"The Expendables" lineup decided that this is a money-making

Hans 2022-03-17 09:01:04

Before I talk about it, I want to talk about the original design and positioning of this movie. It's actually very simple. The design was originally a gimmick. Heroes get together with macho men, which must be very attractive. Besides, they are all big box office appeals.
But this kind of big-name English-Chinese gathering has its own problems.
Let’s talk about the conflict between the logic of the film and the lineup.
First of all, the first point of logic: when a movie chooses characters, it must take into account the integrity of the character structure, that is to say, the characters in the movie must be highly representative, including representing various personalities, classes, Occupational characteristics and age span, so that the characters will look layered, and this is certain, for example: If the old people, children, women and black people in "The Walking Dead" are all muscular men, can you imagine how this film will look?
Therefore, this kind of character setting of English and Chinese macho men is not conducive to the formulation of the plot itself.
The second logical question: Usually, there are basically two protagonists in a movie, two protagonists and two protagonists, and the others are second. In this way, when the plot is expressed, the story can often be unfolded through the protagonist and the negative protagonist as the central point, and the story will naturally form two main lines.
And the protagonists of the Expendables are obviously not two, but a bunch of protagonists, all big names, all big names, no one's role can be deleted, so let's all come together. And this kind of setting directly led to the feeling that the screenwriter wanted to commit suicide. It is nonsense in itself to take into account the roles of all the stars and the integrity of the plot.
The easiest way is to let these big names melee, and for these action stars, the battle scenes can best reflect their advantages, so there are many scenes of fighting. The screen is full of various shooting scenes, especially explosion scenes, which will inevitably bring visual fatigue to the audience.
In fact, if the Expendables 123 remove the action scenes, you will find that the rest of the film is basically chatting and talking about the mountains, either on the way to the Rush, or on the way to the Rush.
In fact, think about it from another angle, do people who watch this film really care about the plot? I think there are two main factors here, the first is to support what I like obviously, I like Stallone, so no matter what, I will watch it. The second is to just watch the fun, I like hot action scenes, what the hell. In fact, as a popcorn movie, I think the Expendables did a good job, and the hot action scenes are definitely worth the ticket price, not to mention there are so many familiar big names. You can also watch it, it's just a matter of personal preference.

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The Expendables 3 quotes

  • Drummer: [piloting a helicopter in the battlefield] Drummer's in the house!

  • Galgo: [rescues Luna from a fight, serenades her] Your name is Luna, right? Luna means uh, moon. Hypnotic, mysterious, much like yourself. Would you like to hold... my gun?

    Galgo: [Luna bemusedly takes the gun] Vamonos, chica.