It makes me feel really old to say I remember Bruce when he was a comedy actor, but that's right. It's that funny dialogue that makes him so good to watch.
@@cinemawithsteph It's a case-of-the-week private detective show. Had one of the original will they/won't they TV relationships between Bruce and Cybill Shepherd. Very smart and funny show, and great chemistry between the leads.
Rickman’s facial expression during his fall was genuine. They suspended him is the studio and prepped for the shot. After telling him they’d drop him on a count of three, they dropped him on two.
There are 4 Die Hard movies that you should ABSOLUTELY see. No 3 is my favourite (Die Hard With A Vengeance), but Bruce Willis brings them all to life!!! Must see series of movies!!
"Die hard wth a vengeance" is a God-awful bad jioke that took everything that was great about the two previous masterpieces and shat all over it. I have never been so let down by a movie I had such high expectations for.
This was the first film role for both Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman. Bruce had been in a tv series called "Moonlighting" and Alan was a stage actor in the UK.
@@cinemawithsteph Sorry, this was Bruce Willis' third film and, at the time, it was his last chance to become a leading movie star. His previous two films were not successful: First was "Blind Date" in 1987 with Kim Basinger. The second was "Sunset" in 1988 with James Garner. In the 1980s, there was a clear distinction between American television versus film careers. No one crossed over to either industry easily at the time, unlike now in 2023. You should look up the history of the making of the "Die Hard" film itself. Just producing and casting the film is as fascinating as any fiction made.
@@hippusmaximus9319 You're post is exactly how I remember it playing out at the time - Bruce made a couple of failed stabs at movie stardom, and this finally broke him. Worth pointing out that he also had a brief music career between Moonlighting Season 1 and Die Hard, in which he managed to get a big hit in the US, and a couple of big hits in the UK (he was probably a bigger pop star in the UK in '87 than he was an acting star).
Hey Steph, fun tidbit. The writer of this flick was in the middle of writing the script and got stuck on creating a narrative that would give McClane motivation to solider on in his most desperate hour. ------- The epiphany came to him driving on the LA freeway. -------- A refrigerator fall off the back of a truck in front of him and almost killed him. Earlier that day he had an arguement with his wife and thought, I could have died with the last words to my wife being in anger. -------- So the writer added the arguement between John and his wife as a deeper subtext motivation for him to get back to her and his kids. -------- Some deep-level stuff for sure.
FUN FACT: Shane Black (writer/director of Iron Man 3) had just hit it big for producer Joel Silver, with his script for Lethal Weapon the year prior. Lethal Weapon, as well as almost all of Black's scripts takes place during Christmas time. While the script for Die Hard was being written, they needed a stronger reason for John to travel to the west coast to visit his wife and kids. It was Shane Black who suggested it be a Christmas party. :)
The submachine gun he took from the attacker is a Heckler&Koch MP5 which uses 30 round magazines (of 9 mm ammo). He got a few mags from the guy. It uses the same ammo as his personal service weapon (a Beretta 92FS pistol).
This and Lethal Weapon are the ultimate Christmas action movies. Your fresh eyes on these action movies makes for an awesome reaction. HA! Merry Christmas!
19:20 John dropped the body (Marco, the dark-haired guy that got shot in the groin from under the table) on Al. Then a different bad guy (on a lower floor) who was watching Al to make sure he left opened fire to kill him before he could radio for help...
Yipppie Kayaaaaay Mofos!!!! -------- Now you can use that a the Christmas parties that you never attend. Especially when the elevator closes as to leave for home. --------- Co-workers ask, "Steph where are you going?" Tote bag over the shoulder, hand in the air. Saying, "Yipppie Kayaaaaay Mofos, I'll see y'all on the flipside."
"Welcome to the party, pal!" It isn't Christmas in my house until Hans Gruber is THROWN off the top of Nakatomi Plaza. 😎 🎄 Fun Fact: In 2007, Bruce Willis donated John McClane's undershirt to the Smithsonian Museum. Making Lemonade Fact: The scene where McClane (Bruce Willis) falls down a shaft was a mistake by the stuntman, who was supposed to grab the first vent, as it originally was planned. He slipped and continued to fall, but the shot was used anyway; it was edited together with one where McClane grabs the next vent down as he falls. First Face-Off Fact: The scene in which Gruber (Alan Rickman) and McClane (Bruce Willis) meet for the first time was inserted into the script after Alan Rickman was found to be proficient at mimicking American accents. The filmmakers had been looking for a way to have the two characters meet prior to the climax and capitalized on Rickman's talent. Casting Notes Fact: Alan Rickman nearly passed up the role of Hans Gruber, which ended up being his first American film role. He had only arrived in Hollywood two days earlier and was appalled by the idea of his first role being the villain in an action film. To a degree, Rickman was right to be concerned considering his performance as Hans Gruber was so hailed that the actor had to struggle being typecast as a player of villains for much of his career. Location Location Fact: The fictional Nakatomi Plaza is the headquarters of 20th Century Studios, so the studio could use one of its own buildings and didn't have to hold back on stunts and action sequences. While Jeb Stuart was writing the screenplay, he did a tour of the building, and immediately incorporated some of the locations and objects he found there into his script as set pieces. The company charged itself rent for the use of the then-unfinished building. Some of the middle floors were occupied by legal and administrative departments, so only empty floors were used for filming. Still, the filming of scenes that involved gunfire had to be postponed until after hours because some of the employees from the active floors started to complain about the noise.
The Casting Notes Facts are so contrary to anything I've watched Alan Rickman talk about regarding this movie. In fact I think the most terrifying villain I've ever seen is his role in Closet Land (a few years after Die Hard). His career was filled with so many varied roles that he loved in movies and theater. He also said he never saw any of his "villainous" characters as "villains" because they would never think of themselves that way.
Steph- Your reviews are getting better and better all the time! keep up the good work! There is something unique and real, which connects through to the all viewers of your channel. 10K before you blink! I'm so ready to see the next series of Reacher w/ you! Thanks for taking us along for the ride! All the best, M-
Hey Steph, I know your fear of heights will be tested in this video several times. Like when McClain rappels down the elevator shaft. When McClain falls in the elevator shaft. ------- When McClain has to jump off the building side with a fire hose. ------- What about when the dead body is tossed out of the window onto Carl's patrol car. ------- All this an McClain won't die easy he dies HARD. YEAH BABY!!!!
@28:23 -- if this were a different movie, i'd say trust your spidey sense. robert davi has often played the "heavy", from mobster to drug lord to james bond villain on the big and small screens.
My favorite line was when he says, "Do I sound like I am ordering a pizza?" I have a movie reaction suggestion for you it's one of my favorites, The Final Countdown (1980) The U.S.S. Nimitz goes back to December 6th, 1941. It's filmed on the Nimitz. It's like Top Gun meets Back to the Future.
