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Fun fact, when they were dropping Alan Rickman's character, the directors told him that they would drop him on 3 and instead they dropped him on 1. So his reaction is 100% genuine.

If you're wondering why the Fox logo at the beginning looks oddly stretched, it's because it was intentionally done so. McTiernan wasn't allowed to shoot Predator in anamorphic to save costs. When he shot Die Hard in anamorphic, he used the non-anamorphic version of the Fox logo and stretched it to look ugly to stick it to Fox.

It's unfortunate that few Die Hard fans are aware of the brilliance and athleticism of Alexander Godunov ("the blond guy") as a dancer. He was a star principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet and his dramatic defection from the Soviet Union in 1979 was big news at the time. He died much too young at age 45, a mere 7 years after Die Hard was released. There are videos of his ballet performances on KZfaq that are well worth checking out.

I forget his name, but apparently the writer of the movie got the idea for John and Holly's relationship/argument being the heart of the story, because he was so stressed out from trying to write a compelling story he got in a fight with his own wife, went for a drive to cool off, and was so steamed he didn't notice a big refrigerator box in the middle of the road. So according to him it was too late to turn, so either it was empty or he was gonna wreck, and his only thought was "I REALLY don't want that to be the last thing I said to my wife."

Thanks for the festive rewatch! The "long-haired blonde guy" is Alexander Gudunov. He was a Russian ballerina and defected to the US. My favorite character of his is the composer in The Money Pit. He died at 45 years old.

The romance with Karl was the most compelling relationship in this video. I'm really rooting for you crazy kids to make it.

When I was in college working on my music degree, I was part of an avant-garde improvisational ensemble at my university, and a few years after I graduated they invited my band who are all ex members back, to join them in a Christmas concert where we projected Die Hard as a silent film, and we improvised an underscore. We made sure to kind of pass back and forth the ode to Joy motif that's present throughout the movie, and when the vault was opened we all played a very chaotic version of the theme, but otherwise it was all improvised for the whole film. Whole film. It's one of my favorite performance memories.

Also, I love how William Atherton was the go to guy to play the self-serving jerk during the 80s, appearing in films like Ghostbusters and Real Genius.

Murder, mayham, and explosions. What can be more Christmas than that?

The fact that, like you say, this Alan Rickman's film debut, and yet the second you see him he has such presence. You know immediately he's in charge from how he's presented, how he carries himself, and that he isn't carrying anything. Everyone else is carrying things FOR him.

I saw this at 14 (88) with my dad. ONLY TIME we came out a theatre and said “That was the best action movie I ever seen…” Trust me, that said A LOT.

"i'm Agent Johnson, this is Special Agent Johnson.....no relation", please tell me that is where Babs and Buster Bunny got the line, why did it never occur to me now. I also love the line "do you think he cares what we will do to him IF he lives", that line and the delivery is such a deep, dark and heartfelt line

As the wonderful Cinema Therapy channel said, this movie is essentially a Christmas romance-rekindling movie between John and Holly. Oh, and it also happens to be one of the best action movies ever made.

Took a lot of rewatches for me to catch the "Who gives a fuck about glass?" line and its foreshadowing.

Been watching you guys forever, just gotta say your guy's energy and joy for movies makes it so fun. Thanks for all the good times. I know for me personally, don't worry about watching movies that nether of you have seen. Even if it's something one of you have seen, it's just fun watching you guys watching movies.

The long haired dude (Alexander Godunov) was also in The Money Pit w/ Tom Hanks which is another great 80s classic, and Alan Rickman in Quigley Down Under and Prince of Theives were a couple of my favorites growing up

This was Alan's Rickman first moive ever ❤❤

Its not christmas untill Hans Gruber falls of the Nakatomi Plaza!

Fun fact: the comment that John could be a bartender for all they knew is referring to Willis’ being one prior to his breakout role in this movie.

Man I do enjoy a film that has a “perfect” plan for the villains. All apart from the one unknown. When done right it can not be beat.

It's not a big part for him, but I always enjoy seeing Al Leong. He's better known for Big trouble in Little China and Bill and Ted's excellent adventure, but he's got nearly 40 years of credits and is always a treat

FUN FACT! The kid in Blues Brothers that steals the gun from Ray Charles Music Shop is Argyle

My mom allegedly had a friend who was in the area while this was being filmed. I don't know the full backstory, but he had a walkie talkie and was able to get on their frequency, figured out they were filming a movie, and kept calling "Cut!" at random parts ti where someine had to say "Okay, who keeps calling cut?"

