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Post by Hit Girl on Dec 11, 2021 23:59:32 GMT -5
Do the Asian Dawn celebrate Christmas?
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Dec 12, 2021 1:54:22 GMT -5
It wasn't back in the 80s much like every single Shane Black movie wasn't--- the time it's set is largely irrelevant to thr plot.
However, decades of "it's a Christmas movie" have kind of made it one just because so many people have latched onto it being one.
So I guess you'd say, as a movie from a structural standpoint no of course not.
But pop culturally now, yeah I guess.
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Post by Larryhausen on Dec 12, 2021 2:30:04 GMT -5
I don't give a flying crap if it's actually a Christmas movie or not.
But it's a Christmas Tradition for me and a lot of people.
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Post by Urethra Franklin on Dec 13, 2021 0:38:45 GMT -5
I watch it at Christmas the same way I watch Home Alone and Elf, but I see both arguments.
The movie takes place on Christmas Eve, so by that very fact, it is a Christmas movie in one sense.
But Christmas isn’t central to the plot in any real way. You could have made it a retirement party at the Nakatomi Plaza and nothing would be fundamentally different about the movie. So in that sense, it’s not a Christmas movie per se.
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Post by aka Cthulhu on Dec 13, 2021 2:46:57 GMT -5
It wasn't back in the 80s much like every single Shane Black movie wasn't--- the time it's set is largely irrelevant to thr plot. However, decades of "it's a Christmas movie" have kind of made it one just because so many people have latched onto it being one. So I guess you'd say, as a movie from a structural standpoint no of course not. But pop culturally now, yeah I guess. And what is Christmas anyway? In tropical climates like where I live, it's not like there's snow and fireplaces. In Japan, KFC had marketed to the point where their stuff is considered a meal in Christmas. So yeah, if a portion of pop culture considers it a Christmas movie, then it is. Even if it isn't, it's not like there's this mandatory requirement on what a Christmas thing should be. edit: ...in the end, that's a boring answer. So here's what I'll do. I'll say that Die Hard is a Christmas movie, and anyone who refutes me will be punished. Either by being called a Scrooge, the Grinch, a Krampus, or a lump of coal in their custom title. Also, an even more important question, is the Nightmare Before Christmas a Halloween movie, or a Christmas movie?
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Dec 13, 2021 7:04:41 GMT -5
It was a summer movie originally and it can easily be enjoyed in that fashion as well. I think Hans choosing Christmas Eve as a day when the authorities would be most off guard and ready to clock out weaves the holiday season into the plot somewhat, but I agree that since a lot of people tend to revisit it this time of year, one can just run with it. Sort of in the same vein where I’ll watch Nightmare Before Christmas both in October and December.
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Post by eJm on Dec 13, 2021 8:02:57 GMT -5
If I ever become ruler of the world somehow, after we get all nations of the world to be peaceful or at least tolerate each other, I’m going to go ahead and ban this debate from ever happening again.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Dec 13, 2021 8:08:14 GMT -5
If I ever become ruler of the world somehow, after we get all nations of the world to be peaceful or at least tolerate each other, I’m going to go ahead and ban this debate from ever happening again. As your Chief of Staff, we still have to wage the “Is Lee Marvin in Point Blank actually dead” wars afterwards.
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Post by Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill on Dec 13, 2021 13:04:01 GMT -5
Also, an even more important question, is the Nightmare Before Christmas a Halloween movie, or a Christmas movie? It's a movie you watch in November.
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