Excellent movie, but don't use German words if you can't get them right!

Rating: 8/10 (12 April 1999)

Die Hard really is one of the best action movies I have seen in the last years. Especially Alan Rickman gives a fine performance as the archvillain Hans Gruber. His remark concerning the "benefits of a classical education", shortly before killing the company's boss is wonderfully chilling. And Bruce Willis - contrary to what I expected - is convincing as the honest John. But why can't they get their German right? "Schiess dem Fenster!" is about as wrong as you can get with this short sentence. Would it have been too much to ask a German whether these words were ok? Or is it simply that in Hollywood one does not bloody well care for other cultures?