Many of you know of my (perhaps somewhat guilty) love of the Die Hard series, so of course I am excited by the new one coming out this summer. My first impression, based on the trailer:
They're trying to go too big with this, though at first glance, I feel like they could actually succeed. Oh my, there were some wildly awesome shots just in the trailer!
Possible problem: Two or three awesome lines have already been exposed by the trailer, as well as some great action sequences - does the movie have anything more? My expectations have been raised.
Potential Aaron-thing: Why does the John McClane character have to rescue his daughter? Why can't the daughter be bad-ass rescue him? Or why can't they be working together? I was about to have this problem with the women in Shrek 3 (I saw a sneak preview last night) until they got all bad-ass. Good job, in THAT movie. This could be a possible downfall of the new Die Hard.
I'm already annoyed by: the Justin Long character. Get rid of him. To me, he is already the Jar-Jar Binks of the Die Hard series (though I guess without him, there'd be no one to say, "You killed a helicopter...with a car").
Impossible hope: I want them to give Sammy J. a cameo, but I don't see him in IMDb, so...meh.
Possible
things that might offset Sammy J. not being in this film: Jeffrey
Wright (who is always awesome)! And a Kevin Smith appearance, which
could go either way.
General impression: I fear the plot will lose the small-time-cop-stuck-in-big-situation charm of the Die Hard series, but the film might succeed despite this.
They're trying to go too big with this, though at first glance, I feel like they could actually succeed. Oh my, there were some wildly awesome shots just in the trailer!
Possible problem: Two or three awesome lines have already been exposed by the trailer, as well as some great action sequences - does the movie have anything more? My expectations have been raised.
Potential Aaron-thing: Why does the John McClane character have to rescue his daughter? Why can't the daughter be bad-ass rescue him? Or why can't they be working together? I was about to have this problem with the women in Shrek 3 (I saw a sneak preview last night) until they got all bad-ass. Good job, in THAT movie. This could be a possible downfall of the new Die Hard.
I'm already annoyed by: the Justin Long character. Get rid of him. To me, he is already the Jar-Jar Binks of the Die Hard series (though I guess without him, there'd be no one to say, "You killed a helicopter...with a car").
Impossible hope: I want them to give Sammy J. a cameo, but I don't see him in IMDb, so...meh.
Possible
things that might offset Sammy J. not being in this film: Jeffrey
Wright (who is always awesome)! And a Kevin Smith appearance, which
could go either way.
General impression: I fear the plot will lose the small-time-cop-stuck-in-big-situation charm of the Die Hard series, but the film might succeed despite this.
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