Let the A-Team countdown begin!

[Surly Chick]

And for your viewing pleasure, the second trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM0ypzvuphg). June 11, baby! I can't wait to see how awesomely bad it is.

[cochrane]

With Stephen J. Cannell involved, I expect nothing short of awesome.

[Intergalactic Gladiator]

Something tells me they knew exactly what they were doing when they made this and their tongue is firmly in cheek for the movie. The fact that several of the acts shown in the trailers range from "almost impossible" to "Complete BS" and it would seem to me that if they were making a straight up movie with theses scenes they would completely fail.

Still, that's a lot of crazy stuff happening in those trailers.

[MovieMogul]

I can't wait to see how awesomely bad it is.Awesomely bad...or badly awesome? :dubious:

[RetroVertigo]

I'm expecting approximately 100,000 rounds* shot off, and zero casualties.
Anything else will leave me disappointed.

*Give or take a few rounds.

[JThunder]

I love it when a TV-to-movie adaptation comes together.

[Surly Chick]

Awesomely bad...or badly awesome? :dubious:

Erm, the second one. But either will do actually. As long as I get to look at Bradley Cooper shirtless.

[phouka]

And Liam Neeson plays Hannibal. Bwahahahahahahahaha!

I must see this.

[Johnny Q]

Will there be massive explosions with everybody climbing unharmed from the wreckage?
Will the good guys be locked in a machine shop?

[Lute Skywatcher]

The fact that several of the acts shown in the trailers range from "almost impossible" to "Complete BS" and it would seem to me that if they were making a straight up movie with theses scenes they would completely fail.To be fair, the series had its share of Complete BS (not to be confused with Complete BA). The Team flying over a wall with nothing but some lengths of rope tied to bunches of trash bags filled by a hair dryer comes to mind.

[Stealth Potato]

I was skeptical at one point, but man, this looks like it's going to be awesome. They're obviously having fun with the writing. Did anybody else catch Hannibal's "give my team an hour, we're unbeatable"? :D

[Grumman]

I'm expecting approximately 100,000 rounds* shot off, and zero casualties.
Anything else will leave me disappointed.

*Give or take a few rounds.
If you're right, I'm not watching it. To me, this would be an indicator that they're just aping the original, instead of trying to make the remake better.

[Surly Chick]

As if you could make the original better! Sheesh. :p

[Thalion]

I can't remember the last time I was this excited for a movie. It really does look like a lot of fun!

[Alessan]

I can't belive I'm saying thing, but this is the movie I'm looking forward to the most this summer.


Will the good guys be locked in a machine shop?

There's a brief shot of the team welding stuff in the first trailer, so I'm guessing: hell yes.

[SteveG1]

I can't belive I'm saying thing, but this is the movie I'm looking forward to the most this summer.



There's a brief shot of the team welding stuff in the first trailer, so I'm guessing: hell yes.

You'd think by now, the bad guys would learn ...

Never EVER leave the A Team in a machine shop! EVER!

:D

[Bayesian Empirimancer]

Oh my, my birthday is on the 10th, I do think that this will be the best cure for a hangover.

[Snickers]

I must say, they absolutely nailed the casting of Face. Bradley Cooper is super-delicious.

[Surly Chick]

I was skeptical about Liam Neeson as Hannibal but from the commercials, it looks like he's nailed it. Only seven more days!

(Yes, I know I need to get a life.)

[medstar]

I just hope that the best parts of the movie aren't in the trailers . . . we need about 10 minutes of a shirtless (hopefully more comes off) Bradley Cooper to really make the movie come alive!

[joebuck20]

Seeing as how Mr. T doesn't even have so much as a cameo appearance, I think I'll be sitting this one out.

[Drum God]

My wife says she won't go see it because she blames The A Team for the cancellation of Happy Days.

Since there is some truth to that, is The A Team responsible for Joanie Loves Chachi? :eek:

[Alessan]

No reviews yet. That's a very bad sign.

[Alessan]

Yeah... so I won't be seeing this film. It's Wednesday, and only three reviews have been posted, none of which are from major publications (and two of which are negative). That can only mean that it wasn't shown to the critics, and THAT can only mean that the movie sucks.

Shit.

[MostlyClueless]

Just saw it. It's pretty close to what the series was. There's A-team firing (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ATeamFiring) all over the place, and there's plenty of kaboom. There's two "Let's build a thing!" sequences.

