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Absolutely. I know I'll be happy, at least.
I like DH2, I find it an enjoyable flick :(
But anyway, the only thing I liked about the fifth was the score by Beltrami. Still my favourite score so far this year.
It had a score? Can´t remember anything from it. Oh wait, there was the 20th cnty fox logo at the beginning that then is attacked by the bad guy and suffers from interferences, right?
"Explosions one of the most boring parts of my job", adding: "When you have seen a few fireballs, it's not exciting any more. I know part of my audience enjoys the explosions, but to be honest, I'm a bit bored of it now."
He reportedly added: "I am very clear with who I am. I work in all sorts of films, but the action movies are the ones that generate the most revenue. I like to earn lots of money from those, but I do all types: small productions, mega-projects, medium-sized, even science fiction." Nevertheless, Willis said he did not "dance for joy" upon receiving movie pay cheques and “not because I am used to it, but because I only think about money in moments like this, when another person mentions that I am a rich man. I’m not someone who spends the whole day counting bank notes.”
Speaking to XLS magazine in Spain, hardman Willis also claimed he only cried “every so often” and one thing that prompted tears was sporting events.
Giving an example, he said: “During the Olympic Games. I always get emotional with the excitement of victory and the agony of the defeat. It really moves me to see people that overcome obstacles that look insurmountable. And my daughters also make me cry - but with laughter.”
http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/bruce-willis-bored-action-movies-2158648
I remember Graham Rye once quoted Oscar Wilde after DAD
<i>"Charicature is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius"</i>
Well the same is definitely true here. McClane has finally reached his inevitable destination and become a generic action hero who no longer gets hurt when he encounters glass and seems to utter mostly one liners or wisecracks. It may have been passable if there had been an attempt to put together a half decent story but here that doesn't seem to be the case. It feels like the story was built around the action...most of which isn't all that great, During the truck chase near the beginning I kept thinking that Goldeneye did the whole "destructive chase in Russia" thing FAR better (at least they bothered to show that people hadn't been killed by the large vehicle hitting their car).
Willis looks pretty bored throughout. He's playing it cool but you can tell his heart isn't in it and he's there simply for the cheque.
A poor effort hurried together to satisfy the teenagers who haven't seen the original and were probably weaned on Jason Statham
At the end he flew back to the USA without having to answer to the destruction he caused. I know that every action film glosses over these minor details, but this was the first time it had ever jumped out at me so alarmingly.
I'm not sure who it was (possibly Pauline Kael) who coined the phrase 'chewing gum for the eyes'. I'm glad she didn't live to see DH5
I saw the Extended Version which ends with John talking to his son after they have killed all the bad guys. He doesn't go back to the US.
I'm presuming the graphic headshots and uses of the F-word were also not included in the theatrical version.
It doesn't to me. I actually feel effort will be put in, to end the series well. No one cared about this most recent one, they just wanted to get it over with and move onto number six.
Besides, 'Die Hard 6' can't be worse than the fifth one, right?
...r-right?
I really hope so. A return of old characters would be nice, too.
Not Jack though. Jack can piss off.
I just want a return of Holly McClane and Al Powell. those were the only reoccurring DH characters I liked.
Everyone from DH4 onward can piss off. :))
Well, Alan wouldn´t be cool, since he was no more than a blob of mud by the end of DH. But I want a similar elegance like those guys had in the first one.
Al Powell anytime. And Argyle, grown up, working as a chiropractor, and spending his weekends with his gf on the shooting range.
Bringing back Jackson, Argyle, etc, would be too far imo. It'd just be a messy fanfest.
If they bought Jack back then we'd get more of the forced father son dynamic from Die Hard 5. I think he was a bad character anyway.
I won't waste my time on it, 4 was bad enough but I'll accept it ended there. If I did watch it and I've decided I won't I can see the same reaction that I had with Crystal Skull but some jokers want a follow up to that.
Can't you just accept when a franchise is dead and buried and stop hoping they'll pull out all the stops with another one, they won't it will be as bad if not worst than it's predecessor, you lot have got far too much time on your hands to be watching this crap.
Think of the classics you could discover instead of this utter Hollywood guff, why do I bother it's a wonder the film business is so bereft of quality when folks are still debating over this trash.
I'm not entirely convinced they will though. Willis's recent comments suggest that he's not exactly jumping with joy at the prospect of making another one.
I deliberately avoided this in the cinema as I'd heard pretty much universally bad reviews and only saw it after a friend gave me his copy.
It's not really a proper Die Hard film IMO. It's just a cheesy flat action flick. I was listening to a bit of the directors commentary earlier and from what I heard I got the sense they didn't think all that much of it either.
In a new interview, "Die Hard 6" writer Ben Trebilcook revealed a few details about the new movie. He said: "Without spoiling too much, I can say that McClane (Bruce Willis) is invited to Tokyo by the Nakatomi Corporation to be commended for his bravery and efforts in saving 36 lives, celebrating this on the 30th anniversary of the Naktatomi Hostage Crisis. It's not a double-act buddy-buddy story. McClane began on his own and should end on his own. Of course he's had assistance in various guises, aiding him in his ventures; but it's not 'Lethal Weapon' or a Jackie Chan film."
Thank @0BradyM0Bondfanatic7.
According to a well placed source who is knowledgeable of the studio doings… Fox is saying they are VERY INTERESTED in hiring on Shane Black (LETHAL WEAPON, IRON MAN 3) as a consultant on the next Die Hard. Why, you may be asking yourself out there in Schmoeville? Well, because Shane is the guy that created the Lethal Weapon franchise, which shares a similar DNA with the first DIE HARD. And after the massive failure of A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD, the studio is wanting to get “back to the roots of the character of John McClane.”
From what I am hearing, Shane Black has been approached and has yet to sign on as a “consultant” so nothing is set in stone as of yet. Meaning, he’s not writing, he’s not directing, he is coming on to steer the character and franchise into a… better direction. Fox has been doing this a lot lately, looking at top level people to oversee their big franchises (Mark Millar oversees all the Marvel properties now). This would be a similar deal.
Up next for Shane Black is DOC SAVAGE (which he is writing and directing) so I can conceivably see this working out with his schedule.
http://schmoesknow.com/is-shane-black-consulting-on-die-hard-6