User blog comment:Creeper50/Why I'm Losing Trust in Action Movies/@comment-4849011-20160122005917

Without giving any specific examples, I think a lot of the action movies in the last 10-15 years have focused just on the action and sacrificed storytelling elements like plot, pacing, and even fight choreography. The late Roger Ebert complained that anymore a lot of movie fights relied on CGI, and that the action was so fast and frantic that it wasn't clear what was happening and it didn't look realistic. I generally feel that a movie with nothing but action isn't interesting. For instance, I enjoyed Die Hard With A Vengeance. It had violent scenes, but it also had humor, tension, and other elements. It wasn't just fights and explosions. Shoot, from what little I've seen of Kill Bill, it had more than just fight scenes too.

In the one part I said, "I generally feel" because on the other hand, I'm peeved by the critics who say, "Oh, The Expendables movies are low on plot!" Well, shoot, who cares? Those films are an excuse to showcase as many action stars as possible- nothing more, nothing less. Don't overthink it.