tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3983208605674858104.post4054263048172477052..comments2023-04-12T10:03:33.294+01:00Comments on How Much For The Ape ?: The ExpendablesMcKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17463258666998345694noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3983208605674858104.post-78884114313082124352010-11-14T00:48:06.753+00:002010-11-14T00:48:06.753+00:00I downloaded a DVD rip of this that was encoded ba...I downloaded a DVD rip of this that was encoded badly so the sound effects and music were at the correct volume (let's say a volume of 10), while the dialogue track was quiet (about 5 in comparison). As everyone in this is a "MAN" they have to talk in that Jack Bauer gruff loud whisper and so I couldn't understand 80% of the dialogue most of the actors uttered and I don't have a single clue of anything Stallone said. Plus it was also a Russian rip so the scenes in Spanish were subtitled in Russian.<br /><br />I think this was a benefit as the story was easy enough to follow (Stallone's crew are the good guys, Eric Roberts crew are the bad guys fucking over a small country) and I couldn't hear any of the dialogue so all I could make head nor tail of was the stupid, fun action sequences which were very satisfying.<br /><br />Despite the sheer stupidity of everything that unfolds the most retarded was being asked to believe that Dolph Lundgren could kick Jet Li's ass quite effortlessly. <br /><br />Better that The Losers, not as good as The A-Team.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15747700800089786957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3983208605674858104.post-84284459236246352832010-09-24T03:52:35.331+01:002010-09-24T03:52:35.331+01:00Not so much a story as a series of vignettes about...Not so much a story as a series of vignettes about absurdly macho men who aren't so much characters as pairings of characteristics: Wrestling n therapy guy; knives n girlfriend guy etc... topped with an extended fighty-fighty blowy-uppy set piece that appears to impart very little information as to why, exactly, all these people did the stuff they did. Obviously too high-brow for me: Over my head.Noyushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16821042807593222169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3983208605674858104.post-59637549683901941822010-08-29T09:50:07.835+01:002010-08-29T09:50:07.835+01:00I'd like to the thank the Academy for fooling ...I'd like to the thank the Academy for fooling Stallone into thinking he can write. Not a good film at all, but some enjoyable stuff - Dolph Lundgren having a whale of a time; Eric Roberts being cool; Jason Stetham being a pro; hat guy from Dexter painting his goons' faces; platoons of said goons being mown down. All that blood and gore made me think - is this insanse and cartoonish, or am I just used to fake bloodless hollywood shoot-outs? Is this really what happens? Only one way to find out...Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09824401113801295302noreply@blogger.com