It was also Bruce Willis' breakout film role. He had been on a moderately successful TV show called Moonlighting until then, but Die Hard turned him into a true-blue Hollywood star.
Every 'heroic' character in Die Hard gets an epic moment. Holly, Powell, Argyle. Of course McClane gets the most. Part of what makes Die Hard an epic movie.
For me it's not Christmas until Death gives his granddaughter Susan a Christmas card... a soggy one since the snow melted... and a couple of feathers since the robin wasn't at all cooperative and didn't want to stay put... 🥰
Its great how how they do that. when they filmed Alien most of them didn't know what was going to happen with the chest burster scene, when it came out Lambert(Veronica Cartwright) got hit with a large spray of blood by accident, the way she retracted in shock is a genuine reaction to getting blasted in the face with blood.
I love that John sits upfront in the limo. It's a good way to establish his character early on. Also the fact that he's wearing street clothes to an office party. It makes him stand out from everyone else and tells us he's a blue-collar guy who doesn't belong there
2 Fun facts 1. This was Alan Rickman's first ever movie role! 2. That face he makes at the end is genuine. Originally, he was told they would drop him on the count of 3...instead they dropped him on the count of two.
"YOU'RE SNAPE!"... Alan/Hans : "Pleasure to meet you" rofl perfect timing New ultimate judgement : "you deserve to have this box thrown at you!" .... so savage Duaffy! lol
Try telling that to Bruce Willis LOL!!. The movie came out in the summer of 89 and I caught it day 1 at the theaters. The Christmas theme being part of it really was not meant to be taken that way however the perception of the viewers thought otherwise. Over the years it reached a point to where Die Hard slowly morphed into being featured more around Christmas on tv as much as any other part of the year. People also tend to forget about Lethal Weapon, which actually pushes the Christmas theme more so than Die Hard and that movie came out the year before. Recommend Duaffy you watch that one too. Also Die Hard 2, since McClane happened to be in the middle of Christmas AGAIN!! LOL
According to IMDB tribute, Bruce Willis the actually more German then most of the so called German actors, some of which couldn't even speak German. Bruce was born in Germany 🤯🤯
Funny...at Halloween all Reactors i watch were watching The Thing, Halloween and the Exorcist, at Christmas they all watch Die Hard, Home Alone and Gremlins.
You can generally tell people's age if you ask them in which role they remember Alan Rickman from. "Older" people will say Die Hard. Younger will say Harry Potter.
Even though Die Hard was released in July of 1988 the overwhelming consensus is that Die Hard is a Christmas movie and who am I to argue ( since the story itself takes place during Christmas time ). A few tid bits about the stunts ( from Wikipedia) During filming of a scene where McClane shoots a terrorist through a table, Willis suffered a permanent two-thirds hearing loss in his left ear caused by firing the loud blank cartridges close to his head. The first scene he shot was his leap from the top of Nakatomi Plaza with a firehose wrapped around his waist. The stunt involved a 25-foot leap from a five-story parking garage ledge onto an airbag as a 60-foot wall of flame exploded behind him; he considered it to be one of his toughest stunts. Willis was coated in fire-retardant liquid to protect him from the flames. The explosive force pushed him towards the edge of the airbag; the crew was concerned he had died. Stuntman Ken Bates stood in for Willis when his character is hanging from the building Yikes and there more about the Stunt Alan Rickman ( Hans Gruber ) at the end falling from the window I'll let someone else fill that in.
If the movie has a fragment of Christmas, it´s a christmas film. I mean, Avatar was released in december of 2009 and nobody consider it a christmas film. It´s not the release date, it´s christmas in the story.
I heard someone say it like this: Christmas is necessary to the plot (because the bad guys need the Christmas party for their plan.) So that's what makes it a Christmas movie.
OH! And another fun fact about Alan Rickman and Die Hard is in the end during the fall scene his reaction is 100% pure. During filming they said at the count of 3, they let him go at 2 lol.
