The Expendables

Pauly
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edited January 2011 in Music & Movies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDu2v4h7gsY


Epic Win

Or Epic Fail

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  • Monster Jam
    Monster Jam Posts: 919
    edited January 2010
    Lets see:

    Mindless violence - check!
    The worst A-list actors - check!
    Extremely thin storyline - check!
    Lame one-liners - check!
    cliche action scenes - check!
    Zero budget - check!

    I can't believe how bad the trailer is...I'm gonna love this movie! :)
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  • shawn474
    shawn474 Posts: 3,052
    edited March 2010
    I cannot wait for this movie!!!
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  • shawn474
    shawn474 Posts: 3,052
    edited August 2010
    Just got back from seeing this. It was entertaining to say the least. Typical cheesy moments and unadulterated gore with very little plot, but I liked it. Definitely would see it again and will probably own it.
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  • bigaudiofanatic
    bigaudiofanatic Posts: 4,415
    edited August 2010
    I can not say that I was completely blown away by this movie. It had great actors in it but I just did not see them....living up to their full potential. And come on Arnold only being in one scene for 4 minutes...really? You could or actually cut that scene out almost.

    I did enjoy it but I would say it was not the most impressive movie I have seen. On top of that, very poor story line not much going on at all.

    I give it a 3.5 out of 5 stars.
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  • Rivrrat
    Rivrrat Posts: 2,101
    edited August 2010
    Yup..

    Sounds like the perfect HT movie to me.
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited August 2010
    It was a man's movie if I've ever seen one. Ridiculous action? Yup. Blowing up everything you can? Yup. Over the top killing? Oh yeah. It was an absolute worthless movie and I loved every minute. It was "Mantastic." lol Not sure if I'll own it but glad I saw it for sure!
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  • ESavinon
    ESavinon Posts: 3,066
    edited August 2010
    Toxis wrote: »
    It was a man's movie if I've ever seen one. Ridiculous action? Yup. Blowing up everything you can? Yup. Over the top killing? Oh yeah. It was an absolute worthless movie and I loved every minute. It was "Mantastic." lol Not sure if I'll own it but glad I saw it for sure!

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  • j allen
    j allen Posts: 363
    edited August 2010
    I can't help but wonder, does this measure up to the awesome action and wonderful cheese of Shoot 'Em Up?
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited August 2010
    Took the day off from work, took the boys to see it before school starts later this week. Great action flick!

    Somewhat predictable, had some cheesy one-liners, but hey - its a man-flick!

    Thought Mickey Rourke had some nice scenes when the movie delved into the 'deep stuff' - nice balance.

    One thing I didn't like was the herky-jerky camera motion. Sure, it imparts a sense of action & motion, but hides end to end choreography so you can see the whole scene context.

    We all gave it thumbs up.

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  • domflane
    domflane Posts: 653
    edited August 2010
    I saw this one last night, and it was everything I thought it would be. Just seeing Arnold, Stallone and Willis in the same shot made it worth the $10. Chuck Norris was the only missing 80's **** kicker. Overall a great action movie, just leave your girlfriend at home . .
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited August 2010
    Two words. Gloriously bad.

    Or should that be Goriously bad?

    Either way, there was no real plot. What was there was weak and watered down. There was lotsa bad acting. Can it even be considered acting when it's nothing but one liners? There was lots of shooting. Shooting for the sake of shooting. There was lots of blowing stuff up. Blowing stuff up for the sake of blowing stuff up. Lotsa evil henchmen lining up for their turn to get shot, stabbed, slashed, blown up or beat up. Sometimes all at once. I think the best way to describe it is it was movie based on a video game. Well, three video games. It's like they crossed Operation Wolf with Rainbow Six with Unreal Tournament and called it a movie. The only thing it was missing was gratuitous nudity.

