junglist31
Central Defender
It starts off with Xmas music but that's about it. It's sunny as fook all the time and it was released in March 87. Don't get it.
Lethal weapon a christmas film?
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NYMackem
Striker
It's sunny because it's set in LA. It takes place entirely in the lead up to Christmas, starts with Jingle Bell Rock and a bust in a Christmas tree pot, ends with the loopy Vietnam veteran having Christmas dinner at his partners house and stars Darlene Love, singer of the greatest ever Christmas song.
junglist31
Central Defender
But why release it in march?
Harry Gates
Midfield
The Long Kiss Goodnight, christmas film or not?
Lawrenceslongthrowin
Winger
Rambo has Xmas decorations in the scenes at police station at end
fyl2u
Striker
I mean, if it was filmed over the Christmas period, it makes sense it was ready by March.
What, do you think they should have just kept it in the bag ready to release for another 9 months or so just so that it could get a winter release?
superkev21
Goalkeeper
And his wife is called Holly in Die Hard...
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ivanthereasonable
Striker
Can't watch Gibson now that i know he's a religious nut. He can get xmassy f**ked.
junglist31
Central Defender
What's the point in the Xmas theme unless you're releasing it in winter time? Just make a normal film.
NYMackem
Striker
Another Christmassy element of Lethal Weapon. It's male lead is a massive Jesus fan.
ivanthereasonable
Striker
Yeah.
Edit. I can take most things in moderation, even the things i don't like.
Mags
Religion
Politicians.
But it's the extreme versions i cannot tolerate.
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Al Bundy
Striker
Good question. I’d say yes
NYMackem
Striker
I wouldn't rush to watch anything he made now, but films he made 20 years before he went crazy, I can separate the man from the art.
Also, Lethal Weapon 2 is probably the only film I can think of where the sequel is better than the original.
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Sidewinder2
Striker
I wouldn’t worry about it, Bruce Willis has categorically said Die Hard is not a Christmas movie yet some people still claim it is.
Harry Gates
Midfield
The director says it isn't.
NYMackem
Striker
Bruce Willis is not the boss of Die Hard. He's there to do the pretending. The meaning of the film is in the eye of the viewer. If a viewer wants to interpret it as a Christmas film (because again, it takes place at Christmas and Christmas is referenced in it several times), that's up to them.
junglist31
Central Defender
I watching lethal weapon 2 now. Its fookin rubbish.
Convicted criminal John McTiernan? I hardly think we should listen to him
