tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post2066320289628337809..comments2024-03-27T15:16:57.305-05:00Comments on F This Movie!: Heavy Action: Escape PlanPatrick Bromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00771837625286775607noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-79497652009525664862013-11-09T10:20:38.794-06:002013-11-09T10:20:38.794-06:00I enjoyed the movie, mostly because there's a ...I enjoyed the movie, mostly because there's a lot of Schwarzenegger making UAHH sounds which always amuses me, but by the end I felt kind of let down. The climax was kind of not there. We didn't even get a good bad one liner.<br /><br />And Jim Caviezel was just embarassing. Whenever actors make those kinds of choices (like the weird cleaning his suit thing) it feels like a cheap trick instead of actual acting. Reminded me of the villain in Die Hard 5.Rikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04205172953473507574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-87328264598074959592013-11-04T22:24:47.009-06:002013-11-04T22:24:47.009-06:00This is somewhat disappointing to hear. I didn...This is somewhat disappointing to hear. I didn't expect greatness, but hoped to have a whole lot of fun. That's what I got with Last Stand and Bullet to the Head; knowing that you enjoy those but only recommend this for Redbox sucks.<br /><br />I always try to remind myself of a couple of things before any movie I watch: 1) how the late great Roger Ebert always said "it's not so much what a movie is about as HOW it is about it" and 2) It is what it is, not what we want it to be. Sadly, it sound like what this is, is kinda boring, and boringly so. I will check it out come Redbox time. <br /><br />Thanks, Patrick.Albert Mullernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-74507162746064415632013-11-04T17:10:18.759-06:002013-11-04T17:10:18.759-06:00Yes. It would have been nice to have more action i...Yes. It would have been nice to have more action in this action movie. Love the weapons storage idea.<br /><br />I really want both Arnold and Stallone to make more movies, so I'm sad when these don't make any money. But I also want their movies to better.<br /><br />At least I can still look forward to <i>Sabotage</i>, which will team Arnold with JAKE SULLY.Patrick Bromleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00771837625286775607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-17616950889740012772013-11-04T15:39:57.882-06:002013-11-04T15:39:57.882-06:00I agree with you about a lot of the movie but I th...I agree with you about a lot of the movie but I think Stallone is kind of funny in a Vin Diesel way. He's so square and self-serious that I think it makes some of his line deliveries (un)intentionally funny. For example, when they were giving the guards nicknames or when he said the prison food was disgusting etc.Adam Riskehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01165600746796326821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-82239114158353105722013-11-04T15:12:47.530-06:002013-11-04T15:12:47.530-06:00Patrick your review on Escape Plan sums it all up ...Patrick your review on Escape Plan sums it all up perfectly. I think the best thing this movie could have done is get to the part where Arnold is screaming in German THEN they enact there- what's it called- oh right an attempt to flee their incarcerated situation. Then when they try to do their plan things get screwed up they knock out a guard who happens to have access to the prison's weapons storage and well you know the rest.<br /><br />I think Arnie and Sly still got it but they need to find some better scripts, hell strictly on a visual level Escape Plan isn't too bad, I could tell what was going on you know when stuff finally happened. Fortunately since The Expendables movies do so well ( foreign numbers are real high on them) Arnold and Sly have a few more shots at getting back in before Hollywood ships them off to "the home".Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01113718068790634277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-820006416800299422013-11-04T13:55:18.467-06:002013-11-04T13:55:18.467-06:00Hm, interesting. I agree that there were some good...Hm, interesting. I agree that there were some good moments and an effectively somber mood in the first half of <i>EX1</i>, especially Rourke's monologue about the woman on the bridge, before it all descended into cartoonish, badly-directed anarchic violence. Thing is, I'm just not at all sure that kind of mood can be effectively sustained for a whole movie, because these guys are, after all, a bunch of psychopaths who answer only to themselves, and wreak horrific slaughter (not to mention thousands of weapons-related customs violations) everywhere they go, and the notion that the US, or any civilized country, would just let them walk around free on their days off is appalling. These characters can't ever stop slaughtering people, because then there'd be no movie, so the only dramatic arc available is that they don't really want to do a particular dirty job until they're guilted or revenge-fueled into it... and even then, they're still not "good" guys, just "less bad than horrible" guys. I don't <i>want</i> to care about them; I just want to be entertained by them.<br /><br />Ergo, I think action-farce-cartoon is the only way to go with those movies, and I think director Simon West got that. (... And, Holy cow, Wikipedia says West directed Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" music video!)Gaithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07025861553487915665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-57401492972204290532013-11-04T13:10:30.234-06:002013-11-04T13:10:30.234-06:00It's safe to come back now. DON'T BE SCARE...It's safe to come back now. DON'T BE SCARED. And no worries about sitting out SMM, as long as you promise to always come back!<br /><br /><i>Escape Plan</i> is not the worst. I just wanted it to be THE BEST. And it's not very good. At home on Redbox with lowered expectations? You should be fine.<br /><br />I need to revisit <i>Expendables 2</i>, as I haven't seen it since opening day. Some of the jokiness is what put me off; I actually rethought the first movie and appreciated that they basically played it straight. But there were certainly things to like -- JCVD was THE BOMB and Dolph Lundgren was fun, plus some of the action was cool. I think I felt let down because the first movie seemed like a whiffed opportunity, and I was just SURE they were going to learn their lesson and fix all the problems for the second one. And I don't think they did. Having said that, I'll be there on Day One for <i>Expendables 3</i>, because I am an addict.<br /><br />Patrick Bromleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00771837625286775607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-63100058633877684422013-11-04T13:02:09.654-06:002013-11-04T13:02:09.654-06:00Is #ScaryMovieMonth over? Is it safe to come back ...Is #ScaryMovieMonth over? Is it safe to come back to F! This Movie? at last No offense to anyone intended, but I'm simply not a horror guy... the Goppers I see on <i>The Daily Show</i> provide plenty enough chills already, thanks.<br /><br />Anyhow, I'm disappointed that you're disappointed in this, Patrick, as I was looking forward to Redboxing it at some point - and will still likely do so, but more warily now. Though I gotta say, I'm a bit puzzled on how down you are on <i>The Expendables 2</i>; I thought it had all the inventive, well-produced action and nonstop campy tone (sometimes intentionally, sometimes not) I think we both faulted the first for not having nearly enough of. Sure, it loses some points for employing that jerk-off Norris, but I still had an overall blast with it.Gaithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07025861553487915665noreply@blogger.com