{"id":11917,"date":"2018-12-20T13:48:29","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T19:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/?p=11917"},"modified":"2018-12-31T15:25:25","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T21:25:25","slug":"die-hard-christmas-adjacent-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/die-hard-christmas-adjacent-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Die Hard<\/em> and 9 more Christmas-adjacent movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Few holidays have as many movie options as Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>From <em>It\u2019s a Wonderful Life<\/em> to <em>A Christmas Story <\/em>to <em>Home Alone<\/em>, December 25 has long proven a popular setting for entertainment. It makes sense, too; the combination of family-centrism and focus on selflessness and harmony provides a feel-good atmosphere to pretty much anything that calls itself a Christmas movie.<\/p>\n<p>But those movies \u2014 and so many others \u2014 are explicitly <em>about<\/em> Christmas. There\u2019s also a hotly contested subcategory of motion pictures set <em>around<\/em> Christmas. The most popular of these is probably <em>Die Hard<\/em>, the classic action film being screened on <a href=\"http:\/\/majesticmadison.com\/event\/christmas-brew-n-view-die-hard-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dec. 22<\/a>\u00a0for a special holiday edition of the Majestic\u2019s Brew \u2019n View series.<\/p>\n<p>So which films could technically, if you squint real hard, count as Christmas movies? I\u2019m glad you asked.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 20px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"689\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7dw45dGMGNY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 10px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<h2>Lethal Weapon<\/h2>\n<p>There\u2019s something about setting an action movie on Christmas that\u2019s inherently interesting. It\u2019s such a wholesome, family-centric holiday that seeing it used as a backdrop for brutal violence is a shock to the senses \u2014 as it is in the zany <em>Lethal Weapon<\/em>. The 1987 genre classic, written by Shane Black, stars Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as a buddy cop odd couple going above and beyond to take down a drug cartel, and it includes a shootout at a Christmas tree farm. Clearly, something about the winter holiday seems to intrigue Shane Black, because Christmas is a recurring theme for him.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 30px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<h2>Kiss Kiss Bang Bang<\/h2>\n<p>Written and directed by Black, 2005\u2019s <em>Kiss Kiss Bang Bang<\/em> is a criminally underrated film. It is also, coincidentally, about criminals; it focuses on a good-natured petty crook who\u2019s down on his luck at Christmastime. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/madison-movies-back-to-school\/\"><em>Back to School<\/em><\/a>\u2019s Robert Downey Jr. plays Harry Lockhart, a small-time New York criminal who inadvertently goes Hollywood while running from the cops. Along the way, he becomes embroiled in a murder mystery with a gay private eye named, fittingly, \u201cGay Perry.\u201d This performance was widely seen as a comeback for the once-troubled Downey, and it would help him win the biggest role of his career.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 30px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<h2>Iron Man 3<\/h2>\n<p>For the rest of his life, Robert Downey Jr. will be Tony Stark. <em>Iron Man <\/em>redefined his career, turning him into one of the most famous movie stars in the world. Co-screenwriter Drew Pearce once said \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/why-iron-man-3-is-a-christmas-movie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">loneliness is heightened at Christmas<\/a>,\u201d and accordingly the third installment of the <em>Iron Man <\/em>franchise, released in 2013, is Tony Stark\u2019s dark night of the soul. The chief Avenger is dealing with some major PTSD after the events of <em>Avengers: Age of Ultron<\/em>, all set around the supposed most wonderful time of the year. That\u2019s certainly true of Tony Stark. And guess what? CO-WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY SHANE BLACK.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 20px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"689\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NUsggyFDiN8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 10px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<h2>Batman Returns<\/h2>\n<p>Marvel wasn\u2019t the first comic book giant to tackle the holidays. DC went there with Tim Burton in 1992 for the spectacularly extra sequel <em>Batman Returns<\/em>. In Michael Keaton\u2019s second and final outing as the Caped Crusader, Gotham is under siege from all fronts. Christopher Walken plays \u201cThe Santa Claus of Gotham,\u201d industrialist Max Schreck, who is actually grifting the city. In the sewers, Danny DeVito\u2019s legit disgusting Penguin is plotting his own takeover. And one of the film\u2019s biggest set pieces takes place around a giant Christmas tree downtown. It\u2019s among the most \u201980s films of the \u201990s.