Of the many summer blockbusters, this was the one I wanted to see the most. And it didn't disappoint. It had everything I wanted: Willis was hysterical and kicked ass, the bad guys lost, lots of action, a smidgen of drama... And that's about all there is to say about this movie really.What I really want to say has nothing to do with this movie per-se. It has more to do with how awesome my wife is and how lucky I am that she's stuck with me forever.
We saw this movie together, as we dropped the girls off at Ratatouille, a movie that we both will see, but we wanted to see Die Hard more. Gold star number 1: my wife wanted to see an action/adventure explosion-fest over Pixar's latest and greatest. And it wasn't a forced or negotiated desire; she really wanted to see this one. Kristie is amazing in that she truly appreciates a good action picture, and would gladly see one over the typical chick-flick.
So we cruised into the theater, almost like a date, just the two of us. The girls were safely in one of the other 2 dozen theaters in the complex. What proceeded on screen was a veritable roller-coaster ride of movie excitement. Like I said above, I really liked this movie. But what was even better, was that Kristie liked it just as much. There is an action sequence in the middle of the movie where McClane/Willis has an extended (and admittedly quite violent) fight with one of the bad "guys". For about 15 minutes, the pair smashed each other into computers, through windows, karate kicking each other every where. At one point, our hero ended up with a fistful of hair from his opponent...and broke out into sadistic laughter. And both of us just sat there and laughed. Not an uncomfortable laugh but a deep down genuine, "this is a blast" kind of laugh that you get when you are truly being entertained. And that's what makes my wife so special. She can have that laugh with me, we can exchange knowing glances that maybe we're kinda sadistic laughing at all this carnage, and we can just keep on laughing together.
So while I don't want to forget how much I truly enjoyed this movie, I will never forget how much Kristie enjoyed it, and how much I love her for that.