On the contrary, the Electoral College gave Trump the win. Hillary won the popular vote.The people also considered Trump to be a presidential candidate, so I pretty much don't give a fuck what the people think
what would it take to make it a Christmas movie
I raised my eyebrow at that ad. Espesically when the 8 year old says 'Yippie Kay Ay'. Like... ohhhhkay Dad. Maybe you shouldn't have already let him see this movie, but there's still a chance to course correct.According to the Xfinity ads I keep getting on YouTube, it's definitely a Christmas movie. And apparently a movie for 8-year-old kids too.
Jingle Bells isn't about Christmas. It doesn't mention Christmas, or Jesus, or Santa. It's a song set during winter.
Yet I don't think anyone would, with a straight face, say it isn't a Christmas song. Die Hard was purposefully set during Christmas as a writing decision. It doesn't 'just happen' to take place during the holidays. The book it is based on isn't set during Christmas. They consciously changed that.
Christmas movie.
ABC Family thinks the Harry Potter series are Christmas movies because they play them every year at Christmas time, but outside of a couple scenes that might take place at Christmas or in the snow, they're absolutely not Christmas movies.
I think the concept of Christmas film is broader than is normally appreciated. It can be a film specifically conceived or marketed as an entertainment for Christmas, or it can be a film of the type that people enjoy watching at Christmas. In the UK at least the biggest draws for television audiences at Christmas have long been action blockbusters such as Bond and Mission Impossible. Die Hard is a classic of that genre, and the Christmas setting doesn't hurt. It's just as much a Christmas film as Goldfinger.
I completely disagree. I don't doubt that people enjoy watching action blockbusters at Christmas, as I do myself, but to say that a Christmas film can be defined so broadly as to include any film of a type that people enjoy watching at Christmas, stretches the definition beyond it's breaking point. If everything can be a Christmas film, then the definition is basically meaningless.
Smoking is bad.
How many people smoke?
"The people" can be wrong.
.Near enough to 50% of Americans selected Dolan Trump as president.
I'm willing to say that the people don't get the last word on this one.
Why Die Hard is a Christmas movie:
There's more, but that's what sticks out to me.
- It takes place around Christmas
- The holiday event of Christmas plays a major role in the plot:
- The building is unoccupied because it's Christmas Eve
- The people in the building are there because they're at a Christmas party
- John is coming out to LA from New York to be with his estranged family because it's Christmas
- John grumbles about being in LA during Christmas, as it doesn't feel right to be in warm weather without snow
- Christmas plays into critical scenes in the movie
- John uses gift wrap to attach guns to his body
- "Ho Ho Ho, Now I have a Machine Gun"
- Christmas music is played during key scenes
- It has just about every theme that other iconic Christmas movies have...
- Family reunification around the holidays (Home Alone, most other Christmas movies)
- Characters showing growth and changing due to extra-ordinary events (It's a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Carol)
- Like all great Christmas movies, rifles play important roles in advancing the plot (A Christmas Story, Die Hard)
- The music finishes with a Christmas song playing, and the ashes of exploded bonds/paper (or whatever it is) falls on top of the characters as the movie fades out ... a throwback to John grumbling earlier in the movie about being in LA on Christmas, instead of cold weather
There are other movies that follow a similar trend and are considered Christmas movies. It's a Wonderful Life has less to do with Christmas than Die Hard, but the general consensus is that It's a Wonderful Life is a Christmas movie. It's more or less an accident that It's a Wonderful Life takes place during Christmas, while the Die Hard plot would be impossible without Christmas.
Now, if watching Die Hard is a Christmas tradition for you, that's different. Any movie can be that. But that doesn't make it a Christmas movie.
This is the best post that has ever been made on this website.Near enough to 50% of Americans selected Dolan Trump as president.
I'm willing to say that the people don't get the last word on this one.
Why Die Hard is a Christmas movie:
There's more, but that's what sticks out to me.
- It takes place around Christmas
- The holiday event of Christmas plays a major role in the plot:
- The building is unoccupied because it's Christmas Eve
- The people in the building are there because they're at a Christmas party
- John is coming out to LA from New York to be with his estranged family because it's Christmas
- John grumbles about being in LA during Christmas, as it doesn't feel right to be in warm weather without snow
- Christmas plays into critical scenes in the movie
- John uses gift wrap to attach guns to his body
- "Ho Ho Ho, Now I have a Machine Gun"
- Christmas music is played during key scenes
- It has just about every theme that other iconic Christmas movies have...
- Family reunification around the holidays (Home Alone, most other Christmas movies)
- Characters showing growth and changing due to extra-ordinary events (It's a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Carol)
- Like all great Christmas movies, rifles play important roles in advancing the plot (A Christmas Story, Die Hard)
- The music finishes with a Christmas song playing, and the ashes of exploded bonds/paper (or whatever it is) falls on top of the characters as the movie fades out ... a throwback to John grumbling earlier in the movie about being in LA on Christmas, instead of cold weather
There are other movies that follow a similar trend and are considered Christmas movies. It's a Wonderful Life has less to do with Christmas than Die Hard, but the general consensus is that It's a Wonderful Life is a Christmas movie. It's more or less an accident that It's a Wonderful Life takes place during Christmas, while the Die Hard plot would be impossible without Christmas.
The people also considered Trump to be a presidential candidate, so I pretty much don't give a fuck what the people think