I have never seen Die Hard. But I have an opinion about its status as a Christmas movie. I was recently asked my opinion as many of us are asked around Christmas. I thought you might be interested in my reply.
Category Archives: Movies
My Christmas Movie Guide
We watch a lot of Christmas movies and television specials every year, usually starting on the Friday after Thanksgiving. I frequently make posts to Facebook when we watch some of these. Some of my friends asked me to post a list of our Christmas movies and this is a response to that request. This is …
The Worst Afternoon Movie Program
I grew up watching movies on TV on weekday afternoons. One of the stations in our area had a good catalog of films to draw from and showed classics in their time slot from 3 until 5. Another channel in our area tried various afternoon movie strategies to varying degrees of success. The worst of …
First Time Out with the Guys
It was January of 1978 and I was a sophomore in high school. One of my closest friends had just turned 16 and had his driver’s license. Another friend had his permit and a car. The guys were ready to get out for the first time on our own. I told my parents that we …
Movie Decisions
It was late 1979 and I was a senior in high school. Most weekends my buddies and I decided to go to the movies and there were a couple of films that we were considering. I was driving so I took the lead in deciding we would go to see Apocalypse Now. It had been …
Elvis Double Feature
Elvis Presley’s last feature films that weren’t concert films were released in 1969. Some people probably think I’ve seen a lot of Elvis movies in theaters. I only remember going to the theater once to see any of these films. I don’t remember exactly when this happened, but my Aunt Della took me and her …
Gigantic Popcorn
When I was in high school, my friends and I went to the movies a lot. Almost every weekend, we went to see something. Part of this experience was getting popcorn and a soft drink. I liked getting the biggest popcorn and drink they offered. This was in the days before they had the combo …
Elvis Movie
Because of my repeated various connections to Elvis, people are naturally interested in my reaction to the new Elvis movie. As a fan of the Elvis phenomenon as well as a fan of Baz Luhrmann films, I had high expectations for this film. It didn’t disappoint. I also continue to purchase movies that I like …
Bad Date
I never had a girlfriend in high school. Dates never turned into relationships. It was a rare occasion when I went out with a girl more than once. I have a cousin who would occasionally set me up on blind dates. We would double date on these occasions to try and make things go well. …
Movie Restroom Stories
Over the summer while my youngest daughter was home from college, she and I went to the movies a couple of times. My son lives in town and we invited him to go with us on both trips. The two films we went to see were Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Annabelle Comes Home. Both trips …