Escape to the Movies: The Expendables

[gjendemsjo]

Same problem with this review as almost every game overthinker episode(Complex issues and Build a better gamer are the only good ones). He stereotypes everything and starts trolling about stuff that wasn't necesserarily(typo?) bad, but that he didn't like. He makes cheap excuses to get away with not explaining why he didn't like it. Seriously though, there's no reason to insult people who enjoyed a movie you didn't Bob.

 

[Outcast107]

just because it's a professional review doesn't mean he can't have fun and also entertain his viewers (hell, Peter Travers is kinda the same way; when he hates a movie he REAAAAALLY has fun with it)

Did you decide to miss the point of my last post because, I'm pretty sure I made my position clear that what I hate wasn't comedy, it was the said reviewer whining and railing against frat boys and frat boy comedy while using said comedy to get laughs in his reviews.

For the record though, this wasn't a review. This was a ranting whinefest that doesn't even reach the level of the usual "comedy" I expect from Bob. It wasn't a review, a review actually discusses the movie. Bob spent far more time making ad hominem attacks on it and anyone who even thought the idea of the movie would be fun, much less went to see it. Oh yes, and there was more griping about Scott Pilgrim. You can see his bias clearly in the review.

Hypocrisy, I'm talking about hypocrisy. You're angry that anyone dared suggest that Bob is a fan of boobsploitation.

and quite frankly it's impossible for you to try and take the piss out of Bob

I don't recall ever assuming that Bob would even read my comments when this thread alone has around 900 posts and his inbox is probably chock full of even more hate mail.

when he's already taken the piss out of himself so much.

Self-deprecating humor every now and then does not stop someone from falling into the douchebag demographic. Especially not when they enjoy masturbating to a live audience over pictures of Angelina Jolie.

So, NO, YOU ARE WRONG.

NO, YOU ARE WRONG! (sarcasm is implied), does dropping this to the level of a third grader screaming match make you feel better?

Anyway, the sum I'm wrong of your logic is that because Bob likes to take the piss out of himself every now and then with self-deprecating humor, I'm wrong about him? How does that make any sense? The world isn't that black and white and you can't prove someone wrong by just screaming into the void.

You need concrete reasons. Try again.

He is NOT part of that douchebag demographic

Yes, he is.

you so WANT him to be a part of just so your beloved opinion is somehow validated.

You've already validated my opinion by responding to it.

But since you're logic has devolved to a third grade level, I will end this with the same level of witty repartee.

"Aww, gee Aiddon, if you love him so much, why don't ya just marry him?"

+1 for everything you said nightwolf

 

[Starke]

Data East Arcade Collection.AWESOME
It's funny he's Talking about Gore in Rambo when spoiler Rambo doesn't actually kill anyone in that film.

EDIT: OOOOH THAT RAMBO! Bet he wishes the Expendables crashed as hard as that film did.

Um, dude, yes, Rambo kills a ton of people in the latest Rambo flick, titled simply enough, "Rambo". Maybe you got confused and thought he was referring to the original, which is actually called "First Blood". Way to not pay proper attention!

Seeing as the original film was only titled "First Blood" for it's theatrical release, and seeing as that was in 1982, it's understandable that someone would accidentally refer to it by the title it was dubbed with once it started airing on TV, but seeing your spotless record with quote tags, you'll have to forgive us mere mortals, we do, from time to time, make errors, unlike you.

 

[Outcast107]

And people are surprise by the fighting going on in this thread? HA! and i'll say it again HA! They should have been here for the fighting in the Blizzard vs Relic thread. That was a awesome battle that was 50x more savage then this. We lost a lot of good men that day.

*Goes on a ramble about how it was back in the day.* Also in that thread the number of pages were in the thousands!

