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Page A-14 — Shelton-Mason County Thursday, April 14, 2022 Willis;"Die Hard’ trilogy ranks as his best movies continued from page A-13 victimize first, an unattended Butch breaks free from his bonds, and even reaches the open doorway to the pair’s lair, when he hears Marsellus’ screams. After blowing up at, and apologiz- ing to, his adorable French girlfriend Fabienne (Maria de Medeiros) for for- getting his watch at their apartment, then shooting hitman Vincent Vega (John Travolta) with his own gun at that apartment, Butch has every rea- son to abandon Marsellus, who wants him dead for not throwing his boxing match. Except Butch only inherited his watch because a prisoner of war in Vietnam (Christopher Walken) re— fused to break faith with Butch’s father as a fellow captive. Butch res- cues Marsellus, earning the respect of his former foe, plus a reprieve from his retribution. 4. David Dunn, “Unbreakable” trilogy (2000-2019) , Whether you follow the Marvel Cinematic Universe or the DC Ex- tended Universe, David Dunn is your John the Baptist. “Unbreakable” pre- miered theatrically only four months after the first “X-Men” film in 2000, back when big-screen superheroes were still considered a gamble, but I M. Night Shyamalan was always a true believer. He explicitly, repeatedly and reverently references ' comics, as an art form and mythos, throughout both “Unbreakable” and “Glass” in Shyamalan cast David Dunn as a neo-Superman by applying a stylistic “realism” to comics tropes, giving David an alliterative secret identity like Clark Kent, a Kryptonite-level weakness to water, and a brilliant best friend turned archenemy like Lex Luthor. Meanwhile, Willis com- mitted to investing as much somber fallibility into the character as any Zack Snyder hero with feet of clay, without ever smirking or winking at the audience. David’s ignominious drowning in “Glass” nonetheless leads humanity to the metafictional revelation that superheroes can exist even in the most constrained visions of “the real world,” which Shyamalan depicts as a triumph over covert forces conspiring to preserve a suppressive prevailing social order throughout civilization’s history. 3. James Cole, “12 Monkeys” (1995) In 2035, James Cole is an antiso. cial convicted criminal within the un- derground technocratic society that remains of the human race, 5 billion of whom died of a plague from 1996- 1997 , so the state scientists “volun- teer” Cole to trace the virus’ origins by traveling back in time. In 1990, James Cole is a violent, delusional patient at a Baltimore mental hospi- tal, where his claims of coming from the future catch the attention of Dr. Kathryn Railly (Madeleine Stowe), who suspects he’s been institutional- ized before, and fellow mental patient Jeffrey Goines (Brad Pitt), whose en- vironmental extremism seems to feed off James’ predictions of humanity’s fate. Each time, James dreams of a Lets Make a. Diner! Tools: Ruler, pencil, scissors, craft knife, paint brushes. Materials: Cardboard, Styrofoam, milk pulls, bottle caps, bendy straws, , masking tape, sand, school glue, toothpicks, craft sticks, paint. Difficulty: Moderate Cost: About "$1, including paint and glue. Time: 1 to 3 hours or more, depending on the level of detail. Visit www.masoncounty.com and click on the Crafty Time link, www.craftytimewithdave.com, ‘ for more ideas! 9 by Dave Pierik for the Shelton—Mason County Journal. r'.,Wm;fihak¢s'and, young boy witnessing an armed man shooting? Being shot? — in an air- port, as a distraught woman rushes to his side. Each time, Cole awakens to wonder how many of his dreams and dismissed delusions are actually ‘ memories, and how many of his as- sumed memories are instead dreams and delusions. Willis plays Cole as disquietingly childlike, emotionally frozen at the age of his worst trauma, as the boy in the airport, when his World (and ours) ended. David Addison Jr., “Moon- lighting” (1985-1989) Describing “Moonlighting” as a romantic dramedy about the inves- tigative partners-of the Blue Moon Detective Agency is as technically accurate as describing “Community” as a sitcom about a study group at Greendale Community College. Cybill Shepherd and Willis starred as Sleuths Madelyn “Mad- die” Hayes and David Addison, who solved inventive mysteries, traded snappy banter, parodied pop culture and stirred up simmering romance. Alongside series creator Glenn Gor- don Caron, they resurrected the How- ard Hawks-style screwball comedy, while pioneering new frontiers of self- aware, fourth wall-breaking satire. If you’ve avidly followed any witty, bickering TV couple with unresolved sexual tension betWeen them since the ’805, your favorites were likely. inspired by the cocky, chauvinis-‘ tic David and his no-bull boss-lady Maddie. Reagan-era Willis’ rough- hewn, unreconstructed charm still turns let century women’s heads, By Dave Pierik and the onscreen heat he generated with Shepherd, culminating in their characters’ hookup in the 1987 third- season episode “I Am Curious Mad— , die,” was such lightning in a bottle that even shows from the past decade — including “Castle,” “New Girl,” “Bones” and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” — have agonized to avoid the “Moon- lighting Curse,” of smothering their couples’ fires by letting them connect. 1. John McClane, “Die Hard” trilogy (1988-1995) I’m excluding the fourth and fifth “Die Hard” films for John McClane, since those installments arguably detract from the character’s ranking among Willis’ best roles. “Die Hard emulated the origi- nal too much, while “Die Hard with a Vengeance” negated the progress John and Holly made in their mar- riage over the first two films, but both sequels stayed true to portraying ’ John McClane as a solidly competent, surprisingly clever cop who’s only in- frequently been forced to deal with international terrorism or ambitious, elaborate heists. McClane thinks on his feet fast enough to cover for most of what he doesn’t already know, and while he’s prone to stumbling over his own stubborn pride, he’s ultimately smart and caring enough to recognize he needs to be more supportive of his wife. Like Peter Parker, John McClane is not only the everyday guy we could see ourselves being in extraordinary circumstances, but also the heroic man of action we hope our loved ones would be able to depend upon in a crisis. ‘ Shelton-Mason County Journal want