The series wasn't high art, this isn't either. It's popcorn. That being said, I didn't see any major flaws.

Well, apart from one 'viewers are goldfish (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ViewersAreGoldfish)' flashback, but whatever.

[ivan astikov]

Does anyone die?

[MostlyClueless]

Some plot-important baddies do. Some henchmen may as well, but it's not dwelled on too much. It's very PG-13, and there's two distinct instances of "motherfu*BOOM*"

[Larry Mudd]

Does anyone die?Apparently, Mr. T has his gold lamé knickers in a twist about this very issue (http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/jun/09/mr-t-the-a-team):People die in the film and there's plenty of sex but when we did it, no one got hurt and it was all played for fun and family entertainment. These seem to be elements nobody is interested in anymore. It was too graphic for me. I've no doubt it will do big business at the box office but it's nothing like the show we turned out every week.Sir, you might as well complain that Glenlivet is nothing like a fresh wort.

[Surly Chick]

A "reputable" review (http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/37619957/ns/today-entertainment/) is in. "Flat out fun" will do it for me!

[Mahaloth]

Ebert, on the other hand, was not a big fan of it.


"The A-Team” is an incomprehensible mess with the 1980s TV show embedded inside. The characters have the same names, they play the same types, they have the same traits, and they're easily as shallow. That was OK for a TV sitcom, which is what the show really was, but at over two hours of Queasy-Cam anarchy, it's punishment. (http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100609/REVIEWS/100609973)

[Sam Lowry]

I saw it last night, and pretty much loved it. I never watched the TV series- was too young when it was first on and never saw it in reruns, but the movie was a lot of fun. Lots of running around and shooting and big explosions, just like I was hoping for.

Liam Neeson was great as the grizzled leader of the group. Although it was kinda funny him covering up his Irish accent with more gravel in his voice. Sharlto Copley was funny and awesome. I really like him and I'm looking forward to seeing him in more movies. Bradley Cooper was charming and frequently shirtless, which is a positive in my book. Rampage Jackson is obviously not a veteran actor but he wasn't too bad.

Some of the action scenes were hectic, but not so hectic that I couldn't tell what was going on. At one point before the climatic battle Hannibal says "Overkill is underrated," which is a pretty good summation of the movie. The plot didn't always quite make sense, but you really shouldn't be expecting it to.

Overall, I would recommend it as a fun action movie.

[Superhal]

It was a hopeless mess. It's bad enough when a superhero movie tries to force A and B stories into one film (in the case of Spiderman 3, C, D and E stories as well,) but it just doesn't work for these characters.

Hannibal's story: Friendship
Face's story: Love
B.A.'s story: Conscience
Murdoch's story: n/a (He was purely comic relief here.)
Team's story: Parenthood

Epiphanies and self-realizations are great but they need some time to develop and stew before the big reveal. In this movie, there was no time at all to develop 3 personal storylines along with all the action scenes. It also bordered on criminal to have Quinton Jackson have only 1 extended hand2hand fighting scene.

Sadly, the attempt to give the characters depth was the best part of the film. The main storyline, which almost completely involved the backstory of the throwaway line from the show's intro ("Jailed for crime they didn't commit,") was confusing, ridiculous, and made no sense at all. The story, in fact, was driven by the idea that military police are the stupidest, densest police in the world, with absolutely no idea how to gather evidence or even figure out the most basic of crimes.

The whole machine-shop sequence and "plan" was stupid as well. It bordered on "made for TV" stuff, and I can think of several TV episodes (including from the original show) that were better, more clever, and made more sense.

"Nonsensical" is a pretty good word to describe this film.

[Khadaji]

I had a lot of fun with it. I enjoyed the series, but wasn't convinced it would be any good as a movie. IMO they kept the "feel" of the series, without it being too campy. Of course, leave your disbelief at home.

[friedo]

There was exactly one good moment in this movie, where for a brief second you get a glimpse of the 3D movie being shown to the mental ward patients, and one of the credits reads Reginald Barclay.

The rest of it was awful.

[medstar]

My sister and I just finished seeing this movie and we both loved it. We felt that the movie did justice to what we we called a "live action comic book series". Believe me, we don't normally go to young male dominated action films, but she's got a thing for Liam Neeson and we both decided Bradley Cooper is GORGEOUS!!! I liked that both of the villains of this film (Lynch and Pike) were worthy contenders for the A-team and had some serious charisma.

