I wonder if the British version is better? We should rent it!

[veronica_rich]

Oh, "Die Hard." You are such a wonderful movie. Never get remade.

For the 1980s, it was remarkably unsexist. Sure, the terrorists try to use McClane's wife against him, but they don't get much of a chance to do so. She keeps a level head. And the whole plot revolves around her husband coming to visit HER in HER new city and HER new job, not her having to move for him. By the end, he realizes he's been an ass about her career and says as much to his new buddy, Al.

Besides, there's something pretty sexy about McClane kissing her after he rescues her, covered in blood and such. Even if it is disgusting. (I've also been known to like this imagery with the same-sex couples I write and read, so it's not a hero-damsel thing. *G*)

And as for Hans ... well, LONG before there was Snape, there was Hans "Happy Trails" Grueber, probably the nattiest terrorist to rob a corporation.

Comments

[xenafox.livejournal.com]

The title of your post...seems very familiar...

[gobsmacked.livejournal.com]

I would expect to find non-sexist stuff in the 80s. It was the era of Baby Boom, Mr. Mom, 3 Men and a Baby, The Color Purple, Aliens. Even in stuff like Top Gun, there were women doing something other than being helpless victims. Nowadays we take strong independent female characters for granted, but that's because of those kind of films. Ironically, in RL the smart, strong, sexy women have been replaced as role models for young girls by trophy wives and skank-celebutants.

[a-silver-rose.livejournal.com]

Sadly that is too true. But, it's the Paris-Britney-Lindsey-Sarah types who are grabbing the ratings on TV for their looks and antics as opposed to actually having independent thought.