 

[William Dickbringer]

I'm so sick and tired of all this hatred on each other and against movie bob just because he hated a movie. So what? I liked movies that he's hated and I've hated movies he's liked. It's to each his own. I don't watch his show because I want him to re-assure my opinion. I watch his show because whether I agree with him or not his comments are usually insightful (when given the proper movie to analyze). Can we just stop with all this insecurity because one critic bashed your movie. I have a feeling it wouldn't matter so much to people if the Expendables wasn't also getting generally bad reviews from a lot of other critics.

Seriously, see both and decide what you like. You may like the Expendables and hate Scott Pilgrim and because of this you might get a lot of flak from a bunch of movie buffs telling you you're stupid. But why should you care? I love movies with the same passion as Moviebob so I'm not afraid to admit that I enjoyed "Legion" and "Repo Men" while I also didn't like "Invictus" and "Crazy Heart". It's an opinion guys. Don't star raising pitchforks over it.

it's people like you that give me hope of the internet although I did think it was unnecessary for him to insult who saw and liked the movie

 

[Dertysan]

Totally agree with MovieBob ? this film is %^%&&@ $%^&!

Too bad I gave my money for it to be sure. So "planet" is not so bad ? it's just curious

 

[angelrubio]

Well I was definately dissapointed. I wasn't expecting a story telling master piece but I was at least expecting a gory specticale, but no their wasn't the over the top gore. Even if there was allot of gore to be seen it would have been fucked up by the camera that shook so much that for example during that scene in the catacombs I didn't even see Li and Couture enter the damn fight until it flashed their faces for .5 seconds, and the fights I really wanted to see like with Austin and Stallone was almost impossible to watch with the camera jump cutting around.

yup that sums it for me, i'll go NOT watch it

 

[RTR]

Apparently, I'm the only one who can respect and more or less agree with Bob's opinion. I watched the movie and I walked out of the theater like "That was cool", but on retrospect...yeah it's kinda sucks.

Damn, so much hate. Bob must've hit a landmark for most hate comments for a video. I don't think Yahtzee gets this much feedback. He should get an award or something.

 

[Diver Down]

Moviebob, I have finally had it with your pretentious nerd-rage. You think the average moviegoer is a mindless sheep for enjoying a mindless explosionfest while your beloved Scott Pilgrim took fifth on opening weekend. You seem utterly convinced that you're in the right and anyone who disagrees with you is a horrible, ignorant excuse of a person who can go screw themselves.

Grow up, jackass. This is the last review of yours I'm watching.

I saw Scott Pilgrim. And it sucked.

Dude, f*ck you. He can say he's right on his own video. Usually people watch a movie critic if they agree with their opinions, or have similar tastes. Obviously you don't agree with him, so stop b*tching about it you wart on the @ss of society.

If you think Scott Pilgrim sucked, you evidently have no idea what makes a movie good.

Or he has an opinion. Besides, he didn't even say that he disagreed with Bob's Expendables review, he said he didn't appreciate being insulted and treated as if his opinion didn't matter.

I also didn't say anything about him disagreeing with Bob's Expendables Review. I know he has an opinion, but according to his post, it isn't anything like Bob's when it comes to movies. So why does he need to fly off the handle at Bob? Bob didn't make "Undead Dragon King" watch his reviews.

Because, as I mentioned in my previous post, Bob directly insulted people who went to see The Expendables. I (and I imagine him too) don't have a problem with somebody disagreeing with my opinion, I ]do[/i] have a problem with being told that because of my opinion I am, "the worst kind of person."

Go lay down.

And reported. You could at least try to make it less obvious that all you're doing is insulting people.

Nice bro. You're just like me, you pussy. You're just a troll, looking for someone to disagree with. You're no better than anyone else on the Internet.

No, I'm not like you. I'm actually discussing the video, rather than throwing mindless insults.

But thanks for admitting you're a troll.

The only discussing you're doing is defending "Undead Dragon King" and using that as your excuse to argue with me, you dumbshit. Shut up, you moronic degenerate.

