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Why in tar nation...

posted 8 years ago by commaspace9
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...did Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, and Glen Close associate themselves with this absolute tripe of a movie?

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[–] DeltaHomicide 8 years ago

Well they were laughing all the way to the bank since AFO was the fifth most successful movie of 1997.

[–] kaneforgov 8 years ago

Unless you're repaving the country, the word is tarnation.

[–] A-zone 8 years ago

Unless you're repaving the country, the word is tarnation.

LOL! Priceless!

"I'm the dude, playing a dude that's disguised as another dude".

[–] R_Kane (15828) 5 years ago

I thought tar nation was a state in the Deep South.

[–] PaladinNJ (20307) 4 years ago

I thought tarnation was one word.

[–] tecmosuperbowler 8 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXE_n2q08Yw

[–] leyenda61 7 years ago

I have never seen this movie. I avoided most of the wave of "Die Hard on a" movies from this period.

-- Sent from my 13 year old P.O.S. Desktop®

[–] Jones70 (6195) 5 years ago

Some of them are really good imo like Speed, Under Siege, and Cliffhanger.

[–] PrimeMinisterX (8289) 5 years ago

Yep, some of the best action films of the last three decades are Die Hard copycats.

In addition to the ones you mentioned, I'll also add Olympus Has Fallen and The Rock. Perhaps we could also broadly define Executive Decision as another "Die Hard on a Plane." It's a little different, but was certainly influenced by Die Hard.

[–] TaRaNRoD (1579) 5 years ago

I always wondered about the same thing.

[–] kwestmo (4114) 5 years ago

For really big checks

[–] PaladinNJ (20307) 4 years ago

That would be my guess

[–] GreenGoblinsOck8 (7389) 4 years ago

I saw this as a teen and loved it. Not in theaters though. I saw it on VHS.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

commaspace9 It's not that bad and much better than the shitty Summer action films you see nowadays. Your opinion/taste is tripe.