@@bethanymcmurtrey9542 huh neat didn't know that. Thanks for helping me and I just corrected it.

[@RonJDuncan]

@@bethanymcmurtrey9542 He had also done many TV movies and mini series with the BBC, so he was entirely familiar with being in front of the camera.

[@gracekim1998]

Easton Doodles wow

[@Legendary_Detective-Wobbuffet]

He hit the ground in a jet bike.

[@UniqueornBacon]

“Eyes on da job. Eyes on da job. Eyes on da job-VEEEEEEEEEEE!- Eyes on da job.” Definitely laughed too hard at that.

[@ajtheva6694]

Am I the only one who loves the way Alan says "Ho-Ho-Ho"?

[@toecutter1015]

One of the best lines, I still laugh every time

[@alanrickmanfan27agirlnotab71]

I agree i love when he says that too 🙂

[@ryanc970]

No, you're not

[@unluckymonkey4382]

It's how the British pronounce the letter H

[@ForceMaximus84]

No No No

[@VyceofMataMertha]

The undershirt that Bruce Willis wore is still in the Smithsonian museum to this day!

[@VanessaMagick]

Well, one of them is. They had like a dozen.

[@mew10521]

really?

[@VanessaMagick]

@@mew10521 According to IMDB; 'The costume department had 17 undershirts in various stages of degradation on hand for Bruce Willis.'

[@alexsilva28]

That's awesome

[@HeilRay]

His musk on it would add a extra million alone to it's total value.

[@simple-commentator-not-rea7345]

Rest in Peace Alan Rickman (1946 - 2016) Qualities of acting will never be the same without you

[@DanBrizuela]

Fun fact: only the fifth film is entirely original. First was supposed to be a sequel to a Sinatra film. Second was based on an entirely different novel. Third was originally written as a lethal weapon movie. Fourth was inspired by a magazine article. Only the fifth was written from scratch and not based on anything.

[@scottbuckley823]

and it was so bad i fell asleep in the cinema

[@Yoshikage8008]

A good day to die hard wasn't even that bad

[@ahatt96]

Most stories are not made from scratch. They tend to have insperation in one form or another.

[@DanBrizuela]

@@Yoshikage8008 Some good action scenes and getting to know John's son. However, the story doesn't make any sense, the villain reveal is convoluted, and some of John's decisions are dumb. Well made but not well thought out.

[@adiahaalexander9359]

Is *that* why it's such shit?

[@tstar3746]

Every time I watch Die Hard.... $.74 for gas in LA! And minimum wage has gone up how much since 1988??? Hits me so HARD, I DIE a little every time.

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

Do you die HARD...? With a VENGEANCE?

[@iruleatgames]

Minimum wage raises actually increase gas prices significantly due to devaluing of currency and unemployment spikes. The laws of economics are immutable.

[@Mac3622]

"....opens up the vault, making them the ultimate bond villains" Best line of the video

[@wet-read]

Is it just me, or would Theo make a good Bond villain as well as Hans?

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

A classic film. Bruce Willis is a legend.

[@hahafunny698]

Why am I starting to see you more than Justin Y?

[@mrblonde609]

It is a timeless classic. Saw it with my griflriend a couple of minutes ago. She is not that into action flicks and she never has saw Die Hard. She was enthusiastic, loved it and felt the suspense. This is why this movie is probably the best action movie there is.

[@gtsgreatteacherscathach5550]

Exactly it's the movie that made Bruce Willis such a badass action star!

[@justinsmith9006]

me and my mom would watch die hard every year for christmas, she passed a year ago or so, this was my favorite christmas movie, my mom would watch action movies set during christmas around christmas time, it was my family tradition, merry christmas, thanks for helping this christmas hurt less.

[@sarafontanini7051]

*hugs* :c

[@justinsmith9006]

@Jack Burton if your mom is alive tell her that you love her, for some reason people always think they will outlive you but they don't.

[@justinsmith9006]

@Jack Burton sorry man, then let me amend my statement, if there is someone you love tell them you love them, they might not be here next year, i am sorry if i caused you any bad feelings, i wish you didn't go through such a bad life, i wish your life from here on gets better everyday.

[@tylerwestbrook2392]

@Jack Burton U gotta be kidding me

[@tylerwestbrook2392]

@Jack Burton you're whole sad story. It just don't seem real to me. Now if it is you have my deepest condolences. To me when I hear stories like that I always wonder how do you survive that and how you move past that situation because it's too terrible to hear. I just hope you're not making it up for sympathy votes.

