Grade: B
I’m a little surprised by how much I enjoyed this movie. I was wasn’t expecting much but I got a fun, action packed, thrill out of it. The film is directed by Roland Emmerich – Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow, Godzilla, 2012. Lets face it, none of those movies were great but if you like any of his films I’ll bet you like all of them, just a little. He’s very good at putting together fast paced stories with a good blend of action, special effects and dialog.
Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx seemed like they genuinely enjoyed working together. That’s crucial for any movie like this. There was a good blend of drama and light humor. Nothing that was hilarious but definitely things to chuckle at every so often.
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In grading this movie I’m only comparing it to other movies in its genre. Some of the best movies in this genre, IMHO, are movies like *Die Hard*, *Bourne Identity*, and *The Rock*. I would give all of those the highest marks. And of course the closest comparison would certainly be *Olympus Has Fallen*, which I gave a B+. Using those as benchmarks I’d say WHD was almost as good as *Olympus Has Fallen* so I’ll give it a B.
I should add that it was a real chore putting together the peetimes. Emmerich is a fan of quick short scenes spliced together. I’ll give them high marks on editing this movie into something very tight but it does make my job quite hard. We really like to find peetimes that span over long scenes, but there weren’t any in this movie. The peetimes here have between 5-8 scenes.
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I’ve been using RunPee for a few years now and it’s basically a requirement of going to the movies for me. The best part of course are the “pee times” that give you cues, synopses and times for when you can pee without missing the most important parts of the movie. There is also information about the credits- length, extras and if there are any extra scenes at the wayyy end. Super helpful to just know that it is or isn’t worth staying. There is a timer function that will buzz your phone when it’s a good time to pee. I also appreciate that the app is very conscientious about it being an app you use in a theater- dark background, all silent alarms etc. I will always enjoy the experience of the theater even if I could watch things at home- but I’ve even used it at home to check for things like after credit scenes or other information too.
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You can’t take it seriously, but neither can itself. It’s just a dumb movie, for the sake of being so. Good review.
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