Die Hard is back in theaters... They've re-released it for Christmas... So check you're listings, you can see it the theater... The Building is actually FOX Plaza which was under construction at the time the movie was filmed... FOX rented their own building to themselves to film the movie... President Ronald Reagan would later have his offices on the 34th floor The building is at 2121 Avenue of the Stars, Century City Los Angeles, CA. if you want to see it.
Funny you mentioned the Jeffrey Dahmer guy! I have also always thought the guy that took over the security desk looks like Huey Lewis, and the dude with the flowing red hair looks like Dave Mustaine. ;)
What a great choice to get us in the holiday spirit! This film blew my fucking mind when I first saw it at 12 years old. "Asshole? I'm not the one who just got butt-fucked on national TV, Dwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayne!" lmao
Hi Steph, great reaction! Bruce Willis has a very large resume of movies he's in. Some I think you would really enjoy are: The Fifth Element Armageddon Pulp Fiction The Whole Nine Yards Sin City The Sixth Sense
Hey Steph, you ask about Bruce Willis as a star in Hollywood. At the time he was a TV star in the "Moonlighting" serial with Cybil Shepard. ------- He was a surprise casting for an action flick star at the time, since he was a comdian before this. -------- Which is why he delivers his lines so perfectly. -------- Before Die Hard action movie heros were thought to be ex-athletes or Body Builders. ------ Bruce Willis broke the mold in the same way you never had the hots for him until seeing him in this role. -------- I can't wait for you to see the rest of flicks in the Die Hard series. ------- Have fun for sure.
Loved the reaction. It's one of my top ten favorite movies. So great to see it through someone with fresh eyes. I watch it anytime I come across it which has been countless times. I remember getting this as soon as it arrived at the video store when I was a kid. I love the kind of hero who would rather be somewhere else but does what he needs to do anyways.
"Moonlighting" was a detective show / Romcom that ran for a number of seasons on TV. He is very young in that show. Might want to Google it to see a clip.
This was the movie that automatically made him an A-list actor --- his best work I feel is "The Sixth Sense". If you are patient enough, you can A movie reaction for that movie for Halloween 2024.
16:06 The magazine capacity of a Beretta 92F, such as the one the McClane carries, is 18 rounds, so a fully-loaded magazine with a round in the chamber gives the user 19 shots. However, both the Beretta and the H&K MP9 submachine gun that he took off of the dead thief are chambered in 9mm luger so the bullets for one will work in the other. It is possible that MClane took extra rounds off of the man he killed to re-fill his magazine from time to time off screen. 32:50 Those are the bearer bonds that Hans told Takagi he wanted. A bearer bond is so called because it isn't registered to anyone - the *bearer* of the paper bond is the owner. Hans wants them because, by their very nature, they are untraceable; Hans would not need to fence them nor would he need to deposit them with any financial institution (which might raise suspicions) - all he would need to do is present the bond to the debtor at the maturity date. I don't know if any private companies still issue bearer bonds, but the various governments in the United States no longer do. Bruce Willis was not an action star when he was cast for this role. It is this film that made him into one. At the time of the making of Die Hard, Willis was known as a comedic actor, and the biggest film he had appeared in was a rom-com titled "Blind Date" co-starring Kim Basinger.
Hey Steph, I know you were oddling over Alan Rickman in this flick. It was actually his first ever movie role. ------ He was a marketing executive in the UK before this and then switched to stage acting. -------- So he had tons of experience before this role just on as a screen actor. ---------- He bristled at the role for fear that it would type cast him as a villian going forward in his career, but the opportunity was too great to pass on and thus the legend of Hans Gruber is born. LET'S GOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
The thing about the movie - it was even more edgy and excited at the time because the idea of terrorists seizing American hostages like that was unheard of as a possibility. Other than the Rambo and Terminator kind of shoot -em up we really hadn't ever seen this sort of every-man-against-the-armed-cartel plot before. It felt amazing.
Bruce Willis was already a TV-star when “Die Hard” was made. His breakout was in the romantic-comedy-mystery series “Moonlighting” (1985-89), which I always enjoyed very much. With that as a launching pad, Willis spent years in the mid- to late-1980s trying to parlay his television success into a career in feature films. He languished for years in forgettable rom-coms in which he was repeatedly called upon to reprise his “Moonlighting” TV-persona. But then, “Die Hard” came along. That film re-launched Willis’s career and catapulted him to true superstar status. And the rest, as they say, is history.
Great reaction like always, i love this classic Xmas movie no matter what people say, i have reasons The basic narrative situation of this movie is a man returning to his family for Christmas. His wife is called Holly. It takes place on Christmas Eve. Not Thanksgiving or the Fourth of July. It could have been set any week of the year, but wasn’t. The chief villain Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) explicitly invokes the Christmas spirit: “It’s Christmas, Theo, it’s a time for miracles.” Gruber is a classic bad capitalist villain: he’s there to steal money. Just as Old Man Potter does in It’s a Wonderful Life. Fun fact: The scene when Alan Rickman gets dropped out of the window, they had him up above an air bag, and they said "we'll count to three and drop you," but they dropped him on "2" so that look of surprise on his face is genuine. Keep up the amazing work and “Yippee Ki Yay” lol
Thanks Steph, great reaction - certainly my family's go-to Chistmas movie. I'm with you on skipping work Christmas parties where ever possible! In my opinion, this is Bruce's breakout role and responsible for contributing to his heart throb status; although the sequel (released two years later) does too and I feel like they lean into that a little more in the sequel. The franchise is 5 films with the first three, for me, being the highlights. Thanks again and happy holidays!
Hey Steph, the amazing this about this movie is that this is one of the first flicks that placed the hero as everyday man with great skills. -------- He's not Buff and ripped like Schwarzenegger or Stallone. ------ He a regular guy in a crazy situation and he has to get it done, with no help, no shoes and no friends except for Carl and Argyle. -------- All in an effort to get back to his wifey and babies. -------- Makes us think we could all be heros when our family/s in danger.
John's brawl with the tall, blonde terrorist who arrived after the fire alarm was called off, was way intense! Actually bashing each other's heads into drywall, hahahaha DAMNNNNNN
Great reaction! This is my favorite Christmas movie. I think this movie was the Genesis of the "every man in the wrong place at the wrong time" type of movie. Before this action stars were the big hulky special forces kind of guys. Bruce Willis brought humor and everyday real reactions to the situation and made the movie a lot more relatable. Die Hard 2, 3, and 4 are great as well however 5 is not recommended. Keep up the great work!
Hey Steph, Make sure to watch “Die Hard 2: Die Harder.” "Die hard with a vengence". ------ DIE HARD TO THE MAX. -------- DIE HARD TILL YOU MOMMA COMES HOME.(just joking about those last 2 titles). It Does keep getting better and better. No seriously this series of movies is amazing. Stop at Die Hard 4 (Live FRee Die HArD). -------- We know how much you love the Bourne series.
