Had a night out with the fellas last light, and after a few drinks we all decided to have a laugh at the new Die Hard film.
The action in this movie was so over the top that I lost count of just how many times John or Jack (the son) should actually be dead. Massive explosions, preposterous car chases with more massive explosions. Huge gun fights with even more massive explosions, injuries that would see any normal person in hospital for surgery and not running around Moscow and Chernobyl guns blazing.
The plot of what there was had holes you could park a range rover in, and the dialogue between John and Jack MacLaine was cheesy at best.
BUT the movie was brilliant. There was so much over the top action sometimes I forget to blink, it was funny and there was no pointless romance to be had anywhere. I know the critiques I read slammed this movie for being pointless and dumb. I didn't care, if you like car chases, then this has it in spades. Gun fights galore involving Russian helicopters which were fantastic, the plot was simple and had a few predictable twists. The movie is just uncomplicated fun from start to finish and I loved it.
For a bunch of blokes out for the evening and a pre-curry movie this hits the spot. When we were all sat in the restaurant afterwards, it was all we could talk about for the first half hour.
When I got home, I sat down and watched Prometheus, whilst too a very good movie with lots of hidden religious messages it just didn't hit my "boy" spot. Sure the connection with the Engineers preparing to travel to earth to destroy us 2000 years ago because we had strayed from their beliefs of self sacrifice, which coincidently is when Jesus was crucified wasn't lost on me. It was a good movie but I couldn't help thinking I wish I were watching Die Hard 5 again.