Escape to the Movies: Gangster Squad

[MovieBob]

Gangster Squad

MovieBob gives us an inside look into The Untouchables Gangster Squad.

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[GenGenners]

The trailers look......generic, to say the least.

 

[Safaia]

They cut the entire movie theater scene? I thought they were just putting off the release until everything calmed down. Ugh, I wanted this to be good because I love this genre and I'm really disappointed it's a dud.

 

[PunkRex]

You know whats cool? Going into the Hobbit wondering when the hell that 'Monsterpocalypse' movie is gonna come out and not 30 seconds later seeing 'Pacific Rims' trailer, AND THEN seeing that Idris Elba's going to be in it... good times.

 

[otakon17]

Once again, I notice it. When Bob gets worked up, his accent comes to light. Damn, I had a friend that really wanted to see this too. Oh well, he probably won't mind as his taste in movies is a bit on the "Blow shit up" side.

 

[Hitchmeister]

I was hoping for a surprise. My thoughts on seeing the trailer were, "Hey. That looks like it could be interesting" followed by, "Why is it coming out in January?" I was hoping Bob would tell me it was an exception to movie release scheduling.

 

[Kitsune Hunter]

You still don't get it Bob, you didn't get flak for hating the Expendables, you got it for pretty much insulting the audience by calling them meatheads and calling those who went to see it instead of Scott Pilgrim "sheep". And you got it once again after your review of Expendables 2 by failing to acknowlegde your mistake of insulting the audience and simply believed you got hate just for hating the 1st film

 

[Lucane]

The most dramatic part of the whole movie is the one part they didn't have the balls to show.
Nice to see how we're still letting that shit stain control us.

They cut the entire movie theater scene? I thought they were just putting off the release until everything calmed down. Ugh, I wanted this to be good because I love this genre and I'm really disappointed it's a dud.

But heaven forbid they don't include that scene in literally every trailer they air on television.

{Warning random guessing that could result in an unknown spoiler of Gangster Squad}
Well there's more to the scene than the shooting likely the events tied to it have been either been removed/altered or broken up and done separately like if they needed X,Y,Z,R,I and D killed attacked so they planned to do it all at once so they invited/ made sure to do it when they were all in one place. Unless it was a random show of force to intimidate someone(s)

{Again Don't take the above to be a spoiler or not I haven't seen the film I could of fluke'd into being right I don't have a clue.}

I'm kinda surprised no one's tried to link that unfortunate event with Inglorious Basterds now that I think about. It wasn't to long ago.

 

[The Goat Tsar]

I was really hoping that Gangster Squad would be 2013's The Grey. A surprisingly good January movie that tides us over until March. Looking at the other movies coming out in January (Hansel and Gretel, The Last Stand, Broken City, etc.) it doesn't look like there will be any really good movies for a while.

 

[Markunator]

You still don't get it Bob, you didn't get flak for hating the Expendables, you got it for pretty much insulting the audience by calling them meatheads and calling those who went to see it instead of Scott Pilgrim "sheep". And you got it once again after your review of Expendables 2 by failing to acknowlegde your mistake of insulting the audience and simply believed you got hate just for hating the 1st film

Well, he does have a point. Most moviegoers are sheep - sheep who would rather watch bland, completely uncreative garbage over genuinely good, inventive films. As for the "meathead" thing, he was basically only saying that people who think the brainless, idiotic action movies of old - which The Expendables is supposed to be a throwback to - are better than the much more intelligent, well-written and well-acted action films of today (y'know, like Scott Pilgrim) are meatheads. And he wasn't wrong about that, either ...

 

[Zom-B]

With a name like "Gangster Squad" I never expected anything good, even with the cast. Seriously, Gangster Squad? What a terrible title.

 

[SlightlyEvil]

When I saw the trailer, even knowing that this movie was coming out, I saw Ryan Gosling's character and immediately thought that this was supposed to be LA Noire.

Seriously, Gosling in the suit & hat is a dead ringer for Cole Phelps. He even romances the glamorous girl for no goddamn good reason.

 

[Lucane]

The most dramatic part of the whole movie is the one part they didn't have the balls to show.
Nice to see how we're still letting that shit stain control us.

They cut the entire movie theater scene? I thought they were just putting off the release until everything calmed down. Ugh, I wanted this to be good because I love this genre and I'm really disappointed it's a dud.

But heaven forbid they don't include that scene in literally every trailer they air on television.

{Warning random guessing that could result in an unknown spoiler of Gangster Squad}
Well there's more to the scene than the shooting likely the events tied to it have been either been removed/altered or broken up and done separately like if they needed X,Y,Z,R,I and D killed attacked so they planned to do it all at once so they invited/ made sure to do it when they were all in one place. Unless it was a random show of force to intimidate someone(s)

{Again Don't take the above to be a spoiler or not I haven't seen the film I could of fluke'd into being right I don't have a clue.}

I'm kinda surprised no one's tried to link that unfortunate event with Inglorious Basterds now that I think about. It wasn't to long ago.

I'm actually certain that was the case given how prevalent the scene was in the hype.

Silly Lucane, you know shootings in movie theaters only matter when the victims are American ~_~
(Or at least not Nazis)

Oh you're right, silly me indeed.

But if that's the only qualifier then you'd think a lot more locations would be off limits in media though I guess there's an un-written grace period till you can do something similar to real life tragedies(even if it's not directly inspired by it) and Gangster Squad just came along a touch to late and way to soon at the same time.

 

[BrotherRool]

This is a silly question, but in all the trailers all the faces look a bit CGI'd to me. Is there a reason for this or am I so involved with videogames I've lost my ability to recognise the real world?

 

[Aconite333]

I only know of Nick Nolte because Rifftrax/MST3K make fun of him all the time.

 

[ZZoMBiE13]

I know what you mean about Pacific Rim. Movie looks so damn cool I can hardly wait. I don't often go to theaters. I prefer DVD/Blu Ray for a variety of reasons. But I'll be there for that one.

This is a silly question, but in all the trailers all the faces look a bit CGI'd to me. Is there a reason for this or am I so involved with videogames I've lost my ability to recognise the real world?

I don't know if you care or not, but this actually made me laugh out loud. So, you know, thanks for that.

 

[Souplex]

I'm sorry, but did you say 30 Minutes or Less wasn't good?
Or that Zombieland was better than it?
This, combined with your claim that Family Guy got better after its corpse was zombified, leaves me with no other option.
I'm revoking your opinion license.

 

[Safaia]

On an unrelated note some good things do come out in the beginning of the year. The Grey and Chronicle were both pre-March.