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Re: Die Hard 5 >> Bruce Willis (tentative 2011)
Mercury Rising! way to cite Bruce Willis action movie precedent
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Re: Die Hard 5 >> Bruce Willis (tentative 2011)
Originally Posted by droidguy1119
(Post 10638074)
Good! Debate settled forever :)
My preference: Die Hard (*****) - the first and the best, obviously. The battle between McClane and Gruber is top-notch and the film has plenty of great, creative scenes, including the one where the two meet up near the roof. I agree with Ebert that Gleason's character is uselessly moronic, but it doesn't bother me overall. Live Free or Die Hard (****) - for me, what makes LFoDH work is its consistency. It's a whole grade less than the original, thanks to the PG-13, a couple of goofy moments (jet and taxi flip), and a weak villain, but Bruce is great throughout, and I appreciate Len Wiseman's use of more physical stunts and effects than some films (real cop car into real helicopter, real van in elevator, real stunt people flying out of windows and jumping around on buildings, etc). Die Hard With a Vengeance (***1/2) - This one WOULD be the second best in the series: great action, an uncensored Bruce paired with a bitter Sam Jackson, and clever motivation for Jeremy Irons, but it blows it with an extremely lame reshot third act that ranks as the most tired and uninspired sequence in any Die Hard. Die Hard 2: Die Harder (***1/2) - I can't lie. As infected with sequelitis as it is, I do LIKE Die Hard 2, but it's cruel in a way that feels more "of the time" than "of the series", and I think its musty, murky cinematography has dated it more than any of the other entries.
Originally Posted by Hokeyboy
(Post 10638358)
The contents of what was last extracted from an elephant's colon with a plunger was better than all of Live Free or Die Hard. ;)
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Re: Die Hard 5 >> Bruce Willis (tentative 2011)
Originally Posted by Xander
(Post 10639327)
WE GET IT. Some of us liked the movie. Why don't you stop fucking :crap: and move on already?
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Re: Die Hard 5 >> Bruce Willis (tentative 2011)
Sorry, but posting "this is the worst movie ever" "this is the worst movie ever" "this is the worst movie ever" "this is the worst movie ever" "this is the worst movie ever" over and over doesn't constitute a discussion IMO. :thumbsup:
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Re: Die Hard 5 >> Bruce Willis (tentative 2011)
Originally Posted by Xander
(Post 10639361)
Sorry, but posting "this is the worst movie ever" "this is the worst movie ever" "this is the worst movie ever" "this is the worst movie ever" "this is the worst movie ever" over and over doesn't constitute a discussion IMO. :thumbsup:
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Re: Die Hard 5 >> Bruce Willis (tentative 2011)
I love Live Free or Die Hard, just wish they would do the unrated version on Blu-Ray.
It was way over the top and McClane has turned into this unstoppable super hero, but I loved how the movie acknowledged it. McClane is very self aware that he is going to win and I love the way that Willis played it, taunting the bad guys the whole way. Hell, even the bad guys seem to know they are fucked. I also thought Justin Long was great. He really played the voice of the audience everytime McClane did something rediculous. Nothing can touch the first one, but LFoDH is one of my most rewatched movies. Love it. Part two is good, but seems really dated for me. I think most of that has to do with the murky way Harlin shot it. I loved part three at the time, but the whole racial back and forth between Willis and Jackson really annoys me now. Jeremy Irons was great. Last 1/3 of the movie with the Dumb Truck and Boat really kills it for me. Die Hard Live Free Die Hard w/Vengence Die Hard 2 |
Re: Die Hard 5 >> Bruce Willis (tentative 2011)
Need to watch it again I remember hating Justine Long but then again I hate him in almost every movie
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Re: Die Hard 5 >> Bruce Willis (tentative 2011)
I'm actually among the minority that enjoyed Live Free Or Die Hard. It can't touch the original (none of the sequels do) but it was a solid actioner.
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Re: Die Hard 5 >> Bruce Willis (tentative 2011)
I liked live free as well.
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Re: Die Hard 5 >> Bruce Willis (tentative 2011)
The Geneva Convention does not prohibit us from showing Live Free or Die Hard to you and your men, as you are not Prisoners of War, but common Thieves and Murderers...
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Re: Die Hard 5 >> Bruce Willis (tentative 2011)
Originally Posted by RocShemp
(Post 10639528)
I'm actually among the minority that enjoyed Live Free Or Die Hard. It can't touch the original (none of the sequels do) but it was a solid actioner.
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Re: Die Hard 5 >> Bruce Willis (tentative 2011)
I'm so lonely. :(
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Re: Die Hard 5 >> Bruce Willis (tentative 2011)
Originally Posted by MrSmearkase
(Post 10639101)
Live Free or Die Hard would have been better as a sequel to Mercury Rising, in which the artistic boy grows up to be Justin Long.
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Re: Die Hard 5 >> Bruce Willis (tentative 2011)
/\ Damn autocorrect!
Originally Posted by Hokeyboy
(Post 10639816)
I'm so lonely. :(
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Re: Die Hard 5 >> Bruce Willis (tentative 2011)
Perhaps Bruce is entering his Robert DeNiro phase ... i.e. his unapologetic whore for money phase
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Re: Die Hard 5 >> Bruce Willis (tentative 2011)
That was pretty cynical. I apologize. This place is making me negative!
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Re: Die Hard 5 >> Bruce Willis (tentative 2011)
I'm rewatching Live Free or Die Hard right now. I still like it. It's no Die Hard With A Vengeance but it's still a good time at the movies, which I cannot say about Die Hard 2.
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Re: Die Hard 5 >> Bruce Willis (tentative 2011)
^ WE GET IT! :crap: You don't like Die Hard 2... move on!!1! Not every film can be Magnolia or Across the Universe, you know!
Wait a minute... I don't like Die Hard 2 either.... http://www.reclusland.com/compass/wp...8cd0566adb.jpg |
Re: Die Hard 5 >> Bruce Willis (tentative 2011)
rotfl :beer:
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Re: Die Hard 5 >> Bruce Willis (tentative 2011)
Whenever a debate arises whether Die Hard 2 or Die Hard 4 is better, God punches Hokeyboy.
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Re: Die Hard 5 >> Bruce Willis (tentative 2011)
I am a 40 year old American heterosexual male.
I have never seen any of the Die Hard movies. I never want to see any of the Die Hard movies. |
Re: Die Hard 5 >> Bruce Willis (tentative 2011)
Originally Posted by rider555
(Post 10640530)
I am a 40 year old American heterosexual male.
I have never seen any of the Die Hard movies. I never want to see any of the Die Hard movies. |
Re: Die Hard 5 >> Bruce Willis (tentative 2011)
Just watched "Live Free or Die Hard" it was a pretty average action movie, nothing special but entertaining enough but something I still don't get why is called Live Free?
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Re: Die Hard 5 >> Bruce Willis (tentative 2011)
Originally Posted by rider555
(Post 10640530)
I am a 40 year old American heterosexual male.
I have never seen any of the Die Hard movies. I never want to see any of the Die Hard movies. |
Re: Die Hard 5 >> Bruce Willis (tentative 2011)
:lol:
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