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Am I the only person that loved this movie?

posted 11 years ago by TimRohn
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Seriously, I thought it was great. Who cares if it's not realistic, who cares if it has a couple little plot holes here and there? It's an amazing movie with a tremendous use of visual effects. What's with people these days immediately hating a movie just because the movie portrays a sequence of events that are unlikely to happen? I swear you must all be a boring bunch of people. I see comments like "What a piece of *beep* that could never happen!" and I'm just like... that's the point. If people only filmed *beep* that's going to happen we wouldn't have half the great movies we have today.

I had an awesome argument prepared when I started this subject, but forgot it before I started typing :/. You get the point though.

[–] HugsFromLV426 11 years ago

Am I the only person that loved this movie?

Probably. Decent special effects don't change a stupid plot or poorly written characters.

[–] servechilled 11 years ago

Right! Horrible writing, and Die Hard without the thought. Straight to RedBox garbage.

[–] jim-862 11 years ago

I know, I know, I'm the usual crank critic.

However, as the thread opens, so what with the small plot holes? It is a fine ride.

BUT.....BUT...Olympus Has Fallen really is Die Hard in the White House.

That is how good Die Hard was. But this film is a really good thriller.

I love Gerard Butler. I was pulling for him to off Jamie Foxx in Law Abiding Citizen. I tip my cap to McDermott for taking a truly reprehensible role, but he didn't really feel it. That role is a hard sell. No one would do it who has served in that capacity.

The President caving in to give up the Cerberus code is BAD. Also,
"They have opened the gates of hell" line is TOO heavy with a M.A.D. name like Cerberus....unless they think all of us so stupid as not to understand what Cerberus was.

"You! Blabbermouth! OUT!--Ralph Cramden

[–] JACCO2008 11 years ago

Olympus Has Fallen was closer to "Air Force One" in the White House. White House Down was more like Die Hard.

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[–] moviefanlfe 10 years ago

You are not the only one. I love this movie! It is a great action film. People spend way to much time over thinking it. There are plot holes, but don't most action films have them? I love the action, the characters, and the violence. It's an awesome film, and I can't wait for the sequel.

[–] slay-er 8 years ago

You cannot make a good film purely by some kind of a blueprint. This was a very boring and soulless movie. No collection material unlike of Die Hard for example.

[–] scootergirl9988 10 years ago

Small plot holes? Are you kidding me? Imagine for a moment that the screening of the people surrounding the President of the United States is so bad that he is actually surrounded with terrorists (and no one, apparently, is aware of it). Now, replace the U.S. President with the South Korean President and you've got this ridiculous piece of tripe. That's not a small plot hole. That's a deal breaker.

[–] Odilwerk 11 years ago

Actually I thought the special effects were the worst part about it.

[–] JOHNSTAGS 10 years ago

Yes

[–] timhoward1111 9 years ago

I loved this movie! Action, suspense and adventure, I can get lost in the movie and be entertained.

[–] lambiepie-2 11 years ago

Absolutely not. I liked it too.

Pure entertainment. Action. People have to leave the "realistic" thing alone for films like these and gets get with what it is. An unlikely story, but a 'what if'...and an action vehicle film that worked.

Goodness, with all the bitterness, John Wayne and Charlton Heston movies would have never existed...

400 pages - and not an original idea! - The Name of the Game, 1970

[–] ribby45 11 years ago

lambiepie-2

I liked it as a piece of entertainment - preposterous to be sure, but very watchable.

And ( as another poster mentioned ) there was no romantic subplot - amen to that.

Gerard Butler is a convincing action hero & Melissa Leo's Secretary of Defense truly had brass balls.
& Dylan McDermott is still hanging around the White House (see In the Line of Fire).

“Some people find fault like there is a reward for it”

― Zig Ziglar, Zig Ziglar's Little Book of Quotes

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[–] Rjandchad 11 years ago

I am watching it for the 4th time... I love it.. These people that are all ... Ooo so unreal.. Well dag isn't that why we watch movies?? To escape reality?? WTH

[–] TimRohn 11 years ago

Thank you! You and lambiepie-2 summed it up perfectly.

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[–] Phidippides 11 years ago

I liked it too, more than I thought I would before watching it. Now, however, I'm about to read through the imdb message boards which will undoubtedly highlight everything wrong with the movie. I might like it less in a few moments.

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[–] TimRohn 11 years ago

Haha so true. Some people can actually sit back and enjoy a movie (people like you and me), others just sit their looking for faults. If they can't find any it's a good movie, if they can it's horrible. Like who cares about the actual film, if its factually (potentially-factually) incorrect it must be bad, right?

I swear, if people could just let their minds skim past little errors or whatever, they'd get so much more enjoyment out of life.

[–] stomperrob 11 years ago

I enjoyed it. I think in some way that IMDB has ruined the movie experience (through no fault of it's own)for some people. It seems people seemingly watch with no other purpose in mind but to find errors or plot holes so they can rush home and bash the movie - many seem to be unable to suspend a sense of disblief and just sit back and enjoy the flick. People love to bash movies from the U.S. and yet when you look at their comments history, they go to lots of said movies. Does the U.S. turn out a lot of garbage - of course it does, it only makes sense that the country that turns out the most movies will churn out the most crappy movies also.

[–] footballwomenvodka 11 years ago

Just watched it, and I loved it! The attack on DC and the WH with the plane and the North Korean ground assault was incredible - one of the best bad guy attacks I've ever seen in a film. Butler was fantastic - his speeches to the Pentagon and the bad guy were brilliant - f off and all.

I haven't seen White House Down yet but I bet I won't enjoy it as much as this. Butler, Freeman and Eckhart or Channing (who?) Tatum. No contest I bet.

And if you hate this film we can play a game of *beep* off, and guess who starts first?

