Sunday Poll: Is ‘Die Hard’ A Christmas Movie?
There are many films out that are undisputed Christmas classics. Esquire recently published a list of the top 40 Christmas movies, here’s their top 10:
- 10. A Christmas Carol, 1951
- 9. The Muppets Christmas Carol, 1992
- 8. Bad Santa, 2003
- 7. Miracle on 34th St., 1947
- 6. Scrooged, 1988
- 5. Home Alone, 1990
- 4. White Christmas, 1954
- 3. A Christmas Story, 1983
- 2. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, 1989
- 1. It’s a Wonderful Life, 1946
Further down the list is Meet Me In St. Louis, at #16:
Vincente Minnelli’s 1944 musical is comprised of vignettes set during a variety of seasons, but none are as famous as the one featuring star (and Minnelli’s future wife) Judy Garland singing “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” (Esquire)
You can watch Garland sing this here.
Today’s poll is about the movie at #25 on their list — Die Hard, 1988. Here’s an intro to the plot:
On Christmas Eve, NYPD detective John McClane arrives in Los Angeles, intending to reconcile with his estranged wife, Holly, at the Christmas party of her employer, the Nakatomi Corporation. McClane is driven to the party by Argyle, a limousine driver. While McClane changes clothes, the party is disrupted by the arrival of a German terrorist, Hans Gruber, and his team: computer hacker Theo, Karl and Tony Vreski, Franco, Alexander, Marco, Kristoff, Eddie, Uli, Heinrich, Fritz, and James. The group seizes the tower and secures those inside as hostages except for McClane, who slips away, and Argyle, who gets stranded in the garage. (Wikipedia)
And this is the trailer:
I can’t think of a movie that has been debated more about being a Christmas movie or not.
This poll will close at 8pm tonight.
— Steve Patterson