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July 26th, 2007 by Jaybrams

Die Hard

Die Hard (1988) 

So I was at Sam’s Club and saw the Die Hard trilogy on sale for $16… All three $16. Can’t go wrong there. I’ve never seen them, but Bruce Willis is the man and I’ve heard nothing but good… I’m a sucker for action anyway.

Let me just say… the first installment did not disappoint at all. From the early humorous exchange between John McClane and Argyle the Limo Driver all the way to the final credits… well, the bad guy coming out at the end was a bit cliche, but i wasn’t paying attention to that sort of thing in 1988, so maybe this was not cliche back then.

And it was actually pretty intelligently written overall. Some action flicks turn out to be so ridiculous that its all about the action and the plot / story suffers, but the script holds its own in this case… Now, judging from the previews of 4.0 i’m not sure how long this trend will continue as I catch up with series.

With the first watch, i’m going to definitely have to give this a 4.5 out of 5. The bad guy at the end just knocked it down a notch.

Yippee-ki-yay

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9 Responses to “PMDN: Die Hard”

  1. $16?!?!?!

    I’ll be heading there very soon!! Love me some John McClane!

  2. i do have to say that the music at the vault scene brought it down a couple nothes too. it was just goofy. 4.3 but, bruce willis hasn’t changed a bit over time (receding hairline and all), so it knocked it back up to 4.5.

  3. oh man…kileer stuff and the newest is the best one yet

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  5. You’re just now seeing Die Hard? Wow, you’re just a baby. 2nd one was great, too - 3rd not so much.

  6. I remember seeing this movie back when I was in like 7th grade or something.

  7. i was 7 when it came out… i guess my parents didn’t want to expose me to nudity, drug use and the f word.

  8. So you like that sort of exposure these days?

  9. He exposes himself to all kinds of things these days. “All things permissible” and all that jazz.

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