Why all the criticism?

Rating: 8/10 (16 February 2005)

I have been on these boards for nearly a year now and I am a major Die Hard fan. I post on all the boards about this movie and can't help but notice that this movie often gets undeservedly slammed.
First of all, when I saw this movie I thought it was as good as the first installment. It has great action in it, such as:
1)The fight in the luggage area 2)The firefight on the Annex Skywalk 3)The crash of the London flight 4)The firefight at the church 5)The incredible ending.
These keep the audiences on the very edge of their seat. In fact, it keeps the audience on the seat in front it is so gripping. The fight in the luggage area is a great, action-packed opening to the movie. The firefight on the Annex Skywalk is one of the greatest, most over-elaborate battle sequences of all time. The crash of the London flight is very clever, touching to the coldest of hearts and unexpected. The firefight at the church is action-packed yet the twist in it (which I won't say here) is fantastic. Yet many hardcore fans of the franchise, including me, would argue the fact that the ending is the best of all three and anybody who slates this movie can't argue with it's OTT, unrealistic ending; arguably the greatest action movie ending ever.
The only dark cloud that hangs over this movie is the amount of plot holes in it. The two major ones being:
1) Many of the planes could've been redirected to other airports rather than circulating around the outer markers.
2)The airport wouldn't have been able to be controlled by an external control point (the church)
At the end of the day, it's a movie; a great movie. So give it a break!