 

[RTR]

I don't think you've seen his review of Jennifer's Body.
Short version: he only makes boobs/hot girl jokes when he considers the actress/model interesting and/or talented.

 

[Sylveria]

This has basically nothing to do with anything but I would like to post a slight except from one of Bob's fans on a thread from another movie reviewer.

J-Dude wrote, "Heh. I've got nothing to say to you, bub. MovieBob disagrees with you. Game over. While I respect the {names removed}, Robert "MovieBob" Chipman is still the end-all movie critic. He transcends all, and so I have learned from him.

The films you so foolishly dismiss, are easily among the greatest go-for-broke masterpieces of the last few years. I can only imagine the genius required to achieve such madness. They are as much art as any films these days CAN be. I will argue this with you no more. There is no need.

Go on, continue your meaningless squabble in non-understanding. For this is the land of the blind, and here, the one-eyed man rules supreme, even if they can't see it. I have been privileged to share what it is to SEE...truly SEE..."

Yep.. nice little cultist Bob has spawned. This is really concerning stuff.And lets all remember.. Bob recommended seeing The Last Airbender.. so.. yeah..

 

[Starke]

I don't think you've seen his review of Jennifer's Body.
Short version: he only makes boobs/hot girl jokes when he considers the actress/model interesting and/or talented. hot.

He's said repeatedly that his only real gripe with Megan Fox is that he doesn't find her attractive.

 

[Chris Vician]

Data East Arcade Collection.AWESOME
It's funny he's Talking about Gore in Rambo when spoiler Rambo doesn't actually kill anyone in that film.

EDIT: OOOOH THAT RAMBO! Bet he wishes the Expendables crashed as hard as that film did.

Now THAT's Nerd Rage. Kick 'em in the teeth, Bob

Now THAT's a tribute! Classic man

yea that sound less like a review and more a nerd rage.

and he was wrong about there being no blood, a guy gets ripped in half in the first scene for crying out loud

 

[nightwolf667]

This has basically nothing to do with anything but I would like to post a slight except from one of Bob's fans on a thread from another movie reviewer.

J-Dude wrote, "Heh. I've got nothing to say to you, bub. MovieBob disagrees with you. Game over. While I respect the {names removed}, Robert "MovieBob" Chipman is still the end-all movie critic. He transcends all, and so I have learned from him.

The films you so foolishly dismiss, are easily among the greatest go-for-broke masterpieces of the last few years. I can only imagine the genius required to achieve such madness. They are as much art as any films these days CAN be. I will argue this with you no more. There is no need.

Go on, continue your meaningless squabble in non-understanding. For this is the land of the blind, and here, the one-eyed man rules supreme, even if they can't see it. I have been privileged to share what it is to SEE...truly SEE..."

Yep.. nice little cultist Bob has spawned. This is really concerning stuff.And lets all remember.. Bob recommended seeing The Last Airbender.. so.. yeah..

Wow, that's just... wow. If that's the real deal then... huh... I don't think I have anything to say, just the sound of my jaw hitting the floor and letting the flies wander in. And Bob talks about the douchebag demographic as sheeple. Huh.

 

[RTR]

I don't think you've seen his review of Jennifer's Body.
Short version: he only makes boobs/hot girl jokes when he considers the actress/model interesting and/or talented. hot.

He's said repeatedly that his only real gripe with Megan Fox is that he doesn't find her attractive.

What are you talking about? He said that she's a boring and untalented and she's just an actress because so many people think she's hot, which Bob doesn't think so.

 

[SkullCap]

Moviebob, your not going to read this, you and I both know this. I feel compelled to tell you this because of the responses your review has created. You of all people should know that reviews are subjective. In your "Knight and Day" review you described why critics loved to see new things, b/c your sick and tired of seeing the same thing over and over again. That's great, perfectly understandable. However several problems in your past reviews show a strong sense of misunderstanding.