@@calvinkopp1735 Yeah it was sad, his passing. Same with Sean Connery too! Speaking of, Duaffy should react to some James Bond films like the old Sean Connery ones.
Hans Gruber used a different accent and changed his voice when he first met John. I know that maybe only Americans could tell the difference,but he did a brilliant job at it...I wouldn't have recognized him from the voice.
My English is pretty good and I am always asked where I am from (Germany), because I definitely don't sound like a stereotypical German. I neither sound like an Englishman, nor a Scotsman, nor an American, nor an Australian. I just don't have an accent. This confuses native speakers: o).
Merry Christmas 🎄🎁. Really enjoyed your commentary to this holiday classic. Can’t wait to see more movie reactions. You have a lovely singing voice as well.
When you commented about programming in the 80s, there is a science fiction folk song (Those Were the Days, or something) but there is a verse "...we had to program in 1s and 0s and sometimes we ran out of 1s."
I believe up until Die Hard Bruce Willis was known for comedy roles - it was a big gamble for the studio to pick him for the role, fearing that people would either expect a comedy or just not go to see him in this role. Now, I can't imagine Bruce Willis in a non action role! I watch this every year before Christmas, but I still don't know if I'd call it a Christmas movie over just a movie set at Christmas. Either way, Merry Christmas all!
Fun trivia: at the end when John shoots Hans, they told Alan Rickman it would just be blanks but they fooled him into giving a genuine reaction by using real bullets.
Interesting fact Interesting fact when Alan Rickman (yes Hans was Snape) shot for him falling off the building, he was let go second earlier instead letting him go on 3.2.1. it was 3.2.... drop so that face he made was real expression of terror.
Merry Christmas! 🌲⛄🌲 glad you liked it! Die Hard 2 is also a Christmas film. The first 4 Die Hards are good number 3 being just as great as the first film. 5 thou is trash. Hope to see more reactions to this series as well as Indiana Jones
It was fun to watch you recognize Alan Rickman as Snape; this was the movie that made AR a movie star. (He did all stage work before this.) Die Hard came out in 1988... I assume you weren't born yet :-) Other movies you should review if you have not seen them yet, from the 1980's: Blade Runner (1982), The Thing (1982), Poltergeist (1982), The Terminator (1984), Platoon (1986), Full Metal Jacket (1987). Also do High Plains Drifter from 1973. All of these movies were a landmark movie, at the time, for various reasons. Each has stunning moments. (I love watching your stunned moments while you watch these.)
Absolutely love your reaction videos Duaffy! Thank you for reacting to one of my favorite Christmas movies of all time! Yes in my opinion Die Hard is a Christmas movie because it takes place during Christmas, Hans Gruber is the Grinch, John McClain is trying to get home to his family for the holidays, there are plenty of Christmas references, and the film ends with Frank Sinatra’s classic “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!“
Fun Fact: This movie is actually based on _The Detective,_ the sequel to the book “Nothing Lasts Forever.” The movie adaptation of _The Detective_ starred Frank Sinatra.
Great movie and a great film to react to. Aside from Bruce Willis' iconic John Mclean, Alan Rickman as evil mastermind Hans Gruber (yes, that Alan Rickman), the film also star Alexander Godunov - former Bolshoi and American Ballet Theater Principle Dancer, as Karl (the blond haired criminal who survives everything only to be killed by Sgt. Powell at the very end of the film). Who would have thought that a dancer would make such an effective criminal? Just more evidence that on top of a great screenplay, acting, directing, and cinematography, this film really benefitted from some inspired casting. What a great film!
Die Hard 4.0 is one my favourites, along with Swordfish (John Travolta, Hugh Jackman & Halle Berry) and True Lies (Arnold Schwarzenegger & Jamie Lee Curtis) - you should do a reaction video to those two. Merry Christmas !
