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| Total Recall; The remake | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 2 2012, 03:50 PM (281 Views) | |
| Swidden | Aug 2 2012, 03:50 PM Post #1 |
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Saw this article today and had to post it... "Total Recall" is a remake alright, just of a different movie a tad more recent. ![]() Huffington Post, Mike Ryan: "'Total Recall' is Pretty Much 'Attack of the Clones'."
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| 24thcenstfan | Aug 2 2012, 03:59 PM Post #2 |
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Interesting. I'll be going to see this movie tomorrow. I don't really want to see this remake (I'm not a Colin Farrell fan), but I get to pick the movie about every other time going. I'll let you know if it is AotC take 2. John Cho is in the movie. With Kate Beckinsale, it is hard to see her as anything other than a Vampire. |
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| Swidden | Aug 10 2012, 07:59 PM Post #3 |
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Doesn't sound like it's doing well. One review said the original is "Citizen Kane" in comparison. |
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| 24thcenstfan | Aug 13 2012, 11:39 AM Post #4 |
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I have had a chance to see the movie now and I thought it was a decent movie. There were a few parallels to other franchises/Sci-Fi themes, but overall I liked the futuristic setting that was created. There were nods to the original movie, but the story was a little different. I would have liked the characters to be a bit more developed though. I also think the use of Chinese/Asian themes to depict futuristic environments might be a bit played out at this point, but again I still liked the overall feel of the movie. Surprisingly, I didn't dislike Colin Farrell or Jessica Biel in the movie... two characters that I haven't been a huge fan of. Kate Beckinsale was as usual a bad a$$ in the movie. She might want to consider doing different roles... she's becoming type casted. I would give this movie 3 and 1/2 stars. |
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| Swidden | Aug 14 2012, 05:10 PM Post #5 |
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I'll probably watch it when it hits Netflix. I don't mind that they wanted to revisit this film, but they really could have kept the Mars element in it since Mars did play a part in the original Dick story. |
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| 24thcenstfan | Aug 17 2012, 01:07 PM Post #6 |
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I was surprised the Mars element was not included, but I guess they really wanted to take the story in another direction. Heads up... Spoiler: click to toggle
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| Swidden | Aug 17 2012, 04:20 PM Post #7 |
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^^^ Re: the spoiler tag. Not worried. Little guy is still more in the superheroes than this one. |
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