Die Hard is actually a Christmas movie, as much as a workable distinction exists.
Studies suggest that viewers do draw a delineation: 50% of British audiences believe that a movie set at Christmas is not inherently a Christmas movie. A YouGov survey in December 2017 suggested that 56% of Americans and 52% of Britons don’t believe that
Die Hard is a Christmas movie. The following year, a poll from Morning Consult and The Hollywood Reporter was even more definitive, suggesting 62% of Americans did not think of
Die Hard as a Christmas movie.
Of course, just because the majority believes something does not necessarily make it true. These surveys are all the product of a post-truth age, after all. There is plenty of anecdotal evidence to support the idea of
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He s been called the greatest action movie villain in Hollywood history: Alan Rickman s Hans Gruber, the meticulous mastermind behind the Christmas Eve Nakatomi Tower heist in 1988 s
Even though
Die Hard was the British actor s feature film debut, Rickman reportedly (and rather successfully) pushed writers Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza, producer Joel Silver, and director John McTiernan to reconceive the film s antagonist into a character that was more suave and urbane and less militaristic, in order to better suit his strengths. Their collective efforts aligned to generate a performance that many consider perfect: Every line delivery is ideal. Every physical gesture is just right. Even his beard is sublime. Viewed decades later, Rickman s performance remains admirable for to borrow Gruber s line The exactness, the attention to every conceivable detail.