▲ 317 ▼ TIL that Die Hard received mixed reviews upon release. Critics didn't like Bruce Willis' performance, action and violence (en.m.wikipedia.org) submitted 2 years ago by EfreetSK@lemmy.world to c/til@lemmy.world 83 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 child) it was so different because he was an anti-hero, and he got visibly beat thoroughly and never stopped being a smart ass about it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Ech@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I wanted to say that's not what 'anti-hero' means, but I kind of see where you're coming from. In my mind, an anti-hero does terrible stuff to achieve good goals (Deadpool being a prime example), while John McClaine does do some pretty vicious things, but is more or less just trying to survive, not because he wants to do the terrible things. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ech@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I wanted to say that's not what 'anti-hero' means, but I kind of see where you're coming from. In my mind, an anti-hero does terrible stuff to achieve good goals (Deadpool being a prime example), while John McClaine does do some pretty vicious things, but is more or less just trying to survive, not because he wants to do the terrible things. permalink fedilink source parent