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This.
I’m kind of tired of all the cool hipsters bringing up Die Hard whenever favorite xmas movies are mentioned. It was amusing at first, but now it’s just stale.
My wife is the queen of xmas movies. I’ll ask her if Die Hard counts as one. I already know I’ll get a blank stare, then a shake of the head like I;m an idiot.
RogerBW
Thu, Nov 30, 2017 5:02pm
There was some doubt?
Christmas trappings, themes of family and togetherness; it would be hard to come up with a reasonable definition of “Christmas movie” that excluded it.
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On one hand…
https://twitter.com/_elizabethmay/status/935197427010887681
On the other hand…
https://twitter.com/andyjwhite/status/936193061906014209
This.
I’m kind of tired of all the cool hipsters bringing up Die Hard whenever favorite xmas movies are mentioned. It was amusing at first, but now it’s just stale.
My wife is the queen of xmas movies. I’ll ask her if Die Hard counts as one. I already know I’ll get a blank stare, then a shake of the head like I;m an idiot.
There was some doubt?
Christmas trappings, themes of family and togetherness; it would be hard to come up with a reasonable definition of “Christmas movie” that excluded it.
There has been a resurgence of this debate on Twitter.
Feh. I’ll stick with Rare Exports.
Well, it has essentially the same story as Home Alone, and no one denies that’s a Christmas movie.
Personally I prefer The Long Kiss Goodnight….