[@chrisbullard5901]

While it has plenty of Christmas references and takes place during Christmas Eve, the movie is truly a Christmas film because it’s about a husband and a wife restoring their marriage and overcoming the trappings of 80s commercialism in favor of the true spirit of the season.

[@flucazade]

we need to get a Die Hard prequel, Ocean's 11 style film of Hans assembling his crew

[@glasswolf2061]

Wouldn't be the same without Alan Rickman. :/

[@omalor]

"I'm here to talk to you about the Die Hard initiative"

[@marquis911]

@@glasswolf2061 True. I could see Adam Driver doing it, though.

[@AdenaKaiba]

This is the best idea ever ❤️😍❤️

[@ingridstanko6886]

Played by Adam Driver?

[@j0ste1]

Die hard is defininetly a christmas movie, it’s about a man who only want to be reunitet with his familiy for christmas, but then some evil «grinches» come to ruin christmas. «They Destroy a christmas party» and the man has to save christmas, at the end he saves the day, by christmas wraping his GUN to his Back, and gives the cop « who would never fire a GUN again» Back the will to shoot people, a christmas miracle.

[@jchris12000]

They came for the safe not the party.

[@TheMizisLit]

I guess someone doesn't know how to spell "wrapping"

[@HordrissTheConfuser]

@@TheMizisLit you can't have wrape without wrap...

[@ChicoDiamante]

EXACTLY.

[@cyber4053]

jchris12000 still works

[@brianbierlein4747]

The joke about McClane being a bartender is an inside joke because, before he became an actor, Bruce Willis was a bartender.

[@daviddavis4885]

Hatless Doug Walker laughing maniacally is the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen.

[@tstar3746]

10 GREAT Things with Die Hard 2 1. Perfect snow storm setting, with a great airport location. 2. Best use of the classic Yippie-Ki-Yay line. 3. The getaway plane with the gasoline fire line....rocks so hard. 4. He’s no Alan Rickman, but the villain is batshit evil. Not only does he crash one civilian plane, he could crash dozens....that’s really evil. 5. The action scenes rock, especially the shootout in the terminal and the plane almost running over John. 6. Holly is more utilized in the sequel than compared to the original. 7. It connects and works. If your going to watch Die Hard you should watch the sequel. 8. The last Die Hard Christmas movie. You get not one but two Die Hard films at Christmas. Dare I say, Die Hard 2 feels and looks more like a Christmas film than the original. 9. Key original characters are back, and then there is Marvin the janitor who is fun addition. 10. It IS Die Hard! Love Die Hard, but Die Hard 2 is just as great as the original.

[@Logitah]

I really love Rickman! He did every role he was in with such charm!

[@Cwhirt910]

They went with Bruce Willis because they wanted a more everyday kind of look guy vs someone like Sly or Arnold who were big muscular action stars.

[@AlexTenThousand]

I'm glad that Critic is treating himself to a good movie review at Christmas.

[@unvergebeneid]

The barrels weren't red, so of course they didn't explode, duh!

[@DanTheMan2150AD]

Ah that old familiar, Christmas Movie that’s not classified as a Christmas Movie, including: The Die Hard Trilogy Lethal Weapon Gremlins Batman Returns Prometheus Rocky IV & Brazil

[@jp3813]

Only the first two Die Hard films are set on Christmas.

[@DanTheMan2150AD]

jp3813 i think you’ll find With a Vengeance is also set at Christmas. If you watch the movie one of the character’s explicitly states “Come on man, it’s Christmas!”

[@jp3813]

@@DanTheMan2150AD Don't know if you're joking or not, but McClane says that in the beginning of DH2, while DH3 starts out w/ the song "Summer in the City".

[@mrcritical6751]

When the kid said “it’s christmas” he meant to metaphorically because all the cops were gone they could get everything they wanted without repercussions like Christmas

[@felixlandproductions4552]

And Iron Man 3

[@Gungelion]

If you did not make a single steve urkel joke my disappointment Would've been eternal. You did not fail me this day critic.

[@DO4M]

Come on... everyone was expecting an Urkel Joke at the "I shot a kid" scene...

[@TheGuardDuck]

It was necessary. Absolutely. But too many necessities get overlooked by hubris...

[@geoffreysorkin5774]

I'm still pissed he didn't make a deepthroat joke in the AVPR review.

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

What cool about this movie is that you don’t have to play it at Christmas but anytime. It’s timeless always.

