Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables.

[The Executioner]

Professional still wipes all that away....hey you had Arnold in Jingle All The Way.

 

[Thundarr]

I really enjoyed this movie. I saw it the same night I saw Piranha 3D. I give this movie a solid 8/10. There were a few minor problems I had with it. The "shaky cam" shots during Randy Couture's big fight with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin is one. I couldn't even tell which Expendable was fighting Stone Cold for much of that scene.

And none of the team died. I think, given the difficulty of the mission, it would have been much more effective if at least one or two of the team didn't make it. Like in The Substitute, only the main character and I think one or two others survived the fight with the drug dealers. And in Navy SEALS, the whole team came back except for one (the token black guy). But in The Expendables, the whole team comes out of a virtual suicide mission unscathed. Heck, even Gunner survived! And he was kicked off the team, joined the bad guys, tried to kill Stallone and Li's characters, and then gets shot by Stallone. Then at the end, not only is he still alive, but he's also a part of the team again! That hurt the movie in my mind.

But everything else was great.

 

[elgaz]

I really enjoyed this movie. I saw it the same night I saw Piranha 3D. I give this movie a solid 8/10. There were a few minor problems I had with it. The "shaky cam" shots during Randy Couture's big fight with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin is one. I couldn't even tell which Expendable was fighting Stone Cold for much of that scene.

And none of the team died. I think, given the difficulty of the mission, it would have been much more effective if at least one or two of the team didn't make it. Like in The Substitute, only the main character and I think one or two others survived the fight with the drug dealers. And in Navy SEALS, the whole team came back except for one (the token black guy). But in The Expendables, the whole team comes out of a virtual suicide mission unscathed. Heck, even Gunner survived! And he was kicked off the team, joined the bad guys, tried to kill Stallone and Li's characters, and then gets shot by Stallone. Then at the end, not only is he still alive, but he's also a part of the team again! That hurt the movie in my mind.

But everything else was great.

The Dolph bit annoyed me slightly too, but I put his reappearance down to the fact that his character was on something during the film and obviously got cleaned up by the end of the film, the other guys must have forgave him for this.

 

[Steyin]

I'd also include Jean Reno.

Janet Reno would be much better...IT'S RENO TIME! As long as there is another Terry Crews scene stealing scene, I'll be happy.

Also, I still can't believe a blu-ray rip of this came out so soon...

 

[The Executioner]

What about Idris Elba in sequel?

 

[GhostPoet]

I really enjoyed this movie. I saw it the same night I saw Piranha 3D. I give this movie a solid 8/10. There were a few minor problems I had with it. The "shaky cam" shots during Randy Couture's big fight with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin is one. I couldn't even tell which Expendable was fighting Stone Cold for much of that scene.

And none of the team died. I think, given the difficulty of the mission, it would have been much more effective if at least one or two of the team didn't make it. Like in The Substitute, only the main character and I think one or two others survived the fight with the drug dealers. And in Navy SEALS, the whole team came back except for one (the token black guy). But in The Expendables, the whole team comes out of a virtual suicide mission unscathed. Heck, even Gunner survived! And he was kicked off the team, joined the bad guys, tried to kill Stallone and Li's characters, and then gets shot by Stallone. Then at the end, not only is he still alive, but he's also a part of the team again! That hurt the movie in my mind.

But everything else was great.

That's how it should be. Anyone who enjoys the elements of an action hero flick recognizes this is a part of the genre.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

That's how it should be. Anyone who enjoys the elements of an action hero flick recognizes this is a part of the genre.

Exactly. I'm surprised how the critics and some people actually took the movie seriously. I mean it's strange.

 

[marcvader]

Ah the simpler days of the 80's.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

To add to my post: If you think that it failed at what it was trying to be (a loud dumb ass hell entertaining action movie) I completely understand that and respect ones opinion about it but if you were expecting a masterwork you deserved to be disappointed. I myself hate Sly's direction in the film, I mean that is a real flaw for me and maybe the dialogue is sometimes awful in the non-funny way but on the whole I was very entertained and had fun with the movie.

