Die Hard (1988) First Time Watching! Movie Reaction!!

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[@TBRSchmitt]

Die Hard will absolutely become a movie we watch over and over!! Thanks for the suggestions everyone and for all of the support!

[@westcoast7429]

3 is also essential edit: no wait, watch galaxy quest next

[@kellinwinslow1988]

Just don't watch the 5th one. They took an ordinary guy who was in over his head,which is what made the first one great,and turned him into a superhero. It kind of lost the charm after the 3rd one.

[@jeeveseventynine9263]

Die hard with a Vengeance, is very very good, must watch!

[@KirkFields]

👍☺️

[@chrisbadgrampacarpenter8052]

Best Xmas movie ever cant believe you've not seen this classic glad you both enjoyed it great reaction 👌

[@newfate26]

Fun fact, the look on Rickman's face during the fall was completely real. When getting the shot, they released the safety harness without telling him what was going to happen.

[@TBRSchmitt]

Haha well the shot was epic so the trick worked to perfection!

[@riculfriculfson7243]

Rickman was so angry he wouldn't speak to the director for some time 😁

[@tdrev4895]

@@TBRSchmitt yeah they were gonna count to 3 but dropped him at 2

[@thoso1973]

Actually, they dropped Alan Rickman for real from the 30th floor of Fox Plaza. :) Proof: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZyvqJR_hppmfdk

[@GF_Baltar]

@@TBRSchmitt Rickman talks about the stunt in this 2009 video clip: "They were very careful to make it my very last shot on the film". kzbin.info/www/bejne/oH3XamCZq8tljqs

[@johnheale6000]

It was pitched that Bruce Willis character was more of the everyday man in a bad situation rather than an action hero like Arnold. Bruce was known as a comedic sitcom actor before this film, so alot of faith was given to him to pull this off.

[@shwicaz]

Yup, he was coming off the romantic comedy 'moonlighting' on ABC w/ Cybil Shepherd. That show was fun.

[@markissleepy]

Willis' "action hero everyman" in this film was kind of the end of the old school tough guy action hero for quite a while (we came full circle on that when 80's nostalgia blew up and we started getting people like Vin Diesal and Dwayne Johnson cast in those parts again) and opened the door for a lot of unexpected casting in action movies.

[@jp3813]

@@markissleepy The tough guys were still there in the 90s, the everyman just gave them a run for their money.

[@NuriaSaladrigasLarroy]

@@shwicaz I loved that tv show 🥰

[@ps5392]

He was coming off Moonlighting and a lengthy run as the singing spokesman for Seagram’s Wine Coolers…..for those who remember his days pitching those. He really was not thought of as an ‘action’ guy.

[@FerReelDoe]

The fact that She referenced "Aliens" as having a smaller vent scene got her major points in my book!

[@FerReelDoe]

@kpaddack2 But Aliens came out first. Both great movies!

[@adamdallas6096]

Yeah but she called it Aliens 2

[@lurkerrekrul]

Except that it's not technically a vent in Aliens, it's a pipe.

[@ps5392]

Not really a vent that Bishop crawls through. More of a pipe. I get the thought though.

[@robertmcghintheorca49]

And curiously, Die Hard uses unused music from Aliens.

[@nicotti]

The actor that plays Al, Reginald VelJohnson, plays the dad, Carl Winslow, on the sitcom Family Matters.

[@leifgunnartoth8070]

And he's a cop there aswell :)

[@Camuska]

@@leifgunnartoth8070 He's also a cop in Ghostbusters 1

[@leifgunnartoth8070]

@@Camuska He was a jail guard, that's true :) But I wouldn't call that a big role :P

[@gordondavis6168]

And he plays a cop in Ghostbusters for the Trifecta.

[@td811]

He’s a Limo driver in Crocodile Dundee.

[@jentoby73]

One of the my favorite sayings about the Die Hard Christmas movie debate: "it's not Christmas until Hans Gruber falls from Nakatomi Tower." - LOL

[@TBRSchmitt]

Hahaha that's a great saying. Hans was a great villain!

[@jentoby73]

@Malorm wish I could take credit for coming up with it! :)

[@adalester9]

@@TBRSchmitt please react to to Lethal Weapon(1987). It's another action movie set during Christmas. It's directed by Richard Donner(director of Superman, The Omen, & The Goonies) who would go on to direct all 4 Lethal Weapon movies. It stars Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, & Gary Busey.

