Corporal Flashback Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 It's not often lately that I sit with a bottle of boozer and a good video. However, I bought myself a big bottle fo Jaegermeister (my first ) and I felt the urge to stick my Die Hard video in. Isn't it good? There's the fact that Die hard was originally going to be Commando II, and don't get my wrong, Commando is my secend most watched movie ever, but Die Hard as it hapened is grea. For a start, being from a small, pathetic town, I find it fascinating that the whoel thing can happen in just one building - it heightens the danger, knowing th bad guys could be in the next room. And it had a very !urgent edge, like when Hans tricks John into thinking he's a civiliant. Or DOES he he trick him? Maical. And the monologue between John and the cop outside is almost a very well-done anachronism, the tale of the (almost) captured to the free... Die Hard Rules. \\m// Shame about the title of Die Hard 4. Is that still on>? Not heard anything for a while. Link to post Share on other sites
letsbook Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 It took me tnetwy mtiunes to raed taht psot... but yaeh, Die Hrad rcoks! Link to post Share on other sites
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Beitel Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 I once saw it, not knowing it was so much more than a standard action film. Greatest surprise in films ever. Link to post Share on other sites
Nimmel Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Predator, Die Hard and Aliens the holy trilogy of action films. And it had a very !urgent edge, like when Hans tricks John into thinking he's a civiliant. Or DOES he he trick him? "Do you think I'm fucking stupid Hans?" And the classic line (bloody scrawl) used by me and mine in every videogame since: "Now I have a machine gun. Ho. Ho. Ho" Link to post Share on other sites
masterhand Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 We'll be sitting on a beach earning 20% Link to post Share on other sites
So. Angry. Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 "Hans. Booby." Link to post Share on other sites
Fusty Gusset Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 First 18 cert movie I saw at the cinema. Sublime. Loved 2 too...3 can 'do one'. Link to post Share on other sites
masterhand Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 "Hans. Booby." "I'm your white knight!" There's the fact that Die hard was originally going to be Commando II Err, wrong answer Hans, do you want to go for double Jeoperdy where the scores can really go up? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_Lasts...281979_novel%29 Link to post Share on other sites
The Liberal Elite Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Die Hard is the best film ever made. Link to post Share on other sites
barkbat Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Die Hard is the best article of culture the human race has ever created. Link to post Share on other sites
Chosty Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 "Now I have a machine gun. Ho. Ho. Ho" The perfect line to use in Golden Eye having just picked up the RCP90. Link to post Share on other sites
christaylor Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 And it has aged so well. I even loved the second one to pieces, the third one less so. But yeah, Die Hard is definitely one of the best movies EVER. "What, do ya think I'm calling for a pizza!?" *cough* "no shit lady, do I sound like I'm ordering a fuckin pizza?!" Man, what a film! Link to post Share on other sites
henofdoom Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Alan Rickman is a legend. Nuff said. Link to post Share on other sites
Silent Runner Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Err, wrong answer Hans, do you want to go for double Jeoperdy where the scores can really go up? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_Lasts...281979_novel%29 I’m sure I read somewhere that Die Hard was originally intended as a sequel to Commando; in the original screenplay Jenny Matrix is stuck in Nakatomi Plaza and John Matrix has to save her. Arnie pulled out and the role was re-written with John McClane fighting to save his wife. I read about them in Time magazine. Link to post Share on other sites
Vemsie Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Trivia: For the shot where Hans Gruber falls from the top of the building, Alan Rickman was actually falling from a 20-foot high model. He was holding on to a stunt man and falling on to an air bag. To get the right reaction, the stunt man dropped Rickman on the count of two, not three. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Vimster Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 1 = best, 2 = superb, 3 = too many obvious laughs (tho it was the first I saw in the pictures) Best bit in Die Hard 2 is the Britania Airways bit : "We're just like British Rail, love, we're getting there" or words to that effect. Yes, should watch 1 and 2 back to back one of these evenings with a couple of beverages. As Mark Kermode likes to say every time Die Hard is mentioned: "WHERE ARE ZOSE DEDONADORS!?" Link to post Share on other sites