Merry Christmas Steph, you chose one of my favorite Christmas movies, Yea Ellis was an asshole for giving out John’s name like that, but however he did not snitch on Holly, I think it’s because he knew she was going under her maiden name Holly Genero and not McClain, Her picture and that News Guy that made you mad gave her away to Hans. Beautiful reactions when McClain and Powel meet, and also this was Alan Rickman’s first movie and Willis first action movie and it sky rocketed their careers in Hollywood. 🎅🏻🎄
So glad you enjoyed the movie as much as you did! The sequel Die Harder is fun but personally my favorite sequel is number 3, Die Hard With A Vengeance.
DIE HARD 3 baby alll day long. I love love love that flick. So clever.They really took it to the nect level on that one for sure. I also like Die Hard 4 but not as much as Die Hard 3 and 1. -------- I know she'll get to it for sure.
Seriously? "Die hard with a vengeance" is pitifully awful. I hate it with a passion, because I have never been so disappointed with a movie I had been anticipating so eagerly. It pissed all over what was so great about the two previous masterpieces.
This was the first movie role for Bruce Willis. Before they got to him, they'd already been turned down by Sylvester Stallone, Richard Gere, Clint Eastwood, Harrison Ford, Burt Reynolds, Nick Nolte, Mel Gibson, Don Johnson, Richard Dean Anderson, Paul Newman, James Caan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Al Pacino. The deputy captain of police you recognized was also in "Trading Places."
This was after Bruce had been a big hit on the show "Moonlighting". He was well known but this made him a star. This was Alan Rickman's first movie. In America at least. Awesome reaction!
My second video of yours that I’ve seen, after Good Will Hunting, And man… Your reactions are so satisfying. Honest, funny, insightful, everything that you could possibly want from a reaction channel. Bravo!
So, prior to this Bruce Willis was a "heartthrob" on a TV series called Moonlighting. This role made him the "action star" that he was known as thereafter, but it also changed the landscape for action movies because the hero was an "everyman" character who got actually hurt and relies on his street-smart to save the day. For more amazing Bruce Willis movies, PLEASE react to: The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Armageddon, The Siege, Tears of the Sun, Moonrise Kingdom, The 5th Element, 12 Monkeys, The Whole Nine yards, Looper, Pulp Fiction. Those are about the ones he's most beloved for.
This is one of my all time favorite Bruce Willis Films. This came out in 1988! Well done love your Reaction to this Film. Theres Five of These. Die Hard 2 Die Hard With A Vengeance (3) Live Free or Die Hard (4) and Its A Good Day To Die Hard (5).
24:50 "Oh, is this the dynamite?" No, C-4, a it's plastic explosive. Dynamite is set off by flame or heat. Plastic explosive like C-4 is much harder to accidentally detonate; it requires special detonators set off by electricity. They are about equally explosive, so a pound of dynamite makes about the same explosion as a pound of C-4. The big advantage of C-4 is that it is very stable and hard to accidentally set it off, and because it is a lot like clay, it can be molded and shaped for specialized blasting.
Bruce was considered a comedic actor from his stint on "Moonlight". Die Hard was a huge break and made him into an action star. His list on great movies is long. Armageddon The sixth sense Unbreakable The Siege The Fifth Element The Expendables 1 & 2 Red Hart's War Pulp Fiction 12 Monkeys The Last Boy Scout Tears of the Sun Look who's talking. Just to name a few. There are 5 "Die Hard" movies.
Okay to answer your question the submachine gun that John McClain uses is called a Heckler & Koch MP5. Standard it holds around 15 to 30 rounds. But some versions can hold around 50 to 100 rounds. Also I ❤your smile😊
Though I am not a fan of Die Harder (#2), Die Hard With A Vengeance (#3) is my fave. I hope you will watch to #4 (Live Free or Die Hard) as you will love the villain and sidekick. 5 can be skipped.
The studio didn't even want Bruce Willis when he was cast, they didn't see him as a bankable action star because, at that point, all we had were the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone and Chuck Norris who were larger than life tough guys. Bruce wasn't even on the poster for 'Die Hard' at first. He made this film during a hiatus from 'Moonlighting' and much to everyone's surprise he instantly became an action star when the film became an enormous hit. This is the film that catapulted him to stardom, he had already done a Blake Edwards comedy called 'Blind Date' which didn't do all that well at the box office, but yeah he struck gold with 'Die Hard'.
You know how on the Trading Places video I said its ok not to like something? Yeah, that doesn't apply to Die Hard lol. Glad you liked it, its the best Christmas movie for a reason.
@@cinemawithsteph The guy you recognized from Breakfast Club in this was also in Trading Places. I feel the same way about Trading Places as well; I appreciate that its a great 80s movie but its not my thing either. This film is on every Christmas, and i think Bruce Willis was my first grown man crush; I was about twelve!
Would you say that this is a Christmas movie? That is the #1 question. I feel this is the BEST Christmas movie. Glad you enjoyed it. He was a heartthrob type BEFORE. He was in a TV series called Moonlighting with Cybil Shepherd. That dynamic was where the heartthrob moments. BUT, this film made it WORLDwide. I hope you are going to watch the sequel, too. There are 5 or 6 movies total. His character is Hard to Die (get it).
When the trailer came out for this back in '88 people laughed at the thought of Bruce Willis as an action star because he just played a funny character in Moonlighting on network TV. This was one of his first movies. He had a Romantic Comedy like a year earlier that bombed. I'll admit, I also thought this would bomb because Bruce Willis was not a movie star let alone a tough guy. No one ever looked at him as an action star. This made his career as a movie star.
Great reaction, i love die hard reactions at Christmas time since im firmly on thr side of it being a Christmas film, unconventional maybe but still a Christmas film.
In terms of "What would they really do?" the answer is information. The answer is always information. In every single police or military operation, 99% of the success is the information they have before going in. So you were right. If this were real, they would be doing everyting they could to find out how many people were in there, who they might be, what is in the building that they could want, what points of entry are vulnerable, etc. For hours and hours all they would be doing is gathering information. Swat will spend hours before trying to breach against one person with one hostage in some cases. So basically, the exact opposite of the movie. But yeah, it's just a movie. A great one at that.
Aww, I loved this reaction. I found you from your Reacher watch-through and I was sold from the beginning. Can't wait for whatever is coming next, Steph. Especially the next Reacher installment. Keep it goin' and Yippee ki-yay, mother... no no... not that. Hmm? wonderful lady? Better, haha.
Love you're reactions,I hope ya'll do Lethal Weapon with, Mel Gibson and Danny Glover next If you're doing Christmas movies please do,It's a Wonderful Life
This was such an important movie to the action genre. ------ You have to understand that at the time, guys like Bruce Willis were not action heroes. And the film was ripped off many many times. Diehard on a bus... SPEED. Diehard on a boat... UNDER SEIGE. Diehard on a plane... PASSENGER 57. Diehard on a mountain... CLIFFHANGER. Supremely influential film
"The introvert in you". Just wanted to say you are a person that a great number of people would enjoy getting to know. You seem to be a real sweetheart. Just had to say.
