Yippee Kay Yay

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.net
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    4 hours ago

    My dad was arguing that it wasn’t because being set at Christmas isn’t enough, and said a bunch of things typical of a Christmas movie to have; while I countered with a list of things that happen in Die Hard that met his criteria.

    “Someone needs to receive a gift.”

    “McClane was gifted a machine gun.”

    “There needs to be a miracle.”

    “It’s a miracle John survived.”

    “It needs to capture the feeling of Christmas.”

    “Have you never spent time with your relatives at Christmas? It feels just like being held hostage at Nakatomi Plaza.”

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    5 hours ago

    I think its important to establish why it’s a Christmas movie. I consider it one not just because it’s Christmas time in the movie but because it’s heavily Christmas themed the entire movie. For this exact same reason I think other movies also fall into this category like gremlins and terrifier 3.

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    8 hours ago

    There are 2 kinds of people, those who say die hard is a Christmas movie, and those who are wrong.

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    6 hours ago

    If the only thing a Christmas movie takes is being set on or around Christmas, Batman Returns and Eyes Wide Shut are Christmas movies. Oppenheimer has a Christmas scene, is that a Christmas movie too? Clearly there’s a line somewhere.

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      4 hours ago

      That’s not the only reason, it literally is about a family man trying to reconcile with his family for Xmas, there’s a Grinch trying to ruin the party, a Xmas miracle, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. It’s Christmas Theo.

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    8 hours ago

    …melon farmer.

    heck yeah, it’s a christmas film. the whole thing is based around a christmas party and is all about love

    • GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      4 hours ago

      Yes, it is.

      I used to think it was just a movie that happened during Christmas, but it wasn’t a Christmas movie. I changed my mind when it was pointed out that the movie wouldn’t have happened if it wasn’t Christmas. He was visiting his family for Christmas. It’s not a typical Christmas movie, but it is a Christmas movie.

      My $.02

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    8 hours ago

    Every scene in this movie is a work of art. It’s so rare for a movie to check as many boxes as this one does so perfectly. it has humor, a love story, action, Alan Rickman, a heist, and most of all Christmas!

    Happy holidays everyone! Hoping you can all get together and have a few laughs with your loved ones.