Oh, no! Programming in 80's was not simple at all! Now we have tools for (probably) every single use case, so when we program we don't need to worry about secondary things. If you need something - there is probably a tool, a library or a framework that does this for you. And it was not the case in 80's - we had a very limited set of tools back then, so when programmed we not only had to write the main code but also all the underlying layers that are totally hidden. Even if someone else has already done the same thing (and most probably was), we had no communication channel to exchange knowledge. So in a nutshell, programming in 80's was mostly reinventing the wheel. It was hard!
Merry Chirstmas Duaffy!!! Hans Gurber, i.e. "Snape," is really amazingly great in the movie "Galaxy Quest." I think you'd really love it, and I'd love to see your reaction.
Best scene is when Argyle takes out the bad guy computer whiz. And, kudos to the classy James Shigeta as Takagi. Shigeta was the lead in the movie musical Flower Drum Song in 1961.
Karl was Alexander Godunov. He also played Max in "The Money Pit" with Hanks and Shelly Long and Daniel in "Witness" with Harrison Ford. Both of which would be great for first time share. He died in 1995. RIP Paul Gleason played the stupid police sergeant Robinson. He also played Clarence Beeks in "Trading Places" and VP Richard(DICK) Vernon in "The Breakfast Club" He died in 2006. RIP Trivia For the shot where Hans Gruber falls from the top of the building, Alan Rickman was actually falling from a 21-foot high model. He was holding on to a stunt man and falling on to an air bag. To get the right reaction, the stunt man dropped Rickman on the count of two, not three.
About Alexander Godunov I think it's great to remark that he was an important ballet dancer in the USSR!! I think if that profession haves some stereotipes he breaks them pretty well in this film.
I think that John didnt expect his wife to be a housewife, but when she put her carrier before their family, that hurt. ANd then she used her maiden name instead of his, although they are not legally divorced - and that is a slap in the face to anyone. So I totally understand his reaction.
Yay! It's Duaffy! Liking reindeer sweater! We don't do those were I live :,/ .. summer Christmas is hot :O Die Hard is the true xmas movie. Merry Christmas!
All of my thoughts summed up succinctly after yet another inimitably enjoyable reaction video from you: *Must Adore The Duaffy* ^ _ ^ [nods up and down] It's true! Merry Christmas to you and have a wonderful, cozy Yuletide weekend. You truly are a gift in these crazy and uncertain times.
Die Hard is the definitive action classic will always be the best in my opinion. I'm glad you like it you cute and have great taste in movies ;) Keep 'em coming.
Argyle's choice of Christmas music is a tipoff that this isn't the usual Christmas or Action movie. Back then, Hollyweird thought of Bruce Willis as "that TV guy." By playing John McLane as a working-class, ordinary guy, and NOT a muscle-bound, "Rambo"-type, Bruce Willis became a bonafide Action movie star. More on Leonard Slye: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Rogers Speaking of "Birds of Prey," how about the 1973 TV movie, instead?: ruclips.net/video/xYQoSlHDN48/видео.html You may be amazed at what a TV movie company could do. long before DFX, and with a period-appropriate music soundtrack.
This was Alan Rickman's break out movie role. He was relatively unknown before this role.
Rickman was primarily a stage actor, like many other film actors who made the successful switch.
It was also Bruce Willis' breakout film role. He had been on a moderately successful TV show called Moonlighting until then, but Die Hard turned him into a true-blue Hollywood star.
Makes sense he was unknown in the movie world since this was his FIRST movie.
@Pavaloiu Catalin Robin Hood came out in 1991. This came out in 1988. Try again.
@Pavaloiu Catalin No, Robinhood (1990s) and everything else came after Die Hard. (1980s)
Best ending ever when Holly punches that obnoxious reporter for putting her kids in danger.
Gets even more satisfying when you remember he's also Walter Peck from the EPA in Ghostbusters
Personally, I think he got off easy with just 1 punch from Holly.
