Minty, as a kid, my friend convinced me to see die hard in the 80s. my first reaction to him was "you mean the guy from moonlighting? are you nuts?" he promised me that it was a great movie and he wanted to see it again. as i watched it for the first time, i was BLOWN AWAY. there was "david addison" being such a bad ass and being so funny, it took half the film for me to finally shed the moonlighting motif and accept willis as the action hero of the 80s.
When I was in high school in 1995, I got into a conversation with my English teacher about this movie due to "Die Hard with a Vengeance" coming out. I told her that I had been trying to find the book but had no luck finding it. To my surprise, she happened to come across it at a second hand book store near her house. So, she got it for me.
Spartan117TCF: "I always watch Die Hard at Christmas. Watched it today. It's not Christmas until Hans Gruber falls from the Nakatomi Plaza". Quoted for truth.
Little late for the party, but here goes, my friends 86 year old grandmother said at christmas time while channel surfing with the TV "Where the hell is Die Hard i wanna watch it!"
Totally; Die Hard and Home Alone are the only two Xmas movies I can watch over and over again every few years, and perhaps find something new to laugh at each time!
It was released in Norway as "Mission Skyscraper" in Germany as "Die Slowly", in Finland as "Over My Dead Body", in Italy as "Crystal Trap", in Portugal as "Hard to Kill" and "Assault on the Skyscraper" in Bulgaria as "Dying Male", in Serbia as "Dead at Gunpoint", in Ukraine as "a Hard Nut to Crack" , in Greek as "Too Hard to Die", in Croatia as "Die Manly", in Latvia as "Hard Nut", in Turkey as "Difficult Death", in Slovakia as "Deadly Trap", in Armenia as "Solid Walnuts" (I'm not even joking) in Arabian as "A Cruel Death", in Russia as "Tough Nut", in Azerbaijan as "Unbeaten" and "Difficult to Die", in Hebrew as "Dead to Live", in China as "Ultimate Detective", In many other countries the tittle is ""Tough Nut" and "Hard to Kill", but most countries it simply is "Die Hard. Thank god!
At first, when you mentioned the alternative title names in different countries, I thought maybe the hungarian one is in the list too, and that was the first on your list. :D As a hungarian, I see the connection between "die hard" and "give your life expensive". We have a really colorfull language , and have a lot of synonyms for the same thing. The exact translate would be "Halj nehezen" , which sounds really wierd in hungarian. But " Drágán add az életed " sounds much more better. It means the same , if you have to fight for your life , if someone would like to kill you or someone would like to took your life away , you have to give it at a high cost. (expensive) I hope that I could help. :) Thank you for your reviews ! The last few weeks I've wached nearly all of them. :D Boldog Karácsonyt ! , I mean, Merry Christmas !
Yes, Hungarian is a colourful language (just like any other language) that's why it's strange why they chose such a weird translation. Anyway, we got used to it.
The main reason Bruce Willis was not on the poster was because when the trailer came out and Bruce was on screen, the audience laughed and some even said they were booing. 20th Century Fox took him off the poster until the movie came out and it was a big hit, then Fox put him back on the poster.
Actually, Hungarian translation makes sense when you think about it along the line of not selling your life short while Serbian /Croatian actual title is Die Manly.
Hahah ,doesnt surprise me. Useless ,random and potentially offensive trivia : do you know that a direct translation of the name Slobodan Milošević would be Freeman Tenderfucker ? :)
You forgot to mention that John's tank top is such an American icon that his actual shirt, blood, sweat and dirt is currently on display at the smithsonian
The book was written entirely from the perspective of Joe Leland. Not that it was written by Leland, but every single page, every paragraph, every line, was with Leland. So you only knew what he knew. You found things out as he found them out. And I thought this worked great. Especially how it worked with him getting most of his information over the radio, from the police or from some CB enthusiast who had managed to hack into their channel and offer support for him. Also in the book, when Leland tapes the gun behind his back, Gruber knows about it instantly, catching Leland off guard. They have their little shootout, Gruber gets his hand stuck in Lelands daughters watch (the watch that the creepy cocaine addict bought her), and he actually pulled her over the edge, killing both of them. Quite a nasty ending, really dark. And it worked.
In 1988 I was 11 years old and I remember being enamored with Bruce Willis In a little show called moonlighting his cheeky antics and Devil May care attitude along Side Maddys Sterling beauty was crisp and refreshing.
Paul Martinez Same. My plan was to run away to Hollywood and marry him. Mama said I was too young for him. He’s now married to a gal YOUNGER than I! :(
Paul Martinez I was ten when this came out, i remembered my parents when to go see it and the following year it came on HBO and i saw it and loved it. I remember Master Bruce from Moonlighting and a romantic comedy called Blind Date. Good times.
So Bruce Willis is playing a character from a book that Clint Eastwood purchased the film-making rights to that was a sequel to another book which was adapted into a movie with Frank Sinatra playing the original John McClane character.. okay, got it.
Clint Eastwood did purchase the rights to the novel Nothing Lasts Forever which Die Hard is based from. Eastwood had planned to star in the film adaptation early in 1980s. Bruce Willis took the role after Robert De Niro has turned down the role in 1987 during pre production. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone, Harrison Ford, Don Johnson, and John Travolta were all considered for John McClane. Ironically 4 of those actors went to star in The Expendables series with Bruce Willis.
