5. The Title Seems Like It Should Always Have Been
In Keith Richardss autobiography he talks about being bemused by snappy song titles that should have been taken before he got there Beast of Burden being just one and this is how A Good Day to Die Hard feels. Its got that terse aphorism-esque quality to it that probably would have killed it in the manger had it been the opening movies title but, with todays love of camembert comebacks, such a title somehow becomes tongue-in-cheek. Its one of those titles that you quite enjoy saying. Its like the modern retail zeitgeist of nameing shops such things as that shop or Sandras because it works quite well when you prefix it with Im going to... but, annoyingly, warrants further explanation to the perplexed listener. You can picture it now: men lining the queues with their receding hairlines and nostalgic yippee-khy -ehs, nudging their long-labouring partners and saying its a good day to Die Hard, didnt you know? Before chuckling their way into a forward shuffle. Theres something quite magnificent about a title like that, inciting gags and groans in equal measure, and its definitely something in which to revel during the precursory days wait.