Every 'heroic' character in Die Hard gets an epic moment. Holly, Powell, Argyle. Of course McClane gets the most.
Part of what makes Die Hard an epic movie.
I just wish that Dwayne got his own comeuppance.
@@petergrieder9393 don't worry he gets his ass kicked and a taser treatment in the sequel.
"It's not really Christmas until Hans Gruber falls from the Nakatomi Building." Happy. Merry. Best. Leo.
True and then I watch Willie and Marcus steal from a mall
What's that line from?
@@GeorgeTropicana I'm not certain, but it's referencing Die Hard (1988). Best. Leo.
For me it's not Christmas until Death gives his granddaughter Susan a Christmas card... a soggy one since the snow melted... and a couple of feathers since the robin wasn't at all cooperative and didn't want to stay put... 🥰
when they dropped Hans they told Alan Rickman on 3, they dropped him on 1. The surprised expression was real.
Its great how how they do that. when they filmed Alien most of them didn't know what was going to happen with the chest burster scene, when it came out Lambert(Veronica Cartwright) got hit with a large spray of blood by accident, the way she retracted in shock is a genuine reaction to getting blasted in the face with blood.
Yea and they filmed that scene early on so Alan Rickman was really pissed at the director for the remainder of the shooting.
Actually it is the count of 10
@Cyberdemon Mike Then stop reading it. Problem solved.
Cyberdemon Mike ☹️
Duaffy: „Hey you...shut up I’m thinking...you‘re Snape.“
Snape: „Always.“
NO THAT'S SCAR!!!
@@tonystark5-29-70 your thinking of the Die Hard with a Vengeance. The Third Installment
It is not Christmas until Hans Gruber falls from Nakatomi Tower.
falls off* Nakatomi Plaza.*
@@OriginalPuro He would have to be on Nakatomi Tower to fall off, he was hanging from Holly's watch while she was on Nakatomi Tower. Semantics.
Overplayed comment.
I love that John sits upfront in the limo. It's a good way to establish his character early on. Also the fact that he's wearing street clothes to an office party. It makes him stand out from everyone else and tells us he's a blue-collar guy who doesn't belong there
No, don't shut up! I want to hear the rest of the "There's no phone" Christmas Carol. That was one of the best moments of any Die Hard reaction video.
2 Fun facts
1. This was Alan Rickman's first ever movie role!
2. That face he makes at the end is genuine. Originally, he was told they would drop him on the count of 3...instead they dropped him on the count of two.
I think it was Bruce Willis first movie too right? Before this he had only been on TV
@@the_judge_8262 It was Bruce's 3rd credited movie role. 4th if you count The Return of Bruno.
04:27 I’m calling it now. Duaffy breaking into song with twisted lyrics is the most adorable thing ever! 🤣😍🤣
Her: "Terrorists don't want cops surrounding them..."
Hans: "Who said we were terrorists?"
Fun fact: When they dropped Alan in the end scene, they where suppost to count to 3, but dropped him on 2 to get a better reaction out of him
I heard they made his safetyline longer so he tought it failed (whatever happened, it did the trick)
The best way to tell someone's age is to ask how the recognize Alan Rickman. Hans, The Sheriff of Nottingham, or Snape
Or the villian in Quigley Down Under.
@@samshelbigesch That was another good one! Or Metatron from Dogma
I rather liked him in January Man, Love Actually, and Galaxy Quest.
@@samshelbigesch yep. His role in Quigley Down Under was superlative
I love that she got choked up at John and Al finally meeting on person
I laughed my ass off when you said “flamenwerfer” hahaha!
"YOU'RE SNAPE!"... Alan/Hans : "Pleasure to meet you" rofl perfect timing
New ultimate judgement : "you deserve to have this box thrown at you!" .... so savage Duaffy! lol
Merry Christmas!! :D and Die Hard is absolutely a Christmas movie, don't let anyone tell you different.
