Holy crap. I just saw a teaser for this on HDnet and it looks amazing. Lots of stuff blowing up real good.
Best title since “Snakes in a Plane”.
Uh oh. Looks like it’s directed by the same guy who directed both Underworld movies. The guy who made a movie about vampires and werewolves and guns, and made it BORING as hell! TWICE!
On the other hand, I like Bruce Willis in anything, and it’s also got Justin Long (the kid from Ed and the Mac vs. PC commercials)
[Fingers crossed]
He was also the dorky kid in Galaxy Quest (Justin Long not Bruce Willis). His best performance by far.
The thing that made the original movie so good was the cat-and-mouse aspect to it. It was so self-contained and suspenseful. This one, like the other two sequels, seems to have none of that whatsoever.
He was also good on Ed.
yawn Isn’t it time for another explosion yet? Ah, there it goes. Back to my book.
Didn’t Willis say a few years ago that we was going to stop making action movies, 'cause they don’t challenge him artistically or they’re bad for the youth or some shit?
On July 4th, I think I’ll pop in Die Hard (you know, the one with the clever, engaging villian and the wife who might actually be in peril), and maybe follow it up with The Last Boy Scout or Hudson Hawk, just to snub Bruce Willis. Or better yet, I might watchCasino Royale, which should just be coming out on DVD then.
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I will be watching this.
Sorry, aspiring movie makers.
Gunfire, physical violence and explosions.
What’s not to like?
All the other things that made the first one good?
Yeah, but they blowed shit up REAL GOOD!
Thanks to the wonder of the internet I caught a friend saying “blowed up” when she was interviewed.
She said, “No, I said, ‘blown up.’”
“You corrected yourself but first you said, ‘blowed up.’ I’ve perverted you!”
Meh. I can blowed shit up real good any day of the week at work. I want to she shit get blowed up with witty dialogue and engaging characters. John McClane: You throw quite a party. I didn’t realize they celebrated Christmas in Japan.
Joseph Takagi: Hey, we’re flexible. Pearl Harbor didn’t work out so we got you with tape decks. Stranger
Maybe, but there isn’t any real dialogue in teaser, so I don’t mind taking a wait and see approach. For me, the teaser did its part, it has teased me and now I want to see more. For whatever reason, this has tickled the part of my brain that likes loud noises and shiney objects.
Somebody back me up; in the trailer, do we see McClane roll a fire extinguisher towards some bad guys, then shoot the fire extinguisher which BLOWS THE FUCK UP sending bad guys everywhere? Exploding fire extinguishers? Its got my vote.
Also, I’d like to add this is one of the worst trailers Ive seen in a while. No build up to the fact thats its a Die Hard movie, just BANG, Willis driving a truck, thats his intro. Should have introduced him more subtly, I feel. I Like the shot with the police car swerving down the ramp, though.
Isn’t Bruce getting to be kinda old for this?
Perhaps they should call this movie Die From Hardened Arteries.
I just watched the original (and in my mind, only) Die Hard last night. (Normally I watch it on Christmas–after all, it is a Christmas movie–but didn’t have the time.) The film is a jewel, a distillation of action-y goodness with solid, three dimensional characterization, some impressive cinematography, and like a contender in the Mr. Universe contest, pared down to just bone and muscle; it is ruthlessly, almost brutally efficient in the telling of the story, with ever off-hand gesture, comment, and scene contributing to the final result. (Note how Ellis boasts about the pricy Rolex watch he gives to Holly, and John McClane tells him, “I’m sure I’ll see it later.” He does, of course–when he releases it from Holly’s wrist while Hans holds her arm in an attempt not to plunge thirty stories. “I hope that’s not one of the hostages.”)
It’s a popcorn-chomping action flick, of course–not some guilt-inducing campaign on capitalist malpractice in Africa–but it’s one of the best, and it does it without any gravity-defying CGI-enhanced “stunts”, or improbable nonsense. Firearm enthusiasts will note that Willis even handles his Beretta in a credible fashion, keeping his finger off the trigger while running across the building. (Okay, he does carry the gun on the plane, which is laughable even in a pre-September 11th world, but for the most part, gun handling is quite good, which is very atypical in Hollywood action movies.)
This one looks like another clockwork actioneer. I’ll eat my words if I’m wrong, but I don’t think I am.
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