"Sell your skin at high price" means "give them real beating before they get you" or "if you need to die, let them pay high price before that happens". It is actually common idiom in some countries. BTW, great content and very nice movie descriptions.
The other scary blond guy(with the short pony tail) is Wilhelm Von Homberg, best known to moviegoers as Vigo The Carpathian in Ghostbusters II (1989). I never knew he was in Die Hard until a few years ago. Additionally William Atherton who played Walter Peck in Ghostbusters (1984) plays Richard Thornberg the tv news reporter.
You missed the most important thing. John's Beretta is Martin Riggs' from another Christmas movie, lethal weapon. Yes, they used the same gun prop for the heroes in both movies.
@@youteo3596 Yes. It's in a museum or something now, I think. The same gun "little friend" used in Scarface is used by Arnold in Predator. The same minigun used in predator Arnold uses in Terminator 2.
@@AmerIndianWarrior the R-Rated cut (Unrated) of Live Free Or Die Hard is good, too bad it's only on DVD, while the Blu Ray is the theatrical only. A Good Day To Die Hard sucked
yep - I am from germany, and this is true. HANS GRUBER became JACK Gruber. KARL became CHARLY and so on... You can imagine my surpise when i watched this for the 1st time in the original english version.
That is ok. We renamed all the Civil War villains to middle eastern names in America after 911. Robert E. Lee was renamed Qadir Abden. Then we wonder why our children are dumb.
When John walks through the airport carrying a giant teddy bear while smoking a cigarette.. All of this prior to 911. After that. We all have sand in our collective vaginas...uhg
I'm not a huge action fan, however, 80's action movies were cool in their own right. All the one liners and the humor of the lone hero, classic. Awesome as always Minty! ( LOVE the Christmas rap song in the background by the way)😋
Moonlighting was the best show on TV - first 1hr show on tv I ever cared for. I just assumed Bruce was going to be a huge motion picture star but then he was in Blind Date...he is the king of box office bombs but still manages to avoid the poison list
Screw you. I liked "Blind Date". Because after "Moonlighting" I like goofy Bruce Willis. Just like i liked "Hudson Hawk"...Shit movie but it was goofy Bruce Willis...Danny Aiello: You look like fucki' Zorro..
@@markboomgaarden4679 funny how 30+ years fades my memory - a quick wiki search and I see the film was a financial success. I know it was panned by critics but I honestly never watched it, assuming the critics were right and I didn't want to see Bruce in a bad movie. Maybe I'll give it a look soon and decide for myself if it's a good flick...
Excellent video, Minty! I really love your work, because it shows your love for movies! #bestchristmasmovieever I remember '88 (as a kid) when Willis was starring in Moonlighting. And, even though the show was billed as a 'romantic comedy,' Willis was essentially a lighter version of John McClane (David Addison - a 'rub you the wrong way and then make you laugh about it' private detective). So, when Die Hard came out, it made perfect sense that he was cast... *I just can't believe there were any other choices!* 😨
To me Christmas is when Hans finally manage to open the caveau and the Ode to Joy rises. The close shot on his face is the definition of what a Christmas miracle should be like :)
Actually Minty, in Japan the no shoes thing is more cultural. Whenever you are invited in someone's apartment over there, you must take off your shoes. So maybe that's why they put more emphasis on McClaine not wearing shoes.
I am old enough to have seen Die Hard in the theater on its opening weekend. It was the day after I lost something, I won't say what, but the girl involved with me losing said thing worked at the theater, and that's something that nobody knows about Die Hard, but me. And, anybody reading this comment. Wow, that was awkward, never mind that. Merry Christmas everybody. Merry Christmas Minty!
I saw this before the Hollywood premier at a sneak preview in Phoenix, AZ. Bruce and the director were in the back of the theater which we didn't know until we saw it on the news the next day. My best friend was interviewed for the local news and gave it a great review. I remember telling my friends "just go see it" for the next 2 weeks at work.
Bruce Willis would have been 12-13 when "The Detective" was made. Bruce Willis DID have an uncredited appearance in 1980's "The First Deadly Sin", Sinatra's last starring role.
From watching your videos I bought Road house, RoboCop, beetlejuice And Point Break on Blu Ray. Even though I've seen them, just watching your videos urged me to rewatch them again. Thanks. Keep up the good work. Getting Top Gun next.
Minty is well-known for his malapropisms, at least to me - I seem to hear one in every other of his videos. Annoying, but worth it for the rest of his Minty-ness.
Fun fact: The reason why it is such a big deal in Japan for the "no shoes" thing is because in their culture, showing anyone the bottom of your feet (shoes or not) was like saying to someone "you are lower than dirt." Or putting a middle finger in their face. Oh well lol.
Minty.. boobie I'm your white knight. There are 2 types of people of people in this world. Those that believe that Die Hard is a Christmas Movie.... And those that are wrong.
additions: #2: Hans Gruber was renamed as Jack Gruber in the german version ... but in part 3 when they mention him again they correctly name him Hans Gruber #1: The german version is titled (translated) DIE SLOWLY
Technically the Terrorists weren't all German. The door guy and Theo are American. Marco was Italian. The one that stole the candy bar was Chinese. Karl, his brother, Hans and a couple other guys were German though.
Shanethefilmmaker the Actor Alexander Godunov who played Karl was Russian not German. He was a Russian ballet dancer turned actor and his brother Tony that actor is German though and was a James Bond bad guy in The Living Daylights as Necros. Theo played Clarence Gilyard Jr is American.
