Die Hard is a Star Wars movie

I think the legacy of this movie is almost as interesting as this movie itself. Very few films have as many imitators that completely missed the point like this one.
Because this movie isn't about a gritty, realistic Gotham City. It's not about men wanting to watch the world burn. It's not about how surveillance states are good. The entire thesis of this movie doesn't involve Bruce Wayne or the Joker at all. It's in the ferry scenes. The prisoner…
There are a hundred things about what makes Die Hard so special (Alan Rickman and Bruce Willis giving the performances of their careers are at the top of the list), but what always strikes me about this movie are the details. Every single character is a lived-in person. I think about the thief who steals the Crunch bar, the SWAT team guys who complain about the rose bushes, the public works guy in the sewer, the news anchors who have…