[@SigridFrings]

@@adalester9 YES! Lethal Weapon.... Best controlled jump ever :D

[@annescholey6546]

Happy Trails!

[@kathyastrom1315]

Interesting fact-Alexander Godunov, who played Karl, was the third preeminent Soviet male ballet dancer to defect in the height of the Cold War (after Nureyev and Barishnikov). He was already known for his acting in the USSR before he left for the West. If you ever watch the fantastic drama Witness (costarring Harrison Ford, Kelly McGinniss, and Amish Pennsylvania), you’ll see him in a completely different role (and a young Viggo Mortensen plays his brother!).

[@declanArdmore]

Karl defected from Russia in 1979. It was a big deal and President Carter was involved before it was over. They even made a movie about it called Flight 222

[@antoineporche-rideaux7929]

He was also in Jaws 3D as the shark Hunter

[@MsAppassionata]

Wow! I forgot that Mortensen was in Witness. Thanks for the info.

[@_Epsilon_]

Here is also a USSR musical he played in, called June 31: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l56YfXx4d9iHjM0

[@leeswhimsy]

Would LOVE to see them watch Witness!!!

[@artist1138]

One of the strengths about Die Hard is in the writing. They had Willis for limited time as he was still working on a top tv show. It became a necessity to develop the minor characters, creating an almost ensemble cast. That and all the setups, the watch, the last name...subtle setups that take the story above the simple classification of action thriller. Another great vid. Expect a vent in Gremlins 2 🙃

[@porflepopnecker4376]

Roger Ebert began to refer to them as "Willis vents."

[@ameyer1970]

The scene with John and Hans together was shot at what is called a “Dutch angle”. It is used to imply suspicion. It is the only scene in the movie shot at that angle. The scene was not originally in the script. The director put it in when he found out that Alan could do an American accent. He felt that Hans and John had to meet in the movie at least once.

[@tomgeorge7281]

If I recall correctly Alan R. said that was the first scene he filmed.

[@MsAppassionata]

It was Rickman’s idea to wear a suit, unlike the other “terrorists”. I heard that they told him to leave their office when he suggested that (It was his very first film, after all) though they later thought it was a good idea. It enabled them to do the scene where he and Willis meet because he was dressed like the other party guests.

[@michaelceraso1977]

ty and THATs something new to learn, THEY def had to have JOhn & HAns meet, ALAN was great actor and super funny in GALAXY Quest- another ODD but fun combo of ACTION and Humor

[@tomgeorge7281]

@@michaelceraso1977 By Grapthar’s Hammer, he was great!

[@burrichgrrl57]

@@MsAppassionata When you said it was his first film I couldn't believe it but you are right. It was all television and, of course, theatre up until then. I've always loved him. So many great performances. :-(

[@lowlygrinder2977]

The actor who played Karl has an amazing story, he defected from Russia in a pretty interesting story, and was a professional ballet dancer in the Bolshoi Ballet with Mikhail Baryshnikov, until they had a falling out, sadly he died not long after making this movie, it's sad most people will know him only as the villain Karl, he deserves to be remembered for more then that.

[@_Epsilon_]

His role in a USSR musical, movie called June 31: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l56YfXx4d9iHjM0

[@Lamas746]

Alexandr Godunov.

[@martinkent2289]

A lot of people forget that this was Alan Rickman's first-ever movie role. He had only done theatre in London before being cast in this movie. He also didn't like firing the guns, which is why he blinks every time he shoots.

[@MsAppassionata]

Actually, he later said it was rather thrilling firing a machine gun, though he did blink.

[@stefanlaskowski6660]

It was also Bruce Willis' first film. It's fair to say this film made them both stars.

[@lurkerrekrul]

Most people blink when they shoot, it's an instinctual reaction.

[@GeneralZodFDNY77]

@Stefan Laskowski it wasn't Bruno's first film. The movie Blind Date with Kim Basinger was. (Actually, he was an extra in the movie The Verdict. So Die Hard was his 3rd film, 2nd staring role.)

