Touches You

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

I don't even want to acknowledge this as a movie - forget about acknowledging it as a Die Hard movie. Some plotlines are recycled versions of the plotlines from previous Die Hard movies. In "Live Free or Die Hard" (2007) we saw McClane's daughter having daddy issues, now we get to see his son with daddy issues .... so original. I am not saying previous Die Hard movies were totally original, they were some sort of rehash of the first one or of the ones prior to them. But all of them were different at the same time. They had their own moments, the rehashes weren't a mere rehash. But this one? Holy crap! The rehashing is merely a rehashing. As it is clear from the trailer, they are gonna pit McClane and his son against each other ..... which sounds interesting. But as the movie goes on, and (no spoilers) they start getting along, the reason behind it is revealed so abruptly. It's not that you don't get a feeling of you're watching a not so good movie, right after the first 10 minutes or so - but right after the reveal, the father-son conflict seems so lame, the movie loses all its weight and the remaining of the movie feels tiresome. They put certain twists here and there - which I did not expected. But, none of them made any sense. In fact the entire planning of events that drive the story feels like a typical screenwriter's convenience relying completely on coincidences, and the coincidences are known to the planner prior to its occurrence - Spidey sense, I think. The "losing of weight" I mentioned is so much similar to "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" and I happened to know that the monkey who wrote this crap, was also a co-writer of Wolverine 1. Also prominent in this movie is the weird characterization of John McClane - he is literally unkillable and is more invincible than Superman. Plus, he's an annoying @$$#0le. He isn't a "people loving" guy who kills just the bad guys. Looks like this writer is the one who made the clown out of Deadpool in Wolverine 1 - other writer of that movie being someone who wrote 25th hour and apparently unlikely to ruin a fan favorite character. Bruce Willis plays a parody of his most infamous character, John McClane and a shallow and ridiculous version of David Dunn from "Unbreakable" at the same time. He looks as interested to star in this movie as much as I enjoy the movie "Son of the Mask". Also, the actions are bad. They have no drama or character moments in them, they are noisy and too yellowish orange. At least they could've been well choreographed, but that would make this movie a little redeeming, won't it? Plus, they mock Hans Gruber as if it was so cool to do so. All it does is it pisses off the fans and simply looks ridiculous. And CGI - terrible. I am not someone who complains about CGI, normally, if it isn't absolutely bad. It looks so fake. Like I said just yellowish orange things that look like MS Paint edits converted into a video, of course with some whacky noise. Terribly written, inconsistencies everywhere badly directed and will piss you off completely. Yippee-ki-yay motherf****r, the makers gave us a franchise killer. It gets an "F" and a "0/10".

This is the only one in the series that I would say was just a down right bad movie. The acting was no good at all. The characters did not really interest me at all. The action was really uninspired compared to other movies in the series, and it just felt like this one more than the others were just made to make money. And that is something I just do not like in the modern day industry. When a film is just literally made with the sake of making money and absolutely nothing more.

During long periods throughout this flick, I was forced to look at the bottom of the screen, to read the English sub-titles of the Russian speaking actors: VERY VERY annoying, totally ridiculous in the 21st century. Bruce Willis seemed bored with the movie, and the director clearly enjoyed filming him from angles that highlight his wonky nose. Don't ask me about the "plot": it was a mess I could not untangle, in fact all the characters seemed confused. There were a few explosive, exciting cg moments with the usual high-intensity shooting, fighting, things blowing up, flames, foul language, shouting, running, more guns, more obscenities, more bangs, more booms. Nothing could save THIS mess, however. Miss it, unless your alternative is an even worse torture.

A far cry from the original 3 that we all know and love. I urge you to watch this yourself and make up your own mind but don't say I didn't warn you.Why introduce the son? Someone to pass the torch too? Oh dear.The originals were about one man against great odds, who despite his faults got through it with luck, determination and brute force blood and sweat, other than one-time reluctant sidekick Samuel L. Jackson in Die Hard with a Vengeance. Know body wants 2 John McClain's and that is how the son is portrayed. 2 protagonists at odds with each other fighting over the steering wheel thus steering this movie off a cliff.Yippee ki yay melon farmer!