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 жыл бұрын

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

@kellinwinslow1988

3 жыл бұрын

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

3 жыл бұрын

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

@KirkFields

3 жыл бұрын

👍☺️

@chrisbadgrampacarpenter8052

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

3 жыл бұрын

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

@markissleepy

3 жыл бұрын

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

3 жыл бұрын

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

@NuriaSaladrigasLarroy

2 жыл бұрын

@@shwicaz I loved that tv show 🥰

@ps5392

2 жыл бұрын

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.

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

3 жыл бұрын

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

@riculfriculfson7243

3 жыл бұрын

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

@tdrev4895

3 жыл бұрын

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

@thoso1973

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, they dropped Alan Rickman for real from the 30th floor of Fox Plaza. :) Proof: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mZ-A2cOCgZiZd9o.html

@GF_Baltar

3 жыл бұрын

@@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". kzread.info/dash/bejne/nICom4-cpsmYiKw.html

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

@FerReelDoe

3 жыл бұрын

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

@adamdallas6096

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah but she called it Aliens 2

@lurkerrekrul

2 жыл бұрын

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

@ps5392

2 жыл бұрын

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

@robertmcghintheorca49

2 жыл бұрын

And curiously, Die Hard uses unused music from Aliens.

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

@leifgunnartoth8070

3 жыл бұрын

And he's a cop there aswell :)

@Camuska

3 жыл бұрын

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

@leifgunnartoth8070

3 жыл бұрын

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

@gordondavis6168

3 жыл бұрын

And he plays a cop in Ghostbusters for the Trifecta.

@td811

3 жыл бұрын

He’s a Limo driver in Crocodile Dundee.

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

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

3 жыл бұрын

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

3 жыл бұрын

He was also in Jaws 3D as the shark Hunter

@MsAppassionata

3 жыл бұрын

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

@_Epsilon_

3 жыл бұрын

Here is also a USSR musical he played in, called June 31: kzread.info/dash/bejne/k6Fprqt7cta6hs4.html

@leeswhimsy

2 жыл бұрын

Would LOVE to see them watch Witness!!!

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_

3 жыл бұрын

His role in a USSR musical, movie called June 31: kzread.info/dash/bejne/k6Fprqt7cta6hs4.html

@Lamas746

9 ай бұрын

Alexandr Godunov.

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

3 жыл бұрын

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

@MsAppassionata

3 жыл бұрын

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

3 жыл бұрын

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

3 жыл бұрын

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

@burrichgrrl57

2 жыл бұрын

@@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. :-(

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

3 жыл бұрын

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

@jentoby73

3 жыл бұрын

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

@adalester9

3 жыл бұрын

@@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

3 жыл бұрын

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

@annescholey6546

3 жыл бұрын

Happy Trails!

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

3 жыл бұрын

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

@stefanlaskowski6660

2 жыл бұрын

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

@lurkerrekrul

2 жыл бұрын

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

@GeneralZodFDNY77

2 жыл бұрын

@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

2 жыл бұрын

@@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." :)

Lethal weapon is also a great Christmas movie

@emanuelespinoza9325

3 жыл бұрын

So is The Long Kiss Goodnight.

@ph34rbucket91

3 жыл бұрын

I see you are a person of culture as well

@Bryan-uw1ny

3 жыл бұрын

No

@Lifelessdummy

3 жыл бұрын

You mean THE Christmas movie

@horrofan5103

3 жыл бұрын

@@Lifelessdummy Die Hard is THE christmas movie

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.

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

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

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

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

@jaybird8192

3 жыл бұрын

No relations! Lol!

@seamusburke639

3 жыл бұрын

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

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.

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

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

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.

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

2 жыл бұрын

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.

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."

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

@Donizen1

3 жыл бұрын

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

@HorrorMovies13

3 жыл бұрын

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

@jamesgalimo1007

3 жыл бұрын

@@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

3 жыл бұрын

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

@epicon6

3 жыл бұрын

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

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 KZread. 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. kzread.info/dash/bejne/Zq2j06Oucs_Hd7g.html 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

2 жыл бұрын

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.

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

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

3 жыл бұрын

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

@johnheale6000

3 жыл бұрын

@@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

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

3 жыл бұрын

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

@jonathancunningham8739

2 жыл бұрын

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

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.

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").

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.

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

@pjay213

3 жыл бұрын

And Crocodile Dundee’s driver I think

@wbrownshadow

3 жыл бұрын

He also played the limo driver on Crocodile Dundee

@An8teezSlasher

3 жыл бұрын

He was also a detective in Turner and Hooch

💜 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 💜

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

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

@sparksdrinker5650

3 жыл бұрын

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

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.

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.

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.

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

2 жыл бұрын

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.

