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Uncouth, Cranky and Rude: Movies in 1988 Were a Far Cry From Today

posted 4 years ago by TMC-4 (20185)
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/movies/box-office-tenet-die-hard.html

Some of what keeps “Die Hard” a perfect movie is how it can bury us in peevish, cocky, haughty, drunken, short-tempered, goony, stubborn men yet relax because its star is a miraculously calibrated combination of those qualities, but with a pinch of humility, a workingman ease and a gallon of charm. The movie, a major sleeper in fourth place in its ninth week, will forever be remarkable for Bruce Willis’s hero journey from chauvinist cop to husband of the year.

[–] liscarkat (18605) 3 years ago

McClane's toxic masculinity is refreshing today.

[–] Cognoscente (2664) 3 years ago

Jason Statham is waving the flag for it.

[–] Biggs111Mr (247) 2 years ago

Yea, um, it seems people irl act like they hate masculine type men & stuff but they're always so popular in the movies. I wonder why u know.

[–] Cognoscente (2664) 2 years ago

Part of the appeal is that a man who doesn't care what people thinks is usually someone who doesn't realize how funny he is.

[–] Biggs111Mr (247) 2 years ago

Do u mean funny in a good way? Is it entertaining to a lot of people since it's sort of rare now?

[–] Cognoscente (2664) 2 years ago

Yes. When the writer intends it to be funny but the character doesn't.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

Fuck the NY Times!