[@porflepopnecker4376]

@@GeneralZodFDNY77 And with "Blind Date", I thought Bruce's attempt to jump from television to movies would be a dead end. Then came "Die Hard." :)

[@orangeandblackps]

Lethal weapon is also a great Christmas movie

[@emanuelespinoza9325]

So is The Long Kiss Goodnight.

[@ph34rbucket91]

I see you are a person of culture as well

[@Bryan-uw1ny]

No

[@Lifelessdummy]

You mean THE Christmas movie

[@horrofan5103]

@@Lifelessdummy Die Hard is THE christmas movie

[@volzman2172]

They setup him being barefoot. It is just a clever movie.

[@Enthymene]

The Fifth Element is perhaps the second or third best Die Hard.

[@fday1964]

Bruce Willis was popular at the time for playing detective David Addison on TV in Moonlighting, which showcased his more comedic side. Ran for five seasons.

[@joeno-say5504]

"This is Special Agent Johnson... No, the other one..."

[@jaybird8192]

No relations! Lol!

[@seamusburke639]

@@jaybird8192 "I was in eighth grade, dickhead."

[@shainewhite2781]

It's confirmed: DIE HARD is a Christmas movie!

[@Donizen1]

It's not Xmas till we watch Hand Gruber fall from Nakatomi TOwer. :)

[@HorrorMovies13]

Just like 15% of a Christmas movie, but who cares? It's awesome action movie.

[@jamesgalimo1007]

@@HorrorMovies13 The entire plot of the movie is about the protagonist overcoming obstacles to spend Christmas with his family, which is the same plot of about 90% of all Christmas movies and TV specials ever made.

[@epicon6]

It's not a Christmas movie. It's THE Christmas movie.

[@epicon6]

@@jamesgalimo1007 Yeah. And full of christmas themes. And the best Christmas line of all time: "Ho ho ho, now i have a machine gun"

[@milescoburn1845]

In the first two "Die Hard" movies, John McClane was an everyman who found himself in dire circumstances. And pretty much for the third installment of the series as well. Anything after that and he's a caricature of the character and became a superhero, of sorts. Anything after 3, you can forget and not really miss anything.

[@434444334]

Live free die hard is good though (5 is stupid)

[@spinynorman887]

Fun Fact: When Hans got dropped at the end, they told Rickman that they would drop him on the count of three. They dropped him on one, so the surprise on his face is genuine.

[@Dslaughter87]

The funny thing when Alan Rickman fell out the window, they didn't tell him when it was coming. So that facial expression was legit

[@billymuellerTikTok]

they told him they were going to drop him on 3 and dropped him on 2 on purpose to get the surprise on his face

[@burrichgrrl57]

@@billymuellerTikTokUgh! I can't help but find that annoying. I guess the director didn't think a RADA graduate and a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company couldn't act surprised.

[@leeandrew6555]

I wish I could watch Die Hard for the first time again. The best in its genre. The amount of awful copycats it spawned is the best tribute to the movie. 2 and 3 were great movies too.

[@PChazman1]

Of course it's a Christmas movie. This is the reason for the meme "It's not Christmas until Hans Grubber falls from the Nakatomi Tower."

[@sherrysink3177]

What I love about this movie is that it's a completely different sort of action film than what had ever been presented before. It was fun, had great humor, had the fantastic Al and John connection over the radio, smart villains (not usual, lol), and actually showing the vulnerabilities of the lead character instead of having him be some indestructible badass. I mean, John was still badass, but with everything he went through, you went through it with him and wondered how the hell he was going to survive. (Especially with the glass and his poor feet. OUUUUCH.) Whenever I rewatch this movie, I imagine Argyle takes them straight to the hospital, because John is so messed up by the end, lol.

[@ameyer1970]

Another Bruce Willis movie to checkout is “The Last Boy Scout”

[@SkullAngel002]

4:54 - "He (Hans) seems like a nice guy" Us - "Uh....yeah"

[@youtubemodsaresnowflakelef7692]

