"And now for something completely different"
The above, of course, should be pronounced with the best possible Monty Python accent. Today's blog entry is a movie review instead of anything about miniatures. My hope is that anyone reading it will be dissuaded from spending money on a bad movie and by doing so encourage Hollywood to make even more intelligence-insulting crap . The move is Olympus Has Fallen, and I agreed to see it partially out of obligation for a birthday celebration and partially because I remembered the screen presence of Morgan Freeman as the president in Deep Impact. While Freeman does a good job as the Speaker Of The House, acting as president since the president and vice president are unavailable, that alone is not enough to carry the movie on its own. It's basically Die Hard, without Bruce Willis. Spoilers below, as I list the numerous plot holes and other ridiculousness that I was unable to ignore. As the movie opens, North Korea is rattling sabers again, and the South Korean ambassador arrives t...