Irish director John Moore tried being Richard Donner in his remake of The Omen, aped Frank Miller in Max Payne and now is apparently trying to be Michael Bay in the new Die Hard movie.
I could be wrong, but seems to me the appeal of Die Hard lay in the fact that John McClane got the shit beat out of him constantly, yet still kept coming back, not unlike Indiana Jones. Unfortunately, this new iteration is also imitating Indy in a different way - by introducing a charisma-vacuum of a son as franchise back-up in case the star ever decides to quit.
Maybe I'm being too hard on Jai Courtney. You tell me. Consider that they could have gone with Mary Elizabeth Winstead again instead (she's back but only briefly).
Oh man, that last money shot where they look like digital dolls diving out of a slo-mo exploding helicopter, crashing through skyscraper floors...so NOT yippie-kai-yay.
Still, against all odds I didn't hate the last sequel. Maybe Willis will carry it.
Steal taglines much?
A Good Day to Die Hard opens Valentine's Day. If you take a date to it, you deserve the lack of action you'll get that night.
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One thing I loved in the trailer I saw (dunno if it's the same one)... the orchestra tuning, the first strains of... yes, Beethoven. I dunno, still better than Episodes 1 - 3, Transformers, Twilight...
@Nicnac that was the best part! they've used the 9th in all the other ones, i do believe.
They lose serious points for stealing the tag from At Close Range, which is an intense and kind of disturbing based-on-a-true-story crime film from the '80s. See it if you haven't, but maybe skip this new Die Hard flick.
Is it rated R, or will they pussy out and go PG-13 again? If there's no blood and no audible "Motherfucker" to be heard, then this movie can go fuck itself.
Did everyone get profiled as 'Are you single? YES/YES' by a popup clicking a Die Hard video?
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In the sixth and final movie, John McClane will find himself defending a nunnery in Italy from terrorists/bank robbers. "Old Habits Die Hard" will open in 2016.
Cinematography-wise, I think they're trying to have more of a Dark Knight look/feel. But with explosions.
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McClane always had a son. I wondered why he wasn't mentioned in the last movie, or if he was, I forgot.
What happened to HOLLLLY!? Bonnie Bedilia got too old to film? The Talia Shire curse? What?
Can't we get a reunion with Reginald "Shot a Kid" VelJohnson?
WILLIS. VELJOHNSON. RICKMAN.*
TOO OLD TO DIE HARD?
With Samuel L. Jackson , Dennis Franz and Danny Glover as Murtaugh
*Rickman plays Gruber's twin brother.
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@NakaTomi Unfortunately, Sgt. Al Powell took his own life after Hostess went under.................
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They need to go back to what made the first movie so successful.............set it during Christmas
A good director?
Remember when Die Hard 2 director Renny Harlin was hated on like Michael Bay is now? Whatever happened to Renny?
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@NakaTomi This happened...........
Now if you want to see Renny Harlin direct you have to watch the USA network, he directed some episodes of Burn Notice, White Collar, and Covert Affairs
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@East_Threadly @Gallen_Dugall @arivalscientist @NakaTomi My great Cutthroat Island story---
I got passes to the preview screening of Cutthroat Island and when I arrived at the theater, it was half filled with a local pirate re-enactment group called The Corsairs. They were all dressed in pirate clothes and singing dirges and having a GREAT time.......Then the movie started. I swear, I never had as great a time in a movie as I did seeing The Corsairs slink embarrassingly out of the theater one-by-one.
@Gallen_Dugall @arivalscientist @NakaTomi That was a damned expensive point then. What made P O T C better? The drunken Depp factor.
@rabidronnie @East_Threadly @arivalscientist @NakaTomi that was the only reason I watched it - but it got old watching the same thing over and over. Plot arc people
@arivalscientist @NakaTomi I believe that Cutthroat Island was set up to fail just to make a point.
@LYT @East_Threadly @arivalscientist @NakaTomi Love is a pretty strong word, between that show and "Ren & Stimpy" my 12 year old brain was pretty fucked. Not a show for kids was Duckman.
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@arivalscientist @NakaTomi Don't forget 12 Rounds, starring John Cena. Best role Cena's ever had (or likely will), for what that's worth.
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@East_Threadly @arivalscientist @NakaTomi No love for Duckman? I dug the hell out of that show. It was before cynical adult spins on animal cartoons were everywhere.
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@East_Threadly @arivalscientist @NakaTomi Burn Notice is totally MacGyver of the 21st century. It's awesome in its hilarity, and hilarious in its awesomeness.
Besides, for any naysayers, I offer this counterpoint: Bruce Campbell.
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@arivalscientist @NakaTomi Burn Notice is awesome. Every time I see it, I remember that USA used to play "Duck-man" late at night for some reason and then I think "Man I'm glad that's not on anymore, why did I watch that? Why did I even connect these things?"
Stopped watching USA because they were pushing "La Femme Nakita" or something like that, just plugging the stupid shit 100 times a day. Granted this was a long time ago, but I have neither forgotten nor forgiven.