In your Book of Eli review you focused on how "trite" the premise was because it carried what you think strong Christian overtones are. The entire review was spent belittling the Christian faith by your use of Veggie Tales and Left Behind imagery, with "preachy" being constantly brought up. It was no longer a movie review, but a rant against a religion. You followed up in your Legion review how you mentioned the flack you received from your Eli review, comparing it to a mob or cry babies. Bob, you attacked the Christian faith and insulted the intelligence of Christians. You assumed that Christians would love Legion because it has angels in it (even though the film was an insult to the Christian faith) and you used the image stills of Bill & Ted adding your mocking impression of them implying how stupid Christians are. However, you only focused on the film's main theme of militant atheism in your Clash of the Titans review for a brief moment and began to review the movie without ever going back to the atheistic theme again.

All opinion's are subjective, but your reasons for liking/disliking movies are becoming a teeter totter of professionalism and hypocrisy. The same can be said when comparing the differences in your Revenge of the Fallen and Expendables reviews. It's one thing to have anger towards a director for turning a promising sci-fi franchise into a terrible action film, but to condemn people for seeing a film rather than one you like very much is ridiculous. You could have focused on the aspects of the film like your brief mention of the shaky cam, but you focus on a melodramatic speech about the future of cinema and humanity. The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly wasn't received well when it first came out, but now its considered the greatest "spaghetti western" of all time. Roger Ebert didn't like the A-Team movie, but like you said "the A-Team knows exactly what it wants to be" i.e. a fun action movie and how it's okay for a movie like this to come out once in awhile. Your opinion is your opinion and you should stress that b/c when the more scary fans see these types of reviews it leads to arrogant douchebags trolling other websites attacking other critics, who liked the movie.

 

[Mechanix]

Oh look, another action movie that's deemed bad because it's an action movie.

The Expendables is fine, and I enjoyed it for the action and decent story, standards too high just make your life suck.

 

[SkullCap]

This has basically nothing to do with anything but I would like to post a slight except from one of Bob's fans on a thread from another movie reviewer.

J-Dude wrote, "Heh. I've got nothing to say to you, bub. MovieBob disagrees with you. Game over. While I respect the {names removed}, Robert "MovieBob" Chipman is still the end-all movie critic. He transcends all, and so I have learned from him.

The films you so foolishly dismiss, are easily among the greatest go-for-broke masterpieces of the last few years. I can only imagine the genius required to achieve such madness. They are as much art as any films these days CAN be. I will argue this with you no more. There is no need.

Go on, continue your meaningless squabble in non-understanding. For this is the land of the blind, and here, the one-eyed man rules supreme, even if they can't see it. I have been privileged to share what it is to SEE...truly SEE..."

Yep.. nice little cultist Bob has spawned. This is really concerning stuff.And lets all remember.. Bob recommended seeing The Last Airbender.. so.. yeah..

I've read those comments as well and know exactly what you mean. This is what happens when it stops being a review and becomes a rant.

 

[bobdevis]

Wow, almost a 1000 posts. Keep it up guys. Maybe we can break the forum if we go over 1024 or something

 

[Starke]

I don't think you've seen his review of Jennifer's Body.
Short version: he only makes boobs/hot girl jokes when he considers the actress/model interesting and/or talented. hot.

He's said repeatedly that his only real gripe with Megan Fox is that he doesn't find her attractive.

What are you talking about? He said that she's a boring and untalented and she's just an actress because so many people think she's hot, which Bob doesn't think so.

Wait, what are you even arguing?

I mean, yes, he doesn't think Megan Fox is hot, he does thing the girls in DoA are (apparently), but, between point a and point b, I don't see what you're really arguing about.

And I really don't see where someone's opinion on whether someone else is attractive is at all relevant for them making lude comments about them.

Wow, almost a 1000 posts. Keep it up guys. Maybe we can break the forum if we go over 1024 or something

Nah, the Relic vs. Bioware thread ran for thousands of pages. We're nowhere near breaking the system.