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So.... yeah...

I like Jamie Foxx, Channing Tatum has grown on me and I will even admit that Independence Day is a guilty pleasure of a movie, but man, this just looks horrible. I thought the premise of Olympus has Fallen was silly, Roland Emmerich makes it look like Apocalypse Now by comparison.

Yeah, I honestly thought that trailer was a joke when I saw it... or a movie-within-a-movie, that the characters would go watch.

But a *serious* buddy-action-film honestly looks like someone's fanfiction about Obama.

 azazel the cat wrote:
Yeah, I honestly thought that trailer was a joke when I saw it... or a movie-within-a-movie, that the characters would go watch.

But a *serious* buddy-action-film honestly looks like someone's fanfiction about Obama.

Ha I hadn't thought of Jamie Foxx as Obama in that movie, now I can't unthink it.

edit: after watching that it really does remind me of buddy-action-comedy movies.

Took them long enough.

That can't be Obama's character; he bothered to salute the marine properly (for a civilian) when he came off the helicopter.

Hollywood seems to end up making two really similar movies at the same time fairly often.

Seems fairly often the first film to make it to cinemas makes decent bank, and the second flops. Some times its the other way around, and the first flops while the second does alright. This might be the first time I can think of where both films will completely tank at the box office.

That's a real trailer?

 sebster wrote:
Hollywood seems to end up making two really similar movies at the same time fairly often.

Seems fairly often the first film to make it to cinemas makes decent bank, and the second flops. Some times its the other way around, and the first flops while the second does alright. This might be the first time I can think of where both films will completely tank at the box office.

Olympus has fallen wasn't a smash hit but it did pretty well at the box office, cost 70m made 148m according to wikipedia. It seems this movie's budget is 150m, that sets the bar pretty high for this absurdist buddy comedy.

This whole thing kinda reminds me of armageddon and deep impact.

Emmerich is a good director, Tatum and Foxx are solid actors, worth a Red Box

the movie wasnt bad imo

It stupid if you consider the premise to be too absurd to be believable

I'm sorry, but I cannot suspend my suspension of disbelief enough for this.

And I've seen Day After Tomorrow and 2012...

 sebster wrote:
Hollywood seems to end up making two really similar movies at the same time fairly often.

Seems fairly often the first film to make it to cinemas makes decent bank, and the second flops. Some times its the other way around, and the first flops while the second does alright. This might be the first time I can think of where both films will completely tank at the box office.

Your honor, move to enter into evidence:



The people submit an offer to stipulate that both films were flops.


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Also, here's a slideshow with more examples of the phenomenon. Technically I'm also wrong, I forgot about Dante's Peak/Volcano - those both sucked too.

Armageddon made a little over a half billion at the box office, so that is pretty far from being a flop.

Well, when the director apologizes for the film and say's he'd re-shoot it in retrospect, I think that meets one of the definitions of a flop, financial success notwithstanding.

 Ouze wrote:
Well, when the director apologizes for the film and say's he'd re-shoot it in retrospect, I think that meets one of the definitions of a flop, financial success notwithstanding.

But the financial success is pretty much the main criteria considered when labeling 'flop', as that is what that means, the secondary has to do with marketing, or to a lesser degree projections i.e. Y movie is expected to make X on opening weekend. Armageddon is a turkey to be sure, but it is no flop.

The term box office bomb or flop generally refers to a film that is viewed as highly unsuccessful or unprofitable during its theatrical run, sometimes preceding hype regarding its production, cost or marketing efforts. To earn this distinction, the film must also fail to earn more than the reported cost of its production, distribution and marketing by a wide margin

I am looking forward to Man of Steel in a big way.

Me too, big time, and I think Superman in general is pretty lame - but the trailers look great, and I trust Zack Snyder.

You've seen the final trailer?

 Ouze wrote:




The people submit an offer to stipulate that both films were flops.

I want to Deep Impact Stephen Tyler's daughter with my flop.

Armageddon this right?

I was initially extremely hesitant as well, but its really grown on me.

 Ouze wrote:
Me too, big time, and I think Superman in general is pretty lame - but the trailers look great, and I trust Zack Snyder.

You've seen the final trailer?

I'm looking forward to this one.

So much.

I was kind of interested in this until I saw an AC-130 shoot down an F-22 in one of the trailers.

That's when I said "yeah... nevermind."

 djones520 wrote:
I was kind of interested in this until I saw an AC-130 shoot down an F-22 in one of the trailers.

That's when I said "yeah... nevermind."

Yeah... I thought that was strange, how the hell you'd get a lock on that plane?

I agree with the trailer at 2.07 "This is so stupid"

Was that a chrome plated RPG as well?

I'm not going to lie... I was a little confused, because I was fairly certain that Olympus has Fallen had Gerard Butler in it... And then I saw the wikipedia article... Probably should note somewhere about White House Down for those of us that can't view the trailer due to work blocks

KalashnikovMarine wrote:Emmerich is a good director, Tatum and Foxx are solid actors, worth a Red Box

Roland Emmerich is not a talented director.

Universal Soldier - Seriously, watch this thing again if you're not still 12. It's terrible.
Stargate - This is an 8/10 at best. I admit that my thoughts on it are skewed by my hatred of the TV series and its fans.
Independence Day - 8/10 at best again. It's a halfway decent take on War of the Worlds, and insofar as summertime popcorn disasterporn goes, it's good.
Godzilla - Jean Reno is the only saving grace of this monstrosity.
The Patriot - Ask anyone who's ever studied American History, and they'll tell you this movie makes them want to shank somebody.
The Day After Tomorrow - Seriously, this was awful. I cannot come up with a single good thing to redeem it.
10,000 BC - I think this might be Emmerich's worst film, and that's saying something.
2012 - Worse than The Day After Tomorrow, but not as bad as 10,000 BC
Anonymous - Okay, this was decent.

The Patriot - Ask anyone who's ever studied American History, and they'll tell you this movie makes them want to shank somebody.

As with many of the films of its ilk, Mel Gibson's endearing persona was it's only saving grace

 LordofHats wrote:

The Patriot - Ask anyone who's ever studied American History, and they'll tell you this movie makes them want to shank somebody.

As with many of the films of its ilk, Mel Gibson's endearing persona was it's only saving grace

I just wanted to wrap myself in an American flag after that movie and dream about freedom...

I said he was good in the "Well it's not complete gak on a bun" sense. Average, mediocre, with exceptional marks in blowing large set pieces up. Hell 2012 was worth admission just to see California fall into the sea. I hate that state.

 LordofHats wrote:

The Patriot - Ask anyone who's ever studied American History, and they'll tell you this movie makes them want to shank somebody.

As with many of the films of its ilk, Mel Gibson's endearing persona was it's only saving grace

So what you just said is that it has no saving grace... I think I am understanding this betterer.