@@dylankaiser5546 Yes. Even if it's Dec. 26. Considering the fact that most folks don't even bother to take down all the Christmas decorations until sometime after New Years is over and done with.
milster It's about as much of a Christmas movie as Home Alone. Both main characters are only in this situation due to it being Christmas, although Kevin McCallister is more of a psychopath (or sociopath) surviving a dangerous situation by beating the crap out of two low level burglars, whereas McClane is a father trying to not only survive in a deadly situation but save the lives of many others too. In my opinion Die Hard has more of the Christmas Spirit than Home Alone (which I do love btw).
Technically A Christmas Carol could have taken place at Thanksgiving, or New Years. In fact most Christmas movies could take place at any time of the year. But in order for that to happen there sripts would need modification, and Die Hard would need to be modified too. It's a Christmas movie, and a damn good one. Stop trying to refuse it is.
milster totally irrelevant. It's not like the only reason he was there was because he was visiting his family since it was Christmas. Oh wait. That's exactly why he was there.
milster I would argue any Christmas movie could take place at any other time of the year, with the exception of A Christmas Story or one or two others. But A Christmas Carol, easily could take place on Thanksgiving or New Years. Home Alone could also take place at any time in the year. It's A Wonderful Life, which is a considered a Christmas Classic could also take place at any other time of the year, and I don't even consider it Christmas movie as is. Yeah that's right. Die Hard is more of a Christmas movie than It's A Wonderful Life. The main trait of a Christmas movie is that it takes place at Christmas time, and Christmas is more relevant to the story of Die Hard, than It's A Wonderful Life.
I've never read the book, but I've always heard it analyzed as "McClane" (forgot the actual character's name, and I'm too lazy to find it), being an older, grizzled, more conservative police detective getting himself involved in the terrorist shenanigans just made things worse. That fact thematically ties into the whole reason for the visit to his daughter in the first place, which is to confront her on her professional and personal ethics as he sees it from afar. But, it's his old fashioned good guy vs. bad guy mentality that starts all the shooting and bloodshed that ultimately ends with his daughter being killed. If he had just kept his nose down and stayed out of the way, rather than trying to force his way into controlling the situation, the whole terrorist event would've probably gone down much better, and not killed his only family in the process. That's just what I've heard anyway...
The book, though I never read it, being a big Die Hard fan, sounds like an extremely dark character study on a very angry man, and it sounds absolutely insane and like it would make a great movie in itself. The way it ends and how unlike McClane, Leland is the one who gets a lot of people killed, including his own daughter by getting involved.
Read it this weekend, it was absolutely amazing, it actually did not disappoint, although Al chucking Dwayne T Robinson was tacky, the whole book was solid.
@@shamusbob7969 Just read the book. Doesn’t Al pull Robinson into the path of Karl’s bullet? And responsible for his death? I’m really confused by the ending.
I love the movie and its been a while since I read the book but i'm sure a major difference is the extended relationship between Mclane and the air hostess on the flight at the beginning of the film. In the movie she shares a flirtatious look with John but I'm sure she is a much more prominent love interest in the book, and there are a few times when Leland is really struggling with his situation and he's thinking about getting through it so he can see her (the air hostess)?
In 1986 a friend of mine was living in an apartment building near LA and would hang out with an old guy across the hall who had once been a successful writer - the writers name was Rod Thorp who said he had just sold his book about “terrorists taking over a building” to Fox and that they were making a movie based on it. My friend later directed a movie of his own and put Rod in as an extra.
In order Die hard 2 based off the novel 58 minutes Die Hard with a Vengence based off a screen play for a Brandon lee movie called Simon Says which got shuffled around until Fox got the script and made it Die Hard 3 ....as DH3 came out in 95 (2 years after Lee's passing) yeah... you can see what happened there. Live Free or Die Hard was based on the article "A Farewell to Arms" in Wired (you can find it easily enough)which outlined how the increasingly cybernetic world could be turned around on the people.
to back up Ike of Pyke written statement about the other Die Hard film, this is the book that the 2nd film was based on: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/58_Minutes and you can read more here: www.denofgeek.com/movies/die-hard/21313/the-strange-history-of-the-die-hard-movies
Was just going to comment this. My mom was watching the latest episode of Lethal Weapon the series. It was the Christmas episode and I asked her if Jingle Bell Rock was in it as a nod to the first movie. She said no but the name of the episode was Jingle Bell Glock so I was content.
Watching the first two die hard movies has become a Christmas time classic at our house. I used to watch with my father every year. It reminds me of spending time with him.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I had suggested this one last fall. I don't know if that's the reason you gave us this Christmas present or if you were already working on it, but thank you from the bottom of my heart.
