White House Down vs Olympus Has Fallen

With the release of London Has Fallen, we wanted to know which movie is better - White House Down or Olympus Has Fallen? Which movie deserved a sequel? Who is the better President - Eckhart or Foxx?  Which movie presented a better action hero? Two movies enter; one movie leaves. There can be only one White House action movie. 

BRAD'S GOLDEN IDOLS

1. Best Film Location: WHD

2. Best Presidential Character: OHF President Benjamin Asher

3. Best Screen Duo: WHD Walker and Stenz

4. Best Villain/Antagonist: WHD American Mercenaries done wrong by USA

5. Best Hero/Protagonist: WHD John Cale

6. Best Kill: WHD John Cale running car through office window and pinning Walker, then using a mini-gun at point blank range to finish him off

7. WTF: OHF Banning was gone for 18 months and the security codes for safes and system weren’t changed!

8. Best Score or Soundtrack: TIE

9. Best Quote: OHF Morgan Freeman: "Mary, get me some coffee, half and half, 3 Sweet and Lows, in a real cup, not one of those paper or Styrofoam things.”

10. Best Screenplay: OHF

11. Best Cinematography: TIE

12. Best Supporting Actress: (WORST) OHF Melissa Leo

13. Best Supporting Actor: OHF Morgan Freeman

14. Best Actress: WHD Maggie Gyllenhaal

15. Best Actor: WHD Channing Tatum

16. Best Scene: WHD White House lawn car chase

17. Defining Moment: WHD John Cale in a wife beater homage to John McClane from Die Hard

18. Best Director: WHD Roland Emmerich

19. Best Pic: WHD

Totals after deductions:

• White House Down (WHD ): 11

• Olympus Has Fallen (OHF): 4

APRIL'S GOLDEN IDOLS

1. Best Film Location: WHD Washington, D. C.

2. Best Presidential Character: OHF President Benjamin Asher

3. Best Screen Duo: WHD President Sawyer and John Cale

4. Best Villain/Antagonist: (WORST) OHF Dave Forbes

5. Best Hero/Protagonist: WHD John Cale

6. Best Kill: OHF Banning stabs Kang in head with his own knife at the end

7. WTF: OHF Banning was gone for 18 months and the security codes for safes and system weren’t changed?

8. Best Score or Soundtrack: WHD

9. Best Quote: WHD John Cale: "When I came back I wasn’t her hero anymore, so I decided to protect the man who was.”

10. Best Screenplay: WHD

11. Best Cinematography: WHD

12. Best Supporting Actress: (WORST) OHF Melissa Leo

13. Best Supporting Actor: OHF Morgan Freeman

14. Best Actress: WHD Maggie Gyllenhaal

15. Best Actor: WHD Channing Tatum

16. Best Scene: WHD White House lawn car chase

17. Defining Moment: WHD Takeover of the White House

18. Best Director: WHD Roland Emmerich

19. Best Pic: WHD

Totals after deductions:

• White House Down (WHD): 13

• Olympus Has Fallen (OHF): 3

NATHAN'S GOLDEN IDOLS

1. Best Film Location: WHD White House

2. Best Presidential Character: WHD President Sawyer

3. Best Screen Duo: WHD President Sawyer and John Cale

4. Best Villain/Antagonist: WHD Special Agent Martin Walker

5. Best Hero/Protagonist: WHD John Cale

6. Best Kill: WHD President Sawyer first kill in kitchen

7. WTF: WHD Speaker Eli McPherson’s confession and the General’s indifference at the end

8. Best Score or Soundtrack: WHD

9. Best Quote: WHD President Sawyer: "Get your hands off my Jordans!”

10. Best Screenplay: OHF

11. Best Cinematography: (WORST) WHD

12. Best Supporting Actress: (WORST) WHD Joey King-Emily Cale

13. Best Supporting Actor: OHF Morgan Freeman

14. Best Actress: WHD Maggie Gyllenhaal

15. Best Actor: WHD Jamie Foxx

16. Best Scene: WHD “2nd” job interview Cale and Sawyer in tunnels

17. Defining Moment: OHF Regrets speech by Mike Banning

18. Best Director: WHD Roland Emmerich

19. Best Pic: WHD

Totals after deductions:

• White House Down (WHD): 13

• Olympus Has Fallen (OHF): 3

GOLDEN IDOL WINNER: WHITE HOUSE DOWN