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**CaseyFan** · 09-10-2012, 09:48 PM

Now you're either being a hypocrite or extremely naive.
You don't go to see Expendables 2 expecting nothing and and ready to appreciate them "good or bad". This one was hardly going to be excellent. Your rant is superfluous.

I go into a film expecting to be entertained in whichever way the film tries to entertain you. Period.

He's only happy if he's moaning about something, so it's making him happy at least.

Hardly, and I'm not moaning either. Is it possible to criticize a film without being criticized for criticizing the film in here ? I gave my reasons.

I enjoyed it, I prefer the original tbh... I know what I'm getting gore and lame jokes with tons of testies thrown in for good luck. However, I'm a massive Sly fan and pretty much love most things he does...

Is expendables to a great film?, no chance, Arnie is awful with his one liners with Bruce Willis... Chuck was appallingly bad acting (always been the case)... however still enjoyed it though. is it a no brainer that you go in, watch people kick hell out of each other and get a fight with Sly V's Van Damme? Come on... that's got to be the entry price alone...

Oh yeah and Lundgren was awesomely funny to me for some reason... however where is Vin Diesel?!?!

The genre that this film is in does not suddenly make it impervious to criticism.

My point is that it could have been the same exact kind of film it set out to be but be actually a good film. Which it wasn't.

Everyone seems to excuse the film just because it is the kind of no brainer film etc...

I am not criticising it for being a no-brainer fists/bullets/bombs film, I'm saying that it's garbage, it only aims to please people like you, people who just expect bullets and fists to fly around, and a few actors they recognize.

That's the exact definition of a bad film. A film which panders to a certain audience in a way that it forgets that not everyone has spent their childhoods watching cheesy 80's action films(which I have).

By all your statements, I can conclude that most of you are agreeing that by the standards of the small small world of cheesy action films, The Expendables 2 excels.

I've never heard someone unintentionally disparage a film so well. Bravo, guys.

09-10-2012, 09:48 PM	#31
CaseyFan Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 485 Senior Member	Now you're either being a hypocrite or extremely naive. You don't go to see Expendables 2 expecting nothing and and ready to appreciate them "good or bad". This one was hardly going to be excellent. Your rant is superfluous. I go into a film expecting to be entertained in whichever way the film tries to entertain you. Period. He's only happy if he's moaning about something, so it's making him happy at least. Hardly, and I'm not moaning either. Is it possible to criticize a film without being criticized for criticizing the film in here ? I gave my reasons. I enjoyed it, I prefer the original tbh... I know what I'm getting gore and lame jokes with tons of testies thrown in for good luck. However, I'm a massive Sly fan and pretty much love most things he does... Is expendables to a great film?, no chance, Arnie is awful with his one liners with Bruce Willis... Chuck was appallingly bad acting (always been the case)... however still enjoyed it though. is it a no brainer that you go in, watch people kick hell out of each other and get a fight with Sly V's Van Damme? Come on... that's got to be the entry price alone... Oh yeah and Lundgren was awesomely funny to me for some reason... however where is Vin Diesel?!?! The genre that this film is in does not suddenly make it impervious to criticism. My point is that it could have been the same exact kind of film it set out to be but be actually a good film. Which it wasn't. Everyone seems to excuse the film just because it is the kind of no brainer film etc... I am not criticising it for being a no-brainer fists/bullets/bombs film, I'm saying that it's garbage, it only aims to please people like you, people who just expect bullets and fists to fly around, and a few actors they recognize. That's the exact definition of a bad film. A film which panders to a certain audience in a way that it forgets that not everyone has spent their childhoods watching cheesy 80's action films(which I have). By all your statements, I can conclude that most of you are agreeing that by the standards of the small small world of cheesy action films, The Expendables 2 excels. I've never heard someone unintentionally disparage a film so well. Bravo, guys.
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