This made me lol so hard because I said out loud to myself that duh it says it's based on the book in the opening credit and then the guy in the video pointed that out as well! Well played sir ! Well played ...
Alan Rickman's face when he falls off the building is a real face of realizing his harness was detached on purpose. Not to kill him but the director wanted a more genuine reaction.
There are a few errors at the end of this video. In "Nothing Lasts Forever" Karl does come out of nowhere and starts shooting. Karl does kill a number of people before he is shot killed by Sgt. Al Powell (Two shots to the head.) as the video states. However Captain Robinson did not voluntarily jump in front of Joe Leland and take a bullet for him. Sgt. Powell actually grabs Robinson and pulls him in front of Leland saving Leland's life. Leland was shot in the leg, but that occurred much earlier in the novel. The novel ends with Leland being given needed medical attention and loaded into a waiting ambulance. He does not remain lying on the street. "Nothing Lasts Forever" is a very good book. It is well worth checking out.
Daniel hall if you're acknowledging that other people made the same exact comment then why did you take the time to type it again instead of just liking another one?
He's not in The Detective. The film you're refering to is The First Deadly Sin, Bruce Willis was an extra in that film, which was also Sinatra's final role. But you know who IS in The Detective? Lloyd Bochner, Hart Bochner's father.
Could you guys do Interview with Vampire (and possibly Queen of the Damned). There were a lot of differences between the book and movie, especially with the characters.
It'd be kind of interesting if the crew that made the first Die Hard could have made a prequel with the previous book's material. I suppose that, given Willis is now as old as the book's protagonist, they *could* make a film with him, but it's not be a "Die Hard" prequel, course.
How about a few WtD? suggestions: The 39 Steps - 1915 book vs. 1935 Hitchcock film Black Runner vs. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Angels & Demons The War of the Worlds The Sum of All Fears Solaris - book vs. 1972 or 2002 films
Just saw a 70mm copy of this film in the cinema here in London. And it was so great. Worth every cent and it just proves how not as good modern day films are, because even though I have seen this film so many times before, I was never once bored of the story and was glued to the screen more than I have been in recent years with the new films.
1. In the book, Leland doesn't leap off the building to escape an explosion, more to avoid the terrorists that have came hunting for him as they shoot the helicopters out the sky. 2. Robinson doesn't jump in front of Leland at the end, Al Powell shoves him in front of Karl's firing line to save Lelands life. Also, it's not actually noted that Leland survives, with the last line suggesting he actually dies.
You forgot about Kathi Logan. The tart on the plane who Leland meets for a few minutes on the plane but stays in the rest of the book and stays in contact with Leland during his tower escapades, Could have done without her in the book though tbh, Lelend just met her but the book treats it like they've been seeing eachother for months lol.
Did you guys even read the book as you got a lot of things very wrong. The fists with your toes is not in the book. Robinson does not jump in front of Leland to save him, Powell grabs Robinson's shoulder and forces him in the line of fire. Leland isn't left dying on the floor, the ambulance crew pick him up and out hi the the ambulance. There is an Argyle in the book, he's the black taxi driver at the start that drives Leland to the airport.
7:05 I read that part and it was too dark, even for audiences, that girl (young) was one of them who shot down the choppers, she went down the stairs with an Ak47 and acting she was going to surrender, Leland at the time is angered after seeing his daughter dragged out the window shot her in the head just like that... It's pretty dark, honestly if this version was made it's gonna be one of the most saddest movie ever
Last Christmas my mom asked me to go out and get her and her boyfriend a Christmas movie from a movie store but it was closed, so I gave them a VCR and VHS copies of Die Hard and Lethal Weapon and said "here's some good Christmas movies" They watched Die Hard
Correction: Deputy Chief Dwayne T. Robinson doesn't leap in front of McClane/Leland at the end of the book. What is says is: "Robinson had his gun out, but he never got off a round. Karl shot first, as Al Powell grabbed Robinson's shoulder and pulled him into Karl's line of fire." Yup. Powell practically straight-up murders Robinson in the original book. The 70's were a different time.
I like the darker tone of the book better. It being John's daughter and she dies. Karl guns downs a bunch of people and the captain jumps in front to save John.
Robinson doesn't jump in front of Leland, Powell carelessly throws him in front of Leland which results in his death. The book is pretty mediocre. Avoid it.