[Larry Mudd]

There was exactly one good moment in this movie, where for a brief second you get a glimpse of the 3D movie being shown to the mental ward patients, and one of the credits reads Reginald Barclay.

The rest of it was awful.Wait a minute - you're a nerd! :P

[obfusciatrist]

People die in the film and there's plenty of sex but when we did it

What version of the movie did Mr. T see that there was plenty of sex in it? In one scene it is clear that Face had had sex with a woman and then he gets 1.5 kisses through the rest of the movie.

I won't say it is a great movie but it sold itself to me. The action careens off into the uber ridiculous but the tone was in the right place and I had fun with it. If the humor hadn't mostly worked it would have been a dreadful drag.

Also, as with many TV crime dramas, casting tipped the hand.

[Kyla]

I just saw it. Definitely not high art, but if you go in expecting lots of explosions and a fun time, it doesn't disappoint. The plot is kind of meh, but I wasn't watching for the plot.

MUCH better than the last time movie I saw purely for the explosions and fun, Transformers, which somehow managed to make a movie about giant robots from outer space excruciatingly dull.

[Shawn1767]

Fortunately, I was pleasantly surprised. I was never a fan of the TV series, but my 12-year-old son had wanted to see the movie based on the previews. I had read such bad reviews for the movie, I thought it was going to turn out to be another "Nacho Libre-the things I do for my kids" situation, but I actually enjoyed it. It's pure hokum and low-brow, but enjoyable.

[medstar]

The ending looked like an obvious plug for a sequel--I hope it doesn't rely on stunts and explosions at the expense of the characterization.

[Atrael]

I thought the movie was fine. I didn't think they did enough to fully expand on Face's role in the group. So if you weren't familiar with the TV series, I'm not sure that it was clear that he was the "get stuff by hook or by crook" guy. I was also disappointed that BA didn't whistle the theme song when he was on the scaffolding as they showed in the previews. Other than that, I thought they did a good job. It was pretty standard A-team action...sure there was more death, but I don't think you could say that there was any more actual violence than on the TV series. Anyway...an enjoyable afternoon.

[Nava]

I'm expecting approximately 100,000 rounds* shot off, and zero casualties.
Anything else will leave me disappointed.

*Give or take a few rounds.

And no reloads unless they happen to involve Baracus (is that how you spell it?) and something HUGE that goes KA-CHUNK! when loaded.

[DanBlather]

I like the principled stand against pacifism.

[Justin_Bailey]

The ending looked like an obvious plug for a sequel--I hope it doesn't rely on stunts and explosions at the expense of the characterization.

Read any A-Team review and notice which reviewers complain about the ending. They did not get it.

There's no other way they could have ended a movie based on the A-Team without keeping them on the run from the law for a crime they didn't commit.

[Atrael]

Technically by the end they were arrested for a crime they did commit. Breaking out of a federal prison. But that's ok...still a good movie. I'd say that I'd like to see a tv series come back, but while Liam Neilson did a great job as Hannible, I don't know who else you would get to fill George Peppard's shoes.

[YogSosoth]

Saw this last night. That movie was FREAKING AWESOME!!!

[Little Nemo]

I went and saw The Losers today. Does that count for anything?

[bouv]

I saw it Tuesday night and loved it...it delivered exactly what was promised...crazy action, and some humor. The actor playing Murdoch was great...yeah, everything he said was just comic relief, but it was [good comic relief. He was great toeing that line of "is he really a little crazy, or just really good at pretending to be crazy?"

Also, for those that didn't stay through the end of the credits:

The original Faceman makes an appearance. Bradley Cooper asks him how he stays looking so young, or something like that, and he goes "Well, you never mess with the face..."
And then there's a scene with Murdoch getting electroshock and I'm pretty sure one of the doctors was the original Murdoch.

[The Other Waldo Pepper]

Liam Neilson did a great job as Hannible, I don't know who else you would get to fill George Peppard's shoes.

George Clooney?

[MostlyClueless]

George Clooney?

Oh Og, not that slimy, schmalzy piece of shit. Hannibal needs to be kickass, not some charming, rogueish whateverthehell.

[CandidGamera]

10/10. Perfect. The platonic ideal of an action movie. The best TV to movie adaptation I can recall.