It's not xmas until Hans Gruber falls from the Nakatomi Plaza. This has long been my xmas eve movie watch, such a great movie for all the right reasons
13:50 "What would be the negative to having a cop there?" In some real world hostage situations, when a cop interferes in any way, the bad guys shoot some hostages. A good way to be a dead hostage is to have cops acting like superheroes. Yeah, if it works, maybe the cops win and save everybody. But when it doesn't, hostages are sometimes killed to send a message that the cops need to back off.
Bruce Willis before Die Hard was a TV actor who was the Lead in the TV show Moonlighting. Die Hard put him on the Map to movie star status. The next 3 Die Hards are good and entertaining, The 5th not so much. The Best of Bruce.... Die Hard 1-4 Pulp Fiction The 5th Element The Sixth Sense Unbreakable Look Whos Talking (He's the Voice of the baby) The Last Boy Scout Armageddon The Whole Nine Yards Sin City Lucky Number Slevin 16 Blocks Planet Terror Red The Expendables 2 (He's in the 1st for one scene but the 2nd is a much better film and he's in it more) Looper First Kill Motherless Brooklyn
Nice reaction as always :) I really hope you'll react to die hard 2 & 3 (die hard 2 is also a christmas movie). And I also wanted to suggest you those movies (if you've never seen them before of course ^^) : - "Child's play" from 1998 (another horror classic) - the indiana jones trilogy - the matrix trilogy - all the james bond/007 movies : from Dr No (1962) with Sean Connery to "No time to die" (2021)
This movie put Bruce Willis on the Mount Rushmore of action stars right up there with Arnold and Stallone. And it's also one of the best Christmas movies of all time. Yes DieHard is a Christmas movie and not a movie that takes place on Christmas
This movie was the beginning of moving away from big muscular Schwarzenegger type and produced the Everyman hero type. It was a huge change in the action genre.
25:20 "Would it do that much damage?" That was very little damage. Bright flash and broken glass and not much more. Think about this BUT NEVER DO IT: Hold your hand out flat and put a firecracker on your flat palm; Light the fuse. BANG! Your palm might get burned a little, but you'll be OK. Now get another firecracker but hold it in your closed fist and light the fuse. BANG! Your skin and muscle are ripped open by the blast, your bones are broken and you might lose fingers. What's the difference? When you contain the blast (closed fist), the rapidly expanding explosion needs to go THROUGH the container (your hand) which causes massive damage. When the blast can just expand into empty air (your open palm), it will, and anything nearby is comparatively safe since pretty much all the blast goes the other way. This explosion in the movie all goes out through the fragile glass windows so it does almost no damage to the walls and absolutely no damage to the structure. "Right now I'm thinking about the structural stability of the building. That was a risk to take." Actually, it's just fine. Just needs a few screen doors... Seriously though: in 1993, a bomb much, much, MUCH bigger (1,310 pounds of explosive) was detonated in the World Trade Center. That gigantic blast blew up a bunch of concrete and knocked out windows of many nearby buildings. Furthermore, much of the blast was contained inside the concrete structure which made it so the only way the blast could expand was to blow the building apart. As for the building's structure, it was fine. One structural beam was damaged and had to be replaced. The repairs were completed in 20 days and the building was back in business like nothing had happened. Compared to this explosion? 2 pounds of c4 and a half dozen unfired rockets, with 98% of the explosion going out the windows? Well, if that giant bomb couldn't bring down one of the heaviest, most massive buildings ever built, then this comparatively tiny explosion here never had a chance to hurt this building.
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The TV show " Moonlighting" is what got him discovered. This movie catapulted him to superstar status.
Thanks for the info! Is Moonlighting worth looking into?
It makes me feel really old to say I remember Bruce when he was a comedy actor, but that's right. It's that funny dialogue that makes him so good to watch.
@@cinemawithstephmoonlighting is totally worth a watch
"Is Moonlighting worth looking into?". Well. The only word I can say is... Yes. It's playful and surreal. Great pure 80s tv.😊
@@cinemawithsteph It's a case-of-the-week private detective show. Had one of the original will they/won't they TV relationships between Bruce and Cybill Shepherd. Very smart and funny show, and great chemistry between the leads.
Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman made this movie an absolute classic. RIP Alan Rickman. Quite an epic action Christmas movie
Rickman’s facial expression during his fall was genuine. They suspended him is the studio and prepped for the shot. After telling him they’d drop him on a count of three, they dropped him on two.
That would definitely get a genuine reaction 😳
@@cinemawithsteph They'd practiced the drop a few times before... Allan was so angry with the director, that he didnt speak to him for a week.
There are 4 Die Hard movies that you should ABSOLUTELY see. No 3 is my favourite (Die Hard With A Vengeance), but Bruce Willis brings them all to life!!! Must see series of movies!!
"Die hard wth a vengeance" is a God-awful bad jioke that took everything that was great about the two previous masterpieces and shat all over it. I have never been so let down by a movie I had such high expectations for.
@@erikthompson619 No it is not. It's a great movie.
@@Drew-cv2jl Good cast too!
@@StephenLuke Absolutely top-tier cast!
@@Drew-cv2jl Samuel L. Jackson and Jeremy Irons were the perfect cast!
This was the first film role for both Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman. Bruce had been in a tv series called "Moonlighting" and Alan was a stage actor in the UK.
Imagine starting your movie career with this.. insane! 👏🏻
@@cinemawithsteph Sorry, this was Bruce Willis' third film and, at the time, it was his last chance to become a leading movie star.
His previous two films were not successful: First was "Blind Date" in 1987 with Kim Basinger. The second was "Sunset" in 1988 with James Garner. In the 1980s, there was a clear distinction between American television versus film careers. No one crossed over to either industry easily at the time, unlike now in 2023.
You should look up the history of the making of the "Die Hard" film itself. Just producing and casting the film is as fascinating as any fiction made.
@cinemawithsteph I love the movie "Blind Date." You should do a review of it.
@@hippusmaximus9319 You're post is exactly how I remember it playing out at the time - Bruce made a couple of failed stabs at movie stardom, and this finally broke him. Worth pointing out that he also had a brief music career between Moonlighting Season 1 and Die Hard, in which he managed to get a big hit in the US, and a couple of big hits in the UK (he was probably a bigger pop star in the UK in '87 than he was an acting star).
@@cinemawithstephAlan was 42 when this was filmed
Hey Steph, fun tidbit. The writer of this flick was in the middle of writing the script and got stuck on creating a narrative that would give McClane motivation to solider on in his most desperate hour. ------- The epiphany came to him driving on the LA freeway. -------- A refrigerator fall off the back of a truck in front of him and almost killed him. Earlier that day he had an arguement with his wife and thought, I could have died with the last words to my wife being in anger. -------- So the writer added the arguement between John and his wife as a deeper subtext motivation for him to get back to her and his kids. -------- Some deep-level stuff for sure.