I know that Richard Gere as the possible lead in the film sounds really weird. But you'll have to remember at the time, having Bruce Willis as the lead sounded just as weird. I remember the first time I saw an ad for the film, my exact reaction was "Bruce Willis in an action movie?" It of course, turned out very well for Bruce. Would really be interesting to see if the same would have happened for Richard!
"Je huid duur verkopen" is a Dutch expression - which literally means "sell your skin expensive". It means you'll (probably) lose, but it will come at a very high price (to your opponent) - say Pyrrhic victory high. BTW, here it was released as "Die hard", so I can't imagine the expression originated in Holland.
Die Hard!! My Favorite Christmas movie!! 🎥🎄🎥🎄🎥🎄 This is definitely the Best of Bruce Willis' work!! Fighting off the bad guys barefooted.. Cant get better than that!!
I've been enjoying what you do on your channel for a few years now. I don't know how many of your videos I've seen or if I've seen all of them. I watch as many as I can. 🤓
He was too old to considered in 1980s as he was 72 in 1987 when Die Hard was in pre production. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson, and Harrison Ford were all considered as well.
Hello. :) The hungarian titles are in English (I hope to I did the translates well): Die Hard - Give Your Life Expensive (Drágán add az életed) Die Hard 2 - Your Life is More Expensive (Még drágább az életed) Die Hard 3 - Life is Always Expensive (Az élet mindig drága) Die Hard 4.0 - Your Life is the Most Expensive (Legdrágább az életed) Die Hard 5 - It's More Expensive Than Your Life (Drágább, mint az életed) Greetings from Hungary! :D
u are totally wrong :D :D :D there is a difference between litterally translation and something what has a commun sence " YOUR LIFE IS PRECIOUS " should sound the translatioun
lol "He has no shoes" . Agreed Minty, a WTF moment. You had me actually LOL'ing out loud @ "His friend Al likes twinkies"....... and then I lost it fully at " But this time he has shoes!!" Goldstar Minty moment lol Also great sign off dude., you're right ... well.... this time four years ago hehe..... up, up, up. And the reason your vids work so well and have that great energy is because you you love making also noticed how your background mvie artifacts n stuff grows n grows...... I been watching your vids for near three years now. They're really fkn good dude! And hey, at start of 2020 I moved into that Ambassodor Place in Franga and moved out 30 days later, swear to god I thought I saw you across other side of Nepean walking away from the mall. Couldnt tell but it was the sunnys that made me sure sure. Was gonna yell out but.... yeah..... was in Frankston....... some dude running around yelling out "Minty, Minty" woulda probably seen men in white coats chasing me round lol Living in North Melb now and been on a "Minty Marathon" last .... well...... month? lol You do a honesly good job dude. Editing, music (Minty Music gets stuck in my head at weirdest times round melb, one time it was on the gravatron in luna park. going round and round an for some reason I couldnt get Mintys theme song outta me head...... it helped me keep my shit together and not start crying and lose my shit lolols Plus ayou always choose the best 10 things to list, sometimes I click on a vid and go "okay, minty will cover this thing and this thing and this thing about this movie" and you list ten things about the movie I never heard before in other places, that's the addictive hook to ya vids I reckon.... Minty Theme song and Mintys 10 things.... lol You had me LOL'ing for real heaps of times but sometimes it gets to serious giggles. BTW...... when youi say "Seeya" at the end and ..... dive towards the floor..... where are you going? Is there a trap door down there? Stairs to the wine cellar? Whats down there Minty! I must know!! lolol Noticed you have a video store? Blockbuster Franga?? How much for a membership card? lol Actually, not a bad idea.... Minty Membership Cards..... annual fee? Get a showbag with sunnies, the best of mintydvd, a bloopers reel, and a pack of mintys.... Taking a wild guess here dude..... i think were bout the same age..... did you buy chance alway buy a pack of minties at the canteen in high school or something dude? hehe... Melbourne nick name like Minty is usually cause you were the guy at school who always had a pack of minties and where ever you went, people would get a free minty hehe..... lucky duck, cool nick name my last names Noble.... I copped "Noballs" all through out high school.......wasn't to bad...... hated it when the girls would call me "noballs" though.... I'd just try turn it into a cricket refrence lol okay, this now ends my novel that is called "Mintys 10 things"..... yeah, might rethink that title hey lolol you're a legend dude, don't ever stop making these vids, sometimes i think "oh no! I think mintys running outta movies!".... but it aint ever gonna happen..... Minty Marathon goes on. lol peac eout brother! Melbourne represent! Ya make us proud!! Ever thought about doing new release 10 things? like the new matrix and stuff, strike while the irons hot na ll.... I know you have of course had this thought, just puttin it out there..... your view count kicks ass dude. You got a couple million hits, my videos have been out 5-6 years. highest view count is like 5000 lol fkn sucks having a video out for 6-7 years and it's got like 24 views........ feels like failing fingerprinting class in kindergarden...... "L" the forehead lol man, i'm knackered now.... i never typed this many words ever in my life lol.... later mint!!!
Happy Boxing Day, Minty and I remember seeing this movie (when I was 19) back in Good ole 1988 TWICE ! (very rare for me). It was a raging success, it was the hit Bruce Willis was looking for and it made Alan Rickman into a star. Keep up the good work, duuude.
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"Come out to the coast, we'll get together, have a few laughs..."
