Total Recall (Remake)

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

On the decent remake very short list I'd like to include True Grit, very good indeed.
Little Shop of Horrors too, albeit going back somewhat.
The remake of Hairspray was good, ditched the counter culture stuff though but was entertaining.

Don't forget John Carpenter's The Thing in that list too;) . Went to see it myself at the weekend. It was a run of the mill sci-fi movie. not good, not bad just easily forgettable. Thought the whole "keep digging until you come out of the other side of the planet" concept or as they like to call it "reverse gravity" was really, really dumb. Also the chase scene reminded me like i was watching someone playing one of the uncharted video games on the PS3. Dunno whether that is a testament to how shoddy the CGI was or how good video game animation and graphics has become. I'd like to think it was the latter:D

blatantrereg wrote: »

It was bad and the major changes were bad.

It was the most retarded attempt at an invasion ever. All someone needed to do was drop a big rock down the hole through the centre of the earth to disable the fall and smash incoming troops. It seemed like they thought bombing that blatant choke point would seem clever or climactic, rather than hugely predictable and lame. I thought maybe the first wave would be a surprise attack, which would seal off the landing area, but no: A formal declaration of war before they set out, and lots of Australians milling about at the dock. So dumb it hurt.

they have a massive troop presence already in the colony, so they secured the location till the robots arrived,

but yeah it did seem kind of stupid that the folks in oz were going about their daily life as the fall arrived, maybe the transmissions werent sent to oz, and therefore they didnt know the troops were coming, and sure it only takes 17 minutes for the fall to get there,


if people want to know every detail why dont you ask the studios to add another 2 hours to the film so they can explain every detail, and then they can make a 3 hour documentary on the construction of the fall:rolleyes:

pixelburp wrote: »

I got the impression nobody went to see it anyway; and yes, it wasn't as bad as people made it out to be. It's worst crime was almost slavishly copying the major beats & pulse of the Carpenter film, at the expense of the humanity that made the 80s film such a classic. So in that sense it was definitely more of a remake than the likes of Total Recall.

The Thing was marketed as being a prequel first and foremost. Alas, as you said the writers made the mistake of copying the original in a totally unforgivable way (even down to the malfunctioning flamethrowers ). They also completley changed the personaility of the creature, having it actively attack and pursue the humans whereby in the original, the titular beasty just wanted to hide. Having said all that, I still give the edge to the curates egg that was The Thing over the Total Recall mess.

The original is just started on ITV 2 if anyone is interested

It doesn't matter how rubbish a film is... SOMEONE is bound to find it 'enjoyable.' Don't waste your money.

Mediocre.

Nothing worse in life or filmmaking*

*death and poverty obviously are worse, but as far as personal ambition and striving to put your neck out. So forgettable.

Len Wiseman, just because you move the camera all over the shop and make the film look like some Blade Runner knock off, does not mean it's top notch filmmaking.

STORY and CHARACTER. End of. Get that right, then you can do all the fancy dan stuff your heart desires.

Actually liked this. Thought it was quite decent. I'm one of those who doesn't consider the original any sort of classic really, it's a good film but gets a ridiculous amount of praise for a pretty cringe worthy film at times.

But as someone said, it's not gonna win any sort of awards but I enjoyed it anyway. Beckinsale is good, nice mean streak to her in this. Biel is pretty forgettable really, she offers very little to this and any number of actresses could have played that part. Thought they should have expanded on the story a lot, and that criticism is quite fair definitely. Thought Farrell was a good fit for the role overall.

Oh, and a particular thumbs up to the knee slide by Beckinsale, oh Colin you lucky bugger.

118 minutes of cinema and the most impressive thing on screen was a touch screen fridge.

I just finished watching this ... *cough* wont say how *cough* :pac:

And its not as bad as people say. Its actually enjoyable. Just check your brain at the start and realise you have got the timeless classic of Total Recall (1990) and then this.... Take it for what it is and you'll be entertained.

To go into further detail, I love the original Total Recall. One of my favourite movies. But upon hearing this was not going to be set on mars, let alone "another hollywood remake" - I let my expectations drop and as such enjoyed it. Do the same and you might just like it.