Fun Fact: The big, long haired guy being hurried along with the rocket launcher ammo was Norbert Grupe alias "Wilhelm Prinz von Homburg", Germany's most talented boxer of the 1960s. He also played Vigo the Carpathian in Ghostbusters II (but they overdubbed him with Max von Sydow, without telling him, due to his thick accent). Unfortunately he didn't train hard enough (as is the case with many special talents), and then made the mistake of moving up to Heavyweight, where he was knocked out by Oscar Bonavena. He retired from boxing with very little money left, and turned to pimping, doing work (beating people/rival pimps up, extortion, etc.) for other pimps & brothel owners in Hamburg's St. Pauli (red light) district, and even became an "honorary member" of the now banned/dissolved Hamburg Hells Angels charter. He moved back to LA (where he was initially pro wrestling with his father, before his boxing career, and where he had started his boxing career), and tried becoming an actor. They made a documentary about his life later on, called "Der Boxprinz" (the boxer prince), where an iconic scene of a fellow pimp (female dog)slapping some belligerent guy (who kept walking into the shot and starting shit with the camera crew) so hard, that he stumbled out of frame, and then was so dazed that he saluted the guy when he asked him if he "was still having a problem?", which became a very early, classic German meme (called "Der Kiezklatscher", meaning "the Kiez [which is what the red light part of St. Pauli is called] slapper").

[@TheLeonie2]

Karl is getting out of a body bag before he is shot at the end

[@sparksdrinker5650]

no he isn't, he wrapped himself in a blanket and snuck over to get his revenge.

[@johnheale6000]

Also the director John McTiernan also made Predator (1987), before this and The Hunt for Red October (1990). Last Action Hero (1993), Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), hes a great action director and really makes the guns and explosions really pop.

[@wellfit1511]

Yep, all fun films, well maybe not last action hero

[@johnheale6000]

@@wellfit1511 love last action hero, it's extremely fun and has some great moments, has its problems but serves as a decent parody love letter to 80s/90s movies. Better than some recentish attempts like The Expandables which was just embarrassing.

[@edmontonboy99]

John McTiernan is also really good at making action heroes vulnerable whenever they’re in a dangerous situation.

[@branislavmelis6568]

💜 The first movie posters do not show the face of Bruce Willis. The film company didn't believe him, he was a comedic actor. And people whistled when they saw the first trailer in theaters. But it was a huge hit! And Bruce Willis has become a world star and a sensation! Not an invincible superhero, but an ordinary guy in the wrong place. That's why I love Die Hard 1 💜

[@myproject13ttt]

I seen this movie in the late 80's, first weekend of release, at the Eastgate theater in Portland Oregon, which was one of the largest theaters at that time. 1,300 in the main auditorium (which featured a 30-foot by 70-foot curved screen)It was freaking amazing on the big screen👊✌️

[@mapesdhs597]

The buzz among the audience while leaving the theatre at the end must have been awesome. Always remember that about seeing a really good movie, as people leave there's a certain shared something, and smiles as one walks past those queuing who haven't yet seen it. :D Saw T2 when it came out, same thing with Jurassic Park.

[@DavidBrown-xm8ou]

In addition to Family Matters, the cop also played a cop in Ghostbusters.

[@pjay213]

And Crocodile Dundee’s driver I think

[@wbrownshadow]

He also played the limo driver on Crocodile Dundee

[@An8teezSlasher]

He was also a detective in Turner and Hooch

[@raminybhatti5740]

You know it's a great film when even a supporting character has an amazing character arc.

[@fabianenriquez2814]

Loved that you finally watched this one!! ❤️🙌🏼 Here’s a bit of trivia. The music queue used at the end of the movie when Officer Powell shoots Karl was a piece of unused music taken from the movie Aliens. Actually, about only the first minute and 8 seconds was never used in Aliens. The rest is used for the hyperspace sleep stasis scene into the end credits. Aliens’ music score was composed by the great James Horner who was under extreme pressure at the time to write that score under stressful circumstances. There’s a great documentary about it on KZbin. Die Hard was composed by the also great Michael Kamen. Both films are properties of 20th Century Fox. So there were no music rights to deal with. Additionally, the building used for the Nakatomi building is actually located in Century City. The Fox Studio Lot is located in the Century City area of Los Angeles which made filming ideal and convenient. The building was newly built which allowed production to use the building as needed. However, some of the new tenants did not like them filming there because it would disrupt some day to day business operations. The producers would tell tenants of upcoming gunshot or explosion screens so it wouldn’t alarm them of any serious threat. Here’s the link to that music queue btw. A great piece of music which is used in both Aliens and Die Hard. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqrSonSrd9GUfbc I saw Die Hard in theaters because it was hyped as the movie that would literally blow you to the back of the movie theater. And of course it did just that. It was an amazing movie theater experience! It instantly became one of my all time fave films. And it is ranked high up there on my list with the Alien and Star Wars films.

