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Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs  Oh, that's different, and a morally dubious way of 'promoting' a new format.
John Wick (and the sequel) is odd because I've no idea what it is that makes me enjoy and appreciate them much more than something like The Expendables films or other action movies which are light on plot and heavy on action sequences. It could be because they take themselves very seriously, are made to look very realistic and do not contain any 'zingers' like the Stallone/Schwarzenegger/Van Damme action movies from the 1980s and 1990s. |
Taking themselves seriously is not something that can be said of the example you mentioned -
The Expendables series.
The amount of times Arnie and co riff on themselves and their old films makes them a hoot. They are practically comedies.
Take this line from the second film for example
Barney Ross (Stallone): I've heard another rumor, that you were bitten by a king cobra?
Booker (Chuck Norris): Yeah, I was. But after five days of agonizing pain, the cobra died.
or this
Trench (Schwarzenegger): I'll be back.
Church (Willis): You've been back enough. I'll be back.
[leaves]
Trench: Yippee-ki-yay.