Wien 401 Posted November 20, 2013 Watching this on Netflix now. This takes dumb to a whole other level. Share this post Link to post
thestray 361 Posted November 21, 2013 Haven't watched Olympus Has Fallen yet (if I ever will), but I watched White House Down last night, and for what it was it was fine, I liked that the bad guys were mostly racist American white guys, haha, instead of scary foreigners. Annnnd I also like that Garcelle Beauvais was the 1st lady, allowing me to fantasize that the movie was a continuation of The Jamie Foxx Show. There was a lot of illogical shit going on, but like... kinda the type of stuff you'd expect out of these types of movies. 1 Share this post Link to post
PlanBFromOuterSpace 3138 Posted November 21, 2013 Haven't watched Olympus Has Fallen yet (if I ever will), but I watched White House Down last night, and for what it was it was fine, I liked that the bad guys were mostly racist American white guys, haha, instead of scary foreigners. Annnnd I also like that Garcelle Beauvais was the 1st lady, allowing me to fantasize that the movie was a continuation of The Jamie Foxx Show. There was a lot of illogical shit going on, but like... kinda the type of stuff you'd expect out of these types of movies. Speaking of that, I manage a Regal Cinema, and Sony did something with us on July 4th where veterans got free admission to "White House Down". Seems like a good idea, right? Yeah, fuck that, because I guess it turned into quite the debacle. I didn't have to work that day, but I got to hear all about it. You see, when there are promotions like this or a BOGO or whatever, many of the people that come out for them are people that you'd never ordinarily see at the theater, and then when you throw veterans into the mix, at least in my town, you get a lot of OLD people that just don't watch a lot of movies anyway. Long story short, people were coming out during and after the movie complaining to the staff about the content, specifically because the bad guys were AMERICAN, as though we'd made the film ourselves and could control such a thing. How dare we lure them into coming to the movie theater on our nation's birthday to see a movie where we're attacked by our own, because it's totally the same thing as whipping it out and pissing on the flag, right? I'm pretty sure there were also accusations of it being pro-Obama propaganda, based solely on the President being black and NOT being portrayed by Morgan Freeman. Yeah, this was all after we'd let them in to see the movie for FREE, and then people complain that we don't do it nearly enough. This is the community I live in. Â I'm a veteran myself, and I've seen more than one modern action film in my lifetime. It doesn't take a thick skin to just roll with it, and whether or not something like that can happen in real life, THIS is just a work of fiction. It's no more offensive to me than when there's a movie about corrupt cops or any other occupation where people turn on their own, but you don't see black jack dealers getting all high and mighty when there's a movie about casino workers trying to pull off a heist. 3 Share this post Link to post
Ofcoursemyhorse 1043 Posted December 1, 2013 The body count in this movie is fucking insane. I remember looking up at the screen at one point and just seeing a a massive pile of dead secret service agents. Â Can't believe no ones mentioned the explosion that launches gerard butler like 15 feet into air while he holds a christ pose. Share this post Link to post
RandyReiss 1 Posted March 23, 2014 Just watched White House Down on cable. That was terrible. You have to do it. Share this post Link to post