FUN FACT: Shane Black (writer/director of Iron Man 3) had just hit it big for producer Joel Silver, with his script for Lethal Weapon the year prior. Lethal Weapon, as well as almost all of Black's scripts takes place during Christmas time. While the script for Die Hard was being written, they needed a stronger reason for John to travel to the west coast to visit his wife and kids. It was Shane Black who suggested it be a Christmas party. :)
The submachine gun he took from the attacker is a Heckler&Koch MP5 which uses 30 round magazines (of 9 mm ammo). He got a few mags from the guy. It uses the same ammo as his personal service weapon (a Beretta 92FS pistol).
That all sounds complicated as someone who isn’t familiar 😅
@@cinemawithstephboth guns use the same ammo.
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This and Lethal Weapon are the ultimate Christmas action movies. Your fresh eyes on these action movies makes for an awesome reaction. HA! Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas! :)
They need to add a long kiss goodnight to watchlist
Well, this and "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang".
"Lethal Weapon" is merely more well-known than KKBB.
19:20 John dropped the body (Marco, the dark-haired guy that got shot in the groin from under the table) on Al.
Then a different bad guy (on a lower floor) who was watching Al to make sure he left opened fire to kill him before he could radio for help...
Yipppie Kayaaaaay Mofos!!!! -------- Now you can use that a the Christmas parties that you never attend. Especially when the elevator closes as to leave for home. --------- Co-workers ask, "Steph where are you going?" Tote bag over the shoulder, hand in the air. Saying, "Yipppie Kayaaaaay Mofos, I'll see y'all on the flipside."
Classic Christmas movie for many years now. I watch it every year for the holidays 😃
"Welcome to the party, pal!"
It isn't Christmas in my house until Hans Gruber is THROWN off the top of Nakatomi Plaza. 😎 🎄
Fun Fact: In 2007, Bruce Willis donated John McClane's undershirt to the Smithsonian Museum.
Making Lemonade Fact: The scene where McClane (Bruce Willis) falls down a shaft was a mistake by the stuntman, who was supposed to grab the first vent, as it originally was planned. He slipped and continued to fall, but the shot was used anyway; it was edited together with one where McClane grabs the next vent down as he falls.
First Face-Off Fact: The scene in which Gruber (Alan Rickman) and McClane (Bruce Willis) meet for the first time was inserted into the script after Alan Rickman was found to be proficient at mimicking American accents. The filmmakers had been looking for a way to have the two characters meet prior to the climax and capitalized on Rickman's talent.
Casting Notes Fact: Alan Rickman nearly passed up the role of Hans Gruber, which ended up being his first American film role. He had only arrived in Hollywood two days earlier and was appalled by the idea of his first role being the villain in an action film. To a degree, Rickman was right to be concerned considering his performance as Hans Gruber was so hailed that the actor had to struggle being typecast as a player of villains for much of his career.
Location Location Fact: The fictional Nakatomi Plaza is the headquarters of 20th Century Studios, so the studio could use one of its own buildings and didn't have to hold back on stunts and action sequences. While Jeb Stuart was writing the screenplay, he did a tour of the building, and immediately incorporated some of the locations and objects he found there into his script as set pieces. The company charged itself rent for the use of the then-unfinished building. Some of the middle floors were occupied by legal and administrative departments, so only empty floors were used for filming. Still, the filming of scenes that involved gunfire had to be postponed until after hours because some of the employees from the active floors started to complain about the noise.
That’s incredible! Thanks for all that back story :) makes you appreciate the film that much more
You're welcome.
Merry Christmas! ✝️ 🙏 🎄 🎁
Go in Peace and Walk with God. 😎 👍
The Casting Notes Facts are so contrary to anything I've watched Alan Rickman talk about regarding this movie. In fact I think the most terrifying villain I've ever seen is his role in Closet Land (a few years after Die Hard). His career was filled with so many varied roles that he loved in movies and theater. He also said he never saw any of his "villainous" characters as "villains" because they would never think of themselves that way.
1:20 -- never as a matter a fact I am watching this movie reaction while skipping out of a luncheon Christmas Party .. btw "Subscribed"
One of my favorite Christmas movies and action movies!
Steph-
Your reviews are getting better and better all the time! keep up the good work!
There is something unique and real, which connects through to the all viewers of your channel. 10K before you blink!
I'm so ready to see the next series of Reacher w/ you!
Thanks for taking us along for the ride!
All the best,
M-
Thank you so much! I really appreciate that :) and I’m so excited for Reacher! Only 2 more days to go 👏🏻
Hey Steph, I know your fear of heights will be tested in this video several times. Like when McClain rappels down the elevator shaft. When McClain falls in the elevator shaft. ------- When McClain has to jump off the building side with a fire hose. ------- What about when the dead body is tossed out of the window onto Carl's patrol car. ------- All this an McClain won't die easy he dies HARD. YEAH BABY!!!!
@28:23 -- if this were a different movie, i'd say trust your spidey sense. robert davi has often played the "heavy", from mobster to drug lord to james bond villain on the big and small screens.
My favorite line was when he says, "Do I sound like I am ordering a pizza?" I have a movie reaction suggestion for you it's one of my favorites, The Final Countdown (1980) The U.S.S. Nimitz goes back to December 6th, 1941. It's filmed on the Nimitz. It's like Top Gun meets Back to the Future.
It was Top Gun before Top Gun, good score but it lacked the rock and roll. Loved the playing with the zeros and the oldest Dog ever.
That was a real reaction when they dropped Allen Rickman at the end as director had them release him on 2 instead of 3.....lol
Die Hard is back in theaters... They've re-released it for Christmas... So check you're listings, you can see it the theater...
The Building is actually FOX Plaza which was under construction at the time the movie was filmed... FOX rented their own building to themselves to film the movie... President Ronald Reagan would later have his offices on the 34th floor The building is at 2121 Avenue of the Stars, Century City Los Angeles, CA. if you want to see it.
You're the first reactor who cried at the end. That shows how amazing you are, great job :)
I don’t know how you couldn’t! It was one of my favorite parts of the movie 🤍
Funny you mentioned the Jeffrey Dahmer guy! I have also always thought the guy that took over the security desk looks like Huey Lewis, and the dude with the flowing red hair looks like Dave Mustaine. ;)
"Can they hug?!" Yes. Yes, they can. It's not a Christmas movie unless it can make you shed a tear...