"Now I know what a TV Dinner feels like"
@@fixitdad1955 I was going to say that !!! Hahaha theft lmao Jenn way to be late to the party
You have to watch ERB John Wick, John McLean and Rambo!
😂 classic
Minty, as a kid, my friend convinced me to see die hard in the 80s. my first reaction to him was "you mean the guy from moonlighting? are you nuts?" he promised me that it was a great movie and he wanted to see it again. as i watched it for the first time, i was BLOWN AWAY. there was "david addison" being such a bad ass and being so funny, it took half the film for me to finally shed the moonlighting motif and accept willis as the action hero of the 80s.
You really think you stand chance against Cowboy
@@jalenikezeue4114
Absolutely brilliant.
Hans Gruber is awesome villain, and John McLane, súper cool
"Ho-ho-ho Now I have gun too".
@fluorosco why on imbd does the site say minty referenced die hard 4 and 5
"No fuckin' shit, lady! Do I sound like I'm ordering a pizza?!?" LMFAO! Always loved that line!
When I was in high school in 1995, I got into a conversation with my English teacher about this movie due to "Die Hard with a Vengeance" coming out. I told her that I had been trying to find the book but had no luck finding it. To my surprise, she happened to come across it at a second hand book store near her house. So, she got it for me.
What a great teacher and memory! I hope you still have the book
I would’ve tried to reimburse her the cost of it. That would’ve been how thrilled I might’ve been in your shoes to have a copy come my way.
Plus the line : "Ho! Ho! Ho! Now I have a machine gun!" totally makes it a Xmas movie! =o) ;oD
I always watch Die Hard at Christmas. Watched it today. It's not Christmas until Hans Gruber falls from the Nakatomi Plaza. Merry Christmas Minty.
Spartan117TCF
I’m making the gingerbread building next year with the LEGO cops and such.
CarrieAnne Atreides. That sounds awesome.😀
Spartan117TCF: "I always watch Die Hard at Christmas. Watched it today. It's not Christmas until Hans Gruber falls from the Nakatomi Plaza". Quoted for truth.
Little late
for the party, but here goes, my friends 86 year old grandmother said at christmas time while channel surfing with the TV "Where the hell is Die Hard i wanna watch it!"
Totally; Die Hard and Home Alone are the only two Xmas movies I can watch over and over again every few years, and perhaps find something new to laugh at each time!
"But this time he has shoes" made me actually laugh, amazing!
Lol right.
I wonder what were the tag-lines for all the sequels?
I need a deep dive to an answer about the issues of socks. Kidding, this is one of my favorite things I now know thanks to Minty🤟😁
It was released in Norway as "Mission Skyscraper"
in Germany as "Die Slowly",
in Finland as "Over My Dead Body",
in Italy as "Crystal Trap",
in Portugal as "Hard to Kill" and "Assault on the Skyscraper"
in Bulgaria as "Dying Male",
in Serbia as "Dead at Gunpoint",
in Ukraine as "a Hard Nut to Crack" ,
in Greek as "Too Hard to Die",
in Croatia as "Die Manly",
in Latvia as "Hard Nut",
in Turkey as "Difficult Death",
in Slovakia as "Deadly Trap",
in Armenia as "Solid Walnuts" (I'm not even joking)
in Arabian as "A Cruel Death",
in Russia as "Tough Nut",
in Azerbaijan as "Unbeaten" and "Difficult to Die",
in Hebrew as "Dead to Live",
in China as "Ultimate Detective",
In many other countries the tittle is ""Tough Nut" and "Hard to Kill", but most countries it simply is "Die Hard. Thank god!
In France as "Crystal Trap"
@@Nate_M_PCMR in Bulgaria as "Dying Male" - not true. It was released as "die hard" but in Bulgarian.
@@IvanToshkov why are you replying to me? I didn't make the comment, only a reply
@@Nate_M_PCMR dont like people replying to you ? Huh ?
@@snaiper195 read the comment again, pal
At first, when you mentioned the alternative title names in different countries, I thought maybe the hungarian one is in the list too, and that was the first on your list. :D
As a hungarian, I see the connection between "die hard" and "give your life expensive".
We have a really colorfull language , and have a lot of synonyms for the same thing. The exact translate would be "Halj nehezen" , which sounds really wierd in hungarian.
But " Drágán add az életed " sounds much more better. It means the same , if you have to fight for your life , if someone would like to kill you or someone would like to took your life away , you have to give it at a high cost. (expensive)
I hope that I could help. :)
Thank you for your reviews ! The last few weeks I've wached nearly all of them. :D
Boldog Karácsonyt ! , I mean, Merry Christmas !
Yes, Hungarian is a colourful language (just like any other language) that's why it's strange why they chose such a weird translation. Anyway, we got used to it.
Thanks for explaining it sounds more clearly and better now.. 🤘👍👌. I thought the same thing at first as I was watching the video. 😂😂
Sinatra as John McClane: “Yippee ki-yay, baby.”
Captain Freedom no
For some reason, some oddball part of me can see Vincent Price as John McClane.
@@LadyOnikara Vincent Price was awesome.
The main reason Bruce Willis was not on the poster was because when the trailer came out and Bruce was on screen, the audience laughed and some even said they were booing. 20th Century Fox took him off the poster until the movie came out and it was a big hit, then Fox put him back on the poster.
Actually, Hungarian translation makes sense when you think about it along the line of not selling your life short while Serbian /Croatian actual title is Die Manly.
