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Die Hard V - Not Looking Good...

I think the last one is the weakest, only because the plot was too "grand" for it to really fit into McClane pretty much just been the everyman in the wrong place at the wrong time. But here he gets involved in a national incident that'd likely have pretty devastating effects on things? It just really didn't seem to fit into the "Die Hard Universe."

I still enjoyed though but it had it's problems, also being PG-13 harmed it and the R-Rated/"Unrated" cut doesn't improve things. Just over LFaDH I'd put Die Hard 2 which also has some problems. Die Hard itself is obviously an endless classic and Vengeance is just pure awesome.
 
It was always going to be rubbish

It's all about that 12A rating these days, watered down psih
 
I wonder how it would have fared with the critics had it not fallen under the Die Hard franchise umbrella.
 
Deckerd said:
You have to wonder how relevant rottentomatoes think they are, since the critics give it 14% and the nearly 27.5 thousand bum-on-seat reviews give it 82%.
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Die Hard V is probably the very definition of "mindless action movie". The problem is that there have been some VERY smart action movies like Terminator 2 and the original Die Hard over the years.

Fans really should be expecting more in terms of quality. :shrug:
 
It sounds so bad that I almost want to see it, just so I can keep making fun of it.
 
It's only valid if the cinema-going public have the same experience as the critics, which is clearly not happening. There's no way such a huge disparity in rating can reflect well on the critics.
 
I'll reserve judgement until I see it. However, one of the frequent complaints I've seen is one also (rightfully) levelled at Live Free..., namely that McClane is no longer a reluctant everyman, unwillingly drawn into a dnagerous situation, but is an invulnerable superman, defeating everything in his path. If that's right, then the makers of this movie, like those of the last one, seem to have overlooked much of what made the original movie and character so appealing and memorable.
 
Deckerd said:
There's no way such a huge disparity in rating can reflect well on the critics.
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It won't matter one way or the other. There are all too many movies that are reviewed terribly (almost always deservedly so) that go on to make ridiculous amounts of money. And vice versa.

The human adventure continues...

:)
 
Captaindemotion said:
Oh dear.

I hate to be so negative, but the first Die Hard movie is, for my money, the best action movie ever. And I love the next two in the series, even the much maligned Die Hard 2: Die Harder.

Die Hard 4.0 had its moments, but was let down by Les Wiseman's humdrum direction (sir, you're no John McTiernan) and the fact that someone took soap and water to John McClane's previously gloriously filthy potty mouth.

Those of us hoping for a return to form are unlikely to be heartened by the fact that DH5 will apparently pair up journeyman director John Moore (who so far has given us forgettable remakes of The Omen and Flight of the Phoenix, as well as May Payne and Behind Enemy Lines) with writer Skip Woods, of Wolverine and The A-Team fame (or forgettability).

Now, maybe this will be the movie where the two of them prove the naysayers wrong... but I'm not optimistic. Anyone care to change my mind?

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=81665

http://www.deadline.com/2011/08/joh...-hard-5-directing-derby-now-wholl-helm-red-2/

After a long search process, 20th Century Fox and Bruce Willis have just chosen John Moore to direct Die Hard 5. The film will shoot in Russia

As for Die Hard 5, Moore is in final negotiations and was in the running through the entire search as Fox tried to find a filmmaker that pleased Willis and the studio execs that have to shoot this movie in Russia and bring it in on a budget and a tight schedule. Fox has been looking for a new director since Noam Murro left the picture after he got the job helming 300: Battle Of Artemisia for Warner Bros. The studio started with a wish list of directors to helm the script by Skip Woods that included Joe Cornish (who directed Attack the Block), Fast Five helmer Justin Lin, Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn, and Moore. More recently, I’d heard Fox had conversations with helmers that included Gary Fleder, Paul McGuigan and 1408 helmer Mikael Hafstrom.

Moore didn’t have to necessarily sell Fox; the studio loves the Irishman. But he did have to convince Willis, who has been very hands-on in the selection of Die Hard directors. Moore and Willis had long meetings and Willis was swayed by Moore’s love for the John McClane character, and his grasp of how to shoot practical, non-CGI-heavy action scenes that have been a hallmark of the Die Hard series.
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I'm still looking forward to seeing the new movie.:)
 
I saw the film last night at the Arclight Cinemas in Sherman Oaks. Save your money, this movie is garbage. Just plain awful.
 
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