You missed the start of the book. The cab ride to the airport, where Leland pulls his gun on some asshole causing trouble with the cab driver, and then worrying about it as he goes for the plane. And then the start of his romance with the flight attendant, I forget her name. Then you miss the part about him being obsessed with getting his hands on a kalashnikov, which he sees as a great weapon that would help his fight no end. Instead he ends up with an old BAR, a WW2-era assault style rifle. I also didn't hear you talk about the massive difference in how Leland/Mclane got his wounded feet. It was a planned thing from Gruber in the book, in which he has made his men smash all the lighting in the stairways, letting the broken light tubes fall into the stairs, plunging the stairwell into darkness. Leland then walks into the stairwell, wondering why the lights are out and immediately stepping into the glass and starts straight away to berate himself for literally walking into such a simple trap. And it all happens because Gruber had noticed that Joe had left shoes and socks in the room before escaping. There was also a slightly different reason for the "fists with your toes" thing that Joe does after a flight. This not being something a guy on the plane tells him, but rather something he had found soothing back when he was a pilot years before.
I feel like I'm ahead of the curve because I never really heard anyone mention Die Hard as a Christmas movie, let alone their favorite, until the last 5-10 years. And I used to tell people that it was my favorite Christmas movie when I was in high school back in the early 90s. I was actually a big fan of Die Hard all the way back in 88 when I was only 8 years old. My mom even took me to the theater in 1990 to see Die Hard 2. And I've watched them every year around Christmas time, along with A Christmas Story.
rojoshow13 I think it's pretty common amongst all us 30-something film nerds. We are all naturally averse to the saccharin sweetness of most Xmas flicks, so only the few which are actually cinematically great manage to move us at all (see: It's a Wonderful Life). But Die Hard kind of kicks all that sentimentality to the curb, and as big as it was as a blockbuster, it's also a cinematic masterpiece which only gets better the more it's analyzed. So I don't think any of us are ahead of the curb, so much as the Internet didn't work the same way in the 90s, and folks our age have only been operating RUclips film criticism channels for the last 5-10 years.
The novel that was based on Die Hard. Does the elevator shaft sequence too. Sidenote. The film Die Hard didn't do the elevator shaft sequence first. That idea goes to Ridley Scott's Alien.
You miss two difference, one was that it took two days in the book, but not in the movie, plus the beginning of the book was at the airport,mean while in the movie was in the airplane.
There is really about six changes that mattered: 1, The barrow downs 2. Elves at helms deep 3.Faramir's portrayal 4.Battle of the Pelennor Fields 5.The Scouring of the Shire 6. Everything Arwen does
+keldaris Maybe in terms of the plot itself, but there are several significant character differences too. Aragorn is much more complicated in the movies, starting unsure of himself (and something of a self-loathing human) whereas in the book he's pretty much always Mr. I-Am-Awesome-And-Will-Be-King the whole way through. Or, Sam was considerably dumber in the book - but still faithful - whereas Merry & Pippin were considerably smarter. Not to mention the omission of Denethor's Palantir from the movies, which I consider to be one of the only major mistakes Jackson made in terms of trims and edits. Or, for that matter, the whole business with Sam's temptation by the Ring was also cut pretty much entirely along with a lot of his trials rescuing Frodo from Minas Morgul.
What about the fact that in the book Gollum slipped on a rock and fell into the lava pit by himself, as opposed to Frodo murdering him in the movie? This is very out-of-character for Frodo, I would say...
forgot to mention that most of those extra characters and scenes not involving mcclain or the extra stuff with Gruber were all added in because Willis was still filming Moonlighting at the same time so they needed something to film while he wasn't available
I want you to know that my name is rare. It isn't named often. Every time you say it, my ear perks up. It is coincidentally unsettling for me. Carry on.
True but its pretty clear that Ellis tries to rub the expensive watch in John's face. Plus who's idea was it to give Holly a watch? Could very well have been Ellis as its heavily hinted that he's trying to get her into bed.
one difference too obvious to mention but i'll do it anyway- Leeland doesnt use the now iconic Beretta 92. Obviously, as it wasnt made yet. His weapon of choice is Browning Hi-Power.
Sammy Lane Not anymore. Since Sinatra declined to appear in the film, Die Hard (before it was called Die Hard) was stripped of all references to The Detective. The Detective more or less has nothing to do with Die Hard, but many things to do with the original book.
Watched Die Hard again this year. Here's the thing, the moment in the Bathroom where Mclane tells Powell to find his wife and say he's sorry, is what elevates this movie beyond standard action fare by giving the protagonist (antagonist... I'm not having this argument again!) an emotional arc as well as a structural one. Is there a similar scene in the book? If so, what is it about? Seems like Leland is pissed at his daughter from the beginning and would never change. Please let me know. Merry Christmas and Yip-ee-kay-aye.
This is the rare exception to the belief that the book is better than the movie. In the case of Die Hard vrs Nothing Lasts Forever, Die Hard is a clear, definite winner!
