The definition of someone who is a "die-hard" is someone who will do anything for a cause or goal. In the Die Hard movies, John McClanes cause is to defeat the bad guys whilst causing as much destruction to property as possible and squeezing in his famous line.
Usually I hate sequels. I have long soliloquies* where I talk at length about how much I hate sequels. But I kind of like Die Hard, so I put up with it.
I was busy watching the 5th installment in this movie franchise and was thinking to myself, "The reason why action movies are not based on books is that there is just too much explosion and not enough plot." Imagine my surprise then when I discovered that 2 of the movies were based on novels and 1 was based on an article.
The other things I thought to myself when watching the movie was:
1. Bruce Willis is starting to look old
2. I can't believe they made a 5th Die Hard Movie
3. I just can't take a bad guy seriously who eats carrots and tap dances
The movie basically goes like this: (and if you haven't seen it, then *spoiler alert*, this one was not based on a book):
# Introduction to explain why McClane goes to Russia
# Explosion
# Car Chase
# Plot
# Shoot Out
# Break in
# Bad guy monologue
# Shoot Out
# Escape
# Father/Son Moment
# Car jacking
# Stake out
# Father/son Moment
# Plot Twist
# Shoot Out
# Explosion
# Yippekiyaymotherfucker
# Shoot Out
# Helicopter sabotage
# Bad guy dies
# Helicopter crash
# Good guys fall in slo-mo
# Explosion
# One good guy thinks other bad guy is dead
# He is not dead
# Father/son moment
# Manly jokes to compensate for all the tenderness
# Happy Ending
*means I talk to myself, kind of like a monologue
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