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Die Hard: With a Vengeance
1995 · Film · 128 min
Part of Die Hard Collection
Directed by John McTiernan
New York detective John McClane is back and kicking bad-guy butt in the third installment of this action-packed series, which finds him teaming with civilian Zeus Carver to prevent the loss of innocent lives. McClane thought he'd seen it all, until a genius named Simon engages McClane, his new "partner" -- and his beloved city -- in a deadly game that demands their concentration.
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Love this movie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Hard_with_a_Vengeance
Is this the water tunnel that was in the movie Die Hard with a Vengeance?
There's a trilogy of movie fight compilations set to music that was on youtube until it was removed for copyright. Your comment about Bourne vs Bond and how they use the scenery is illustrated in some very cool action shots, especially one where a camera follows Bourne as he jumps from a building into a window to catch up with an assailant. The first is now here: https://vimeo.com/68656656
I think action can be made much more interesting by a good visual director moving the viewpoint, balancing the view of the action against quick cuts or angles to serve the needs of the special effects and stunt people. There's a silhouetted scene in Bond's Skyfall where the colours and viewpoint are far more artistic, without detracting from the impact of the fight.
(Die Hard With a Vengeance, the 3rd one, is better than the 2nd, I feel)
This is more or less the "Bad Day in Harlem" scene from the 1995 movie "Die Hard: With a Vengeance" starring Bruce Willis.
I wonder how the answers would change if you pose the dilemma exactly like in the movie (maybe even using the script/subtitles) and not in the context of a classical philosophical question. The models must have had both in their training sets.
I often think about Die Hard With a Vengeance. The city of New York is a huge part of the movie's texture. The movie actively engages with all of the people on the street and in the cars, and who are watching from their office windows. Characters who could have very easily been left out of the movie, but their inclusion make it so much richer. You see and feel their days get ruined because of the carnage. It actually feels like New York City.
There are so many different side characters who only have two lines, but each of them were cast with care and feel like real people who are living through their day and intersecting with John McLane. I love this movie for it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RVVJmuoAQ4
On the other hand, I just watched Michael Bay's Ambulance, which is a prolonged police chase through downtown Los Angeles and the only people who seem to be on the street are criminals and dozens of police cars. At no point are we in touch with anyone who isn't directly contributing to the story. The reality is that downtown LA is packed full of traffic and the story would have taken a very different (and interesting) angle if it reckoned with the fact that getting through the traffic is it's own game.
Die Hard With a Vengeance, however, acknowledges this reality and comes up with some very creative scenarios for our protagonists to overcome, and it makes for a far more compelling movie as a result. It feels far more realistic, even in a movie as heightened as this.
Is there also an overview of all 555-XXXX phone numbers used in movies and what they are for? 555-0001 is used in Die Hard With a Vengeance for instance. Would be fun to see if any of the numbers are used more or less often.
My favorite story is about the actor (who else, to be honest?) Samuel L. Jackson, born in 1948, who was in his mid 40s when Pulp Fiction (1994) and Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995) were released.
Some might argue that he had notable roles before that, but I think most people will argue that his career really kicked off after those two movies in particular.
EDIT: According to Wikipedia, "he rose to fame with films such as Coming to America (1988), Goodfellas (1990), Patriot Games (1992), Juice (1992), Menace II Society (1993), True Romance (1993), Jurassic Park (1993), and Fresh (1994)", which means that he was exactly-ish 40 years old when Coming to America (1988) was released.
A full list of foreign titles for "Taken" :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0936501/releaseinfo#akas
The worst localized title I know is "Die Hard: With a Vengeance", mysterious called (literally) "Die Hard - Mega Hard" in Denmark. Schwarzenegger's "Red Heat" is (translated) "A Russian cleans up Chicago".
If this were a Michael Bay film, this is merely Step 1 in an evil mastermind's plans.
Step 2 is to direct the police away from his crime scene;
Step 3 is to commit the crime.
Think Die Hard With A Vengeance meets Speed 2.