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The Expendables
Mar. 30th, 2011 11:36 pmMostly because I don't want to talk about RL.
The Expendables
My first, and major, piece of praise for the Expendables is this - it failed or succeeded on its own merits, it wasn't a remake, an adaptation or a reboot. It hadn't been focus-groupped to death. More of this kind of thing, please.
I appreciate what Stallone was trying to do, and I think he walks that tightrope remarkably well. Not perfectly, don't get me wrong, but I can at least get that the intended message was, 'these are cool guys but being a mercenary is a shitty thing to be.' I also laugh and point my finger at the critics who said it was too pro-American. I think they were deliberately not watching it properly.
It wasn't perfect, not even close, but I give it points for trying.
( Spoilers )
*Dear Mr. Rourke, you'll undoubtedly do a bang-up job in your film about Gareth Thomas, but you're still to old to play him.
The Expendables
My first, and major, piece of praise for the Expendables is this - it failed or succeeded on its own merits, it wasn't a remake, an adaptation or a reboot. It hadn't been focus-groupped to death. More of this kind of thing, please.
I appreciate what Stallone was trying to do, and I think he walks that tightrope remarkably well. Not perfectly, don't get me wrong, but I can at least get that the intended message was, 'these are cool guys but being a mercenary is a shitty thing to be.' I also laugh and point my finger at the critics who said it was too pro-American. I think they were deliberately not watching it properly.
It wasn't perfect, not even close, but I give it points for trying.
( Spoilers )
*Dear Mr. Rourke, you'll undoubtedly do a bang-up job in your film about Gareth Thomas, but you're still to old to play him.