My guess is that for many people outside the United States, this is, was, and has always been a Christmas Movie, due to the fact that in many countries it didn't open in July. In my country this opened late in October, and ran in theatres all through Christmas - thus it is without any doubt a Christmas Movie!

Every year me and the wife do a Christmas Eve double bill: Muppets Christmas Carol followed by Die Hard. Always the best.

The movie is based on the 1979 novel, NOTHING LASTS FOREVER, which is a sequel to the 1966 novel THE DETECTIVE which was turned into a Frank Sinatra movie in 1968. In the book, he's called Joe Leland and not John McClane, and Holly was actually his daughter and not his wife. The novel's ending was a lot darker, as Leland shoots Gruber in the chest, but Gruber grabs Holly by the neck of her sweater, where they both fall to their deaths. Leland becomes devastated by his loss. While being loaded into an ambulance, Karl survives and begins to shoot his M-60 machine gun into the crowd, killing various reporters, while Powell fires an M-16 at Karl, successfully kiling him. But one of the bullet's from Karl's gun hits Leland in the thigh, where he's loaded into an Ambulance, but dies of his injury on the way to the hospital.

Not sure if this was mentioned, but the actor that had candy in lobby improved that moment. He was supposed to die sooner in the movie but because of his improv with the candy, the director bumped him being killed off later on in the movie.

This was just as enjoyable as a new reaction. also, I rewatched Die Hard right after rewatching all off Stranger things, and in the 3rd season the russian tells hopper "you wont kill me youre a police man, police have rules" and i was like, dang I did not catch that reference.

I kinda find it interesting that they had to contractually offer the John McClane to Frank Sinatra because he was in a previous movie: Hart Bochner, who plays Harry Ellis, is the son of actor Lloyd Bochner, who co-starred with Frank Sinatra in The Detective (1968), based on the novel by author Roderick Thorp. This film is based on Thorp's novel "Nothing Lasts Forever", the sequel to "The Detective." Because he had starred in the big-screen adaptation of The Detective (1968), Frank Sinatra may have been offered the role in its sequel but at the age of 73, he may have had to turn it down.

One of the other great parts of this film is they made him a smart hero, Stallone and Arnie, were these massive dudes. Willis had to be smart in most of his fights in this film. OH! The long-haired blonde guy, was aparently a real jerk, IIRC no one showed up at his funeral. Yea here's the quote fron IMDb. "Godunov's ashes were released into the Pacific. His mother, brother, niece and nephew, who still live in Latvia, did not attend his service."

Yippie-kai-yay Mr. Falcon

Lets also not forget that Hideo Kojima have certainly borrowed some ideas from Die Hard for his Playstation 1's Metal Gear Solid games. Hideo Kojima's compelling storytelling comes from his tremendous love of being movie goer. The helicopter scene and Karl being Liquid Snake

The best one was the made for TV edit of DieHard 2 where he tosses the lighter while saying "Yuppie Kai Ai, Mr. Falcon" Who the hell was Mr. Falcon? We'll never know...

@ 16:52: "He could be a fucking bartender for all we know." Inside joke as Bruce Willis was a bartender before hitting it big in "Moonlighting."

It´s not Christmas until a british actor playing a german terrorist falls of an american building owned by a japanese man.....god, movies are great

A immensely enjoyable, fun, thrilling and hilarious action movie. Nice to see you loved it.

It's a total Christmas movie. Set at Christmas, Christmas songs, Christmas decorations and presents. What more do you want? 😂😂

I've honestly wanted to see this format for a while (Rewatch instead of First Time). I wanted to see how your reactions changed, and the film selection has opened up immensely!

I was on the fence, but you guys convinced me, this is indeed a Christmas movie.

You guys are reading my mind or what. I was going to rewatch that movie tonight, but hey I got your reaction instead which is infinitely better.

I love this movie so much. Having such an emotional heart wrapped in some of the best action in cinema history... True classic.

One of my favorite Bruce Willis movies that doesn't get much love is Hudson Hawk. It is not serious. It is a lark. You get to see Willis' whimsical side like his Moonlighting character. The plot is kinda cheesy but that's what makes it enjoyable to me. I especially love how he and his partner keep sync by singing old tunes.

It's not Christmas until Hans drops.

Alan Rickman came up with the idea for the scene where Hans and John meet and Hans puts on an American accent. They put it in the film because of his idea. He had impeccable instincts as an actor. The same about him being in a suit, instead of in terrorist gear, and helping himself to a sandwich from the Christmas buffet.

