Tuesday, December 07, 2021
Die Hard
- Commentary: Roger Ebert didn't like this movie very much. He only gave it two stars and a middling review. Other reviewers were equally ambivalent. They, at the time and through time, were in the minority, although a rather large minority. Audiences, however, were not ambivalent. It's a crowd pleaser, a perennial favorite and, dare I say, one of my favorite Christmas movies.
Despite Roger Ebert's dismissal of it, it's been re-reviewed and revisited twice since the movie was released: Once in 2013 by Matt Zoller Seitz and again in 2015 by Brain Tallerico when a commemoriative set of the entire series of movies was released.
Truth be told, the only movie in the series I've seen is this one. In fact, until I read one of the articles above, I was only vaguely aware that there was a collection surrounding this character. I can't imagine that I'll be catching up on the sequels, but, this year, for some reason, I wanted this movie to be a part of my Christmas celebration, and the Christmas part of my movie collection.
More later, when I watch it.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Bruce Willis John McClane Alan Rickman Hans Gruber Alexander Godunov Karl Bonnie Bedelia Holly Gennero-McClane Reginald VelJohnson Al Powell Paul Gleason Dwayne T. Robinson De'voreaux White Argyle William Atherton Richard Thornburg Tracy Reiner Thornburg's assistant Clarence Gilyard Theo Hart Bochner Harry Ellis James Shigeta Joseph Yoshinobu Takagi
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 1988
Directed by John McTiernan, Jr.
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