"Remember, all I'm offering is the truth, nothing more".

*Swallows pill*

"'The truth' of course being the nickname for my junk".

/tries not to make a joke about how deep the rabbit hole goes
/fails

This thread has taken an odd turn....

A part of it was also that I didn't think Bruce Willis did a good job at being John McClane again, instead he played an idolised, movie hero version of him. Same with Ford with Indiana Jones, I think time and the popular culture impression of the character twisted the portrayal somewhat.

In comparison, Stallone did much better at returning to his characters. Rambo felt like Rambo, not a parody beefcake version of him, same too with Rocky Balboa. Such that both of these new films I thought are amongst the best in their respective series.

I also agree with the above two statements. Willis plays his character as larger than life hero who isn't afraid of anything. He is no longer the  "everyman" hero that can be easily identified with by the audience. He literally is a caricature of himself.

Its like this is the movie about the Internet meme of John Mclain rather than a person. It makes for a disappointing movie that no explosion can fill.

I wonder what the world was like before The Onion created satire.