If you like Bruce's quick witted lines, watch Moonlighting (TV 1985-1989). He even had plenty of hair and put out an album.

They didn't have faith in Willis that he wasn't even pictured in the original poster ads, but once the film hit you couldn't miss him. Worked at a theater showing this back in the day, which was released in July (Hence the Christmas movie argument). IT'S A DAMN CHRISTMAS MOVIE!!!

I love how he's told to type in Holly's name so he knows where to go only to follow up with "30th floor, they're the last ones in the building" Oh, OK, couldn't have just said party's on floor 30 then!

even if yall have seen the movie, i still love watching/listening to yall's takes and seeing your reations

The ambulance van at the end was to fix a plothole. (Notice it was not in the truck when our bad guys emerge). But this perfect plan had no exit strategy, so the screenplay had to add the van scene in the parking garage. (This would have been how our villains escape)

I don't know how often I watched that movie until I finally noticed a very small, but important detail. Karl, the big long-haired blond guy? When McLane wraps him up with the chain, he manages to get a hand between the chain and his throat. He probably got just knocked out when he hit the wall, but he didn't choke. While the timing is tight for him to wake up, free himself and leave the roof after the hostages ran past him, it's not impossible.

Truly the best Christmas movie ever! Stay nice dudes!

The cop talking to John played a cop in almost every movie he was in like GHOSTBUSTERS, TURNER AND HOOCH, both DIE HARD 1 & 2 & he played a Chicago cop in the comedy tv show FAMILY MATTERS

Love Die Hard! You know what's funny is that no one seems to question if Lethal Weapon is a Christmas film. I mean that film actually has the song Jungle Bell Rock playing during the opening credits! (Well, up until the hooker jumps off the building to her death). And when you first meet Riggs he's working undercover at a Christmas tree lot. And it actually ends with Riggs going to Murtaugh's house for Christmas dinner!

You guys introduced me to this KZfaq genre. Thanks. And merry Xmas.

Be back in a while to watch this with y’all. Can’t wait!! 😊

Such a sweet shoutout to RedLetterMedia at the end!

The Fox Plaza! I used to work in this building and it always reminded me of Die Hard when I went to work.

4:38 Truly amazing I have heard in a video and you can see it yourself: the blonde haired badguy is the same actor who playes 'Necros" in The Living Daylights..He playes in 2 of my favorite movies a similar role.

It was a Christmas movie when it was 1st released so many years ago & it's still a Christmas movie. I always do a Die Hard marathon at Christmas

Never noticed until watching this reaction, but even the tape he uses for the gun on his back says "Seasons Greetings"... X-mas!

Fun fact: Frank Sinatra was offered the role of John McClane. Die Hard" is based on Roderick Thorp's 1978 novel, "Nothing Lasts Forever," which is a sequel to his 1966 book "The Detective." Frank Sinatra starred in the film adaptation of "The Detective," which was released in 1968, and when producers were casting "Die Hard" two decades later, they were contractually obligated to offer Sinatra the role of John McClane even though at the time, Sinatra was 73 years old.

You know it’s good when nice dudes post :)

I like to think of this movie as a prequel to Family Matters. Al had to go into FBI protective services with his wife after killing Karl. Fittingly, Al became Carl Winslow, never forgetting the man he shot. His wife was pregnant with Eddie. This is why he was never in any of the sequels.

Guys, i have to say that you just revived my interest in films? my nana was an amazing woman, an accomplished physicist, and an absolute cunt (in a good way) but what she loved was 80s films, and her sheer enjoyment of them was a thing to behold! this one, the pilots parody (where he fries an egg on a woman's belly?), the total recall one, u name it - she loved them! she died 2 years ago from cancer and i recently discovered her dvd collection of flicks i burned when i was at school and after a good cry a put one up and lets say i cannot watch them alone but your love for film made it a lil bit more bearable. so thank you.

