Olympus Has Fallen
 

Not sure if this looks really cool or really insane (in a bad way...). Lots of good people involved.

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No thanks. Looks low budget. CGI was better in T2 twenty years ago.

Definitely one I'll watch when it comes out on BluRay, but not theater worthy. If it turns out to be really really good, then maybe theater, but from the looks of the trailer I don't think so. Pretty solid cast though as pointed out.

Does anyone actually believe that when they move the President to the secure bunker, that they would take all of the White House guests with them? The President goes to the bunker, his guests go somewhere else, especially if they are foreign nationals.

BUT.....we have ONE guy in the inside......

Where have I heard that one before????

Oh yeah....when it was:

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NO wait....


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both US and DH are masterpieces compared to this slapdick mess...

So...reading some reviews on this...and...stunningly...it may actually be good.

Listening.....

I have a soft spot for Gerard Butler due to Law Abiding Citizen, which was a terrible movie, but oh so enjoyable.

I'll admit I've considered watching this piece of shit.

Law Abiding Citizen could have been one of the best action movies of last decade if it didnt completely shit itself the last ten minutes

I would love to have this exchange with Mike Alden:

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I dont know....looks like a wait for Redbox to me.

It's tracking under 50% on RT now. I guess I just happened across a couple early positive reviews.

Looks stupid.

The White House gets hit and the line "We are at Defcon 4" is underplayed during the preview.

Defcon 4 is one step away from "No known issues". We go to Defcon 4 when a 58 year old Lebanese woman creates an 8 track tape from her cave threatening America's shoe eyelet market. Obviously whomever wrote and edited the film has no knowledge of military and executive standards and practices.

What in the world did you find entertaining about that movie? There were bigger holes in that plot than in all of Stephen Hawkings research regarding black holes.

What lawyer has the power to get a prisoner outside the prison only to punch him in the gut and send him back in? Who can dig into 20 or 30 isolation cells (evidently conveniently all unoccupied) and never get caught? Do engineers really design prisons and sewer systems this badly?

Truly one of the single worst films I ever paid to rent, period.

I don't see how.

The only thing ive ever really liked Butler in was 300. He was great in that. The rest of his resume is pretty meh.

This is what I found entertaining:

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And the best thing about 300 is that Starz turned in into Spartacus.

Ok so I went and saw this.

It pretty much kicked ass.

Nonstop action, no bullshit. Lots of f bombs.

Kind of diehard-ish.

hopefully they make 7 of them like they did with Die Hard.




seriously though, I do want to see this.

It's the best movie I have seen in a while. Lots of ass kickin, a few plot twists, couple heartbreaker moments, good acting, just an overall good movie.

cool; I think the wife even mentioned going and seeing it. once we found out that the cinema suites etc were the same price as the regular seats, we're planning on going to the movies more often.

I'll wait for the reboot this summer with Channing Tatum.

White House Down


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WTF.....

who the F is this Channing Tatum guy.....I heard about him all the F over the place.

:facepalm:

Yeah, that one has Skull Face Gyllenhaal in it, too. :Lin:

Bob Dole hasn't been to a theater in years, but will probably rent this and look for stuff he recognizes. This is another one shot primarily in Shreveport. (Bob Dole keeps meaning to sign up on one of those "Extras" sites, but never manages to get around to doing it.)

Not many movies have a part for the grim reaper.

I would. : )

Looks like the "White House Down" people don't want to be upstaged. Here is the teaser posters and a trailer is supposed to be released this week.

http://badassdigest.com/2013/03/25/w...se-wrong-film/

Is Morgan Freeman in that?

It was less than impressive.

http://news.moviefone.com/2013/03/26...n_2939226.html

Yeah when I saw the trailer for this on tv I wanted to see it. I'll wait for video, but it looks like good entertainment. Even if it has some stupid shit in there that doesn't make sense or isn't realistic, I'm not gonna pick it apart too much.

It was a good action movie. There were plot holes. But good action none the less.

Rented this last night. It sucked out loud.

Messages this movie preaches:
The president's life is more important than any national security concern.
The US government is totally not corrupt and anyone who says it is must be a terrorist.

The entire beginning of the movie was a plot hole. That movie should have been 5 minutes. Plane gets within 5 miles of the air space over the White House and gets taken down immediately.

