Live Free or Die Hard

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edited January 2008 in Music & Movies
I went to see it yesterday. Packed with action and typical of McLane style of blowing up things. It kept me engaged for the duration of the movie. Definitely didn't dissapoint me, just like the rest of the series. The storyline is a stretch, but hey, it's entertainment!

Btw, Winstead (the daughter) is feisty and HOT! Love it!
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  • Posts: 819
    edited July 2007
    I also watched it last night. It is a good die hard movie and you will like it if you liked the prev two.
    I am OK with story, was just disappointed with scene involving F35. That thing should have better accuracy then what is shown.

    ... and I agree, the daughter was hot.
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  • Posts: 25
    edited July 2007
    i saw the movie the other day. one thing I noticed was the lips not syncing with some audio, probably swear words that were cut out.
  • Posts: 2,813
    edited July 2007
    I saw it tonight and wasn't really too impressed. I thought the whole hacker theme was a little too overdone and just not cool. At least it was a good action flick (minus the F35 scene).

    I'd wait for dvd to rent this one.
  • Posts: 1,136
    edited July 2007
    The movie True Lies had the same scene in it also with the jet, but it was done to be funny.
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  • Posts: 126
    edited July 2007
    I loved this movie. It had me laughing my A$$ off. Great action Great humor. Hokie F-35 scene was the only dissapointment. I enjoyed it way more than Transformers and would honestly rate it right up there with Nakatomi...
  • Posts: 11,258
    edited July 2007
    Me and my fiance went to see it and we both loved it. Some parts of the movie were unrealistic, but it's a movie. The hacker idea was scary because something like that is a lot more likely to happen than Soviets blowing us up with a dirty bomb or aliens attacking. I liked that Bruce Willis was funny, and even made fun of himself and his character from the other movies. Two thumbs up!
  • Posts: 5,231
    edited July 2007
    I thought this was a very fun movie. Much better plot than I was expecting and the action was great. For a summer blockbuster - transformers is still the one to beat, but this was worth the admission price.
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  • Posts: 134
    edited July 2007
    We went and saw it a few weeks ago, pretty good... It was what I expected, great action...
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  • Posts: 10,822
    edited November 2007
    This came out on DVD yesterday, so I gave it a rent.

    I laughed harder at this movie than I've laughed at a movie in a long time. The problem? It wasn't a comedy. Holy crap. They took the genre of unbelievable (as in, not believable) action and ran with it boy. Jumping out of a car just in time to have it ramp up a toll booth and knock a helicopter out of the sky? Check. Outrunning a hoverjet that is lobbing missiles at you on a bridge while in a semi tractor trailer? Check. Taking down the entire nation's infrastructure (air traffic, traffic lights, trains, phones, satellite, television) from a single computer terminal? Check. Being able to instantaneously hack into someone's PC, turn their webcam on and face it at them so you can have a video conversation with them? Check. Hiding behind a couch to shield yourself from automatic machine gun fire that is effortlessly ripping through a brick wall behind you? Check.

    I could go on for a while. You get the idea.

    All that said? Awesome entertaining action flick :D
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  • Posts: 7,900
    edited November 2007
    Watched it last night. It was OK. I'd give it a 7/10. The way the bad guy was killed was cool.

    It was ridiculously unrealistic -- almost cartoonish. The F-35 scene should have been cut from the film.

    I liked the hacker aspects of the movie. Some of it seemed plausible.
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  • Posts: 1,280
    edited November 2007
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    All that said? Awesome entertaining action flick :D

    Exactly :D
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  • Posts: 8,520
    edited November 2007
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    This came out on DVD yesterday, so I gave it a rent.

    I laughed harder at this movie than I've laughed at a movie in a long time. The problem? It wasn't a comedy. Holy crap. They took the genre of unbelievable (as in, not believable) action and ran with it boy. Jumping out of a car just in time to have it ramp up a toll booth and knock a helicopter out of the sky? Check. Outrunning a hoverjet that is lobbing missiles at you on a bridge while in a semi tractor trailer? Check. Taking down the entire nation's infrastructure (air traffic, traffic lights, trains, phones, satellite, television) from a single computer terminal? Check. Being able to instantaneously hack into someone's PC, turn their webcam on and face it at them so you can have a video conversation with them? Check. Hiding behind a couch to shield yourself from automatic machine gun fire that is effortlessly ripping through a brick wall behind you? Check.

    I could go on for a while. You get the idea.

    All that said? Awesome entertaining action flick :D

    Now I know I'll love this, over the top, unrealistic action is my favorite. Of course my BD-P1000 won't play it so I have to wait for yet another FW update. I'm going to rent the SD, which will just plain suck but I really want to see this one.
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  • Posts: 1,488
    edited November 2007
    Ron-P wrote: »
    Now I know I'll love this, over the top, unrealistic action is my favorite. Of course my BD-P1000 won't play it so I have to wait for yet another FW update. I'm going to rent the SD, which will just plain suck but I really want to see this one.

