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Die Hard and feel of how action movies going forward were made, and which further changed with the evolution of CGI effects exemplified by "The Matrix" (1999). Scott Tobias of "The Guardian" observed that none of these following films readily captured the complete effectiveness of the "Die Hard" story. In 2001, "Die Hard" was listed at #39 on AFI's "100 Years... 100 Thrills", a list of America's most heart-pounding films. In 2003, Hans Gruber was listed at #46 on "the AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains" list. It was selected by "Empire" magazine as #29 on their "500 Greatest Movies of