Happened to see Live Free or Die Hard- Bruce Willis is BADASS

[Fritzo]

Live Free or Die Hard happened to be on FX last night. Never saw it, but it was a surprisingly good popcorn flick! I have to hand it to Bruce...the guy moves around like he's 25

Anyway, in what was possibly the most bad-ass thing I've ever see anyone do in a movie, Bruce shoots a guy holding a gun up to him THROUGH HIS OWN SHOULDER.

Well done chap. Well done. I give it 4.5 thumbs up.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Critics were dissing it before it hit the theatres.

Over the weekend, it was #1.

shows that the professional reviewers are out of touch with what the public looks for.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Critics were dissing it before it hit the theatres.

Over the weekend, it was #1.

shows that the professional reviewers are out of touch with what the public looks for.

Reading is fo suckas

 

[dud]

Anyway, in what was possibly the most bad-ass thing I've ever see anyone do in a movie, Bruce shoots a guy holding a gun up to him THROUGH HIS OWN SHOULDER.

Well done chap. Well done. I give it 4.5 thumbs up.

It is a movie. Willis gets paid insanely large amounts of money to read from a script and play make-believe. "Bruce" shot the guy because someone wrote it into the script. Its make-believe ... its not real.

If this is the kind of shlock that the American "Public" wants ... woe is us. We have met the enemy and they are us.

 

[Zeze]

Critics were dissing it before it hit the theatres.

Over the weekend, it was #1.

shows that the professional reviewers are out of touch with what the public looks for.

Popular =! Good

By that logic, Twilight is the greatest literature of our modern history.

 

[PingSpike]

The action sequences were over the top, they were like video games with the ping pong ball car tunnel scene and the jet versus semi truck one in particular. Enjoyable, don't get me wrong, but the original die hard movie seemed a bit more grounded in its antics and it actually seemed a little out of place not just in the series but also in this particular movie. Underneath that though it actually seemed like a pretty good script. The plot was interesting and not totally out there. The odd couple buddy thing worked surprising well with Justin Long being a good fit for the role. And I liked the villain. Not the greatest movie ever or anything, but it was a lot of fun and had a stronger plot and script than a lot of other movies that seem to take themselves way more seriously.

I'm not sure how the next one will be though.

 

[Fritzo]

It is a movie. Willis gets paid insanely large amounts of money to read from a script and play make-believe. "Bruce" shot the guy because someone wrote it into the script. Its make-believe ... its not real.

Durrrr.....reaaaallllyyyY????? Wow, I feel stoopid for enjoying that now. Thanks Internet Smarter Than You Guy!

 

[bigrash]

Tired of these Die Hard movies.

 

[SunnyD]

I enjoyed it too. I thought the script was pretty well fleshed out, except for the idea that all these foreign dudes speaking in their native tongues (I caught French and German both) that everybody was able to understand, yet the bad guys also were quite fluent in understanding english too?

And service ports EVERYWHERE. Seriously? Let's make it so hackers can walk in and jack into the system REAL easy like...

But my biggest issue was by the end of the movie, McClain had gone what - 3 days with absolutely no sleep? Maybe more? And had been kicked out a window 2 stories, exploded into a wall, jumped out of a moving car a few times, other misc cuts and bruises, been in countless fights with henchmen, and jumped from a freeway to the back of an F-35 which exploded and back to a collapsed freeway again? Not sure about you, but if I was John McClain, I'd probably have several broken ribs among other injuries.

But yeah, good movie. :thumbsup: (no I'm not being sarcastic)

 

[Ketchup]

I enjoyed all the Die Hard movies personally. I expected it to be over the top, and was greatly entertained by all.

 

[Fritzo]

I enjoyed it too. I thought the script was pretty well fleshed out, except for the idea that all these foreign dudes speaking in their native tongues (I caught French and German both) that everybody was able to understand, yet the bad guys also were quite fluent in understanding english too?

And service ports EVERYWHERE. Seriously? Let's make it so hackers can walk in and jack into the system REAL easy like...