One of the best movies ever made.
@@calvinkopp1735 for sure!
Try telling that to Bruce Willis LOL!!. The movie came out in the summer of 89 and I caught it day 1 at the theaters. The Christmas theme being part of it really was not meant to be taken that way however the perception of the viewers thought otherwise. Over the years it reached a point to where Die Hard slowly morphed into being featured more around Christmas on tv as much as any other part of the year. People also tend to forget about Lethal Weapon, which actually pushes the Christmas theme more so than Die Hard and that movie came out the year before. Recommend Duaffy you watch that one too. Also Die Hard 2, since McClane happened to be in the middle of Christmas AGAIN!! LOL
My FAVORITE Christmas movie! 🎄 Yes, that was Snape! YIPPEE KI-YAY!
Merry Christmas, Duaffy! ❤️
At 10:50 - the reaction of an Engineer! 😂👏👏👏
According to IMDB tribute, Bruce Willis the actually more German then most of the so called German actors, some of which couldn't even speak German. Bruce was born in Germany 🤯🤯
If you loved Bruce Willis, you should watch The Fifth Element by Luc Besson, Willis is pretty bad ass in it.
I love the censorship piggy, it's so cute! 🐷
Funny...at Halloween all Reactors i watch were watching The Thing, Halloween and the Exorcist, at Christmas they all watch Die Hard, Home Alone and Gremlins.
It's almost like they all got the same memo at the same time.
They're also discovering It's A Wonderful Life.
You can generally tell people's age if you ask them in which role they remember Alan Rickman from. "Older" people will say Die Hard. Younger will say Harry Potter.
Even though Die Hard was released in July of 1988 the overwhelming consensus is that Die Hard is a Christmas movie and who am I to argue ( since the story itself takes place during Christmas time ). A few tid bits about the stunts ( from Wikipedia) During filming of a scene where McClane shoots a terrorist through a table, Willis suffered a permanent two-thirds hearing loss in his left ear caused by firing the loud blank cartridges close to his head. The first scene he shot was his leap from the top of Nakatomi Plaza with a firehose wrapped around his waist. The stunt involved a 25-foot leap from a five-story parking garage ledge onto an airbag as a 60-foot wall of flame exploded behind him; he considered it to be one of his toughest stunts. Willis was coated in fire-retardant liquid to protect him from the flames. The explosive force pushed him towards the edge of the airbag; the crew was concerned he had died. Stuntman Ken Bates stood in for Willis when his character is hanging from the building Yikes and there more about the Stunt Alan Rickman ( Hans Gruber ) at the end falling from the window I'll let someone else fill that in.
If the movie has a fragment of Christmas, it´s a christmas film. I mean, Avatar was released in december of 2009 and nobody consider it a christmas film. It´s not the release date, it´s christmas in the story.
@@1997residente Yeah the movie takes place during Christmas which I acknowledged in my statement.
I heard someone say it like this: Christmas is necessary to the plot (because the bad guys need the Christmas party for their plan.) So that's what makes it a Christmas movie.
@@russb24 I'm actually more intrigued that Bruce Willis very nearly became deaf in one ear while performing that shooting scene.
Just because it takes place during the holidays, doesn't make it a "Christmas" movie anymore than watching 'Kill Bill" and calling it a Samurai movie.
Hans: “Smile Karl. We’re back in business.”
13:33 Karl: *personal*
I love the way you laugh :D "Hıı hıı hııı" like you can't breathe :D
Love love love the Christmas sweater!!!
"you wanna stay alive stay with me!" i've heard that line a lot in the game it got engraved in my brain for years
Saw this in theaters and it was dope af.
It's a day late but Merry Christmas Duaffy. Love your reactions and what you do. Stay safe and have good holidays.
OH! And another fun fact about Alan Rickman and Die Hard is in the end during the fall scene his reaction is 100% pure. During filming they said at the count of 3, they let him go at 2 lol.
