Live Free or Die Hard
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did you guys actually see the same movie that I did? First, the dramatic Prairie Dog would have been a more menacing villain than Olyphant (and I'm a HUGE Olyphant fan from Deadwood to Go to Girl Next Door) and how suspensful is it to continually see people typing away on a computer?
Seriously, it was a movie which was basically John McClane versus a bunch of Computer Dorks and THAT'S an ACTION MOVIE? I mean, I know going in to a Die Hard movie that obviously McClane is going to win, but jesus h. christ on a popsickle stick, you want to have SOME suspension of disbelief by giving him SOME kind of an adversary.
The movie was so awful that the the 12 year old kid next me was literally asleep within the first 45 minutes.
I haven't seen a movie that bad in the theaters in a decade. Atrocious, beyond awful.
Seriously, it was a movie which was basically John McClane versus a bunch of Computer Dorks and THAT'S an ACTION MOVIE? I mean, I know going in to a Die Hard movie that obviously McClane is going to win, but jesus h. christ on a popsickle stick, you want to have SOME suspension of disbelief by giving him SOME kind of an adversary.
The movie was so awful that the the 12 year old kid next me was literally asleep within the first 45 minutes.
I haven't seen a movie that bad in the theaters in a decade. Atrocious, beyond awful.
dodie53
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bad or not..
i'm still going to watch it..
i'm still going to watch it..
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Wife and I saw it yesterday...Really liked it. It was the perfect 4th of July/ Mid summer action movie. Much better than previous summer action movies. Justin Long plays the slacker/hacker geek to perfection. He has a really good comedic timing. I'd like to see him get a different type of comedy role to expand on. All in all, I agree...this was better than 2 and maybe 3, but the original is still the best.
Justin Long is a comedic genius. He was stealing scenes in Dodgeball. I know longer think of him as Ross Gellar's little brother.
I love him too...he was a great choice for this.
Chaplin
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As a Die Hard movie, I didn't particularly get a good connection except the same John McLane, but as a straight action flick, it was terrific. Action movies are never supposed to be realistic nowadays. Gone are the great films like French Connection or even the first Die Hard. An action movie in 2007 has to give you something you haven't seen before. Since they gave us a pretty generic villain (although it's nice to have a good ole American white boy as the bad guy again), they had to up the ante on the action situations--as witnessed by the big rig vs. harrier jet scene.
Great summer movie. Seeing Die Hard 4 reminded me how much I missed the character JM. It was fun seeing him again and fighting against all odds. Big action sequences and good humor. JL did a pretty good job as well in the movie. This movie just reminded me of a time when action movies were just about over the top fun. It delivered for me.
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seriously, I had to have seen a different movie than you guys. It seems like me and my three friends (and the twelve year old next to us) were the only people in the entire country to witness the train-wreck that we did. even my friends out here who's opinion I respect had a totally different view of this sucker than I did.
Maybe you walked into the wrong movie. Was the 12 year old next to you a girl and was the movie about a young gild solving crimes? Cause maybe you were in Nancy Drew my mistake.
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Maybe you walked into the wrong movie. Was the 12 year old next to you a girl and was the movie about a young gild solving crimes? Cause maybe you were in Nancy Drew my mistake.
i could only have been so lucky if the above were the case.
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Saw it yesterday. Great movie.
I actually laughed when they took his daughter hostage saying "thats just going to piss him off.
Out-friggin'-standing movie. Tremendous thrill ride with the wise cracking, almost looking into the camera John McClane. Me and the bride just loved it, right down to the final "Yippee-ki-yay, Mother F*$#er!!" This gets a 95 on the old UC meter. Pure, unadulterated fun!
A minor complaint or two... One, I think they may have edited out a portion of the film, where the daughter in the elevator asks to see the bad guy's ID. The look on her face had the JM look of "I've seen a lot of fake ID's in my time, and this one must have cost a bundle." I'm thinking there may have been something else with her between that moment and when she is brought before the bad guy. If I'm wrong about the edit, they missed a really good chance for homage to the first DH.
