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You chose to do so for the incompetant Die Hard?

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In Reply to: Nice to see another person who chooses not to leave their brain at the door posted by Analog Scott on December 18, 2006 at 09:28:21:

So it seems hypocritical to me - especially when James Bond films are supposed to lean to the ludicrous while Die Hard was supposed to be a smart serious effort.

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It seems hypocritical to you? - Analog Scott 20:19:03 12/18/06 (4)
I think you are perhaps getting a little bent out of shape by people pointing out just how extremely stupid casino Royale is. In fact die Hard is far more consistant than casino Royale by a country mile. That is the very thing that makes Die hardf acceptable and Casino Royale garbage. i think the big picture you are missing here is there is a difference between a movie maker asking us to suspend certain disbeliefs and a movie maker just being stupid. In the case of Casino Royale you have one of the most clear cut cases of pure stupidity.
- Re: It seems hypocritical to you? - RGA 02:13:16 12/19/06 (3)
  Actually there is little that is stupid about Casino Royale and certainly nothing evidenced by you. The Audience is perfectly able to fill in cutaway scenes - not everything needs to be spoon fed to the audience.
  Die Hard's Ground police chief asks you to leave your brain at the door -- his character alone undermines the entire film because as far as I can tell it is to fill time for a woefully thin plot.
  But oh well - not everyone is going to like every film
  - "But oh well - not everyone is going to like every film" True enough. It's always strange to me when people have such - sjb 14:46:52 12/19/06 (2)
    vitriol about movies they don't like and feel the need to slam whole groups of people for liking or simply enjoying a movie.
    
    Don't piss on my shoe and tell me it's raining.
    - P.S. - sjb 15:19:30 12/19/06 (1)
      The same is true in reverse. Always strange when people slam others for not liking a movie that they deem worhty.
      
      Don't piss on my shoe and tell me it's raining.
      - Re: P.S. - RGA 00:37:46 12/23/06 (0)
        
        In Reply to: P.S. posted by sjb on December 19, 2006 at 15:19:30:
        
        I do not care that people don't like Casino Royale - but supporting the view with faulty arguments is not fair to the film or those who did like it. Comedy is the easiest - I do not like Pet Detective because I just didn't think it was funny. I can not prove to people, nor would I care to, why it is not funny. Obviously many people felt it was a laugh riot - after all they made a second one.
have you started the Xmas party early? - dave c 20:11:35 12/18/06 (1)
Are you sure Die Hard is supposed to be "a smart serious effort"?
I thought it was an advert for vests.
Errrr, singlets, for North American readers.
- Re: have you started the Xmas party early? - RGA 02:17:44 12/19/06 (0)
  Well it is supposed to be a smart serious effort in the action film genre (which is entirely different than what dramas are all about).
  I am comparing apples to apples. If we're going to rip action films for logic pitfalls, plot conveniences then I would not go to action films because they all have them.

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