A-Team (2010)

I went into the movie expecting to give it a 4. I thought I got the gist of it from the trailer, and it would be a great popcorn movie. I was really looking forward to it.

There was never a possibility that I wouldn't see this movie. But, the line that really sold it in the trailer is "They specialize in the ridiculous".

The characters are a riot. There are too many solemn glances at the beginning as characters meet and realize that they're all rangers. That didn't work well. Face is a riot, right from the beginning. Both bad guys are hysterical. My favorite scene takes place in the back seat of a car with a bureaucrat who is trying to put a silencer on a gun. The whole scene is killer funny. Both Lynch and Pike are awesome.

All of the A-Team guys are great, too, in their own ways. If anything negative is to be said, it's that Hannibal is a caricature of the 1980's Hannibal. (I remember reading a line many months ago on another site. Something like "Liam Neeson looks like he's dressing up as Hannibal for halloween". That's pretty accurate.

The rest is completely ridiculous, which I'm ok with in principle but apparently not in execution. They use 8 air bags to float a cargo container. Most of the "plans" are based on luck and good timing. The 3D scene was lame. The tank scene went too far.

So where is the line? How can I say that I'm ok with it being ridiculous but not too ridiculous? I don't know; it's just my opinion. As much as I enjoyed the characters, this isn't the A-Team movie I would've liked to see.

Bring on #2. I'll be there.