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Damn, that book ending was just full of sunshine and lollipops, a real feel good story lol
I lost it at "no shit lady does it sound like I'm ordering a pizza"
Same here
I wasn’t too sure if I wanted to watch this movie, but after hearing that I got to
How’s your life mate? It’s been 4 years since you commented this
@@squ4tmobile867 you replied to his 4 years comment 4 weeks ago.
@@amedtajanjimenez9767 yea. So?
Great. Now I'm totally in the mood to watch Die Hard.
I watched it two nights ago. I may watch it again though.
Rick Berman McCallum 'tis the season..
...and pour one out for our boy, Alan Rickman. Fuck 2016.
You make that sound like it's a bad thing
for real
It is just not Christmas until I've seen Hans Gruber fall off of the Nakatomi Plaza.
CornishCreamtea07 even if it’s December 26th?
@@dylankaiser5546 Yes. Even if it's Dec. 26.
Considering the fact that most folks don't even bother to take down all the Christmas decorations until sometime after New Years is over and done with.
RIP Snape
"Nothing Lasts Forever" sounds like the title to a James Bond film.
And yet it's actually the title of a K-pop song if I recall correctly...
Soooooo, Korean James Bond movie?
I was thinking the same thing, and I even thought that the guy in the meant-to-be sequel to “The Detective” looked like a James Bond actor.
Nothing lasts forever is also the title of an echo and the bunnymen song.
Theres a James Bond novel called "Nobody Lives Forever"
There are those who say Die Hard is a Christmas Movie, and there are those who are wrong.
It's still a Christmas movie.
milster It's about as much of a Christmas movie as Home Alone. Both main characters are only in this situation due to it being Christmas, although Kevin McCallister is more of a psychopath (or sociopath) surviving a dangerous situation by beating the crap out of two low level burglars, whereas McClane is a father trying to not only survive in a deadly situation but save the lives of many others too. In my opinion Die Hard has more of the Christmas Spirit than Home Alone (which I do love btw).
Technically A Christmas Carol could have taken place at Thanksgiving, or New Years. In fact most Christmas movies could take place at any time of the year. But in order for that to happen there sripts would need modification, and Die Hard would need to be modified too. It's a Christmas movie, and a damn good one. Stop trying to refuse it is.
milster totally irrelevant. It's not like the only reason he was there was because he was visiting his family since it was Christmas. Oh wait. That's exactly why he was there.
milster I would argue any Christmas movie could take place at any other time of the year, with the exception of A Christmas Story or one or two others. But A Christmas Carol, easily could take place on Thanksgiving or New Years. Home Alone could also take place at any time in the year. It's A Wonderful Life, which is a considered a Christmas Classic could also take place at any other time of the year, and I don't even consider it Christmas movie as is. Yeah that's right. Die Hard is more of a Christmas movie than It's A Wonderful Life. The main trait of a Christmas movie is that it takes place at Christmas time, and Christmas is more relevant to the story of Die Hard, than It's A Wonderful Life.
All I can say is Bruce Willis never had a better role
ONCEfineapplinus but what about *Cop Out*?
They were good movies, but it isn't rewatchable like Die Hard and the sequels minus the last one.
The first Red says hello.
Moonlighting
Butch in Pulp Fiction.
I've never read the book, but I've always heard it analyzed as "McClane" (forgot the actual character's name, and I'm too lazy to find it), being an older, grizzled, more conservative police detective getting himself involved in the terrorist shenanigans just made things worse.
That fact thematically ties into the whole reason for the visit to his daughter in the first place, which is to confront her on her professional and personal ethics as he sees it from afar. But, it's his old fashioned good guy vs. bad guy mentality that starts all the shooting and bloodshed that ultimately ends with his daughter being killed.
If he had just kept his nose down and stayed out of the way, rather than trying to force his way into controlling the situation, the whole terrorist event would've probably gone down much better, and not killed his only family in the process.
That's just what I've heard anyway...
Jingle bells with terrorist cells, John blew them all away.
He hunted them down one by one and not a single one got away.
...Hey!
Second verse, same as the first. Just a little bit louder and a little bit worse
Well, Theo survived, but he was arrested
Kristoff survived too.
Read the book
Honestly if this was a movie, I'm sure the ending will haunt you, great plot twist and ending straight up sad
The book, though I never read it, being a big Die Hard fan, sounds like an extremely dark character study on a very angry man, and it sounds absolutely insane and like it would make a great movie in itself. The way it ends and how unlike McClane, Leland is the one who gets a lot of people killed, including his own daughter by getting involved.
Read it this weekend, it was absolutely amazing, it actually did not disappoint, although Al chucking Dwayne T Robinson was tacky, the whole book was solid.
