Escape to the Movies: Expendables 2

[LazyAza]

It still boggles my mind how anyone who genuinely has any kind of brain in their head at all ever got any enjoyment out of the Expendables. No surprise the sequel is even worse.

But bleh trying to tell people who like the Expendables that they're stupid for doing so is like saying someone addicted to cakes made of shit should stop eating cakes made of shit. I mean it seems obvious but gosh darn they just can't get enough of that shit cake. lol

 

[Calibanbutcher]

My prediction before watching the review:
He won't like it

You dont even get a cookie for that.

Also, I saw this movie Tuesday, and GOD!!! I loved every fucking minute of it. The only thing they could have done better was cut out about 30% more of the non-action scenes and added more explosions and firefights.

This is like COD. It may be bland and boring, but it caters to a crowd that loves it, and it succeeds at that.

Ha, I have oreos anyways, so you denying me cookies does not bother me.
And me and my friends want to go watch the film, because it looks like nothing but campy explosiony fun.

 

[WanderingFool]

My prediction before watching the review:
He won't like it

You dont even get a cookie for that.

Also, I saw this movie Tuesday, and GOD!!! I loved every fucking minute of it. The only thing they could have done better was cut out about 30% more of the non-action scenes and added more explosions and firefights.

This is like COD. It may be bland and boring, but it caters to a crowd that loves it, and it succeeds at that.

Ha, I have oreos anyways, so you denying me cookies does not bother me.
And me and my friends want to go watch the film, because it looks like nothing but campy explosiony fun.

DAMN YOU OREOSSSSSSSS!!!

Anyways, this movie is basically made up of chessy one-liners, gunfights, explosions, more chessy one-liners, some gunfights in the middle of explosions, and Chuck Norris...

Trust me, you'll love it.

 

[Jorias]

I remember last year (or was it two years ago?) when The Expendables got the most comments EVER on an Escape to the Movies video, and everyone was super pissed, so much so that they kept complaining about all of his other reviews after that. Now... I think people have either mellowed out or completely forgot about it. It's like they only live in the moment and don't have any kind of foresight or hindsight about them. I actually never bothered to see The Expendables, so I'm not going to bother here. Really, in both cases, the only interesting thing about them is seeing all these action stars in one movie, not because of the actual movie itself... Oh well.

It wasn't necessarily the movie people got upset about, it was the extremely negative correlation to the movie and the "people" that watch it. He basically generalized that a person watching The Expendables are brainless idiots who have no sense of artistic appreciation....

And why are you making a comment about a Movie series you haven't even seen yet? But at the same time were able to completely miss the point of the backlash?.....


O.T. - I saw the movie, i liked the movie, it was an escape from the wife.....nuff said....

 

[MortisLegio]

I saw it and quite enjoyed the campyness of the movie. It wasn't trying to be a serious action movie like Rambo or Universal Soldier. Expendables 2 (Didn't see the first) is making fun of the "super" soldier action movies from the 80's and 90's (Why else would they be making the dumb catch phrases, cameos, and the like). It's not an action movie, it's a spoof with good explosions and gunfights. I thought it was "good" because it wasn't taking itself seriously. I'm not saying people should like this movie but see it more as a parody than an actual action movie and you might enjoy yourself.

My only complaints are how bad the CG is and the ending seems rushed.

 

[porpoise hork]

It is rare that the sequel to ANY movie is even equal to and near impossible to be actually better than its predecessor. Now considering how bad the first one was the movie doesn't suck bar was already set so painfully low that even Hermes Conrad in his prime couldn't even limbo under it. Expendable 2 could have and should have easily been able to step over it and been so much better.



It wasn't.



Yet again Bob called it.

 

[BehattedWanderer]

Go see and formulate your own opinion!!!

I loved this movie for what it was: a campy, action flick with awesome one-liners, and a host of (now aged) action stars. Don't go into this expecting ANYTHING but what it is, and I think you'll enjoy it.

Addendum: I don't get the critical slaughter of this series... This is a tongue-in-cheek, self-refferential action film. THEY REFERENCE RAMBO DIRECTLY for fuck's sake!!! This was not TRYING to be a critical success. It doesn't take itsself seriously. I just don't undestand the mentality behing listening to a critic with a movie like The Expendables.

Nope. They already swindled me out of the time and money for the first one, because I thought it would at least be fun, and maybe have some decent action scenes, but since it absolutely failed to deliver either fun or goodness, they'll not get another cent or minute from me. Crap movie gets a sequel that is also panned to hell? Yeah, I'm really rushing out the door to waste money on that one.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

I hated Expendables 1. Moviebob, you are not alone.

The movie was incredibly thinly spread, and all the action scenes were dull. I didn't give a crap about the characters and I honestly can't remember a single plot point.

Didn't expect the sequel to amount to much either.

What I remember about Expendables 1 was hearing about how Machete did all of its action so much better...so I saw that instead and still haven't seen a either of The Expendables flicks. I'm guessing Ex2 didn't have any creative kills or at least none worth mentioning?

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Sometimes Bob it seems like you're the only other person who admits to liking Punisher: War Zone and it's that kind of thing that almost makes me want to admit that it's in my top-3 favorite Super Hero/ Comic Book movies list. I don't plan on seeing this where it seems Paranorman is still in theaters.

Wait wait wait...so you're saying despite all the hype and build up that Chuck Norris is in this movie, he's only there very briefly and doesn't really do anything other than basically have the film reference the fact that he's Chuck Norris?

...I just won a $20 bet. Thank you Movie Bob.

This made me laugh! Money well earned friend, money well earned *gives you an internet to go along with it*

 

[riles481]

It never ceases to amaze how people expect critics to share their opinions about movies. It's pretty simple, he doesn't like it so if you did just go your own way because neither of you are going to change the others mind.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

(Un)Fortunately, this already isn't the worse piece of media created about the Expendables.

 

[Rednog]

Why is he still harping about critics apparently not being shown the movie ahead of time?
Seriously, other people pointed out last week that this was completely untrue especially since a bunch of other reviewers/sites had reviews out the day before the release...spill, ign, etc.
Maybe they didn't screen it where Bob lives, but critics did see it ahead of time.

 

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

I heard that Dolph has like an IQ of 160. The guy is a genius.

 

[LonelyWizzard]

Bob, did you honestly just say that you liked the original Judge Dredd? I'm not gonna get all fanboy-ragey or anything, I just honestly can't imagine how anyone could not hate that movie, even ironically its just abysmal.

 

[Ishigami]

So in a nutshell: I will like this movie!

Thanks!

 

[Azaraxzealot]

Looks like you ARE in the critical minority this time [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_expendables_2/]
considering he loved Sucker Punch, i take all his reviews with a huge grain of salt. that movie was so bad i actually asked for my money back.

 

[lacktheknack]

Go see and formulate your own opinion!!!

I think you've missed the point of internet critics.

The point is, I don't have twelve bucks to blow anymore. I want to spend it on something I'll like. I have various reasons to believe I won't like The Expendables 2, one of the reasons being that the critics hate it.

EDIT: When I say "The Critics", I'm referring to the ones I actually care about.