Escape to the Movies: Centurion

[Tim Chuma]

There's a song about the original movie Pirahna
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcgWttEdQMg

The band singing it is named after an old exploitation movie "I Spit on Your Grave"

The singer is the one who recommended the new movie to me.

 

[Gutkrusha]

That Piranha movie was so abysmal, i'd have preferred to spend my 9 dollars having someone repeatedly kick me in the balls. I went to see The Expendables twice. Same with Scott Pilgrim. Get over it, Bob.

 

[Triviumaddicted]

I loved Piranha3D, its like a modern version of Anaconda/Sci-Fi Originals/Killer Clowns From Outer Space.

 

[wandererbkb]

People didn't complain because you critisised the Expendables.

They complained because you insulted people whio went to see it.

You see the difference between those 2 things?

That indeed.
If a critic cannot separate the movie from the audience, then s/he probably shouldn't review movies.

Yes, I recognize that demographic sales drive movie production; that still doesn't give anyone the right to automatically assume that every living soul that saw the Expendables did it because they "loved the film" as an action-junkie "douchebag".

In short: To make assumptions about the audience in such a way is unprofessional; calling them names is childish.

Notice that I did not excuse "The Expendables" as a film from criticism. It isn't. Nothing is, including Movie Bob's reviews.

You've hit the nail on the head with this.

 

[Da Joz]

I planned on skipping Centurion but it became available for streaming on Netflix so I checked it out and I must say that I liked it much better than The Expendables. I am going to have to check out Doomsday, The Descent and Dog Soldiers.

 

[UrbanCohort]

Funnily enough, while I like watching MovieBob's review and agree with most of his assessments, I actually enjoyed the Expendables but ragequit about halfway through Centurion...go figure.

 

[DreadfulSorry]

I didn't watch Centurion until recently, and I have to say, I really appreciated it from a historical perspective. It's nice to see a movie about the Romans where they AREN'T just a bunch of white guys...I think just about the only other series I've seen that grasped the diversity of the Romans was Spartacus, Blood and Sand :\ Although I haven't watched the HBO Rome series yet...