[Shirley Ujest]

We took the kids last night to see it and we adults loved it.


The story line was a bit confusing for the kids ( 10 and 12) but I explained that it was a Summer Movie of Things That Go BOOOOOOM and The IMPOSSIBLE IS DONE and It's ALL GOOD.

Plot Summary :

Something got stolen. It needs to get stolen back by the guys that stole it in the first place. So it gets stolen. Then it gets stolen again by someone else and needs to be stolen back to clear their names. Clear as mud?


I also liked the Bad Guy, though he didn't get fleshed out until the last 15 minutes.

I thought the final fight scene was a bit confusing, but overall, I loved it.

I also thought that Murdock was a bit flat, but following THE MURDOCK is a tough act. The mental hospital scene with the 3-d movie and the truck crashing through the wall and the cheering of the patients was AWESOME! 'It's like they are firing real bullets!



Face's role was more flexible and adaptable than I remember, but I was a hormonal teenager then, so what do I know? Bradley Cooper is HAWT!

I'd watch Liam Neeson read the newspaper. He was speaking with is brogue in the opening scene and then it disappeared. I would have slid off my freakin' seat had he spoken with it then entire movie. swoon


The part where Hannibal has crawled out of the cremation oven and says to the attendant, something like, " Satan walks into this bar...." I loved My kids were mortified with my guffaws of laughter.

[medstar]

We took the kids last night to see it and we adults loved it.



The part where Hannibal has crawled out of the cremation oven and says to the attendant, something like, " Satan walks into this bar...." I loved My kids were mortified with my guffaws of laughter.

I was wondering what happened here. I couldn't make out what Hannibal was saying.

[Larry Borgia]

I just saw it this afternoon. I wasn't expecting much, just something reasonably diverting on a very hot day. It was much better than I thought it would be. An Awesome action fantasy. I actually thought it was pretty well plotted, if you could suspend disbelief for the more over the top scenes. Even the scene with the tank was good, though it looked ridiculous in the trailers. Rampage did a surprisingly good job filling Mr. T's shoes, and the villains were entertainingly smarmy and evil.

If you haven't seen it check out Smoking Aces another Joe Carnahan preposterous shoot 'em up.

[Raguleader]

The movie was lots of fun, the plot was about this deep, but really, what were you expecting, Speed Racer? Lots of fun characters, not to mention right hand vs left hand stuff going on with the government agents trying to catch them after they escaped.

Anybody notice how Jessica Biel's character never seemed so much surprised at whatever the team had done as annoyed? This stuff is old hat to her by the time we meet her, and it's a hat she's mildly irritated by at that.

Also, the scene with Pike and the CIA agents in the car.

Last request? Don't let this guy shoot me?

[RickJay]

Anybody notice how Jessica Biel's character never seemed so much surprised at whatever the team had done as annoyed? This stuff is old hat to her by the time we meet her, and it's a hat she's mildly irritated by at that.
The best line in the movie by far was Biel's: "They're trying to fly the tank." It's delivered with a sense of total exasperation, and works both in the movie and as a commentary on the movie: Well, of course they're trying to fly a tank by firing the gun. It's just the sort of ridiculous thing I would expect from these guys / this movie. And I bet those sonsofbitches/screenwriters will get away with it too, Jesus Christ.

[medstar]

Hey, Surlychick and Alessan, how did you two like the movie? After all your enthusiasm Surlychick, I'd think you'd have a lot to say.

[Surly Chick]

Hey, Surlychick and Alessan, how did you two like the movie? After all your enthusiasm Surlychick, I'd think you'd have a lot to say.

Sadly, I haven't been able to see it yet! Things have been really busy here but I'm going on vacation next week so will see it then. Can't wait!

[Shirley Ujest]

Also, the scene with Pike and the CIA agents in the car.

Last request? Don't let this guy shoot me?

Yeah, that was when I started rooting for the bad guy.

[Alessan]

Hey, Surlychick and Alessan, how did you two like the movie? After all your enthusiasm Surlychick, I'd think you'd have a lot to say.

I'm still waiting for it to open here. Based on this thread, I'll probably see it.