Actually fun fact about this film, this the the very first ever time Alan Rickman held any sort of gun.
Alan Rickman is always a win! R.I.P.
@@calvinkopp1735 Yeah it was sad, his passing. Same with Sean Connery too! Speaking of, Duaffy should react to some James Bond films like the old Sean Connery ones.
It was also his very first film role. He had only done stage acting before this.
I should have waited until Xmas to watch this one, but I'm on a Duaffy binge 😄
Merry Christmas Duaffy! Lovely reacting and singing! ❤️
Thank you for the entertainment! Merry Christmas to you too!
Hans Gruber used a different accent and changed his voice when he first met John. I know that maybe only Americans could tell the difference,but he did a brilliant job at it...I wouldn't have recognized him from the voice.
He did a great American accent.
As Hugh Laurie (in regards to his accent as Dr. House) American accents aren’t special and fairly easy to do
@@CorwinAlexander There are many different American accents, travel to Louisiana for instance.
My English is pretty good and I am always asked where I am from (Germany), because I definitely don't sound like a stereotypical German. I neither sound like an Englishman, nor a Scotsman, nor an American, nor an Australian. I just don't have an accent. This confuses native speakers: o).
The accent was great, but the way he talks as Hans slipped out in one sentence that the director should have shot again
I'm really enjoying your reactions! Thank you, and Merry Christmas!
I hope you'll get a chance to react to James Bond, like the original Sean Connery ones.
Your singing is a true present. Thank you! :)
Merry Christmas!
Queen of reactions!
My sister and my brother-in-law always watch Die Hard on Christmas Eve when they are wrapping the last of the presents and gifts.
Thanks for being one of my favorite people on RUclips! Merry Christmas from Tennessee in the U.S.A.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Excellent movie choice for this time of year! We're all struggling to reunite with our loved ones.
Apparently this is considered a Christmas movie...along with Batman Returns, Lethal Weapon, and Iron Man 3.
Everyone keeps saying, "It's Snape!"
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I keep thinking, "It's the Metatron!" or "It's Dr. Lazarus!"
Merry Christmas 🎄🎁. Really enjoyed your commentary to this holiday classic. Can’t wait to see more movie reactions. You have a lovely singing voice as well.
When you commented about programming in the 80s, there is a science fiction folk song (Those Were the Days, or something) but there is a verse "...we had to program in 1s and 0s and sometimes we ran out of 1s."
4:26 I kinda wanna make that song my new ringtone 😳
Btw lookin cute in that sweater 😄 👌 Mele Kalikimaka ("Merry Christmas" in Hawaiian 🤙 🎄 ☃)!
Regardless of the argument that it was actually released in Summer.
It’s set at Christmas, it’s a Christmas movie.
One Of The Best Christmas-Action Movies Ever Made
This was Alan Rickman’s first movie.
Apparently that thing about taking your shoes and socks off and making fists with your toes actually geniunely works to help stop jet lag.
Duaffy: "You should've shot him from the very beginning!"
He's a policeman, and, uh, that would've been murder.
I believe up until Die Hard Bruce Willis was known for comedy roles - it was a big gamble for the studio to pick him for the role, fearing that people would either expect a comedy or just not go to see him in this role.
Now, I can't imagine Bruce Willis in a non action role!
I watch this every year before Christmas, but I still don't know if I'd call it a Christmas movie over just a movie set at Christmas. Either way, Merry Christmas all!
Fun trivia: at the end when John shoots Hans, they told Alan Rickman it would just be blanks but they fooled him into giving a genuine reaction by using real bullets.
Interesting fact
Interesting fact when Alan Rickman (yes Hans was Snape) shot for him falling off the building, he was let go second earlier instead letting him go on 3.2.1. it was 3.2.... drop so that face he made was real expression of terror.