Shamus Bob the book does have flaws, but man it’s a great novel. Definitely underrated
@@shamusbob7969 Just read the book. Doesn’t Al pull Robinson into the path of Karl’s bullet? And responsible for his death? I’m really confused by the ending.
I love the movie and its been a while since I read the book but i'm sure a major difference is the extended relationship between Mclane and the air hostess on the flight at the beginning of the film. In the movie she shares a flirtatious look with John but I'm sure she is a much more prominent love interest in the book, and there are a few times when Leland is really struggling with his situation and he's thinking about getting through it so he can see her (the air hostess)?
RIP Alan Rickman :(
When Cinefix Told me Who Framed Roger Rabbit was originally a book i went out and bought it. But now you tell me die hard is a book?! Enough is enough
Before you were born, YOU WERE ORIGINALLY A BOOK!
SkyHazel cosmic
Carlos Gallon it is a good book
Carlos Gallon I got me the book as well :)
I HAVE HAD IT WITH THESE MOTHER F'ING NOVEL REFERENCES TO THESE MOTHER F'ING MOVIES!
In 1986 a friend of mine was living in an apartment building near LA and would hang out with an old guy across the hall who had once been a successful writer - the writers name was Rod Thorp who said he had just sold his book about “terrorists taking over a building” to Fox and that they were making a movie based on it. My friend later directed a movie of his own and put Rod in as an extra.
That’s really cool dude
Thank you for being thorough with the differences between the book and movie. I enjoy these videos
I honestly had no clue this was based on a book 📚
Abel Villa the first four are
Ike of Pyke the first four?! really? What are the books?
me neither you learn something new everyday
In order
Die hard 2 based off the novel 58 minutes
Die Hard with a Vengence based off a screen play for a Brandon lee movie called Simon Says which got shuffled around until Fox got the script and made it Die Hard 3 ....as DH3 came out in 95 (2 years after Lee's passing) yeah... you can see what happened there.
Live Free or Die Hard was based on the article "A Farewell to Arms" in Wired (you can find it easily enough)which outlined how the increasingly cybernetic world could be turned around on the people.
to back up Ike of Pyke written statement about the other Die Hard film, this is the book that the 2nd film was based on:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/58_Minutes
and you can read more here:
www.denofgeek.com/movies/die-hard/21313/the-strange-history-of-the-die-hard-movies
The first Lethal Weapon is a good Christmas movie.
Was just going to comment this. My mom was watching the latest episode of Lethal Weapon the series. It was the Christmas episode and I asked her if Jingle Bell Rock was in it as a nod to the first movie. She said no but the name of the episode was Jingle Bell Glock so I was content.
Otaku Hanzo Plus it started with a woman falling off of a highrise and landing on a car.
Sotnas Now that is a serious nod to the first movie! Thanks for bringing that to my attention. I may have to watch the show now.
***** They are set during Christmas.
Damn right! So is Gremlins and Die Hard 2.
I kind of like the ending of the book, it's gritty and moralistic. Though I understand why it wouldn't have worked in the film version.
Watching the first two die hard movies has become a Christmas time classic at our house. I used to watch with my father every year. It reminds me of spending time with him.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I had suggested this one last fall. I don't know if that's the reason you gave us this Christmas present or if you were already working on it, but thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Wow, that book is kinda fucked up. The film had just the right amount of grit and light hearted moments. #bestaction/christmasmovieofalltime
Kevin F Yeah it really goes on a downer.
This made me lol so hard because I said out loud to myself that duh it says it's based on the book in the opening credit and then the guy in the video pointed that out as well!
Well played sir ! Well played ...
Yes. YES! FINALLY! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
I've only been asking for this since WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE started! Thank you!
Next Christmas...Die Hard 2?
DO THE GODFATHER
Michael's injury to the face is much more serious in the book. The swelling is huge and his nose continuously drips with snot. Yuck.
I want them to also do a comparison between Shooter and the novel based on it, Point of Impact:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_of_Impact
Capo Anderson the book and the movie are so insanely similar.
Does anyone not want Thomas Harris Silence of the Lambs?
Tiana Pi Tesr Would love to see somebody at Cinefix to compared the book and film for Silence of the lambs.
Alan Rickman's face when he falls off the building is a real face of realizing his harness was detached on purpose. Not to kill him but the director wanted a more genuine reaction.
