Die Hard 5: One death too many - Page 3

Originally Posted by Josh Z 

Like when McLane and that other dude had a fistfight on the wing of a passenger jet as it taxied toward takeoff? Totally believable!

Or how McLane ran across the broken glass in his bare feet, yet having his feet shredded to ribbons only bothered him for a few minutes before he forgot all about it? That happens to me all the time!

How about the time all the guys threw hand grenades into the cockpit of the plane, and McLane had enough time to run to the seat, strap himself in, and eject to a safe distance before any of them went off? 100% scientifically accurate!
There wasn't much CGI in them because there wasn't CGI at the time they were made. They did, however, use every other special effects technique available at the time.

Originally Posted by smudge981 

Best body money can buy. I'll let you cut in front of me. In all seriousness, the girl has issues.

Originally Posted by oink 

She DOES have a body, no denying it.

I read somewhere she has a paranoia about growing old...it would explain a lot.

Originally Posted by smudge981 

I used to draw women like that to me as if I was a magnet. After awhile, you got tired of the phobias, paranoias, and insercurities. There's a reason why they say don't put a certain part of your anatomy in crazy.

Originally Posted by d_m1010 

And they're just too high maintenance.

Originally Posted by cinema13 

Yeah, but all seen by the camera...unlike most CGI which is created in computers...not photographed..

Originally Posted by zoey67 

Here you go Die Hard legions:

With one week to go before A Good Day to Die Hard hits the big screen, leading man Bruce Willis today spoke with the BBC's One Show (via Bleeding Cool) and said that the fifth entry in the franchise would not be the least.

"Yes," was Willis' coy response when asked whether or not fans could expect a sixth Die Hard film somewhere down the line.

Originally Posted by thedeskE 

I'll say it again - 8 figures brings Bruce Willis back again and again.

Kinda makes the "Die Hard" franchise a funny pun, Yes?

Originally Posted by thedeskE 

I'll say it again - 8 figures brings Bruce Willis back again and again. Kinda makes the "Die Hard" franchise a funny pun, Yes?

Originally Posted by Josh Z 

Like when McLane and that other dude had a fistfight on the wing of a passenger jet as it taxied toward takeoff? Totally believable!

Or how McLane ran across the broken glass in his bare feet, yet having his feet shredded to ribbons only bothered him for a few minutes before he forgot all about it? That happens to me all the time!

How about the time all the guys threw hand grenades into the cockpit of the plane, and McLane had enough time to run to the seat, strap himself in, and eject to a safe distance before any of them went off? 100% scientifically accurate!
There wasn't much CGI in them because there wasn't CGI at the time they were made. They did, however, use every other special effects technique available at the time.

http://twitchfilm.com/2013/02/review-a-good-day-to-die-hard.html

A Good Day to Die Hard is the shortest entry in the series by almost half an hour, but still manages to do more damage to the Die Hard property in 97 minutes than anything else in its 25-year history. Dumb, crass and tedious when its predecessors were smart, witty and entertaining, A Good Day to Die Hard is far and away the worst of the five films, and even with its R rating restored, struggles to entertain as a piece of disposable action entertainment on even the basest of levels. The film isn't just bad, it's embarrassing, and news that there is more yet to come only gives further cause for concern.

Originally Posted by zoey67 

I found a review from someone on IMDB who just seen it and this guy doesn't seem like a troll at all. My gut instincts tell me he maybe right...why would Fox release such a big franchise in the middle of the nowhere Feb. What a sad sack of crap, oh well might as well look forward to other action like Oblivion and Fast 6.

Most god-awful action movie ever. This would be my go-to movie to show filmmakers how not to do an action movie. Cinematography was pathetic. I usually don't bitch at shakey cam, but holy *beep* The plot is paper thin, the dialogue is atrocious, it's cool that he's got to reconcile with his family but there is no chemistry there. That is understandable to some degree, but by the time they have reconciled, there's just nothing there but hot air. Going to Chernobyl? Really? Nuclear weapons, I guess we've always gotta be upping the stakes.

Now, before people get on me, let me say I love me all sorts of movies. I can turn my head noodle off for 90 minutes or longer to enjoy a good action flick. I actually kind of liked LFODH except for everything after the F35 sequence (last 15 minutes, big deal). I am a fan of the entire series. I am alright with updating the series for it to hold up with younger audiences and to attract new fans; I get all of that. As an example, I can turn my head off and very much enjoy movies like Expendables 1&2, and to an extent very silly actions movies like Shoot 'em Up.

This movie, though, is on the level that Meet the Spartans is in the comedy genre. John McClane never really came through. The shell of him did, that's for sure. He's gotten really good at killing baddies. Oh, did I mention there wasn't really one distinct villain? We had the dancing guy who was a joke and liked to say cliche Eastern European things, the main villain who I won't say though it was pretty obvious at about the half way mark, and the main villain's other connected villain who was also pretty easy to spot. Where were the villains? It was just a bunch of no-name bullet bait getting shot to hell by the leads. I fully realize you can't match previous villains levels so why try, but they could have tried a little.

In the end, it was a pretty pathetic effort. At least that's what I thought. Makes LFODH look like it's in the same league as the DH1&3. I hope someone out there enjoys it. It would be a shame for a DH movie to disappoint everyone, but I can say as a DH movie this does not hold up. As an action movie with no connection to DH, it still doesn't hold up.

Originally Posted by pokekevin 

Oh boy...I actually liked LFODH

Originally Posted by Scott Simonian 

Nope. I don't care what anyone else says...

I'll be the judge of that.
Lol! I don't know if you were joking but I actually have warmed up to LFoDH. I really didn't like it at first but it grew on me. I still don't like the PG-13ification of it. I just wish someone made a special version that was the PG13 but added the "f**ks" but none of the replaced dialog from the Unrated version that was somehow so much worse than the original PG13 version lines. But whatever.

I love Die Hard. I'm going to see this regardless of what some "critics" say.

Originally Posted by darthrsg 

Low tomatoes mean it'll be badass typically.

Originally Posted by thedeskE 

Or they've had enough Bruce - Or Die Hard in Russia is asking too much - Die Hardski? - жесткий - Hardovitch ....?

Originally Posted by Scott Simonian 

Well....considering it isn't even an option for the vast majority of the country or the world to see it yet, I will not look at that as an accurate rating whatsoever.

Originally Posted by darthrsg 

Tomatoes are best in a sandwich or spaghetti sauce not movies.