Escape to the Movies: The Expendables

[RickF7666]

I find it kind of interesting that one week I totally agree with your review and the next totally disagree. I loved Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. It was Mind Blasting as Russell Peters would say.

As for The Expendables I really enjoyed it. I didn't think it was "Mindless". It had a specific story to tell and it told it. Along the way there were some cool fights and big explosions and the occasional humor. Pretty much what you would expect from this kind of movie. Was the acting "wooden" or "phoned-in"? I didn't think so. Were there plot holes that you could drive a semi though like Transformers? Again I don't think so. And quite frankly it was nice to see Jet Lee incorporating a little humor himself. I like Jet Lee movies, but he mostly either does nice guy or angry guy. As for the myth of the little martial artist beating the large experienced fighter, it really doesn't happen. There is a great fight between Jet and Dolph Lundgren which goes pretty much the way it would. I remember Jet Lee's Cradle 2 the Grave in which he fights and beats a group of cage fighters. I saw an interview where Jet said that any one of those fighters would have kicked his ass. He's an actor and as good as he makes it look he couldn't win versus a professional fighter. And just because you are good at martial arts doesn't mean you will automatically win a fight against a much bigger opponent.

Now I realize that going "meh, it was okay" in a review doesn't get you noticed. Ranting and raving does. And if you genuinely hated this movie well I can't argue with that. You felt the way you felt. Believe me I raged when I saw Resident Evil:Extinction. But I'm not going to go so far as to say that everyone who enjoyed that movie are the worst kind of people. And I understand your frustration with the lack of interest in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. I was lucky enough to see it at a sneak preview back in July. I loved it, my elder sister on the other hand hated it (shrug). I plan to go see it again this weekend.

 

[Traumaward313]

Moviebob, I have finally had it with your pretentious nerd-rage. You think the average moviegoer is a mindless sheep for enjoying a mindless explosionfest while your beloved Scott Pilgrim took fifth on opening weekend. You seem utterly convinced that you're in the right and anyone who disagrees with you is a horrible, ignorant excuse of a person who can go screw themselves.

Grow up, jackass. This is the last review of yours I'm watching.

I saw Scott Pilgrim. And it sucked.

because they are sheep who want explosions. i know people who make movies and they all say the same thing "make it dumb, make money". movies are DEAD. D-E-A-D. if you stray from a set formula, you will fail. the expendables will now kill originality and put it deeper into its grave. good thing i quit watching movies. those movie writers killed my thirst for movies entirely. if you think these reviews are bad, look at the rest of them. the movie critic is so different from the average moviegoer its damn useless.

Ithink the problem you have is that your asking for Complexity in an action flick. Please do not respond by puting your french beret on and telling me I'm a mindless sheep.

no, my problem is that i am sick of the explosion tripe that is all the rage. even the NEWS where i live advertises movies 24/7. i even heard them coin the phrase "transformers 2 is the most artistic, and deep movie i ever seen". when explosion movies are pushed on you, they lose their luster and only get met with indifference. now with the expendables people will STRIVE to be LIKE them to get the huge bucks THEY got. the 1980s macho man movies are now gonna be the norm until another big movie comes out and everyone tries to follow THAT. it happened with avatar and its 3D, now it happened with the expendables.

I thought Avatar was one of the most cliche useless movies in existence and i'm sure most people pretend to like it. They must. But if you look back through the last 30 years or so, movies have always been mostly crap. You find a gem once every 50 releases and always have. Truth is, most people see movies as something to do on a friday night and not this great master study of sociology or phylosophy or the inner workings of the world or lessons we should all adhere to about life. Most people don't care, because most people aren't movie critics and concentrate on what they no doubt consider more important, permanent things. Art is just art, music is just music, movies are just movies and anything you find exceptional in any one of those avenues is purely up to you and no one else.

 

[Weaver]

I really like Angry Bob, I hope we see more of him!

 

[crewman_number_6]

Moviebob, I have finally had it with your pretentious nerd-rage. You think the average moviegoer is a mindless sheep for enjoying a mindless explosionfest while your beloved Scott Pilgrim took fifth on opening weekend. You seem utterly convinced that you're in the right and anyone who disagrees with you is a horrible, ignorant excuse of a person who can go screw themselves.

Grow up, jackass. This is the last review of yours I'm watching.

I saw Scott Pilgrim. And it sucked.

because they are sheep who want explosions. i know people who make movies and they all say the same thing "make it dumb, make money". movies are DEAD. D-E-A-D. if you stray from a set formula, you will fail. the expendables will now kill originality and put it deeper into its grave. good thing i quit watching movies. those movie writers killed my thirst for movies entirely. if you think these reviews are bad, look at the rest of them. the movie critic is so different from the average moviegoer its damn useless.