Hahah ,doesnt surprise me. Useless ,random and potentially offensive trivia : do you know that a direct translation of the name Slobodan Milošević would be Freeman Tenderfucker ? :)
Well, today is definitely A Good Day to Live Free and Die Harder with a Vengeance.
You forgot to mention that John's tank top is such an American icon that his actual shirt, blood, sweat and dirt is currently on display at the smithsonian
Oh the classic props and costumes they must have on display there... like Disneyland for us movie tragics...
Ugh.
It is a vest and not a tank top
Tim Wodzynski tank top in oz😉
Nicky Bell ok far dinkum mate 😂
Die Hard and Gremlins.
The 2 best Christmas movies of all time
Home Alone?
Black Christmas (1974)
The book was written entirely from the perspective of Joe Leland. Not that it was written by Leland, but every single page, every paragraph, every line, was with Leland. So you only knew what he knew. You found things out as he found them out.
And I thought this worked great. Especially how it worked with him getting most of his information over the radio, from the police or from some CB enthusiast who had managed to hack into their channel and offer support for him.
Also in the book, when Leland tapes the gun behind his back, Gruber knows about it instantly, catching Leland off guard. They have their little shootout, Gruber gets his hand stuck in Lelands daughters watch (the watch that the creepy cocaine addict bought her), and he actually pulled her over the edge, killing both of them. Quite a nasty ending, really dark. And it worked.
You need to check out Leland Lee Land: ruclips.net/video/Zttl1QWm-6k/видео.html
Ellis was hilarious.
In 1988 I was 11 years old and I remember being enamored with Bruce Willis In a little show called moonlighting his cheeky antics and Devil May care attitude along Side Maddys Sterling beauty was crisp and refreshing.
Paul Martinez
Same. My plan was to run away to Hollywood and marry him. Mama said I was too young for him.
He’s now married to a gal YOUNGER than I! :(
Paul Martinez I was ten when this came out, i remembered my parents when to go see it and the following year it came on HBO and i saw it and loved it. I remember Master Bruce from Moonlighting and a romantic comedy called Blind Date. Good times.
Hudson Hawk seemed more like his Moonlighting character.
In Finland the movie Die Hard had a Finnish name "Vain kuolleen ruumiini yli" that translates in English "Only over my dead body".
fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Hard_%E2%80%93_vain_kuolleen_ruumiini_yli
So Bruce Willis is playing a character from a book that Clint Eastwood purchased the film-making rights to that was a sequel to another book which was adapted into a movie with Frank Sinatra playing the original John McClane character.. okay, got it.
Clint Eastwood did purchase the rights to the novel Nothing Lasts Forever which Die Hard is based from. Eastwood had planned to star in the film adaptation early in 1980s. Bruce Willis took the role after Robert De Niro has turned down the role in 1987 during pre production. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone, Harrison Ford, Don Johnson, and John Travolta were all considered for John McClane. Ironically 4 of those actors went to star in The Expendables series with Bruce Willis.
Bruce Willis was an extra in The Detective.
"Sell your skin at high price" means "give them real beating before they get you" or "if you need to die, let them pay high price before that happens". It is actually common idiom in some countries. BTW, great content and very nice movie descriptions.
Welcome to the party pal.
one of the great movie lines, often forgotten behind Yippee Kiyay!!
See you at the party! RICHTER...! Oh wait? Wrong film!
Thank You! You as well, friendo
Is it "pal"....or "Powell"?
@@whutzat it's pal as he doesn't know anything about him yet...
Sadly, that cop has to go on to deal with a worse terrorist: Urkel.
wstine79 Poor officer Powell, huh? 😁
He also was the cop who took the ghostbusters to see the mayor
Bro hard
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
“HI CARL!”
Scary blond guy aka Karl was Alexander Godunov a very famous Russian dancer. Lord rest his soul.
Lavern Merriweather absolutely...he was a ballet dancer who came over with Mikail Barishikov.
The other scary blond guy(with the short pony tail) is Wilhelm Von Homberg, best known to moviegoers as Vigo The Carpathian in Ghostbusters II (1989). I never knew he was in Die Hard until a few years ago. Additionally William Atherton who played Walter Peck in Ghostbusters (1984) plays Richard Thornberg the tv news reporter.
He was a defector, it actually became an international incident
FirebirdCamaro1220 hell yes, it was.
Alexander Godunov first caught my attention as Shelley Long’s self-absorbed conductor/ex-husband in The Money Pit. “And, don’t smoke!”
"But this time he has shoes!" sounds like something random I would say.
You missed the most important thing. John's Beretta is Martin Riggs' from another Christmas movie, lethal weapon. Yes, they used the same gun prop for the heroes in both movies.
I think this is important to mention
Same as in serial number and all? If it's the same damn gun that's badass!!!
@@youteo3596 Yes. It's in a museum or something now, I think. The same gun "little friend" used in Scarface is used by Arnold in Predator. The same minigun used in predator Arnold uses in Terminator 2.
Wow, yeah, I think that's a pretty important point that Minty should mention.
Yep cuz Beretta was the standard police/military gun back then.
In my reality only three Die Hard movie's exist and we call it Die Hard Trilogy. And it's a much happier world for it.
II DIRECTx II What about Die Hard 4 and 5?
@@AmerIndianWarrior the R-Rated cut (Unrated) of Live Free Or Die Hard is good, too bad it's only on DVD, while the Blu Ray is the theatrical only.
