I always initially thought the third one was the weakest.

I mean, let's look at it: it broke the isolated locale one man against many that the first two had. The whole Simon says thing was fairly silly.

But it looks like according to a few sites that Die Hard 2 is the lowest rated. Now I have a clear bias as Die Hard 2 was in theaters when I was a teenage movie theater usher (I got to see it free over and over again) and it was the first official movie I owned (suncoast, bitches) and I watched it over and over again. I mean the joint had John Amos!

However, now in 2008, while I still think Die Hard series is still the most ass-kickin' action franchise ever, I gotta ask myself, which one is the weak link, cause my view towards DHWAV definitely improved over time. I'll still include all the movies so that the assorted yahoos can vote...

Which one's the weakest and why?

Poll question: Which Movie Was the Weak Link in the Die Hard series????

Poll result (45 votes) Die Hard (1 votes) Vote Die Hard 2: Die Harder (21 votes) Vote Die Hard With a Vengeance (4 votes) Vote Live Free or Die Hard (19 votes) Vote

lets remake the entire first movie in an airport, even down tot he airduct bit


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i can watch all them joints over and over cept 2...i dunno why i don't have that fondness for it like the others, but it was kinda boring to me i guess...

prolly because it tried to be too much like the OG.

I still like Live Free as the second best (fuck these internet haters)...

>I still like Live Free as the second best (fuck these internet
>haters)...



u cant seriously enjoy that film at ALL... with a vengeance is hot - deal with it

I can understand not liking With a Vengeance, but cmon

n/m

thats cool doesnt change the fact that the movie was asstastic and someone loving it makes me question their choice in movies.. i thought ptper's was real about theirs

keep replying to me tho

with asstastic.. and i could care less if homie cares.. you replied to me..

All of them!

Die Hard
Die Hard 3
Die Hard 2
Watching dog sh*t crust over in the hot sun
Live Free or Die Hard


Die Hard 1 is the GOAT action movie. So of course that's number 1.

Die Hard With A Vengeance is a very underrated classic. Admittedly, I didn't like it when I saw it in the theatres. I thought it was alright. But when I caught it again on HBO the next year, I learned to appreciate its genius. And I watch it again, and again when they show it on TV.

Die Hard 2 was a worthy sequel. I really enjoyed it a lot. I mean, it had James Evans Senior up in there! And the twist of him being a bad guy through me.

Live Free was some effin' trash. I hate this movie with a passion. It was so dumb and NOT Die Hard. If you asked me, "16 Blocks" would have been a better Die Hard than this smut. I really think they could have reworked the "16 Blocks" script to make it a John McClane Die Hard flick.
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Last 7 movies I saw:

Soul Men: B
Zack and Miri: B
Indiana Jones: Crystal: D+
Secret Life of Bees: B
Dan in Real Life: C
What Happens in Vegas: C
21: C

really depressed and beaten down by life.

I kind of got the feeling that after Mclain had been through everything he had, he got a kick out of everything in the 4th one. I think it was a nod to the audience, that after all the ridiculous shit that had happened to him, he himself knew that he'd be alright, and he was having fun. I kind of liked his attitude in the 4th one.

vengance
die hard
LFODH
die harder

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"I'm sick of followin' my dreams. I'm just gonna ask where they goin', and hook with them later." - Mitch Hedberg

"I don't think muthafuckas went to the moon either, but that's just me."-Mos

Die Harder was the weakest link, primarily because he spent most of his time bickering with the cops. They'd throw in a few bad guys on the ground for him to fend off but the movie didn't work.

I also agree that 16 Blocks could have made for a GREAT Die Hard movie. Switching it so he's fighting against cops and protecting a criminal.

I'd rank 'em:
Die Hard
Live Free or Die Hard
Die Hard with a Vengeance
16 Blocks
Die Harder

LFODH was straight up trash! Like that movie was horrible. I don't see how people can even consider that as the second best of the series.


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Last 7 movies I saw:

Soul Men: B
Zack and Miri: B
Indiana Jones: Crystal: D+
Secret Life of Bees: B
Dan in Real Life: C
What Happens in Vegas: C
21: C

So I loved it. If you expected anything even remotely realistic, I could see why you wouldn't have liked it.

If I hadn't gone into the film expecting that, I might have been bullshit about it too.

At least the second one is tolerable.
And before you ask - the third one's the best.

"Your current frequencies of understanding outweigh that which has been given for you to understand." Saul Williams

even over the OG?????
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"There's a fine line between persistence and foolishness..."
-unknown

"To Each His Reach"
-George Clinton

>And before you ask - the third one's the best.

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"There's a fine line between persistence and foolishness..."
-unknown

"To Each His Reach"
-George Clinton

Think about it - EVERY other Die Hard has solid, entertaining, and/or sympathetic supporting characters. Die Hard 2 doesn't. That's why it sucks...or, actually...it's one of many reasons, but it does, in fact, suck.

The main bad guy had zero personality. Rickman, Irons and even Olyphant blow that guy out of the water.

At least the other guys actually got involved & did some dirty work

- The guy in 2 didn't do shit. Oh, he did shoot off a lot of blanks at John Amos.
- Jeremy Irons had a little more to do but wasn't all that busy.
- Rickman's shining moment was when he got to show off his American accent.

And Maggie Q and the dude who jumped all over the place were the best henchman out of any of the sequels.

was worn the fuck out in LFODH.

Yes the blanks were corny in 2 but I still liked the airport stuff.

>- The guy in 2 didn't do shit. Oh, he did shoot off a lot of
>blanks at John Amos.
>- Jeremy Irons had a little more to do but wasn't all that
>busy.
>- Rickman's shining moment was when he got to show off his
>American accent.
>
>And Maggie Q and the dude who jumped all over the place were
>the best henchman out of any of the sequels.

The movie is far from perfect and is joyfully stupid but I thought it was ridiculously entertaining.

And at least the silly stuff was more fun than scenes like the ejector seat in 2.

The last one is the weak link because John McClain not cursing everyone out through out the movie is blasphemy!!

As mentioned, the original still has to be the GOAT action flick, hands down. I can still watch this one on a drop of a dime. For teh life of me I never understood the hate DHWAV got. I thought it rocked, and it did get better with age. So he was going all across NYC. That movie was badass. GRODT, err, LFODT wasn't great, but it wasn't nearly as bad as many people make it to be. Summer movie of the year? Not a chance. Entertaining? Yes. If it wasn't part of the DH franchise, it would have fared much better.

But DH2 just seemed like a straight port of DH at Dulles. Same setup, same cop (what's the chances of that?) boring ass villain...at best it was too cliche, at worse it just wasn't good.

(imo at least) with that ridiculous martial arts bullshit at the beginning

I don't know if that should be another detractor/reason for why the movie sucks so bad or if it should be looked at as impressive considering how much unnecessary male ass/nudity there has been in history

aka your action movie status is questionable right now.

LFODH is indeed second best. And Die Harder is the weak link.

but not by much. I enjoyed both films for what they were, big budget action movies. Both are the weakest in the series.

The gasoline vapor trail of death? The James Evans Heel Turn? The self-referential-John-McClane-how'd-I-get-myself-into-mo-shit monologue?

Any answer other than Die Hard 2: Die Harder is a waste of a vote.
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