Die Hard is 30 years old

Kermit.de.frog · 21-07-2018 01:17AM #1

The movie that gave Bruce Willis and Éamon de Velera their break out roles.

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/die-hard-at-30-how-bruce-willis-led-to-quentin-tarantino-george-clooney-and-jennifer-aniston-1.3568963

brevity · 21-07-2018 01:23AM

Yippee ki yay

Kermit.de.frog · 21-07-2018 01:27AM

Asian Dawn.

Chaos Tourist · 21-07-2018 01:31AM

In a word - inspirational. What one determined person can do killing German terrorists in a variety of gruesome and hilarious ways.

Drumpot · 21-07-2018 01:32AM

Hey hans, I’m not a method actor put the gun down.

I went to see this in lighthouse a Christmas or two ago... Superb still and even better on the big screen.

Filmer Paradise · 21-07-2018 01:32AM

30 years gone so fast!

I like the way Bruce casually smokes his way through the early scenes.

We all were that way back then.

'elf 'n sayfey & jobsworth brigade started to gain traction after this....

This was 'Peak Humanity'.

_Kaiser_ · 21-07-2018 01:33AM

That's just depressing... I still remember the first time I watched it.

Sky Movies and Cablelink had a free weekend on and Die Hard was the big premiere. All went well until the part at the end when John and Holly come out of the building and meet Al. The picture scrambled! (obviously Cablelink had it on a timer and at least in those days the audio was unaffected). Came back a minute later, but not fast enough to see Karl get his comeuppance.

One of the best films ever made though and in my top 5 for sure (alongside Aliens, Goodfellas, Wall Street and Lord of War)

bazz26 · 21-07-2018 01:48AM

They should have stopped after the third one. 4 and 5 were utterly terrible.

sabat · 21-07-2018 02:01AM

I never warmed to it in the way I did other 80s action flicks; maybe it's because Bruce Willis is a smarmy kunt.

AllForIt · 21-07-2018 02:04AM

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

One of the best films ever made though and in my top 5 for sure (alongside Aliens, Goodfellas, Wall Street and Lord of War)

Die Hard - tick. Aliens - tick, Goodfellas - tick, Wall Street - tick.

LORD OF WAR?

Never even heard of it!

P.S. Yes I know I can just go and google it but I prefer the old days when ppl would have to explain things to you.

WoollyRedHat · 21-07-2018 02:06AM

Bruce Willis came out during his roast to say it wasn’t a Christmas movie.. may he burn in hell.

antodeco · 21-07-2018 02:07AM

Great movie. "Get to the chopper". "I'm king of the world". Classic

Noveight · 21-07-2018 02:08AM

Hans Gruber.

WoollyRedHat · 21-07-2018 02:09AM

antodeco wrote: »

Great movie. "Get to the chopper". "I'm king of the world". Classic

Don’t forgot where he saves Christmas by gunning down the Grinch in ‘Die Hard with a Zeus’’.

TallGlass · 21-07-2018 02:09AM

Used to love it on the Playstation with the gun.

Mind you could never get out of the car park level :pac:

punisher5112 · 21-07-2018 02:10AM

Now I have a machine gun!!!!
Ho! Ho! Hos I've got hos in many areas codes area codes......

Sorry last bit is off a rap song...

Hollie.....

Riddle101 · 21-07-2018 02:15AM

Hans Gruber is one of my favorite villains of all time. Alan Rickman did a fantastic job in that movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ipagRxiCqM

Church on Tuesday · 21-07-2018 02:25AM

Marco: No more table! Where are you going to go now? Let me give you some advice: Next time you have the chance to kill someone, don't hesitate!
John McClane: (Kills him) Thanks for the advice.

take everything · 21-07-2018 02:45AM

Come out to the coast, we'll get together, have a few laughs...

pleas advice · 21-07-2018 02:59AM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Asian Dawn.

I read about them in TIME magazine

Kermit.de.frog · 21-07-2018 04:52AM

pleas advice wrote: »

I read about them in TIME magazine

"New Provo Front" ftw :pac:

s7ryf3925pivug · 21-07-2018 04:59AM

antodeco wrote: »

Great movie. "Get to the chopper". "I'm king of the world". Classic

I'm getting too old for th!s sh!t

antodeco · 21-07-2018 05:02AM

Gannon Beautiful Milkman wrote: »

I'm getting too old for th!s sh!t

You'll never take our freedom is another one!

Kermit.de.frog · 21-07-2018 05:09AM

I'm just the fly in the ointment Hans, the monkey in the wrench, the pain in the ass...

Beanntraigheach · 21-07-2018 06:07AM

Strange to think that it was a Summer release.
Because of the time it's set I'd have assumed it came out around Christmas.

Beanntraigheach · 21-07-2018 06:09AM

bazz26 wrote: »

They should have stopped after the third one. 4 and 5 were utterly terrible.

4 was bad.
5 was so abysmal I've had to suppress all memory of it!

silverharp · 21-07-2018 07:18AM

Glass? Who gives a sht about glass? Who the fck is this?

DEFTLEFTHAND · 21-07-2018 07:54AM

Nearly the same age as myself.
I'm still 29 until September though.

Jaysus, becoming old.

rafatoni · 21-07-2018 08:00AM

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

That's just depressing... I still remember the first time I watched it.

Sky Movies and Cablelink had a free weekend on and Die Hard was the big premiere. All went well until the part at the end when John and Holly come out of the building and meet Al. The picture scrambled! (obviously Cablelink had it on a timer and at least in those days the audio was unaffected). Came back a minute later, but not fast enough to see Karl get his comeuppance.

One of the best films ever made though and in my top 5 for sure (alongside Aliens, Goodfellas, Wall Street and Lord of War)

Thats how we saw it too, the free wknd of sky movies on cablelink. I remwmber it well my mam went to see frank sinatra in the point with my aunties. The young wans wont know who Frank even is on here.

Class Movie.

Anyone ever get to a hotel after a long flight and rub their feet on the carpet? ðŸ˜€

BrianD3 · 21-07-2018 08:08AM

A good few of the actors are dead. The dead include those who played the following characters.

Hans
Dwayne T Robinson
Karl
Takagi
The female newsreader
The head of the Swat team

s7ryf3925pivug · 21-07-2018 08:34AM

Yippee kai yay kimosabe.

I saw it on ITV...

Die Hard is 30 years old

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