I want to express my gratitude for your continuous sharing of award-worthy screenplays. Your dedication to the craft and assisting aspiring writers like me is truly valued. May you and your loved ones have a happy holiday season!
This Substack is a personal passion project, a mix of just weird art things I want to talk about and the resources and advice I wish I'd had access to when I was starting out. I'm always glad to hear they make a difference to anyone. Be safe and merry this holiday season, Robin!
It’s always curious about the Die Hard debate. The story happens the night of a Office Xmas party, there’s the Ho-Ho-Ho Now I have a machine gun line, and McClain uses tape from a wrapping paper dispenser for the final trick.
How can it not be deemed a Christmas movie with that many holiday elements?
But it also begs the question, if Reindeer Games was a massive hit, would it too be a Christmas movie?🤔
Yes, yes it would be. I don't know why anyone cares about shit like this. It's some sort of twisted tribalism over something utterly irrelevant. If people find joy in something, let them do it on their own terms. No one comes into your house, points a gun at you, and shouts, "It's a Christmas movie!" until you concede. Just put the movie on, watch it, and go to bed. But as for DIE HARD itself, it's obviously a Christmas film, everyone involved built Christmas into the story, and the soundtrack - more than anything else - tells you that was their intent. It's far more "Christmassy" than a lot of films we watch every holiday season, that's for sure.
I want to express my gratitude for your continuous sharing of award-worthy screenplays. Your dedication to the craft and assisting aspiring writers like me is truly valued. May you and your loved ones have a happy holiday season!
This Substack is a personal passion project, a mix of just weird art things I want to talk about and the resources and advice I wish I'd had access to when I was starting out. I'm always glad to hear they make a difference to anyone. Be safe and merry this holiday season, Robin!
Absolutely love when you send us screenplays to download
I'm glad they're of any help to you - enjoy!
It’s always curious about the Die Hard debate. The story happens the night of a Office Xmas party, there’s the Ho-Ho-Ho Now I have a machine gun line, and McClain uses tape from a wrapping paper dispenser for the final trick.
How can it not be deemed a Christmas movie with that many holiday elements?
But it also begs the question, if Reindeer Games was a massive hit, would it too be a Christmas movie?🤔
Yes, yes it would be. I don't know why anyone cares about shit like this. It's some sort of twisted tribalism over something utterly irrelevant. If people find joy in something, let them do it on their own terms. No one comes into your house, points a gun at you, and shouts, "It's a Christmas movie!" until you concede. Just put the movie on, watch it, and go to bed. But as for DIE HARD itself, it's obviously a Christmas film, everyone involved built Christmas into the story, and the soundtrack - more than anything else - tells you that was their intent. It's far more "Christmassy" than a lot of films we watch every holiday season, that's for sure.
Love this Cole, thank you so much! (And: totally with you on The Holiday)