[@gamesmaster0459]

You know the guy who plays Professor Snape in the Harry Potter movies had that "I smell a fart but I'm too polite to say anything" look down too.

[@Nejvyn]

Can't really tell if that "too" is ironic or not

[@Tentegen]

Is this /s or...

[@motodog242]

Wow, you're an idiot, it's the same person / Wow, you're a dumbass, using sarcasm without a /s. There, I covered both scenarios.

[@renewings]

@@motodog242 r/whoosh @DylanPlays / Renewings r/ihavereddit

[@unfabgirl]

Fun fact: Sinatra was actually closer to the age of John's book counterpart than Willis was. PS: Alan Rickman was also a big risk, as he was mainly known for his theater work then and a virtual unknown in the States at the time.

[@F1rstWorldNomaD]

Alan Rickman is one of mt fav actors of all time. may he rest in peace.

[@SunGodNika-bi2jr]

46 likes Alan Rickman was born in 1946

[@brenyatta]

“If you watch Miracle on 34th Street in the spring, it’d be weird.” Well, people who saw that movie on opening day must be weird. Yes, the original Miracle on 34th Street came out in MAY

[@GamerGirlEmber]

Yet my family watches it after or on Thanksgiving because it starts at the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. It just makes sense. but damn, that's way too early for christmas. Who was high when they said: "a christmas movie in spring? Yes! do it! we'll beat them to it before christmas even begins!"

[@brenyatta]

@@GamerGirlEmber This film & Batman Returns (both Christmas films, but not drunk on Christmas) were released in the Summer

[@anglobostonian]

Yep. And every time someone claims "Die Hard is not a Christmas movie because it came out in July", I point out this simple fact.

[@Poeticphyre]

Actually, Paramount Network is playing this right now right as I write this comment. They had it on all day today. No joke. Edit: On a side note, I'm now beginning to wonder if this movie had an influence on the Nerd.

[@CrowTR0bot]

9:17 (Puts on nerd hat) What made C4 so versatile and relied-upon as an explosive is that it required an electrical discharge to detonate. Burning it wouldn't actually set it off. :P

[@dustindurham6825]

The Long Kiss Goodnight starring Greena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson is also a Christmas movie.

[@RoodeMenon]

Its no Die Hard though.

[@troy102282]

“No, I usually sock on the jaw & yell Pop Goes the Weasel” My favourite line in that movie.

[@KellicTiger]

Ditto with Lethal Weapon. Its at Christmas. I watch both of these movies back to back Christmas Day every year.

[@davidyoung4141]

Yes.

[@Detrimental313]

Also reindeer games

[@videovoidtv]

Die Hard is also one of the most beautifully shot action movies ever. The animorphic lenses make it look amazing and while lens flare are trash now because of over use in this flick they rock.

[@BigFilmProductions]

Definitely! Couldn‘t agree more!

[@westallen2383]

Me: thinks laugh is normal What my laugh actually sounds like: 10:50

[@MasticinaAkicta]

Ah yes THE Christmas movie nobody should ever forget about. I mean what is Christmas without explosions, terrorists, hijackings and german guys...

[@robbiebrewer6153]

It's not a Christmas movie

[@edwardevans5759]

@@robbiebrewer6153 You are perfectly entitled to your wrong opinion. Have a Merry Christmas!

[@davidhawkeye864]

What kind of Christmas would that be? A very very sad Christmas.

[@rickdaniel3230]

4:58 "Eyes on ze job, eyes on ze job, eyes on ze job VEEEEEEEEEE!!!" Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal. Great work

[@jp3813]

If this film was set in New Year's Eve, there wouldn't even be a debate.

[@SirAsdf]

So funfact: A large amount of this movie was shot while the script was still being written. Recommend you watch The Movies that Made Us episode about it

[@XenoSpyro]

Damn, and I thought the time crunch Aliens had was rough.

[@purewitz]

My favorite censoring of Yippee-Ki-Yay, Motherf*cker on broadcast TV, is Yippee-Ki-Yay, My Friend.

[@McD5791]

We get "Yippie Ki Yay, kimosake" where I'm from now

[@leeoliver9322]

"yippie-ky-yay, melon farmer!"

[@Eazydatdude91]

The question is: If a movie takes place during Christmas and therefore the characters acknowledge it existing around them, does that automatically make it a Christmas movie? 🤔 If the answer is yes, then I say it is a Christmas movie.