There are a few errors at the end of this video. In "Nothing Lasts Forever" Karl does come out of nowhere and starts shooting. Karl does kill a number of people before he is shot killed by Sgt. Al Powell (Two shots to the head.) as the video states. However Captain Robinson did not voluntarily jump in front of Joe Leland and take a bullet for him. Sgt. Powell actually grabs Robinson and pulls him in front of Leland saving Leland's life. Leland was shot in the leg, but that occurred much earlier in the novel. The novel ends with Leland being given needed medical attention and loaded into a waiting ambulance. He does not remain lying on the street. "Nothing Lasts Forever" is a very good book. It is well worth checking out.
It would've been crazy had they used these character dynamics with aging McClane and his daughter for Die Hard 4.
Could you imagine Frank Sinatra in Die Hard instead of Bruce Willis?
Sure, he could have performed a theme song for it too, "Die Haaaaaaard...."
They were thinking Burt Reynolds at one point
@@HnRZ lol
Worst would be Richard Gere who was one of the choices
Sinatra was good in The Manchurian Candidate
The watch was not a gift from Ellis, but was a bonus from the Nakatomi Corp.
Ok who else is shocked Die Hard is a book?
Daniel hall no one
Da Pumaface
No one other than all the people who made the same comment. -_-
Daniel hall if you're acknowledging that other people made the same exact comment then why did you take the time to type it again instead of just liking another one?
Jake Geddes
Wtf are you talking about?
I made my comment then read other people's.
-_-
Daniel hall I am, just now
wow the book is depressing...🏭
That’s dark like really
123haninhk want something Depressing? Read berserk
I love depressing endings, much like life.
no wonder hollywood change some parts, thanks
Kako Mohammed berserk really isn't that depressing. the latest chapters especially have been pretty hopeful.
The day after I watched Die Hard for the first time, you guys post this! what a coincidence!
DIE HARD IS THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIE EVER AND I WILL FIGHT THOSE WHO SAY OTHERWISE!
Firefox444 sleepy cast? Lol
Thydeepestfear what...?
Home alone was great too
No Iron Man 3 is the best Christmas movie ever.
Firefox444 hateful eight is a better Christmas movie
You know Die hard 2 is also based on a book called 58 Minutes.
And 58 Minutes is a better book than Nothing Lasts Forever.
Fun fact: Bruce Willis is in The Detective, jist as an extra but still interesting.
Theory: Bruce's character is inspired to become a cop after the events of The Detective
He's not in The Detective. The film you're refering to is The First Deadly Sin, Bruce Willis was an extra in that film, which was also Sinatra's final role. But you know who IS in The Detective? Lloyd Bochner, Hart Bochner's father.
Could you guys do Interview with Vampire (and possibly Queen of the Damned). There were a lot of differences between the book and movie, especially with the characters.
Please do a Silence of the Lambs WTD. I don't wanna hear anyone go "Well they're very similar" Yeah well so is Die hard, but I still want a SOTL WTD.
Another great video. Happy holidays
It'd be kind of interesting if the crew that made the first Die Hard could have made a prequel with the previous book's material.
I suppose that, given Willis is now as old as the book's protagonist, they *could* make a film with him, but it's not be a "Die Hard" prequel, course.
How about a few WtD? suggestions:
The 39 Steps - 1915 book vs. 1935 Hitchcock film
Black Runner vs. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Angels & Demons
The War of the Worlds
The Sum of All Fears
Solaris - book vs. 1972 or 2002 films
Will we get a new Walking Dead Differences for seasons 4-6?
TheAnonymousGuy yes
Holy crap, what timing! I just saw Die Hard a few nights ago!
Also titled “Bruce Willis channels his inner Ryuji Sakamoto”
Just saw a 70mm copy of this film in the cinema here in London. And it was so great. Worth every cent and it just proves how not as good modern day films are, because even though I have seen this film so many times before, I was never once bored of the story and was glued to the screen more than I have been in recent years with the new films.
There will never be another like this one!
And yet Diehard wouldn't work in modern day as well with internet and cell phones. Like so many of the greats.
It's a masterpiece that's for sure
1. In the book, Leland doesn't leap off the building to escape an explosion, more to avoid the terrorists that have came hunting for him as they shoot the helicopters out the sky.
2. Robinson doesn't jump in front of Leland at the end, Al Powell shoves him in front of Karl's firing line to save Lelands life. Also, it's not actually noted that Leland survives, with the last line suggesting he actually dies.
I'm watching this while watching Die hard. Merry Christmas!
Great video! I kinda want to read the novel now. Merry Christmas!
Soo awesome! Can't wait for WTD of No Country for Old Men!
I put you guys in my Columbia application, so this video is probably what the admissions officers will see. Heck yeah
(if they bother to look it up)
You forgot about Kathi Logan. The tart on the plane who Leland meets for a few minutes on the plane but stays in the rest of the book and stays in contact with Leland during his tower escapades, Could have done without her in the book though tbh, Lelend just met her but the book treats it like they've been seeing eachother for months lol.
