First time watching *DIE HARD* - 1988 - reaction/review

[@coolerthanmoney4468]

The actor that played Argyle is a cool guy in real life too. He gave up his movie career to become a drug counselor and help addicts get their lives back together.

[@Rhodes84]

Snorting the, Devils dandruff.😂

[@HeidiDenoble]

Roy Rogers was a tv cowboy who, with wife Dale Evans had a weekly show from the early fifties to the mid seventies. He had a Palimino horse named trigger and a German Shepard named Bullet. One of the most famous sayings was yippy kai yai. At the end of every show he and Dale Evans would sing their signature song " Happy Trails". He is an American icon.

[@jeffthompson9622]

A friend of mine met and bowled with Roy Rogers when stationed in California with the Air Force.

[@glennwisniewski9536]

"Yippee ki-yay" is probably a variation of "yippie yi yo kayah" from the vintage song "I'm an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande)." Popularized by Bing Crosby, it was also performed by many others including Roy Rogers in his film King of the Cowboys (1943). I couldn't find an example of him speaking "yippee ki-yay" to anyone, especially on his TV show (although I can't rule it out). "Happy Trails" (as in "Happy Trails, Hans") was, as you say, Roy's farewell tune sung at the end of each TV ep. It was written by Dale Evans.

[@davidmeir9348]

Interesting fact is that even though Rickman by that time had appeared on stage and on television as guest in British shows for a decade, this was his first role on the big screen. Made him (rightfully so) a big star.

[@chocolate-teapot]

"I am going to count to three, there will be no four " classic Alan

[@blakewalker84120]

15:40 "I don' tknow who Roy Rogers is." He's a very famous actor from the very early days of Hollywood. He mostly made Westerns and in those days, musicals were extremely popular so even cowboys would have lots of singing. Roy Rogers wore fancy shirts decorated with sequins and seemed to always have a guitar, ready to sing cowboy songs as he rode across the plains. He, and other "cowboys" of the Golden age of Hollywood popularized "Yippie Ki Yay" as something they might shout at a herd of cattle to keep them moving. John McClane found another use for it...

[@elroysez8333]

No... There is no controversy. There are those who accept that Die Hard is one of the best Christmas Movies ever made... and then there are those who are wrong.

[@HabitualCinema]

😂 love it

[@toodlescae]

Exactly

[@LeroOfTheKodiak]

You're not wrong. It's the best Christmas movie. The sequels, not Christmas but still good.

[@deardish6843]

That's what I'm talkin about

[@mikes3486]

I wore my ho-ho-ho grey sweater and watched at midnight. As I do every Christmas. Santa put teriyaki sticks in my daughter's stocking, she brought me one as a Christmas morning bonus.

[@erikthompson619]

Everybody these days seems to think that a stick of C4 would be enough to bring down an entire skyscraper. It most certainly is not. That's why skyscrapers aren't being brought down by random psychpaths every day of the week. Bear in mind, at 9/11 it took a whole jumbojet to crash into and blow up in each of those buildings to bring them down, and even they remained upright for over an hour. And "Die hard" takes place in LA, where buildings are made to withstand whole earthquakes.

[@jefferyoetter6884]

It's more a Christmas movie than Home Alone in my opinion. All family members treated Kevin like dirt. They left him home alone, although not on purpose. But even after knowing, the older brother wasn't even worried. This movie however was a about a man man hoping to get back together with his wife wife and children with a detour, the events from this movie. This is more a true Christmas movie than Home Alone. The second one too. Just look at the behavior of the family at Christmas.

[@humanvideosponge4529]

I thought I was the only one who thought the blond guy with the glasses looks just like Jeffry Dahmer. 🤣

[@blakewalker84120]

27:50 "I don't understand what the news reporter was trying to do." He was trying to capture the hearts and minds of his viewers, to tell a compelling story about a mother and father struggling to survive while their kids wait at home, perhaps never to speak to thei rparents again. Adding the kids to the story makes it 100x more sad, which makes it great news. At least, that is what he's telling himself. To me it just looks ghoulish. That said, we've seen it countless times in real life where some hostage or active-shooter situation makes the news and the real TV journalists always put victims' families on the air.

