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Flatscan posted:The loving Daily Mail throwing around the word "fascistic"? Pot meet kettle. Look at its this way: If any daily publication knows fascism, its them.
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Saw this, liked it. I noticed though that the music during the slomo sequences sounded like paulstretch, the program that appropriately makes ambient pieces by slowing music down 10000x, it got me wondering what it is that's actually being played at normal speed?
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Mr.48 posted:Look at its this way: If any daily publication knows fascism, its them. I'm partial to The Sun myself.  Also cannot wait for this loving movie to open in the rest of Europe so I can watch it.
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Saw this today and liked it quite a lot. Pretty brutal, MaMa was a pretty unsettling presence, and her attitude to sadism was pretty disturbing. The thing that I liked most was how they nailed the atmosphere in the first half of the film, before everything really went to poo poo. I've never followed the comics or anything, but I really got how much of a horrible poo poo hole Peach Trees was. Just how routine it all seemed, with the ride-on sweeper just cleaning up the blood, and them walking out at the end like 'welp, another day in Mega City One' was pretty cool. Also thought there were some really nice shots in the film, particularly as the place is being locked down and everything's red. You know the judges really are in the bottom pit of hell, pretty literally. The most gorgeous bit of the film, Mama's fall, stuck with the 'hell' thing. She'd gone from running hell, to being right in the bottom pit (once again in more ways than one), just where Dredd thinks she belongs. It would've been nice to see more of how the DOJ worked, but that's just a preference, and I was never confused and got a pretty good impression of what these guys were up against and how they dealt with it. Urban pretty much nailed Dredd as has been said before. Overall, there's more than meets the eye and if you're not sure whether to see it for fear of it just being a dumb yet brutal action movie, then I'd just go for it.
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Mr.48 posted:Look at its this way: If any daily publication knows fascism, its them. Honestly, I would have been more upset if they gave it a glowing review and said that it showed "the medicine modern Britain needs"
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Kieselguhr Kid posted:This movie's not coming to Australia for over a month for some reason. This sucks. I wish they would just let us know WHY we have to wait. Even the Kiwis get it 3 weeks before us.
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BreakAtmo posted:I wish they would just let us know WHY we have to wait. Even the Kiwis get it 3 weeks before us. Actually, Oz was the only Mega-City not portrayed as a hideous urban hellhole of crime and murder and crushing misery, so something obviously went right Down Under. (Even if Dredd did end up nuking Ayer's Rock.)
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Wasn't Ireland pretty chill, too? Of course, they turned it into a theme park, I believe.
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Cream_Filling posted:Wasn't Ireland pretty chill, too? Of course, they turned it into a theme park, I believe. Yeah, the Emerald Isle is comparatively relaxed. Hondo City isn't too bad either, and Mega-City Two seemed a bit better than MC-1.
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I saw this tonight with a few friends and we all thought it was awesome - I thought it's main strength was how understated the story was. Just another day in the office, I would quite gladly eat these types of Dredd movies up for 5 or 6 movies. Please, please, please make money!
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This flick wasn't even on my radar. The last time I've read anything with Dredd was decades ago, and I never bothered to see the Stallone movie. But I'm also someone who enjoyed Punisher Warzone and you guys are making it sound like that kind of movie dialed up. I'll see if I can convince some buddies to go!
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I wish I knew the logic behind having the Snuff Box theme playing in this movie. (minor soundtrack spoiler) Rarely been quite so confused in the cinema.
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Single Tight Female posted:I wish I knew the logic behind having the Snuff Box theme playing in this movie. (minor soundtrack spoiler) Yeah, that pulled me out a bit too, although it was cool to hear. (Matt Berry's album, 'WitchHazel' is pretty good too, if you're looking for a weirdo funk/Wickerman crossover.) Anyway so I saw this last night and wasn't too excited going in, but I ended up really enjoying it! As has been said many times already, it was great to see a comic book film that was just 90 minutes long and didn't gently caress about with any sort of background or history. I kept expecting it because, well, that's what comic book stories have!! Nthing the 'Eighties feel' opinion too, and I hope it starts a trend of pared back, less bloated films. I thought the female characters were good, not really sexualised in any way and Ma-Ma looked pretty grubby and rank. Everyone looked like they could do with a bath, and the slo-mo shots were beautiful, even the gory ones. About the Slo-Mo drug that's got to be one of the worst ways I can think of to die, skinned alive then dropped from a great height, all in slow motion. We saw it in 2D and it was fine, only £7 for the both of us (thanks Orange Wednesday!) Also, it was written by Alex Garland who wrote (or did the screenplay for) Sunshine, 28 Days Later and The Beach, so it has a pretty good pedigree. I would deffo watch again.
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Saw it here in the states at a sneak peek screening a few days ago; it was 3D. It was....so beautiful. No words. They should have sent a poet.
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I saw this yesterday with some friends and I went through the whole cycle of low expectations/blown away by how good it was that most people here have been talking about. Honestly I hadn't even heard of it at all until about a month ago when I spotted a big cardboard Judge Dredd in the cinema, and that was pretty much my total advertising exposure to it. With that kind of advertising I just really hope that it makes back its budget, I really enjoyed it and I'd like to see more films like it, it was a really refreshing change of tone from the kind of bloodless violence and cheesy drama that a lot of comic book adaptions and superhero films out at the moment seem to fall into. I hope all the good press its getting in the UK will help boost it when it comes to the US release, the people who made this deserve a financial success.
