WTF - Die Hard 4 ?!?! Et Tu, Bruce ?

Hum. I rarely post here anymore, but I must object. Parkour is fun. And it is a very hard workout. Plus it fits my bill for "stuff I need to know just in case the zombies come".

I think you should be more open about it.

Keno
 
Whatever single-parent teenage boys want to do is their business, but professional mercenaries who are paid to provide security for international terrorists don't have time to play "jumpy jumpy."
I hope this retardation goes away soon. That's two good movies ruined so far...
 
Too bad. I'd hoped a person like you would have a broader view on things. I'm out of here, I was better of not being here in the first place.

Keno
 
Wow...I had to go to wiki to even see what this huff was about.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkour

When I was a kid, this was simply called "getting in trouble". I guess I was an early pioneer of parkouring when my buddy Tom and I got caught climbing up on the neighbors house that night.

I think this was more of a criticism of Hollywood than anyone's personal activities...shame to see guys here bicker over it.
 
I saw the movie, thought it was pretty good. The acrobatic guy did not ruin the movie for me, nor did numerous fake action scenes (like the one with the jet) Maybe you should ask yourself why you are bothered by people running and jumping around. The excuse that it is not realistic doesn't fly, because very little is realistic about Hollywood movies.
 
I liked it. This movie is entertainment, plain and simple. Don't take it so seriously.
 
After nasty posted the link I knew what was going on. Watch Oceans 11 again, there were acrobatic things in it. #4 is a fun non serious action movie. I for one want to get it when it comes out on DVD. :)
 
It's just like kung fu on wires, or Matrix-style slo-mo shifts, or that two-pistol foolishness -- it's visually stimulating and is currently an "in" thing in Hollywood to increase viewer interest. Whether it's based in reality or not is immaterial: most movies aren't based in reality, period.

Like the others, it will be off the big screen in a year or two and will be forgotten by most, and the parkour enthusiasts will be out of the spotlight again.

FWIW I've found most of the parkour clips I've seen floating around the internet to be pretty entertaining. Some of that crowd may be putting a little more into it than there is, IMO, but people who are passionate about what they like tend to do this. We're guilty of it ourselves, aren't we?
 
Dave Rishar said:
It's just like kung fu on wires, or Matrix-style slo-mo shifts, or that two-pistol foolishness -- it's visually stimulating and is currently an "in" thing in Hollywood to increase viewer interest. Whether it's based in reality or not is immaterial: most movies aren't based in reality, period.
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Personally, I like to see films which at least approximate something believable, with perhaps one or two liberties taken if appropriate (e.g. the early Zatoichi films, blind swordsman in otherwise realistic chambara). I find it more satisfying to see something that looks like it makes sense in a martial arts or basic physics sense... it's not as flashy, but usually requires some thought on the part of the writers and film makers... but perhaps I've hit the nail on the head right there. Bruce Lee used to say something to the effect that the discerning palate can tell when a fine wine has been diluted... a little flash is one thing, but action scenes with practically no tactical or logical consideration are about as interesting as watching kids play with action figures.

One reservation a co-worker had about this latest entry in the Die Hard franchise had was that it was rated PG-13, instead of R like the predecessors. This would indicate a change in content to an extent, and less saucy catch-phrases as well. :eek:
 
Rat Finkenstein said:
The excuse that it is not realistic doesn't fly, because very little is realistic about Hollywood movies.
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I found that a washed out police officer taking on a platoon of ex SF mercenaries and killing them all (like he did in DIE HARD 2), very realistic - thank you very much. :D
 
yall are going to have to forgive my bellicosity.
i get bad news in the mail everyday about this divorce.
 
Have not seen the movie, but.
In my younger (dumb $h1t hooligan) years I found that Free Running tecnique, and being fit, can and will save your ass if you need to escape a situation of being chased by superior numbers (muggers/bangers and or police) with blunt and sharp weapons, in a urban environment.

But, not being in that bad part of town is the best way to escape said situation.
 
lizzardbone said:
In my younger (dumb $h1t hooligan) years I found that Free Running tecnique, and being fit, can and will save your ass if you need to escape a situation of being chased by superior numbers (muggers/bangers and or police) with blunt and sharp weapons, in a urban environment.
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When I was one heckuva lot younger, read 53 - 54 years ago, I never ran in an urban setting with the free running technique but I did run in a similar way in the woods and across fields and could cover a whole lot of ground in just a short time. I loved to run and after school I would walk until I got into the woods a ways and then I would take off like a deer and I always ran on the balls of my feet and got a great deal of joy when in clearer areas I could run in such a way that I would kick myself in the butt with my heels with every stride.:cool: :D
I didn't run through town because even back then a kid running like the wind by himself would bring attention and I always liked to remain obscure and above suspicion.

I've seen a documentary or two on TV about kids using this technique to move across town and I was always amazed at their dexterity and speed as well as wondering if they had a lot of courage or just a plain lack of common sense at some of the moves they made!
But then after thinking about it realized that the things they had done weren't any stupider than some of the stupid moves I had done myself when I was about the same age except in a different setting.:rolleyes: ;) :D
 
I haven't seen the movie but I will at some point. Some of those parkour or whatever its called guys are amazing and do some crazy stuff in "real" life without wires etc., unlike the wires and flying they do in some movies now.
 
Hey Yvsa, I can relate to your joyfull running as a youth. Back in the late 70s, in the woods of the Addicks Dam Reservoir and Sam Houston National Forrest here in Texas, is where I cut my teeth on "Free Running".
I never felt more free, happy, and emotionally centered as a young teen, as when I was running, deep in those woods................................................. Good times man , good times.
 
I wonder why it was easier to run in the woods than on a track?

Is it the constant change of tempo, stride length? The freedom of being alone, and unseen?

Does one somehow draw some energy from the forest?

Or is it the clean air?

Tom

PS
Danny, understood!:thumbup:
 
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