THE EXPENDABLES (Sylvester Stallone, 2010)

[Kasper F. Nielsen]

The interview on Filmz that was teased earlier by Jox has now been up a little over a week

http://filmz.dk/filmz-tv-eksklusivt-the ... r-stallone

[Jox]

Thanks Kasper I didn't catch it!

Here's a funny one
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2010/ ... gren/print

Those guys' movies have been more successful than mine. I don't care about billing. I'm just glad I'm in the movie.

[Jox]

14 clips from the making of INFERNO to air tonight on Epix's Youtube channel
http://www.youtube.com/user/EPIXclips#p ... IoXPxPzW08

[Jox]

Gunnar Jensen's now has a Facebook fan page
http://www.facebook.com/pages/GUNNAR-JE ... 733?v=wall

[Dawn]

www.blockbuster.com has a poll going on his the least expendable Expendable. Check it out and be sure to vote!

http://www.blockbuster.com/poll/poll4/voteResults

[Jox]

You have to be registered I guess...

Dolph Lundgren's Hand Is Reaching Out For Yours
[...]
Many other men-of-action pop up, none of them better than Dolph Lundgren, who’s admittedly alone among the main cast in filling a role not steeped in some variation on an established persona; as the dope-addled loose cannon of the team, scarred and scraggly-haired Lundgren lurches around the screen, slurring thick-accented tough guy lines with a grimaced zeal evoking Klaus Kinski perpetually in conversation with Mean Gene Okerlund. Nobody else is quite as fun as that,

http://www.factualopinion.com/the_factu ... _love.html

[Jox]

Village Roadshow used some Dolph vs Li footage in their clips (spoilers)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiKREpvAW7c

[MFS]

Deadline.com is predicting a $17.2 million second weekend for the Expendables, based on the Saturday numbers. That is a 51% drop, which is pretty good for a movie like this, being very fandriven and therefor usually frontloaded.
http://www.deadline.com/2010/08/friday- ... sy-over-1/

[Jox]

In France it's at about 550,000 admissions and should be at 700 or 800,000 by Tuesday night. The film should easily pass 1 million admissions which is kind of like our $100 million barre...

[Krom]

Great Gunner Jensen facebook, great Inferno clips, great Box Ofiice numbers, what else? IT'S PERFECT!

[MFS]

Great Gunner Jensen facebook, great Inferno clips, great Box Ofiice numbers, what else? IT'S PERFECT!

Indeed it is. The future is looking bright for Dolph, and of course, the rest of the Expendables cast. Eagerly awaiting sequel news ...

[MFS]

$16.5 million for the second weekend, a bit less than originally projected, but still just a -52% drop, which is excellent! And The Expendables remains the Nr. 1 movie in America. http://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/ ... =34&p=.htm

[Krom]

Dolph's best moment ever! Let's pray he's back on the big screen for the future!

[preacher]

Just got back from it! Spoilers below.
On the whole I think the movie delivered. I laughed alot and the action packed a punch! And Dolph was awesome!!! A stand out. The most interesting character hands down.
Why he did not appear in the last main action sequence is a mystery. It would have been classic with him appearing out of nowhere, "back from the dead". You would think he was with the bad guys and then he saves Slys (or Jets) ass. When the big knife came through Eric Roberts I first thought it was him and then it was just Staham using Gunnars knife. What a shame.
But Dolph rocked! My friend who is not really a Dolph fan who I went with to the movie thought so too.

I agree on alot of the critisism that has been lifted about other characters being under developed. The expendables-team was kinda flat the bunch of them. Contrary to many others I actually liked Jet Li. Ok, he did not get a lot of space (why?) but the little thing about his family gave the character some heart. Which was lacking with Crews and Couture.

Austin was pure badass! Roberts was great but could have gotten more room as well. David Zayas as the general was good too. That was a good character; over the top, tragic and sentimental. Him standing up there in his tower cut off from the world was a nice theatrical image.
Gary Daniels also rocked. His final fight was the best in the movie. It took two exependables to put him down and he kept fighting with a knife in his back!

My main problem with the film was that Slys motivation for going back was not set up properly. It was all to vauge. It could easily have been avoided. Bad writing and storytelling really.
Everything was kinda underwritten/heavy edited. Sly clearly put story under action.

It may sound like I did not like the movie but that is not the case. It was a great ride with some flaws.

For the sequel I hope for a vendetta-like setup to make it more engaging. Kill off Crews and Couture in the intro and let the movie be about the rest of the team extracting revenge.

I could write an essay about this film so I am gonna stop now.

DOLPH OWNS!

[Moltisanti]

I'd be fine with them killing off Couture early in the next one to help set up whoever is the main villain(s). But in no way should they do the same with Crews. Along with Dolph, Crews is the guy who should have had more scenes in the film. He was equal parts funny and badass.

Plus I want a scene in the next one where Crews goes bonkers and fires 2 AA-12 shotguns with each hand.