But my biggest issue was by the end of the movie, McClain had gone what - 3 days with absolutely no sleep? Maybe more? And had been kicked out a window 2 stories, exploded into a wall, jumped out of a moving car a few times, other misc cuts and bruises, been in countless fights with henchmen, and jumped from a freeway to the back of an F-35 which exploded and back to a collapsed freeway again? Not sure about you, but if I was John McClain, I'd probably have several broken ribs among other injuries.

But yeah, good movie. :thumbsup: (no I'm not being sarcastic)

I think that's why I liked it...McClain started turning into Duke Nukem after a while. Willis is like Arnold Schwarzenegger in that anyone else in that role would have made it a stupid movie, but in this case you were totally buying everything they were selling.

 

[Gothgar]

Huh, wasn't planning on seeing it, but I like fun action movies.

 

[SunnyD]

Huh, wasn't planning on seeing it, but I like fun action movies.

Just to be clear... we're talking about the 2007 movie Live Free or Die Hard. Starring "I'm a Mac" Justin Long. NOT the new one.

 

[Jeeebus]

All the Die Hard movies are good, mindless fun. It's hard to imagine anyone other than Bruce Willis pulling off the role of the hero that would rather not be there.

Just saw the new Die Hard this weekend, and there are several scenes of him yelling something like "some fucking vacation!" as he plows through countless bad guys. Nobody else can do that believably.

 

[PimpJuice]

It is a movie. Willis gets paid insanely large amounts of money to read from a script and play make-believe. "Bruce" shot the guy because someone wrote it into the script. Its make-believe ... its not real.

If this is the kind of shlock that the American "Public" wants ... woe is us. We have met the enemy and they are us.

Thanks Mr. Obvious. I'm guessing you're the guy at every party that people make an effort to avoid because you're that annoying.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

How come professional killers with machine guns cant ever kill the star of the film?

 

[Fritzo]

How come professional killers with machine guns cant ever kill the star of the film?

It would make the movie too short?

At least in this movie it looks like they were legit misses.

 

[PingSpike]

It would make the movie too short?

At least in this movie it looks like they were legit misses.

The worst henchmen in a movie that spring to my mind where in that Shaft movie with Samuel L. Jackson. Shaft would be shooting at them and they'd just walk out into the open from behind cover so he could unload on them while he crouched behind something.

 

[Fritzo]

The worst henchmen in a movie that spring to my mind where in that Shaft movie with Samuel L. Jackson. Shaft would be shooting at them and they'd just walk out into the open from behind cover so he could unload on them while he crouched behind something.

To me, it's Stormtroopers in Star Wars. In the beginning of the movie, you hear Kenobi say "Only Imperial Stormtroopers are so precise"...then for three movies you see them shooting like crazy and never hitting anything.

 

[Mermaidman]

The best part was when hans tricked the jetliner into crashing into nakatomi plaza during the snowstorm, and jesus (played by samuel jackson) hacked into the f-35 to save mclain at the end. The end.

 

[PingSpike]

To me, it's Stormtroopers in Star Wars. In the beginning of the movie, you hear Kenobi say "Only Imperial Stormtroopers are so precise"...then for three movies you see them shooting like crazy and never hitting anything.

Yeah, but Obiwan was later revealed to be a massive troll so anything he ever said is suspect.

 

[Fenixgoon]

a movie that's meant to entertain people? WHAT THE HELL IS THIS WORLD COMING TO?

generally when i go to rottentomatoes i look at the user reviews as opposed to the critic reviews. the critics are looking for good cinema, good story, etc.

i'm looking for whether it was entertaining. generally found that a 70%+ user review makes for a pretty solid movie (transformers1 was ~70% and i really enjoyed it....2 and 3 went downhill fast though)

 

[Pheran]

I saw the movie RED about a week ago with Bruce Willis. It's a lot of fun - check it out if you like the Die Hard movies.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Popular =! Good

By that logic, Twilight is the greatest literature of our modern history.

I have three generations of females that have that story down now word for word

 

[Kadarin]

I saw the movie RED about a week ago with Bruce Willis. It's a lot of fun - check it out if you like the Die Hard movies.

RED is definitely good fun, love that movie.