Escape to the Movies: Centurion

[ZehGeek]

Meh, tehre was alot of stuff Expendables coulda done better, but it wasn't a horriable waste of 10$ to go see. Piranha honestly, looks like just some Jaws rip off cept more blood and gore and less story. Jaws, it balanced fear and story. Centurion looks good cause of the director's past, and the fact it's Romans. Romans are cool. Plus it looks like it'd be interesting

 

[Karathos]

People didn't complain because you critisised the Expendables.

They complained because you insulted people whio went to see it.

You see the difference between those 2 things?

Pretty much this, Bob.

This video was a bit of a return to form, but I'm still ticked that you seemed to completely miss the entire point from (most) people's comments on the last Expendables video. Other people liking something you don't like still doesn't make those other people sheep, or rednecks or whatever you might think it does.

Anyway, I live in Finland so it's going to be a while until either of these movies hit the theatres here. Might go see Centurion actually.

 

[Gigaguy64]

Meh.
I couldn't care less if you like Expendables bob.
I was just upset that you insulted people who went to see it over Scott P.
We got that point in the last "Review" loud and clear.
And i especially take offense to your use of Hunters in your "Worst Type of people" but...whatever.
Its the internet, ill get over it.

Now as for this week, ehhh.
Boobs and Lesbians may make a movie good to you but, they don't make it good for everyone.
Please remember that.
Though i love Ving Rhames.
Especially Anime Ving Rhames.

And Centurion...it looks ok.
Though i honestly never even heard of it until this week.

 

[Gxas]

He insulted, people threw a hissy.

Both at fault.

He brought it up again, people continue their hissy.

Both at fault.

You may disagree, I really don't care. But, from my view, which I tend to think is one from the outside as I was not at all insulted by the previous review, I am correct.

So if Iam insulted someone over the internet and react Iam throwing a hissy? He acted imature in sterotyping and insulting a large group of people, and got negative feedback for it, people have the right to respond to someone insulting them.

Like I said before. You are both in the wrong here. Bob for insulting, and the fans for letting it get to them.

You said it yourself, this is the internet. Why are you making such a big deal over it?

 

[FeathersMcgraw]

There is no"right" or "wrong" here this argument is far to petty to be broken down into those.This is two factions of winy bitches going at it no more and no less

There is a right and wrong,
Bob can have an opinion and that is the movie is bad,
what he cant do is use petty insults to try and reinforce his pont, thats called being a douche.

 

[dekkarax]

Wow. Just...wow.

The level of bile in this thread is staggering.

I'm not going to take sides, if everyone was more intelligent with their responses, then maybe there would be decent scope for rational discussion. Sadly, all I can see is both sides whining at the other with little regard for a coherent argument. Granted, there are a few decent posts, but they're drowned out by the sheer volume of mud throwing. And that's a damn shame.

What the hell happened to you guys?

It's simple, Bob called anyone who even liked the premise of The Expendables a moron, or something along those lines.

I know that, however, I don't think it justifies the backlash.
If it were more articulate, perhaps I'd be more understanding.

 

[fullbleed]

Watch your review of Splice, then watch your review of the expendables and this one again... You can see why I'm sad to see you acting out like this. Your older reviews contained information about the movies that allowed me to get a better grasp of what I'm about to see. Currently all I'm seeing is "Loved it, sucked, boobs, and that one guy from Inglorious Basterds."

What happened?

While I may have agreed with Bob's review of Expendables you are absolutely right. Bob is just coming off as sad loser obsessed with tits in films, he must love Sin City I mean like seriously love it.

 

[gphjr14]

I guess he's still hurt that Expendables is still doing considerably better than Scott Pilgrim.

He was spot on about Centurion though great film with plenty of action.

 

[Gxas]

He insulted, people threw a hissy.

Both at fault.

He brought it up again, people continue their hissy.

Both at fault.

You may disagree, I really don't care. But, from my view, which I tend to think is one from the outside as I was not at all insulted by the previous review, I am correct.

So if Iam insulted someone over the internet and react Iam throwing a hissy? He acted imature in sterotyping and insulting a large group of people, and got negative feedback for it, people have the right to respond to someone insulting them.

Like I said before. You are both in the wrong here. Bob for insulting, and the fans for letting it get to them.

You said it yourself, this is the internet. Why are you making such a big deal over it?