    In the end, it was campy, cheesy, bloody and seemed to revel in how bad it actually was. I think I enjoyed it.
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited November 2010
    Just watched it on blu ray tonight.....I liked it alot. audio was excellent...lotsa mindless violence. A very good guy flick.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited November 2010
    Nice. I just rented it but watched the Nightmare remake instead. This will be for tomorrow night.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,000
    edited November 2010
    Saw this one today and all I can say is the rest of you have set the bar pretty low.
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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    edited November 2010
    Wow netflix actually sent this from my list
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  • kuntasensei
    kuntasensei Posts: 3,263
    edited November 2010
    It was worth it just to see Jet Li fight Dolph Lundgren. :)
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  • mole'
    mole' Posts: 3,160
    edited November 2010
    i see Best Buy has the BD/DVD/Digital copy combo pack for $20. have yet to see it so im gonna pick it up
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  • HTguru1982
    HTguru1982 Posts: 1,066
    edited November 2010
    I watched it on dvd yesterday. It didn't set out to be a great film, as most 80's action movies aren't. It did however, deliver everything it promised to and I loved every single minute of it.
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  • Midnite Mick
    Midnite Mick Posts: 1,591
    edited November 2010
    I seen this a while back. I thought it was very dry. At the end I was wondering what the movie was even about.
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited November 2010
    Movie Ok at best,,,Sound and Picture was very good on Blu-Ray:smile:
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  • mole'
    mole' Posts: 3,160
    edited November 2010
    i just got done watching it. i liked it. some good sound effects
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,833
    edited November 2010
    Movie was worth a watch, but when a movie resorts to calling their characters stuff like "Hollywood", etc then ......

    BUT: the scenes with the one weapon, the Atchisson AA-12 automatic assault shotgun, with explosive rounds ....... whewwww !

    Kind of testosterone-inducing on steroids, IMO, not unlike the scene in "Predator" where half the jungle gets mowed down by the electric Gatling gun. :smile:

    We're not supposed to discuss guns here, so I'll just post a Youtube link for this particular item:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhstuvzMiB0
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited November 2010
    Fun film, nothing that's worth owning but a good one time rental.
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  • iskandam
    iskandam Posts: 704
    edited November 2010
    Just saw this on bluray today. Great action, sound, and pq. That giant shotgun is bad ****!
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  • jmwest1970
    jmwest1970 Posts: 846
    edited November 2010
    I'm glad it was only $1 at Redbox.
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  • mole'
    mole' Posts: 3,160
    edited November 2010
    i so want an AA12 now.
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  • mole'
    mole' Posts: 3,160
    edited November 2010
    Lasareath wrote: »
    I want G6

    pontiac
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  • DMara
    DMara Posts: 1,434
    edited November 2010
    Lasareath wrote: »
    I LOVE this Movie!!!!

    Watching it Now!!

    I love the way they came back around and shot everyone on that dock and then lit it up!!!!!!

    I Yelled out and cheered!!!

    Two Thumbs up!!!

    Sal

    I second this. This is a good action movie to spend a couple hours on. Mickey Rourke is pretty good in this, too. Will definitely looking for the sequel. Arnold might be in this series big time after getting out of the governor mansion :biggrin:
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  • conqur
    conqur Posts: 80
    edited November 2010
    i absolutely loved this movie. nevermind the notion that the plot was weak. this was just a great overall movie considering the talent that was brought to this movie. especially it being an action movie. all egos aside stallone and company did a great job. i love the picture as well as the sound on the bluray as well. next up knight and day.
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  • ryanjoachim
    ryanjoachim Posts: 2,046
    edited November 2010
    Lasareath wrote: »
    Really?, My wife bought me Knight and day and I have'nt watched it yet. I guess I wil today!

    It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. I saw it in theaters though, and I hate theaters.

    Just watched the Expendables last night, and I gotta agree with most everyone - definitely a great movie. I got a few laughs out of it, and my favorite scene was when the black guy (can never remember his name) comes up behind all the bad guys and rapes them with his auto-shotgun.

    That thing is a true beast.
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