Movie-A-Day #295: Die Hard

[KingLouieLouie]

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Okay... so I went to the opposite side of the spectrum of Christmas movies by selecting one that I always connect w/this time of year since the film was based during this time of year...It's since always become a holiday tradition for myself and I guess several others.... Let's thank Amazon.com again for the following:

Amazon.com essential video

This seminal 1988 thriller made Bruce Willis a star and established a new template for action stories: "Terrorists take over a (blank), and a lone hero, unknown to the villains, is trapped with them." In Die Hard, those bad guys, led by the velvet-voiced Alan Rickman, assume control of a Los Angeles high-rise with Willis's visiting New York cop inside. The attraction of the film has as much to do with the sight of a barefoot mortal running around the guts of a modern office tower as it has to do with the plentiful fight sequences and the bond the hero establishes with an LA beat cop. Bonnie Bedelia plays Willis's wife, Hart Bochner is good as a brash hostage who tries negotiating his way to freedom, Alexander Godunov makes for a believable killer with lethal feet, and William Atherton is slimy as a busybody reporter. Exceptionally well directed by John McTiernan. --Tom Keogh

Personal Note:

Quite honestly...what else can be said that already hasnt regarding "Die Hard"?

I'll just say this though..I definitely agree that it did set the standards for how action adventures movies should be filmed which makes it a landmark in itself... Also...Bruce Willis was...BRILLIANT!!!!!.... Enough said.....

 

[Bada0Bing]

This was one of my favorite late 80’s movies. A good mix of action and comedy. It also contained an 80’s requirement of a number of quotable lines.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Love it. Saw it twice on opening night. LOL

Watching it on AMC with Story Notes right now.

 

[UncleChris]

A***le? I'm not the one who just got butt-f*%#ed on national TV, *Dwayne*.


One of the very best movie lines EVER!

 

[Covert Rain]

One my favorite action movies of all time.