[@ScarAnrew]

Im always thinking about the Mulan song "Make a man out of you" John sings : Let's get down to business To defeat the Hans just me ? k . . .

[@ThisNewThing]

The blonde german was actually played by a russian ballet dancer.

[@srstriker6420]

ThisNewThing wwhhaattt

[@autobotstarscream765]

So John McClane has been fighting Russians in the movies since the very first one?

[@carltonstaples7423]

Don't forget he was in Witness and The Money Pit.

[@srstriker6420]

Autobot Starscream what about the fifth Die Hard movie

[@srstriker6420]

Beethoven’s Fidelio well I can’t believe that he’s a Ballet dancer

[@matthewjones6786]

I just saw this for the first time, no nostalgia goggles. And yeah, it's amazing. I was braced for a stereotypical action hero and a nonstop bullet-fest. What I got was a hero that strikes that perfect balance between likable, vulnerable, and badass, and it was paced incredibly well, going between suspense, action, and even humor in a way where one never becomes tiresome. I've caught up on some classics that don't hold up in my eyes, this absolutely _does_ hold up. No notes. Fantastic.

[@ericolsen5592]

Critic, cigarettes won't detonate C4. Unless you take apart am E-Cig and somehow make a detonator. Bet it could be done somehow. But a cigerette wouldn't do anything even if you pressed it against the charge. Heat actually just makes C4 more malleable, that's all. You could set it on fire and it would just melt. Yeah it's a small detail for me to rant about but I feel educational. Long time fan of yours, about 6 or 7 years now.

[@iliketrains263]

I didnt know that and thought it was cool. Thanks for sharing

[@sarafontanini7051]

Homestuck actually has this as a joke. a character holds a gun to some C-4 atop his head and the villain he's threatening nonchalantly goes 'gunfire doesn't make C-4 explode you idiot' and the character feels like an idiot

[@jsnug42]

heat AND shock are needed to set off military or forestry grade C-4. Taking apart an e-cig to make a detonator would be, at best, a waste of time.

[@Luminethereploid]

Yeah, you're right. C4 is purposefully made to be difficult to detonate. You can shoot it and nothing will happen to it.

[@wcasey1981]

Good call. I remember an episode of Mythbusters where they lit C4 on fire and stomped it out and it wouldn't explode.

[@dr.businessphd5304]

Australian here watching Christmas movies in summer is the only acceptable time to watch them

[@Gambit771]

Just brilliant :)

[@Here_is_Waldo]

Drinking white wine in the Sun.

[@haihai9022]

I'm Australian too! Ps, it was bucketing down where I live (Brisbane). And due to the lack of rain and quite a few bushfires, it was well deserved.

[@Tacomans_56]

@@haihai9022 i live in California i know how it feels

[@cass6082]

Yeah, I’m South African and I think Christmas Day was our hottest day so far this summer

[@6steveo9]

Interesting thing about Hans' introduction in the movie. He doesn't speak for ages, even after his henchmen start shooting in the air and rounding people up. He just says so much about the character and who he is without uttering a word. Rickman is a craftsman and that's the biggest professional compliment you could give him imo.

[@enegmatixerebro]

*RUNDOWN* Die Hard is the GREATEST Christmas movie of all time And Doug wears a great blazer

[@BurningWill_IV]

Not a Christmas movie. Don't even respond; just look it up.

[@alanrickmanfan27agirlnotab71]

Agreed Xavier! 🙂

[@spawnof200]

i would argue lethal weapon could challenge that :p

[@Heidegaff]

Die Hard is not a Christmas movie because it takes place during Christmas. it's a Christmas movie because it's about a poor fellow being forced to a social obbligation he didn't wanted to partecipate to that slowly spirals into a madness nightmare of people killing each others.

[@steinmaniac7920]

20:44

[@alexandrerodrigues9844]

Clever

[@Nightingale_time]

😂

[@ladoomercritica1522]

Like Jesús

[@corelei]

are you really gonna pretend like you came up with that

[@gabbygabs8271]

19:28 - Actually, they counted to TWO, not one, and then dropped him.

[@waddupjd]

"Now I have a machine gun. Ho Ho Ho" Best badass line ever

[@NosstheBoss]

Ok I'll be honest! Critic almost singing Dominic the Donkey makes me smile! Legit every person in my house (because 90% of my family is Italian) knows this song.

[@glennwelsh9784]

I think Esperanza's code name was Falcon in Die Hard 2, so "Yippie Ki Yay, Mister Falcon" actually does make some kind of sense.