Second, and this is a complaint about ALL films that have a small, skinny woman karate-ing the chit out of strong, battle-tested men. As Nidan will tell you (and me, too with some Shoto-Kan from my youth), it just doesn't work that way. That's one of the reasons I couldn't take Mr. and Mrs Smith, as they had Angelina Jolie kicking the crap out of big strong people. At 6'2", 212 lbs. and 55 years old, just about any woman out there better get it perfect on the first shot, otherwise they would be toast (assuming my intent to harm). Size DOES matter here.... mass DOES matter here... strength DOES matter here. Billy Banks will not make dwarf women into Spartan soldiers, nor will anyone else. So when the Asian chick in this movie is bouncing JM around like a rag doll... well, let's just say I close my eyes and squirm in my seat during those sequences.
And finally, the bad guy dies too quickly. There should have been a little more humiliation to him considering what a nasty, slimy SOB he was.
And those are my 5 demerit points!!! 95% otherwise!!! (OK.... 94%... I have to take 1 point away for McClane's flying the helicopter... )
Truly in the spirit of the first two movies.
A minor complaint or two... One, I think they may have edited out a portion of the film, where the daughter in the elevator asks to see the bad guy's ID. The look on her face had the JM look of "I've seen a lot of fake ID's in my time, and this one must have cost a bundle." I'm thinking there may have been something else with her between that moment and when she is brought before the bad guy. If I'm wrong about the edit, they missed a really good chance for homage to the first DH.
Second, and this is a complaint about ALL films that have a small, skinny woman karate-ing the chit out of strong, battle-tested men. As Nidan will tell you (and me, too with some Shoto-Kan from my youth), it just doesn't work that way. That's one of the reasons I couldn't take Mr. and Mrs Smith, as they had Angelina Jolie kicking the crap out of big strong people. At 6'2", 212 lbs. and 55 years old, just about any woman out there better get it perfect on the first shot, otherwise they would be toast (assuming my intent to harm). Size DOES matter here.... mass DOES matter here... strength DOES matter here. Billy Banks will not make dwarf women into Spartan soldiers, nor will anyone else. So when the Asian chick in this movie is bouncing JM around like a rag doll... well, let's just say I close my eyes and squirm in my seat during those sequences.
And finally, the bad guy dies too quickly. There should have been a little more humiliation to him considering what a nasty, slimy SOB he was.
And those are my 5 demerit points!!! 95% otherwise!!! (OK.... 94%... I have to take 1 point away for McClane's flying the helicopter...
)Truly in the spirit of the first two movies.
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dodie53
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this is a very cool movie..
really enjoyed watching this..
really enjoyed watching this..
FArting
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Saw it last night on DVD good movie.
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Good action flick. About 20 minutes too long though.
Regarding UC's complaint about the badge/elevator deal. The bad guy showed up with her and he was bleeding which caused Seth Bullock to make a witty comment.
Nobody...and I mean NOBODY does washed up guy with fuel left in the tank better than Bruce Willis.
Regarding UC's complaint about the badge/elevator deal. The bad guy showed up with her and he was bleeding which caused Seth Bullock to make a witty comment.
Nobody...and I mean NOBODY does washed up guy with fuel left in the tank better than Bruce Willis.
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Very entertaining lots of action, Die Hard classic! Bruce is still a bad ass!
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Finally saw this... I thought it kicked ass! Sure there are problems, but there are with the first 3 too, overall I had a lot of fun watching it. 
Heucrazy
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Die Hard series, 16 blocks, Hostage,The Fifth Element, what else am I missing?
And I enjoyed the movie for what it was. An entertaining action flick.
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I will take it further. Bruce Willis to me plays the "every day guy who gets caught up in everyone else's mess" character better then anybody on the planet. He has had other parts to where he plays an "ordinary" guy caught up in things bigger them himself.
Bruce Willis is just a guy I want to root for in movies.
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Last Man Standing.
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Sixth Sense
Tears of the Sun
Sin City
The Siege
Armageddon
some of these aren't bad
Tears of the Sun
Sin City
The Siege
Armageddon
some of these aren't bad
Heucrazy
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I wouldn't call him a "broken down guy with a little bit left in the tank" in Tears of the Sun, The Siege, or Armageddon.
Sin City is a perfect example though.
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