Just to begin out I want to say that I fully enjoyed the movie. So people who go all hate on it might want to skip this... OR better yet read it and maybe I can help you see the movie in a different light ;)
For the starters the whole PG-13 fuss on the web a bit ruined the movie for me. Why? Because since I KNEW that it is PG-13 I was involuntary just looking for the "no-blood", "no-gore". But truthfully if I hadn't been influenced by all the PG-13 anti-hype I would not really have noticed much difference. Because truth be told it looked all together, and how often do you really pay attention to how many drops of blood does bad guy drop when he is shot and stuff like that if it is not the prime purpose of the movie. In some movies it is a major point to make the scene more epic first that comes in to my mind: Kill Bill that scene where blood is squirting all over when you cut a head off... but it is not the case in this movie.
In general the movie was all that I expected from it. It had action all the way. Macho jokes all the way. Grampa jokes all the way. It follows the track that they started in the Expendables 2. If the first expendables movie they tried to keep it more or less serious, they go all out on jokes in this one like the 2nd. But tell you what, if you actually know their background and where they come from, how they were at the peak of the glory and now that they know they are not there any more well you laugh with them... I think that is the main idea of their grampa jokes. Not to laugh about the joke itself but just to laugh with the guys on screen. And of course macho jokes - they are macho jokes. If you don't find bada*s jokes funny or entertaining - it is the not the movie for you.
To people who say that there is no action in the movie, well all I can say is - I don't know what you were doing during the movie, but it barely had anything but action. Of course if you are expecting that nerve-wrecking action that you don't know how it will turn out then it is not that type of action. But nothing else can be expected - we all know that they will kill all the bad guys and come through unharmed. I think that is pretty much clear before the movie even starts. But otherwise it is action packed.
About the acting and actors. The acting seemed solid. You didn't have the feeling that the actors didn't care what they are doing at the moment, which is the main thing for me (think Cpt. America 2 - just had the feeling they didn't care at all what they are doing). And of course seeing all the old dogs on the screen and that closeup of Stallone's face when he's doing his intense run... exactly what one might expect from this movie. Gibson was really good in a villain role. Banderas was absolutely ridiculous and the whole auditorium was cracking up...
Of course you don't get all that much bonding with the "new crew", but seriously people are going for the movie because of the oldies and the new team is there just to put some fresh blood and do some action scenes that the old guys can't pull off any more.
About the general plot: well, there is a plot of course. But it is what one might expect - discover bad guy, kill bad guy. The small details and inconsistencies. Well that's something that one has to live with in these movies. The small details of the plot are secondary. But in reality - when you really think about plots in most of the movies - they never really make any sense. So this is no different. Main plot idea: Be bada*s, blow stuff up.
So all in all: I got what I expected and I am happy for that - left the cinema with a smile on my face. For people who want to see it: If you want chill, laid back no-brainer movie which you can just enjoy as it is - I fully recommend it. Just take into the account what is movie about and how it is presented and intended and then you will enjoy it.
For the starters the whole PG-13 fuss on the web a bit ruined the movie for me. Why? Because since I KNEW that it is PG-13 I was involuntary just looking for the "no-blood", "no-gore". But truthfully if I hadn't been influenced by all the PG-13 anti-hype I would not really have noticed much difference. Because truth be told it looked all together, and how often do you really pay attention to how many drops of blood does bad guy drop when he is shot and stuff like that if it is not the prime purpose of the movie. In some movies it is a major point to make the scene more epic first that comes in to my mind: Kill Bill that scene where blood is squirting all over when you cut a head off... but it is not the case in this movie.
In general the movie was all that I expected from it. It had action all the way. Macho jokes all the way. Grampa jokes all the way. It follows the track that they started in the Expendables 2. If the first expendables movie they tried to keep it more or less serious, they go all out on jokes in this one like the 2nd. But tell you what, if you actually know their background and where they come from, how they were at the peak of the glory and now that they know they are not there any more well you laugh with them... I think that is the main idea of their grampa jokes. Not to laugh about the joke itself but just to laugh with the guys on screen. And of course macho jokes - they are macho jokes. If you don't find bada*s jokes funny or entertaining - it is the not the movie for you.
To people who say that there is no action in the movie, well all I can say is - I don't know what you were doing during the movie, but it barely had anything but action. Of course if you are expecting that nerve-wrecking action that you don't know how it will turn out then it is not that type of action. But nothing else can be expected - we all know that they will kill all the bad guys and come through unharmed. I think that is pretty much clear before the movie even starts. But otherwise it is action packed.
About the acting and actors. The acting seemed solid. You didn't have the feeling that the actors didn't care what they are doing at the moment, which is the main thing for me (think Cpt. America 2 - just had the feeling they didn't care at all what they are doing). And of course seeing all the old dogs on the screen and that closeup of Stallone's face when he's doing his intense run... exactly what one might expect from this movie. Gibson was really good in a villain role. Banderas was absolutely ridiculous and the whole auditorium was cracking up...
Of course you don't get all that much bonding with the "new crew", but seriously people are going for the movie because of the oldies and the new team is there just to put some fresh blood and do some action scenes that the old guys can't pull off any more.
About the general plot: well, there is a plot of course. But it is what one might expect - discover bad guy, kill bad guy. The small details and inconsistencies. Well that's something that one has to live with in these movies. The small details of the plot are secondary. But in reality - when you really think about plots in most of the movies - they never really make any sense. So this is no different. Main plot idea: Be bada*s, blow stuff up.
So all in all: I got what I expected and I am happy for that - left the cinema with a smile on my face. For people who want to see it: If you want chill, laid back no-brainer movie which you can just enjoy as it is - I fully recommend it. Just take into the account what is movie about and how it is presented and intended and then you will enjoy it.
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