Comments on: Bruce Willis: Our Die Hard Action Hero Returns

By: filmklassik

filmklassik — Sun, 03 May 2009 09:34:35 +0000

Sorry. I know this puts me in the minority (again). I've had disagreements with my friends and wife about Bruce Willis, all of whom are fans. As for me, although I am glad Willis is that rare Hollywood commodity — an outspoken conservative — I have never been a major fan of his acting. Mostly because every time I watch him on screen I always catch him, you know, "acting." I see the gears moving. What can I say — there's just something about his style — the manner, that trademark smirk of his, SOMETHING, that feels… false to me.

Some guys definitely do have that "it" quality you were referring to in your post. Harrison Ford. Clint Eastwood. Sean Connery. The late (great) Lee Marvin. These guys are the real deal.

Watch Lee Marvin in THE PROFESSIONALS and then watch Bruce Willis in… well, anything (yeah, even DIE HARD) to see exactly what I'm talking about.

Again, I'm sorry, folks. Guess we'll just have to agree to disagree.

By: The Great Satan™

The Great Satan™ — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:38:35 +0000

Bruce is a good guy. A former girlfriend of mine used to baby sit his and Demi Moore’s kids. She said both were great.

By: Mjolnir

Mjolnir — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:17:59 +0000

You definitely need to read upthread, dink. Lots of people made commentary about Crowe, positive about his acting, negative about his acting out. And nothing about his politics.
For my money, I'd rather have a Willis than the brain trust statist libs that mouth off at a drop of a hat. Demi has her hand so far up Kutchner's a$$ you can see her fingers wiggling when he opens his mouth. Ed Harris made it on the Super Marine character, then he went wheels off. I personally would like Paltrow even better if she would limit her opinions to characterizations and dressing for the Oscars. Most of these people have absolutely no reason to be offering "expert" testimony in front of Congress; they are not biochemists, lawyers, pilots, medically trained, etc. They are people paid exorbitant levels of money to pretend to be those kind of people. Yet, when something comes up to be politically paraded in the press, here comes Hollyweird.

If I ever make it there, I would love to be called to Congress to testify on some character or other I'd written, just to be able to chastise the committee over having non-experts on the subject being granted said "expert" status. Then I would do the same to the MSM for placing such a status on people called to testify on things they either played on stage or wrote about, not actually do to earn their living.

Two things would happen: One: No one in Washington DC would ever bother me about my "opinion" ever again while I lived. Two: I would get great play on the media outlets for several days for my outrage, which would add to my name recognition.

By: Mjolnir

Mjolnir — Fri, 01 May 2009 21:47:01 +0000

Ahh, if only t'were true in real life…

By: Steven

Steven — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:04:49 +0000

Thats the one i want to see.. and SOOON

By: creed5

creed5 — Fri, 01 May 2009 19:33:32 +0000

Hollywood needs more REAL mean. They've all been feminized. We've been lead to believe we should place our security not in strong men, but in big government instead.

By: Joel

Joel — Fri, 01 May 2009 18:11:33 +0000

Golly, I hope he plays a freedom fighter struggling in Iraq to blow up US Marines and Iraqi citizens. Otherwise, hollow wood might ban him. Let's also make sure he references 'the one' 20 times per movie or I am not watching!

By: 1LT JAF, USAFR

1LT JAF, USAFR — Fri, 01 May 2009 18:06:39 +0000

Bruce has his own blog- the powers of Big Hollywood should be going on a full court press to have B post on here! It would be awesome, let him say whatever he wants to..

By: dbark

dbark — Fri, 01 May 2009 18:05:06 +0000

It is truly amazing what an echo chamber the Drudge Report linked sites are. I'm not saying I don't like Bruce Willis or his movies (quite the contrary – yippee kai yay m*f*kr), but I would bet the farm that if he made a public statement against Rush Limbaugh or any other "conservative" sacred cow, policy, or stand, this whole comment board would be lit up with comments calling him a "libtard", "idiot", "traitor", or worse. Remember what happened when Paul Newman died? Same idea. Makes me wonder if anyone here likes actors who don't share their political views.

By: robeekay

robeekay — Fri, 01 May 2009 18:03:56 +0000

Yippee-ki-yi-yo! If tough guy Bruce is on the screen, I am in that theater seat. I have loved him since Moonlighting, and he has never disappointed me.