It is sad to lose Bruce Willis- he was a great actor and played characters we as Americans should admire. Titus wrote well about Die Hard: With a Vengeance, but this episode had me dwelling on a scene from the first Die Hard movie- the last one with Hans, Holly, and John all in the same room.
The part where he throws down his gun: Holly is shocked to see how much damage has been done to her husband's body; the soundtrack, especially the clarinet, causes us the audience to have pity for John- he sacrificed and gave so much of himself, and a prompt, tragic failure may be the way the McClain family dies and and our movie ends.
But the hero has one more card to play- and instead, it is John McClain who gets to say to the villain: happy trails, MF-er. That's the kind of ultimate triumph we fans all hope for with Bruce Willis.
Those kinds of movie memories are what came to mind in reading this sad news
Always loved BW. I was a big fan of Moonlighting as a kid. One of my favorites of his was Last Man Standing, which was obviously derivative of my other favorite actor, Clint Eastwood's Fistful of Dollars (both based on Kurosawa). Of course nowadays I think I might need to take another look at 12 Monkeys. Sad to see him go.