Ask Lemmy

27240 readers

2448 users here now

A Fediverse community for open-ended, thought provoking questions

Rules: (interactive)

1) Be nice and; have fun

Doxxing, trolling, sealioning, racism, and toxicity are not welcomed in AskLemmy. Remember what your mother said: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. In addition, the site-wide Lemmy.world terms of service also apply here. Please familiarize yourself with them

2) All posts must end with a '?'

This is sort of like Jeopardy. Please phrase all post titles in the form of a proper question ending with ?

3) No spam

Please do not flood the community with nonsense. Actual suspected spammers will be banned on site. No astroturfing.

4) NSFW is okay, within reason

Just remember to tag posts with either a content warning or a [NSFW] tag. Overtly sexual posts are not allowed, please direct them to either [email protected] or [email protected]. NSFW comments should be restricted to posts tagged [NSFW].

5) This is not a support community.

It is not a place for 'how do I?', type questions. If you have any questions regarding the site itself or would like to report a community, please direct them to Lemmy.world Support or email [email protected]. For other questions check our partnered communities list, or use the search function.

6) No US Politics.

Please don't post about current US Politics. If you need to do this, try [email protected] or [email protected]

Reminder: The terms of service apply here too.

Partnered Communities:

Logo design credit goes to: tubbadu

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

424

Despite our differences in social upbringing, nationality, language, religion, etc... We all agree in 1 thing, that Die Hard is a Christmas Movie, right? (lemmings.world)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

142 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Yippee Kay Yay... (The only movie that doesn't depresses me in Xmas)

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Why Die Hard is a Christmas Movie:

there's a grinch who spoils the party
"You're, uh...?" "Clay. Bill Clay." (checks directory to see if naughty or nice)
need help? call a plump do-gooder (the cop at the donut shop)
anxiously expecting a vehicle to land on the roof
"It's Christmas, Theo! It's the time of miracles, so be of good cheer!"
a good guy climbs down the chimney / elevator shaft

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Also, it's about a man attending a party in order to fix his family, and he needs to learn to let go of his pride. Classic Christmas movie message.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Jumping on here, because this is often overlooked. If you didn't know the title of the film, and someone played the first 20 mins to you you'd expect a hallmark film. Going to see the estranged wife, trying to repair a relationship, the awkwardness at the Christmas party.

The whole thing subverts Christmas movie tropes. It's not just an action movie set at Christmas. It's a Christmas movie which gets hijacked.

Even the final scene plays on the parody with the 'snow' falling, the comedy comeuppance for the nuisance bad guy, and then they kiss and drive off as 'let it snow' plays.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

If only there were Lemmy gold...

The best I can do is the ol' feddit.uk handjob. Handshake, I meant handshake!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Real reasons:

Happens during a Christmas party.
Christmas music in the score.
B plot involves family mending which is a common trope of Christmas movies.