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Bordick
12-02-2003, 04:28 PM
Voting ends in 5 days
Evil Dead Junkie
12-02-2003, 04:31 PM
Gladiator is hell of Cool but Die Hard is a classic.

Of Course Lord Hummungus would kill em both. **** Aunty Entity Would Kill them both.
Bordick
12-02-2003, 04:34 PM
they're two completely different flicks......Gladiator is the better film......but......I "prefer" Die Hard ;)
Evil Dead Junkie
12-02-2003, 04:36 PM
Yeah they are different films but that doesn't change the fact that Die Hard revolutionized the action film, while Gladiator succeeded only in being really really cool.
Bordick
12-02-2003, 04:41 PM
indeed
Into
12-02-2003, 05:47 PM
John McTiernan...Ridley Scott

Bruce Willis...Russel Crowe

Die Hard is an action classic.

Gladiator is an epic drama with action to help it out.

Both are excellent films, but I vote Die Hard for it is genre defining classic.
crappertay
12-03-2003, 10:58 AM
Pah, like this one's even up for debate.

Yippee ki ay you Roman mother****ers!
B1ade Runner
12-03-2003, 11:05 AM
This is a no-contest, and I'm glad to see the voters agree. Gladiator is an awesome film, and one of the best of 2000, but has nothing on Die Hard. Even in terms of which is the better film, Die Hard has a better story and one of the greatest heroes in action movie history. No offense to Gladiator, though.
garfield hates mondays
12-03-2003, 11:19 AM
they're two completely different flicks......Gladiator is the better film......but......I "prefer" Die Hard
Agreed.
Bordick
12-03-2003, 03:59 PM
Gladiator's getting romped!
B1ade Runner
12-03-2003, 06:59 PM
I would have figured there would be a little competition, but I guess Die Hard can certainly stand the test of time.
Bordick
12-03-2003, 07:55 PM
someone, out of sympathy, vote for Gladiator......let's give it some dignity.
Bordick
12-04-2003, 07:09 PM
apparently someone dug it enough.
Majenta957
12-05-2003, 04:59 AM
Originally posted by Bordick
someone, out of sympathy, vote for Gladiator......let's give it some dignity.

I voted for it, even though I'd class it more as "historical epic" or somesuch rather than "action movie".

Joaquin Phoenix more than made up for any of the movie's shortcomings for me. (I liked 8mm too, so maybe I'm just weird.)

I think I've been overexposed to Die Hard to now appreciate how good it may be. I react to it the same way I do Lethal Weapon. They were fine for the first dozen viewings, but after that... And enough with the sequels, already!