If this is what you came away with you are thinking too hard.

The movie is about stabbin dudes in the head.

it was okay, but it did bug me when Pres was willing to give up launch codes in exchange for 1 life. Nonsense.

Harvey Dent is an asshole.

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This is not a movie to watch if you're striving towards realism, and it doesn't have a single new idea in it, but it was a good (not great) action flick. Its high point was the extended initial siege scene. White House Down was no more realistic, but more fun, so it's the better pick.

Oh, and if there has ever been a movie that induces Guilt By Casting more, I don't know what it is. Cases in point:

Olympus was a far better action movie. WHD was silly to the point of stupidity many times.

Completely agree.

Which was kind of the point, I thought. Neither were feasible or believable, but WHD not taking itself seriously - pretty much at all - worked as kind of a nod and a wink to the audience. OHF, playing it straight, seemed to me like it wasn't as self-aware of its own action-movie-ness, if that makes any sense.

That said, I can understand the opposite viewpoint here, so I'm not going to argue this, pretty much at all.

I guess. I went to see it in the theater to get drunk and watch some shit blow up. Olympus did that for me, unbelievable a premise as it was. I decided to torrent WHD, and I'm glad I did, because I nearly turned it off 4 times while watching it, but was too bored to do so. Too much little girl, too much weird dialogue -- it just took away screen time from eye candy and explosions, lol.

Just watched this on blue-ray. OK for a popcorn flick, lots of head shots and stabbings... felt like I was watching a Call of Doody movie. The CGI was laughable, at best.

The special effects were not special
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I can't argue with that. At least the writers of Olympus

This looked like a B movie with a little more budget.

just saw it ... should of just called it 'Die Hard reboot' or better yet 'Die Hard ripoff'


I fully expect Reginald VelJohnson to step out on screen and eat a twinkie at some point.

Decent flick. Watched it on Netflix last night. Better than I was thinking it would be. Well done for a relatively low budget affair.


I'll have to check out White House Down to compare.

I thought it was pretty good based on the action alone. The Washington Monument scene was a little ridiculous though, pretty sure you can't zig zag through thousands of heavy ass bricks falling everywhere. ROFL

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Horrible movie.

Would have been better if they made it more believable.

What I saw was a damn clown show starring Gerard Butler.

Was it as lame as the White House being seized in 24?

The White House invasion scene was cool. I'm not saying it was realistic or feasible but it was entertaining.

Goddammit. Somehow I find myself watching this turd.

People should really stop announcing shitty stuff in Netflix. :cuss:

I never watched 24, but in this case, two Koreans operating an AC-130 are able to use side mounted 20 mm Gatling Guns with marksman-like accuracy from 800 feet in the air. Also, dropping flares will defeat AMRAAM missiles, and private security contractors are allowed into the WH bunker.

Why does Gerard Butler always talk like his mouth is full of marbles?

Skyfall is on Netflix now! Hurry up and watch that to redeem yourself.

To hide his accent would be my guess.

No kidding, I was like if it's that easy to get the nuclear codes we're all ****ed. ROFL

Sonofabitch. I'm actually enjoying it. :banghead:

I enjoyed it for the most part. Completely beyond belief but hey, he kicks ass in it. LMAO

I have Skyfall on bluray.

I'll damn sure never own this on bluray. :D

Yeah, that was dumber than a Wickedson/Prison Bitch thread. But far more entertaining. :D

Sacrilege!

:D

I'm sure it's dated now, more than a decade later, but it was a really great series for the time. Seasons 3-5 were pretty badass.

It's coming back for 12 episodes in 2014.

Absolutely LOVED season 4.

The launcher on the white house didn't shoot amraams, which is why angel wing pattern flares worked. Probably sidewinder/stinger or some sort of heat seeking variant, which is why they shot all four of them. If it was a laser or radar guided missile, like the amraam, it only takes one (thats what the F-117 used to take the down AC130). I wanted to turn the movie off when the AC130 shot down the F117's.. so reeruned.

Those weren't F-117s, they were F-22s. I was under the impression that the second F-22 got a missile off, wasn't even talking about the SAMs, but I could be mistaken about what the second F-22 did.

Show really lost steam after that. Kind of reminded me of the x-files in that regard. Kept going long after it should've been put down.