[@adaddinsane]

It is ghoulish. Typical mainstream journalism.

[@chrisgrove7829]

It’s funny to think that Bruce Willis went from essentially rom coms to doing this, which worked in his favor, because he had a lot more personality than most stoic action heroes called for at the time, and definitely wasn’t afraid to show his vulnerable side, and that he was kind of freaked out, like most people would be in that situation :)

[@albertmassingo4249]

I just wonder if you've ever been in a high-rise. You cannot hear nothing between floors. Keep up the good content.

[@HabitualCinema]

Nope because we’re both scared of heights 😂

[@gregorygant4242]

No you can't especially that high up . I've been in a high rise building one with like 70 floors it's insanely scary . Don't want to go up one again like John McClane !

[@technofilejr3401]

Yep unless you set off half a ton of explosives you won’t hear crap

[@danielmorency2242]

The crooks were all super-prepped, and Hans knew EVERYTHING about Takagi, except what he looked like(?!!?)...

[@anonygent]

My personal fan theory... there must have been an inside man, someone who told Hans about the $640 million, the vault, the elevators, the security guards, etc. He couldn't describe Takagi any better because there were other middle aged Japanese men working there. And that man's name was... Bill Clay!

[@markpekrul4393]

When they were rigging Rickman to fall out out of the 'window' and onto padding perhaps 30 feet below, the stunt coordinator said he'd count to three and release him on 3...he released him on 2 which helps explain some of the genuine surprise on his face.

[@spelaeologus]

Loved your reaction! This movie is still epic over three decades later... and it can easily double as a 'Christmas' movie, perfect for the holidays! In fact, I'm not clear why there hasn't been a Christmas-themed T-shirt with the line, "Now I have a machine gun... Ho, Ho, Ho" and sold nationwide yet (ever)!?

[@r.t.643]

While it probably exists somewhere, I don't know if a shirt declaring you are carrying a high-powered weapon would sell very much, except of course to 2nd Amendment diehards. (HA HA HA)

[@killermist]

I used to work security in the Chase Tower (now Salesforce tower) and elevators from the ground floor could go to the 57th floor. Elevators might be limited by destination, not by range. [edit] Three banks of elevators had different destinations, but all accessed the first floor.

[@jhilal2385]

"Lethal Weapon" (1987) and "The Long Kiss Goodnight" (1996) are also Christmas movies

[@toodlescae]

Alan Rickman's first movie. He'd only been in L.A. about a week when he landed the role of Hans Gruber. At this time Bruce Willis was known for comedy in the few movies he'd been in and the tv show Moonlighting that he was still on while filming this movie. None of us thought he'd become an action star.

[@HabitualCinema]

First role?! Wow I definitely would’ve never guessed that

[@asterix7842]

@@HabitualCinema First Hollywood role. He'd worked on British tv for about a decade before this.

[@HabitualCinema]

@@asterix7842 ok that makes sense since he seemed pretty seasoned by this

[@toodlescae]

@@HabitualCinema He was also a stage actor. I just meant it was his first movie role.

[@HabitualCinema]

@@toodlescae gotcha

[@RedmoonIndustries]

Edit: They added this scene when the director realized that Alan could pull of a really good American accent. 22:47 In a special ceremony in June of 2007, Twentieth Century Fox and actor/producer Bruce Willis donated objects from the Oscar-nominated "Die Hard" movie to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Series protagonist John McClane will join the ranks of Indiana Jones and Rocky Balboa when items-including an athletic shirt, a poster and a publicity still from the original film "Die Hard" (1988), and a badge and original script from the fourth film in the series "Live Free or Die Hard" (2007)-join the museum's permanent entertainment collections. A selection of the "Die Hard" items will go on display in the new acquisitions case in the museum's "Treasures of American History" exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum which features more than 150 objects from the museum's vast and diverse collections.