[@deeplaysgaming4754]

it actually sounds like the music in aliens when the ship is flying away when ripley and newt get on the dropship. the music plays just before the explosion.

[@jaybird8192]

Die Hard: One of the best Christmas/action movie of the 80's and of all time!

[@lawrencewestby9229]

Early in the movie there is a scene where John and Holly are arguing and both are speaking at the same time. This is something that Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd were known for doing in their TV show "Moonlighting". It made scenes such as that more realistic rather than having the actors wait until the other was finished with his or her line.

[@kenwaid8239]

This was Alan Rickman’s first movie actually and as we all know launched one hell of a great career and he was in his 40s when he took this on which makes me sad for all the years that we could’ve enjoyed his smarmy greatness

[@burrichgrrl57]

I believe he was a graphic designer before he went to RADA in his 20's. He had an acting career before this movie. Television and ten years with the Royal Shakespeare Company. You just would have been British to enjoy it.

[@jedsithor]

Die Hard and Back To The Future have perfect scripts. In both movies you have things that are set up, things that you wouldn't even notice, that are paid off beautifully. Every little subplot, no matter how insignificant it seems, gets paid off. There's basically nothing wasted in the films. Every character moment is important. Every plot moment is important. An example in Die Hard particularly is the Rolex watch. It's revealed early on as a present by a coked up douchebag to John's wife and at the very end, decoupling the Rolex from Holly's wrist saves her and kills Hans. Everything that happens in the film has meaning. Back To The Future is known for this and is often considered one of the most perfect scripts ever written. Even the deleted scenes from that movie are great and have purpose. Die Hard is the same. It's often underappreciated in that regard. Every line of dialogue, every action and reaction matters. Yes you have the iconic moments and lines but the film as a whole works from beginning to end Also, it's absolutely a Christmas movie. Strip away the gunfire and explosions and you have the story of an estranged husband and wife (who happens to be named Holly...) reconciling over the holidays. Doesn't get more Hallmark Christmas movie than that.

[@valashar5313]

If you go back to the scene where John wraps the chain around Karl's neck, you'll see that Karl has his hand between the chain and his throat. This kept him from dying outright, then the explosion cut him loose. He was passed out during the last standoff, then hid among the hostages. I imagine that he noticed John was still alive, which is why he brought his Steyr AUG along with him. Otherwise I think he would've just escaped and gone after John later.

[@jonathancunningham8739]

If you look closely Carl had his hand between the front of his neck and the chain stopping the chain from closing his wind pipe so he just had to simply loosen the chain and drop down that is why way back when they tied up the hands of convicts who where to be hanged.

[@jacobjones5269]

Convict who were to be hanged.. Pictures are hung, people are hanged..

[@jonathancunningham8739]

@@jacobjones5269 oh thanks for the correction did not know the difference.

[@robeskridge7948]

There’s a quote used FOR this movie. “It’s not Christmas until Hans Gruber falls off Nakatomi Tower!”

[@kateofone]

Thanks for showing the feet and the glass. It is an important moment in the story that shows the struggle and how bad of a situation he is in as well as the consequences of having no shoes. Several reactors skipped those scenes. I've seen Die Hard over 50 times so congrats on your first go. Die Hard also marks the beginning of movies where the average flawed man who is vulnerable becomes the hero and not a beefed up macho man who can't be harmed.

[@nicolaiitchenko7610]

This is THE ultimate Christmas Movies ever. The ONLY time that people had ever seen Bruce Willis before this movie was a TV series called Moonlighting and he was the 'sensitive new age guy supposed to be the 'muscle' (?) His role in this ACTION thrilled by the fact this was not what one expected of him.

[@paulpeterson4216]

What I love is that the Deputy Police Chief is exactly the same character as he played as the teacher in charge of Detention in The Breakfast Club.

[@glenwoodreid5910]

While Bruce Willis was on a show called Moonlighting, he guest stared on an episode of Miami Vice - he played an arms dealer/abusive husband - at that point is when his diverse acting ability became noticable

[@Madbandit77]

Moonlighting was a mid season replacement during the 1984-1985 TV season on ABC, while Miami Vice had a full first season on NBC.