There is no"right" or "wrong" here this argument is far to petty to be broken down into those.This is two factions of winy bitches going at it no more and no less

I'm baffled! You are right. I've been incorrect this whole time. Good on you, mate. I'm passing my torch to you and washing my hands of this until next week when we see whether the two parties have gotten over themselves.

 

[Jeans44]

ok first Bob can do what ever he wants on his show. The people who are arguing aginst him are being just a big of douche bags in their arguments as him and the people suporting them and 2nd just because someone is being a jerk does not mean that right or wrong is involved. Theere is no greater morality to this argument or to what Bob said it is a flame off no more and no less as I have said.

He can do whatever he wants and insult whoever he wants but he will lose fans quickly that way, mcgraws mad because bob offended him why is that being a douche? how would you react if bob made an episode offending your taste in movies?

 

[Jeans44]

the death of escape to the movies has arrived

Yea only his "hardcore" fans will stick around after all this blows over.

 

[Shale_Dirk]

There is no"right" or "wrong" here this argument is far to petty to be broken down into those.This is two factions of winy bitches going at it no more and no less

There is a right and wrong,
Bob can have an opinion and that is the movie is bad,
what he cant do is use petty insults to try and reinforce his pont, thats called being a douche.

Actually, he can do whatever the hell he wants. He has a video review on a fairly popular website. You don't.

etc

He wasn't calling people who enjoyed or even went to see The Expendables "the worst sort of person". He was referring to dudes who are nothing but machismo and believe that 80's action movies were the pinnacle of film making. If you liked Kill Bill, or Hero, or any movie that involved kung-fu, a female protagonist, or well-choreographed fight scenes, then.. he wasn't directing that insult at you.

But that's not how it came across in the review. Now Kill Bill is one of my all time favorite films and I loved Hero as well. Yet I still felt somewhat offended by his statements and hell I'm not even a fan of 80's action.

Now if he'd started this review of with a clarification or an apology all would have been forgiven, but he didn't. He opened with a lame strawman. So people are going to keep on complaining.

That's exactly how it came across in the original review. Just because you people didn't 'get it' is not his fault; the rest of us did, and we enjoyed the candor.

Let me explain something most people learn in high school children (I'm using that term because it appears that ~80% of the people arguing against Bob can't use English above a Grade 7 level): descriptive expansion. See, descriptive expansion falls under five categories:

Comparisons
Reasons
Examples
Statistics
Testimony

Bob brought up the Expendables again because it made a good point in comparison to Piranha 3D. The 'strawmanning' (actually, comedic exaggeration, as a fellow reader put it) argument is actually quite comical to me. It's an argument that was yelled to the rafters the entire Expendables thread: "But it doesn't have to be good! Sometimes people just want to see mindless drivel featuring famous stars and explosions!". I'm not even exaggerating about this. Go to the Expendables comment thread and find several hundred comments along those lines.

Bob addresses the point, and not a single person is arguing against it any more. Isn't it interesting how fault-finders are content to just be pissy at something until it is addressed/proven wrong, and then move on to the next thing to be pissy at for no real understandable reason? I call it the Fox News loophole.

 

[Darks63]

Still wont see pirahna due to it being a remake of a bad 80s horror flick. I refuse to reward lazy writing in hollywood currently were they take something old and obscure and just update to now times and tack on some 3-d to it.

 

[Jeans44]

I would go onto a chat forum and type 1000 comments on how big of a dick I think Movie Bob is for insulting me(Sarcasm) Really I would either A.(Laught) B.(laugh an stop watching his reviews) or C.(stop watching his reviews depending on how funny,bitting and effective his critism is.

Yes, the bad thing for bob is most people are taking B. or C., I may watch his reviews agian when him and everybody else forget about the expendables.

 

[Poomanchu745]

Honestly though people...can't you see taht Bob along with other people in this world have become a little annoyed with the IQ of the general public and their taste in shitty shit? Im not really sure his critique of the Expendables fans isn't more about society in general. I mean, reality TV and movies like Twilight are what makes money because masses of people go to see it. It is brainless hogwash that is collectively lowering society's IQ.

It is fine that the stuff is out there, but it is depressing so many people actually LIKE IT. Who cares if u liked the Expendables? No problem in watching shit blow up for 2 hours. But the fact that all of the collective shit out there is what makes money is not a good sign for humanity...