Movie of the Week: The Expendables

I wasn’t expecting a masterpiece but wow.  After I left the theater, I wondered if I had ever paid to see a more poorly directed (Stallone) , written (co-written by Stallone), edited (someone Stallone punched in the eye) and acted film.  I’m still thinking.

I will say this.  The last 20-25 minutes were batshit crazy.  There may have been 100 people killed in that stretch.  It was kinda what I was expecting when news of this movie first came out.  It felt like Stallone conceived this last action set piece first – deciding how many people everyone would get to kill, variety of death, types of weapons  used – and then said to himself, “Now how do I get there?”

Movies I’m Interested in Seeing: May-August

While the list I’ve put together seems long, I’m not really that excited for most of the movies coming out this summer. Most of this list I would file under “Curious But If I Miss It, I Think I Will Survive”. The movies I really want to see are in bold.

May 21st:
MacGruber

June 4th
Get Him to the Greek

June 11th
The A-Team

June 18th:
Toy Story 3
Cyrus [limited]

July 9th
Predators
The Kids Are All Right [limited]

July 16th
Inception

July 23rd
Dinner for Schmucks

July 30th
Get Low [limited]
I Love You Phillip Morris [limited]

August 6th
The Other Guys

August 13th
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
The Expendables

August 27th
Happythankyoumoreplease [limited]

Looks like I’m going to have a lot of free time this summer.  Maybe I should finally teach myself Spanish or to play the guitar