Dredd (2012) was a techically proficient, but ultimately mediocre piece of uncritical copraganda action schlock, and a vastly inferior film to Judge Dredd (1995). i will die on this hill.
I don’t know if I’d go as far as to call it copaganda, but it’s definitely true that it downplayed the anti-fascist satire of the original source material
I don’t remember watching either of these two movies so I have no skin in the game, but I love it when someone is this passionate about a controversial opinion like this.
When they remade Total Recall, I thought the OG was better because I am an action fan and the Swrtzenegger one is jam packed with action.
I went into Dredd kinda expecting a similar thing, but nah. It’s way better than the Stallone one as a action movie. The Stallone one I now consider a comedy, instead. “Eat recycled food. It’s good for the environment and OK for you.”
For Total Recall, the point was that the state of the film was ambiguious. Were the events on screen the memories bought and paid for, or was it a real spy thriller.
The remake answeres that question and ruins the entire premice of the film. This is a key example on why these Hollywoo “remakes” are widely panned, they usually miss the point of the origional art and audiences are dumber for it.
You are the first person I’ve ever seen refer to Dredd as anything less than an action masterpiece.
The heavy use of slow motion kind of ruined it for me a little bit. If it was symbolic in some way my unsophisticated brain didn’t get it.
Dredd (2012) was a techically proficient, but ultimately mediocre piece of uncritical copraganda action schlock, and a vastly inferior film to Judge Dredd (1995). i will die on this hill.
Now that is a SPICY take, and I applaud your bravery.
I mean the nostalgia runs deep for the 1995 one cause I was a child, but I highly recommend posting this on unpopular opinion.
I’ll give you this, the old one felt more comic bookish. But if they do go back to the campy, please give me some dark judges!
I don’t know if I’d go as far as to call it copaganda, but it’s definitely true that it downplayed the anti-fascist satire of the original source material
I don’t remember watching either of these two movies so I have no skin in the game, but I love it when someone is this passionate about a controversial opinion like this.
When they remade Total Recall, I thought the OG was better because I am an action fan and the Swrtzenegger one is jam packed with action.
I went into Dredd kinda expecting a similar thing, but nah. It’s way better than the Stallone one as a action movie. The Stallone one I now consider a comedy, instead. “Eat recycled food. It’s good for the environment and OK for you.”
For Total Recall, the point was that the state of the film was ambiguious. Were the events on screen the memories bought and paid for, or was it a real spy thriller.
The remake answeres that question and ruins the entire premice of the film. This is a key example on why these Hollywoo “remakes” are widely panned, they usually miss the point of the origional art and audiences are dumber for it.