david-martial-artist
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I say stupid because some people go to see this movie expecting a deep film! What will they get? nothing but disappointment.
I movie is, and supposed to be, a mindless explosive fun action blockbuster. It delivers all that you want from such a film, close combats, gun fights, explosions, etc.
The humour is funny as was the case with the other two versions. The story is more interesting than the other two, and introduces some new characters (though somewhat shallow).
Performances are fine for an action movie. I specially admire Statham's acting. Maybe the only one a little bit behind in this respect is Randy Couture, who is after all a UFC fighter.
A drawback of this movie may be its CGI effects. They could do a better job on that.
All in all, The Expendables 3 is a great action movie that will satisfy those who watch it for what it is.
My score: 6/10
I movie is, and supposed to be, a mindless explosive fun action blockbuster. It delivers all that you want from such a film, close combats, gun fights, explosions, etc.
The humour is funny as was the case with the other two versions. The story is more interesting than the other two, and introduces some new characters (though somewhat shallow).
Performances are fine for an action movie. I specially admire Statham's acting. Maybe the only one a little bit behind in this respect is Randy Couture, who is after all a UFC fighter.
A drawback of this movie may be its CGI effects. They could do a better job on that.
All in all, The Expendables 3 is a great action movie that will satisfy those who watch it for what it is.
My score: 6/10
First of all, I have to say that I haven't seen the first two movies, and I don't know if I have missed anything. But if you deem this one a autonomous movie, then I can say a few points about it.
Regarding the story, it is your everyday martial arts movie story. Our hero's brother is murdered in a tournament (firm!!!), and the hero enters the tournament and avenges his brother. I don't think I can even this review as containing a spoiler, because this kind of story has been known and predictable since the good old days of Bruce Lee.
But there are many plot holes. We don't know what's the point of the fight at the beginning of the movie. We don't know why the two police officers release Scott. and some other "we don't know"s.
Scott Adkins' acting is acceptable, though not an Al Pacino. The guy who plays his kinda fat friend, though, outdoes Scott in acting. The saucy girl who is done by Scott wasn't bad either, she was, however, casted for something else as you know, not for her acting.
Regarding the fight scenes, we have almost none of them till the middle of the movie (except for the short meaningless fight at the beginning of the film). The final fight is surely the best one in the whole movie.
All in all, it's quite an average flick, but Scott can be very higher than that. I hope he gets more picky in his choice of movies and makes better ones in the future with all the talent we know of him. Good Luck everyone. my Score: 5/10
Regarding the story, it is your everyday martial arts movie story. Our hero's brother is murdered in a tournament (firm!!!), and the hero enters the tournament and avenges his brother. I don't think I can even this review as containing a spoiler, because this kind of story has been known and predictable since the good old days of Bruce Lee.
But there are many plot holes. We don't know what's the point of the fight at the beginning of the movie. We don't know why the two police officers release Scott. and some other "we don't know"s.
Scott Adkins' acting is acceptable, though not an Al Pacino. The guy who plays his kinda fat friend, though, outdoes Scott in acting. The saucy girl who is done by Scott wasn't bad either, she was, however, casted for something else as you know, not for her acting.
Regarding the fight scenes, we have almost none of them till the middle of the movie (except for the short meaningless fight at the beginning of the film). The final fight is surely the best one in the whole movie.
All in all, it's quite an average flick, but Scott can be very higher than that. I hope he gets more picky in his choice of movies and makes better ones in the future with all the talent we know of him. Good Luck everyone. my Score: 5/10
To give a review about any Shakespearian adaptation, we must begin with the faithfulness of the movie.
This movie is completely faithful to the play and has all the major points of the plot. The dialogue is also Shakespearian and again faithful (except the parts that have to be changed because of "Prospera"). All in all, this movie conveys the spirit of Shakespeare's play.
And I loved the comic scenes with Trinculo, "King" Stephano :D and Caliban. They really made me laugh in a scene when the third meets the first two.
The only flaw is what all of us know. Why should Prospero become Prospera???!!! That is the question that can't be answered easily. That may be because the director is a woman and wants to show "Female Authority" (a term used frequently in Feminist texts). Because of this change of gender, some dialogues have to be changed too. And of course the mother/daughter relation is different from Father/daughter. That is, I believe, the only flaw in this movie (making my score 8 rather than 10).
Other than this, everything is perfect.
My Score: 8/10
This movie is completely faithful to the play and has all the major points of the plot. The dialogue is also Shakespearian and again faithful (except the parts that have to be changed because of "Prospera"). All in all, this movie conveys the spirit of Shakespeare's play.
And I loved the comic scenes with Trinculo, "King" Stephano :D and Caliban. They really made me laugh in a scene when the third meets the first two.
The only flaw is what all of us know. Why should Prospero become Prospera???!!! That is the question that can't be answered easily. That may be because the director is a woman and wants to show "Female Authority" (a term used frequently in Feminist texts). Because of this change of gender, some dialogues have to be changed too. And of course the mother/daughter relation is different from Father/daughter. That is, I believe, the only flaw in this movie (making my score 8 rather than 10).
Other than this, everything is perfect.
My Score: 8/10