So in the end, Carl is shot by Carl. Nice.
Everyone forgets First blood took place during Christmas. It’s a better Christmas movie 🥲
The book doesn't have Alan Rickman.. And he is the best.
Please do Starship Troopers - What's the Difference?
One of the rare cases where I prefer the movie over the book.
Did you guys even read the book as you got a lot of things very wrong.
The fists with your toes is not in the book.
Robinson does not jump in front of Leland to save him, Powell grabs Robinson's shoulder and forces him in the line of fire.
Leland isn't left dying on the floor, the ambulance crew pick him up and out hi the the ambulance.
There is an Argyle in the book, he's the black taxi driver at the start that drives Leland to the airport.
7:05 I read that part and it was too dark, even for audiences, that girl (young) was one of them who shot down the choppers, she went down the stairs with an Ak47 and acting she was going to surrender, Leland at the time is angered after seeing his daughter dragged out the window shot her in the head just like that... It's pretty dark, honestly if this version was made it's gonna be one of the most saddest movie ever
Last Christmas my mom asked me to go out and get her and her boyfriend a Christmas movie from a movie store but it was closed, so I gave them a VCR and VHS copies of Die Hard and Lethal Weapon and said "here's some good Christmas movies"
They watched Die Hard
you should do a the difference with full metal jacket and it's book
Hey, you guys should do "Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?" and Blade Runner.
Correction: Deputy Chief Dwayne T. Robinson doesn't leap in front of McClane/Leland at the end of the book. What is says is: "Robinson had his gun out, but he never got off a round. Karl shot first, as Al Powell grabbed Robinson's shoulder and pulled him into Karl's line of fire."
Yup. Powell practically straight-up murders Robinson in the original book. The 70's were a different time.
@Brady King Straight up cold blood, and totally out of nowhere.
I like the darker tone of the book better. It being John's daughter and she dies. Karl guns downs a bunch of people and the captain jumps in front to save John.
Robinson doesn't jump in front of Leland, Powell carelessly throws him in front of Leland which results in his death. The book is pretty mediocre. Avoid it.
You missed the start of the book. The cab ride to the airport, where Leland pulls his gun on some asshole causing trouble with the cab driver, and then worrying about it as he goes for the plane. And then the start of his romance with the flight attendant, I forget her name.
Then you miss the part about him being obsessed with getting his hands on a kalashnikov, which he sees as a great weapon that would help his fight no end. Instead he ends up with an old BAR, a WW2-era assault style rifle.
I also didn't hear you talk about the massive difference in how Leland/Mclane got his wounded feet. It was a planned thing from Gruber in the book, in which he has made his men smash all the lighting in the stairways, letting the broken light tubes fall into the stairs, plunging the stairwell into darkness. Leland then walks into the stairwell, wondering why the lights are out and immediately stepping into the glass and starts straight away to berate himself for literally walking into such a simple trap.
And it all happens because Gruber had noticed that Joe had left shoes and socks in the room before escaping.
There was also a slightly different reason for the "fists with your toes" thing that Joe does after a flight. This not being something a guy on the plane tells him, but rather something he had found soothing back when he was a pilot years before.
I feel like I'm ahead of the curve because I never really heard anyone mention Die Hard as a Christmas movie, let alone their favorite, until the last 5-10 years. And I used to tell people that it was my favorite Christmas movie when I was in high school back in the early 90s. I was actually a big fan of Die Hard all the way back in 88 when I was only 8 years old. My mom even took me to the theater in 1990 to see Die Hard 2. And I've watched them every year around Christmas time, along with A Christmas Story.
rojoshow13 I think it's pretty common amongst all us 30-something film nerds.
We are all naturally averse to the saccharin sweetness of most Xmas flicks, so only the few which are actually cinematically great manage to move us at all (see: It's a Wonderful Life). But Die Hard kind of kicks all that sentimentality to the curb, and as big as it was as a blockbuster, it's also a cinematic masterpiece which only gets better the more it's analyzed.
So I don't think any of us are ahead of the curb, so much as the Internet didn't work the same way in the 90s, and folks our age have only been operating RUclips film criticism channels for the last 5-10 years.
Well then I don't know where you've been but I've heard people saying this as I was growing up roughly about the same time as you.
That was fantastic fellas
Do Lord of the Rings
Happy 30th anniversary for the movie
Please do The Fox and the Hound!
The novel that was based on Die Hard. Does the elevator shaft sequence too. Sidenote. The film Die Hard didn't do the elevator shaft sequence first. That idea goes to Ridley Scott's Alien.
Please do "Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol" book vs movie!