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  • Posts: 8,520
    edited November 2007
    I just found the 1.3 FW update on Sam's website, the one I called about this morning and was told their still working on and to call back in a week. It was released 2 days ago.

    It's ready to go into the player just haven't done it yet. Hopefully it will work so I can watch this tonight.
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  • Posts: 8,520
    edited November 2007
    It works, slow, very slow loading but the movie played ok so far. I'll watch it tonight to see if it runs all the way though.
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  • Posts: 1,488
    edited November 2007
    Early B. wrote: »
    -- . The F-35 scene should have been cut from the film. .


    I don't know if I would cut it from the film but it did leave me scratching my head asking ''How the Hell did he get on top of that airplane?'' I had to rewind it and watch it again.
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  • Posts: 7,900
    edited November 2007
    I don't know if I would cut it from the film but it did leave me scratching my head asking ''How the Hell did he get on top of that airplane?'' I had to rewind it and watch it again.

    Yeah, and it was kinda silly when he fell 50 feet from the plane onto concrete, and when got to the ground, he took a leisurely stroll to the bad guys hideaway. :rolleyes:

    I expect over the top, but damn!, that scene reached high atop the stratosphere.

    BTW -- the Asian woman kicked Bruce's ****!!!:D
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  • Posts: 1,488
    edited November 2007
    Early B. wrote: »
    BTW -- the Asian woman kicked Bruce's ****!!!:D

    Yippie-ky-yay MotherF#&@er

    I watched the unrated version
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  • Posts: 5,647
    edited November 2007
    The unrated version rocked! Yep, the whole plot was unrealistic, but very entertaining if you didn't over analyze it. I thought the surround sound was done pretty nicely. There were a couple of explosions that, well, Bruce said it best ......... "that's gonna wake the neighbors" :D
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  • Posts: 417
    edited November 2007
    I think you are better off watching transformers, at least its listed as sci-fi, interesting i think it had more realistic elements than this last diehard.
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  • Posts: 8,520
    edited November 2007
    I just finished it and loved it, best Die Hard since #1. So glad they didn't remove the F-35 scene, that was one of the highlights. That was not nearly as over-the-top as when the asian chick took it with the SUV, you wanna talk unrealistic.

    By far one of the best popcorn flicks of the year.
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  • Posts: 2,735
    edited November 2007
    I'll wait for the unrated version on bluray....I wanted the Diehard collection...til I found out that the Live free or diehard copy in the collection was the neutered version :mad: I hate having to buy multiple copies of movies anymore....
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  • Posts: 581
    edited November 2007
    I did not see it pending reviews , so i might rent it, But what is the F35 scene?
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  • Posts: 1,488
    edited November 2007
    louthewiz wrote: »
    , But what is the F35 scene?

    You would just have to see it to belive it, or not belive it.
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  • Posts: 3,263
    edited November 2007
    As ridiculous as the F35 scene was... if you have a capable subwoofer, that scene will put a big smile on your face! I watched it with a SVS 20-39CS+ and Buttkicker LFE. WHEE!
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  • Posts: 13,093
    edited November 2007
    Good mindless entertainment...

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  • Posts: 14,358
    edited November 2007
    Saw this last night and loved it.

    As has been mentioned, if you can look at this as over the top entertainment and in no way resembling anything realistic, its a blast!

    Definitely as good as the others.

    The only things I didnt like that much was the vanilla bad guy. He's so bland that you really dont even notice he's in there. The ending was kind of lackluster as well.

    The dude from the Apple/PC commercials was in here too as the sidekick but surprisingly he did really well. He was funny but didnt try to crack a joke in every single scene and was quite believable as somebody scared shitless by what was going on but still had the balls to do what was needed.

    Still, overall a great movie for great mindless violence and over the top stunts and action.

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  • Posts: 8,038
    edited November 2007
    Just got done watching this one and loved it. F35 scene didnt bother me too much though I did think" what the hell" is he going to do with the plane. Very good movie, my dual subs gave a stellar performance with all the LFE going on in this title. BD version looked very good and the True HD soundtrack rocked. Higly recommended.
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  • Posts: 1,488
    edited November 2007
    DH4 has a True HD track? DTS HD-MA maybe?
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  • Posts: 3,655
    edited November 2007
    Ridiculous movie. I felt the F35, semi-truck, helicopter, etc. scenes were probably as believable or even more believable than all the hacker stuff they were pulling off. Did he download 500 TBs of info to his laptop?

    That being said, I really liked it. Very funny. I laughed out loud a number of times, and the action (while totally unbelievable and Timothy Dalton Bond-esque) was enjoyable.
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