Gonna miss Bruce Willis films

[Kurosaki]

This thread reminds me of watching Sixth Sense with my uncle when I lived with him in Oahu. Ruined the movie for me when he figured out Bruce Willis was a ghost maybe 45 minutes into the movie.

"He's dead. One of those ghosts the kid sees."

"Dude... Come on. Can't you just keep that to yourself?"

"Fuck you, Joe."

Miss that man, died way too young.

 

[budman]

20 times for Die Hard? That it?!?

Die Hard is not my favorite movie of all time. That would be Heat. But it’s #2 on my list. And either of those two I’ve seen over, no joke (and yes I have no life), 100 times. I stopped counting years ago.

And yeah I do the thing with the lines too. Wife thinks I am fully insane.

I have clicked into it 100 times for sure. I was addressing the amount that I watched beginning to end.

Glad to have a brother in the loonacy.
My wife lets me know when it is on at this point and likes the guessing game.

I love the filming direction, the parts where they made a mistake.. think "white tank top" and what a great cast of charactors.

 

[AbsolutEnduser]

20 times for Die Hard? That it?!?

Die Hard is not my favorite movie of all time. That would be Heat. But it’s #2 on my list. And either of those two I’ve seen over, no joke (and yes I have no life), 100 times. I stopped counting years ago.

And yeah I do the thing with the lines too. Wife thinks I am fully insane.

 

[Blankpage]

Can’t recall seeing any flick more than twice and twice would be super rare.

 

[bikewanker]

I have clicked into it 100 times for sure. I was addressing the amount that I watched beginning to end.

Glad to have a brother in the loonacy.
My wife lets me know when it is on at this point and likes the guessing game.

I love the filming direction, the parts where they made a mistake.. think "white tank top" and what a great cast of charactors.

Funny how cable has brought us partial movies. If not for my head injuries/age I could tell of a major film I only recently saw the first 15-20 minutes. Several years ago to honor Bruce Willis I copied his hairstyle.
I too have thought about his numerous films the last decade and sometimes can’t remember if I’ve see one. At least he’s not selling reverse mortgages or insurance.

 

[budman]

Watched “deadlocked” today. A new 21 BW make a buck film. Not bad.

Nowhere near the artistic beauty of Die Hard but entertaining. He was the bad guy.

 

[Eldritch]

Yeah, I certainly enjoyed a lot of his films, but I am always so confused hoe the fucking guy from Moonlighting was suppsoed to be cast as this action badass.

Like, there is zero intimidating about that guy, so when he tries to play these hardass roles like in The Exendables, I just don't buy it. Dude, you're the fucking guy from Moonlighting.

It is a damn shame about his diagnosis though, that is some brutal shit he is up against, and he always seemed like a decent guy. This thing is going to be a horror show for his family, too damn bad.

 

[TheRobSJ]

Can someone name a Bruce Willis film where he kind of swung for the fences as a dramatic actor? Stallone did it with Cop Land (which really is a good movie), Arnold did it a few years back with Aftermath (which was not a good movie), but which one is Bruce’s? Sixth Sense?

 

[Eldritch]

Can someone name a Bruce Willis film where he kind of swung for the fences as a dramatic actor? Stallone did it with Cop Land (which really is a good movie), Arnold did it a few years back with Aftermath (which was not a good movie), but which one is Bruce’s? Sixth Sense?

I strongly believe Stallone also deserves impressive dramatic credit for First Blood. The Rambo movies after that were kind of all a disaster, but First Blood was brilliant.

For Willis, I would say maybe In Country?

 

[TheRobSJ]

Yeah, I certainly enjoyed a lot of his films, but I am always so confused hoe the fucking guy from Moonlighting was suppsoed to be cast as this action badass.

That’s what was the magic of Die Hard. Hans Gruber and his gang didn’t trap Arnold in a building with them. It was just a regular kinda guy (ok a NY detective at least) trapped in the wrong place at the wrong time.

 

[TylerW]

Can’t recall seeing any flick more than twice and twice would be super rare.

I subscribe to the prepper methodology of film watching:

One is none, Twice is one.

For me at least, watch it to take it in and enjoy it, second to study it.

 

[TheRobSJ]

I strongly believe Stallone also deserves impressive dramatic credit for First Blood. The Rambo movies after that were kind of all a disaster, but First Blood was brilliant.

For Willis, I would say maybe In Country?

