White House Down

[WhizzerMarvin]

White House Down#1

Posted: 6/29/13 at 1:05pm

Saw this today and woof, what a train wreck! It was so unbelievably bad and stupid that by the final act it had firmly turned to camp.

For an action movie the first 45 minutes is very talky (apparently no one consulted Officer Lockstock and Little Sally on the script), and the actress who plays Channing's 11 year old daughter is SOOOOOOOOO grating and annoying that I was actively rooting for the bad guys to take her out.

Still, things pick up immensely when Foxx and Tatum join forces and start fighting the invaders. There is a spectacular car chase scene on the White House grounds, but these moments are far too fleeting.

The script is heavy-handed and the none of the characters ever make a logical decision. Like ever.

I don't know if Channing in a sweaty clothing and the camp ending were worth it, but it's one my friend and I will be referencing for weeks to come.

Marie: Don't be in such a hurry about that pretty little chippy in Frisco. Tony: Eh, she's a no chip!

[Jordan Catalano]

White House Down#2

Posted: 6/29/13 at 1:10pm

Did you see OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN? The two seem really similar.

[WhizzerMarvin]

White House Down#2

Posted: 6/29/13 at 1:19pm

I didn't see Olympus Has Fallen, but they judging by the trailers they do feel like sister movies.

Surprisingly Maggie Gyllenhaal was, in a way, the worst part of the movie. She stuck out like a sore thumb for having TOO much class and dignity. If ever a role called for Olivia Wilde, this was it.

Marie: Don't be in such a hurry about that pretty little chippy in Frisco. Tony: Eh, she's a no chip!

[Jungle Red]

White House Down#3

Posted: 6/29/13 at 1:26pm

Production companies always release similar movies. Word leaked early that one company was doing something and the other company hired some awful writer to write something.

Happens all the time.

[Jordan Catalano]

White House Down#4

Posted: 6/29/13 at 1:30pm

Yeah it happens every year. I really liked OLYMPUS, though.

[TheatreDiva90016]

White House Down#5

Posted: 6/29/13 at 4:23pm

I noticed that Channing was an Executive Producer on it.

He'll make his money back.

"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>> “I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>> -whatever2

[eatlasagna]

White House Down#6

Posted: 6/29/13 at 4:59pm

Olympus Has Fallen was awesome! Loved that it's so bad it's good scene in which the Melissa Leo was doing the pledge of allegience while being beaten!

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

White House Down#7

Posted: 6/29/13 at 5:00pm

Variety and Deadline are reporting the film as a flop, especially because it had a huge $150 mil budget, whereas THE HEAT only cost $40 mil (which it'll recoup opening weekend):


Variety: WHITE HOUSE DOWN Bombs, THE HEAT Sizzles

"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

White House Down#8

Posted: 6/29/13 at 5:02pm

I don't know how to add multiple links, so here's Deadline:
Deadline: THE HEAT Fires Up, WHITE HOUSE flops

"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"

[TheatreDiva90016]

White House Down#9

Posted: 6/29/13 at 5:16pm

The only reason I saw White House Down was because The Heat was sold out!

It was hot and I just wanted to get into the air conditioning!

"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>> “I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>> -whatever2

[madbrian]

White House Down#10

Posted: 6/29/13 at 6:09pm

White House Down was bad, but not quite as awful as Olympus Has Fallen. Man of Steel is still the worst movie I've seen so far this year.

"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg." -- Thomas Jefferson

[songanddanceman2]

White House Down#11

Posted: 6/29/13 at 6:20pm

I enjoyed Olympus has Fallen for its over the top opening sequence when they were attacking Washington and all the brainless but entertaining things that came after, something is putting me off about this one though.

Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna

[Jordan Catalano]

White House Down#12

Posted: 6/29/13 at 6:23pm

OLYMPUS was one of the best action/popcorn movies in quite a long time.

[songanddanceman2]

White House Down#13

Posted: 6/29/13 at 6:24pm

Yes I normally hate those kind of films but I had a blast at that one.

Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna

[rosscoe(au)]

White House Down#14

Posted: 7/2/13 at 8:18am

This just got stupider and dumber and funnier as the film went on, film making by the numbers with advance plot points either pointed out or shown on screen, this was one hell of good time trashy movie.

Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist. Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino. This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more. Tazber's: Reply to Is Stephen Schwartz a Practicing Christian

[SonofRobbieJ]

White House Down#15

Posted: 7/2/13 at 10:23am

'Loved that it's so bad it's good scene in which the Melissa Leo was doing the pledge of allegience while being beaten!'

When that moment started, I was like 'OH COME ON!' But Leo committed so hard to that moment that I ended up moved. (SPOILER) I was certain she was gonna die...so I was elated when she got out. I, too, thought OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN was the most fun movie I've seen this year.