Olympus has Fallen is a movie that has you out of your seat the whole time. This is by far one of my favorite action movies. This movie is about the North Koreans taking over the White House. Banner, played by Gerard Butler, is the only man who has a connection from inside the white house since he is the only one still alive. His mission is to find the president, played by Aaron Eckhart, who is suck with the person behind the whole invasion. Meanwhile the Speaker of the House, played by Morgan Freeman, is the acting president. The reason as to why i love this movie so much is because it has a lot of plot twist that i wasn't able to predict.
My favorite scene is when Banner finds the presidents son and has to have him escape the white house without anyone finding him. The scene starts off with Banner and Connor going into a room so that Connor can climb up the air vent that leads outside of the house. While he is climbing up one of the Koreans walks into the room. If he sees Connor he will shoot him immediately. Once the guy gets closer to the air vent Banner pops out and kills him. He looks up the vent to make sure that Connor is okay and he is. It was one of those moments that made u feel relieved.
There were a lot of cinematic elements that this movie brought with it. In one scene the Koreans are pulling off the American Flag from the top of the White House and throws it off the roof. The camera is facing upwards to show the ripped up flag falling to the ground. This is significant because it shows that they are in power.Most of the scenes are of close ups towards characters to show how nervous and scared they are. In one scene it is a close up angle of the Presidents face to show how mad he is about what is happening.
This movie is very similar to the Movie White House Down directed by Roland Emmerich. It has the same idea of having people take over the White House. Even though in that movie it has Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx in it I do like the characters more in Olympus has Fallen. It is more suspenseful and it written our more thoroughly. I would give this movie a two thumbs up.
Rebecca, good job on your post! I haven't seen this movie, but after reading your post it makes me want to! Good job explaining the plot and describing the cinematic elements. This movie seems like it would be really interesting and intense since there is a lot of action included. It is good when movies are unpredictable and when there are a lot of plot twists. I can't wait to watch this movie!
ReplyDeleteGood review Rebecca! I have seen both Olympus has Fallen and White House Down and I enjoyed both equally. I agree with you about how powerful of a scene the American Flag being taken down by the terrorists was. It was very well shot with the close up of the flag falling to the ground. THese movies were very action heavy and they were very fun to watch. Gerard Butler always does a great job in his movies. Good job!
ReplyDeleteHaven't seen either but White House Down and Olympus Has Fallen look like exactly the same movie. Anyway, nice job with the review. Keep it up with the details.
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