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My friend and comrade Katey Rich received some absolutely ri-dick-ulous comments on her thoughtful review of The Expendables](The Expendables (2010) - Movie | Moviefone) over at Rotten Tomatoes. Her review probably took more time to write than the entire script of The Expendables, and was certainly a more insightful look at the action genre than the movie itself deserved. She’s not the only person who gave The Expendables a bad review; she just happens to be a woman who did so. This got the mapanties of the commenters in a ferocious wad, and they showered her with hateful, misogynist bulls*t. Some are just childish and stupid, although this one used some big boy words and even name-dropped a David Lynch movie:
"I don’t mean this to be as misogynistic as it’s going to sound – but women aren’t qualified to review testosterone-fueled action movies.
It’s like having a two-year-old child review Mulholland Drive](Mulholland Drive (2001) - Movie | Moviefone)."
In response, Scott Weinberg threw down the gauntlet to any of the female Cinematical staffers to take a crack at The Expendables. I took him up on that offer because I am a masochist. And I like it when things blow up.
Just so you know, I am writing this review with my vagina. Literally. I can’t tell you how because I’m getting the technique patented, but since The Expendables is being called man-tastic, covered in man-sauce, man-a-licious, and so manly you’ll grow extra chest hair, I thought that turnabout was fair play.Filed under: Action, New Releases, Lionsgate Films, Theatrical Reviews