Vote for your favorite Die Hard movies
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Definitely the third. I like the fact that it takes place in and around New York City (they even went to Yankee Stadium! 
). And Jeremy Irons made a better villain than Alan Rickman did, IMHO.
Also, it really creeped me out that Sam Phillips was so badass yet she spoke not a single word throughout the whole thing. I'm sure that was intentional.
). And Jeremy Irons made a better villain than Alan Rickman did, IMHO.Also, it really creeped me out that Sam Phillips was so badass yet she spoke not a single word throughout the whole thing. I'm sure that was intentional.
Just the first one. It's the only one I've bothered to watch again.
They should've left it as a trilogy.
Die hard 1
My favorite quote-
"They're turning my car into Swiss cheese!'
My favorite quote-
"They're turning my car into Swiss cheese!'
i don't understand why so many folks disliked Die Hard 4. I considered it a damn good movie. Die Hard 4 was an updated story. Bruce Willis's character fighting a modern cyber terrorist instead of the more traditional European leftist or American right wing terrorists that we saw in the earlier movies.
I voted for 1, 3, and 4. In that order.
I skipped the second one, even though I own them all, because I felt if I voted for all four that's the same as not voting for any of them.
I also don't get the hate for the 4th one. If you watch the unrated version, it fixes a lot of the problems. I think overall, it would have been better had Wiseman gone for gold and a hard-R rating. Around the movie's release (and when I found out it was PG13) he was quoted as saying he didn't direct it with a rating in mind, but assumed it would be R. I think he's full of shit and was told to tone it down, and tried a bit of CYA. Even the unrated version is tame compared to the others.
If they make a Die Hard 6, it needs to be called "Old Habits Die Hard", and I'm guaranteed in the theater!
I skipped the second one, even though I own them all, because I felt if I voted for all four that's the same as not voting for any of them.
I also don't get the hate for the 4th one. If you watch the unrated version, it fixes a lot of the problems. I think overall, it would have been better had Wiseman gone for gold and a hard-R rating. Around the movie's release (and when I found out it was PG13) he was quoted as saying he didn't direct it with a rating in mind, but assumed it would be R. I think he's full of shit and was told to tone it down, and tried a bit of CYA. Even the unrated version is tame compared to the others.
If they make a Die Hard 6, it needs to be called "Old Habits Die Hard", and I'm guaranteed in the theater!
It's not what the fourth movie was about, but how they went about telling it.
All of them.
But I'd rank them as
1) Die Hard
2) Live Free Or Die Hard
3) Die Hard 2
4) Die Hard With A Vengeance
Probably because I expected 4 to suck but was pleasantly surprised, while Vengeance's ending appears to have been pasted in from a different movie
But then I think Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull is the best Indy sequel as well...
But I'd rank them as
1) Die Hard
2) Live Free Or Die Hard
3) Die Hard 2
4) Die Hard With A Vengeance
Probably because I expected 4 to suck but was pleasantly surprised, while Vengeance's ending appears to have been pasted in from a different movie
But then I think Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull is the best Indy sequel as well...
Well, the first one is the best so in the interest of discussion, I'll just rank them:
Die Hard
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Live Free or Die Hard
Die Hard 2: Die Harder
Yeah, I consider Live Free or Die Hard a little underrated, while the second one lefted some to be desired. I did like all of them though and will go see Die Hard 5 eventually.
Die Hard
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Live Free or Die Hard
Die Hard 2: Die Harder
Yeah, I consider Live Free or Die Hard a little underrated, while the second one lefted some to be desired. I did like all of them though and will go see Die Hard 5 eventually.
The first is (30+ stories) well above the rest. Oddly, the only other one I care anything for is the second film.
Once you move the films out of a centralized location (an L.A. skyscraper, a D.C. airport), then you lose a lot of what Die Hard is for me. From the third movie on, we've gone from running around NYC (with a tacked-on climax somewhere in Canada), to running around the United States, to now fighting bad guys in Russia.
I miss the claustrophobia of the first film, and NOBODY has topped Alan Rickman's Hans Gruber as an antagonist for John McClane.
Once you move the films out of a centralized location (an L.A. skyscraper, a D.C. airport), then you lose a lot of what Die Hard is for me. From the third movie on, we've gone from running around NYC (with a tacked-on climax somewhere in Canada), to running around the United States, to now fighting bad guys in Russia.
I miss the claustrophobia of the first film, and NOBODY has topped Alan Rickman's Hans Gruber as an antagonist for John McClane.
^ That's how I feel. The first two feel like Die Hard movies. They're the only ones I bought. The others feel like generic action movies with Bruce Willis.
If Speed had been the third Die Hard movie, that would have been a great trilogy.
Good one. I love it.
3 > 1 > 2 > 4
I think the first three are all quite excellent. Even 2, the weakest, is still damn thrilling, and I like the airport setting. I remember watching 3 over and over again as a kid. It's just such a huge scale compared to the claustrophobic first one.
The fourth one isn't BAD, but it's not as good as the originals.
I think the first three are all quite excellent. Even 2, the weakest, is still damn thrilling, and I like the airport setting. I remember watching 3 over and over again as a kid. It's just such a huge scale compared to the claustrophobic first one.
The fourth one isn't BAD, but it's not as good as the originals.
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