The argument is Look at clint eastwood or arnie, would he ever cry or be emotional? No. Or on the few times he did, it was intended to be very rare and very impactful, to show how utterly broken they were by the events. A few tears at a funeral, max. More likely they drown themselves in some booze at the pub and punch someone though.
Die hard is still manly by 2023 standards, but there is a definite shift away from stoicism and remaining cool, towards displays of emotion and crying. He's less manly. It's a shift
And this has been commented on before. You can see him being praised for showing that action heroes can be emotional.
" Bruce Willis as John McClane showed that you could cry, whine, feel pain and still be the coolest man on Earth NEWSLETTER (£)It seems absurd now that a guy thinking he should have been more supportive of his wife would be groundbreaking. But it was"
Compare it to action movies that came before it and yes, it's going from a 0/10 to a 2/10 feminine. We just struggle to see it when everything released is now 9-12/10
The argument is Look at clint eastwood or arnie, would he ever cry or be emotional? No. Or on the few times he did, it was intended to be very rare and very impactful, to show how utterly broken they were by the events. A few tears at a funeral, max.
Die hard is still manly by 2023 standards, but there is a definite shift away from stoicism and remaining cool, towards displays of emotion and crying. He's less manly. It's a shift
And this has been commented on before. You can see him being praised for showing that action heroes can be emotional.
" Bruce Willis as John McClane showed that you could cry, whine, feel pain and still be the coolest man on Earth NEWSLETTER (£)It seems absurd now that a guy thinking he should have been more supportive of his wife would be groundbreaking. But it was"
Compare it to action movies that came before it and yes, it's going from a 0/10 to a 2/10 feminine. We just struggle to see it when everything released is now 9-12/10
The argument is Look at clint eastwood or arnie, would he ever cry or be emotional? No. Or on the few times he did, it was intended to be very rare and very impactful, to show how utterly broken they were by the events. A few tears at a funeral, max.
Die hard is still manly by 2023 standards, but there is a definite shift away from stoicism and remaining cool, towards displays of emotion and crying. He's less manly. It's a shift
And this has been commented on before. You can see him being praised for showing that action heroes can be emotional.
" Bruce Willis as John McClane showed that you could cry, whine, feel pain and still be the coolest man on Earth NEWSLETTER (£)It seems absurd now that a guy thinking he should have been more supportive of his wife would be groundbreaking. But it was"
The argument is Look at clint eastwood or arnie, would he ever cry or be emotional? No. Or on the few times he did, it was intended to be very rare and very impactful, to show how utterly broken they were. A few tears at a funeral, max.
Die hard is still manly by 2023 standards, but there is a definite shift away from stoicism and remaining cool, towards displays of emotion and crying. He's less manly. It's a shift
And this has been commented on before. You can see him being praised for showing that action heroes can be emotional.
" Bruce Willis as John McClane showed that you could cry, whine, feel pain and still be the coolest man on Earth NEWSLETTER (£)It seems absurd now that a guy thinking he should have been more supportive of his wife would be groundbreaking. But it was"