Just watch The Expendables, the first Transformers movie and X-Men Apocalypse back to back.
With Expendables you get the jokes+setup/overlong fight sequence/jokes+setup/overlong fight sequence etc together with heavy-handed music queues, plus the break the fourth wall moment of Jason Statham rapping.
With Transformers you get the overreliance on CGI plus a woman in short shorts. Because.
And with Apocalypse you get to see filmmakers return to playbook-safe rather than explore something fresh.
Even the new Ghostbusters was put together with more fun and care and respect than this.
With Expendables you get the jokes+setup/overlong fight sequence/jokes+setup/overlong fight sequence etc together with heavy-handed music queues, plus the break the fourth wall moment of Jason Statham rapping.
With Transformers you get the overreliance on CGI plus a woman in short shorts. Because.
And with Apocalypse you get to see filmmakers return to playbook-safe rather than explore something fresh.
Even the new Ghostbusters was put together with more fun and care and respect than this.
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