When they have to destroy a car in a movie, the property master will meticulously remove everything on the car that is of value but cannot be seen on camera, so we're talking about seatbelt tensioners, trim, radios and speakers, power window motors, everything like that. It is all sold as spare parts to offset the cost of the vehicle, and the heavily stripped down vehicle is crashed in the stunt sequences.. then any thing that wasn't damaged in the crash is further stripped and sold off and whatever wreckage is left is sold off as scrap metal. The whole process is fairly cost effective.
Bruce Willy is oozing indifference in this movie and pretty much all his movies. Imagine getting paid millions of dollars to visibly not give a shit about your job. I'm in the wrong profession.
Die Hard 6: Bruce Willis is stuck in Europe Die Hard 7: Bruce Willis is stuck on the moon. Die Hard 8: Bruce Willis is stuck in the solar system. 2101: A Die Hard Odyssey.
@@thesaltmerchant4564 That's how I grew a beard eventually - for quite a while I was working night shifts. Since I wasn't dealing with any customers and only meeting the cleaning lady from the entire staff, there was nobody to complain. And then it just grew into a beard. Single trim per week definitely wins against shaving each and every day.
Oh my god I just realized something! This is just like Kingdom of the Crystal Skull! Guy who used to be a young, fun adventurous action hero is now a confused old man being dragged around by his weird son while fighting Russians.
I love how when Mr. Plinkett leaves, his umbrella gets caught in the door and doesn't get pulled out or even move, so you can tell he's literally just standing on the other side of the door...
I'm glad someone else noticed this (nine years ago lol). I don't think the door really goes anywhere besides the wall of the studio, so they probably do that a lot when people leave the "house." I don't think Rich even knew the umbrella was still in the door.
I love it when Mike and Jay edit in cuts from the interviews where the makers and actors have to promote the monstrosity. Completely placid voice, enters generic scripted line #68: “...I think the audience will be completely blown away by this” Yeah buddy, I think so too...
I was wondering about the smashing TV song, I knew I'd heard that melody before a shit ton and even knew what came next after it stopped playing. Was gonna drive me nuts. Thanks.
The first three films are pretty good, and make a nice trilogy. After the third film, the character is really "Bruce Willis in an action film" rather than "John McClane". As the guys say, they don't even try to include the "everyman" aspect anymore.
@SnoopyReads You're telling me that's why he has been in 25 garbage movies just between 2020 and today? 11 of those gems were released in 2022 alone, and as the video shows, he barely has any lines in some. Sounds like a cash in to me.
You know what was really stupid in 'a good day to die hard', is that they give Bruce will is a 1911, because he is old and that is a classic gun. But in the original movies he always had a berreta 92.
Greetings from Russia. Sorry for google translate. In the middle of the film, the characters get into a car and drive from Moscow to Chernobyl. Bruce didn't even have blood on his forehead. So it may seem that Chernobyl is almost around the corner. And this is a different country. This is not even Russia, but Ukraine. Those. they crossed the border with a trunk full of weapons and no one paid attention!
And now scumbag Putin is forcing your comrades to fight and die in Ukraine! Putin is making young Russians literally fight your former brothers in arms, so sad. @#$% Mad Dog Putin!
"The man who cannot be injured by anything or anyone" Uh... wasn't one of the biggest narrative elements of the first Die Hard that he got steadily more and more injured as the film progressed?
The real nice twist would have been to have McClane and his son get along, and by the end his son is like "Man, you're a real dick." The REVERSE of the cliche.
"1000 Ways to Die Hard" "Cross My Heart & Hope to Die Hard" "Oh Crap My Phone Died Hard" "A Million Ways to Die Hard in the West" "I Can't Eat That I'm On a Diet Hard" "I Should Probably Let This Bad Title Joke Die Hard Already" "Forget the Hearse 'Cuz I'll Never Die Hard" Especially excited for the rom-com sequel: "I'll Love You 'Til I Die Hard" And the experimental psychedelic art film: "Tie-Dye Hard"
I've made it a point to not watch/support any Hollywood production where the actors in the film clearly didn't give a shit. Why should I fork over my hard earned money to watch a millionaire not give a shit on the big screen?
