Dredd DVD

[Apositive]

This was a surprise for me, I thought it was very well done. Karl Urban did Dredd right. Stallone's film was a downright turkey by comparison!

Will pick this up on DVD Tuesday for sure!

[BlackKnight]

This Come out today ?
Or next Tues ?

[Operation:Mego]

This Come out today ?
Or next Tues ?

Next Tuesday, the 8th.

[Nostalgiabuff]

i was waiting to hear feedback on it. I was never into the comics but the first movie sucked. if all reviews are good i will likely pick it up

[BlackKnight]

Don't wait for my review then .., I liked the 1st Film.

[Goblin19]

This was crazy entertaining. It was violent and kind of artistic all at once.

[BlackKnight]

^^^ Thats Positive.

[Goblin19]

In this case, yes. It's just not your typical action movie, style wise. It's closest relative would be Robocop. However, there's several scenes that are almost kind of beautiful.

[palitoy]

I managed to talk the wife into seeing it and she liked it better than I did. Can't wait to see it again.

[Bruce Banner]

It's not bad...
It's suitably ultra violent, but the whole Dredd universe has been toned down drastically and made more "realistic" for this movie.
And with a modest budget, the movie also lacks any true sense of the epic scale of Mega City 1 and its sci-fi environment.

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

I haven't seen it yet, but two friends of mine who're hardcore Dredd fans from AWAYS back said it was good.

>the whole Dredd universe has been toned down drastically and made more "realistic" for this movie

Yeah.... they said it wasn't a big problem 'cos the movie was written so that it felt like the beginning of the setting, and it eluded to a lot of the really weird stuff from the comic. The toned down epicness of the setting they attributed to the movie being set mostly in the "downtown" part of the city. The only thing that bothered either of them was that the main bad guy actually swore, with real swearwords.... which seemed like the most out of continuity bit.

Don C.

[Gorn Captain]

I need to buy the DVD.
This movie played one week here, and then it was gone. And only in the two late night showings. It was gone before I could catch it....

[BlackKnight]

I am shocked that there seems to be so much love for this ....
I figured given the over all Movie Personalities on this Forum ..., it would follow suit to a Movie Guilty Pleasure Catagory for me ...., I'm super Excited now ...

[ctc]

So;

I finally saw "Dredd." I have to say that as an action film it's pretty good. Lots of mayhem, it's not irrevocalby stupid, surprises, consequence.... it's what you'd get if "Die Hard" and "Precinct 13" had a baby that wasn't as dumb as it's parents. They certainly didn't skimp on the mayhem.

As a Judge Dredd film it's kinda hit or miss. Nothing about it FEELS completely like Dredd. You could have called it "FutureCrime" and sold it as something new without changing anything. (Except maybe the helmet.) To that end it's like an 80's cyberpunk film, with a huge budget. The bikes look like Megaforce bikes, the streets filled with contemporary cars, even the armour. (They're missing the spiked shoulder pads though. Got the 80's dust, forgot the spikes.)

The city itself isn't quite right. Doak mentioned that it feels like the beginning of the Megacity system; and he's right, except they integrate a lot of stuf that locks it chronologically into the 90's comic history. The wall is up, and the mention the Fergee memorial day whick places it after the reign of Judge Cal. There's an ad for an Owen Krysler film.... setting it after the Judge Child. But there's no Psi-Div, mopads, Mantas.... they could have used a few Mantas.... The Stallone film captured the city a LOT better.

Wait. Did I just say something GOOD about the Stallone film....?

*shudder* Anyhoo; normally these sort of fudgings of a character's history wouldn't be a big deal.... and they're not huge for this film; but they feel odd 'cos Dredd the comic was never like Superman or Batman (for example).... where there's a complete reboot every few years. Dredd continuity has always been solid; right down to them having a year pass in the comic for every year that passed in the real world. It's jarring to see that; especially since (thanks to reprints) ALL of Dredd's history is readily available. I know they're marketing for an audience that probably never read.... or cares about the comic; but it seems like a waste not to use what's there, especially against how little of the look and feel they used.

Dredd himself is a near-miss. He's not as dynamic or forceful as the Dredd of the comic. Movie Dredd feels more like Robocop doing a Batman impersonation. In a huge helmet. He's not as horrid as the Stallone one, so there's that. His judgement at the end was WAY off base though.... and I was waiting for Anderson to call him on it. (Since Dredd did something like that with a rookie in the comic.)

Funny thing: I remember Doak was bothered by the swearing. I could let it pass, since they'd toned down a lot of other aspects of the comic.... except when thye first meet the block paramedic. Dredd SHOULD have fined him for use of non-sanctioned obscenities.

I hated Anderson. She's the generic plucky female sidekick from every 80's action film. It seemed so wrong having her constantly call Dredd "sir;" even if she was a cadet. She was weak and wishy washy throughout most of the film.... although towards the end she was ALMOST like the character from the book.... minus the wise assery. Which was much missed, since that's her dominant personality trait. It was interesting that her origin is the one from the comic, but they felt the need to shoehorn it into the "current" time. (Same way they keep shoehorning old plots into current rosters with all them superhero movies and tv shows.)

Over all I thought it was okay. Not bad, but kinda generic.

Don C.

[domino]

I rented this yesterday and I enjoyed the film for what it was, a shoot'em up action film. I think my enjoyment comes from the fact that I have never read any Judge Dredd comics and I didn't see the first movie, so I had no source material to compare it too. I would like to see a sequel, but considering how poorly this did at the box office, I wont get my hopes up.