| Sub-Par DVD Quality |
This review applies only to the Die Hard Collection (Die Hard / Die Hard 2 - Die Harder / Die Hard with a Vengeance / Bonus Disc) set.
The movies are as great as ever. However, I was very disappointed with the quality of the DVDs on this set. I purchased this to replace my old VHS tapes and was sorry I did. These are supposedly digitaly remastered and with Dolby 5.1, but the sound quality is terrible on disk 1 and disk 2. There is certainly no "surround sound" on either of the first two disks. I haven't gotten to Disk 3 yet, but I don't hold out much hope for it. |
3 Rating
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| A thrill ride.................... |
It was hard for me to see the first Die Hard movie. The reason was because
Bruce Willis played such an un-likeable scumbag in Miami Vice his strong performance sunk in. After a friend of mine highly recomended it I figured
"what the heck" and went. The action match anything the Indiana Jones series had to offer.
The supporting cast was superb with Bonnie Bedila's performance as the no-nonesense wife, to Hart Bochner's role as the sniffling weasle willing to
sell out John McLean in order to let negoitions work out, to William Atherton's performance as the reporter who's motto is damn who might be hurt, the story is the important thing, James Shigetia who had an all too short time on the screen., Alexander Goudonov playing Hans Gruber right hand man looking to settle a score with our hero, and last but not least Alan Rickman's performance as the "terrorist leader". Why the man did not gain an oscar nomination is beyond me.
The second installment was a worthy sequel, while I felt the thrid installment was lacking, and the most recent installment in my opinion
was the best of the sequels. In fact, for the next installment should take place during Lucy's wedding to the young man who helped out in Live
Free or Die Hard and have Holly show up was an ultra-liberial as her boyfriend and add a twist to the whole affair.
I highly recomend all Die Hard movies! |
4 Rating
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