Olympus Has Fallen (trailer)

Mon, Jan 28, 2013

It’s Die Hard in the White House. Without, apparently, the humor.

One thing I don’t get. Terrorists taking over the White House wouldn’t be quite as dramatic if President Aaron Eckhart’s wife hadn’t died?

Honestly, if ever there were a scenario in which a woman didn’t need to die in order to advance the personal journey of not one but two men — also: Secret Sevice Agent Gerard Butler — this is it.

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Karl Morton IV

Mon, Jan 28, 2013 10:14am

I assume the late First Lady will turn out to have been behind the evil terrorists after all. No idea why else they’d make such a meal out of her dying in the trailer.

PJK

reply to Karl Morton IV

Mon, Jan 28, 2013 12:56pm

It’s probably there to add to the drama by giving the Hero a Path to Redemption and a reason not to be in the White House when Shit Goes Down.

I completely agree with MaryAnn that this plot thread is completely unnecessary. Couldn’t they have kicked him out for another reason that still gives him a path to redemption. For instance, having run over the presidential dog? Wouldn’t that be reason enough to kick him out, even if it was an accident?

Dr. Rocketscience

reply to PJK

Mon, Jan 28, 2013 4:04pm

Not so much “Path to Redemtion” as “Now it’s Personal”, seeing how the bad guys have taken away Our Hero’s favorite stuff!

MaryAnn Johanson

reply to PJK

Mon, Jan 28, 2013 5:26pm

Butler could have been having an affair with the First Lady — or, oh man, with the President! — as a reason to give him the boot.

That would have been better.

Oo, yes, and then it really is personal when terrorists attack His Man, and Butler has to get all hot and sweaty and bloody coming to the President’s rescue, and then there’s a steamy kiss as they are reunited at the end.

It’s no more ridiculous than Hollywood ever is…

LaSargenta

reply to MaryAnn Johanson

Mon, Jan 28, 2013 6:40pm

Oo, yes, and then it really is personal when terrorists attack His Man,
and Butler has to get all hot and sweaty and bloody coming to the
President’s rescue, and then there’s a steamy kiss as they are reunited at the end.

Kiss?! That’s it? I want the R-rated version…can Butler play Sec. Service Officer J. Buck?

agdashloo

Mon, Jan 28, 2013 1:48pm

Seriously, didn’t Bruce Willis do this a whole lot better in Die Hard?
And the whole ‘woman as victim to allow our male hero to find redemption’ trope is a load of old bollocks. So bloody tedious and so bloody predictable. I has a sad. :(
Although I might just get a laugh listening for the cracks in Gerry Butler’s accent as often happens when he plays ‘Murican. I has a happy. :)

MaryAnn Johanson

Mon, Jan 28, 2013 5:23pm

This is how they get us women every time! Sure, Ashley Judd gets treated like shit… but Aaron Eckhart and Gerard Butler are soooo cute, even when they’re mangling accents.

I hate myself.