The Expendables - August 13th, In a Fucking Theater, Where Violence Belongs

pyromaniac221

Mickey Rourke's monologue

DanHibiki

yeah, didn't see much shaky cam outside of the car chase.

One hell of slapstick movie though, that shotgun scene was pure art. Fun as hell movie all around, and I thought Jason Statham was particularly at his A game in this.

RandomEngy

Great, great action movie. Every time Statham had a knife I was elated.

Preacher

Title should be changed to "Remember this shit at Christmas!"

DanHibiki

Preacher wrote: »

Title should be changed to "Remember this shit at Christmas!"

is that what he said? Too many people were screaming with joy to hear it in the theater.

Fatboy Roberts

pyromaniac221 wrote: »

Mickey Rourke's monologue

That was definitely a thing, huh.

Looks like the "Let your nuts hang, be a man, eat raw meat" ad campaign is working - Friday night estimates have it beating Eat Pray Love by around 5 million.

Ticaldfjam

This film was awesome. Yes, don't expect it to be a "thinking persons" movie. Thats not the point of it. Action thick and thin. "The Expendables" is supposed to be that!

chamberlain

Just got back, and it was everything I hoped it would be.

Loud. Violent. Excellent.

Spoiler:

During the last scene where Statham tells Stallone that the girl wasn't right for him their eyes locked for a few seconds. I couldn't resist, and yelled 'now make out!'

Well, I thought it was funny.

Zombiemambo

A mantastic mangasm.

Preacher

DanHibiki wrote: »

Preacher wrote: »

Title should be changed to "Remember this shit at Christmas!"

is that what he said? Too many people were screaming with joy to hear it in the theater.

Yeah thats what it sounded like to me.

Fatboy Roberts

That's the line. Terry Crews got the best one-liner, AND the best weapon.

Reynolds

This was amazing. A few rough spots, like the monologue, but great overall. The look of terror on Austin's face

Spoiler:

when Crews shows up with that monster weapon - what was it, a full-auto shotgun with explosive rounds? -

was priceless. I'd love to see a gif of his reaction changing as he looks down that hallway.

Grislo

Movie needed more Lundgren. Also, more warning shots.

I didn't find the shaky thing to be bad at all. A few instances of problematic editing, but this was miles ahead of something like Batman Begins.

Vapid

Terrible movie. Action was sub-par, I did notice either shaky-cam or weird editing, the cgi violence was poorly done,dialog wasn't even cheesy-good but just awkward (wtf was that Rourke monologue?), unnecessary shit like Statham and that girl. I frankly was more entertained by the action in Scott Pilgrim.

Deadfall

This was everything I've ever wanted in a movie and more.

I'd pay to see it again just for Crews' hallway scene.

Terrible movie. Action was sub-par, I did notice either shaky-cam or weird editing, the cgi violence was poorly done,dialog wasn't even cheesy-good but just awkward (wtf was that Rourke monologue?), unnecessary shit like Statham and that girl. I frankly was more entertained by the action in Scott Pilgrim.

I submit that you are a terrible movie.

pyromaniac221

I concur

Deadfall

Jet Li's character was named Yin Yang for fucks sake.

Ketar

Have 10 tickets ordered in advance for a showing in 2.5 hours. Going to head out early and get some good food and a beer or two nearby before meeting my friends, enjoy the fuck out of this movie, and then stay out all night with said friends drinking, dancing, and over-quoting the movie.

Yes, tonight's going to be a good night.

Spoiler:

Wow, what an incredibly poor choice of words. Oh well, if anything can get images of Zonugal dancing out of my head, it should be this movie. At least until we're out afterward and the inevitable stream of Black Eyed Peas songs hits. Fffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

ThatOneYoYoGuy

Vapid wrote: »

Terrible movie. Action was sub-par, I did notice either shaky-cam or weird editing, the cgi violence was poorly done,dialog wasn't even cheesy-good but just awkward (wtf was that Rourke monologue?), unnecessary shit like Statham and that girl. I frankly was more entertained by the action in Scott Pilgrim.

The Statham subplot was worth for this:

Spoiler:

"Next time, I'll deflate all your balls." Probably one of my favorites from the movie.

Nuzak

Vapid wrote: »

Terrible movie. Action was sub-par, I did notice either shaky-cam or weird editing, the cgi violence was poorly done,dialog wasn't even cheesy-good but just awkward (wtf was that Rourke monologue?), unnecessary shit like Statham and that girl.

pretty much

if this is supposed to be a homage to the 80's they did an awful fucking job, especially considering they had most of the 80's with them in the cast

Deadfall

unnecessary shit like Statham and that girl

Charisma Carpenter.

pyromaniac221

And how was that unnecessary? It gave some simple foundation for Jason Statham to wreck a bunch of toolbags and threaten one with an awesome knife.

Joolander

Deadfall wrote: »

unnecessary shit like Statham and that girl

Charisma Carpenter.

Something something "Carpenter," something something "wood"

B:L

Thomamelas wrote: »

So a Dove ad before the movie. A quick look at the crowd is making me think that feminine body wash ads may be marketing money poorly spent.

Dove, really? My theatre ran the Old Spice bodywash ad. It was well received. :lol:

Expendables felt like Rambo V with a style of humor reminiscent of Demolition Man. Which is pretty awesome.

