tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post5508652334366279623..comments2024-02-18T08:45:16.295-08:00Comments on The Film Connoisseur: The Expendables 2 (2012)Franco Macabrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-28084837451870682362012-11-30T00:01:29.618-08:002012-11-30T00:01:29.618-08:00I like the opinion of introduceing this cast toget...I like the opinion of introduceing this cast together but it demanded a powerful, more captivating story.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.zemfun.com/category/showbiz/hollywood/movie-reviews-hollywood/" rel="nofollow">Hollywood Movie Reviews</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02520012120276209888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-66743258862077120072012-08-28T16:45:17.673-07:002012-08-28T16:45:17.673-07:00Thanks Dan O!Thanks Dan O!Franco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-78890202485429241662012-08-28T15:31:35.570-07:002012-08-28T15:31:35.570-07:00Everybody here knows that they are just making ano...Everybody here knows that they are just making another loud, stupid, crazy action film that’s not going to change the world, but still offer you plenty of entertainment in a short limit of hour 40 minutes and that’s all that mattered to me. Great review my man.Dan O.http://www.dtmmr.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-60110590419227614352012-08-28T07:36:15.773-07:002012-08-28T07:36:15.773-07:00@Fritz: The comedy with Lundgren where great, love...@Fritz: The comedy with Lundgren where great, loved the part where he was trying to get Nan Yu's attention by coughing and she just ignored him...or that scene where Lundgren's sleeping and snoring...pretty funny stuff, also, when Arnold calls him 'Frankenstein' heh..heh...funny stuff in deed.<br /><br />Yeah, Van Damme does still have kicks in him, it's just that the passage of time hasn't been as kind to his face.<br /><br />@Venom5: Actually, I had some problems with the editing in the last scenes, the ones that take place in the airport. These guys are all shooting their guns and there's no cohesion the the thing, it's just the randomly shooting their guns at what and whom exactly? Who knows cause the scene was just one big old mess, but I let it slip and just saw it as a montage of violence. <br /><br />I personally dug this one a bit more, it's louder and funnier, but I enjoy them both very much. <br /><br />@J.D.: I think you're gonna have a blast J.D., looking forward to your review! Franco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-41795466093675960242012-08-28T07:18:10.739-07:002012-08-28T07:18:10.739-07:00Loved the first film so this one sounds like more ...Loved the first film so this one sounds like more of the same only bigger and better. Sign me up! Can't wait to see this and relive my childhood growing up with these action stars. Man, I miss that time and that's why this film and the first one are so welcome - they are slam bang nostalgic odes to a bygone era of action film.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164105442273577128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-62378718294428047682012-08-27T23:09:33.036-07:002012-08-27T23:09:33.036-07:00I saw this last night and posted a review, too, ea...I saw this last night and posted a review, too, earlier. I wasn't so crazy about this movie. The first one is better over all in terms of cohesion. This sequel had some of the biggest plot holes I've seen. It seems more and more Hollywood movies are getting sloppy sacrificing sense and exposition for blowing stuff up every five minutes. I liked parts of it, but as a whole, it had better action, better photographed and edited action, but not a better movie.venoms5https://www.blogger.com/profile/13655919099947763891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293273378239831747.post-10862260925553318842012-08-27T14:24:32.513-07:002012-08-27T14:24:32.513-07:00I watched The Expendables again before seeing The ...I watched The Expendables again before seeing The Expendables 2 and although I enjoyed it, I still had the same problems with it that I had the first time I watched it. Mainly, I didn’t like Stallone’s direction of the shooting style; as he used too many hand-held camera shots and too many close-ups in the action sequences.<br /><br />When I read that The Expendables 2 was being directed by the veteran director of Con Air (1997) Simon West, I was hopeful that it would have a more cinematic visual style. Not only did The Expendables 2 have a bigger look to it, it was bigger in just about every way! More stars, more action, more explosions and more humor!<br />I agree that the best part of The Expendables 2 was the banter between the old pros. You are so right about that scene with Schwarzenegger as Trench and Willis as Church stealing each other’s catch phrases: Trench says, “I'll be back.” Church says as he leaves, “You've been back enough. I'll be back.” To himself but looking into the camera Trench quips, “Yippee-ki-yay.” This is what I wanted to see in The Expendables 2!<br /><br />I also loved Dolph Lundgren in this one! He was given a lot more screen time in this sequel and a lot more humorous lines. I particularly liked the way he not-so-subtly kept hitting on Nan Yu’s Maggie and kept getting shot down. The scene where they are discussing their last dinner and Gunner says (leering at Maggie) “Hey, what about me? I'd have baby seal and whale blubber. But I could really go for some Chinese.” Stratham as Lee Christmas remarks, “You gonna starve to death, mate!”<br /><br />I’m not the biggest Chuck Norris fan, so his brief appearance in The Expendables 2 didn’t bother me. What was with the theme to “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” playing in each of his appearances? Even as a non-fan, I got the Lone Wolf references to Norris’ 1983 film “Lone Wolf McQuade”. <br /><br />I would have liked more Jet Li. Nan Yu added an interesting element. Liam Hemsworth had “red shirt” written all over him and was kinda wasted. I agree that Jean-Claude Van Damme’s plastic surgeon isn’t quite as talented as some of the others of the ageing stars, but I quite liked him as the quietly deadly villain. The fight between he and Stallone was worth the wait and even though the outcome was telegraphed, I was glad to see Van Damme get a few of his classic round-house kicks in!<br /><br />As you say “Expendables 2 is a solid slice of 80’s style action, recommend it for a night of mindless, nostalgic fun.” With all the deadly serious action films post-Bourne, it’s nice to kick back and have a little mindless entertainment at the movies!Fritz "Doc" Freakensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209589620766485745noreply@blogger.com