A Good Day to Die Hard is a movie just released, and we will go see
it.
Bruce Willis
surprises me. In the 1980s, he was a co-star with Cybil Shepherd in Moonlighting. She was an established celebrity, a famous
successful model. Bruce Willis was an
unknown, just-another-cocky actor who would try for stardom in an unlikely show
about a failing detective agency. Classy
rich Shepherd becomes the new owner, Willis is the street-wise mouthy fast-talking
detective, and flirtation is rife.
Somehow, Moonlighting was a big success. Bruce Willis was a big success. He did not fade into the annals of “Where is
he now?” Who knew?
Since then Bruce
Willis has made many action movies which my husband and I have seen. I know, I know…but for some reason, Bruce
(may I call him that?) and his smooth gutsy style makes destruction, gun
fights, death-defying stunts enjoyable.
In preparation for
our viewing of his new movie we are having our own DVD marathon of the Die Hard movies. The first one was released in 1988, when we
were in late 30s: the new one finds us at 60.
Bruce gets totally thrashed in previous movies, and I expect he will
again one last time.
Call me shallow, but
I (the retired teacher/grandma) truly relish his movies. Who knew?
