But then I've always kind of walked to the beat of my own drummer so that shouldn't surprise anyone.
But it was Sunday and with very little interesting programming going on I decided that tuning in to Netflix would be a stellar idea. So I brought up my "I wanna watch this movie" queue and picked The Expendables 2. I had seen the first one and enjoyed it. OK, so it's not Gone With the Wind or anything like that, it's a movie that one goes to see, enjoys and most of the time, doesn't think twice about it.
I like the fact that the original had all these action stars in it so you know that there was going to be a lot of shit getting blown up and a lot of ass getting kicked. I wasn't wrong. So how could The Expendables 2 disappoint? It didn't!
If you saw the first then you know that some of the characters in there quoted some of their most famous lines...placed nicely throughout the script, it was a pleasant, self-deprecating way to look at the roles that got them their action star status.
The Expendables 2 did much of the same thing only better! More screen time for Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, a couple of cameo appearances by Chuck Norris, and Jean Claude Van Damme playing the bad guy this time around.
So here were the majorly funny parts...not just the quips mind you. In one instance Chuck Norris saves the day. Mows down 20 bad guys, takes out a tank and walks down the middle of the street to the theme music for "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly". When asked if he was the one who did all that he replies that yup, it was him. Stallone asks him to join their group and Norris tells him that he always works alone and Stallone quips "yeah, I heard you're kind of a lone wolf" and of course with all the Chuck Norris jokes out there, they had to crack one about Chuck being bit by a King Cobra to which Norris replies, "yes but after 5 pain filled days, the cobra finally died". Loved it!
And let's not forget some really great fight scenes. Jason Statham has two excellent ones and we see Jet Li in the first 10 minutes of the movie kicking a couple of guys asses with frying pans...FRYING PANS people!! But the one fight scene I wanted to see was something with Van Damme in it. He's known for his epic roundhouse kicks in which he seems to get about 6 feet off the ground and just connect with someones head and he did...twice...to Stallone's head. The dude has springloaded feet, I swear he does!!
Would I have paid to go see this in the theater...probably if I had the cash to spare but I didn't. But I did enjoy the movie quite a bit; loved the fight scenes and all the shit blowing up but I think best of all was just all the funny quips about themselves and each other. Favorite quotes came from Arnold...In the middle of a firefight, Norris pops up again and saves the day...Arnold sees who it is and quips, "who's going to show up next? Rambo?" In another, Arnold tells Bruce that "I'll be back" Bruce tells him to stay put and runs off to get the SMART car, Arnold pops his head up to provide cover fire for him and says "Yippe kay ay". And who would have thought that Arnold AND Bruce Willis could fit in a SMART car? Not me...of course Arnold quips that he "has shoes bigger than this" and they proceed to drive around in a SMART car inside the bad guys airport shooting everything that moves...funny stuff right there!
If you have Netflix, watch it...it's a great movie to pass the evening away and listening to the dialogue between all the stars is comical!
Watch it!....go...watch it!
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