[@stevensheard4885]

On Christmas Eve, don't forget to leave cigarettes, shoes, Twinkies, and a Beretta 92F in the ductwork for John McClane. And never forget those we lost at Nakatomi Tower.

[@therealrooster]

You have to watch The Last Boy Scout. A great movie that always felt like an unofficial Die Hard movie to me. If you want to see more of Bruce Willis' comedic side, watch Death Becomes Her.

[@aaronking5640]

The football player gunning down other players is hilarious

[@JWUniverse]

Fun Fact Die Hard is based on the Book Adaptation of Nothing Last Forever. In which Terrorists. Only real Difference is they switched the roles from being his Daughter who works at the Office Building to his Wife. Other than that Perfect Adaptation! Still one of my Favorite Christmas Movies!

[@imuawarriors]

the bad guy in 16:10 is Alexander Gudanov, former premiere ballet dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet. He defected to the U.S. in the 70's...

[@Scopper81]

I consider Die Hard to be the peak of the 80s action genre. It has all the elements: excellent dialogue, plenty of violence, and a little skin. Of course, it's story, characters, acting, and execution elevate it above and beyond, putting it on the path towards the higher profile, slick action-thrillers of the 90s.

[@rbailey1240]

"I think he's a cop and there's terrorists." "Who said we were terrorists?"

[@peggykunkel9180]

I don't know how many times I've seen this movie but it never gets old for me. I am one of the people who loves to watch this as a Christmas movie. 2,3 and 4 weren't as good as this one to me but I still watch them when they are on TV. They all are entertaining.

[@ambsscra]

Yet another fun fact. The director had Alan Rickman dropped earlier than they agreed on. Instead of 1, 2, 3 and drop it was 1, 2 drop. This is why he looked so intense.

[@rogerrabbit3111]

I just wanted to write that nowadays whenever someone types in "Alien reaction" through KZbin, your video is the first that appears! Congratulations! It seems that your quality reactions are getting worthwhile attention. This makes sense, as your reactions seem to be one of the very few honest, refreshing, open-minded, and intelligent reactions on KZbin. Please keep it up!

[@samantha_schmitt]

That put the biggest smile on my face. Thank you very much for the kind words! We appreciate your support :)

[@Gavrev]

What made Die Hard so good at the time was that it was one of the first in the genre at that time that actually made the villains significantly more ruthless than normal.. Combined with pitching the hero in at the deep end with flaws and some pretty serious resistance which required as much thought as action to get one over on, made Die Hard a very refreshing and hard hitting thriller. There;s probably something in it that this was one of Bruce's first tough guy roles after a few seasons of his comedic David Addison in Moonlighting,

[@ambsscra]

Fun fact. Bruce Willis was a comedic actor before this. He was in a comedy series called Moonlighting with Cybill Shepherd.

[@joerenaud8292]

I haven't seen this movie is quite a number of years. Still works to this day. If either one of you haven't seen "Trading Places", with Eddie Murphy and Dan Ackroid as a partial Christmas movie, you may want to check that one out, very funny and entertaining.

[@TinselHollywoodTown]

3:13 - That sentence in the german dub is even more awesome: It translates to „Does it snow in California?” 😁

[@clairekane4157]

Of course it's a Christmas movie! Sentiment, family, redemption, friendship, presents 🎁🎄

[@ps5392]

Bruce has been in soooo many great movies over the years. Pulp Fiction 12 Monkeys Die Hard 2 Striking Distance The Jackal Armageddon The Sixth Sense The Whole Nine Yards Hart’s War Tears of the Sun Hostage Sin City Lucky Number Slevin 16 Blocks Planet Terror Red The Expendables And the list goes on.

[@1newbert]

Carl was played by the late Alexander Gudenov, a famed Russian ballet star, who defected to America. He was almost as famous as Baryshnikov.

[@martyemmons3100]

"Come out to 'the coast', we'll get together...", one of my favorite scenes.

[@philmullineaux5405]

Five years before this he was broke and homeless, answering acting jobs from a pay phone. Then he got the Cary Grant style TV show, Moonlighting, with Sybil Shepperd! Watch a few episodes here! Then he got this, career set! Also this was Alan's first film acting gig!😮😮😮

[@asterix7842]

The actor who played the reporter is good at playing slimey weasels. He also played Peck, the EPA agent in Ghostbusters.

