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Redjake · 06-28-2007, 03:53 AM

This movie sucked. I don't have much time to explain (gotta go to work), but it didn't seem like a Die Hard movie AT ALL. It's pretty sad when Justin Long was probably the best part of the movie. He did fantastic.

Long story short, the CGI was so overused and overabundant that it turned the movie into a videogame about halfway through, they don't concentrate on the fact that uh, you know, John McLean has been through 3 of these "episodes" before and it's starting to get eerie how often he gets put in these situations, the "believability" factor of the movie was completely destroyed by the "graphix hacking" (cool graphics floating around the screen while people relentlessly pound on the keyboard to make things happen), over-used CGI (the Harrier scene is just laugh out loud rediculous), and concentrating on the plot that no one cares about.

Should've been Rated-R so they could put F-bombs in (what's McLean without cussing up a storm??), they should have toned down the CGI and made the action scenes more believable (Die Hard: With a Vengeance had outrageous action scenes, but it was still at least believable), and they should have concentrated on how McLean was getting older/wiser and was starting to question the fact he was being put into these situations over and over (Nakatomi (sp?) Plaza, the airplane situation, and "Simon" were not mentioned in the movie at all, in fact, NONE of McLean's back story was mentioned, ever, in the entire movie - it was like he was a random detective that no one knew)

Justin Long excels - has excellent acting ability and didn't do the usual "annoying sidekick" role. Genuinely funny and believable.

Just another cheesy action movie. 6/10.

06-28-2007, 03:53 AM	#24 (permalink)
Redjake I'm a family man - I run a family business. Location: Wilson, NC	This movie sucked. I don't have much time to explain (gotta go to work), but it didn't seem like a Die Hard movie AT ALL. It's pretty sad when Justin Long was probably the best part of the movie. He did fantastic. Long story short, the CGI was so overused and overabundant that it turned the movie into a videogame about halfway through, they don't concentrate on the fact that uh, you know, John McLean has been through 3 of these "episodes" before and it's starting to get eerie how often he gets put in these situations, the "believability" factor of the movie was completely destroyed by the "graphix hacking" (cool graphics floating around the screen while people relentlessly pound on the keyboard to make things happen), over-used CGI (the Harrier scene is just laugh out loud rediculous), and concentrating on the plot that no one cares about. Should've been Rated-R so they could put F-bombs in (what's McLean without cussing up a storm??), they should have toned down the CGI and made the action scenes more believable (Die Hard: With a Vengeance had outrageous action scenes, but it was still at least believable), and they should have concentrated on how McLean was getting older/wiser and was starting to question the fact he was being put into these situations over and over (Nakatomi (sp?) Plaza, the airplane situation, and "Simon" were not mentioned in the movie at all, in fact, NONE of McLean's back story was mentioned, ever, in the entire movie - it was like he was a random detective that no one knew) Justin Long excels - has excellent acting ability and didn't do the usual "annoying sidekick" role. Genuinely funny and believable. Just another cheesy action movie. 6/10. __________________ Off the record, on the q.t., and very hush-hush.