Hi,
Just saw this remake for the 1st time. I enjoyed the original many years ago, for all its cheesy acting/effects. But the remake left me bored. The 2012 film looked pretty. I'll give it that. Clearly drawing heavily on Blade Runner. But apart from that, I didn't care about a thing. I'm not even sure why.
I'm curious. Why did you find it boring? Alternately, if you enjoyed it, why did you find it engaging?
Yep I was bored. Blade Runner meets The Terminator is how I saw it.
shareI found it mildly engaging, but then I also went into it pretending not to have read the book or seen the Verhoeven/Arnie version, so am judging it solely on its merit as a standalone sci-fi flick.
I liked how it was a bit more serious than the bright comic-book style of Verhoeven's and having Kate Beckinsale helped immensely, especially when she reverted to her English accent.
I did feel they could have explored the technology a bit more, as it all seemed to fade into the background.
I liked the technology and the look of the film. I liked nothing else. I'm still not sure why I was so bored by it all. :(
shareAfter an hour found myself watching on FF and could follow the film without missing anything!
shareI'm still not sure why I was so bored by it all.
Because it was crap, that's why. Poor pacing, lacklustre dialogue, no jokes, no flair, absolutely nothing of interest except the set design (which was ripped off from "Blade Runner" anyway). I can't for the life of me see why Farrell and Beckinsale agreed to do it, or how anyone managed to pitch it successfully. At least Van Sant's remake of "Psycho" added colour...
I used to want to change the world. Now I just want to leave the room with a little dignity.
I can't for the life of me see why [...] Beckinsale agreed to do it
Can you imagine the frosty looks at the breakfast table
Ah. Director's wife (or rather he's her husband). I did not know that.
Tell you what though, to paraphrase Frankie Boyle, Len Wiseman must be really good in the sack, because he has little else to recommend him - certainly not talent.
I used to want to change the world. Now I just want to leave the room with a little dignity.
Yeah the film does have a strange boredom quality. Despite all the action, FX etc its a real borefest. They didn't even bother to expand on the PKD dream paranoia (which I was sure they were going to do esp since theyd obviously fast tracked this remake in light of the success of Inception), just played it like a straight action film. In fact the original had more on that. Also to anyone whos seen the original (and who hasn't) its a beat for beat remake, same scenes just set in Blade Runner/Minority Report worlds. Nothing new except the dull 'fall'/clonebot army instead of Mars/terraforming aliens. The only mildly interesting thing was noticing all the steals from other movies and seeing what a new Blade Runner might look like on the big screen
Also you'd have thought the idea behind doing the Total Recall remake was to more adapt the short story as was intended in the 70s/80s when Cronenberg was set to direct and the likes of Richard Dreyfus, William Hurt, Christopher Reeve were considered for Quaid (before it was Arnoldized)
I found the film totally boring- the fight sequences took over from any sort of plot.
I found the original film very enjoyable but this remake just relied on CGI so much it became yet another CGI action game fest which would be more fun playing on a game console.
The Lori character seemed to pop up like a jack in the box and didn't seam at least bothered about the robot characters shooting and getting blowed upped in front of her (just duck behind a wall - quickly!!!)
Maybe that was it. It was just a series of lame action scenes.
shareI have just seen this film and yes I was bored. It had superfluous action and chasing and slow-mo shots but lacked any sense of fun, the like of which the original had in abundance. The original had humour, memorable quotes (seriously, I've just watched this and can't remember any quotes), interesting characters, and really the whole Mars angle was so much more interesting than I Robot part 2.
There were a few impressive futuristic gadget ideas such as the hand incorporated into the phone, and the special effects may have looked decent, but even then the palette of largely greys and blacks added to the bland experience I had watching this film.
Yeah, I think you touched on the 2 biggest problems. The original film had a sense of fun and Mars was way more interesting.
shareYes, I too was bored with this film. So bored that I gave up not long after it started and just had it on in the background.
I don't know what it was in particular, may be I was comparing it too much with the original, which I thoroughly enjoyed (and still do) accentuating the disappointment and ruining it not giving it a chance. What I did see of the film, nothing stands out at all of interest. The films a total flop as far as I'm concerned.
I shall continue on occasions to watch the original film.
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Yes, finally started watching it too, didn't pay attention to it after 5 minutes. I see why it failed. I'll watch the original any day but likely never look at this one again.
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Literally watching it as I type and bored to tears. This movie blows.
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