[@StephenLuke]

William Atherton.

[@sachad964]

let it snow, let it snow, let it snow, when ever i hear that song i always think of this movie and a dead body falling from a high rise building

[@lmiddleman]

A small cut-in shot in this movie was a nod to Bruce Willis' voluminous and popular TV commercials for Seagram's Wine Coolers at the time. When he's about to pull the fire alarm on the 32nd floor, he spots a woman in a backlit apartment across the way... that was just like the commercial.

[@randyruggles342]

I was working at a theatre in Toronto the summer this movie came out and I remember seeing the movie poster and thinking, "They're going to try to turn Bruce Willis into an action star? Ha! Yeah, that'll work." Boy, was I wrong. This film set the standard for many action films to come. Passenger 57 was pitched as "Die Hard on a plane." Under Siege was pitched as "Die Hard on a boat" and so on.

[@steve6valdez]

One of my favorite movies that I still watch over and over. Glad to see you guys reacting and watching this for the first time. Nice reaction!

[@tarlane]

There were some deleted scenes for this that spelled out some of how McClane identified Hans during the fake out scene. Essentially the crooks syncronized watches and showed they all had the same one, and McClane noticed it when he was searching one of the terrorists, then saw the same thing on Hans before he gave him the gun. Personally I like the final edit of this, just because having that stuff left out makes it a more tense scene.

[@vladimirchernikov4249]

Love the channel! As someone who was a kid in the early 80s its cool to see the classics still impress and the genuine reactions are great.

[@danusmc3]

Karl was taken down by emergency crewmembers. He was being walked out with a jacket over him, if you watch closely. He sheds it and pops up with an assault rifle someone was removing from the scene. Also.."Al Powell" is "Carl Winslow" from "Family Matters"...you know, URKEL' s neighbor.

[@tonyrock5313]

THIS man is giving away the plot.

[@ArlanKels]

"He's such a comedian" ~ Because Willis was actually in a comedy show for a while and even a comedy movie. He was well known as a funny guy. Then Die Hard came along...

[@Frankie2012channel]

Apparently there was an UNFILMED (or unedited) scene where CARL avoids the police by "playing possum" and seals HIMSELF into a body bag in order to get out of the building. That's how he still has his Steyr AUG assault rifle. His intent was to escape AFTER being loaded in the coroner Van with the other dead bodies, but through a small hole in the body bag, he sees a happy John McClane and his RAGE gets the better of him and he decides to do ONE last Kamikaze attack to kill McClane and his wife. I was told that a LONG time ago back in the 80s (don't remember who told me though) but I did know guys who worked on the film, so I remembered that. This scene was either not filmed or not edited into the movie because it gave away a crucial JUMP SCARE that the director wanted to shock the audience with.

[@OriginalPuro]

"This is one of the most emotional meetings I have ever seen" Watch Rambo: First blood..:>

[@cmillerpa33]

First 3 Die Hard films were amazing.

[@solo3163]

Loved Hans Gerber…I made a poster in my dorm room that said “By the time they figure it out…I’ll be on a beach earning 20%”

[@michaela9830]

another fun fact: there is that scene in which bruce is under the table and shoots the bad guy from above, his hearing was impaired because the gun sound was really loud!

[@TheSeeking2know]

This is how classic movies were written back in the day. They don't age.

[@TweedSuit]

Karl was played by Alexander Godunov who was a principal ballet dancer in the Bolshoi Ballet. He defected to the US in 1979.

[@ghostanime84]

This movie is so awesome the battery brand Die Hard just made a commercial with Bruce Willies replaying this character with a few other cameos lol

[@robertpeterson8539]

Bruce Willis was on a tv show called Moonlighting with Sybel Shepard. It was a Comedy in the 70's, and when the first preview for Die Hard was shown, the audience Laughed out load to think this comic could hold his own in and action movie.. So the studio took willis's picture off the poster. After the release they put is back on.

[@mattigrafikboi_gametwo]

I now binge watched so man reviews of ur both. It’s just fun and soooooo great to go through all the classic movies with U both again. Love the passion and excitement u both have. Keep it up. And will watch so so many videos. Greetings and love from Hamburg, Germany.

