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DEC 6, 2010


'Die Hard' FILM
'Die Hard'
Central Cinema

Fact: Die Hard is the best action movie ever made. It is better than Star Wars, it's better than Raiders of the Lost Ark, and it's playing this week at Central Cinema as part of their Christmas Classics! series (which will include Gremlins later this month, bless their hearts). Luke Skywalker is a whiny brat who's in love with his sister. Indiana Jones is rad until you wave a snake in front of him. John McClane is 100 percent badass—he'll take on 12 evil terrorists, walk on broken glass with bare feet, and still be up for a make-out session with his wife. Yippee kay yay, motherfucker. (Central Cinema, 1411 21st Ave, 686-6684, 9:30 pm, $5 adv/$7 DOS, 21+) by Megan Seling

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gloomy gus 1
Excuse me: yippie kay yay? Rilly?
Posted by gloomy gus on December 6, 2010 at 11:21 AM · Report
darthvegan 2
I don't think it tops Raiders, but it's above Star Wars. A bit on par with Aliens, in my opinion.

For me, it's tied as the best xmas movie ever, along with Bad Santa and Christmas Story.
Posted by darthvegan on December 6, 2010 at 11:29 AM · Report
Will in Seattle 3
Meh. It had it's day - last century.
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on December 6, 2010 at 11:43 AM · Report
Fnarf 4
Alas, it has Bruce Willis in it, who is the most repellent human being who has ever appeared on a screen.
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on December 6, 2010 at 11:49 AM · Report
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@4,

Alan Rickman doesn't cancel him out?
Posted by keshmeshi on December 6, 2010 at 12:09 PM · Report
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#4 - I don't know about that, Fnarf. You're appearing on my computer screen right now.
Posted by catsnbanjos on December 6, 2010 at 12:10 PM · Report
Megan Seling 7
@4 You'd take Mel Gibson over Bruce Willis? REALLY?
Posted by Megan Seling on December 6, 2010 at 12:11 PM · Report
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Megan

Some would say that the Wild Bunch is the best action movie ever made.
Posted by neo-realist on December 6, 2010 at 12:20 PM · Report
Julie in Eugene 9
Some friends had a Die Hard watching party this weekend to get us in the holiday spirit... haven't seen it in years and it was pretty funny to watch Alan Rickman in this part, after I just saw the last HP movie. All I could think of was Severus Snape holding all those people hostage....
Posted by Julie in Eugene on December 6, 2010 at 12:22 PM · Report
Fnarf 10
@7, yes, really. Not by much. Mel Gibson, for all his faults, never played harmonica. Neither did Michael Douglas, who is third.
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on December 6, 2010 at 2:03 PM · Report
mikethehammer 11
I guess Willis has some loathsome elements about him, but that movie was just goddamn fantastic and I really think changed the way action films would be made & viewed for the next 20 years (until Matrix ushered in the largely disappointing era of CGI anyway. Blah.) I love the weird flash of the black & white effect during the crashing helicopter scene -- think that was a fancy "add-in" to the DVD release. I also love "Argyle", the limo driver.
Posted by mikethehammer on December 6, 2010 at 9:28 PM · Report

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