Ithink the problem you have is that your asking for Complexity in an action flick. Please do not respond by puting your french beret on and telling me I'm a mindless sheep.

no, my problem is that i am sick of the explosion tripe that is all the rage. even the NEWS where i live advertises movies 24/7. i even heard them coin the phrase "transformers 2 is the most artistic, and deep movie i ever seen". when explosion movies are pushed on you, they lose their luster and only get met with indifference. now with the expendables people will STRIVE to be LIKE them to get the huge bucks THEY got. the 1980s macho man movies are now gonna be the norm until another big movie comes out and everyone tries to follow THAT. it happened with avatar and its 3D, now it happened with the expendables.

Too, Fucking, Bad. It looks like I'm going to enjoy future movies, I win in this movie market.

 

[jakefongloo]

The amount of sheep in this thread is down right embarrassing.

"THANKS BOB NOW I KNOW THIS MOVIE'S BAD BECAUSE I CANT MAKE UP MY OWN MIND AND YOU ARE A SUPERIOR NERD MIND"

Sorry if i'm double posting but again, what he said! Especially the first page of posts.

 

[tehowl]

I almost fell out of my chair when bob suggested that a 90lb actor can "easily take apart" a UFC heavyweight champion.

 

[ninjajoeman]

how about this

your all sheep.

 

[patch5129]

Moviebob,
Will you SHUT UP about how much you don't like Michael Bay and the Transformers movie?!
We get it, you hate Michael Bay, you hate his take on Transformer. You've only mentioned this 100 or so times.
Some people liked it, and it makes money, much as you don't like either fact.
The movies have been made, and nothing you say is going to change how the third one will turn out, PLEASE stop being a little whining babu about it.
Here's a challenge, try to see if you can go the rest of this year without saying how much you hate the Transformers movies, it can't be that hard, especially since you almost have to go out of you way to complain about them.
So please, man up, and shut up.

 

[L-J-F]

I'd rather watch an action movie that wasn't "intelligent" if it didn't try to shove the creator's stupid morals down my throat, Avatar made me want to puke.

 

[Danman1]

Look, Bob. I've defended you more than I need have, you're probably one of my favourite movie critics but please, for the love of God, accept that not every movie has to be this artistic piece, with amazing acting, original set pieces and have an important message behind them. Some movies are just meant to be enjoyable to sit through. Salt was this and you appeared to like that even if there were two reasons attached to Jolie that probably helped your opinion along the way.

And please, stop stating that everyone who likes a movie you don't is worthless. Transformers, Book of Eli, and now Expendables - some people just like to sit through a movie that's brainless. Whilst they're not that good, stating that everyone who likes them is pretty much wrong is just arrogant and pretentious.

Not everyone who likes bad action movies is this douchebag frat boy, who can't tell the difference between an etch-a-sketch and a Da Vinci. Just accept that occasionally people don't see things the way you do, because you're starting to become insufferable.

No one's saying he doesn't like mindless brainless popcorn movies. Look at his A-Team review. What is undeniably awful is that this was SUPPOSED to be a fantastic popcorn movie, this was hyped to be over the top ass kicking with every nostalgic hero. And what did it turn out to be? A cheap boring piece of garbage that made a quick buck on the nostalgia it was supposed to pay homage to. Are you saying that you don't hate that the gaming market is over-flooded with safe brown-gray shooters that are made to make money rather than entertain? Why should we accept it from movies? It all comes down to studios want money. And if we go to movies that are just there to make money, rather than make us think and be engrossed in an artistic movie or laugh and go "whooooooa" and escape in a good popcorn action movie, then they are gonna keep cranking out "The Expendables" and "Transformers" and we'll all see a great medium slowly turn into pandering shit. I AM REALLY SORRY ABOUT THE NERD RAGE. I WILL LOOK BACK LATER AND PROBABLY THINK I AM ACTING LIKE A DICK. I'M JUST A REALLY BIG FAN OF MOVIE BOB AND ALL HIS OTHER STUFF.

 

[Aiddon_v1legacy]

WHOO-HOO! We broke the record that the Transformers 2 review had! Seriously, every comment trying to defend this utterly forgettable, boring piece of junk consists of the same stock critique-proof bullshit over and over again. It's strawmen to the nth degree. Heck, Bob knows how to have fun like nobody else at the movies and he's always been one to yank the pretentious geek back to reality. Wanting good dialogue, a good screenplay, good direction, and good acting is NOT UNREASONABLE. No one in their right mind misses the pathetic, gym-rat pandering of 80s action tripe. The second actors returned to action is when the lunkheads were rendered obsolete and revealed for what they really were: personality-deficient pieces of granite. And heck, it was utterly fitting that the epitome of that era, Arnie, knew when to bow out.

