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-The Expendables- (Stallone, Jet Li, Statham AND Lundgren)

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I have yet to see the bad about this. Awesome cast, practical effects, guns, explosions, R rating.....

Throwback to good old ass kicking 80's films, don't see whats wrong. I can imagine all the whiney critic reviews.

Stallone also delivered with the last Rambo and Rocky films as well.
 
jett said:
I'm not sure if I should be excited or embarrassed. I'm pretty much convinced this is going to be one awful movie.
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It will at best be as good as most 80's action flicks. In other words, not really a good movie if your looking for more than action and manly men. They did not go in with intentions of winning an oscar
 
BattleMonkey said:
I have yet to see the bad about this. Awesome cast, practical effects, guns, explosions, R rating.....

Throwback to good old ass kicking 80's films, don't see whats wrong. I can imagine all the whiney critic reviews.

Stallone also delivered with the last Rambo and Rocky films as well.
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His last Rocky film was a decent film in its own right but an absolute shit Rocky film. You're not supposed to watch a Rocky film and feel depressed for 95% of it... All they were missing was Rocky struggling to piss at night because of an enlarged Prostate.

And nothing has changed since my last comment... this film looks awful.
 
harSon said:
His last Rocky film was a decent film in its own right but an absolute shit Rocky film. You're not supposed to watch a Rocky film and feel depressed for 95% of it... All they were missing was Rocky struggling to piss at night because of an enlarged Prostate.
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Er it was just like the original movie. And really it was not a depressing film, it was very heartfelt bookend to the series that played so well to the original. All the sequels were the definition of being shit Rocky films driving so far away from the point of the original.
 
thechemist said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMDC76D9l94

Amazing. Lets go Men!

Thanks to Veidt in Inception topic.
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Honestly trailers haven't done much for me. They haven't looked very good and I'm pretty much putting my ass in theater for the cast. Hope it does decent and Scott Pilgrim is the one that tanks. But I have this feeling both are going to do pretty badly. Expendables looks like some shitty WWF movie for one of their Superstars, while Pilgrim looks like some ADD ridden shit made for videogamers.
 
BattleMonkey said:
Er it was just like the original movie. And really it was not a depressing film, it was very heartfelt bookend to the series that played so well to the original. All the sequels were the definition of being shit Rocky films driving so far away from the point of the original.
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Yeah, Stallone managed to bookend Rambo and Rocky perfectly - I trust him to keep Expendables amazing! And hey, it has the Lundgren factor. Can't be bad! :lol
 
Saw this at the theater and got pumped up. Can't wait for the testosterone OD!
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Does Willis have more screen time than the brief cameo wiith Arnold? Seems strange that if they both were in the same little cameo, that Arnold would also get billing on the marketing.
 
Aintcool.com has a kickass 5 part Q&A with Sly.
Here's part 3
The man 'gets it'.
<3 Sly<3

EDIT: By the way i think that the Q&A its thread worthy.,
 
The last Rambo was one of the most entertaining and streamlined action films in recent memory. It really brought that eighties feel to modern times in a way that totally clicked with me. I can't wait to see what he can do with Expendables!!!
 
BattleMonkey said:
Does Willis have more screen time than the brief cameo wiith Arnold? Seems strange that if they both were in the same little cameo, that Arnold would also get billing on the marketing.
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Arnold didn't want top billing, it was one of the stipulations he had when he signed on. But apparently, Stallone, out of respect, went ahead and gave it to him anyway.
 
I want this movie to be good. I saw a trailer for it during Predators, it looks awful. It's just too serious.
 
JdFoX187 said:
Arnold didn't want top billing, it was one of the stipulations he had when he signed on. But apparently, Stallone, out of respect, went ahead and gave it to him anyway.
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Or they couldn't fit his last name on the posters
 
otake said:
I want this movie to be good. I saw a trailer for it during Predators, it looks awful. It's just too serious.
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80's action movies also tried to be serious. Sly did it right with the recent Rambo he knows what he's doing with this.

What I would love for Sly to do is make movies featuring the Rock.
 
charsace said:
80's action movies also tried to be serious. Sly did it right with the recent Rambo he knows what he's doing with this.

What I would love for Sly to do is make movies featuring the Rock.
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80's action movies also died for a reason...
 
otake said:
80's action movies also died for a reason...
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For shitty current action movies? Even in the 90's we still got 80's like action flicks that were awesome.

Now action movies are all shitty heroes, CG car crashes and explosions, Matrix like effects, shaky cam, music video editing, and pg-13
 
BattleMonkey said:
For shitty current action movies? Even in the 90's we still got 80's like action flicks that were awesome.

