White House Down

[hitmanyr2k]

Couldn't disagree more. Waaaaaay better than Armageddon.

Agreed. I somehow managed to fall asleep in theaters on summer's two loudest movies that year...that being Armageddon and Godzilla. Armageddon was just plain corny. It was Con Air in space...annoying characters, godawful sappy music and all. And then they skimp out on the carnage in the end with that tearjerker crap. I'm not gonna cry for Bruce Willis in this movie It was actually a mercy killing that his character didn't have to live the world's most annoying couple in Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler. At least Deep Impact's comet buried the eastern seaboard with a huge tidal wave

 

[Ultimatehero]

Tidal wave. What about NYC?! When I see meteors - I want to see explosions, not people talking about the explosions.



Anyway, trailer looks different enough and is drawing the audience in through something that's not the white house being under attack -- VERY smart marketing move there.

 

[Schlosser85]

Honestly, a corny generic action flick like Armageddon is more boring to me than Deep Impact.

 

[747]

Got zero excited or interested by that trailer.

 

[dark_b]

he has the John Mcclane shirt on

 

[TheIrishAvenger]

This is now the 3rd summer blockbuster to feature a plane attack (others are IM3 and WWZ) and 2nd to feature an Air Force One attack (IM3)

 

[culver3vlr22]

Anyone know what they plan on rating this.

Did the film an R and cut it or did they just make a PG-13 movie from the start.

 

[Ultimatehero]

It's Emerich, I doubt it was ever R.

 

[Sawyer]

channing tatum is dumb

Yeah, but he's pretty. In Hollywood, that is what's important.

 

[hitmanyr2k]

Tidal wave. What about NYC?! When I see meteors - I want to see explosions, not people talking about the explosions.

That was about as weak as I remember it being. The first minute you have annoying characters for the sake of having annoying characters. Then it's a bunch of claustrophobic close-ups of 'splosions and cars flipping ad nauseum. That scene could have been epic if you had a director who knew something about framing and editing a scene like that.

Contrast with this....

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The fear on everyone's face knowing they're about to die, wide angles, long shots. I can appreciate what's going on when the director isn't gutting the scene with half-second edits and pointing the camera every which way. It sh**s all over Armageddon's sci-fi channel worthy scene.

 

[Liam_H]

So this movie is gonna be more than just the White House is under attack.

 

[jacobed]

Trailer wasn't bad but Emmerich always has awesome trailers and crap movies so no thank you

 

[culver3vlr22]

It's Emerich, I doubt it was ever R.

True

 

[terry78]

It's a summer blockbuster, they're looking to bring in families.

 

[Lencho01]

TRAILER #1

Does Tatum sound dubbed over to anyone else?

 

[Ultimatehero]

Hey, you're free to like Deep Impact. I just didn't care for it because when I see a movie about meteors -- I want to see the flipping meteors, not a bunch of people talking about the meteors. It's like an alien movie that hardly shows any aliens to me.

So this movie is gonna be more than just the White House is under attack.

Looks like it, I can give a lowdown tomorrow. I usually go to the gym and multi-task getting my reading done and using the stepper for two hours. So, I'll have info then. But, looks like it.

I read a previous white house script passing around Hollywood that was about the president discovering the illuminati was behind everything. Denzel was attached to it at some point. Foxx maybe too. For some reason the trailer brought that to mind. Like it was a combination of that and a siege movie.

It also didn't look like terrorists inside the white house as much as it did millions of squatters.

 

[Spideyfan93]

I liked this trailer, and this has potential to be a sleeper hit.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

Who knows maybe its time old Roland redeems himself and actually makes a good film again.

 

[Thundercrack85]

Who knows maybe its time old Roland redeems himself and actually makes a good film again.

Again?

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

I happen to like ID4 and don't absolutely hate his Godzilla.

 

[Thundercrack85]

It's so bad it's kind of entertaining.

Though I will give Emmerich this, his movies are always visually impressive.

 

[Ultimatehero]

I actually like all his films except for the BC one. All of them manage to be entertaining. Independence Day and Day After Tomorrow being my favorites.

 

[Hunter Rider]

I loved the trailer, you can see the higher budget at play and it looks to have an element of intrigue.

I read a previous white house script passing around Hollywood that was about the president discovering the illuminati was behind everything. Denzel was attached to it at some point. Foxx maybe too. For some reason the trailer brought that to mind. Like it was a combination of that and a siege movie.

That was 28th Amendment, Tom Cruise and Denzel Washington were set to star in it put it got stuck in development.

 

[Ultimatehero]

THAT is it! That script was GREAT!

 

[Visceral]

Yeah, but he's pretty. In Hollywood, that is what's important.

Gerard Butler finds work.

and the trailer...cant find the words...to say something positive about it. I like foxx tho.