Do you know what the best Christmas movie of all time is? If you answered It's a Wonderful Life,How the Grinch Stole Christmas, or even Bad Santa, you could have a point. But you would only be able to make a semi-valid point if you are one of the unfortunate many who have not seen Die Hard.
Let's get something out of the way right off the bat....Die Hard is by no means a cinematic, Academy Award-winning masterpiece, at least not in the way that Citizen Cane or The Hurt Locker or any other of those movies you wouldn't have seen if they hadn't won some kind of award (be honest with yourself!). Although the people who made the aforementioned movies were highly critically-acclaimed for their artistic merit and whatnot, aren't some movies just meant to be guilty pleasures? My answer is yes, and since I'm the only one who can edit this post, I'm sticking with it.
Die Hard begins in a way a bit different from your typical 80's action movie. John McClain (Bruce Willis) flies into an airport and gets on a limo and goes to see his wife and goes to an office Christmas party at some huge tower that just begs to be blown up and infiltrated and stuff, etcetera etcetera. The most exciting part is a mild argument between McClain and his wife...woo hoo. But then, the bad guy, Hans (Professor Snape from the Harry Potter movies), comes in with his gang of German terrorists who look like they're from an 80's power metal band and take hostages in order to acquire the millions of dollars in the building's very secure vault. So, ex-cop McClain sneaks throughout the building, enlists the help of a down-on-his-luck cop on the outside, and the ninety-plus minutes remaining are absolutely amazing. The humor is dark, the action scenes intense, and the plot...no one really cares. If you're watching a movie for the plot, this won't be your cup of tea.
If you enjoy action movies at all, you absolutely have to see this movie. If you call yourself an action movie fan and you haven't seen it yet, shame on you.
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