25 best Christmas movies countdown #20: Die Hard
By Callum Gunn
We’re counting down our favorite Christmas movies at the moment and swopping in yelling “yippee ki yay” and taking the #20 spot is Die Hard.
At Hidden Remote, we’re counting down the top 25 Christmas movies. The team has shared our own favorites and we’ve made the ultimate list. “Yippee ki yay…” Die Hard is at #20.
Now look, before anyone jumps down my throat. I have no idea why Die Hard isn’t sitting in the number 1 spot. It only made it as high as number 20, which is a travesty. But hey, at least it made the list right? So let’s talk about Die Hard.
First of all, it IS a Christmas movie. For all of you saying that it isn’t, it is.
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John McClane, played by Bruce Willis, is an NYPD officer who ends up saving the day and Christmas, when a group of German terrorist led by Hans Gruber, played by the wonderful Alan Rickman, take hostage of the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles and ruining a perfectly good Christmas party. First dropping way back in 1988, Die Hard not only sparked the action movie franchise, but it started an unintentional Christmas tradition.
I don’t think they intentionally meant for the movie to become an unofficial Christmas movie. But it has become just that.
Something that you may not know is Die Hard was adapted from the 1979 novel “Nothing Lasts Forever” by Roderick Thorp. It’s followup movie was adapted from the 1987 novel “58 Minutes” by Walter Wager.
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Die Hard was a critical success from the moment it came out, although not an immediate financial one. With an estimated budget of $28,000,000, it only made $601,851 at the opening weekend due to a limited release. It did go onto gross $83,008,852 in the USA and $140,767,956 world wide.
It managed to gain four Oscar nominations for Best Sound, Best Film Editing, Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing, and Best Effects, Visual Effects. The reviews are good, with an average rating of 8.4/10 and a 93% score on the Tomato Meter and 94% score with the audience at Rotton Tomatoes.
Networks everywhere will show the movie, so if you don’t happen to have it on either DVD or Blu-Ray then don’t panic. The networks know that you want to watch it. You can also watch it on Amazon, Google Play, and YouTube.
So where you stand when it comes to Die Hard. Do you view this as a Christmas movie as well? Shout out your thoughts and drop a comment just below with your thoughts.