This weekend seemed to fly by. I think because we did a lot of running around. Saturday we decided to go to Joe’s Crab Shack for dinner. Sounds great until you realize the closest one is an hour and a half away. Boo! So we made the journey to Shreveport, ate, and walked around the boardwalk for about an hour. It was fun other than the fact that we had to drive in heavy rain all the way there and back.
Sunday I talked Adam into seeing the movie Olympus Has Fallen.
I’m really not sure why this movie didn’t appeal to him from the beginning. I think he sees Gerard Butler as a romantic comedy type of actor and so he thought this was going to be a bit corny. Well let me just tell ya that Mr McCoy thought this was an awesome movie. I of course knew it would be because to me Gerard Butler kicks ass and Morgan Freeman wouldn’t dare be in subpar movie.
IMDb synopsis:
”Disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) finds himself trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack; using his inside knowledge, Banning works with national security to rescue the President from his kidnappers.”
This movie scared the crap out of me. My heart was pounding from the very beginning and I think I may have burned off all of the calories from my popcorn. The way the movie creators designed this overthrow of the Whitehouse was so perfect that I hope the people in charge of this great nation have taken some notes. There was no part that I was like … Oh that would never happen. When the rebels threw the tattered remains of the American flag off of the Whitehouse roof I almost cried. It was scary to think that people could hide in plain site and overthrow all of our security measures so effortlessly and be 10 steps ahead of where we were.
Gerard Butler was at his best in this movie. He was funny when the mood needed it and he was dead serious when he needed to kick some major rebel ass. There is A LOT of violence in this movie, the real kind, not the fake bloody stuff. Duh you say … but I always feel the need to warn people.
Morgan Freeman is ever the cool and calm leader in the face of such tragedy as acting President. The rest of the cast including Aaron Eckhart, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Melissa Leo, Dylan McDermott were great too but Gerard Butler steals the show.
I would give this movie 5 out of 5 stars because it was heart pounding from beginning to end. The movie is seamless in how it moves from scene to scene without a bunch of confusion and jumping around. It gets to the point quickly and takes everyone on a wild ride. Love the cast, love this movie!