Best die hard - Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995) Discussion

[–] TheBeardedWonder 8 years ago

It's damn entertaining. Hard to say if it's better than the first, they're just both so good. Either way we can all agree it's better than the 2nd.

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[–] Drooch (5333) 2 years ago

I can’t decide whether I prefer 2 or 3. Very different. I love the disaster movie quality of 2, and the fact that it’s an escalating situation in a limited environment like the original. It’s really absorbing, escalates brilliantly, and it might have the best kill-the-bad-guys ending.

3 of course has a notoriously weak ending but the rest of it is fantastic, ‘a supercharged slab of fun’ as I seem to recall Empire Magazine calling it. It’s got the McTiernan charm and sophistication, the performances are universally great and the cinema verité camerawork was revolutionary - shaky-cam before Bourne.

4 and 5 naturally don’t even count as Die Hard films. Willis’ cognitive decline must have begun around 2007.

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[–] Scape (527) 2 years ago

Exactly, Die Hard ending with part III.

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[–] HEYitzED 8 years ago

This is the only Die Hard sequel I like. But no it's not better than the original. At least not to me.

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[–] millsey72 (10364) 3 years ago

I prefer the 5th movie in the franchise

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[–] April-151-CT (10210) 2 years ago

The first is exponentially the best. But I think part 3 is definitely better than part 2.

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[–] R_Kane (15828) 2 years ago

No. Sam Jackson’s character is terminally annoying, as Jackson always is.

My second-best Die Hard is the unpopular Live Free or Die Hard. It has the most inventive action sequences in the franchise and it’s directed by Wiesman, whom I like as the director of the Underworld franchise and who gets to cum inside
Kate Beckinsale.

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[–] Heisenberg (6730) 2 years ago

How do you know?

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[–] Obifuntoknowme (1133) 2 years ago

Yes agreed, I love this film it’s so entertaining. It just flows so well doesn’t it..such great action, performances etc.

I always got the impression that this film is a big F*** Y** from John McTiernan to Renny Harlin after the latters attempt at a Die Hard sequel. I enjoyed 2 a lot at the time but 3 is so much better in every way. The New York setting makes for some fantastic scenes and Bruce Willis and Sam Jackson both do a great job. It still holds up remarkably well today and is always worth watching. Great film.

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