A Good Day To Die Hard sucked
FirebirdCamaro1220 I thought it was PG 13?
@@AmerIndianWarrior the theatrical cut was, the Unrated (only available on DVD) is an "R Rated" cut, with more blood and cursing
I thought die hard 4 was good.
Not as good as the original 3 but far better than die hard 5
It was said on "Moonlighting" that Bruce Willis was nothing without Cyblill Shepherd, that she made the show. Look at them now, LOL!
Just gonna throw Michael Keaton's name into the ring I think he could have played the part.
yep - I am from germany, and this is true. HANS GRUBER became JACK Gruber. KARL became CHARLY and so on...
You can imagine my surpise when i watched this for the 1st time in the original english version.
That is ok. We renamed all the Civil War villains to middle eastern names in America after 911. Robert E. Lee was renamed Qadir Abden. Then we wonder why our children are dumb.
Merry Christmas minty . I lost my dad on July 19 2017, and watching your show has help out alot.
I'm terribly sorry for you loss. RIP
Hugs, my friend. 💕
I lost my dad in 1996, these now classic movies helped me a lot. Here's to riding off into the sunset with Grace Kelley...
Ironically, if Die Hard took place in Japan, no one would have been wearing shoes
🤣
When John walks through the airport carrying a giant teddy bear while smoking a cigarette..
All of this prior to 911.
After that. We all have sand in our collective vaginas...uhg
I'm not a huge action fan, however, 80's action movies were cool in their own right. All the one liners and the humor of the lone hero, classic. Awesome as always Minty! ( LOVE the Christmas rap song in the background by the way)😋
I remember when I heard that Bruce Willis was in an action film and thinking what a bad idea it was after seeing him on moonlighting. How wrong I was!
The Japanese "shoes" thing had me rollin'! XD
Moonlighting was the best show on TV - first 1hr show on tv I ever cared for. I just assumed Bruce was going to be a huge motion picture star but then he was in Blind Date...he is the king of box office bombs but still manages to avoid the poison list
Screw you. I liked "Blind Date". Because after "Moonlighting" I like goofy Bruce Willis. Just like i liked "Hudson Hawk"...Shit movie but it was goofy Bruce Willis...Danny Aiello: You look like fucki' Zorro..
Blind date a bomb? No way. It was awesome!
@@markboomgaarden4679 funny how 30+ years fades my memory - a quick wiki search and I see the film was a financial success. I know it was panned by critics but I honestly never watched it, assuming the critics were right and I didn't want to see Bruce in a bad movie. Maybe I'll give it a look soon and decide for myself if it's a good flick...
@@MartinMcCauslin you should watch it! It’s even got a little Phil Hartman cameo, which is hilarious
Now, I have a review. Ho Ho Ho
Ha! I saw what you did there!
Very well played.
Leathal Wepon was also during christmas
so was First Blood :)
yep, the Christmas trifecta.
And let's not forget "Batman Returns" as well as "Iron Man 3". ;)
kevin burdine another great action flick. Classic. We are really missing Joel Silver these days.
The movie The Santa Clause too !!!
Excellent video, Minty! I really love your work, because it shows your love for movies!
#bestchristmasmovieever
I remember '88 (as a kid) when Willis was starring in Moonlighting.
And, even though the show was billed as a 'romantic comedy,' Willis was essentially a lighter version of John McClane (David Addison - a 'rub you the wrong way and then make you laugh about it' private detective).
So, when Die Hard came out, it made perfect sense that he was cast...
*I just can't believe there were any other choices!* 😨
To me Christmas is when Hans finally manage to open the caveau and the Ode to Joy rises. The close shot on his face is the definition of what a Christmas miracle should be like :)
Actually Minty, in Japan the no shoes thing is more cultural. Whenever you are invited in someone's apartment over there, you must take off your shoes. So maybe that's why they put more emphasis on McClaine not wearing shoes.
Merry Christmas Minty! Keep up the great work! ✨🎄✨
“Goober”at the min mark. We are now Andy Griffith
When this movie was released in Thailand, it was called "Hell on the skyscraper".
I am old enough to have seen Die Hard in the theater on its opening weekend. It was the day after I lost something, I won't say what, but the girl involved with me losing said thing worked at the theater, and that's something that nobody knows about Die Hard, but me. And, anybody reading this comment. Wow, that was awkward, never mind that. Merry Christmas everybody. Merry Christmas Minty!
I'm going to go right out and say it. You lost your pretzel in the cheese dip!
Oh I hate it when that happens!
Well we do now you Muppet your telling us on here well done
That was akward , hopefully it wasn't that bad for the girl when you lost "said thing " lol jk op
Edit : auto incorrect
Good therapy talk
The big shock was thinking WTF Bruce Willis as an action hero?
We went to see the movie just to see if he could pull it off. And wow did he ever!
I saw this before the Hollywood premier at a sneak preview in Phoenix, AZ. Bruce and the director were in the back of the theater which we didn't know until we saw it on the news the next day. My best friend was interviewed for the local news and gave it a great review. I remember telling my friends "just go see it" for the next 2 weeks at work.
Gremlins is also a festive favourite 👌🏻xx
Merry Christmas Minty and heres to a great New year
Bruce Willis was an extra in "The Detective"
Bruce Willis would have been 12-13 when "The Detective" was made.
Bruce Willis DID have an uncredited appearance in 1980's "The First Deadly Sin", Sinatra's last starring role.
