"The Expendables 2": After the cool, I feel melancholy

Gregory 2021-10-20 17:33:38

When these muscular men finally faded out of the picture, I was a little melancholy. Yes, "The Expendables 2" is very enjoyable, but how many times have so many familiar muscle men concentrated in one movie orgy?

When Shangge Yundun took off his sunglasses, I got goose bumps all over my body. This former B-level film "superstar" who became famous in the B-level film and grew up in the B-level film, it is difficult for me not to regain the touch of the video tape; when Governor Arnold gave a simple "I am back" calmly spit out It’s hard for me to be calm; when Chuck Norris walks out slowly, it’s hard for me not to sigh... "The Expendables 2" is more like a collective nostalgia for muscle movies, or right The elegy of that tough guy film-of course I hope this is not the end. Really, this kind of seemingly hypocritical and inexplicable emotion is incomprehensible to the children who have grown up in the world of girly guns. In this world where men’s femininity and beauty are increasingly admired, this most traditional aesthetic tendency seems a bit different. Fortunately, movies like "The Expendables 2" allow us to regain our appreciation of tough guys. This is a kind of fight. Appreciation of the heart is a kind of appreciation that kills a thick bangs and a small body.

This is the reason why this movie is full of bugs and has obvious flaws in logic, and the charm is still blooming.

You can laugh at the disadvantages of their lines, and you can criticize their films as infamous or even brainless, but when you gradually discover that the actors start to stand motionlessly in front of the green screen. After calling it an "action movie", you will feel the value of movies like "The Expendables 2". When more and more young women are hung by coercion and flying around, the fist of these old men who are over 50 or even over 60 is also a force that makes people awe-inspiring. Take a look at Jason Statham, the most popular year in the film, and he still can’t squeeze into the ranks of Hollywood's first-line male stars. If you think about our more and more Kung Fu movies, you will understand this group of old men better. Why are you so desperate? Don't let the "tough guy film" really become an antique.

Of course, relying on a "The Expendables 2" or "The Expendables" series to achieve new brilliance of tough guy movies, it is undoubtedly a idiot. It is a trend to be gradually forgotten by the trend. What I hope is that this kind of movies will still have a place to survive on the screen. If there is a series of "The Expendables", whether it becomes a nursing home for the old tough guys, or digging up new tough guys, it will be a kind of special genre. I hope that in the next sequel, I can see Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson... Oh, by the way, it would be better if Clint Eastwood also showed up. Of course, if it was Stie Vin Sieg will also appear in the future, and I must be just as excited. Perhaps, in the blink of an eye, you may not be able to see them on the screen.

So, face a movie like "The Expendables 2". Do you want to analyze the editing of this movie? Do you want to evaluate the performance of the actors? Are you going to speculate on the rationality of the plot? Are you going to get some life feelings and soul chicken soup inside? Do you want to sniff out the grand idea of ​​anti-war and peace-loving? The answer is obviously not needed!

A brief evaluation of "The Expendables 2". That is one word: cool! Two words: so cool! Three words: very cool! Four words: extremely cool! N words: even cooler than the fucking "The Expendables"!

However, after the refreshment, I felt melancholy.

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The Expendables 2 quotes

  • [Lee's cell phone rings]

    Barney Ross: [mockingly] "Hello, darlin'."

    Lee Christmas: Hello, darlin'.

  • Vilain: [to Billy] Are you afraid of me?

    Bill 'The Kid' Timmons: No, I'm not.

    Vilain: You should be.

    [Hector quickly props a knife against Billy's chest and Vilain kicks it into his chest]