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Trailer vs. Movie: A Good Day to Die Hard

Time for a new installment of Trailer vs. Movie, this time with A Good Day to Die Hard, a movie which really disappointed me. As a reminder of the idea behind Trailer vs. Movie:

As you know trailers I don’t watch trailers at all. The reason I do so is because I think they give away too much information and therefore you run the risk of having expectations which are too high and of not being surprised when specific events happen. In “Trailer vs. Movie” I check out the trailer of a movie after I’ve watched the movie to find out how much the trailer gave away.

Obviously this will mean I will go into spoilers, so if you have not seen the movie don’t read any further. Continue reading →

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A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)

It seems that John McCLane can’t seem to keep himself out of trouble. A Good Day to Die Hard is the fifth time something happens which he wasn’t expecting. No matter the situation it seems he’s able pull himself through. He has slowly turned from an unlikely hero into an invincible Rambo and it seems that in each subsequent movie everything needs to get bigger. Initially it was just a skyscraper, then it was an airport, a whole city, America and now Russia. McClane heads there when he hears his son is in a lot of trouble and as things go he winds up in trouble himself. Continue reading →