I Watched A Movie

So after 30 years, I decided to rewatch Die Hard 2, Die Harder. Man alive what a difference 3 decades make. The first Die Hard marked a seminal moment in my movie going years in that it was my first rated R-action movie. I've seen it since over 20 times. Die Hard 2, directed by Renny Harlin, was a great serviceable follow-up taking place at an airport. It was a launch pad for many young talents including John Leguizamo and a pre-Terminator 2 Robert Patrick as some of the lower-tier terrorist hitmen. Fodder for Bruce Willis’s John McClane. It contained all the usual tropes of action pictures of the time. And it just wanted to tell a story. And it just wanted to thrill. And it didn't care about inclusion. Or added social messages. Or making sure every group under the sun was properly represented. It just wanted to be balls to the wall all out fun. I watched it the other night reminiscing when I couldn’t wait for a movie to come out. And not so I could just learn how much I suck. Or how much society sucks. I just wanted to see a dude take an icicle to the brain. I want to see snappy one-liners before the bad guy gets taken out. I wanted to hear Yippe Kai Yea mother fucker and shout it along with McClane at the screen.

After the initial incident at Naktomi Plaza (which any dork worth his salt has a Tshirt of), John McClane is waiting for his wife at Dulles airport. A former paramilitary group, now mercenaries, takes control of the airport. They are hired to bring home a South American general that was extradited to the US. McClane uncovers this and there we go. As one of the famous lines from the film goes “How can the same thing happen to the same guy twice?!” Or three times or four times or five times. YES! This is movie fun! Lethal Weapon! Predator! Everything by Swarzenegger..! Fun action movies with great heroes. They may be flawed people..but we don't need to get into it! I don't care that John McClane didn't speak up when he saw a trans person dissed or recieveing disapproving looks at the police station. I care that he blows up the bad dudes mid-take-off by igniting a trail of gas leaving the plane. YES! And no chicks were on the plane. No token girl to make it ok with snowflakes, McClane blew that sausage fest sky high and rattled off his catchphrase. And the woke community didn't mind because he blew up a bunch of evil white guys. Bonus! This movie was the result of lets tell a fucking story not fill in a bunch of boxes and hope the base premise doesn't tank. Dennis Franz was a pain in the ass cop not a understanding trans cop. And god do I miss Fred Dalton Thompson. That was a Senator’s senator and he looked the part. He was great as the Airport Lead agent.

I miss the days when movies were made to entertain people. It used to be that we had movies that were made for fun and enjoyment and other flicks were made to educate. They didn't have to do both at the same time.. You don't have to have a Hamburger and Sushi in the same meal. In my day I enjoyed both. I went to Schindler’s List somberly and enjoyed the lessons and drama. I wasn't looking for the car chase. Schindler’s List didn't end with Oskar Schindler grabbing a gun a taking out the Nazis. It didn't need to. (PS that was Inglorious Bastards and was awesome!). I went to Die Hard 2 to watch bad guys get blowed up real good. And I looked forward with baited breath for each new release. Never thinking then what I'm thinking now….How are they going to fuck this one up? Do they screen it before a theater full of woke snowflakes? That's a fun theater to see a flick with.

If you havent seen Die Hard 2…watch Die Hard 1 first. Then check out 2. They are awesome and so much fun. It harkens back to simpler times when movies were in theaters and everyone actually cheered at the screen. Miss it alot!

I love movies. I have my whole life and in this spot, I'd like to take you along as I revisit some of my favorites. With my horrible evil conservative political bent as well. Leftists have movie commentators. The right might as well too. Everybody loves a villain.