UPDATED: NEGATIVE EX4 TEST SCREENING FEEDBACK

UPDATED

Well, so far we only have one guy talking about this.  But it’s starting to look like Frank Stallone’s warning that The Expendables 4 is going to suck is starting to align with this test viewer’s feedback.  Check out further details below…

– Sly’s screentime is minimal as discussed in this forum.
– CGI was still a work in progress so I can’t definitely say it was a problem until I see the finished product.
– Yes, it did feel DTV.
– There were some different approaches with character development that were refreshing, but the approach felt off.
– This is still very early on; reshoots and more work could be done to improve the film. That’s why I encourage seeing the film to develop your own conclusions. A lot can change.

So the movie feels like a DTV project.  This sounds worryingly Lerner-esque.  But is that wretched comedy from the third disaster back?  Allegedly…

“how ‘roughly’ long was the film?” – Almost (2) hours
“same with the tone, comedy and dialogue” – Felt closest to Part 3, more R rated in terms of dialogue
“Is it explained why the new people are there like 50 cent and Fox, etc, and no Li, Crews or Snipes, etc?” – Not really

I don’t know if it’s yet time to break out the Uncle June funeral lament…

PREVIOUSLY

It was posted (rumored) here earlier this week that test screenings were taking place for The Expendables 4 this week.  After searching through some fan forums, the first attendee has appeared on none other than Sylvester Stallone’s official discussion forums.

He alluded to dissatisfaction with the following statement:

So I just got home from seeing the film….I need some time to process what I just saw and figure out a nice way of not discouraging the fanbase.

These people are usually unreasonably enthusiastic about Stallone projects, which isn’t surprising on a fan forum.  This sounds somewhat discouraging.

Still, this makes it 1-1.  Sort of, as the action/fight scenes are reportedly exemplary according to the only other known set of eyeballs that has seen this movie/parts of it and spoken openly.

Either way, I shall post more if I find them.  If it’s good feedback, it’ll be mentioned.  If it’s bad, that’ll be mentioned too.  I want the film to be good, hopefully grittier like the first.