This movie has a lot going for it. It stars Aaron Eckhart has the President of the United States (believable), Gerard Butler as a secret service agent (believable), and Morgan Freeman as the Speaker of the House (of course it's believable, Freeman has played God...twice, President of the United States, spy, Director of Counter Intelligence, I think you get the picture).
Essentially, Butler plays a secret service agent who is thrust upon a situation where the White House is under attack and several top U.S. officials (including Eckhart's President) who are captured by enemy forces. It's quite ingenious on how the White House is attacked and I think the U.S. government should take notes because while not impossible, it's quite plausible. As always, I won't give a 'real' review as others might and I certainly won't provide anything that might be a spoiler.
Instead, if you didn't have an interest in watching it, give it a chance. I think it will keep you interested throughout the movie and on the edge of your seat.
I did find the timing of this movie coming out interesting and I wonder why movie studios would do something like this. What am I talking about? Basically, two studios produced a movie on the same subject, the White House coming under attack. What's worse? They decide to release the movie during the same summer. The other movie is called: White House Down
It's also kind of funny because this isn't the first time Hollywood has done this. In fact, it's happened a few times before.
For example, back in the summer of 1998, Hollywood put out two movies about an asteroid hitting the Earth. The movies were Deep Impact and Armageddon. Deep Impact made $349 million worldwide, while Armageddon made $553 million.
Another example came not in the summer movie season, but still just six months apart regardless. The movie was about Wyatt Earp and the competing films were called Tombstone and Wyatt Earp. Tombstone actually came out first in December 1993 and six months later, Wyatt Earp was released. In this instance, Tombstone actually did better financially pulling in $55 million domestically while Wyatt Earp only earned $25 million.
What have we learned here? When two competing movies come out about the same subject matter, one movie is going to do better financially and in terms of popularity.
You can also tell which movie is more popular by how often a movie is played on movie channels like HBO, Showtime, and basic cable. You will see Tombstone and Armageddon more often than Wyatt Earp and Deep Impact.
This summer, I suspect that Olympus Has Fallen will be the movie most people will remember and see on tv channels in the future. The only reason White House Down might have a chance is because of Tatum and Foxx.
What do you guys think? Did I miss another set of movies that came out around the same time on the same subject?
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