Comments on: Die Hard http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/26/die-hard/ Independent Opinions on Comics of All Kinds Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:42:16 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Roger A http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/26/die-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-32752 Roger A Mon, 28 Aug 2006 21:27:59 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/26/die-hard/#comment-32752 You mean Alexander's not Godunov for you? (Never let it be said that I pass up a chance to make a bad pun.) You mean Alexander’s not Godunov for you? (Never let it be said that I pass up a chance to make a bad pun.)

]]> By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/26/die-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-32747 Johanna Mon, 28 Aug 2006 18:54:22 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/26/die-hard/#comment-32747 I really liked the part with the accent -- it seems to me that Brits have a lot more flexibility and skill when it comes to that acting tool than Americans do. I didn't care as much for Godunov, though. Too beefy for my tastes. :) I really liked the part with the accent — it seems to me that Brits have a lot more flexibility and skill when it comes to that acting tool than Americans do.

I didn’t care as much for Godunov, though. Too beefy for my tastes. :)

]]> By: ~chris http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/26/die-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-32745 ~chris Mon, 28 Aug 2006 18:18:51 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/26/die-hard/#comment-32745 Die Hard also had something rare in action films— intelligence. Twice, Alan Rickman’s character did something I did not immediately figure out— (1) in a cowardly nasal voice beg Willis not to shot him, and (2) order his men to “shoot the glass”— and then later admire the character’s cleverness when the reasons became clear. I’m amazed that no one here has yet mentioned one of the sexiest bad guys ever: Alexander Godunov. (BTW, I’m straight. No, really, I am! :-)) Die Hard also had something rare in action films— intelligence. Twice, Alan Rickman’s character did something I did not immediately figure out— (1) in a cowardly nasal voice beg Willis not to shot him, and (2) order his men to “shoot the glass”— and then later admire the character’s cleverness when the reasons became clear.

I’m amazed that no one here has yet mentioned one of the sexiest bad guys ever: Alexander Godunov. (BTW, I’m straight. No, really, I am! :-))

]]> By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/26/die-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-32732 Johanna Mon, 28 Aug 2006 01:30:49 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/26/die-hard/#comment-32732 That's why I love you! You've always got the facts. That’s why I love you! You’ve always got the facts.

]]> By: Nat Gertler http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/26/die-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-32731 Nat Gertler Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:58:18 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/26/die-hard/#comment-32731 Actually, it still holds together - if memory serves, Gleason's Breakfast Club character was also a vice principal. I can't speak to the Real Genius character, as I've not seen that flick. Yes, yes, I'm nerdy on detail. Thanks for the love, Johanna! Actually, it still holds together – if memory serves, Gleason’s Breakfast Club character was also a vice principal. I can’t speak to the Real Genius character, as I’ve not seen that flick.

Yes, yes, I’m nerdy on detail. Thanks for the love, Johanna!

]]> By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/26/die-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-32730 Johanna Sun, 27 Aug 2006 23:45:46 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/26/die-hard/#comment-32730 I love you Nat. I love you Nat.

]]> By: Nat Gertler http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/26/die-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-32729 Nat Gertler Sun, 27 Aug 2006 23:38:03 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/26/die-hard/#comment-32729 Minor additional correction: in Ferris, Jeffery Jones played the <i>vice</i> principal. Minor additional correction: in Ferris, Jeffery Jones played the vice principal.

]]> By: David Oakes http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/26/die-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-32696 David Oakes Sat, 26 Aug 2006 21:28:26 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/26/die-hard/#comment-32696 Funny faces, Eastwood-ain quips, and just a _little_ bit of C4. Like so many movies before it, it totally reimagined a genre and made it so much more, only to be endlessly copied to the point that it becomes a joke, even in it's own sequels. But the first movie was darn near perfect, and not even "for an action film". Everything happened for a reason, no one had to act like an idiot to advance the plot (except the idiot), and you still got to blow stuff up. (The only thing more perfect is to get a big bowl of popcorn and watch it at 1 am on Telemundo. John McCain is even more macho in Spanish.) Good catch on the characters actors, Joh. And I should know better. Atherton's character was secondary to the popcorn in "Genius", and it was this movie rather that really cemented the tautology "William Atherton is a Weasel" in my mind. (Powering the greatest moment in 20th century cinema, Bonnie Bedilia decking him.) But I really should have remembered Gleason. He never gets his props, even among the lofty heights of character actors. Thank you. Funny faces, Eastwood-ain quips, and just a _little_ bit of C4.

Like so many movies before it, it totally reimagined a genre and made it so much more, only to be endlessly copied to the point that it becomes a joke, even in it’s own sequels. But the first movie was darn near perfect, and not even “for an action film”. Everything happened for a reason, no one had to act like an idiot to advance the plot (except the idiot), and you still got to blow stuff up. (The only thing more perfect is to get a big bowl of popcorn and watch it at 1 am on Telemundo. John McCain is even more macho in Spanish.)

Good catch on the characters actors, Joh. And I should know better. Atherton’s character was secondary to the popcorn in “Genius”, and it was this movie rather that really cemented the tautology “William Atherton is a Weasel” in my mind. (Powering the greatest moment in 20th century cinema, Bonnie Bedilia decking him.) But I really should have remembered Gleason. He never gets his props, even among the lofty heights of character actors. Thank you.

]]> By: James Schee http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/26/die-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-32694 James Schee Sat, 26 Aug 2006 19:57:46 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/26/die-hard/#comment-32694 This was a really surprising movie for me when I first watched it, in just how much I liked it. Especially since this was the first thing I'd seen Willis in besides Moonlighting, so when I saw previews I was like "what's he going to do make the criminals laugh themselves to death with funny faces?" This was a really surprising movie for me when I first watched it, in just how much I liked it. Especially since this was the first thing I’d seen Willis in besides Moonlighting, so when I saw previews I was like “what’s he going to do make the criminals laugh themselves to death with funny faces?”

]]> By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/26/die-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-32693 Johanna Sat, 26 Aug 2006 19:52:12 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/26/die-hard/#comment-32693 Darn, you're right! I was thinking of <strong>Real Genius</strong>. Thanks for the correction! Darn, you’re right! I was thinking of Real Genius. Thanks for the correction!

]]> By: Sam Hobart http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/26/die-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-32692 Sam Hobart Sat, 26 Aug 2006 19:16:45 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/08/26/die-hard/#comment-32692 Wasn't the principal in <b>Ferris Bueller</b> Jeffrey Jones? Wasn’t the principal in Ferris Bueller Jeffrey Jones?

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