[Taomist]

I really enjoyed it, a lot more than I thought I would <and I expected to like it>
The only time I was thinking 'wtf' was when everything on the docks was blowing up. Seriously, wtf? They didn't bring that many explosives, and I can't think of anything sitting at the docks that would blow up like that. It was...really out of place. Yes, I know the rest of the movie was a stretch, too, but at least it made sense. :P

But even that was not bad cinematically. :P

[Taomist]

Also, for those that didn't stay through the end of the credits:

The original Faceman makes an appearance. Bradley Cooper asks him how he stays looking so young, or something like that, and he goes "Well, you never mess with the face..."
And then there's a scene with Murdoch getting electroshock and I'm pretty sure one of the doctors was the original Murdoch.


Thank you for this! We did indeed leave before the end of the credits, so it's good to know what we missed.

And put me into the 'Big Fan of Murdoch' Club. I liked the first Murdoch, and love the second Murdoch, though it seems the actor is really more of a producer, so I don't expect to see him in much. What a shame! :mad:

[Taomist]

And put me into the 'Big Fan of Murdoch' Club. I liked the first Murdoch, and love the second Murdoch, though it seems the actor is really more of a producer, so I don't expect to see him in much. What a shame! :mad:


It appears that Sharlto Copley was also a major character in the movie District 9, which I hadn't seen. Which I am now going to watch, just because of him. :p

[Taomist]

Ok, I was wrong. I watched about 1/3 of the District 9 movie, but...by the time the scene where they made Copley's character shoot the alien weapons was through, I was just about vomiting.
Saw too many concentration camp movies when I was in grade school to ever be able to watch that kind of thing happening again for entertainment.

But he's a good actor. ;)

[PlainJain]

10/10. Perfect. The platonic ideal of an action movie. The best TV to movie adaptation I can recall.
I started a thread here a while back on "The Losers" and it went nowhere. Hell, even Ebert liked it (http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100421/REVIEWS/100429990).
"The Losers" knows what it's doing and how to do it. Sylvain White doesn't have a lot of credits but he knows how to direct and not trip over his own feet. The movie gets the job done, and the actors show a lot of confidence in occupying that tricky middle ground between controlled satire and comic overkill. It's fun.

And two pages on this? I just don't get it. I guess there were more A-team TV watchers than there were The Losers readers. Which I don't get either. Oh well...

[Taomist]

I started a thread here a while back on "The Losers" and it went nowhere. Hell, even Ebert liked it (http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100421/REVIEWS/100429990).


And two pages on this? I just don't get it. I guess there were more A-team TV watchers than there were The Losers readers. Which I don't get either. Oh well...


Well...maybe a poll is in order? I had no idea The Losers was anything but a recent movie until you mentioned it. I read tons, and always have, but...graphic novels? Not so much.
I think a lot more people watched prime time television in the 70's-80's than read The Losers, yes. I don't find that surprising, though.

[Superhal]

The movie was lots of fun, the plot was about this deep, but really, what were you expecting, Speed Racer?

How dare you compare this filth to Speed Racer. Any film where John Goodman does martial arts is an instant classic.

[Raguleader]

How dare you compare this filth to Speed Racer. Any film where John Goodman does martial arts is an instant classic.

If by "Martial Arts" you mean "Completely mop the floor with some poor Nonja", then yeah, totally. :D

And Speed Racer came out favorably from the comparison, thankyouverymuch! :cool:

[PlainJain]

Well...maybe a poll is in order? I had no idea The Losers was anything but a recent movie until you mentioned it. I read tons, and always have, but...graphic novels? Not so much.
I think a lot more people watched prime time television in the 70's-80's than read The Losers, yes. I don't find that surprising, though.
True enough of course, but then again this is The Dope. I'm sure a lot more people watched Laverne And Shirley than read The Losers too but that doesn't mean it would make a good movie.

Let me just say this, if you like movies like The A-Team do yourself a favor and see The Losers. I've seen both. The A-Team is OK, but The Losers is far superior in dialog, lighting, plot, acting and just about everything else. It's over the top sure, but not too much. Don't get me wrong, I liked The A-Team (and it's big name stars) I was just surprised no one else 'got' The Losers'. Jeffrey Dean Morganis is too sexy for words as is Zoe Saldana. There aren't really any good representative clips but this one (http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi894043161/) is close.

Sorry for the hijack - carry on.

[EvilTOJ]

I didn't know Sharlto Copley was in District 9 and also played Murdoch. Murdoch was my favorite character when I watched the show as a kid, I think he did an excellent job with the character.