FishyFish Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 It's hard to believe that this is approaching 20 years old now! Christ! Where does the time go? I have fond recollections of three of the all-time best action movies (Die Hard, Predator & Robocop) each having UK releases in the dark, post-Christmas months, and going to see them with my wife (then girlfriend). Makes me feel all warm inside somehow. 80s movies: I doubt I'll ever feel the same way about cinema again. Link to post Share on other sites
CactuarBill Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Die Hard embodies the essence of the 80's movie. It truly was the best decade for films mainly due to producers having the balls to produce violent and enjoyable action fests. The action films now barely even get an 18 rated certificate. Even though I was born halfway through the 80's I was brought up on these films and its those films that gave me my passion for film. Link to post Share on other sites
Simmy Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Even though I was born halfway through the 80's I was brought up on these films and its those films that gave me my passion for film. High five buddy. I'm in the same boat, and couldn't agree more. Link to post Share on other sites
Lorfarius Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Die Hard embodies the essence of the 80's movie. It truly was the best decade for films mainly due to producers having the balls to produce violent and enjoyable action fests. The action films now barely even get an 18 rated certificate. If only someone would have the balls to make the likes of Commando again. Crank is the only action film recently that has even been close. Link to post Share on other sites
Vimster Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 If only someone would have the balls to make the likes of Commando again. Crank is the only action film recently that has even been close. If they made something like Commando again you can bet your arse it would be a 12A, a 15 at best, they'd go for the popular vote. Back in the 80s an 18 certificate was the seal of ... hmm, not quality, but you knew you were in for some no-nonsense action. As CactuarBill said, Die Hard was the pinnacle of that decade's action films. Link to post Share on other sites
christaylor Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 I love the bit where Sgt. Al Powell is buying twinkies in the shop and you can hear Dean Martin's "Let It Snow" on in the background. And then he's driving round the bottom of the tower and the corpse lands on his car. Magical stuff. Link to post Share on other sites
CactuarBill Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 It's great and it makes it more wonderful cause its set at Christmas. You would never think a film about people getting blown to shit would be Christmassy but it is. Link to post Share on other sites
Blunted Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 From the Die Hard 2 wiki: The movie references Val Verde, a fictional country shared only by Commando (film) also written by Steven E. de Souza. Might explain Silent Runner's confusion. Link to post Share on other sites
Simmy Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 Back in the 80s an 18 certificate was the seal of ... hmm, not quality, but you knew you were in for some no-nonsense action. So, so true. Unfortunately for me, i missed the whole period (born in 1986) so I was watching 80's films during the 90's. Saw Terminator when i was 4, Dad had the VHS and i slapped it into the VCR and lapped it up. I can just remember bits of that day. Same scenario for Robocop, and it paved the way for me in terms of what I now enjoy in a film. Those early years, in terms of lifestyle, were the fucking best. Attending Primary School during the day, swapping VHS videos with my mates of the latest 80's action film we could get our hands on, then retiring in the night to my bed to watch them on my wee 14" tv in my room. Fuck, brings a wee tear to my eye knowing that those crazy days of balls to the wall 80's action is all gone God, i loved those days. Bring them back! Link to post Share on other sites
Fry Crayola Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 *cough* "no shit lady, do I sound like I'm ordering a fuckin pizza?!" Man, what a film! Ban request - correcting a quote and still getting it wrong. "No fuckin' shit lady, do I sound like I'm ordering a pizza?" Link to post Share on other sites
Simmy Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 I love the bit when John says "Yippee Kay-Yay Melon Farmer" Link to post Share on other sites
christaylor Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 Ban request - correcting a quote and still getting it wrong. "No fuckin' shit lady, do I sound like I'm ordering a pizza?" I know, it's a sham, I checked it after posting, and found I'd got the "fuckin" in the wrong place. Story of my life. Link to post Share on other sites
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