OldBoy

Pre-release discussion here.

Movie:
"The Expendables" (Starring Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Terry Crews, Steve Austin, Randy Couture & Mickey Rourke)

Release Date:
8/13/2010

Rating:
R (for strong bloody violence, testosterone oozing, cock fighting, steroid pumping, ego busting, one liner inducing, body count soaring, scenes reminiscent of the glorious over-the-top 80’s action movies of old and multiple mangasms throughout.)

Running Time:
103min. (1h. 43m.)

IMDb Info and Rating:
7.6 (14,948 votes as of 8/20/10)
IMDb Link...

Rotten Tomatoes:
Fresh:59 Rotten:89 (40% as of 8/20/10)
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Metacritic:
45 metascore ('Mixed or average reviews' as of 8/20/10)
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Trailer:
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Poster Art:

Dr. DVD

I see a lot of guys who would love viewing this getting dragged to Eat Pray Love by their ladies.

Rypro 525

As i said in the twilight thread, if you were forced to see that pos, make them see the Expendables

Giantrobo

Why wouldn't they include some female action stars?

koops

discrimination!

Solid Snake

All I have to say is that..I've waited for a film like this since I was 4 yrs. old. I'm sure I'll get a taste of what I want. Gimme the sequel. Make it better. Also..this...

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tylergfoster

After considering it for another hour, I think I rated the movie too highly. Can I redo?

Supermallet

Jesus, was it really that bad?

Rypro 525

or maybe he gave it like 4.5 or 5 stars

gmanca

LOL, if what I saw is a real vote, then no, it wasn't an issue of being too high of a rating.

Rypro 525

ouch, yeah i just saw.

The Antipodean

I just have a gut feeling an awful lot of people with overinflated expectations are going to be disappointed by this.

Eric D.

Don't worry, Harry Knowles thought it was a "masterpiece" and he is one of the most unbiased reviewers out there.


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tylergfoster

Depends. Ask yourself these few key questions before venturing to the theater:

- Do you like your blood and gore to be almost entirely comprised of shitty CG?
- Do you like quick-cut, shaky-cam action?
- Are you hoping to see a movie starring Stallone and Jason Statham, with Li co-starring vs. the vaguest pretense of an ensemble picture?
- Are you interested in The Expendables primarily from an "investing in these characters emotionally" standpoint vs. an action movie standpoint?

If the answer to these questions was yes, let me tell you, you're going to be flat-out enthralled by this masterpiece. And there's a genuinely funny four-minute Sly/Arnold/Bruce scene to boot, which at that point, as you can tell, is just icing on the cake.

DRG

So basically despite all Stallone's hype about how the 80s were the pinnacle of action movies, he instead delivers a typical 2000s action film with 80s window dressing?

tylergfoster

Preeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetty much. And even at that, it's not a very good one. You'd be better off renting the ass-kicking Universal Soldier Regeneration, which Dolph and Van Damme are great in, than paying to see this.

RocShemp

Damn. I'm sorry to read that. After the great Rocky Balboa and Rambo (as well as John Rambo, if you saw the director's cut), I had a whole lot of faith that Stallone would deliver.

And, yes, Universal Soldier Regeneration was a great movie that deserves a whole lot of praise.

So, I guess this means we've forever lost Solid Snake PAC.

tylergfoster

Rambo is definitely better. Worth noting that Rambo also has the CG gore, but they must've had more of a head start, because while you can tell, that looked pretty good. This just looked awful. DTV-level.

Solid Snake

(I still haven't seen it so my hopes of seeing a pretty dang cool action movie is still open)

RocShemp

I hope you (and I) find some enjoyment out of this movie. You and me are the only non-gringos (that I know of) in this forum.

Troy Stiffler

Solid Snake PAC, I'm putting you on suicide watch.

Solid Snake

....oh...I've been on that since post #913 on the Expendables Thread. Or at least on the radar for it since that post....

Supermallet

I'm definitely still seeing it Thursday night, but only because I'll have seen Scott Pilgrim twice by then.

Solid Snake

I dunno...not really what I'd call shakey cam here..maybe in other scenes. I actually really really liked this clip. MINUS the cg blood...but it was ok..

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RocShemp

Yeah but the editing and shooting style are inkeeping with 2000s movies. None of that screams 80s. I'll keep that in mind when I see the movie.