[CaseyFan]

Ok, ok I get your point. You want to be able to assess the movie as it is without preconceptions. Hence you would walk in to watch The Expendables 2 just as you would walk in to watch The Godfather, Freddy Got Fingered or Catwoman.

The reality is, you cannot. Arguing the opposite is pointless.

I'm not saying that it's possible to be completely devoid of preconceptions, especially when it's a sequel.

The thing is though, I don't go in the film "wanting" it to suck. I go in hoping that maybe it will be good.

Either way, it has no effect on my summation of film, I watch most things when they're out on bluray but I don't pick and choose films. If it's a film I want to see, I get it and watch it willingly.

If it is one I don't know anything about it, I just check the synopsis quickly and watch it anyway.

I don't understand what this has to do with the film.

What sort of rube sees the sequel to a movie they hated to begin with? You made this exact rant about the first movie, yet still willingly donated your money to the movie studio. Well done!

Like I said, this is not a rant. I went to watch the film and posted about it, to elicit a discussion.

Would you rather have someone rant about it without even have watched it, like a lot of people do in here ?

Why not go watch the sequel ? It's by a different director and different screenwriter and just because it's a sequel to film that I didn't like, that doesn't mean it's going to be as bad as the first one. Although, I think that in this case it did.

Still, that doesn't matter and shouldn't matter.

What you are both suggesting is extremely cynical, it's fine to go watch film with a little scepticism but when you're that cynical, you end up not watching the film at all.