Merry Christmas! 🌲⛄🌲 glad you liked it! Die Hard 2 is also a Christmas film.
The first 4 Die Hards are good number 3 being just as great as the first film. 5 thou is trash.
Hope to see more reactions to this series as well as Indiana Jones
VHS makes sense for 1988.
Cellphones were not common in 1988.
This was Alan Rickman's first major role, one of the best movie villains of all time.
It was fun to watch you recognize Alan Rickman as Snape; this was the movie that made AR a movie star. (He did all stage work before this.) Die Hard came out in 1988... I assume you weren't born yet :-) Other movies you should review if you have not seen them yet, from the 1980's: Blade Runner (1982), The Thing (1982), Poltergeist (1982), The Terminator (1984), Platoon (1986), Full Metal Jacket (1987). Also do High Plains Drifter from 1973. All of these movies were a landmark movie, at the time, for various reasons. Each has stunning moments. (I love watching your stunned moments while you watch these.)
Absolutely love your reaction videos Duaffy! Thank you for reacting to one of my favorite Christmas movies of all time! Yes in my opinion Die Hard is a Christmas movie because it takes place during Christmas, Hans Gruber is the Grinch, John McClain is trying to get home to his family for the holidays, there are plenty of Christmas references, and the film ends with Frank Sinatra’s classic “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!“
Fun Fact: This movie is actually based on _The Detective,_ the sequel to the book “Nothing Lasts Forever.” The movie adaptation of _The Detective_ starred Frank Sinatra.
It IS a Christmas Movie. So is the sequel. Both bring cheer (at a cost) but are Jolly Watches!
Marry Christmas!! Love from Italy :D
The singing is delightful and adorable.
Merry Christmas Duaffy, I hope you have a lovely holiday. Take care and stay safe. Love from the UK 🇬🇧
One of the best movies... cause it's intense and fun to watch...
Thanks!! Merry Christmas!!
11:20 - You know the reaction is good when you can see her blood pressure going up...
Great movie and a great film to react to. Aside from Bruce Willis' iconic John Mclean, Alan Rickman as evil mastermind Hans Gruber (yes, that Alan Rickman), the film also star Alexander Godunov - former Bolshoi and American Ballet Theater Principle Dancer, as Karl (the blond haired criminal who survives everything only to be killed by Sgt. Powell at the very end of the film).
Who would have thought that a dancer would make such an effective criminal? Just more evidence that on top of a great screenplay, acting, directing, and cinematography, this film really benefitted from some inspired casting. What a great film!
Another one Duaffy should watch is Witness, with Gudoniv in another good supporting role.
The part with "the Flammenwerfer" killed me ^^
Translation please. I i did look it up but want to be sure.
Have a Merry, MERRY Christmas, Duaffy! I hope you get whatever you wish for!
It's not really Christmas until Hans Gruber falls from the Nakatomi Building, Merry Christmas Duaffy
Thanks. Merry Christmas. To you your family and subscribers. Btw nice snow effect
Die hard is now declared a Christmas movie!
Best action movie and among the best Holiday movies of all time!!! Great reaction!
Die Hard 4.0 is one my favourites, along with Swordfish (John Travolta, Hugh Jackman & Halle Berry) and True Lies (Arnold Schwarzenegger & Jamie Lee Curtis) - you should do a reaction video to those two. Merry Christmas !
Merry Christmas, Duaffy! And Happy New Year as well!
Oh, no! Programming in 80's was not simple at all! Now we have tools for (probably) every single use case, so when we program we don't need to worry about secondary things. If you need something - there is probably a tool, a library or a framework that does this for you. And it was not the case in 80's - we had a very limited set of tools back then, so when programmed we not only had to write the main code but also all the underlying layers that are totally hidden. Even if someone else has already done the same thing (and most probably was), we had no communication channel to exchange knowledge. So in a nutshell, programming in 80's was mostly reinventing the wheel. It was hard!
