THE EXPENDABLES 2 (Simon West, 2012)

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Xbox Live sneek speak

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Director Simon West on EX2 being R-rated:
http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/exclusi ... kDaily.com

http://screenrant.com/simon-west-expendables-2-rating/

“['The Expendables 2' is] a very hard R, actually. The rumor got out — I’m sure there were some financial people who wanted it to be PG-13 because they thought it would somehow make more money or have a broader audience, but there was no way. I mean, when you get these guys on the set, they can’t say a line without putting the F-bomb in it, and they can’t pick up a gun without blowing several limbs off.”

West’s reference to miscellaneous “financial people” kind of comes off as back-peddling in disguise, similar to when Stallone dismissed the PG-13 Rating story as the result of “odd rumors and hearsay” (as opposed to… well, himself). The online backlash to that idea could’ve conceivably given the film’s backers reason to pause and reconsider an R-Rating for Expendables 2 – even after Sly had already gone into damage control mode.

All things considered, though, few people probably care about why Expendables 2 is now being trumped up as a surefire R-Rated affair – so long as what West is saying (see below) actually pans out:

“There was no way this film could ever work other than an R, because that’s just not what it is, and I think the core audience that loved the first one would just be outraged if it wasn’t an R. It would be so sanitized, and such a weird version of it. I can’t see how it could ever be PG-13. There was a rumor out there or some pressure out there because somebody thought they would somehow make it a family movie. It’s more a dysfunctional family movie.”

[Jox]

Sounds that Dolph has equal screen time or more than Statham.

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German spot

[Mosquito]

Statham's German voice sucks. Good that they've gotten all the familiar voices for the others.

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Trailer music

[shooby]

Ah, Immediate Music, great sounds !

[Jox]

Rumor now has it that Mel Gibson will be in THE EXPENDABLES 3 (but coming from tabloids such as Daily Mail etc that is of course to take with a pinch of salt)...

[dolphage]

The music is perfect. Simple and powerful, doesn't steal the attention with a lot of (high string) melodies, just keeps repeating the chord progression over a pumping, merciless beat.

As for Mel Gibon in Ex3... I'd rather not, he needs a longer time out before they let him back in to Hollywood. He's been a naughty boy. They should ask Kurt Russel again, maybe he changed his mind after the success of the first one...

[GeneralMcFaiL]

Sounds that Dolph has equal screen time or more than Statham.

Would make sense he was one of the more popular guys with the audience from the first one.

[Jox]

The music is perfect. Simple and powerful, doesn't steal the attention with a lot of (high string) melodies, just keeps repeating the chord progression over a pumping, merciless beat.

Here is another one


The score was recorded in June in Bratislava (Slovakia). Here is an interview with composer Brian Tyler talking about sync problems on EX2 among others

[dolphage]

Great youtube vids! I love hearing about this stuff!

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South Korean poster

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According to Worldwide FX's Facebook page, the VFX (visual effets) were just locked on July 8th with over 1,500 shots in the can (the first one had 1,200).