No one's saying he doesn't like mindless brainless popcorn movies. Look at his A-Team review. What is undeniably awful is that this was SUPPOSED to be a fantastic popcorn movie, this was hyped to be over the top ass kicking with every nostalgic hero. And what did it turn out to be? A cheap boring piece of garbage that made a quick buck on the nostalgia it was supposed to pay homage to. Are you saying that you don't hate that the gaming market is over-flooded with safe brown-gray shooters that are made to make money rather than entertain? Why should we accept it from movies? It all comes down to studios want money. And if we go to movies that are just there to make money, rather than make us think and be engrossed in an artistic movie or laugh and go "whooooooa" and escape in a good popcorn action movie, then they are gonna keep cranking out "The Expendables" and "Transformers" and we'll all see a great medium slowly turn into pandering shit. I AM REALLY SORRY ABOUT THE NERD RAGE. I WILL LOOK BACK LATER AND PROBABLY THINK I AM ACTING LIKE A DICK. I'M JUST A REALLY BIG FAN OF MOVIE BOB AND ALL HIS OTHER STUFF.

That pretty much sums up what everyone is selectively forgetting about Bob. Hell, his favorite movie of all time is Robocop and that isn't exactly great art.

 

[NickIsCool]

I could barely finish watching this review. Took a lot of strength.

I can't believe Bob this week. We are obedient sheep because we go see one of the biggest collaboration films this decade instead of watching a film that was barely advertised in many places? We are the worst kind of people on earth because we like the premise that a movie will be an homage to 80s action films?

He dropped the ball on this review. Insulting a film is one thing, insulting someone for liking it is another, but insulting people for thinking the premise sounds like a fun idea?. That's a new low. I won't even go into how much I disagree with you on the quality of the film.

For someone who tries to hinder people from being elitist nerds, you are one of the biggest elitist nerds I've seen in quite a while.

i very much agree with this

i could see how he might not like it the same as i did

but i genuinely felt offended by the attacks against the viewers

im sorry i like an old school action movie to be week on story and have cool acion scenes

im sorry scott pilgim isnt doing as well as you wanted it to (which isnt that surprising because its geared SPECIFICALLY to gamers and anime fans (so pretty much, not for everyone))

in short, i liked it, dont be mad at the viewer, be mad at the movie

 

[LazyAza]

Wow, I mean fuck wow. I guess I shouldn't go see it then after all.

Thanks moviebob.

 

[atj]

i hardly agree with wat bob has to say about movies most of the time, but he doesn't hold back on his views on the movies which i guess is a good thing. i don't lke u bobby but u keep doing that thing that u do so well

 

[Aegwadar]

Jealous of the meat-heads much? This is what happens when you have someone who took a lot of crap during high school from guys who look like the main cast of The Expendables. Combine that with an anti-culture outlook and you get this review.

Great movie; how about we just agree to disagree on this one.

 

[C-Demo]

Man, i wish i could slay movies like this using a magic sword made out of my self-respect. This happened to come out on my dad's birthday weekend, and he did that terrible strongly-hint-but-not-actually-ask-for-a-present thing, so i was forced to go with him.

Damn my functional all-american family.

 

[KingTiger]

lol the reviewer is so biased and butt hurt it is more of a rant than a review...


Please dont use this as a reason not to go to the movie....its like listening to Fox news :/

 

[Hctib]

Look, Bob. I've defended you more than I need have, you're probably one of my favourite movie critics but please, for the love of God, accept that not every movie has to be this artistic piece, with amazing acting, original set pieces and have an important message behind them. Some movies are just meant to be enjoyable to sit through. Salt was this and you appeared to like that even if there were two reasons attached to Jolie that probably helped your opinion along the way.

And please, stop stating that everyone who likes a movie you don't is worthless. Transformers, Book of Eli, and now Expendables - some people just like to sit through a movie that's brainless. Whilst they're not that good, stating that everyone who likes them is pretty much wrong is just arrogant and pretentious.

Not everyone who likes bad action movies is this douchebag frat boy, who can't tell the difference between an etch-a-sketch and a Da Vinci. Just accept that occasionally people don't see things the way you do, because you're starting to become insufferable.

I could barely finish watching this review. Took a lot of strength.

I can't believe Bob this week. We are obedient sheep because we go see one of the biggest collaboration films this decade instead of watching a film that was barely advertised in many places? We are the worst kind of people on earth because we like the premise that a movie will be an homage to 80s action films?

He dropped the ball on this review. Insulting a film is one thing, insulting someone for liking it is another, but insulting people for thinking the premise sounds like a fun idea?. That's a new low. I won't even go into how much I disagree with you on the quality of the film.

For someone who tries to hinder people from being elitist nerds, you are one of the biggest elitist nerds I've seen in quite a while.

Amen, Bros. Right on the first page, the words are ripped out of my mouth.

EDIT: After re-watching the review, all I can say is: Fuck you Bob. Fuck you for simply saying this movie is a worthless piece of shit. And fuck you for thinking everybody who saw this are mindless 'roid-popping meatheads.

And to think I believed you fair.