First off, this is actually really good. Although things like phones in cars and cruddy T Vs are dated this film isn't and even the effects in this film aren't. It's action packed and funny and far more intelligent than you'd expect from a film named Die Hard. Rather than resorting to cheap one liners, everything comes from much more built up characters and where there are one liners they 1. Tell us something about the people speaking to them. 2. Are very good.
And surprisingly enough, I was very rarely laughing at the film. The action, the drama, the love interest hit the tone perfectly. The only undeliberately funny bit is when Hans Gruber tells one of his German henchmen too 'Schiessen im Fenster' [shoot the window] and the bad guy does nothing, and then Hans yells at him 'Shoot the window!' and he does it :D
All the same, I supported the bad guys. The real shame of the film is that Alan Rickman (and his singing cheerful lock expert) can't be allowed to win in the end.This isn't the slur it sounds like. Bruce Willis' character was very likely and did some pretty awesome stuff. He had a cool young chauffeur and a wise ol' street cop who had quite a nice arc overall. But the bad guys were just better. Even this is to the films credit, the films success above all else comes from giving us some really interesting bad guys. Alan Rickman sells his character completely. Whereas Bruce is interesting in a 'don't need the man, lets talk plain and simple', Alan Rickman is a suave intelligent finessed man who will do what it takes to achieve his goals. All the best lines are Alan's and he plays them to the hilt. Somehow he manages to be as overtop as the greatest card-carrying villain whilst staying completely believable and in it for more than just the evil. He brings a sofa to a pregnant hostage and arranges rotas to the toilet but at the same time he'll 'count to three. There will not be a four' and carefully and precisely informs the crowd that their boss 'will not be joining them for the rest of his life'. His plan is the big reveal of the film and it's Oceans 11 genius.
Even his 'Yippee-kay-yay Motherf****'' was better than Bruce Willis'
Die Hard 1: I supported the bad guys
First off, this is actually really good. Although things like phones in cars and cruddy T Vs are dated this film isn't and even the effects in this film aren't. It's action packed and funny and far more intelligent than you'd expect from a film named Die Hard. Rather than resorting to cheap one liners, everything comes from much more built up characters and where there are one liners they 1. Tell us something about the people speaking to them. 2. Are very good.
And surprisingly enough, I was very rarely laughing at the film. The action, the drama, the love interest hit the tone perfectly. The only undeliberately funny bit is when Hans Gruber tells one of his German henchmen too 'Schiessen im Fenster' [shoot the window] and the bad guy does nothing, and then Hans yells at him 'Shoot the window!' and he does it :D
All the same, I supported the bad guys. The real shame of the film is that Alan Rickman (and his singing cheerful lock expert) can't be allowed to win in the end.This isn't the slur it sounds like. Bruce Willis' character was very likely and did some pretty awesome stuff. He had a cool young chauffeur and a wise ol' street cop who had quite a nice arc overall. But the bad guys were just better. Even this is to the films credit, the films success above all else comes from giving us some really interesting bad guys. Alan Rickman sells his character completely. Whereas Bruce is interesting in a 'don't need the man, lets talk plain and simple', Alan Rickman is a suave intelligent finessed man who will do what it takes to achieve his goals. All the best lines are Alan's and he plays them to the hilt. Somehow he manages to be as overtop as the greatest card-carrying villain whilst staying completely believable and in it for more than just the evil. He brings a sofa to a pregnant hostage and arranges rotas to the toilet but at the same time he'll 'count to three. There will not be a four' and carefully and precisely informs the crowd that their boss 'will not be joining them for the rest of his life'. His plan is the big reveal of the film and it's Oceans 11 genius.
Even his 'Yippee-kay-yay Motherf****'' was better than Bruce Willis'