Happy Holidays!
You miss two difference, one was that it took two days in the book, but not in the movie, plus the beginning of the book was at the airport,mean while in the movie was in the airplane.
Die Hard is the first Christmas movie we watch every year on Black Friday or that Saturday. we have a hard time not quoting, but it's fun
Why is McLane holding an AK?(in the cover)
Congrats on 2 million subs
could you please do a what's the difference on Coraline??
Do The Lord of the Rings trilogy next? Thank you
There is really about six changes that mattered:
1, The barrow downs
2. Elves at helms deep
3.Faramir's portrayal
4.Battle of the Pelennor Fields
5.The Scouring of the Shire
6. Everything Arwen does
+keldaris Maybe in terms of the plot itself, but there are several significant character differences too. Aragorn is much more complicated in the movies, starting unsure of himself (and something of a self-loathing human) whereas in the book he's pretty much always Mr. I-Am-Awesome-And-Will-Be-King the whole way through. Or, Sam was considerably dumber in the book - but still faithful - whereas Merry & Pippin were considerably smarter.
Not to mention the omission of Denethor's Palantir from the movies, which I consider to be one of the only major mistakes Jackson made in terms of trims and edits. Or, for that matter, the whole business with Sam's temptation by the Ring was also cut pretty much entirely along with a lot of his trials rescuing Frodo from Minas Morgul.
What about the fact that in the book Gollum slipped on a rock and fell into the lava pit by himself, as opposed to Frodo murdering him in the movie? This is very out-of-character for Frodo, I would say...
Well you could say that Frodo didn't have any intention to murder Gollum at that point. He was just trying to get the ring back.
They don't make villains like Gruber anymore (both grubers, DH1 and 3). Which is sad.
"Look, it's Christmas and I love you. Can we just talk about Die Hard?"
Well shit, now I ship it!
forgot to mention that most of those extra characters and scenes not involving mcclain or the extra stuff with Gruber were all added in because Willis was still filming Moonlighting at the same time so they needed something to film while he wasn't available
Die Hard is my favorite Christmas movie of all time, and one of my favorite movies in general. I should really read the book.
What's the background music at 4:30? It's really catchy
Could you guys cover Soylent Green as well sometime soon?
I was truly suprised when I saw this video on my startpage, even when I watched the movie at least 3 times
I want you to know that my name is rare. It isn't named often. Every time you say it, my ear perks up. It is coincidentally unsettling for me. Carry on.
Ellis did NOT give Holly the watch, it was a gift from the company for her work.
True but its pretty clear that Ellis tries to rub the expensive watch in John's face. Plus who's idea was it to give Holly a watch? Could very well have been Ellis as its heavily hinted that he's trying to get her into bed.
Will you guys ever do one on Casino and Goodfellas?
one difference too obvious to mention but i'll do it anyway- Leeland doesnt use the now iconic Beretta 92. Obviously, as it wasnt made yet. His weapon of choice is Browning Hi-Power.
So is THE DETECTIVE a prequel to DIE HARD???
Sammy Lane Not anymore. Since Sinatra declined to appear in the film, Die Hard (before it was called Die Hard) was stripped of all references to The Detective. The Detective more or less has nothing to do with Die Hard, but many things to do with the original book.
Watched Die Hard again this year. Here's the thing, the moment in the Bathroom where Mclane tells Powell to find his wife and say he's sorry, is what elevates this movie beyond standard action fare by giving the protagonist (antagonist... I'm not having this argument again!) an emotional arc as well as a structural one. Is there a similar scene in the book? If so, what is it about? Seems like Leland is pissed at his daughter from the beginning and would never change. Please let me know. Merry Christmas and Yip-ee-kay-aye.
Why does at 3:50 it says "Dr Who returns Saturday 23rd August?
Do lethal weapon next! It's also a Christmas movie
But it was never a book
This is the rare exception to the belief that the book is better than the movie. In the case of Die Hard vrs Nothing Lasts Forever, Die Hard is a clear, definite winner!
I just watched it last night (again!) and want to watch it right now. God.
@CineFix what's the song you have near the beginning with the trumpets?
Yes I have had so many arguments on Die Hard being a Christmas movie and I think it is one.
At 3:46 did you really just pronounce 'junta' with a hard J?
Nobody pronounces that with a soft letter. Give me one example of who pronunces it such.
Justin Ambru i’ve never heard it pronounced with a hard J. It’s not an English word, anyway.
Thank you John McTieren for changing it up ! Die Hard was a classic and still is great
do one on 1984
Greatest Christmas, action, Bruce Willis move ever
should do one of Dexter, True Blood, Lord of the Rings, Parker & Alex Cross.