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Burn the House Down: A Biography of America's First Woman President
What stands out most for is the characters's personnality and actions, they’re all so human and different, and are not "perfect", they make mistakes, they do bad things, and sometimes it doesn't "turn good against all odds". They have qualities and flaws that make them almost real. And every events in the story, historically accurate or not, is perfectly at its place, it builds a strong story, with a message and a purpose (if this sentence make sense). I learned from the characters, their mistakes, their decisions (and I learned about American History too, since I'm french).
Also the way it is written is a bit disturbing at first, but then it makes the story even better to read, we have the characters's POV and thoughts and it makes the story feels even more real.
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White House Down
2013 American action film by Roland Emmerich
White House Down is a 2013 American politicalaction thriller film directed by Roland Emmerich and written by James Vanderbilt. In the film, a divorced US Capitol Police officer attempts to rescue both his daughter and the President of the United States when a destructive terrorist assault occurs in the White House. The film stars Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke, Richard Jenkins, Joey King, and James Woods.
Released on June 28, 2013, by Sony Pictures Releasing, White House Down received mixed reviews from critics with criticism going towards the screenwriting and the clichéd storyline, although the performances and action sequences were praised. The film grossed over $205 million worldwide at the box office, against a budget of $150 million. White House Down was one of two films released in 2013 that dealt with a terrorist attack on the White House; the other, Olympus Has Fallen, was released three months earlier.
Plot
U.S. President James Sawyer makes a controversia
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THE FILM:
The maestro of destruction, Roland Emmerich, is most successful when destroying Earth in films like Independence Day and 2012. Dialogue, character development and story arcs have never been the German-born director's strong suits, but his movies usually manage to blow stuff up good. Emmerich's latest, White House Down, is appropriately action-packed, but the very human antagonists seem slightly inadequate when compared with vengeful aliens or a pissed off mother nature. White House Down feels, dare I say it, small compared with some of Emmerich's better films. Of-the-moment stars Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx are adequately charismatic, but the film suffers from sloppily staged action sequences, choppy editing, and 20-plus minutes of unnecessary exposition. Rent White House Down and watch it while enjoying a few beers.
Mediocre things come in twos, apparently, particularly when discussing action movies. First there was the volcanic showdown of Dante's Peak and Volcano, and t
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