Die Hard 10/10 - Masterpiece Die Hard 2: Die Harder 8/10 - Horrible plotholes, uninteresting side characters, but the airport setting is awesome. Die Hard With a Vengeance: 9/10 Great sequel to the first Live Free or Die Hard: 7/10 Underrated, McClance being an analogue cop in a digital world made for some fun themes to play around with. A Good Day to Die Hard: 1/10 - Watched it on a plane and honestly wished the plane would crash just to stop the torment.
Gotta love Plinkett's enthusiasm when Axel F kicks in. Never fails to get a chuckle out of me. Also the fact that the tune loops throughout the entire movie is fucking hilarious.
The third film isn't a classic, but it is HIGHLY entertaining, full of smart details, good characters and sharp dialogue. After that, the series is toilet-bound. Oh, and Jay is dead right about Renny Harlin - the guy is hopeless.
I like the third one as well, very fun watch. Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson have some pretty good chemistry and I really liked the villain. It's fine! And like Mike said, the first part of 4 is fine as well, until it gets ridiculous.
I really didn't like the second film and loved the third... until I tried watching it without subtitles, at which point it was a confusing mess. This is definitely influenced by my hearing issues but really important plot information is glanced over really quickly and mumbled by actors facing away from the camera.
I’m still convinced that this whole movie was just one big stunt by the cast and crew to see how much money you can make while doing as little as possible. Bruce Willis seeing how little someone can act while staring in a major motion picture. The folies seeing how many looney tunes sound effects can be put in a major motion picture. The cinematographer seeing just how much one can shake the camera during the production of a major motion picture. The director seeing just how long one can sleep while directing a major motion picture. This wasn’t an action flic. This was borderline experimental.
another thing 1 & 3 has is "playing the authorities" - where the police's/fbi's response to the red herrings helps the villains plan. 2 sucks but the location & sense of peril are solid (up until the ridiculous ejection seat scene).
Mike, the most implausible thing about Die Hard 2 was that an entire terrorist mission was planned months in advance with the assumption that there would be a snowstorm on the east coast so heavy that it closed down all the airports on the east coast...
The Die Hard franchise really is an exercise in escalation. Die Hard in a building, then an airport, then a city, then a coast, then a country. Totally nailed that aspect. I actually really enjoyed the 4th one. The 5th one is unquestionably bad, though.
What is ridiculous is that Bruce Willis is not even that old. He was 58 in 2013, the year DH 5 came out. He's roughly the same age as Mel Gibson, where as Arnold and Sly are about 9 years older than both of them. The old guy action movie trope is really tiresome and forceful.
It reminded me of a time when I worked at car wash, we had only one tape and it was "Hostage" with Bruce Willis , I saw it so many times I bet demons will show me that movie in hell
MrDman21 No.......................there's a difference Fast and Furious became self aware and actually good and Die Hard slowly just went away into shittieness
"You know what, here's the thing about Die Hard 4. Die Hard one, the original, John McClane was just this normal guy. You know, he's just a normal New York City cop, who gets his feet cut, and gets beat up. But he's an everyday guy. In Die Hard 4, he is jumping a motorcycle into a helicopter. In air. You know? He's invincible. It just sort of lost what Die Hard was. It's not Terminator." - Michael Scott
The problem with the everyman aspect is that once you've foiled three terrorist plots pretty much by yourself, you're no longer a normal guy-hence the action hero upgrade in #4. It would be more ridiculous than anything in the actual sequels if they tried to keep McClane the same guy he was in the original Die Hard. You can have an everyman, or you can have John McClane. You have to choose.
this was pretty good, glad they replaced the "mike" character with the older fatter one we have nowadays though. this one didnt even mention star trek.
*Die Hard*: Great movie *Die Hard 2*: Not quite as good, but still pretty entertaining. *Die Hard 3*: Thought the ending should have been simplified. Just catch the bad guy. Having them fake blowing up the gold then go catching them just dragged it on. But I like the whole interaction in that movie between Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson, and overall, it kept me entertained. *Die Hard 4*: Uhhhh, I saw it, but I don't remember the first 4/5ths of the movie, which probably isn't good sign. All I remember is that Bruce Willis fights an F35, like it's a video game or something. Wildly jump the shark unrealistic. And for anyone that doesn't know, Harriers and F35s only have that hover capability for takeoff and landing. They aren't fucking helicopters. If you tried using them as floating attack platforms, you would fucking crash and die. *Die Hard 5*: I wish I didn't remember five fifths of this movie. Just awful. The action is so unrealistic, it destroys any tension. It really just made the whole movie boring.
