All posts tagged “die hard”

It's funny to rewatch a movie you've grown up with. I still have the VHS-tape with Die Hard recorded from some random tv-channel more than 10 years ago, it almost became a tradition to watch Bruce Willis kick some ass every time I was sick and couldn't go to school. Watching movies back then was kinda rare, my mom was very anti-everything-electronic, so we had to rent a so-called MovieBox. Anyway, it's probably been atleast five years since I watched Die Hard until today when the Special Edition DVD dropped into my mailbox.

Seeing it again was interesting, I noticed some mistakes I hadn't in my previous viewings, and, once again, I saw how damaging bad subtitles can be. Relying on subtitles was necessary back then, when I didn't understand much English and it's a bit chocking how easy it is to misinterpret dialogues, feelings, etc. when the subtitles have been created by some ignorant twat who didn't really listen when he or she watched the movie. It's almost as bad as translating the original movie titles to ridiculous Danish ones.

Well, back to Die Hard, Hans Gruber and John McClane were both as badass and cool as I remember them being, but Al Powell, the black cop, was a lot more annoying than I remembered. He was really bugging me. Now, I like grading movies, my vote history is steadily growing on IMDb, but when I grade this movie I base it on the memory I have of it, and not on the movie experience I had when watching it tonight. I feel that it's pretty much the same as playing a blockbuster-game today that was released 10 years ago, naturally it won't be the same experience and you would grade it lower now than back then, and the memory I have of Die Hard makes it atleast worthy of a nine out of 10. Bruce Willis (as John McClane) truly is the coolest motherfucker on earth, Schwarzenegger, Stallone, Norris, Seagal, you aint got shit.

Die Hard – 9/10.

By the way, does anyone know the correct spelling of "yippee-ka-yay"?