DIE HARD- CLASSIC MOVIE NUMBER ONE

OK, so Genna, Ellie and I decided to kick of the American Classics Tour by watching Die Hard with Bruce Willis. They tried to get me to watch Harry Potter, the little scuzzes, which isn't even American! Agh! I guess the one thing I want to say before I get into my critique of Die Hard is that although this is a project that I chose to do on my own, there are still some movies that I don't want to watch and books that I don't want to read (or reread). Why, you ask? I've been asking myself this same question and I've decided that there could be several reasons. I'll list them below.

I might not want to watch a movie because....
1. I've never heard of the actors.
2. The time period seems boring or I anticipate the cinematography to be lacking.
3. My dad likes it; therefore, there's no way I will.
4. Josh likes it; therefore, there's no way I will.
5. I might not understand the language and I hate feeling stupid.
6. I think the characters look stupid (Star Trek) or are simply too weird (LOTR).

I'm sure there's more reasons, but those are the main ones. Anyway, another thing I wanted to go over before my review are my rules. I reserve the right to alter, add to or take away from the rules whenever and however I please :)

Rule #1 Although I am being advised, primarily by Chris Peters (thanks!), I choose the movies/books that I watch/read.
Rule #2 Going along with Rule #1, I will not watch "Classic" movies that I find offensive. Sorry, Silence of the Lambs.
Rule #3 There will be no timeline as to when my project will be completed. I will do my best to keep my blog updated often, so that my readers (you guys!) won't lose interest. On that note, please, live vicariously through me and my blog!
Rule #4 I will do my best to finish all books/movies that I start. However, you might find a blog that simply states "Blah."

Now on to my review. As I stated earlier, I began this "crusade" by watching Die Hard. It was available and my friends and I considered it to be "classic." The words I would use to sum up my thoughts about Die Hard would be...f***, impossible stunts, awesome "American" accents, muscles, exhausted.

Let me explain all of the above. First of all, I chose the "f" word because it was used A LOT. Seriously, I want to know how many times that word was used. I asked, probably halfway through the movie, what the rating was. I don't know why I even asked. It was obvious. Impossible stunts and muscles are self-explanitory (how did the hanging dude get down?). The awesome American accents came from the Germans. How do you fake an American Accent? I can't even fake a New York accent or a New Orleans accent. When you fake an American accent, which dialect do you fake? Kentucky? Wisconsin? (Seriously, I want an answer to that.) And the last word, exhausted. How long was this ordeal in Die Hard? He had to have been exhausted. Seven and a half hours at school does me in and I barely exert energy! Much less get shot and have physical altercations every half hour.

So, there ya have it. Critique numero uno. Up next? Casablanca, starring Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart. We watched it last night, I just have other things to do now. This blog is ridiculously long.

KUDOS: Goes to Genna and Ellie for starting this adventure with me on Sunday! And also to my hubby, Josh. Poor thing, it's not even on his bucket list to do this! Oh yeah, I forgot to mention.....this whole thing is all because of my (potential) bucket list. More about that later.....

And that's the way the story reads....
(My signoff!)