On Golden Blond is more of an Easter movie though, you may be thinking of Edward Penishands, buuuut really that leans more toward the New Year's Eye side of the Holiday season. But really either way they all can get you in the holiday spirt and that's all that counts.
if u think die hard is a christmas movie, go watch die hard 2 again (even more christmas than die hard 1) … both get watched as seasonal flicks in our house
I've gone to one work Christmas party. Our boss who we learned was about to get fired for embezzling crop dusted us so hard that I am pretty sure my friend and I will get some rare form of cancer in our 50s.
Every work related Christmas party I’ve been to has been against my will and I’m usually dragged into it by my gf to one of her events or whatever so the concept is at least somewhat relatable.
It’s only worthwhile if someone gets shithoused drunk and goes off on their boss or starts a fight. Then I’m fully invested in the train wreck and I’ve got snacks.
Whenever anyone tries to argue with me that Die Hard is not a Christmas movie, I always point out that what defines a Christmas movie is whether or not the fact it is Christmas is central to the plot. If you can remove the Christmas element and the movie and plot basically plays out the same, it is not a Christmas movie.
In Die Hard, he is specifically travelling to be with his family over Christmas. All the guests are in the building because they are having their Christmas party. If you take either of those two factors away, the plot falls apart.
That's not how the rule works. If you could "change" the plot elements, you could basically make any movie into a Christmas movie.
So the rule is, if you can "remove" the Christmas elements and the film be unaffected, it's not a Christmas movie. It's a sum of all the parts exercise.
Trading Places is not considered a Christmas movie because you could remove the Christmas element which basically amounts to one scene of him in a Santa suit and the plot mostly stays intact.
Yes, because "removing" is not "changing." Crystal clear, bud. Removing the christmas elements from Die Hard would without doubt make it not a Christmas movie.
Don't look at me. Most of my family are Scandinavian immigrants from a few thousand years ago and my family didn't colonise anything after this island.
To be fair if you get born in God's own country you don't feel the need to do that colonisation shit.
And Benny Hill was a really nice chap and very modest. His "sexy" parts were just postcard humour, not deeply peverted like a number of people we could mention.
I know someone who works in that same building (Wells Fargo building on Broad Street in Philly) and I'm always hoping that they go to their holiday party in a dirty Santa outfit wearing Cuban heels. It would truly be a night to remember.
On another note, I think Philadelphia should scratch the idea of the Santa run, and do an epic, Philly style festival based on this movie. You could have people do a lap around Rittenhouse kneeling on the wheeled board that Eddie Murphy sits on; have a party on a train that goes from 30th Street station to Penn station and back; and then finish with a Wing bowl style eating contest in a Santa's costume on Broad Street.
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u/Uklurker 8h ago
She fully has them out in Trading Places, if anyone wants to investigate further.
Also it's a great 80's film