From watching your videos I bought
Road house,
RoboCop, beetlejuice
And
Point Break on Blu Ray.
Even though I've seen them, just watching your videos urged me to rewatch them again. Thanks. Keep up the good work.
Getting Top Gun next.
recently came across your channel and have been marathoning. Good stuff keep it up
"strained" wife? ESTRANGED wife! bloody aussies lol
Minty is well-known for his malapropisms, at least to me - I seem to hear one in every other of his videos. Annoying, but worth it for the rest of his Minty-ness.
The best action movie ever!!! My husband and I watch it every Christmas!
Dani Heiser
You are in my tribe, friend! 💕
You are a keeper!
Glad you're enjoying making these videos. Personally I love this channel and you are a great presenter Minty 👍
Keep up the good work
All the best!!!
Fun fact: The reason why it is such a big deal in Japan for the "no shoes" thing is because in their culture, showing anyone the bottom of your feet (shoes or not) was like saying to someone "you are lower than dirt." Or putting a middle finger in their face. Oh well lol.
Minty.. boobie I'm your white knight.
There are 2 types of people of people in this world. Those that believe that Die Hard is a Christmas Movie.... And those that are wrong.
Mr. Mugatu awesome film!!!
Mclain himself disagrees.
(Roast)
A movie can be whatever you want it to if the subject matter is part of that movie lol.
Watching the first two Die Hards for Christmas is holiday tradition in my family👍🏼.
Hate to break it to you, but it's not a Christmas Movie... It's an AWESOME CHRISTMAS MOVIE!!!
"Now I have a machine gun HO-HO-HO"
Another great video! Please keep them coming!
This movie just never gets old.
additions:
#2: Hans Gruber was renamed as Jack Gruber in the german version ... but in part 3 when they mention him again they correctly name him Hans Gruber
#1: The german version is titled (translated) DIE SLOWLY
Hans Gruber alternately would have made a great Bond villain; i think he is one of cinemas most under-rated bad guys
Should have made him from the European union... BRexit Hard.
Jipie Ja Jey Pig Cheek (is a very popular phrase in germany too) 😅
Technically the Terrorists weren't all German. The door guy and Theo are American. Marco was Italian. The one that stole the candy bar was Chinese. Karl, his brother, Hans and a couple other guys were German though.
No Hans is actually British
Yeah right, Ben Conway!
Ben Conway you mean Alan Rickman he was born in England
Shanethefilmmaker the Actor Alexander Godunov who played Karl was Russian not German. He was a Russian ballet dancer turned actor and his brother Tony that actor is German though and was a James Bond bad guy in The Living Daylights as Necros. Theo played Clarence Gilyard Jr is American.
@@scottknode898 - Godunov was a Russian, but his character Karl was a German.
Shoot man I just found your channel the other day and it's great. I dig the 10 things videos you make
Love your content :) cheers senor!!!
Merry Christmas 🎄 sir minty
Fun alternative titles. The Norwegian title was: "Action skyscraper"
Fantastic video as always... 👍👌🙌
Thank you for your videos Minty. This time I didn't know any of your 10 things about the movie.
Czech version is named "Smrtonosná past" which literally means "Death bringing trap"
You kick ass Minty.
I know that Richard Gere as the possible lead in the film sounds really weird. But you'll have to remember at the time, having Bruce Willis as the lead sounded just as weird. I remember the first time I saw an ad for the film, my exact reaction was "Bruce Willis in an action movie?" It of course, turned out very well for Bruce. Would really be interesting to see if the same would have happened for Richard!
Minty, first time watching this one and it made me laugh out loud, man. Great one.
10:20 had to rewind, I knew there was no way one of my hairs got on the screen. That said, I'm making this comment without shoes.
Merry Christmas from Chicago!
"Je huid duur verkopen" is a Dutch expression - which literally means "sell your skin expensive". It means you'll (probably) lose, but it will come at a very high price (to your opponent) - say Pyrrhic victory high. BTW, here it was released as "Die hard", so I can't imagine the expression originated in Holland.
For over time it's an movie that defined expectations back in 1988.
Die Hard!! My Favorite Christmas movie!! 🎥🎄🎥🎄🎥🎄 This is definitely the Best of Bruce Willis' work!! Fighting off the bad guys barefooted.. Cant get better than that!!
You have made my year Minty. Have a satisfying solstice and a logical new year.
Huddle around the fire while the family watches a heartwarming Christmas movie.
This is the one I was waiting on Brother Minty! Thanks man.
I want to see a "Die Hard 6" with all the McClane family working together!
There is a book of Die Hard 6 that is sort of like that. It’s called Old Habits.
Minty you are like the STUFF once you try it cant stop. Please do KRULL and more 80s sci-fi and action.
Hank Messaros
Yesssssssssss. \m/
Hank Messaros krull that magic ninja star thing? Lol
Always awesome. Keep it up Minty!
I've been enjoying what you do on your channel for a few years now. I don't know how many of your videos I've seen or if I've seen all of them. I watch as many as I can. 🤓
Good facts - the most shocking being that Frank Sinatra could have been in it! Can you inagine? :D
He was too old to considered in 1980s as he was 72 in 1987 when Die Hard was in pre production. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson, and Harrison Ford were all considered as well.