What a great choice to get us in the holiday spirit! This film blew my fucking mind when I first saw it at 12 years old. "Asshole? I'm not the one who just got butt-fucked on national TV, Dwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayne!" lmao
Hi Steph, great reaction! Bruce Willis has a very large resume of movies he's in. Some I think you would really enjoy are:
The Fifth Element
Armageddon
Pulp Fiction
The Whole Nine Yards
Sin City
The Sixth Sense
I'd add RED to that list too. Great fun vibe and an awesome cast.
Hey Steph, you ask about Bruce Willis as a star in Hollywood. At the time he was a TV star in the "Moonlighting" serial with Cybil Shepard. ------- He was a surprise casting for an action flick star at the time, since he was a comdian before this. -------- Which is why he delivers his lines so perfectly. -------- Before Die Hard action movie heros were thought to be ex-athletes or Body Builders. ------ Bruce Willis broke the mold in the same way you never had the hots for him until seeing him in this role. -------- I can't wait for you to see the rest of flicks in the Die Hard series. ------- Have fun for sure.
Loved the reaction. It's one of my top ten favorite movies. So great to see it through someone with fresh eyes. I watch it anytime I come across it which has been countless times. I remember getting this as soon as it arrived at the video store when I was a kid. I love the kind of hero who would rather be somewhere else but does what he needs to do anyways.
"Moonlighting" was a detective show / Romcom that ran for a number of seasons on TV. He is very young in that show. Might want to Google it to see a clip.
This was the movie that automatically made him an A-list actor --- his best work I feel is "The Sixth Sense". If you are patient enough, you can A movie reaction for that movie for Halloween 2024.
"He can't take them all on" ...... wait for it....also, it's not Christmas till Hans falls from the tower.
16:06 The magazine capacity of a Beretta 92F, such as the one the McClane carries, is 18 rounds, so a fully-loaded magazine with a round in the chamber gives the user 19 shots. However, both the Beretta and the H&K MP9 submachine gun that he took off of the dead thief are chambered in 9mm luger so the bullets for one will work in the other. It is possible that MClane took extra rounds off of the man he killed to re-fill his magazine from time to time off screen.
32:50 Those are the bearer bonds that Hans told Takagi he wanted. A bearer bond is so called because it isn't registered to anyone - the *bearer* of the paper bond is the owner. Hans wants them because, by their very nature, they are untraceable; Hans would not need to fence them nor would he need to deposit them with any financial institution (which might raise suspicions) - all he would need to do is present the bond to the debtor at the maturity date. I don't know if any private companies still issue bearer bonds, but the various governments in the United States no longer do.
Bruce Willis was not an action star when he was cast for this role. It is this film that made him into one. At the time of the making of Die Hard, Willis was known as a comedic actor, and the biggest film he had appeared in was a rom-com titled "Blind Date" co-starring Kim Basinger.
Bro its 15 rounds.
Hey Steph, I know you were oddling over Alan Rickman in this flick. It was actually his first ever movie role. ------ He was a marketing executive in the UK before this and then switched to stage acting. -------- So he had tons of experience before this role just on as a screen actor. ---------- He bristled at the role for fear that it would type cast him as a villian going forward in his career, but the opportunity was too great to pass on and thus the legend of Hans Gruber is born. LET'S GOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Ahhhh an evening with Steph living her worst fear what could be better. ----- and I'm totally here for it. LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!!!
The thing about the movie - it was even more edgy and excited at the time because the idea of terrorists seizing American hostages like that was unheard of as a possibility. Other than the Rambo and Terminator kind of shoot -em up we really hadn't ever seen this sort of every-man-against-the-armed-cartel plot before. It felt amazing.
Bruce Willis was already a TV-star when “Die Hard” was made. His breakout was in the romantic-comedy-mystery series “Moonlighting” (1985-89), which I always enjoyed very much. With that as a launching pad, Willis spent years in the mid- to late-1980s trying to parlay his television success into a career in feature films. He languished for years in forgettable rom-coms in which he was repeatedly called upon to reprise his “Moonlighting” TV-persona. But then, “Die Hard” came along. That film re-launched Willis’s career and catapulted him to true superstar status. And the rest, as they say, is history.
Great reaction like always, i love this classic Xmas movie no matter what people say, i have reasons The basic narrative situation of this movie is a man returning to his family for Christmas. His wife is called Holly. It takes place on Christmas Eve. Not Thanksgiving or the Fourth of July. It could have been set any week of the year, but wasn’t. The chief villain Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman) explicitly invokes the Christmas spirit: “It’s Christmas, Theo, it’s a time for miracles.” Gruber is a classic bad capitalist villain: he’s there to steal money. Just as Old Man Potter does in It’s a Wonderful Life. Fun fact: The scene when Alan Rickman gets dropped out of the window, they had him up above an air bag, and they said "we'll count to three and drop you," but they dropped him on "2" so that look of surprise on his face is genuine. Keep up the amazing work and “Yippee Ki Yay” lol
Thanks Steph, great reaction - certainly my family's go-to Chistmas movie.
I'm with you on skipping work Christmas parties where ever possible!
In my opinion, this is Bruce's breakout role and responsible for contributing to his heart throb status; although the sequel (released two years later) does too and I feel like they lean into that a little more in the sequel.
The franchise is 5 films with the first three, for me, being the highlights.
Thanks again and happy holidays!
Right? Who needs Christmas parties lol
Oooh 5 films! I’m looking forward to that already 👏🏻
Thank you for watching! Much appreciated :)
Hey Steph, the amazing this about this movie is that this is one of the first flicks that placed the hero as everyday man with great skills. -------- He's not Buff and ripped like Schwarzenegger or Stallone. ------ He a regular guy in a crazy situation and he has to get it done, with no help, no shoes and no friends except for Carl and Argyle. -------- All in an effort to get back to his wifey and babies. -------- Makes us think we could all be heros when our family/s in danger.
Yep. If and when the time comes we all we hope we would rise to the occasion.
John's brawl with the tall, blonde terrorist who arrived after the fire alarm was called off, was way intense! Actually bashing each other's heads into drywall, hahahaha DAMNNNNNN
Great reaction! This is my favorite Christmas movie. I think this movie was the Genesis of the "every man in the wrong place at the wrong time" type of movie. Before this action stars were the big hulky special forces kind of guys. Bruce Willis brought humor and everyday real reactions to the situation and made the movie a lot more relatable. Die Hard 2, 3, and 4 are great as well however 5 is not recommended. Keep up the great work!
Hey Steph, Make sure to watch “Die Hard 2: Die Harder.” "Die hard with a vengence". ------ DIE HARD TO THE MAX. -------- DIE HARD TILL YOU MOMMA COMES HOME.(just joking about those last 2 titles). It Does keep getting better and better. No seriously this series of movies is amazing. Stop at Die Hard 4 (Live FRee Die HArD). -------- We know how much you love the Bourne series.