Now action movies are all shitty heroes, CG car crashes and explosions, Matrix like effects, shaky cam, music video editing, and pg-13
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:lol Totally agree.
 
Hate to say I told you guys, :D

CB's 2/5 review:
Once he'd gathered his impressive cast, Sylvester Stallone didn't have to do too much to please the audience that would flock to The Expendables. It was meant to be a B-movie at best, a collection of over-muscled actors and expensive explosions in some cheap and exotic location that, when you squint, could pass for the jungles of Rambo II. But the beauty of good B-movies was always that they were efficient, putting together a tight plot that included as many action scenes as possible and never bothered with actor egos or, well, acting. The Expendables, though, is a bloated mess, a bunch of guys past their prime punching and kicking each other and pretending its for our benefit, when it's really just one last self-congratulatory hurrah.

The movie starts exactly as absurdly and violently as you hope, as the mercenary team consisting of Stallone, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Jason Statham and Terry Crews rescue some hostages from Somali pirates and blow up a lot of heads. But the warning signs are there even then-- we spent forever on the boat before we understand what's going on, and Stallone and Lundgren get into an argument so awkwardly placed that you just know it's there to set up some third-act conflict. Things slow down for a while so the guys can shoot the shit at a bar back home owned by Mickey Rourke (going by the astonishing character name Tool), while on an unnamed Caribbean island, Eric Roberts is a slimy American convincing a dictator to whore out his people for economic gain. Someone's gotta stop this guy… but who can they call?

It's hilarious when Bruce Willis shows up as the guy to give the assignment, and doubly so when Arnold Schwarzenegger pops by as potential competition who hates Stallone's guts, but from there the self-referential fun largely gives way to the slog of a predictable action movie, full of incoherent action and groaner lines that remind you why the 80s action classics didn't seem as awesome once you passed puberty. Stallone has an eye for spectacle and stages some truly insane set pieces-- a dock explosion and Statham shooting bullets from the top of a seaplane comes about 30 minutes in, and it's fantastic-- but not only does none of it fit into a coherent story, but you've got no reason beyond nostalgia to care about this group of self-satisfied roughnecks and their desire to track down a criminal, even one as sleazy as Eric Roberts (who is probably the film's acting MVP, though that doesn't say much).

The giant list of beefy male names is the major draw of The Expendables, but it's also what kills it. A movie about Stallone and Statham's lead characters kicking ass and taking names in a foreign country might have gone somewhere, but the movie is utterly overstuffed, making room for a Lundgren vs Li fight scene, an entire subplot about Randy Couture's cauliflower ear, and worst of all, a 10-minute Mickey Rourke monologue in which he looks mournfully into a mirror, makes up an absurd story about his heartbreak on a previous mission, and silently cries. All of these will make for hilarious YouTube clips in the coming months, but they're frustrating to watch in context as a movie with actual potential constantly kneecaps itself because the director and the cast had no idea when to give it a rest.

Is The Expendables the manliest movie of the summer? Probably-- it is ridiculously violent, fetishizes male strength without being too homoerotic, and treats women as pure, perfect beings who exist to be rescued. That kind of old-school machismo is missing from most modern action movies, and fans of old-school Stallone and Lundgren and company will likely flock to the Expendables with their bros, ready to watch the blood and guts fly. But if you were old enough to love Rambo III un-ironically the first time around, you're way too old now to be fooled by the dull and desperate Expendables.
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Going to be fucking terrible. :lol
 
DanielPlainview said:
Hate to say I told you guys, :D

Going to be fucking terrible. :lol
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Who cares what reviewers write about a movie, I'll make my own opinion on it. Just GTFO until you go and see it and want to write your review on it. You really have nothing good to add to this thread by trying to prove this movie is bad.

One bad review and your claiming this movie sucks already, just STFU with the I told you so.

Edit: There is a group they are trying to market this movie to and its not 78 year old grandmas, or 11 teeny-boppers, it's people who grew up loving cheesy 80's action movies. Personally it looks like a blast to me, pure nonsensical fun, not a thinking movie with deep characters and a epic story line.
 
I was pretty hyped for this movie till I saw the trailer, I still think it looks like ass, but I hope I'm wrong.

Is there a fight choreographer? In particular for Jet's fight scenes?
 
:lol Katey Rich is actually one of the most well-rounded reviewers. Some other people I know have seen it and won't say a word. Usually with embargos something will leak out if its positive, but if its all negative they usually shut up b/c of the studios.

edit: yeah, she agrees with the Tomatometer 75% of the time, pretty high.
 
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