Die Hard is technically an adaptation of the 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forever about a humorless, nearly 50-year-old cop who has an estranged daughter, whom he loses in the end. It had about as much chance of becoming an instant Christmas classic as a 4-hour-long Richard Dawkins lecture about all the popes he could probably take in a fight. Stuart got the idea to instead make the movie “about a 30-year-old guy who should have said he’s sorry to his wife, and then bad stuff happens” when he almost died.
According to Stuart, after being tasked with writing the movie, he got into a fight with his wife and, while driving on an LA freeway, a fridge box fell off the truck in front of him. It turned out to be empty, but he didn’t know it at the time. He thought he was about to do a Kool-Aid Man impression with help from his lovely assistant: the car window. And, by his own admission, all he could think about then were the things he never got to say to his wife. Thankfully, his car simply ran over and flattened the box, inspiring Stuart to write a movie about a regular guy with regrets who screws up but ultimately wants to do the right thing.
And that’s why any movie past Die Hard with a Vengeance is not technically Die Hard, while White House Down is. Again, these are the facts. Drink up. DRINK.
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