Die Hard (Day 4058 - 1/3/21)

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The vlog opens on a shot of Mallory cooking some udon. Stephen says that they normally do something special for breakfast, but because they cooked some extra chicken the night before, they wanted to make some udon for lunch. They both sit down and enjoy the udon and Stephen talks about how they rarely eat udon. While they plan to take the day off from work, they will be focusing on cleaning up the house, cleaning the dishes that had leftovers from Christmas as well as finishing the cookies that Debra had made, and cleaning up the behind the couch in the living room.

For dinner, Stephen and Mal cooked 3 pounds of beef for tacos as well as for some other dishes later in the week. While they eat, they plan to watch Die Hard. Stephen mentions that he's only seen the movie on a 4:3 TV back when he was a kid while watching with Steve and he's excited to see the theatrical release.

After watching the film, Stephen asks Mal what she thought of it. She mentions how she expected it to be more dramatic instead of the tongue-and-cheek humor. Stephen is somewhat surprised by this as Die Hard has become a huge part of pop culture. He goes on to say that what he thinks makes the movie really good is that it has violence, it's an underdog story, and has great comedy. While the film was made in 1988, he thinks the film holds up quite well, and helped define the modern action genre. They go on to mention that the only things that date the film are the actors being quite young, the vehicles seen throughout the movie, as well as some of the hairstyles of the actors.

Stephen compliments the writing and the pacing of the film, noting how the runtime of the movie is over 2 hours, but it doesn't feel that long. He also notes how Reginald VelJohnson, who played a police officer in the film, also played a police officer in the show Family Matters. One of the things that he didn't remember is how the film contrasts police officers from New York and California.

Stephen also mentions that there are 5 films in the series, but he prefers the second and third film which he wishes to watch with Mal one day. He then asks Mal if she thinks the movie is a Christmas movie to which she says yes, citing the fact that they use quite a lot of Christmas music and how there are a lot of Christmas decorations.