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 20px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"689\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hl3Y_MfDH3U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 10px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<h2>Gremlins<\/h2>\n<p>And now, one of the most \u201980s films of the \u201980s. Essentially, the plot of 1984\u2019s <em>Gremlins <\/em>is about a kid getting the best worst Christmas present ever. Billy Peltzer\u2019s dad went to a shop in Chinatown and got his son a \u201cmogwai,\u201d which literally translates to \u201cdevil\u201d in Cantonese. Billy names him Gizmo, and they become buds. But their town is soon overrun with other, more murderous mogwai, and only Billy and Gizmo can stop it. It\u2019s totally absurd, but that\u2019s also what makes it fun. And keep an eye out for Steven Spielberg\u2019s cameo as a guy riding a recumbent bicycle.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 30px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<h2>Hook<\/h2>\n<p>Directed by said recumbent bike enthusiast, <em>Hook <\/em>is another example of why the late Robin Williams is a national treasure. While on a family Christmas trip to London, his milquetoast lawyer character, Peter Banning, rediscovers his magical roots as Peter Pan and does battle with Dustin Hoffman\u2019s Captain Hook. An alternate title for this could have been <em>How Peter Pan Got His Groove Back<\/em>. While there isn\u2019t too much Christmas-y about it beyond the setting, the 1991 film deals with the importance of family, one of the most popular themes in holiday entertainment. Incidentally, it\u2019s the only movie on this list that was released in December.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 20px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"689\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H7rkBJRhYoM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 10px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<h2>Trading Places<\/h2>\n<p>Fair warning: <em>Trading Places<\/em> includes a blackface scene that has <em>not<\/em> aged well. But beyond that, this 1983 Christmastime-set comedy does a pretty solid, if naive, job of navigating class. As part of a sociopathic bet between two old Reagan-era capitalists \u2014 hotshot broker Dan Aykroyd and charming homeless dude Eddie Murphy \u2014 switch stations in life, forcing each to see how the other half lives. Plus, there\u2019s truly hilarious a scene where Aykroyd\u2019s character has a complete nervous breakdown while crashing his former company\u2019s Christmas party. While dressed as Santa Claus.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 30px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<h2>Less Than Zero<\/h2>\n<p>Ah yes, nothing says \u201cChristmas cheer\u201d like \u201cadaptation of a Bret Easton Ellis novel.\u201d <em>Less Than Zero<\/em>, a 1987 flick based on Ellis\u2019 literary debut, is a gonzo meditation on the moral failings of upper-class white America. When a college freshman (Brat Packer Andrew McCarthy) returns home to Los Angeles for the holidays, he finds that the lives of his old friends have fallen apart. For example, best buddy Robert Downey Jr. (his third entry on this list!) is working as a prostitute to pay off his drug debt. Actually, when you think about, coming home for Christmas and finding everything irreversibly fucked is pretty on-brand.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 30px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<h2>Eyes Wide Shut<\/h2>\n<p><em>Eyes Wide Shut<\/em> opens to its two leads, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, attending a Christmas party that\u2019s actually a freaky orgy for rich people. It only gets weirder from there. I\u2019m not sure I could tell you what the plot is, other than it\u2019s a psychosexual drama that\u2019s also Stanley Kubrick\u2019s last film (he died in 1999, shortly after showing the final cut to studio execs). It\u2019s also kind of a mess, but it begins and ends with holiday-themed scenes, making it a sort of strange present: a bizarre piece of arthouse erotica in Christmas wrapping.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 20px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"689\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4Wi28Vsi_ZU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 10px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<h2>Die Hard<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/arts-entertainment\/2018\/12\/20\/die-hard-isnt-just-christmas-movie-its-best-ever-according-th-century-fox\/?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.19dd7c0110e1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">An intense debate<\/a> has raged for some time now about whether <em>Die Hard <\/em> is a Christmas movie. Bruce Willis, who stars as ex-cop John McClane in the 1988 action classic, says no. Twentieth Century Fox, however, says yes, and has now doubled down with a recut trailer that proclaims their 1988 film to be \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4Wi28Vsi_ZU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the greatest Christmas story ever told<\/a>.\u201d You probably know the plot: terrorists take over a Christmas party at Nakatomi Plaza, and when McClane\u2019s estranged wife is trapped inside, he literally walks across broken glass to save her. Bad guys get shot, shit blows up, and a corpse is dressed up in a Santa hat and sweater that says \u201cnow I have a machine gun, ho-ho-ho\u201d in blood. Merry Christmas and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YfpDSNNgYhI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">yippee-ki-yay motherfuckers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Die Hard will screen at the Majestic Theatre on <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/majesticmadison.com\/event\/christmas-brew-n-view-die-hard-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Saturday, Dec. 22<\/em><\/a><em> at 7 p.m.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Few holidays have as many movie options as Christmas. 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