Comments on: Watch: Gerard Butler Tries To Save The White House (And His Career) In Trailer For ‘Olympus Has Fallen’

By: weetiger3

weetiger3 — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:44:41 +0000

This movie went into production first. The cast signed on because the script is supposed to be very good, much better than that of WHD. Why it has been considered the Hydrox to Emmerich's Oreo from the jump is beyond me. Both Fuqua and Emmerich can do action, both Fuqua and Emmerich are capable of making good movies as well as bad. OHF is the more serious of the two movies, with WHD supposedly more of a buddy movie with comedic tones.
Butler, by the way, has the chops. He's just not good at choosing projects. (And Machine Gun Preacher can't be considered a flop just because no one had the CHANCE to see it. Relativity tanked it on purpose.) It is possible for a good movie to have a bad trailer and vice versa. In any case. I'll see OHF and decide for myself.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:44:41 +0000

Why see the movie when the trailer spells everything out for you?

By: berk

berk — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:44:41 +0000

this whole movie is a subplot from season 7 of "24".

By: Russell

Russell — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:44:41 +0000

While reading both scripts, I preferred this take over the beyond puny Vanderbilt script that takes way more from Die Hard than what this appears to have done. Though, to be fair, the action does look rather plastic and fake looking.

By: ali

ali — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:44:41 +0000

I come to the conclusion that Gerard Butler has simply given up on his career.

By: moviefan

moviefan — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:44:41 +0000

You definitely have your facts wrong. Olympus was first.
Looks like good action and an entertaining movie.
Absolutely watch it.

By: mike

mike — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:44:41 +0000

You have your facts wrong, Olympus Has Fallen was the first movie out of the gate, it was announced first and it was actually Sony and Emmerich that ripped-off Olympus Has Fallen.
Sony also has it's hands in both productions – Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is listed as one of Olympus Has Fallen's Productions companies.

According to another site Olympus Has Fallen has screen to good reviews so I am in to see it.

By: Once a Two-Face, Always a Two-Face.

Once a Two-Face, Always a Two-Face. — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:44:41 +0000

And Eckhart's the villain right. That'll be 'the twist' right?

By: dude

dude — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:44:41 +0000

3 people from "The Dark Knight". Looks pretty bad.

By: CARY

CARY — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:44:41 +0000

Koreans are the villains again… I wonder which part they are from. South or North?

By: John K.

John K. — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:44:41 +0000

The President doesn't drive to Camp David. He takes a helicopter.

By: Duddi

Duddi — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:44:41 +0000

John McClane meets Air Force One … it looks good, but it's going to have some tough time at Box Office ;-(