Hello. :) The hungarian titles are in English (I hope to I did the translates well):
Die Hard - Give Your Life Expensive (Drágán add az életed)
Die Hard 2 - Your Life is More Expensive (Még drágább az életed)
Die Hard 3 - Life is Always Expensive (Az élet mindig drága)
Die Hard 4.0 - Your Life is the Most Expensive (Legdrágább az életed)
Die Hard 5 - It's More Expensive Than Your Life (Drágább, mint az életed)
Greetings from Hungary! :D
u are totally wrong :D :D :D there is a difference between litterally translation and something what has a commun sence
" YOUR LIFE IS PRECIOUS " should sound the translatioun
lol "He has no shoes" . Agreed Minty, a WTF moment. You had me actually LOL'ing out loud @ "His friend Al likes twinkies"....... and then I lost it fully at " But this time he has shoes!!" Goldstar Minty moment lol Also great sign off dude., you're right ... well.... this time four years ago hehe..... up, up, up. And the reason your vids work so well and have that great energy is because you you love making
also noticed how your background mvie artifacts n stuff grows n grows......
I been watching your vids for near three years now. They're really fkn good dude!
And hey, at start of 2020 I moved into that Ambassodor Place in Franga and moved out 30 days later, swear to god I thought I saw you across other side of Nepean walking away from the mall. Couldnt tell but it was the sunnys that made me sure sure.
Was gonna yell out but.... yeah..... was in Frankston....... some dude running around yelling out "Minty, Minty" woulda probably seen men in white coats chasing me round lol
Living in North Melb now and been on a "Minty Marathon" last .... well...... month? lol
You do a honesly good job dude. Editing, music (Minty Music gets stuck in my head at weirdest times round melb, one time it was on the gravatron in luna park. going round and round an for some reason I couldnt get Mintys theme song outta me head...... it helped me keep my shit together and not start crying and lose my shit lolols
Plus ayou always choose the best 10 things to list, sometimes I click on a vid and go "okay, minty will cover this thing and this thing and this thing about this movie" and you list ten things about the movie I never heard before in other places, that's the addictive hook to ya vids I reckon.... Minty Theme song and Mintys 10 things.... lol
You had me LOL'ing for real heaps of times but sometimes it gets to serious giggles.
BTW...... when youi say "Seeya" at the end and ..... dive towards the floor..... where are you going? Is there a trap door down there? Stairs to the wine cellar? Whats down there Minty! I must know!! lolol
Noticed you have a video store? Blockbuster Franga?? How much for a membership card? lol
Actually, not a bad idea.... Minty Membership Cards..... annual fee? Get a showbag with sunnies, the best of mintydvd, a bloopers reel, and a pack of mintys....
Taking a wild guess here dude..... i think were bout the same age..... did you buy chance alway buy a pack of minties at the canteen in high school or something dude? hehe... Melbourne nick name like Minty is usually cause you were the guy at school who always had a pack of minties and where ever you went, people would get a free minty hehe..... lucky duck, cool nick name
my last names Noble.... I copped "Noballs" all through out high school.......wasn't to bad...... hated it when the girls would call me "noballs" though.... I'd just try turn it into a cricket refrence lol
okay, this now ends my novel that is called "Mintys 10 things"..... yeah, might rethink that title hey lolol
you're a legend dude, don't ever stop making these vids, sometimes i think "oh no! I think mintys running outta movies!".... but it aint ever gonna happen..... Minty Marathon goes on. lol
peac eout brother! Melbourne represent! Ya make us proud!!
Ever thought about doing new release 10 things? like the new matrix and stuff, strike while the irons hot na ll.... I know you have of course had this thought, just puttin it out there..... your view count kicks ass dude. You got a couple million hits, my videos have been out 5-6 years. highest view count is like 5000 lol
fkn sucks having a video out for 6-7 years and it's got like 24 views........ feels like failing fingerprinting class in kindergarden...... "L" the forehead lol
man, i'm knackered now.... i never typed this many words ever in my life lol....
later mint!!!
Outstanding movie and a Great review!
Thanx Minty!)
One fact I *don't want to think about*, I saw this in the theater when it came out. I was 19 at the time. :-/
Well thanks for making me feel old. I was 28. My buddy and I saw it at least a half dozen times at the theater.
@@razorwire3056 I was 32 when it came out,saw it on VHS-was already a Willis fan from "Moonlighting".
Merry Christmas ya big beautiful bastard love ya minty
Love these bro....always good nuggets of info on movies we all love.....and yes DIE HARD and DIE HARD 2 are CHRISTMAS MOVIES.
Minty, I rewatch your Christmas episodes EVERY year!
I BELIEVE DIE HARD HAS BEEN THE ACTION MOVIE MOST RIPPED OFF IN HOLLYWOOD!!
True. It's an actual genre. New movies are pitched as "Die Hard on a boat" "Die Hard in a mall" "Die Hard in a coliseum" etc.
Happy Boxing Day, Minty and I remember seeing this movie (when I was 19) back in Good ole 1988 TWICE ! (very rare for me). It was a raging success, it was the hit Bruce Willis was looking for and it made Alan Rickman into a star. Keep up the good work, duuude.
Love ya man ,, keep it up please
this is amazing 10 things list. Great job!
MERRY NEW YEARS 2 DIE HARD!!! RIP ALAN RICKMAN!!! GOOD VILLIAN!!!
Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, Gremlins, First Blood, all Christmas movies, obviously.
I enjoy what you do! :)
the totally missed the "ordering a pizza" line, that is awesome!