[@grymlohke9919]

Die Hard: a movie about a man just trying to get home for Christmas. ❤️🎄❤️

[@samkresil6011]

8:54 "Ah! My zingle bells!"

[@gageperuti5519]

*Before seeing the video* What's he gonna do for Christmas Day? *Sees the video* You chose... wisely.

[@MrDeadhead83]

Hans: we know everything about him..except what he looks like. Carl: yeah how did we miss that? Hans: you're not helping Carl!

[@sarafontanini7051]

Hans: okay I admit it I'm very racist and don't see the difference between how asian people look!

[@BG_StuartJ]

I watch this movie every year when I visit my mom for Christmas; it's one of her favorite Christmas movies, too. I'm also surprised you didn't list his wife's name "Holly" and a Christmas reference.

[@miahthorpatrick1013]

I had Christmas with the family today and with over a dozen people at the house, what did we have on TV? DIE HARD!

[@nate1511]

C-4 needs a specific electric current or signal to detonate, the cigarette would be harmless,(excluding the lung cancer) exactly how it is in the movie.

[@lycanhussar]

I was told heat and pressure sets c4 off. Light it on fire its good stomp on it ur fine do both. Boom

[@HeilRay]

Lung cancer can detonate C4?

[@galleryofrogues]

They did a myth busters where they cooked with C4 as fuel, proving how stable it is.

[@JediPhoenix1976]

To this day, McClane's bungee jump off the Nakatomi roof is still one of the best action scenes I've ever seen in a movie.

Merry Christmas, Nostalgia Critic!🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻❄❄❄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎀🎀🎀⛄⛄⛄⛄🎁🎁🎁🤶🏻🤶🏻🤶🏻🤶🏻

[@ZekeStaright]

Yippee Ki Yay Monster Fighter Yippee Ki Yay Mobster Franklin Yippee Ki Yay Monthly Fanfare Yippee Ki Yay Mister Falcon

[@nahuelyurigarciagomez8272]

Yippee ki yai mother bucket

[@therealCrazyJake]

Yippee Ki Yay, Melon Farmer

[@victorm152]

Yippee Ki Yay When You Find A Stranger In The Alps

[@railbaron1]

There's a guy here on KZbin who uses the 4th one as his username.

[@s-my-q9618]

Yippee Ki Yay Mother Father

[@drakeware655]

"There's two types of people in the world; those who believe Die Hard is a Christmas movie, and the rest we pray for." Is there a category for those who haven't seen the movie? Because I'm in that one

[@jeffmcarthur5617]

People always defend Die Hard as a Christmas movie, yet no one ever says it isn't. It's the most one-sided of arguments. It'd be if I was to keep saying, "The sky is blue, despite what others are saying!" And no one's saying any different.

[@JayDepravo]

There are loads of other deranged people who claim it isn't... They're wrong of course

[@inky5574]

People at my school (including my teachers) say otherwise

[@jeffmcarthur5617]

@@JayDepravo I always hear people saying this, but yet I've never, ever heard, or even seen in any comments, a single one. Even when it came out, a bunch of people I knew who saw it came away from it going, "Oh, it's kind of a Christmas movie, too."

[@Here_is_Waldo]

The sky is clearly orange. Didn't you watch the movie?

[@juhaniaho6698]

Merry Christmas to you too, Doug. Not counting The Wall (apologies for any flashbacks), this year had some awesome reviews. See you in 2020!

[@5hiftyL1v3a]

what was wrong with the wall?

[@juhaniaho6698]

@@5hiftyL1v3a Check the likes and dislikes in Nostalgia Critic's review of Pink Floyd's The Wall. I'll wait.

[@5hiftyL1v3a]

@@billygreci9739 yeah but thats all NC's reviews. He ALWAYS misses the point

[@5hiftyL1v3a]

@@billygreci9739 I just figure since the wall requires interpretation from the get go, his complete missing the point is just all the more obvious. I mean, off the top of my head, you seen the last action hero review?

[@5hiftyL1v3a]

@@billygreci9739 Doh - yeah thats what I meant. Anyway - my point was they he entirely missed the point of the movie.

[@demonicadverse]

Whoa, a Nostalgia Critic without any crappy sketches attached to it. It's a Christmas miracle!

[@alexreznov45]

21:34 "If you watch A Charlie Brown Christmas in summer it feels weird." Unless you're living in a south pole country.