Tag: Hollywood

Does the Expendables 3 take itself too seriously?

When The Expendables was first announced it seemed a brilliant idea, an over the top action film bringing together the greatest film hard men of all time.  The fact that it wasn’t very good wasn’t really an issue, the movie was fun enough that it got away with it.  The second followed on in much the same vein and now here we are with Expendables 3, featuring a whole new cast of young up and comers joining our heroes…  and Frazier Crane.

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Music and Films

Music is integral to films.  It is one of these facts that you do not always realise until you think about it.  Take your favourite film and remove the music and it will be a completely different experience.  It’s also true that movies have always depicted music in a variety of ways.  Whether that be the ridiculousness of Spinal Tap or the freedom and enjoyment of Good Vibrations, music is a ripe subject area to be plucked and enjoyed.

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Hollywood and the Curse of the Comedy Sequel

Much like the last article, this was originally going to be a review but I decided to do something a bit different.

 

Comedy sequels are notoriously difficult ground.  Ask someone to come up with a list of five good Hollywood examples and most people would struggle.  Most often they fail as they attempt to cover old ground, forgetting that often what is funny the first time around, has already become dull by the second.  The Hangover is probably the best recent example of this.  Two films after the original (which despite the amount of people who may claim differently, wasn’t that good itself) the formula has now been milked past any short shelf life it may have had and left the laughs behind a long time ago.

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