The opening scenes of the new Die Hard set up the
exposition, which allows the story to move forward. It also bears mentioning that the running
time of this movie is really well done. I got to the theatre, sat down, and an
hour had flown by before I knew it.
This latest Die Hard
installment starts with John McClane’s son, Jack, as he ends up in a prison in
Moscow. Jack is in the CIA and had been living undercover in Moscow for three
years on a long term mission. John gets word of his son’s arrest and imprisonment
and decides to go to Russia to try and help. He didn’t know that Jack was an
undercover operative.
There are scenes of
two characters being transferred from prison to a court house. One of the
characters is Jack and this other Russian guy called Yuri. Obviously, this is
an action movie and so it’s not surprising that all of the explosions and
shattering windows start shortly thereafter. I really don’t want to ruin the
story or the ending for anyone. Suffice it to say, there are ulterior motives
and a lot of action sequences that run all the way through. I have to say I really liked this movie and I would
definitely see it again.
Beautiful Creatures was a different sort of movie. It begins
when a boy, Ethan, from a small town in South Carolina meets and falls in love
with a magical girl, Lena, who moves there at the beginning of the school year.
Lena is immediately forged as an outcast in the community. The major conflict
in this movie is whether Lena will be claimed by the light or the dark, as
happens to the women of her family and other witches or “castors” when they
turn sixteen. I really liked the mysterious quality of the beginning, and I liked
that there was a mix of folklore and magical elements that is combined with the
setting. I also liked that I didn’t know how it was going to end. This movie is
anything but predictable and I would also see this one again.
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