ITB with AB #3: What You Talkin' Bout Willis

What's in the Box:

Hello all and welcome back to another installment of Inside the Box. Today I go way more in depth about my enjoyment of Bruce Willis movies than anyone probably cares about, I share my best and worst commercials from this past weekend's Super Bowl, and heck I might even mention the game. So lift the lid and take a look inside the box.

Movie Box:

So last week I was asked why Bruce Willis is one of my favorite actors. So this week not only will I explain why he is one of my favorites but I will also list my favorite Willis characters and movies. Now for movies I will do two categories, lead actor and co-lead/supporting roles. So now we answer the question of why Bruce Willis is my favorite actor. I grew up in a family were action movies like the James Bond franchise and Star Wars reigned supreme. I have fond memories of tuning into the all day James Bond marathons that took place during the Holidays with my family. How does this connect you ask? Well when I got older more action movies became available to me. One of those films would become the coolest action movie I've ever seen. That movie was Die Hard staring one Bruce Willis.

This movie absolutely blew my mind and every time I watch it I notice something I missed. Like the time I realized Carl Winslow from Family Matters was in the movie or the time I realized Professor Snape from Harry Potter was Hans Gruber. So whether it's Die Hard or the worst film in the franchise Die Hard 2: Die Harder, I can't get enough of John McClane. For the record a quick ranking of the Die Hard Franchise: 1. Die Hard 2. Live Free or Die Hard (Timothy Olyphant rocks in this one) 3. Die Hard With A Vengeance 4. A Good Day to Die Hard 5. Die Hard 2: Die Harder. Bruce just plays a great combination of funny and bad-ass and that is why he is my favorite.

Here are my top five leading man movies for Mr. Bruce Willis:

1. Die Hard (1988)
2. The Fifth Element (1997)

3. Unbreakable (2000)
4. 12 Monkeys (1995), now a TV show on the Sci-fi network
5. Red (2010)

I recommend that everyone watch all of these movies but Unbreakable is my top recommendation. This movie was M. Night Shyamalan's first film after The Sixth Sense and I feel that it is the most underrated movie in my opinion. The movie also stars Samuel L. Jackson.

Now for the top Co-leading man and supporting role movies for Bruce:

1. Sin City and his cameo in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

2. Pulp Fiction: his segment is hurt by the worst actress in the entire movie. I can't stand Fabienne!
3. The Sixth Sense
4. The Whole Nine Yards
5. Lucky Number Slevin

I highly recommend Sin City. It is one of the coolest comic book movies out there and Bruce is pretty awesome as Det. John Hartigan. Those who have seen the movie will understand why his appearance in the A Dame to Kill For is a cameo.

Finally here is my top 5 Bruce Willis Characters, lead and supporting:

1. John McClane- Die Hard
2. Dr. Malcolm Crowe- The Sixth Sense
3. Det. John Hartigan- Sin City
4. Korben Dallas- The Fifth Element
5. Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski- The Whole Nine Yards

I also really like Frank Moses from Red and Red 2 but I feel like he is pretty much just John McClane after he retired. Finally I'd like to recommend a few more Willis movies that didn't get mentioned above. 2005's Hostage is pretty intense and in addition to Willis, Ben Foster also gives a good but very creepy performance. I might be only one of five people that like Kevin Smith's Cop Out but it does have it's moments. Finally I suggest the 2012 film Looper. The film actually follows Joseph Gordon-Levitt who plays a younger version of Willis' character Joe. The film is wild and out there but pretty enjoyable.

Sports Box:

So the Super Bowl was this past Sunday in Glendale, Arizona and I have to say it was an amazing game. The Patriots came out on top beating the Seahawks 28-24 which was what I predicted the outcome to be. This was the first time I've ever done that so it was a pretty exciting moment. Although it was a good game I'm actually going to talk about the commercials. I will talk about the best and worst of the commercials. Starting with the Best:

Honestly I don't care what this commercial was for it was just amazing! I did however look it up and it was for Avocados From Mexico. The First Draft ever was a great idea of each country drafting their plant and animal life. Australia drafted the Kangaroo who then fist bumped the Koala, Brazil selected the Sloth although it had off the field issues, and to the poor Polar Bear's dismay Mexico selected the Avocado. I also really enjoyed Bud Light's Life Size Pac Man commercial because I totally wanted to have a turn in the game. Finally for the worst commercial...Nationwide what the f**k!? Here we are early in the first half having a good time and this commercial comes on with this kid doing all this cool stuff just to reveil at the end that he wont be able to do any of these things because he died. Way to kill the mood of everyone watching the game. I strongly suggestion that Nationwide re-evaluate it's advertising department because that was rough.

The Guest Box:

Well no one wrote in but a comment from last week lead to the movie box for this week so that's a start. So to fill in the space, here is the obligatory Katy Perry Shark photo!

Final Thoughts:

As far as the halftime show goes it was alright. I really enjoyed the stage during Dark Horse when the dancers where dressed as chess pieces and the stage was a chess board. I think Missy Elliott got a little bit too much time and I wish Lenny Kravitz would've gotten to sing one his own songs instead of just doing a bad duet of I Kissed A Girl with Perry. I like many others also thought the sharks were the best part of the show.

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