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Okay, I finished my Die Hard marathon, I slept, I had some time to think about my experience and here is my rating:

Die Hard - 5 stars
Die Harder - 4 stars
Die Hard with a Vengeance - 5 stars
Live Free or Die Hard - 4 stars
A Good Day to Die Hard - 1 star

Somehow haven’t heard of that one.

LuckyGungan2001 said:
-Visual effects (I would have never thought that this would be the case)

Doubt it

The Mummy (1999) - 7.5/10 (Saw this a couple of days ago and it was a fun flick but not exactly as good as when I was a kid)

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope Revisited - 8.2/10

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back - 9/10

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of The Jedi - 7.9/10

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens - 8.3/10

Lord Haseo said:

The Mummy (1999) - 7.5/10 (Saw this a couple of days ago and it was a fun flick but not exactly as good as when I was a kid)

Have you seen the two sequels?

Also, watched ANH last night for “Star Wars day”… 10/10, obviously.

LuckyGungan2001 said:

Is there anything good about Die Hard 4 and 5?

No, there is not.

Die Hard 4 was the last movie I ever saw at a drive-in, so I suppose I’ve got something that qualifies as a soft spot for it. Terrible movie though.

Anyway, Goodfellas for the umpteenth time. Top five of all time-level good.

I’ve only seen The Godfather once and never seen 2 at all. I don’t have a good excuse.

Ryan-SWI said:

Lord Haseo said:

The Mummy (1999) - 7.5/10 (Saw this a couple of days ago and it was a fun flick but not exactly as good as when I was a kid)

Have you seen the two sequels?

Unfortunately. I watched The Mummy every week when I was a kid and I watched The Mummy Returns on a monthly basis. In retrospect Returns was trash and the 3rd one was even worse. No retrospect needed for that one.

Also, watched ANH last night for “Star Wars day”… 10/10, obviously.

For some reason I can’t rate any film 10/10 but I can do it for video games

Lord Haseo said:

Unfortunately. I watched the Mummy every week when I was a kid and I watched The Mummy Returns on a monthly basis. In retrospect Returns was trash and the 3rd one was even worse. No retrospect needed for that one.

Returns is the kind of trash I can happily sit and watch with a decent amount of alcohol, though I don’t really think I could ever attempt it again sober.
I’m happy to not talk about Mummy 3, ever.

For some reason I can’t rate any film 10/10 but I can do it for videogames

I understand that. If I were to go all “professional critic” on it I’d probably give it an 8.5 in reality, but in casual conversation I tend to just give my favorite movies top marks so people just assume I love it when I couldn’t be bothered explaining myself.
Though in saying that, considering the name of the site, liking Star Wars should probably be a given.

Why didn’t you cross out “Star Wars Episode IV”? :p

Probably because it’s not the original.

The pedantry around the titles/episode numbers of the OT is exhausting.

joefavs said:

The pedantry around the titles/episode numbers of the OT is exhausting.

Definitely, which is why I’ve resorted to just using abbreviations; ANH, AOTC, etc., doesn’t seem to annoy anyone.

AOTC annoys me by its very existence. 😉

You must love my avatar then 😉

I must admit, in fanedit form, I legitimately enjoy the prequels. Not as much as the originals, but still very enjoyable.

In unedited form they aren’t great but I still don’t think they’re terrible per se.

Possessed said:

I must admit, in fanedit form, I legitimately enjoy the prequels. Not as much as the originals, but still very enjoyable.

In unedited form they aren’t great but I still don’t think they’re terrible per se.

I think ROTS is a legitimately great film and often try to defend it.
I don’t defend TPM and AOTC so much. While I like them both quite a lot, I know there are lots of problems with them.

I think the great Star Wars movies are III - V.
I, II and VI have a lot of problems but I still enjoy them more than most other movies.
VII… I’m hoping for a decent fanedit in the future.

I know TFA has its flaws but I think anyone that rates a prequel film above it is crazy.

ROTS is about as far from a great film as you can get.
http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/What-Didnt-You-Like-About-ROTS/id/47997

If I were going off nothing but technical aspects I’d probably rate TFA above TPM and AOTC.
However I can’t even view TFA as a Star Wars film anymore, so I dump it at the bottom quite often. That’s not necessarily a problem with the film, but perhaps with me. Maybe I’ll change my mind one day but that’s just the conclusion I’ve come to for now.

If Episode 8 impresses me I’ll be more likely to re-embrace TFA

Also ROTS is better than any other movie ever made.

EDIT: I’m kidding, please don’t hang me.

Personally I wouldn’t even count the PT as Star Wars films because they feel nothing like the OT (and TFA by extension). Even if it had all of the problems we know of but still felt like Star Wars then some of those faults would be excusable.

My issue with TFA is that it could have felt like the OT without ripping every single story beat from the OT.
A story about Luke building the new temple and training Kylo would have at least been more interesting than a string of interchangeable events we’ve seen before tied together by “coincidences”.

Finn’s story was the only original part of the whole film, everything else is exactly the same or a very slight variation of what’s come before.

There’s actually a lot I like about TFA, but I can’t look past how obvious a safe-player it was.