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I understand how, in retrospect, it may feel like it isn’t groundbreaking, but do consider that before Die Hard, there really wasn’t anything quite like it.
A quote straight from Wikipedia:
While it did sort of fall apart and away from what made it great in the later sequels, I think it’s important to put the film into the context of when it was released and what it did to the genre.
All that to say, Die Hard fucking rules.
Exactly, this is 100% Seinfeld is Unfunny material.
Same reason I like Dredd from 2012. They confined the story mostly to a location and one main enemy, and I think it helped a bit cause Dredd generally has no flaws and can't be beat.
Dredd (2012) is just "Die Hard on LSD"
Jokes aside, Dredd rules.
Just learned about the Seinfeld is Unfunny trope from your comment. What a helpful expression in describing media/pop culture progenitors!
Yeah it's a good way of realizing why certain things from your past felt so amazing at the time, but are seen as less impressive to people just experiencing it now. It's hard to describe just how awe inspiring The Matrix was to see in the theaters, or how incredible Golden Eye felt to play on the Nintendo 64 for the first time. Looking back, those things feel like one of a million other movies and games. But that's only because a million other movies and games were changed forever because of them.
Or to take it a step further back, try getting someone without context before the modrrn era to understand how groundbreaking Casablanca is. So many tropes were invented in that movie, but watched without that understanding many would say "what's the big deal ?"
It's a good movie even now. But it's a great movie with context
I'm in my 40s and wasn't aware of his comedy career.
I think that TV Tropes page was written like a decade ago, if that helps you feel better.
I mean, I don't think Moonlighting really targeted preteens and children, so that tracks.
He could be a fucking bartender for all we know!
That was my complaint after Die Hard with a Vengeance. He became a little indestructible and lost some of the flaws that made the character exciting to watch. The first 3 are great in keeping true to the character, but the movies after DHwaV are just generic action movies borrowing a character’s name.
I maintain that Live Free or Die Hard is a much better movie when you watch the uncensored version. Yeah, a lot of the shit McClane goes through is not something any regular Joe would survive but the movie at least tries to make it survivable. And the uncensored version adds in a lot of the blood that should've been present with all of that bullshit in the first place.
I didn’t watch the uncensored version. Might have to give that a try.
It's a little hard to find. Never released on Blu Ray and only available to purchase in 1080p and also not streaming anywhere (that I'm aware of). Might also be hard to find on the high seas as a result. But good luck to you!
Oh come on, Die Hard 4 & 5 show he's clearly a flawed character with common average everyday struggles like being a deadbeat dad.
In minor defense of DH4, which I agree goes beyond the premise of the first 3, it does kind of follow that John would be better able to do some crazier things after going through the events of the first 3 movies. He still shouldn't be indestructible, but his experiences definitely qualify him as badass at that point. I also still like DH4, so I wanna justify that somewhat, hah. DH5 is just not good, though.