Dec 25 2008
MERRY CHRISTMAS! 1ST FILM OF CHRISTMAS
CHRISTMAS! THE FIRST FILM OF CHRISTMAS
MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!
Merry Christmas everybody, I hope everybody appreciates everything that is given to them and treat each other fairly and peace is spread throughout the globe. Having said that I know you have anticipated my last and favorite Christmas movie of all time.
So while you are opening your presents, spending time with your family just know that I’ll be watching this film on Christmas, and no, this isn’t a joke
DIE HARD
What a better way to bring in Christmas day by watching twelve terrorists seize the forty story “Naktomi” building and have one foul mouth cop try and save the day. This film is a classic in my mind, not only for action movies, but also as a Christmas movie. This film actually brings back watching this film as a young lad (My parents actually let me watch the film, they didn’t know it was rated “R” at the time). The film, which made Bruce Willis an overnight star and spawned three sequels, is probably the best action film on the 80’s. With great lines that guys can quote over and over, awesome performances by Bonnie Bedeila, Paul Gleason, Reginald VanJohnson, William Atherton, Alexander Godunov, and Hart Bochner and of course in his debut Mister Alan Rickman. This film also has one of the most memorable endings that really defines the term character development. When the last badguy tries to kill Bruce Willis, the traffic cop who was tramatized by killing a kid, redeems himself by shooting the last bad guy. It’s so original and it’s well shot that it’s a scene that can be seen over and over again and see something different. A piece of trivia about that last scene, the music is actually a throwaway piece of music from ALIENS, so James Horner composed the last thirty seconds and Michael Kamen did the rest. So, yes I am going to drink some eggnog as Alan Rickman playing the ruthless Hans Gruber shoots a man in the head, Bruce Willis blows up half a building and jumps off the building while quoting his most famous obscenity “Yippy Kiiay Mother F-!”
Merry Christmas everybody.
