Well Sweetie and I had the best of intentions. You know the Academy Awards are coming up Sunday and I had Friday off and we have only seen one nominated movie. So lets go see Argo, everybody is going crazy over it. Okay we got to the line and I bought tickets to A Good Day to Die Hard with Bruce Willis. Hey, I didn’t feel like doing anything good for me alright. Can’t help it, I’m impulsive like that. And besides Sweetie didn’t seem to mind.
So the story, who cares about the story. Bruce goes after bad guys, this time in Russia. Really bad guys. Take my word for it. He gets involved in a car chase, the bad guys are chasing his son, and Bruce is third in line. The bad guys have an armored vehicle that hip chucks BMW’s and Mercedes out of the way like nothing. But they are smart, when Willis is after you, you best run, while you can. Bruce also takes on helicopter gunships, machine guns, atomic radiation. Everything the Russkies throw at him Bruce just laughs off. I hope that I didn’t spoil the movie for you.
This is Jai Courtney, plays Willis’s son. He does okay, but he is no Bruce Willis. He hasn’t got anything that Bruce can’t do one better.
This is Yuliya Snigir. She’s no Bruce Willis either but I didn’t mind. She has lots of talents that Bruce cannot do one better on. For one thing she is former professional chess player. Above is the first obligatory, totally unnecessary, cheesecake shot. The second obligatory totally unnecessary cheesecake shot is when a helicopter blows her skirt up around her waist. I am not going to tell you if she is one of the good guys or one of the bad guys but I will tell you that she has nice legs. I hope I haven’t spoiled the movie for you.
So I give this movie five stars out of five. Don’t worry, it won’t be nominated for anything, but it is a good flick.
You’re so funny. Sure, obligatory shots, sure. 😉
What a funny critique of a film I hadn’t heard of! It didn’t particularly make me want to see it, but you brought a smile to my face.
Not a big fan of Willis, but he could win me over with a ride on that motorcycle.
I haven’t seen the movie yet but we’re having an Oscar party tomorrow. Son and daughter-in-law are coming over for the evening. Dinner then the Oscars. This is becoming a tradition as we did this last year also. Enjoy your Oscar evening.
I’ll probably see this one next week. Thanks for the review.
A great article on NY Times today about why John McClain is the best action hero of all time. Just love those Yip-i-kayo moments.
Five stars! It must be a man thing. Irv dragged me to this movie also. Yes, it was full of action, but really–hanging out of a truck that’s hanging out of a helicopter?? In retaliation I dragged Irv to Safe Haven yesterday. Yes, that was definite payback!
I saw this in Imax so everything was bigger and louder. For some reason, I don’t remember Yuliya in that scene. I must’ve been too busy looking at Jai’s biceps.
a friend of Toonman’s directed the first Die Hard .. so we’re fans of the series .. lots of mindless escapism .. you should have gone to see Argo
That’s so funny — Bill usually forgets what movie we came to see by the time he gets to the window…I’m surprised this hasn’t happened to us.
Argo was really a fun movie though; it won’t feel like a ‘have-to’ if you do go.
You have me laughing. I think Bruce Willis is a later-day version of Charles Bronson in my mother’s mind. He gets the darn thing done, and that can be refreshing.
A good friend advised me and my daughter to go see Argo. So we didn’t. We watched “Mao’s Last Dancer” on Netflix. We’re not into ballet, but this one had us believing. I guess I’m just not up for fictionalized versions of the political nightmares that were part of my growing up years.