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> Down to earth is the key I think. So many action films these days are "save the world" or some sort of incredibly over the top world-changing maguffin. Ran a
by throw0101a 4y ago
> Down to earth is the key I think. So many action films these days are "save the world" or some sort of incredibly over the top world-changing maguffin.
Ran across this observation with regards to Die Hard: the first two movies had McClain as basically a beat cop who gets in over his head. The latter movies he's almost a superhero.
- mangamadaiyan 4y agoI thought the one with Jeremy Irons as Hans Gruber's brother in it (don't remember which part of the series this was) wasn't too bad either. TBH, I'd watch that one more for Irons' performance than anything else, so your point probably still stands.
- rayiner 4y agoThat makes me realize another aspect I hate about modern movies. In the first Die Hard, McClain was suffering. That scene where he walks across broken glass, and then limps around the rest of the movie. It might not have been realistic, but at least it conveyed how hard and tiring it is to fight. That is totally absent from modern action movies.