[@technofilejr3401]

Spartan kick him down the stairs. LMAO. I like you two. New subscriber!!

[@757optim]

In 1988, the prime demo new Roy Rogers from TV.

[@crazychica1989]

I would love to see you girls react to the fifth element & clue if neither of you have seen them. Great reaction 😊😊

[@SG-js2qn]

Another famous action film from that era is "Lethal Weapon," which ... takes place at Christmas.

[@blakewalker84120]

19:35 "He's not afraid of collapsing the building?" He shouldn't be. That tiny explosion could not possibly collapse this building. In 1993, terrorists detonated a1,300 pound bomb in the parking garage of the World Trade Center. They thought it would collapse the building, especially since their explosion was trapped underground with nowhere to easily blast out into open air. It didn't work. It did quite a bit of damage to the concrete, but almost no damage to the steel support beams that hold the building up. That building had hundreds of vertical support columns and only one was slightly damaged. Repair crews fixed it and the entire building was reopened 20 days after the bombing. By comparison, that bomb was over 1,000x bigger than this C-4. Even adding in the unfired missiles that detonated, it's still less than 1% of the detonation at the World Trade Center. Also, almost 100% of this blast went out the windows leaving nothing left to damage anything remotely structural. Skyscrapers are really hard to blow up. That said, there's almost no way John McClane would know this kind of stuff; it's not commonly taught at the Police Academy and this movie was made 5 years before that terrorist attack, and the internet didn't exist then either. So I would not be worried about, nor would a structural engineer, but to answer your question, yeah, John McClane might have worried about it.

[@adaddinsane]

The Internet had existed since 1969. The Web didn't until 1991. Email 1975. Bulletin boards 1978. Usenet (global discussion groups) 1979. 30,000 servers in 1987. IRC (chat) 1988. #justSayin

[@Cheepchipsable]

They show a huge explosion blowing out the windows in an entire floor - I expect that is what made her think the explosion was more powerful than it had any right to be. Always perplexed why people think these movies are some kind of documentary or something.

[@blakewalker84120]

@@Cheepchipsable You're probably right. I wondered the same thing when I saw that explosion. Probably everybody did. I happen to have some info that gives a more accurate perspective so I shared it. Always perplexed why people think that answering a question is some kind of problem or something.

[@nicholashylton6857]

I'm surprised you girls know about The Breakfast Club. That's a classic 80s movie! 👍

[@HabitualCinema]

To be fair, I hadn’t seen it before I watched it for this channel lol (not sure about Jenna)

[@jennifermorris6848]

If you think about it, It’s a Wonderful Life is less of a Christmas Movie because only half the movie happens at Christmas.

[@leonbrowder5980]

Slightly different genre but if you haven't seen " Fallen" starring Denzel Washington is one of my favorites

[@wiseoldman53]

I've been on the fence for a while, but I've decided that to me, it counts as a Christmas movie. It's entertaining either way, but, a Christmas movie. 😉 Oh, and Roy Rogers was a singer/actor who was in many cowboy movies, mostly from the 1940s and 50s. Great reaction!

[@georger.3489]

Amazing reaction, girls. Hope you both gonna react to Die Hard 2 at some point :)

[@javelldunn3379]

I like Die Hard because it’s one of my favorite Christmas movies ever and no controversy ❤

[@ZeroOskul]

This is a Christmas movie. The primary conflict is that John McClane wants to go home with his wife, Holly[!!!], and celebrate Christmas with his family, and the resolution to that primary conflict is that his wife - she had stopped using his name but finally retakes his name - takes him home to spend Christmas with his family. That is the general plot of many Christmas movies. We even know that his coming home, involving what Mommy AND Santa can do, is a Christmas gift for his children, and in the end he is "giftwrapped" in a police blanket. This is a Christmas movie.

