The Expendables

psychokind · Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:27 am

I watched the movie yesterday... it was so awesome!! all the guys in the cinema screamed when terry crews used his rifle, and when arnie came into the church, everyone was aplauding

oh my, the action was brutal and (mostly) realistic, no super hero faggot shit; the dialogues were like you imagine them from actionhero-sages:

Our principles are dry like the color here. when it's dry.
- Mickey Rourke while painting

so guys(!), go watch it!

EverPhoenix · Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:32 am Post subject:

i really want to go see it, ill get some friends to go with me.

chicken · Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 4:37 pm Post subject:

i found the movie to be pretty bad, actually. i was really, REALLY looking forward to seeing it but it wasnt that good... the story was just meh and the combat scenes were mostly so fast cut that you couldnt really see what happened and who did what... so, all in all, it wasnt really what i was expecting.

the scene with schwarzenegger was hilarious though

psychokind · Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 3:33 am Post subject:

chicken wrote:the story was just meh and the combat scenes were mostly so fast cut that you couldnt really see what happened and who did what... so, all in all, it wasnt really what i was expecting.

you expected a story? this is a film for guys, I mean who wants story? I was worried in the beginning when the Generalissimo started to think, luckily he got killed anyway. luckily EVERYONE got killed, except for the good guys. which was very good, so there was no need for sadness. and I couldn't imagine anyone of them get killed either in films nor in real life

action scenes were fast cut, that's right. but it's a newer action film, and fast cut action is common nowadays. besides, because of that I can watch the movie again to see how everyone got killed, by who and how

we had many important discussions after the movie:

"jet lees neckbreaking kick was so awesome!"
- "it was jason stathams kick."
"are you sure? I remember jet lee making the final kick"

or:

"too bad terry only used his razors only to throw it into the throat of one soldier..."
- "didn't he cut up someone completely with it before?"
"no, that was statham when he furiously cut everyone down."

chicken · Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 3:49 am Post subject:

yea, but you see, this is exactly the thing i DONT want. when i watch a movie (ESPECIALLY if its a no-brain-just-action-movie like this one) i want to have an overview. i guess you havent seen IP MAN (which is not pronounced like "internet protocol" but more like a chinese name

). do it. its the biography of bruce lee's trainer. marvelous. THIS is how choreographies have to look like.

oh and btw: that film was from 2008 so not all modern" movies have to have fast cut fighting scenes

EverPhoenix · Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:10 am Post subject:

psychokind wrote: you expected a story? this is a film for guys, I mean who wants story?

psychokind · Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 10:20 am Post subject:

chicken wrote:THIS is how choreographies have to look like.

no THIS is how choreographies have to look like!!!

SoulBlazerFan · Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 2:24 pm Post subject:

@ Chicken: Unless it's a Rocky Film (Part 5 withstanding) you can't go to see a Sly Stallone movie and expect any depth. These are just bodycount films, good guys VS bad guys. And, while I haven't seen the film just yet, I imagine alot of people dying, big overdone explosions, fight scenes with no substance- and I wouldn't have it any other way.

chicken · Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 4:53 pm Post subject:

psychokind wrote:
chicken wrote:THIS is how choreographies have to look like.
no THIS is how choreographies have to look like!!!

watch, learn and be amazed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMuWmjye ... re=related

also, many many film starring tony jaa, like this one, "revenge of the warrior": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VGN93Le-a0

psychokind · Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 5:09 am Post subject:

chicken wrote:
psychokind wrote:
chicken wrote:THIS is how choreographies have to look like.
no THIS is how choreographies have to look like!!!
watch, learn and be amazed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMuWmjye ... re=related

also, many many film starring tony jaa, like this one, "revenge of the warrior": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VGN93Le-a0

they're both amazing fights (tony jaa is awesome), but these are martial arts movies and their actors are asian. sly and co. are white, so they can't do martial arts and rely on heavy weapons. and weapons are superior to martial arts, especially in action movies.

besides, jet lee needs more than only 10 karate kas

chicken · Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 5:31 am Post subject:

psychokind wrote:
chicken wrote:
psychokind wrote: no THIS is how choreographies have to look like!!!
watch, learn and be amazed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMuWmjye ... re=related

also, many many film starring tony jaa, like this one, "revenge of the warrior": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VGN93Le-a0
they're both amazing fights (tony jaa is awesome), but these are martial arts movies and their actors are asian. sly and co. are white, so they can't do martial arts and rely on heavy weapons. and weapons are superior to martial arts, especially in action movies.

besides, jet lee needs more than only 10 karate kas

you know, when i saw jet li being in that movie, i was like "hot damn, there HAS to be some good old beating going on". but actually, i was disappointed. and a lot of firepower cant compensate that. besides, im not really that much into shootouts :/

Reshi · Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 11:09 pm Post subject:

It's on the top place of my "To Watch"-List atm.

Btw talking about choreographed fights...you guys need to see THIS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZs48lJXhxM

And for heavy gunpower shootouts there is still this classic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAtxZHuJNW4

John Woo at his best. Damn I now I've watched it I need to watch the movie again

chicken · Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 4:39 am Post subject:

donnie yen is a fucking dragon!