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Gonz posted:Saw it here in the states at a sneak peek screening a few days ago; it was 3D. I couldn't bring myself to blink at the end when Ma-Ma hit the floor in slow motion from the floors point of view. It was glorious. Reminded me of this, actually.  From about 2:30 in.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu475u-fH-A
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I wonder if the delayed US release is actually intended bump the opening weekend by generating word of mouth buzz over the internet from UK viewers and reviewers. It's certainly getting a lot of great reviews on RT, and of course just about everyone here is raving about it. A film made on a tight budget like this can't have a lot to splash around on marketing
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Fatkraken posted:I wonder if the delayed US release is actually intended bump the opening weekend by generating word of mouth buzz over the internet from UK viewers and reviewers. It's certainly getting a lot of great reviews on RT, and of course just about everyone here is raving about it. A film made on a tight budget like this can't have a lot to splash around on marketing Yeah, pretty smart. Especially since Dredd/2000 AD has a lot more name recognition in the UK anyway.
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I think in an interview they said the film had different distributors in different territories, which was why the release dates were all over the place.
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I really enjoyed this. So nice to watch a proper 18 action film that's both modern and a throwback to the classics whilst not insulting your intelligence. The slo-mo was a great gimmick to make awful violence look beautiful. If there's one thing that brought my enjoyment down slightly, it's because I'd already seen The Raid earlier this year, but that's not the film's fault in any way. I really hope this does well enough to get sequels. The Cineworld I saw it in was pretty busy for 18:00 on a Thursday, so fingers crossed...
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Junkenstein posted:I really enjoyed this. So nice to watch a proper 18 action film that's both modern and a throwback to the classics whilst not insulting your intelligence. The slo-mo was a great gimmick to make awful violence look beautiful. Totally off-topic but OH you have a Digitiser avatar! That's amazing. I miss old-style Teletext.
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Rondette posted:Totally off-topic but OH you have a Digitiser avatar! That's amazing. I miss old-style Teletext. I'm pretty sure Paul Rose (who I've chatted to, he's really nice, told him about the time that digitiser nearly killed me) is behind at least one or two of the Digitiser characters on twitter, but I'm not sure. @InsincereDave_ is as brilliant as ever. Not seen Dredd yet, sorry.
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Cream_Filling posted:Apparently, this movie was originally written as Judge Dredd vs. Judge Death, but then they thought the script was a bit "too surreal" and that the whole thing would be incomprehensible to non-fans. Also budget. So they went with an everyday "day in the life" sort of approach instead with eyes towards doing sequels later. Belly wheeler chase scene. OK.
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ShineDog posted:Belly wheeler chase scene. OK. In all seriousness, I would like to see a Democracy adaptation. It's way, way to easy to misinterpret the franchise as sympathizing with Dredd and the Judges otherwise.
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ShineDog posted:Belly wheeler chase scene. OK. There's a dead fatty in the lobby of Peach Trees, and you can see his beliwheel a few feet away.
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echoplex posted:I'm pretty sure Paul Rose (who I've chatted to, he's really nice, told him about the time that digitiser nearly killed me) is behind at least one or two of the Digitiser characters on twitter, but I'm not sure. What twitter accounts are these? moc-moc-a-moc
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Please dont suck as much as I am expecting. The Stalone movie was ok, but that's about it really. This could well be the same poo poo with more modern effects.
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Emnity posted:Please dont suck as much as I am expecting. The Stalone movie was ok, but that's about it really. This could well be the same poo poo with more modern effects. If you thought the Stallone movie was "ok", then your standards are low enough that this movie will probably seem like a masterwork.
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Emnity posted:Please dont suck as much as I am expecting. The Stalone movie was ok, but that's about it really. This could well be the same poo poo with more modern effects.
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Payndz posted:The Stallone movie it's closest to is 2007's Rambo (in terms of the violence, anyway). Tone-wise it's nearer early John Carpenter films like Assault On Precinct 13 or Escape From New York. The only thing it has in common with the 1995 movie is that it's based on the same source material. Other than that, they're worlds apart. Wait the 95 movie was based on Judge Dredd from 2000 AD? I thought it was just unrelated characters with the same names.
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bobkatt013 posted:Wait the 95 movie was based on Judge Dredd from 2000 AD? I thought it was just unrelated characters with the same names.
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I'd love to know what Stallone thinks of this new adaptation, since as someone else mentioned, Dredd 3D reminded me a lot of Rambo 4.
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I still haven't seen Dredd 3D yet, but did you guys see this in the movie posters thread?Dissapointed Owl posted:What is it with lovely covers for Bluray releases of older movies? Just look at this. There is nothing iconic 'DREDD' being used, not even the helmet. The ridiculously plain background used... I mean if I didn't have a soft spot for the movie 'STALLONE JUDGE DREDD' I wouldn't even buy it
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bobkatt013 posted:Why would they have the helmet on the cover when he did not even wear it most of the movie? That's true I suppose, it is a more honest cover. It's still sacrilege though.
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marktheando posted:That's true I suppose, it is a more honest cover. It's still sacrilege though. So was that god forsaken movie
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Jedit posted:There's a dead fatty in the lobby of Peach Trees, and you can see his beliwheel a few feet away. Seriously? Amazing, this is the best adaption.
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Saw it last night and it was exactly what I was hoping for - lean, fast paced, nasty and funny. I really, really hope they get to make their trilogy because there's a lot of potential and if they're allowed to go even bigger and wilder it could be amazing. It was the first time I've ever particularly enjoyed 3D too. Sadly there were only five people in the showing we were at, including us, but it might have been because it was at 6pm on a Friday.
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