Die Hard 4: Live Free or Die Hard

Bruce Willis, that guy from the Mac/PC commercials

2007

Say what you want about action movies, this film delivers. It has all the action you'd ever want without unnecessary gore (although plenty of extras do get caught up in the explosions), but, pound-for-pound, this movie is exciting without being completely graphic or overly vulgar.

And yeah, man, he takes out a helicopter with a CAR!!

Come on, you've gotta admit that part is cool!

But on the serious side . . .

well, there is no serious side. This is not high art, nor will it make you consider any different political stance - this movie will not enhance your life or make you question existence. This movie is just a visual rollercoaster that will pleasantly absorb a few hours of your life on a Saturday afternoon.

Make it the centerpiece of a gettogether with friends, and don't forget the sourcream&onion dip and don't forget to invite ME.

VG

P.S. . . . and I haven't heard anybody else say this, but I honestly thought that the bad guy was played by Ryan Seacrest. Which I thought was pretty cool, you know, the EmCee of American Idol being this supreme-criminal-mastermind-doesn't-care-who-dies-type of guy. But then I looked on the credits and it wasn't Seacrest. I swear, though, looks just like 'im.

Timothy Olyphant is his name . . . I think it's really Seacrest going under another stage name. Truly!

The Host

Korean movie,

and simply fantastic . . .

actually quite satisfying, and there is an article in New Yorker magazine which actually explains it better than I could (see link)

http://nymag.com/movies/reviews/28907/

then, see Korean poster:

Absolute Zero

Jeff Fahey, Erika Eleniak

(c) 2006 Zero Street Productions

has the look of a made-for-tv movie, but long long enough to have played as a miniseries. Maybe it went just two nights - I can see them spreading it for two evenings, what with commericals and all that.

other than that, it seems like a very very silly spinoff of Day After Tomorrow. With the blurb on the cover:

MIAMI'S NEVER BEEN SO COLD

you kind of know what to expect.

I mean, it starts with the ice sheet cracking at the pole - JUST LIKE DAY AFTER TOMORROW. For a second there I thought I was watching some pre-production screenings, but then when I got into it, I realized that this movie was just wonderfully silly.

So - watch it for that. The actors play their roles so earnestly, though, that you just gotta love 'em.

Especially that one scientist, right when he gets his car whipped away by the wind. With him in it.

All in all . . . it's kind of cool

but not ABSOLUTE ZERO (if you get my

drift!)


VG