Merry Christmas Steph, you chose one of my favorite Christmas movies, Yea Ellis was an asshole for giving out John’s name like that, but however he did not snitch on Holly, I think it’s because he knew she was going under her maiden name Holly Genero and not McClain, Her picture and that News Guy that made you mad gave her away to Hans. Beautiful reactions when McClain and Powel meet, and also this was Alan Rickman’s first movie and Willis first action movie and it sky rocketed their careers in Hollywood. 🎅🏻🎄
So glad you enjoyed the movie as much as you did! The sequel Die Harder is fun but personally my favorite sequel is number 3, Die Hard With A Vengeance.
DIE HARD 3 baby alll day long. I love love love that flick. So clever.They really took it to the nect level on that one for sure. I also like Die Hard 4 but not as much as Die Hard 3 and 1. -------- I know she'll get to it for sure.
Seriously? "Die hard with a vengeance" is pitifully awful. I hate it with a passion, because I have never been so disappointed with a movie I had been anticipating so eagerly. It pissed all over what was so great about the two previous masterpieces.
@@erikthompson619 I agree, 1 and 2 for me, the rest is awful
This is one of the best action movies I ever watched! And yes I consider Die Hard a Christmas movie.
Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁🎅🏻
Thank you for this reaction Steph.
One of my new go to reactors on the platform great ride and looking for more.
This was the first movie role for Bruce Willis. Before they got to him, they'd already been turned down by Sylvester Stallone, Richard Gere, Clint Eastwood, Harrison Ford, Burt Reynolds, Nick Nolte, Mel Gibson, Don Johnson, Richard Dean Anderson, Paul Newman, James Caan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Al Pacino. The deputy captain of police you recognized was also in "Trading Places."
This movie is Bruce Willis’s most iconic role
This was after Bruce had been a big hit on the show "Moonlighting". He was well known but this made him a star. This was Alan Rickman's first movie. In America at least. Awesome reaction!
classic :) I grew up on these movies. They get a little ridiculous, but im here for them haha.
My second video of yours that I’ve seen, after Good Will Hunting, And man… Your reactions are so satisfying. Honest, funny, insightful, everything that you could possibly want from a reaction channel. Bravo!
Thank you so much! I’m glad you’re enjoying my videos :)
Great reaction. One of my favorite Christmas movies.
Firearms as portrayed by Hollywood are often not realistic in function.
True, but at least in this film the H&K MP-5 machine gun and the Beretta pistol he has both use the same ammo (9mm) and he can use it in both guns.
So, prior to this Bruce Willis was a "heartthrob" on a TV series called Moonlighting. This role made him the "action star" that he was known as thereafter, but it also changed the landscape for action movies because the hero was an "everyman" character who got actually hurt and relies on his street-smart to save the day. For more amazing Bruce Willis movies, PLEASE react to: The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, Armageddon, The Siege, Tears of the Sun, Moonrise Kingdom, The 5th Element, 12 Monkeys, The Whole Nine yards, Looper, Pulp Fiction. Those are about the ones he's most beloved for.
5:37 "is that Alan Rickman?" 😮😀
This is one of my all time favorite Bruce Willis Films. This came out in 1988! Well done love your Reaction to this Film. Theres Five of These. Die Hard 2 Die Hard With A Vengeance (3) Live Free or Die Hard (4) and Its A Good Day To Die Hard (5).
24:50 "Oh, is this the dynamite?"
No, C-4, a it's plastic explosive.
Dynamite is set off by flame or heat.
Plastic explosive like C-4 is much harder to accidentally detonate; it requires special detonators set off by electricity.
They are about equally explosive, so a pound of dynamite makes about the same explosion as a pound of C-4.
The big advantage of C-4 is that it is very stable and hard to accidentally set it off, and because it is a lot like clay, it can be molded and shaped for specialized blasting.
Loved the reaction Steph. One of the greatest action films of all time, Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman (RIP) are both phenomenal. 🙏
Bruce was considered a comedic actor from his stint on "Moonlight". Die Hard was a huge break and made him into an action star.
His list on great movies is long.
Armageddon
The sixth sense
Unbreakable
The Siege
The Fifth Element
The Expendables 1 & 2
Red
Hart's War
Pulp Fiction
12 Monkeys
The Last Boy Scout
Tears of the Sun
Look who's talking.
Just to name a few.
There are 5 "Die Hard" movies.
this was alan rickman's first movie role
I had no idea! Wow that’s quite a start to a career 👏🏻
35:32-35:33 adorable reaction and laugh-love it! 😍🥰😆✌ I always enjoy that line from him, too!
This movie helped launch Willis' movie career. He was already a "heart throb" with the TV series Moonlighting which is how he became a household name.
Okay to answer your question the submachine gun that John McClain uses is called a Heckler & Koch MP5. Standard it holds around 15 to 30 rounds. But some versions can hold around 50 to 100 rounds. Also I ❤your smile😊
Though I am not a fan of Die Harder (#2), Die Hard With A Vengeance (#3) is my fave. I hope you will watch to #4 (Live Free or Die Hard) as you will love the villain and sidekick. 5 can be skipped.
The studio didn't even want Bruce Willis when he was cast, they didn't see him as a bankable action star because, at that point, all we had were the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone and Chuck Norris who were larger than life tough guys.
Bruce wasn't even on the poster for 'Die Hard' at first. He made this film during a hiatus from 'Moonlighting' and much to everyone's surprise he instantly became an action star when the film became an enormous hit. This is the film that catapulted him to stardom, he had already done a Blake Edwards comedy called 'Blind Date' which didn't do all that well at the box office, but yeah he struck gold with 'Die Hard'.
I like how a 10 lb fire hose spool seems to have more pulling power than a 150 lb man.
It’s that movie magic of course 😂
You know how on the Trading Places video I said its ok not to like something? Yeah, that doesn't apply to Die Hard lol. Glad you liked it, its the best Christmas movie for a reason.
😂 and that’s totally valid! I really loved it. I had a big conversation with my dad about it 😊
@@cinemawithsteph The guy you recognized from Breakfast Club in this was also in Trading Places. I feel the same way about Trading Places as well; I appreciate that its a great 80s movie but its not my thing either. This film is on every Christmas, and i think Bruce Willis was my first grown man crush; I was about twelve!
Would you say that this is a Christmas movie? That is the #1 question. I feel this is the BEST Christmas movie. Glad you enjoyed it.
He was a heartthrob type BEFORE. He was in a TV series called Moonlighting with Cybil Shepherd. That dynamic was where the heartthrob moments. BUT, this film made it WORLDwide.
I hope you are going to watch the sequel, too. There are 5 or 6 movies total. His character is Hard to Die (get it).
When the trailer came out for this back in '88 people laughed at the thought of Bruce Willis as an action star because he just played a funny character in Moonlighting on network TV. This was one of his first movies. He had a Romantic Comedy like a year earlier that bombed. I'll admit, I also thought this would bomb because Bruce Willis was not a movie star let alone a tough guy. No one ever looked at him as an action star. This made his career as a movie star.
