While looking through the suggestions for holiday viewing, I noticed Die Hard here and was wondering that if Plex thinks so, shouldn’t that settle the matter once and for all?
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Nearly all platforms do.
There’s an actual data driven analysis that helps with its socially divisiveness, but seals the deal that it can be indeed categorized as a true Holiday/Christmas film. Personal opinion still remains subjective. The data doesn’t lie.
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Of course it is.
Lol. I just noticed that the second one is there as well. I’m gonna watch both of them tonight, as soon as we’re done with 8-bit Christmas
The second one is even more of a Christmas movie than the first. It takes place in an airport during the Christmas rush, I believe it ends with a Christmas song over the credits (that, or the first does, I can’t recall ATM…), the criminals hide… something?.. in Christmas gifts. etc.
I’d argue for 2 to be one, but not the first. That’s just my stance though…
Die Hard plays Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! over the closing credits.
I am surprised and pleased that this thread remained on topic and did not turn into squealing about “How dare Plex show a ‘Holiday Merrython’ on my dashboard? I DIDN’T ASK FOR THAT. How do I turn this OFF? I don’t want my KIDS to see this! Is PLEX dying?! I’M SWITCHING TO JELLYFIN WARGLEBARGLE”
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Haha, I’d read D_eight6’s article about Die Hard. It seems to me that the biggest “evidence” that it is a Christmas movie is that audiences believe it is, doing searches for it around Christmas time and including it on IMDB lists.
But the fact that none of that showed up for the movie before ~12 years ago (when the internet found a new thing to argue about) is what I (apparently) go by.
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My take is that it was the one exceptional movie that allowed the fellas to sit down and watch a film with actual ACTION in it. I mean, come on! It’s got thrill seeking stunts and suspense! All other films are fluffy. I think it’s warranted to see stuff get blown up.
That’s not showing very much holiday spirit, @JaysPlex. Coal for you.
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I’ve got most of those showing on mine as well. Muppet Treasure Island didn’t show, but Muppet Christmas Carol did. All the rest there showed up though.
It seems more to me that this category seems to encompass Thanksgiving as well, as one movie (Freebirds) is definitely based on thanksgiving.
@JaysPlex I have 3 of those, namely Spider-Man, Iron-Man 3, and Shazam!. We actually watched Shazam before Die Hard and there’s a scene in a mall with Santa, and Santa makes an appearance later again so there’s that.
I can’t recall how Spider-Man might have anything to do with Christmas so I’ll have to do a quick look. Iron Man 3 takes place around/at Christmas time although Christmas doesn’t play much into the plot.
The other 3 are not in my library so I don’t know how they factor.
