I doubt we can all agree on how to rank the Die Hard movies (Correct Answer: 1. Die Hard, 2. With a Vengeance, 3. Die Harder, 4. Live Free or Die Hard) but I think we can all agree that if Die Hard isn't in someone's top three Christmas movies then you shouldn't be friends with them. Just a good rule to live by.
And now that all the "sh*tter's fulls" in the world can't un-marr what 21st century Chevy Chase has done to the lasting memory of Christmas Vacation, Die Hard is the undisputed #1 Christmas movie in my home according to me. It should be in yours as well.
So here's a fun twenty image reminder of why Die Hard is the best Christmas movie. At least until 5 comes along and ruins that for us as well. And yes, there are multiple girls in "Now I have a machine gun" shirts, the perfect pre-Christmas gift for that special lady in your life. Above via. Some NSFW-ishness to follow...
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Happy Trails Hans.
Every Christmas Eve my family has a tradition of now watching a marathon of the three greatest Christmas movies ever:
3. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
2. A Christmas Story
1. Die Hard
That’s a solid tradition right there.
Where’s Scrooged? I replaced National Lampoon’s with that flick after my loathing of Chevy Chase finally boiled over.
Surely Gremlins has got to be up there.
You need to add A Muppet Family Christmas in there.
Your 3 + Scrooged is what my family has done for years.
Damn I love all you bros.
I’m not the guy that just got buttfucked on national TV!
Get’s me every time.
FUCK! *gets*
I just came from gif overload awesomeness.
Who calls Die Hard 2 “Die Harder”?
It’s the actual name, Die Hard 2: Die Harder. I have the OG trilogy on VHS and it says it on the cover.
Ok, TomDanks, but even so, we should henceforth only rank three Die Hard movies. The original three. The Holey Trinity so to speak (that was a shooting pun). This Die Hard 4 shit can get right out.
I don’t dislike the fourth one as much as I should, but then again I’m an unrepenting Bruce Willis apologist.
Oh, and us cool kids call it Die Harder. And by cool kids I mean those of use that didn’t want type any more than we had to.
Actually WE just call it DH2
You include 3?
This movie was my introduction to Christmas in Hollis, that alone makes it the best xmas movie and that’s not even taking into account this is one of the greatest action movies ever made.
Dear Santa, I would like a gif of Al Leong stealing the candy from the display case. Thanks.
Best. Fucking. Part.
Arglye! Cellular fucking phones
This one is with me
This must be the only terrorist with the same shoe size as my sister…
“Better than getting caught with your pants down.”
Q: “Glass? Who gives a sh*t about glass?”
A: You will Jon. You will.
“Sister Teresa called me Mr McClane in the third grade. My friends call me John. You’re neither shit head”
Asian Dawn Movement?
I read about it in Time Magazine.
you got the order wrong. die hard 2 is obviously the worst of the bunch, including the 4th one.
Die Hard 2 is good in that it’s not Die Hard 4.
i like Die Hard 4 quite a bit. Justin Long is annoying in it, but other than that it’s solid. can’t go wrong with Timothy Olyphant as the villain and bruce willis surfing on a jet.
My favorite piece of trivia for Die Hard is that to get that reaction, they dropped Alan Rickman one second early. It was supposed to be on three, but they released him (back when movies did physical stunts and not everything was goddamn CGI) on two.
HA-HA-HA
I suspect he dropped his ability to laugh into his shorts.
Not his sense of humor, of course.
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Maske, you are exactly correct on the order of the Die Hards in terms of quality.
Die Hard is not only the best Christmas movie ever made, it is also the best action movie ever made.
If Die Hard is #1, Lethal Weapon is #2..
Die Hard is a great movie, Christmas or otherwise, but Friday After Next should be in the top five, if not top 3.
Fuck, I forgot to buy gingerbread cookies.
I guess we are going need some more FBI guys
Don’t sleep on Lethal Weapon!
TV (It’s a Wonderful Life): “What day is it?”
Joshua (Mr. Gary Busey): “It’s god-damned Christmas.” shoots TV.
You guys are so incredibly wrong it’s not even funny. A Muppet Family Christmas, where the whole gang goes to a farm house in a winter snow storm, is BY FAR the best Christmas Movie. How does no one know this!?
Well for starters, it’s not a movie.
If you mean because it didn’t get a theatrical release then sure it’s not a movie and I will concede.
Muppet Family Christmas is still far superior to all other Christmas “things” (television specials, theatrically released movies, straight to dvd one-shots, etc).
Sounds to me like dissident didn’t watch out for that icy patch.
Claymation Rudolph or GTFO.
Clay.
Bill Clay.
“CHRIST, POWELL! HE COULD BE A FUCKING BARTENDER!”
I feel like I post this as a comment on every Die Hard post but I don’t care. This song gets me pumped for Die Hard: [www.youtube.com]
I would’ve loved to watch Die Hard this Christmas, but sadly, my parents are against watching movies when we get together so that we can actually spend time with each other. I’m definitely going to have a Die Hard marathon since I just found that I can stream all three through my DISH Hopper using my new Blockbuster @Home app. I knew I could watch a lot of movies through it, but I didn’t realize that they have over 100,000 titles I could stream until one of my coworkers at DISH pointed it out to me this morning. This definitely beats all the chitchat of yesterday!
My favorite part is when Hans Gruber pleads for his life with an American accent.