I noticed the shakycam and bad editting too, but only in one part, where

Spoiler:

They were rescuing Stallone from Austin and had the hand to hand battle with the guards and Gary Daniels. It was probably the worst action scene in the whole movie with the shakycam.

It didn't exactly have the feel of the 80's movie, but it was still enjoyable. More enjoyable than Rambo IV for me.

Now to sit back and wait for

EXPENDABLES 2: EXPEND HARDER

Deadfall

She is gorgeous, is what I'm saying.

Most certainly not unnecessary.

And besides, nothing Statham does is unnecessary.

Zombiemambo

Deadfall wrote: »

She is gorgeous, is what I'm saying.

Most certainly not unnecessary.

And besides, nothing Statham does is unnecessary.

man you're gonna appreciate the first result for her in GIS

Deadfall

Zombiemambo wrote: »

Deadfall wrote: »

She is gorgeous, is what I'm saying.

Most certainly not unnecessary.

And besides, nothing Statham does is unnecessary.

man you're gonna appreciate the first result for her in GIS

I'll be....I'll be back in a sec.

Kyougu

My one gripe

Spoiler:

No Lundgren vs. Stallone? Really?

The Last Gent

Wait....why do people hate the Roarke monologue? I liked it.

Also, I found the first half of the movie too slow, but the second half made up for it.

pyromaniac221

That lip, man

that lip

DanHibiki

Lundgren makes an awesome villain, and he actually got to do some Renegade interrupts a-la Mass Effect.

Godfather

Dolph Lundgren has a master's degree in chemical engineering, was a Fulbright scholar at M.I.T., speaks seven languages, was an elite marine ranger in the Swedish military, and is a third degree black belt in Kyokushin karate.


Holy shit

urahonky

This movie was a blast to watch. I wouldn't say it's the best movie ever made, but at least I had fun watching it.

UnbreakableVow

Nuzak wrote: »

Vapid wrote: »

Terrible movie. Action was sub-par, I did notice either shaky-cam or weird editing, the cgi violence was poorly done,dialog wasn't even cheesy-good but just awkward (wtf was that Rourke monologue?), unnecessary shit like Statham and that girl.

pretty much

if this is supposed to be a homage to the 80's they did an awful fucking job, especially considering they had most of the 80's with them in the cast

Precisely how I felt after watching

Scott Pilgrim was a tough act to follow anyways, but yeah

I was so damn bored watching this movie. The action was pretty terrible, and pretty terribly shot, throughout.

Kinda bums me out, I don't do double features very often, and I was looking forward to this one for a while. Alas, it was only a half-great day at the theaters.

ReaperSMS

I could see what some people were referring to with the action not being as well refined as Rambo IV, but Crews' line and the awesome Governator burn make up for that in spades.

The usual "who shoulda been in here" discussion was had afterwards, but later imdb research has shown:

Norris: Went born again 9/11 square after Walker
Van Damme: Emo decade
Seagal: In Machete
Pacino/De Niro/etc: Not their kinda movie
Trejo: In Machete
Fred Williamson: He's &%*@(# 78. Not redoin his Dusk 'til Dawn style.
Frank Dudikoff: He did something other than American Ninja?
Mr. T: Not doing this shit no mo.

MolotovCockatoo

Godfather wrote: »

Dolph Lundgren has a master's degree in chemical engineering, was a Fulbright scholar at M.I.T., speaks seven languages, was an elite marine ranger in the Swedish military, and is a third degree black belt in Kyokushin karate.


Holy shit

This makes his line "I'm no math whiz," even funnier. :lol:

The Last Gent

Y'know, it's funny, but I was so taken aback by Dolph not having a russian accent. Call me ignorant, but my only exposure to him is Rocky 4 and Masters of the Universe, both movies in which he was letting his european-ness fly.
So I was so shocked to hear him speaking a perfect american accent.

BigBear

MolotovCockatoo wrote: »

Godfather wrote: »

Dolph Lundgren has a master's degree in chemical engineering, was a Fulbright scholar at M.I.T., speaks seven languages, was an elite marine ranger in the Swedish military, and is a third degree black belt in Kyokushin karate.


Holy shit

This makes his line "I'm no math whiz," even funnier. :lol:

Did you ever see that clip of him performing Elvis songs?

The guy's not a bad musician, either. I wonder if he ever studied music at all.

Also, yeah, I really want to see this movie now. I just hope that Lundgren, Crews and Li get a good amount of screen time because they're the actors I'm the most interested in seeing in this.

Thanatos

I don't get the bitching about Rourke's monologue.

There's always one of those touching, humanizing moments in an action movie, and Rourke usually plays the quirky, fairly crazy guys; I thought it was perfectly in-line with the genre, and with the rest of the movie.

Thanatos

Godfather wrote: »

Dolph Lundgren has a master's degree in chemical engineering, was a Fulbright scholar at M.I.T., speaks seven languages, was an elite marine ranger in the Swedish military, and is a third degree black belt in Kyokushin karate.

Holy shit

Yeah, Dolph Lundgren is a genuine fucking badass. He's also six-and-a-half feet tall, and in fantastic fucking shape for his age (he's 52 years old).