[@stevenpratt7369]

Hello there ladies. Yeah, it's over again for another year. Happy New Year to you both. I remember Die Hard when it first came out. I doubt John's feet will be the same, but at least he made it out of there with his wife. Have you two seen An American Werewolf In London? It was an 80's horror/comedy classic. Maybe sometime you could do a reaction video of it. I'm sure you both would love it.

[@HabitualCinema]

Happy new year to you as well 🫶🏻

[@rimasmuliolis1136]

"1, 2, 3, there will be no 4" is what Hans said to Nakatomi. When Alan Rickman was dropped (to an air mattress) they counted to 3 but let him go on 2, for a more "authentic" face to slo-mo.

[@tehdesp]

8:50 I think you're thinking of the MP5.

[@YoureMrLebowski]

5:47 you know who has Netflix. 🙂

[@HabitualCinema]

Who needs Netflix to know who Dahmer is lol

[@Worldwide505]

*Highly Recommendation* React This Movie "RRR : RISE ROSR REVOLT" *This Movie won All International Award And a song from this film has won an Oscar.*

[@jerrywalters8885]

This movie is also the first movie role for thw actress playing the little daughter. Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Cool

[@HabitualCinema]

Wow I didn’t even catch that at all

[@stpetie7686]

In a similar vein, you guys should check out True Lies with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jaimee Lee Curtis. It's an awesome movie that happens to have good action in it. I'm glad I stumbled across your channel. Happy new year to you both.

[@tfpp1]

34:14 - Nah, it's probably too long for them.

[@miamicool666]

I think there are worse things in the world than whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie.

[@pmr1049]

I hope you will watch die hard 2 aswell :D to be honest all of them are great but anyhow :D

[@TheRogerdeterding]

Should try TANGO AND CASH

[@Cheepchipsable]

Hudson Hawk.

[@DocLunarwind]

These days I kinda question the whole “aww, the cop got over shooting a kid. Now he overcame that and shoot people again!”

[@anonygent]

Most cops never draw their guns in the line of duty. What we can be happy about is that Al got his confidence back and can go back on the streets, being a force for good in the world.

[@Cheepchipsable]

You should check out one of the Charlie Sheen spoof movies, Hot Shots 2 maybe? There is a scene where on of the soldiers loses his will to kill, but Charlie helps him get it back, along with a kill count on screen. It's the Rambo parody.

[@BobbyMoore2-mp8wb]

Cool 😎 action movie

[@nicolesherman8974]

I have yet to watch this movie lmao

[@HabitualCinema]

It was really good! Highly recommend (and we can say that now 😅)

[@Otokichi786]

This little-known song could set the tone for "Die Hard": kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYqrnZh8e82ffM0

[@charlesbarnes6912]

How u doin Miss Jenna😉

[@Trashman702]

This review is way too over edited

[@HabitualCinema]

I can only fit so much without earning a copyright strike.

[@ericdulyon4601]

Y'all edited out so many famous lines. Too much editing

[@HabitualCinema]

We are limited due to copyright. Tried to get as much in as possible 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@JimJack-ng9yi]

Do you know how sick I am of reactors covering this movie, I didn't like it when it first came out. Bruce Willis best movie is "tears of the sun".

[@token1371]

Willis acted better in his voiceover work than in "Tears..", but I'll rewatch it again. Imo, Bruce Willis best performances are "Unbreakable" and "12 Monkeys" followed by... DIE HARD.

[@adaddinsane]

You could have just said "I know I'm in a minority but personally I don't like this movie. I think Bruce Willis's best film is..." but no, you had to be nasty. You should probably take a good long look at how you interact with the world and do better.

[@JokerScars69]

So why the fuck are you on a Die Hard reaction for, ya idiot

[@Cheepchipsable]

@@adaddinsane Not really nasty, and I get his vibe about how it seems to be the same handful of movies being reacted to. Who are you to give people life advice?

[@Ozzy89CZ]

Do you have IG ladies? Especialy the black haired cutie 🙃