I'm an atheist. I point and laugh at religious people.

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[–] Rjandchad 11 years ago

White House Down was the same movie except the Pres wasn't taken hostage.. Good movie though...lots of action.. And Jamie Foxx is a funny President...

Now I will say.. GI Joe was good for action but very confusing... The lead in has you choose a side.. Joe or Cobra.. Thought maybe they did it from the Cobra perspective.. Nope same movie... That would have been cool tho. And my son.. Who is military said that the military had ruined all military movies for him because now he sees the errors... Which sucks for him... Lol

[–] luv_onlynce 11 years ago

LoL, I think my friends and I are the weird ones who enjoyed the movie while had half the fun pointing out the plot-holes and inaccuracies. Well we do watch B-grade horror flicks for the "wonderful" acting. We actually did enjoy the movie, great action scenes, while making it a game to point out all the things that went wrong too. Then again most of us are in the military & there were things we could just not overlook. My point is you can enjoy the movie and the mistakes with it too. It just takes a unique set of mind. This one is definitely goin on the party game list.

[–] crawl-8 11 years ago

The problem with this flick is it is so like so many other movies. Bad guy takes charge, hero fights ridiculous odds to win in the end. It's been done so many times they are almost all becoming parodies on themselves.

The bottom line on it is this possibility has been thought of many times and countermeasures are in place, especially since 9/11. If you want to see a movie that will rip your mind along the same theme, see the ORIGINAL Manchurian Candidate.

[–] voight84 11 years ago

''The problem with this flick is it is so like so many other movies''
well , speaking of 90s die hard wannabes you may be right but thats exactly what I love it(OHF) for.....it brought back that certain oldschool factor from an era a long time ago.....the expendables franchise comes quite close to this but I always have the feeling that it tries too hard to achieve that(no harm intended,I like that stuff)
the minority of films are something totally new.....so many pothead movies or especially romantic *beep* are all the same....the same goes for zombie flicks
the grewat thing about films is that theres a huge amount of flicks for every mood youre in
and all those hipster ladyboys who enjoy bashing on them are average intelligent beings AT BEST!!!!!they are either way too dumb or too stubborn to differentiate
a so called smart movie like ''the international'' almost bored me to death and I did not give a damn about it and regret seeing it at all

Religion is a mental disease.....and they call ME the bad guy???????

[–] RonnieHR 11 years ago

I loved this movie. Sure, after watching it I thought this was just another Die Hard copy. But I don't think that's a bad thing. I liked the story and the execution of the screenplay. Frankly, my only criticism of the movie was the ending when ***SPOILER***the president and Butler's character are walking out & there's no one there to help. Surely he told them he fixed everything, no more bad guys and they needed an ambulance.

[–] firepants49343 11 years ago

Yes, you are. This was Die Hard in the White House.

[–] TimRohn 11 years ago

Well uhh... according to that theory, a hell of a lot of people should have loved it. I mean most people enjoyed Die Hard right? Unless you mean this is like Die Hard but a really *beep* version or something? Be more clear.

[–] shotgunsalli 11 years ago

I also enjoyed the movie a great deal. IMO movies should be for entertainment. You want education go to school etc. I was entertained; watched it twice so far. KAS

[–] rickperry2004 11 years ago

No, you're not the only one, but that does not mean the movie does not have serious problems.

I didn't expect an Oscar nominee in this film, but I also didn't expect glaring plot holes and making our military look like a bunch of buffoons.

The real problem is that they failed in the "suspension of disbelief" for me and my wife.

[–] TimRohn 11 years ago

In making the movie (I watched all the special features I enjoyed it that much.. lol), they actually spoke to special forces people etc on what it would take (as a bare minimum) to take over the White House, and used that information to choose the types of weapons, sequence of events etc that would be used for the film. What serious plot holes were there? Not being a smartass, just honestly curious. I can't think of anything that stood out majorly. I forget exactly what was said, but something about it taking 15 minutes for the armed forces to get to the White House for back up was 100% correct as well (stated in special features). Also, they had to completely recreate the White House for the film (I guess that should be obvious), and it was pretty amazing how they accomplished that. I don't think it made our military look like a bunch of buffoon's, they were simply outgunned and outmanned by men with serious urban warfare skills.

I don't have a problem with you, or anyone else not enjoying it.. I just think people are a bit too concerned about factual accuracy when watching films these days.

[–] atomic_maton 11 years ago

Flaw 1: For that "Cargo plane" to actually get over US soil - air space watchers must have fallen asleep???
Flaw 2: US Figher pilots in their US Fighter planes failing to combat a fat arse cargo plane???
Shall I continue???

[–] TimRohn 11 years ago

Please - Go ahead!
So far I've surmised that you would have to be a relatively miserable individual to let these "flaws" ruin your viewing experience.

[–] atomic_maton 11 years ago

Nth flaw: setting the detonation for 5 minutes and escaping with the president, did they have a teleportation machine to get them out of the US... OMG look at all those mushroom clouds!

[–] tedkraan 9 years ago

Yes, the cargo plane is the turning point were it becomes harder and harder to stay credible.

One complaint that I haven't seen a lot yet. S.Korea has no intelligence agency? and employs infamous terrorists for security detail.

And the Cerberus system; what's the point of having 3 people code system when they are always working closely together? A combination of 2 letters and a bunch of numbers is the code? An average smartphone could brute force that in less than half a day and if you got the means to import a Hydra air defense system, why not bring 3 hacker laptops? You don't need to ask anything to anybody then.

I didn't 'hate' the movie though. When the credibility goes far out of the window it just becomes a plain movie.

I guess if you hate Discovery channel, National geographic channel, Wikipedia and aside from that lack quite a lot in the general common knowledge area. The movie can stay credible longer and thus can be better.