The Yippee Kay Yay alternate when I first saw this movie was: "Yipee Kay Yay Kemosabe!" Which makes more sense than most i've heard of haha. I've read the book Die Hard is based on, which is also a sequel to another book that was made into a Frank Sinatra detective movie haha. The book is kind of similar, except it's a Texan oil company instead of Japanese Tech. Also the cops daughter works there instead of his wife. It's called Nothing Lasts Forever

Lol, I have recently found that my medication COMPLETELY changes my perspective on childhood favorites. Been re-watching a bunch before I'm dead

Not only is it a movie taking place around a christmas party with all of the trappings, but the plot is at its core straight up Christmas standard. Start with a couple whose marriage is on the rocks, in large part because of the husband's failure to appreciate his wife. Both encounter an adverse outside event. The husband has to overcome the adversity in order to heal his marriage and in the end the family is reunited and walks away together m

The calendar girl has more hidden significance than you noticed, as John passes the first time, he eyeballs the girl and kisses her. Later in the movie when he passes again, he is tunnel vision focused on his wife's safety, he doesn't even notice it. It is a hidden example of his character growth. I love this movie.

Not me just now realizing that Alan Rickman is playing the villain in an action movie where the protagonist assumes the alias "Roy" and 2 years later he would again play the villain in Quigley Down Under, a western action movie where the protagonist also assumes the alias "Roy"

This is one of the greatest films of all time and I will stand by that The second one is kinda meh but the third one is absolutely fantastic because Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Freakin' Jackson are great together Never seen the other two and have no real desire to honestly

If you need more Bruce Willis kicking ass at Christmas, RED is a delight

If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend you watch The Movies That Made Us, Season 1, ep 4. You get to see the behind the scenes on how Die Hard was made (and how close it came to never being completed). For instance, its praised for how clever the plot is and how well written it is but they were literally writing as the movie was being filmed. It's crazy how well everything worked out.

Great reaction! It is very interesting to see your reaction to the film Robocop 1987. This is a cool movie 👍🔥🦾

Love this movie...so well written, shot, and acted

Oh, did not know this was Rickman's film debut. Thanks Nice Dudes!

Hooray! Die Hard and NicGuys combo. Can you please not leave it so long between reactions? It's too long to wait! Also, if you want to watch a so-bad-it's-fun movie for Christmas try Santa's Slay. It super campy fun and full of bad puns and cliches. I love it.

After countless times seeing this movie I just realized as Powell was heading back to his car the dark building in the background was the rock station Brenden Frazier took over in the funny as hell movie airheads, another great movie to react to fellas lmao.

Enjoyed the reaction, guys. Nice work!

You guys are awesome! Always looking to your next video! Stay nice! 👌

Die Hard has been my favorite Christmas Movie for so long.

I totally agree,it’s a Christmas movie. I watch this and Lampoons Christmas and Home Alone in the Christmas season.

9:25 Dauber from COACH is showing him how to properly tackle a dude!

Oh shit I didn’t know this was Rickmans FIRST FILM, talking about starting off with a bang holy crap he kills it

I've never thought about it before but its kinda funny to imagine they put Karl in the body bag with a gun, without checking pulse.

100% absolutely a christmas movie. loved your reaction, its a great movie.

i can't believe you guys didn't notice, one of the vilains is the vilain of Ghostbusters 2

I just recently saw "long-haired blond dude" when rewatching The Money Pit.

Best alternate line read in another show: Boyle in Brooklyn 99 - Yippie kiyay mother buckets

Here's a drinking game for you. Take a shot every time they say "I forgot about that" 😂

I saw this in LA when it came out. My friends and I loved it, then all we could talk about was Alan Rickman.

This and Batman Returns are my favorite non-traditional Christmas movies

Awesome reaction of my favorite Die Hard movie!!!!😊😊😊😊

I wonder if that Verhoeven's touch was suggested by Jan de Bont who worked with Verhoeven in Netherlands and continud to do so in Hollywood.

Also, did you know that the filmographer of this gorgeously shot movie, Jan de Bont, made five movies with Paul Verhoeven (only one of them in Hollywood)? My layman's eye notices similarities in the dynamics and the visual language between Die Hard and Verhoeven's Hollywood films.

probably the most commonly known edit would be the "yippee-ki-yay, mr falcon" one but over here in the UK I once saw an edit that featired "yippee-ki-yay, kemosabe" except the kemosabe was dubbed in with one of the thickest brummie accents I'd ever heard on telly (or anywhere else for that matter & I used to go to Birmingham quite a lot) not heard that edit since but its seared into my memory & is still funny to this day

I love this movie from 1988

It's funny cause Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, and Beverly Hills Cop all take place around the same time in the same state. So the LAPD does have some action cops lol

I remember when they drop Hans Gruber in the end "Alan Rickman" in the end he was not ready for it so the reaction is real.

I hope you guys will watch Elf sometime, that one's a comedy riot.