I watched Bruce Willis on The Daily Show today (as much as I love him in movies, he really, really should just stick to other people writing dialogue for him – in fact, I think he should hire someone to do that for him in everyday circumstances or at least for talk show appearances – it’s embarrassing, Bruce! We love you and you rock, but please, don’t joke, you’re not funny.) Anyway, I was seized with stress about whether Live Free or Die Hard was going to be terrible since I really want it to be good.

So far, all the summer sequels have let me down…from Spidey to Pirates. I was expecting “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” to be terrible so it didn’t make me angry and it was for the most part fun, but “Spider-Man 3” was like a slap in the face, it was so awful.

I’m a huge fan of the Die Hard movies – what can I say? I love “guy” movies. I know they won’t ever make the AFI’s 100 Greatest Movies list, but there’s a time and place for all Great movies. Observe:*

In the mood for…

…brushing up on film history? Watch Citizen Kane, Seven Samurai, Lawrence of Arabia, & Casablanca for a start.

…laughing? Young Frankenstein, Spinal Tap, Airplane! or Monty Python & The Holy Grail.

…being inspired? To Kill A Mockingbird, Searching For Bobby Fischer, It’s A Wonderful Life

…being scared to death? The Exorcist, The Shining, Silence of the Lambs, The Omen

…Yippee ki ya MotherF^%#$*? Die Hard, beeatch!

When I saw on Rotten Tomatoes that Live Free or Die Hard got a 76% on the Tomatometer, I breathed a sigh of relief. Maybe it will actually be good. I’ll let you know.

*note: These movies are off the top of my head – I have about a zillion favorite movies and if I broke them down by genre, this post would be so long you wouldn’t have the patience to read it.