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Olympus Has Fallen
Aug. 15th, 2013 08:54 pmI saw it today.
It was a good movie, to be sure, but it made me hanker after older films that followed a similar premise, like Air Force One or The Siege or the original Die Hard trilogy. Those were action movies that were still lighthearted, with bad guys I could hope would lose but still see the point of. Though it had a lot to commend it, Olympus Has Fallen had none of those things. The atmosphere the film set was bleak, hopeless, senseless, and brutal (and also hopelessly bleak and senselessly brutal)- which, in my opinion, is not well suited to the lone-hero-takes-back-the-(insert setting here). Within the first hour, I saw more secret service agents and random civilians killed than I could've imagined beforehand, and by the time the single living good guy (I exaggerate, but not by much) starts to turn things around, it's really hard to enjoy anything anymore.
It was one of the grislier movies I've seen in a long time. I mean, sure, Cabin in the Woods had by more blood by the gallon, and your average Quentin Tarantino movie will kill off major characters with more glee, but in both cases the violence is practically cartoonish. Going into the this film expecting something like Air Force One, The Siege, or the original Die Hard trilogy was really very painful.
It was a good movie, to be sure, but it made me hanker after older films that followed a similar premise, like Air Force One or The Siege or the original Die Hard trilogy. Those were action movies that were still lighthearted, with bad guys I could hope would lose but still see the point of. Though it had a lot to commend it, Olympus Has Fallen had none of those things. The atmosphere the film set was bleak, hopeless, senseless, and brutal (and also hopelessly bleak and senselessly brutal)- which, in my opinion, is not well suited to the lone-hero-takes-back-the-(insert setting here). Within the first hour, I saw more secret service agents and random civilians killed than I could've imagined beforehand, and by the time the single living good guy (I exaggerate, but not by much) starts to turn things around, it's really hard to enjoy anything anymore.
It was one of the grislier movies I've seen in a long time. I mean, sure, Cabin in the Woods had by more blood by the gallon, and your average Quentin Tarantino movie will kill off major characters with more glee, but in both cases the violence is practically cartoonish. Going into the this film expecting something like Air Force One, The Siege, or the original Die Hard trilogy was really very painful.
