I had this film recorded on VHS and it was constantly being played, largely because my younger brother used to watch it a lot, so I could probably run through this scene for scene. The original Die Hard did things other movies hadn't, but I would rather watch this again out of the trilogy as the action scenes and byplay between McClane and Zeus is great. Jeremy Irons also plays one of my favourite villains. It does have some of the commonly found interracial cringe that a number of films in the '90s had, but it isn't that heavy of a feature. One of the best action flicks.
One of the more underrated films in my opinion. Films are memorable when there is emotional involvement from the viewer and it's a challenge to not feel empathy, firstly for Michael J Fox's character who is being pressured by his platoon to do harrowing things, and then even more-so for the women they do harrowing things to. These scenes are created brilliantly to make the viewer FEEL and on repeated viewings the impact is not lost. MJF is best known for his comedic roles, but he is great in this with Sean Penn as well.
The story of a terminally ill man who doesn't want to go through the worst parts of the disease so he decides to end it. However, nothing quite goes to plan. Dom DeLuise's mentally unstable character goes a long way to saving this for me. He offers the most laughs when many others fall flat. I love black comedies, but this isn't written well enough to be noteworthy. 2.5-2/5.
This is tagged as a comedy, but it's fairly depressing and annoying for the most part, particularly any scene Anne Bancroft is a part of. Coming from the same nationality as the main character, I relate to the ridiculous value stuffing your face plays in Italian culture. There is a lot of shouting, and you just see a character struggling with trying to stop eating, surrounded by a surreal fairy-tale-like love at first sight romance.
