The Expendables 3 (film)

[MinionZombie]

Blimey, that's a cast and a half! Looking forward to this. Really enjoyed the first two.

[Neil]

^^ I like that Not seen 2 yet!

[MinionZombie]

^^ I like that Not seen 2 yet! Pull a finger out you lazy sod. Jam-packed with action, so it is.

[Neil]

Looking forward to seeing Kelsey Grammar in this one! More here:- http://www.aintitcool.com/node/66779 http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Mel-G...s-3-42357.html

[Neil]

PG13? - http://www.aintitcool.com/node/67366

[MinionZombie]

PG13? - http://www.aintitcool.com/node/67366 FFS!!!

[Neil]

[Neil]

Rated - PG13

[MinionZombie]

Rated - PG13 BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I hope, at the very least, they've got alternative shots and takes to splice back in for a tougher cut on home video.

[follyu]

I have heard this part would be the last part.. Is it true..?

[MinionZombie]

So it seems #3 didn't do so well at the weekend box office in the states - $16.2m - compared to nearly $35m for the first flick and nearly $29m for the second movie. I saw the first two movies in the cinema, but I absolutely refuse to pay to watch a watered down - 12A rated - Expendables movie in the cinema. I'll wait for the inevitable 'harder cut' on home video. The decision to 'go for a wider audience' with a PG-13 seems rather daft - do 13 year olds care about Stallone & Co? Have they seen any - or all that many - of any of the movies the main cast have starred in? The people most interested are going to be grown adults, so not only are you compromising your product (and the style of films from which it was birthed), but you're also sticking two fingers up to the section of the potential audience who are actually willing to hand over their cash. It also seems like an even more stupid decision - and a greedy one to boot - considering that the R-Rated Expendables 2 earned more than $300m worldwide in cinemas ($220m was from the International market). So there's no need at all to neuter it for a PG-13. So it didn't do well on the US opening weekend, but will it see a big drop off next week, or will it stretch out it's taking more evenly over several weeks rather than a single weekend followed by a massive drop-off? Also, I wonder what the International BO take will be. I really dig the first two movies, but I kind of hope the PG-13 rating for #3 damages the BO draw and sends Stallone & Co a clear message. Hopefully it'll have some balls reattached for home video, but even still it'll probably be some CGI blood and a couple of ADR swears like the soft, but otherwise pretty good, Die Hard 4 'harder cut'.

[bassman]

It also didn't help that a DVD quality copy of the movie was leaked online more than three weeks ago....

[MinionZombie]

It also didn't help that a DVD quality copy of the movie was leaked online more than three weeks ago.... Yes, that too! I wonder how that leak happened. Clearly must have been someone on the inside with access, or someone charged with delivering a disc somewhere took the time to rip it before delivering it.

[Neil]

There will be an unrated cut - http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Expen...ils-67613.html No doubt with lots of CGI blood pasted in.

[MinionZombie]

There will be an unrated cut - http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Expen...ils-67613.html No doubt with lots of CGI blood pasted in. Better than nothing, but hopefully it'll be better than just that - hopefully they had extra/alternate footage that was cut out for the silly PG-13 theatrical release. I saw both of the other two flicks in the franchise at the cinema, but deliberately avoided seeing this one in the cinema (in the UK it's rated friggin' 12A ffs!!!) as I knew there'd be an "unrated" version on DVD/BR ... so that is what I've been waiting for. I think it was a big mistake to try and appeal to 13 year olds. Their target audience is, frankly, going to be older and already fans of their back catalogue. Jason Statham is the youngest of the main cast, at least I think he is, and he's got an established film career of his own in action - but, for instance, The Transporter came out in 2002 ... so a PG-13'er kid would have been friggin' one when that came out. Is there really going to be an army of teens who are clued-up on all the classic action flicks of these action cinema legends? Perhaps some, but I don't think they're going to be particularly clued-up ... the cool ones with good taste in movies will, but was it worth compromising the hard edged attitude of the franchise? I don't think so. Sure, the leak online would have played a huge role in buggering up its box office, but I think there'd be a considerable enough chunk of the audience who - like me - just said "I'm waiting for the DVD/BR when it'll be uncut". So I hope they've got some decent bits of extra footage (e.g. presuming they cut away early during certain encounters/kills/etc in the theatrical release). I really dig The Expendables flicks, but softening it for PG-13 is just the wrong move. They don't make massive amounts, but they make very tidy sums worldwide in cinemas and ancilliary markets - be happy with that and keep that audience happy by maintaining the toughness, yeah? /rant - - - Updated - - - http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=15176 Seems that the unrated cut is 5 minutes longer - noiiice. Hopefully it's proper extensions to the violence and not just a couple of crappy deleted scenes that have been re-inserted or something. Special Features: The Expendables 3 Documentary "New Blood: Stacked and Jacked" Featurette "The Total Action Package" Featurette "Christmas Runs the Gauntlet" Extended Scene Gag Reel Technical Specs: Unrated Edition Run Time: 131 minutes Theatrical Version Run Time: 126 minutes EnglishDolby TrueHD Atmos Mix and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital, English Descriptive Audio English, English SDH and Spanish