I’ve heard of In Country, but never saw it. Pretty good?

And yes Sly’s performance in First Blood is damn good. Very underrated.

 

[Blankpage]

I subscribe to the prepper methodology of film watching:

One is none, Twice is one.

For me at least, watch it to take it in and enjoy it, second to study it.

True you pick up a lot of detail the second time watching. But for most flicks I just don’t care to watch a second time, Especially anything out of Hollywood and their shite sequels.

Seen some interesting foreign stuff over the years that I’d probably watch twice but I generally forget all about them by the time a suitable period has past to have another go.

 

[HappyHighwayman]

You're not really going to miss them since as noted he hasn't made a good movie in many years and you can still re-watch the good ones.

 

[Map8]

Since 2000:

Moonrise Kingdom
Alpha Dog
Sin City

Sin City and, especially, Moonrise Kingdom were great departures from Willis' popcorn flicks which were all enjoyable.

My sister lives in Hailey, Idaho where Bruce Willis has had a home for a few decades and their kids went to the same grade school for a while, many years ago. She said Willis and Demi Moore were always good about school functions. Willis had paid for the town fireworks on the 4th of July for many years and may still do that as far as I know. Anyway, my point Bruce Willis is a movie star but also a real person. Aphasia presents a lot of challenges. Wish him the best.

 

[Kurosaki]

Sin City and, especially, Moonrise Kingdom were great departures from Willis' popcorn flicks which were all enjoyable.

My sister lives in Hailey, Idaho where Bruce Willis has had a home for a few decades and their kids went to the same grade school for a while, many years ago. She said Willis and Demi Moore were always good about school functions. Willis had paid for the town fireworks on the 4th of July for many years and may still do that as far as I know. Anyway, my point Bruce Willis is a movie star but also a real person. Aphasia presents a lot of challenges. Wish him the best.

It's always nice to hear stories like that about high profile celebrities that have stayed grounded, especially contributing to their local community.

I grew up in Chino Hills and Snoop Dogg coached pop warner football in the community league and everyone involved always said he was just a normal dude/father. He had/has a home across the street from the high school in the gated richy rich neighborhood.

In contrast, Lavar Ball, father of the Ball brothers that became super famous in basketball came out of Chino Hills High School. Most stories from locals I've heard about him is he's a huge asshole that bought into the celebrity 'better than you' lifestyle. He'd come into a local bar acting like he deserves more respect than anyone else in there and no one cared.

 

[budman]

It's always nice to hear stories like that about high profile celebrities that have stayed grounded, especially contributing to their local community.

I grew up in Chino Hills and Snoop Dogg coached pop warner football in the community league and everyone involved always said he was just a normal dude/father. He had/has a home across the street from the high school in the gated richy rich neighborhood.

In contrast, Lavar Ball, father of the Ball brothers that became super famous in basketball came out of Chino Hills High School. Most stories from locals I've heard about him is he's a huge asshole that bought into the celebrity 'better than you' lifestyle. He'd come into a local bar acting like he deserves more respect than anyone else in there and no one cared.

Snoop
LBall.

Agreed. Good to hear about the dudes that are dudes first and rich dudes second.

 

[Johndicezx9]

Sin City and, especially, Moonrise Kingdom were great departures from Willis' popcorn flicks which were all enjoyable.

My sister lives in Hailey, Idaho where Bruce Willis has had a home for a few decades and their kids went to the same grade school for a while, many years ago. She said Willis and Demi Moore were always good about school functions. Willis had paid for the town fireworks on the 4th of July for many years and may still do that as far as I know. Anyway, my point Bruce Willis is a movie star but also a real person. Aphasia presents a lot of challenges. Wish him the best.

An interesting take on how Willis has been "handled" the last few years, and the 21 movies in 4 years...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/ne...sedgntp&cvid=9dbaeca5d0154a82982ae9665b30825f

A production supervisor who worked with Willis recently told the Los Angeles Times that the actor struggled to get through the day, but never gave up. “He just looked so lost and he would say ‘I’ll do my best,’” the supervisor said. “He always tried his best.”

It's a rough town.

 

[budman]

That is a real dude.

Fight to get thru.

 

[Kurosaki]

In honor of Bruce retiring, I may bring back the podcast I started when to pass the time when Covid began, inspired by one of Bruce's greatest movies, The Fifth Element.

BZZZZZZ