or, Silly Movies I Have Watched. :-)
The Expendables 2 got a recent viewing. Bigger, sillier, still with Stallone and Dolph Lundgren and with van Damn, Schwartzenegger and Willis with more than cameo roles, and with by-god Chuck Norris. Lots of bodies blowing apart in bloody but unrealistic splashes. Good for what it is, which is basically live-action cartoon violence by the folks who brought in most of the male box-office take for about 15 years, plus several current action stars like Jason Statham and Terry Crews, who has been in a variety of less-serious but fun roles.
A very enjoyable 3/5 stars.
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil was even sillier than The Expendables 2, but it's meant to be. A dark comedy filled with cartoonish death, this sometimes surprisingly well-acted comedy stars Tyler Labine and veteran Alan Tudyk (of Firefly and A Knight's Tale) as hillbillies who are taken as psychotic killers by a group of camping college students. I'd never seen Tyler Labine in anything previously, but he is superb as a sweet-natured good ole' boy with a eidetic memory, and Tudyk is probably one of the better actors of our time.
I'm not a big fan of the horror satire genre, but this is about as good as a low-budget movie of its type can be. Another "strong for its grade" 3/5 stars.
The Expendables 2 got a recent viewing. Bigger, sillier, still with Stallone and Dolph Lundgren and with van Damn, Schwartzenegger and Willis with more than cameo roles, and with by-god Chuck Norris. Lots of bodies blowing apart in bloody but unrealistic splashes. Good for what it is, which is basically live-action cartoon violence by the folks who brought in most of the male box-office take for about 15 years, plus several current action stars like Jason Statham and Terry Crews, who has been in a variety of less-serious but fun roles.
A very enjoyable 3/5 stars.
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil was even sillier than The Expendables 2, but it's meant to be. A dark comedy filled with cartoonish death, this sometimes surprisingly well-acted comedy stars Tyler Labine and veteran Alan Tudyk (of Firefly and A Knight's Tale) as hillbillies who are taken as psychotic killers by a group of camping college students. I'd never seen Tyler Labine in anything previously, but he is superb as a sweet-natured good ole' boy with a eidetic memory, and Tudyk is probably one of the better actors of our time.
I'm not a big fan of the horror satire genre, but this is about as good as a low-budget movie of its type can be. Another "strong for its grade" 3/5 stars.
2 comments:
LOL, guess I'll 'waste' the money on Expendables 2 :-)
Well, if you enjoy it, it's probably not a waste. :-)
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