“Is Die Hard 4 good enough to become a member of the ‘Die Hard’ club?”

“Would it have been better if it were rated R?”

The answer to both questions is: Yes.

Purists (Is there such a thing as a Die Hard purist?) may be disappointed by the trimming required to bring Live Free or Die Hard down to a PG-13 rating, but I’m here to tell you that the movie still works despite that.

Would it have benefited from the additions that would have made it rated R? Most definitely, and that does detract from the Die Hard vibe a little bit – but just a little. ...

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]]> http://screenrant.com/review-live-free-or-die-hard-aka-die-hard-40-vic-784/feed/ 9 http://screenrant.com/die-hard-4-rating-is-unconfirmed-and-is-it-really-the-issue-vic-680/ http://screenrant.com/die-hard-4-rating-is-unconfirmed-and-is-it-really-the-issue-vic-680/#comments Thu, 03 May 2007 17:11:18 +0000 Vic Holtreman http://dev2.screenrant.com/die-hard-4-rating-is-unconfirmed-and-is-it-really-the-issue-680/ The movie blogosphere is going nuts due to the following quote by Bruce Willis in the June issue of Vanity Fair:

“I really wanted this one to live up to the promise of the first one, which I always thought was the only really good one. That’s a studio decision that is becoming more and more common, because they’re trying to reach a broader audience. It seems almost a courageous move to give a picture an R rating these days. But we still made a pretty hardcore, smashmouth film.”

This story appeared initially at AICN where there is currently (as usual) a huge uproar over the possibility of the movie getting a PG-13 rating instead of an R. Personally, I try to stay away from the talkback area of that site ...

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]]> http://screenrant.com/die-hard-4-rating-is-unconfirmed-and-is-it-really-the-issue-vic-680/feed/ 2 http://screenrant.com/if-die-hard-4-makes-money-do-i-get-a-cut-vic-677/ http://screenrant.com/if-die-hard-4-makes-money-do-i-get-a-cut-vic-677/#comments Wed, 02 May 2007 15:29:40 +0000 Vic Holtreman http://dev2.screenrant.com/if-die-hard-4-makes-money-do-i-get-a-cut-677/ It seems that Live Free or Die Hard, the long awaited fourth film in the Die Hard movie series is king of online movie buzz so far this year. This is according to the number of mentions of upcoming movies in blog as tracked by Nielsen BuzzMetrics.

Die Hard 4.0 (as I prefer to call it) even beat out mentions of Spider-Man 3 by 2 to 1, which I find very surprising.

Maybe it’s just the blogs that I follow, but I’ve seen WAY more mentions of Spidey 3 than of Bruce Willis’ upcoming movie. Of course (good) action movies attract a broader market than superhero movies, but it still seems odd to me. After a quick look at my stats I know that here at Screen Rant I’ve mentioned Spider-Man ...

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]]> http://screenrant.com/if-die-hard-4-makes-money-do-i-get-a-cut-vic-677/feed/ 3 http://screenrant.com/much-better-die-hard-40-trailer-vic-638/ http://screenrant.com/much-better-die-hard-40-trailer-vic-638/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:59:45 +0000 Vic Holtreman http://dev2.screenrant.com/much-better-die-hard-40-trailer-638/