[DonMarco]

Grindhouse would have made more money if it had been rated PG-13...

Which is probably something Tarantino/Rodriguez heard at length before rolling their eyes in a synchonous fashion. Cutting back on the gore, violence and profanity would be dishonest to the fans and a form of pandering. Fuck the MPAA and all that shit.

Now, Live Free or Die Hard is something else. For anyone worried about the violence, it's still there. Only will less blood. The fisticuffs and bizzarely entertaining deathtraps are still there. Only with less swearing. McClaine is still the grizzled ex-80s antihero icon. Only with less hair. I've been trying to find fault with this movie since I saw it earlier this afternoon. For as bad as it could have been, it's the best movie-movie I've seen all year. It makes me bad for seeing Spider-Man 3, even though that had Bruce Fucking Campbell in it.

The action is abundant and varied. The story well paced and breezy to sit through. I imagined sitting through I was one of the dozen or so 13-15 year olds I saw in the theater today. I assumed they/I haven't seen any of the previous Die Hard movies. It held together well, and with the title change (Die Hard 4.0 to LFoDH) it's practically a rebirth of the franchise, except that is stilled starred Bruce Willis. There are the nods to the other movies (there's an Agent Johnson in it, for instance) but nothing more than passing comments.

Character-wise, McClaine was introduced as the divorced father. He was a bad ass and yet completely down to Earth about all that was exploding around him. His counter-part computer nerd young collegey kid with his future in front of him was scared and believable.

If you want to wait for the UNRATED dvd, go ahead. But please see this movie. I cannot stress how enjoyable this movie is. As a fan of 90s action movies and the Die Hard series. See this movie.
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Still alive.

[another coma]

well damn, that's good news Marco. Figures that the violence is abundant still. Could have snuck a lot of it in with PG I bet! Ho ho!

I actually purchased the original films on DVD in May in anticipation of this one. My only real concern about this movie was that I didn't like most of the junk BW's involved himself in for like 10 years.
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[haze]

I had a good time in this movie. right from the start it's so damn over the top, you can't take any of the plot too seriously. I AM NEVER PUSHING ALT-CTRL-DEL AGAIN OH MY GOD!!! I suppose you're right, after all these dreary end-of-trilogies this year, it's a welcome relief.

Kevin Smith's character was kinda funny how spot on it was

[Felix]

i still love the original even though the premise of that movie more or less boils down to "eighty percent of the supporting cast makes very poor decisions! bruce willis compensates!" (seriously, go watch it), and the third one is structured as maybe the ultimate cable TV movie and enjoyed often enough as such. two is less memorable for me.

tha tsaid i don't really genuinely enjoy action movies anymore. you mentioned spider-man 3, and hell if i regret having ponied up my $10, but the fact remains that the whole time i was telling myself "this is silly but it's also fun!". for me to be able to just out and out enjoy myself... i guess i'd have to be really impressed?

[slipstream]

Justin Long is truly the Jimmy Stewart of our times, guys.
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[108]

[nocturnedelight]

John McCain was breaking the fourth wall when he said..
[spoiler]
I had enough of this Kung Fu shit
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[CubaLibre]

Way to go Marco.

Haven't we all had enough of this kung fu shit? God damn you Wachowski brothers, god damn your straight to hell. Van Helsing is your fault.
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Let's Play, starring me.

[DonMarco]

I'll bring up Gears of War and the Xbox 360. Do you think Fox Interactive is trying to get on Microsoft's good side or did MS just pony up the cash? This movie's going to go on to make $100+ million, and that's at least one million people that will see it there, and subliminally want to play it on an Xbox Elite system, now available for only $479.99!

You don't see people playing video games in movies much. Unless they are college kids, hackers or stoners.

Shit. Shit! Hitman movie trailer. FUCK. Somehow I don't think it will be about changing chothes and accidental kills, but exploding shit and gun-fu posturing.
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[108]

[DonMarco]

[CubaLibre]

Also, is it just me or is the Hitman dude actually the bad guy in LFoDH?

Edit: IMDB says yes he is.
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[shrugtheironteacup]

"criminalistic"?
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[internisus]

[another god]

I just saw it. It was like seeing XXX or SWAT or any other awesome action movie from the last 10 years. It was still good. Mostly it had awesome parts that made it OK enough to gloss over the not-so-good parts.

PS: I like the Jodi Foster movie preview for The Brave One. The last line in the trailer was, "I want my dog back."
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[parkbench]

Bruce Willis is the new Chuck Norris.
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[internisus]

wtf XXX sucked ass =(

Riddick was amazing though; with that and the Iron Giant, Vin's ok in my book.

[Dracko]

The Riddick series is surprisingly solid. Maybe I prefer Pitch Black over The Chronicles of Riddick, and maybe I'm just a Peter Chung fanboy when it comes to Dark Fury, but it's got a lot going for it.

Just about the strangest part of xXx was the musical nod to The Third Man.
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[Krabjuice Gaiden]

Die Hard was all about McClane screaming.

Not him screaming about anything in particular, but him screaming.

Like

"Aaaah!"

and

"Aaaaaaaaaahh!"

and like, when he jumped vents

"Aaaagghh!"
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[DonMarco]

[CubaLibre]

[haze]

[another god]

[DonMarco]

[Dracko]

[Lurky]

I thought that was the joke.

[108]

Just saw the movie!

I was surprised that the "DIE HARD 4.0" title was intact. Normally, in Japan, they just put the Japan-only title in katakana beneath the English title. I expected it to say "LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD". Well.

It was pretty good. I mean, for what it's worth.

spoiler lol
the two "mcclane in an automobile, versus a helicopter" fights were pretty good!
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[Lurky]

[another god]

[shrugtheironteacup]

[shrugtheironteacup]

[boojiboy7]

[another god]

[Leau]

Justin Long was indeed the one of the best parts of the movie. This is the type of character that could easily ruin a flick like this. 10 years ago they would have cast some jack-ass like Rob Schneider (and they did). But Long was funny and likeable and gave the downbeats a lot more energy than they would have had otherwise. I think they interviewed him in Playboy or something where he said he saw his role as "please god don't let me fuck up Die Hard 4."
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[Faithless]

McClane Vs. a Jet was True Lies.

I did not like McClane v Jet.

BUT THE REST OF THE MOVIE WAS MUCH GOODER.
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[boojiboy7]

[Marshmallow]

[slipstream]

[boojiboy7]

[slipstream]

that wasn't what I was saying, but okay
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