Despite the b**ching from a few posters about my opinion of Machete, I realized what Machete was trying to be and I think that it failed in everyway possible. It was a bad movie because it wasn't fun or entertaining and Machete was a mostly boring presence throughout the movie. Not badass, not quiet yet cool, he was mostly pretty damn uninteresting in everyway. Just like everything else in the movie. The Expendables was everything that Machete wasn't (a good bad movie) and I loved that about it.

 

[The Executioner]

I thought Machete was better then the Expendables.

 

[Punisher_MAX]

i liked them both equally.

 

[GhostPoet]

I don't think you can compare the two films. Machete is trying to shock value mainly. Expendables is a revival of the action hero genre. The two are literally completely different genre

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Eh, I can compare what I want. And without comparing them Machete was s**t to me. I know I'm in the minority of the very few people who even saw the damn thing but that doesn't make my opinion any less valid.

Since this isn't a thread to talk about RR's lastest bad low budget movie that nobody sees, this is the last I speak of it in here.

 

[Thundarr]

i liked them both equally.

Same here. I gave them both 8/10. That's the highest I'd rated any recent movies that I've seen, except for Piranha 3D which I gave 9/10 (it would have got 10/10 if Kelly Brookes had survived).

 

[Thundarr]

That's how it should be. Anyone who enjoys the elements of an action hero flick recognizes this is a part of the genre.

Not all action flicks from the 80s were like that though. Like the examples I had cited, The Substitute and Navy SEALS. These were action movies of the late 80s/early 90s, and followed much of the standard formula of the genre, yet several "main characters" died in both films. And while not huge commercial successes (although I think The Substitute did have a number of STV sequels), they were fun and exciting movies. Like I said earlier, I think killing off Gunner, and maybe Li, would have made for a slightly better movie. I do realize what it was trying to be and enjoyed it as such, I just thought it could have been done a little bit better.

 

[Thundarr]

Sorry, double post.

 

[Thundarr]

I say they should try to line up pure action guys first. Brad Pitt is great but he is sort of a separate category. Also I'm seeing like a hundred different suggestions but if this movie is too crowded no one would get adequate screen time. Actually I just hope it's Stallone's guys vs Schwarzenegger's .
Maybe a team of Van Damme, Chan , Snipes , Trejo , and Banderas . Then get Chuck Norris to cameo as a retired expendable or of head of operations .

I think Schwarzeneggar's entire team should be made up of foriegners who speak with heavy accents. Jean Reno, Jean Claude Van Damme, Sho Kosugi, Danny Trejo, Antonio Banderas, Vinnie Jones, and the black lead from Blood Diamond (I can't remember his name).

 

[The Executioner]

I would not say The Expendables was a revival of the action movie genre. Been alot of good to great action movies this decade.

 

[The Englishman]

What about Idris Elba in sequel?

Yes as long as he can speak with his normal accent....

 

[Figs]

I would not say The Expendables was a revival of the action movie genre. Been alot of good to great action movies this decade.

It was more of a revival of the action films of old. A lot of the action films of the past decade have been on a different level for the most part. A good number of them are more summer-oriented action movies as opposed to the balls to the wall types which Expendables was.

 

[The Executioner]

Yes as long as he can speak with his normal accent....

The british accent? And he a upcoming action movie star. Being in a movie like this can put him on the map.

 

[marcvader]

I'd throw Vinnie Jones in the mix as well.

 

[Justkidding]

I'd throw Vinnie Jones in the mix as well.

And hopefully they'll let him talk. I know for an action film that "dialogue" isn't important, but I'm tired of US films having him being a silent imposing figure. The guy can really deliver and still be imposing (i.e Snach).

 

[dude stannis]

And hopefully they'll let him talk. I know for an action film that "dialogue" isn't important, but I'm tired of US films having him being a silent imposing figure. The guy can really deliver and still be imposing (i.e Snach).

I think Sly would, look at Jet Li, has he ever been as goofy in his U.S. films as he has in The Expendables? He's always this silent angry killer, but not only does he show tons of personality as Yang, he's created two catch phrases "I needa more money" and "I would've winned".

Dolph Lundgren vs. Unicorn

 

[lespaul59]

According to and artical on Box Office Mojo posted on September 8th the Expendables has grossed around $110 million overseas and as of Sept. 8th the Domestic total(BOM) is $94,826,458.