Annual Xmas movie argument has started, help me settle it once and for all!

[PyongyangKipperbang]

YANBU - Die Hard is an action movie that happens to be set at Xmas therefore does not count as a xmas movie

YABU - Die Hard is obviously a Xmas movie!

Every single year me, my ex, all the kids and my DSis and BIL all argue (good naturedly) about this!

It's a Christmas movie, just like Home Alone is a Christmas movie. It just lacks that Hallmark vibe of women in fluffy jumpers nibbling on candy canes and fir-tree-shaped iced cookies. Which is not a bad thing.

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It is, in fact, the only Christmas film worth watching.

Is Jesus not an action hero who fights against Satan? 😀

Well as a die hard (ha!) fan of Andy Hamiltons Old Harrys Game, I would disagree with that too!

I'll just leave this here...

It’s in the Disney+ montage of Christmas movies they are promoting. If the studio calls it a Christmas movie, I think you have to concede the point, @PyongyangKipperbang

Christmas is essential to the plot. John has only flown (he hates flying) so he can see his kids for Christmas; he and Holly are estranged.

He attends the Christmas party. The reason the heist happens is because the head of Nakatomi is there for the party, and they will have loads of hostages in an otherwise empty building.

John goes through trials and tribulations to reunite his family in time for Christmas.

Clearly a Christmas movie, just an unconventional one.

I love Die Hard and it is clearly a Christmas movie. The time of year is integral to the plot and tone of the film.

Nope, not a Christmas movie. I will die on that hill with you OP 🤣

I hadn't ever thought this but you are absolutely right!

Yabu. It's not just a Christmas movie, it's THE Christmas movie!

Tbh I think you (and nearly everyone else pm this thread) are mostly and unforgivably unreasonable by calling them bloody movies!
It's FILM. Thankyouverymuch

I’ll happily watch Alan Rickman any time of year. So yes, it’s a Christmas movie.

YES! I never call them movies, they're films.

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Think she means Hans

But what about "the holiday". People love that movie and call it a Christmas movie, but it's not about Christmas at all. It's about a house swap.🤷‍♀️

“When Alexander saw the breadth of his domain he wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer”

So many Xmas films are shite.

Let us have a good one!!!

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It's a total Xmas film and yet absolutely not.

We have the same argument here. I’m adamant that it’s a Christmas movie, dh is equally adamant it’s not 🤣

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I knew as soon as I read the thread title that it would be Die Hard-related.

Won’t watch it whatever so doesn’t matter for us. It’s an ok film but that’s all.

It is a Christmas film & has to be watched after ‘Love Actually’ so it explains why Alan Rickman had to fall of the tower - poor Emma Thompson 😢

Christmas is about Jesus coming to Earth to save humanity from itself. Has more in common with Die Hard than Home Alone.

Die Hard was used as an example in a presentation on data analysis of open text, and used survey questions as an example

The types of questions went along the way of “Is X a Y?” with yes/no followed by “Why did you give that answer?” as open text

(there was also a correlation between people who think that Die Hard is not a Christmas film and find that pineapple on pizza is acceptable)

Responses on why Die Hard IS a Christmas film had more reasoning then the NOs.
Such as the screenshot below, with both explicit Christmas references due to the timing & Xmas party and reasoned responses on common Christmas film themes, and the no argument coming down to “it’s an action film”

But the argument of yes/no is a good marketing piece for the Die Hard franchise by sparking conversation and keeping awareness going
Different people have different concepts of what a Christmas film is - it could be explicit Christmas content, general family themes such as the blue highlight, easy going general family friendly, or nostalgic / family tradition of what was always watched at Christmas