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

Жыл бұрын

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

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

3 жыл бұрын

The football player gunning down other players is hilarious

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.

I just wanted to write that nowadays whenever someone types in "Alien reaction" through KZread, 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 KZread. Please keep it up!

@samantha_schmitt

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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!

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

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.

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.

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,

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.

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.

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.

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

@StephenLuke

7 ай бұрын

William Atherton.

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

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

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...

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!

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

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

@exquisitelemonade3039

3 жыл бұрын

He has no dick.

@robertdurant7934

3 жыл бұрын

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

3 жыл бұрын

He was also a bad guy in Real Genius.

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

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.

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

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

Just found the channel (Midnight Run) - and now subscribed - after this😊 Great job you two!🇨🇦

You are both so loveable and your reactions are so awesome. You guys are couple goals. Keep up the videos! Looking forward to more!

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

First 3 Die Hard films were amazing.

“Yippee Ki Yay” today is Christmas Day, there a Christmas movie, great to see you guys were entertained. Love the reactions.

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.

THIS man is giving away the plot.

You hit the nail on the head with your review, great job, great channel.

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

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

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.

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

What's really funny is that during the end they just straight up play James Horner's music from Aliens. The first time I heard that I was laughing. They must have really wanted to save some money at that point. Of course that track from Aliens was also used in trailers and other films so somebody really liked it.

@Fluffykeith

3 жыл бұрын

According to IMDB, Horner wrote that section for Aliens but that particular part wasn't used, instead they used an earlier part from his score that's very similar, so they used it in Die Hard along with another piece of music from a film Man on Fire (1987). It's a bit of a wtf moment because it's so different from the rest of the music in Die Hard...first time I heard it I half expected an Alien to jump out like some kind of crazy ass gotcha

@kellinwinslow1988

3 жыл бұрын

@@Fluffykeith Exactly. It's a tad different than what was used in the film but it's so close that it doesn't matter. Granted Horner was a great composer,Glory and Field Of Dreams are great,but using it here just felt off. It is one of the most used tracks in trailer history. It reminds me of when Horner just started out. He did Battle Beyond The Stars for Roger Corman who also reused Horner's score in other films.

@Fluffykeith

3 жыл бұрын

@@kellinwinslow1988 I love Battle Beyond the Stars but for me the all time best ever Horner soundtrack is Krull.

@thoso1973

3 жыл бұрын

Horner's iconic ALIENS score has been imitated dozens of times by other composers, including by Horner himself. What is really striking, is how he managed to write it in record time, while being pushed by James Cameron to get it done in just a few weeks time. Horner and Cameron had a strained relationship for years because of the stress they endured while making ALIENS, but they overcame their differences and Horner came back to score Titanic for Cameron, this time given plenty of time to write and record it.

@kellinwinslow1988

3 жыл бұрын

@@Fluffykeith Krill is good. A lot of his are good. It's hard to pick just one.

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.

Your reactions are superbly edited and a joy to view. Thumbs up everytime. Merry as much as it can be at this time Christmas. Be well.

Loved your reactions to this. This movie has just the right recipe of laughs, chills, and thrills. Can't wait for your Die Hard 2 reaction whenever you get to it.

Great add guys, you guys talking to the screen is the best!! 🤣🤣

Although this is cool and I’m glad you all enjoyed it, it’s really hard to quantify the greatness of this movie in 2021 - back when this came out there had never been a movie like this, everything about it was original

@rabbitandcrow

2 жыл бұрын

For years after this, every movie pitch in Hollywood was: “It’s like Die Hard, but with…”

Absolutely LOVE your reactions -- keep 'em coming!

Great reaction guys. You just earned yourself a subscriber.

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!😮😮😮

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

"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...

"She's excited to see him....I feel." SLAM! "Alright, nevermind." lmao, you two are awesome. :D

Alan Rickman went from this to another iconic villain in the movie Quigley Down Under. Check that one out!

@michaelplowman8674

3 жыл бұрын

Love that movie. What I think most miss is his character's motivation for wanting to kill the Aborigines. They killed his parents.

The greatest Christmas movie ever made Die Hard marathons played in Michigan on Christmas Eve so in the words of John McClain come to the coast we'll get together have a few laughs now I know what a TV dinner feels like

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.

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

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

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...

This my fav movie - you guys did it justice as far as reactions go !! =) "I'm so stressed" brill

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.

My favorite Christmas movies i rewatch every year : National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 1989, Trapped in Paradise 1994, It's a Wonderful Life 1946, A Shop Around the Corner 1940,Trading Places 1983 ,Gremlins 1984 and The Ref 1994.

@burrichgrrl57

2 жыл бұрын

Love The Ref. My favorite Christmas movie.

You understand the complexity of the characters! Well done guys.