Dayum. You beat me to it, exactly what I was gonna say. Of course, this makes me wonder just how much Duaffy knows about programming. :)
Merry Chirstmas Duaffy!!! Hans Gurber, i.e. "Snape," is really amazingly great in the movie "Galaxy Quest." I think you'd really love it, and I'd love to see your reaction.
Best scene is when Argyle takes out the bad guy computer whiz. And, kudos to the classy James Shigeta as Takagi. Shigeta was the lead in the movie musical Flower Drum Song in 1961.
Karl was Alexander Godunov. He also played Max in "The Money Pit" with Hanks and Shelly Long and Daniel in "Witness" with Harrison Ford.
Both of which would be great for first time share.
He died in 1995. RIP
Paul Gleason played the stupid police sergeant Robinson. He also played Clarence Beeks in "Trading Places" and VP Richard(DICK) Vernon
in "The Breakfast Club"
He died in 2006. RIP
Trivia For the shot where Hans Gruber falls from the top of the building, Alan Rickman was actually falling from a 21-foot high model.
He was holding on to a stunt man and falling on to an air bag. To get the right reaction, the stunt man dropped Rickman on the count of two, not three.
About Alexander Godunov I think it's great to remark that he was an important ballet dancer in the USSR!! I think if that profession haves some stereotipes he breaks them pretty well in this film.
Happy holidays to you and your Family...Greetings from Austria
I think that John didnt expect his wife to be a housewife, but when she put her carrier before their family, that hurt. ANd then she used her maiden name instead of his, although they are not legally divorced - and that is a slap in the face to anyone. So I totally understand his reaction.
Yay! It's Duaffy! Liking reindeer sweater! We don't do those were I live :,/ .. summer Christmas is hot :O
Die Hard is the true xmas movie. Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to you Duaffy, thanks for making me laugh tonight, you're a brilliant gal.
Duaffy watching Die Hard? My Christmas is now complete.
This movie is so iconic with its setting and premise, there was an anime movie inspired by some elements from this film.
All of my thoughts summed up succinctly after yet another inimitably enjoyable reaction video from you: *Must Adore The Duaffy* ^ _ ^ [nods up and down] It's true! Merry Christmas to you and have a wonderful, cozy Yuletide weekend. You truly are a gift in these crazy and uncertain times.
It's not Christmas until Hans Gruber falls off of Nakatomi Plaza.🎄
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“Turn to page 394 “ great actor in loving memory
Merry Christmas Duaffy! I hope you have a great time!
Merry Christmas Duaffy! ❤️ your channel
That part of you realising it's Alan Rickman is why I always love people's first time reacting to this movie 😂
Greatest. Christmas. Movie. Ever.
Thanks for another great reaction/ review, best wishes back for a Happy, Happy Holiday Season!
Die Hard is the definitive action classic will always be the best in my opinion.
I'm glad you like it you cute and have great taste in movies ;)
Keep 'em coming.
The Christmas movie against which all other Christmas movies are measured.
Duaffy throw shit is a next level vibe!
Argyle's choice of Christmas music is a tipoff that this isn't the usual Christmas or Action movie.
Back then, Hollyweird thought of Bruce Willis as "that TV guy." By playing John McLane as a working-class, ordinary guy, and NOT a muscle-bound, "Rambo"-type, Bruce Willis became a bonafide Action movie star. More on Leonard Slye: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Rogers
Speaking of "Birds of Prey," how about the 1973 TV movie, instead?: ruclips.net/video/xYQoSlHDN48/видео.html
You may be amazed at what a TV movie company could do. long before DFX, and with a period-appropriate music soundtrack.
Willis was different in that he *wasn't* a superman. He was usually beat up at the end of the movie.
He was quite good in Tears Of The Sun.
"That guy is high and stupid.." LOL. Perfect.
Love your reactions girl. Happy Holidays!!!!!