Ok, since our season is in the tank, lets move onto some serious business. Dec 26, 2017 one of cinemas great debates has become as much of a christmas tradition as putting up the stockings. The best definition of a christmas movie is a subjective one if it gets you in the spirit of the holidays and fills you with that warm and fuzzy feeling christmas movies are supposed to evoke, then it is a christmas movie. Art tavana december 20, 2016 what if i unironically told you that violently killing terrorists was the basis of our most pure. Dec 20, 2018 last year, uk pollsters yougov attempted to settle the perennial debate. While the idea of bruce williss sardonic, seenitall police officer john. The fact that its terrorists stalling john mcclane instead of a blizzard in chicago planes, trains and automobiles. Most of the movie isnt set during christmas or references christmas. It also features on best christmas lists by time out, and tops movie magazine empires list. According to the washington post, willis said in july. Dec 23, 2016 everyone celebrates christmas in their own, unique way, and itd be frankly ridiculous to say anybody doing it differently is wrong, be that what trimmings you have with your turkey if you even have turkey or how you define a christmas movie. They arent the only ones who have this very bad opinion. Dec, 2019 although it makes for a fairly macabre picture, it is nonetheless a reference to christmas.
Others though point out that it takes place on christmas, contains a couple of famous carols, and the characters make multiple references to the holiday like, its christmas. After all, its a thriller set against the backdrop of the. I contend that there are three distinct perspectives through which we can consider a movie. Some feel that because the events of the film occur on. It is the project that made bruce willis a superstar.
Bruce willis, who starred as john mcclane throughout the franchise, weighed in on the issue in 2018 during his roast on comedy central, saying. A yougov poll found 56 percent said the 1988 film isnt a christmas movie. Christmas horror films exist, and many of them dont have to do with christmas but provide lots of christmas imagery and references, id still call them christmas movies. I agree with him that if it takes place around christmas time it can be considered a christmas movie. Along with the tight pacing, the movie is filled with great oneliners that are still quoted by fans to this day. Ive debated with so many people about this and everyone has a different opinion. The discussion seems largely precipitated by the fact. The 12 best christmas movies that arent considered christmas. The star of the show, bruce willis has commented that he doesnt think its a christmas movie either. But its richard donners lethal weapon that arguably deserves more credit for combining the themes of. The packaging is different, and some years it hangs nowhere near the tree, but that makes it no less part of the tradition. Personally, i dont think a movie has to be about a holiday to be considered a movie to be watched during said holiday. And half of the internet considered the debate settled. Yes, its a christmas movie, because it affirms all the values of christmas, fleeger said.
Ad predictably, john mcclane himself snuffing out nostalgia blew up social media. While its a wonderful life is generally considered a christmas movie, id argue that its christmas adjacent. In 2012, ign listed it at the top spot on their list of the top 25 action movies. It has to be a christmas movie, its themed around christmas, includes christmas music, teaches a valuable lesson. Nice to get 69% off your first month of dropout code valid through 12312019 what do you want. The film is still considered as perhaps the greatest action film of all time. The film now plays in theaters around the country over the holidays. This debate pops up every year with my brother in law. With that in mind, its about time we focus a similar energy on christmas music. The argument goes on and on and on, occasionally delving deep into what a movie has to be in order to qualify as a christmas movie. While the idea of bruce williss sardonic, seenitall police officer john mcclane battling alan rickman as a hans gruberesque haman laying siege to the office purim party will make many movielovers. Others disagree, arguing that the movie, not being fundamentally about christmas, doesnt count.
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