Expendables III : Update Teaser included

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  1. Anthony

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    Jackie Chan has signed on For Expendables 3
     
  2. Rich ´Money´ Mustard

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    Franchise now ruined.
     
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    the second one really sucked
     
  4. Rich ´Money´ Mustard

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    Really??
    I think it's better than 1.

    Sure, it's corny-as-hell, but entertaining nevertheless.
     
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    it was cringe worthy
    scenes with Chuck Norris and Arnold made me embarrassed that i was even watching
     
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    Agreed. 1 took itself way too seriously, 2 was more aware of how stupid the movie actually was. Also, in 2 you could actually see what was happening, the action scenes of 1 were mere blur
     
  7. Anthony

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    I thought both were fun.
     
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    Is Steven Seagal finally going to be in one of these films?
     
  9. Rich ´Money´ Mustard

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    Seagal's inclusion could actually make III worth-watching...
     
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    Agreed, Chuck Norris, Arnold and Willis getting in on the fighting really made the movie feel too corny. Then Willis and Sly start out looking like enemies and later seem all chummy and stuff. Not looking forward to the third installment.
     
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    Then dont watch it. But i bet you will.
     
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    Two was better only because it didn't take itself as seriously but they both suck. There is mindless action which is fine and there is the expendables which is just way way over the top unrealistic. I mean I don't mind seeing Arnold in commando kicking everyone's ass but I mean if you actually tally up the death toll numbers in both expendables it would look like this.

    Good guys dead : 1

    Bad guys dead 7,472,497 million trillion billion thousand millions
     
  13. Anthony

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    You saw what one guy could do (Arnold in Commando) Well imagine all of the other guys combined and that number is not out of the realm of possibility with regards to action movies.
     
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    Yes, I am sure they were going for realism.
     
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    I know they weren't going for realism but it was way way way over the top too unrealistic. To me it felt like watching say 5 navy seals invade China and win. Mindless action is fine but it got to a point where I just couldn't find entertainment in it.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a0L3Z1A-RM

    (Can't embed. Deal with it)

    This video right here IS expendables before there were expendables. Except it's a comedy. Expendables is an action movie.
     
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    Jeez man why you always defending every film like you wrote them shits. The overall film is corny as hell, but I do thoroughly enjoy the way both films had the little segments were everyone is kicking ass at the same time. Part 1 IMO was much better than 2 because it was less corny. 2 was just a bit too corny. I mean certain scenes were cool, but the airport scene with Willis and Ahnold in a baggage cart shooting up everyone and Chuck Norris with his school girl voice trying to sound tough just had me rolling my eyes. I probably will catch the third installment, but it's more out of curiosity than expectant excitement and like I said I'm not looking forward to it. They could cancel part three next week and I wouldn't even blink.
     
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    The movie is what it is. It's not fucking poetry, it's rock and roll.
     
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    And I understand that, but here's the thing, I take todays action films the same way I took 80's action flicks like Rambo, Predator...hell even Tango and Cash. Somehow these Expendable movies just aren't in the same class as those past films. There's something missing and I think that something is heart and character.

    Today's action films are getting away from what made the past films special and what made them special was the charisma of the action stars back then. Whether it was Arnold, Stallone, Willis or even Kurt Russel for a moment in T&C you not only cared about what these guys had to say but you looked forward to it and you enjoyed it when it happened. With these Expendable films (and the last Rambo film too) they completely took out the heart and charasma of the character and focused on the blood and guts, and action scenes and now whenever anyone talks in these films you find it annoying, boring, or pointless. Basically the dialogue sucks, which makes sitting through the entire film pointless when you can just fast forward to what unfortunately is now the heart of these films...the action sequences. And what's really funny about that is you have all of the most charasmatic action stars on the same screen and not one of them has anything interesting to say.
     
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    II was better than 1 and with Jackie Chan in III it'll be the best yet.
     
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    Wesley Snipes just joined III. Also, sly is trying to get Mel Gibson to direct and also be a part of the cast.
     
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    sa,me thing happened to the die hard franchise, the first 3 were great but the last two sucked for the reasons you listed.
     
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    Die hard 4 was terrific.
     
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    it is a decent action movie, but not a real Die Hard movie.
     
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    Well after years of killing, one gets kind of good at it. John McClane has become a badass with tons of experience. So of course he will be more of the aggressor and less of the victim. Plus they took his daughter.
     
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    I still haven't bothered to watch Expendables II mainly because the first one wasn't much of my liking. I still might catch it when it airs on HBO or STARZ if I am in the mood...mainly because it is corny which makes it more digestable than the first one.
     
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    Mel Gibson confirmed for Expendables III as the main villain.
     
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    Bruce Willis is out and Harrison Ford has been added to the cast.
     
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    Stallone should cast CGI Bruce Lee as well.
     
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    cool idea.

    die hard 4 sucks ass anthony.
     
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    Agreed. The only good one was the first.
     

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