DIE HARD turns 25 today

[Rowdy Roddy McDowall]

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[MacLeod]

One of the better 80's movies. Though I think Alan Rickman stole the film.

 

[auntiehill]

A hero is only as good as the villain he's up against.

Another thing that the Die Hard creators understood is that humor will endear a character to the audience much more quickly than just watching him beat down the baddie.

*sigh* I can't believe this film was released 25 years ago. God, I'm old!

 

[Yoda]

Born 25 years ago, died what.. just shy of its 19th birthday with the release of Live Free or Die Hard? A tragic loss

 

[tomalak301]

One of the greatest Christmas Movies of all time.

 

[MacLeod]

^It's definantly on my list of top Christmas movies.

 

[Starkers]

Best Christmas film ever, best action movie ever too.

I can still remember the first trailers…wondering what David Addison was doing running around with a gun

One of the few films to literally have me on the edge of my seat the first time I saw it on the big screen.

 

[Holdfast]

Alan Rickman made the original so much fun. Just the way he says his lines cracks me up every time:

- "Now I have a machine gun. Ho. Ho. Ho."
- "Nice suit. John Phillips, London. I have two myself. Rumor has it Arafat buys his there."
- "I am an exceptional thief, Mrs McClane."
- "You asked for miracles, Theo; I give you the F... B... I...! "

 

[lennier1]

Still one of my favorite movie trilogies.

 

[Starkers]

I read the book, compared to the film it is very dull...

 

[Jiangnan Freak]

Congratulations.

 

[DalekJim]

One of the most tense Hollywood thrillers out there. Harry Ellis was such a great sleazeball.

"Hans, bubie...I'm your white knight!"

 

[Tosk]

But since Paul Gleason, who played Robinson, is last shown AS Karl is about to blast away----and NOT after Karl's taken out----I've always had a nagging suspicion 20th Century Fox has been suppressing one doozy of a deleted scene-fragment.

The scene is also scored with a tracked cue that James Horner did for Aliens rather than new material by Michael Kamen. Just thought I'd mention that in case it helps your theory...

 

[Starkers]

I think I prefer the ending as it is, Robinson's a dick, but I'm not sure he deserved to die, unlike Agent/special Agent Johnsons (no relation). DH5 really could have done with a Robinson or a Dick Thornburg type character

 

[Starkers]

Or any real attempt at characterization.

Amen to that!