Movie Theater White House Down
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It's got a bigger budget and wasn't rushed into production the way "Olympus Has Fallen" was. That said, that doesn't mean it will be any better and could be worse. It's all a gamble in Hollywoodland, and while Roland Emmerich has a history of making goofy fun movies like "Independence Day" and "The Day After Tomorrow" it's hard to guage this one.
If I was FORCED to watch it? I'd cut my own dick off, shellac it and turn it into a letter opener, and use it to gouge out my fucking eyes. I can't even stand the trailers.
Jamie Fox has managed to make it onto my "no watch list." Screw him, I'm not wasting money on anything he's turning a profit on.
Is it wierd that two movies with almost the same storyline get released within a year of each other? Neither looked very good...
Shit like that happens all the time and usually results in one being rushed to theaters before the other. Somewhat recent examples:
Rob Roy vs Braveheart
Dante's Peak vs Volcano
Deep Impact vs Armageddon
Antz vs A Bug's Life
In some cases, particularly the Dreamworks vs Pixar battle, it's a bit of a personal vendetta between Katzenberg & Disney's key management. But in most cases it's just an emergent situation that happens because the handful of studios out there are often developing loads of films and similarities often pop-up. This can be exacerbated by a situation where both studios have spent a significant amount of time and money developing the scripts and getting ready to go into production, so that as soon as the word gets out that there is a competing film, one or both rush to production with hopes of getting into theaters first instead of shelving something they've put so many resources into.
Rob Roy vs Braveheart
Dante's Peak vs Volcano
Deep Impact vs Armageddon
Antz vs A Bug's Life
In some cases, particularly the Dreamworks vs Pixar battle, it's a bit of a personal vendetta between Katzenberg & Disney's key management. But in most cases it's just an emergent situation that happens because the handful of studios out there are often developing loads of films and similarities often pop-up. This can be exacerbated by a situation where both studios have spent a significant amount of time and money developing the scripts and getting ready to go into production, so that as soon as the word gets out that there is a competing film, one or both rush to production with hopes of getting into theaters first instead of shelving something they've put so many resources into.
got it on netflix, and while entertaining, I think my wife got tried to hearing me say that doesn’t work that way with a few sighs thrown in every 10 or so minutes and me yelling "press the button" at the end, LOL.
