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At the box office, this will be the least earning of all the Die Hard's in the US. Overseas it'll do OK though and we'll get the sixth film. It can't be seen as anything but as disappointment though.
It's funny, too, because AGDTDH was the one I was anticipating the most in the first few months of 2013. So much for that!
It's a very soft R. McClane swears about 4 times in total and the line is muffled just like it was in the fourth one. However, this is just in the UK cut, the American version is much stronger (somewhere between 15-20 F-Bombs with the famous line unaltered) and I'd say the UK DVD will be the American cut.
I'm guessing the editing WAS bad, and it wasn't just the clips they released?
The scene where the McClane's run and jump out the window is ruined by Moore and the editor constantly deciding to cut away from that long singular shot of them running through the room towards it, which is something the promo clips didn't do. It would have been brilliant otherwise but it kept cutting to a wide angle of the helicopter which served no purpose for me.
It'll be worth checking out on the DVD/Blu-Ray out of curiosity just to see what sort of improvements they make, but it'll take a lot to make this anything more than a disappointment.
Me too, I think they look fantastic. There's also a great shot that should have been made a single shot during the opening titles of AGDTDH, as young McClane makes his way through a nightclub. But again, they decide to insert random cuts to other scenes that are quite frankly irrevelant in the grand scheme of things.
There's a fantastic single tracking shot at the opening of John Madden's "The Debt" from a couple of years ago. Almost as good as any shot Scorcese ever offered.
Touchè. But then again, they are Syfy level productions with tiny budgets. AGTDH had a budget of over 90 million :P
And a punch in the face is a lot better than a bullet. It doesn't make it any less painful just because one is preferable to another.
It's not one of the worst films I've ever seen, no. But still, it's the weakest of the 5 films by a country mile.
Batman and Robin makes AGDTDH look like Casino Royale!
It's my least favourite of the M:I series but its still solid in my book with some really good action scenes.
I wouldn't put it at first, probably at the bottom for me in all actuality. That isn't to say I hate it, though. It is like ranking the Nolan Batman films: You know that one of the films will have to be last, but that doesn't mean the film at the bottom of the bag is a bad film in any way, shape or form.
Here's how I rank and look at the MI films right now:
1.) MI: GP- Best mix of action, drama and comedy with the best team.
2.) MI3- Great story and villain with memorable action.
3.) MI-Most grounded in espionage, with an insane climax. Probably the most thrilling, but the plot is very all over the place. This is my least watched of the series, and one I need to see again soon.
4.) MI2- Best action (Thank you, Mr. Woo), and having two equally skilled IMF agents facing off is memorable.
I haven't seen the latest Die Hard release, and never really intended to, and from all accounts and reviews, maybe I did the right thing. I think Willis is too old for the part now and they've simply made one release too many now. Where will it end ?
Number 6 is to be the last one, or at least the last one to involve Willis.
Really?
A rehash of the action from the first movie. With Cruise entering a secure facility on a wire from the roof.
The bike climax is a joke, smoke cannisters clearly visible for the bikes smoking tyres.
Bike tyres mysteriously changing from road tyres to off road tyres in the blink of an eye.
Crash mats visible.
Of all the MI films, this one sticks out as having the poorest action. If it can't hide the obvious, then it's poor.
As for Die Hard 5. 1-3 were excellent. Four was horrendous. If five is worse than four (how?) , then I'll be taking a wide berth.
There is...http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/2187/mission-impossible-v-in-the-pipelines/p1
Easily found to be honest with the search function.
That's about MI5, not an official MI thread. Plus, some threads don't have exactly what they are meant for in their titles, so you can't ever be too sure.
Thanks, @Benny. :)