[@marktaylor3381]

When Hans falls to his death, the look on his face was genuine, the director had them release his watch strap before he should to get a genuine reaction from Alan Rickman. RIP Alan.

[@diegomayamedina9179]

16:03 "It's that Karl?" Carl gets into the frame. "OH NOOOOO F...CK"

[@CCFONESOL]

Quintessential Bruce; Moonlighting, Blind Date, Sunset, The Bonfire Of The Vanities, Hudson Hawk, The Last Boy Scout, Death Becomes Her, 12 Monkeys, Last Man Standing, The Fifth Element, The Jackal, The Whole Nine Yards, Once Upon A Time In Venice...

[@shadowraptor888]

I'm 40 and I gre up with these movies, it's been a treat watching you guys react to them, some of these movies are so good compared to the generic movies they make today. Die hard is one my favorites. Such a simple concept but so well executed, good balance beetween humor and action

[@DavidBrown-xm8ou]

You should watch Die Hard 2 next, it also is set during Christmas. The reporter was also an antagonist in Ghostbusters.

[@exquisitelemonade3039]

He has no dick.

[@robertdurant7934]

Good ole William Atherton, he gets so much flak for his bad guy roles, also plays a bad guy in the made for tv version of Buried Alive.

[@AutoPilate]

He was also a bad guy in Real Genius.

[@raymondmoore5476]

I have seen others react to this movie and it seems no one noticed that Karl's hand was between the chain and his neck. He was merely knocked out as he hung there. That's why he didn't die, his hand protected him. And for those that still question it, YES, Die Hard IS a Christmas Movie.

[@JMUDoc]

Rickman's shocked expression when Gruber was dropped was real - they told Rickman they were going to drop him on the count of three... and they lot go on "one". He was NOT happy.

[@BadMoonHorrors]

They had to offer the part of John to Frank Sinatra (he was 70 at that time) who luckily turned it down. Die Hard is based on the 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorpe, the main character is named Joe Leland in the book. Joe Leland was also the main character in Thorpe's 1966 novel The Detective, which was made into a same titled movie in 1968 in which Sinatra played the character. His contract contained a clause that if a sequel would be filmed, he had a prerogative to the role.

[@mrjohn.whereyoufrom]

Incredibly Frank Sinatra was originally offered the role of John McClane. He had appeared in a film of a book called The Detective and Die Hard was the film name of the book sequel called Nothing Lasts Forever. Because the movie was technically a sequel, they were contractually obligated to offer Frank Sinatra the leading role. He was 73 years old at the time and gracefully turned the offer down.

[@ericwatson54]

The surprised look on Rickman's face was real. They let him drop too early.

[@schroedingers_kotze]

24:53 "I feel like I could watch this over and over again..." I'm pretty sure you will.

[@KimoKatArt]

This movie created a genre. Diehard on a bus, diehard on a plane, diehard on a boat.

[@kateofone]

Also created the vulnerable imperfect flawed man as the hero instead of the bulletproof perfect macho man as the hero. Basically what Arnold was in Commando lol.

[@hanng1242]

We did get Die Hard in an airport. The director, John McTiernan, said that he couldn't even, as the kids say nowadays, when somebody pitched him "Die Hard in a building."

[@michaelplowman8674]

Another fun fact. The actor who plays Argyle is the boy the Blues Brothers who Ray Charles catches trying to steal a guitar and gets shot at.

[@thunderwebs]

You should watch Lethal Weapon, it's also a Christmas movie.

[@gustonzimasheen]

3:58: This scene cracks me up, cuz if they keep walking at the pace they're all going, the outside people will walk into the sides of the doorway

[@JakeNukem3D]

The most heartwarming thing is that in the end Al can finally kill again!

[@Skullkaiser]

Fun fact because this movie is a book adaptation they had to first offer the role to the actor of the previous move adaptation or the last book in the series which was Frank Sinatra.

[@lidlett9883]

Here's a couple of little know things about the movie. The roof top meeting between McClain and Hans was added. Because during lunch breaks Alan Rickman would do a California accent. He did it so well Willis told the director "we have to use this." The look of fear when Hans falls was real. To get the shot Rickman was dropped several feet from a trap door. That for practice was done on the count of five. Unknown to the actor. The director when filming the director had the door released on the count of three, while Rickman was expecting a five count.