Great reaction, i love die hard reactions at Christmas time since im firmly on thr side of it being a Christmas film, unconventional maybe but still a Christmas film.
In terms of "What would they really do?" the answer is information. The answer is always information. In every single police or military operation, 99% of the success is the information they have before going in. So you were right.
If this were real, they would be doing everyting they could to find out how many people were in there, who they might be, what is in the building that they could want, what points of entry are vulnerable, etc. For hours and hours all they would be doing is gathering information. Swat will spend hours before trying to breach against one person with one hostage in some cases. So basically, the exact opposite of the movie.
But yeah, it's just a movie. A great one at that.
Movie magic trumps reality lol. But that’s interesting. You think they would’ve taken Powell more seriously though. Like you said though, it’s a movie
Aww, I loved this reaction. I found you from your Reacher watch-through and I was sold from the beginning. Can't wait for whatever is coming next, Steph. Especially the next Reacher installment. Keep it goin' and Yippee ki-yay, mother... no no... not that. Hmm? wonderful lady? Better, haha.
Love you're reactions,I hope ya'll do Lethal Weapon with, Mel Gibson and Danny Glover next
If you're doing Christmas movies please do,It's a Wonderful Life
Love the red lipstick, your right the Fire Dept will keep coming!At least we did in Houston!🥰
This was such an important movie to the action genre. ------ You have to understand that at the time, guys like Bruce Willis were not action heroes. And the film was ripped off many many times. Diehard on a bus... SPEED. Diehard on a boat... UNDER SEIGE. Diehard on a plane... PASSENGER 57. Diehard on a mountain... CLIFFHANGER. Supremely influential film
One of the best reactions I've seen to this movie!
"The introvert in you". Just wanted to say you are a person that a great number of people would enjoy getting to know. You seem to be a real sweetheart. Just had to say.
You and your always angling for the Romance ha ha its funny and cute.
👏Bravo Steph, You Enjoyed this one so much that I think it might be Your Best Reaction yet! 💝👍
Thanks so much Tom!
Do react to "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946) starring James stewart for Christmas👍🏼
I don’t think I’ll be able to get to it this month, but it’s on my list!
There are three more die hards, just found your channel today great enthusiasm.
It's not xmas until Hans Gruber falls from the Nakatomi Plaza. This has long been my xmas eve movie watch, such a great movie for all the right reasons
Alright Steph!! 👍👍👍Great reaction!! Die Hard... The quintessential Christmas movie. 😉
Actually Die Hard 2 is another Christmas action movie. You may want to consdier Die Hard 2 as your next movie reaction.
Die Hard is a very good Christmas movie
13:50 "What would be the negative to having a cop there?"
In some real world hostage situations, when a cop interferes in any way, the bad guys shoot some hostages.
A good way to be a dead hostage is to have cops acting like superheroes.
Yeah, if it works, maybe the cops win and save everybody.
But when it doesn't, hostages are sometimes killed to send a message that the cops need to back off.
Great reaction. 😊👏 Merry Christmas.
I always like to go to the office party to see who will self destruct.
I’m kind of here for that 😂
How can you start Die Hard knowing NOTHING of it? Are you supposed to like movies? How do you reactors work? So fascinating.
Bruce Willis before Die Hard was a TV actor who was the Lead in the TV show Moonlighting. Die Hard put him on the Map to movie star status.
The next 3 Die Hards are good and entertaining, The 5th not so much.
The Best of Bruce....
Die Hard 1-4
Pulp Fiction
The 5th Element
The Sixth Sense
Unbreakable
Look Whos Talking (He's the Voice of the baby)
The Last Boy Scout
Armageddon
The Whole Nine Yards
Sin City
Lucky Number Slevin
16 Blocks
Planet Terror
Red
The Expendables 2 (He's in the 1st for one scene but the 2nd is a much better film and he's in it more)
Looper
First Kill
Motherless Brooklyn
The only thing Willis had really done at this point was the detective-comedy series 'Moonlighting'. Yes, this movie pushed him into stardom.
It's not Christmas until the Gruber drops! LOL
Nice reaction as always :)
I really hope you'll react to die hard 2 & 3 (die hard 2 is also a christmas movie).
And I also wanted to suggest you those movies (if you've never seen them before of course ^^) :
- "Child's play" from 1998 (another horror classic)
- the indiana jones trilogy
- the matrix trilogy
- all the james bond/007 movies : from Dr No (1962) with Sean Connery to "No time to die" (2021)
Gas was 74 cents/gallon in this movie (you see it when Al leaves the gas station) and that's in LA.
Outstanding :) Thank you for sharing!
Love your reaction to this legendary action masterpiece! Can't wait for your next reactions :)
I hope you will go thru all 5 of diehards :)
In my humble opinion it's not a Christmas movie. It's a Christmas themed movie !
🎅🌲The ultimate Christmas movie.
This movie put Bruce Willis on the Mount Rushmore of action stars right up there with Arnold and Stallone. And it's also one of the best Christmas movies of all time. Yes DieHard is a Christmas movie and not a movie that takes place on Christmas
This movie was the beginning of moving away from big muscular Schwarzenegger type and produced the Everyman hero type. It was a huge change in the action genre.
25:20 "Would it do that much damage?"
That was very little damage. Bright flash and broken glass and not much more.
Think about this BUT NEVER DO IT:
Hold your hand out flat and put a firecracker on your flat palm; Light the fuse. BANG! Your palm might get burned a little, but you'll be OK.
Now get another firecracker but hold it in your closed fist and light the fuse. BANG! Your skin and muscle are ripped open by the blast, your bones are broken and you might lose fingers.
What's the difference?
When you contain the blast (closed fist), the rapidly expanding explosion needs to go THROUGH the container (your hand) which causes massive damage.
When the blast can just expand into empty air (your open palm), it will, and anything nearby is comparatively safe since pretty much all the blast goes the other way.
This explosion in the movie all goes out through the fragile glass windows so it does almost no damage to the walls and absolutely no damage to the structure.
"Right now I'm thinking about the structural stability of the building. That was a risk to take."
Actually, it's just fine. Just needs a few screen doors...
Seriously though:
in 1993, a bomb much, much, MUCH bigger (1,310 pounds of explosive) was detonated in the World Trade Center.
That gigantic blast blew up a bunch of concrete and knocked out windows of many nearby buildings.
Furthermore, much of the blast was contained inside the concrete structure which made it so the only way the blast could expand was to blow the building apart.
As for the building's structure, it was fine. One structural beam was damaged and had to be replaced.
The repairs were completed in 20 days and the building was back in business like nothing had happened.
Compared to this explosion?
2 pounds of c4 and a half dozen unfired rockets, with 98% of the explosion going out the windows?
Well, if that giant bomb couldn't bring down one of the heaviest, most massive buildings ever built, then this comparatively tiny explosion here never had a chance to hurt this building.