Movies: Total Recall
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winter_elfGot a little behind on my movie reviews - so lets start up again :)
Total Recall
I enjoyed it - quite a bit.
The good: A good action flick, some pretty snazzy cgi, great distopic society and the best car chase I've seen in quite a while.
The bad: The original Arnold version had a deeper plot, fuzzy science (which I ignored, it's an action flick!), bladerunner rain (in that, hey, it's the future it's hell, it always rains in the slums!)
Let me just say - the art director/cgi lead - I love you. There is some really cool tech/future society/distopic living conditions. All the cgi/buildings/backgrounds was just amazing - all the stuff, the cool ideas, some darn cool tech, some wild elevators & freeways, the computer effects people were doing - awesome!
Worth seeing: Yes. Darn good action flick. I want to see it again for all the tech stuff/details.
That car chase on elevated freeway - Wow, just wow. A cool foot chase through a multilevel city - exciting and fun, and then.... a chase through elevator shafts. I'm afraid the first thing in my mind when they escaped into the elevator shaft was that scene in Galaxy Quest where Gwen says 'WHY IS THIS HERE! IT MAKES NO SENSE!' LOL. It was an exciting and interesting sequence - but really, just an excuse for 'chompers'. No really.
In the original Arnold flick - there is a lot more in depth clues/fuzzy stuff that this is all 'memorex' and not real. In this.. yea, not so much. There's a tiny homage at the beginning that he's doing the 'spy program', but it's pretty much dropped and more treated as 'he's having memory problems' rather than it's all in his head. So, the plot is pretty straight forward action with not as much fuzzyness on 'is he or isn't he'.
Coolest tech bit ever - the HAND phone! IDK! It was awesome!
Longest commute - through the EARTH! Wild (and let's ignore the fuzzy science)
Total Recall
I enjoyed it - quite a bit.
The good: A good action flick, some pretty snazzy cgi, great distopic society and the best car chase I've seen in quite a while.
The bad: The original Arnold version had a deeper plot, fuzzy science (which I ignored, it's an action flick!), bladerunner rain (in that, hey, it's the future it's hell, it always rains in the slums!)
Let me just say - the art director/cgi lead - I love you. There is some really cool tech/future society/distopic living conditions. All the cgi/buildings/backgrounds was just amazing - all the stuff, the cool ideas, some darn cool tech, some wild elevators & freeways, the computer effects people were doing - awesome!
Worth seeing: Yes. Darn good action flick. I want to see it again for all the tech stuff/details.
That car chase on elevated freeway - Wow, just wow. A cool foot chase through a multilevel city - exciting and fun, and then.... a chase through elevator shafts. I'm afraid the first thing in my mind when they escaped into the elevator shaft was that scene in Galaxy Quest where Gwen says 'WHY IS THIS HERE! IT MAKES NO SENSE!' LOL. It was an exciting and interesting sequence - but really, just an excuse for 'chompers'. No really.
In the original Arnold flick - there is a lot more in depth clues/fuzzy stuff that this is all 'memorex' and not real. In this.. yea, not so much. There's a tiny homage at the beginning that he's doing the 'spy program', but it's pretty much dropped and more treated as 'he's having memory problems' rather than it's all in his head. So, the plot is pretty straight forward action with not as much fuzzyness on 'is he or isn't he'.
Coolest tech bit ever - the HAND phone! IDK! It was awesome!
Longest commute - through the EARTH! Wild (and let's ignore the fuzzy science)
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Date: 10 Aug 2012 04:33 (UTC)I admit, on action flicks - the more outlandish- I'm fine.
If you see it - make sure you are in a relaxed mood - have a drink and DO NOT TAKE THE BRAIN! :)
They did agree that the cgi/art design was good, the tech was good and the chase stuff was fine. But got distracted by freaking out on 'THAT CANNOT WORK'. *sigh*
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Date: 10 Aug 2012 18:44 (UTC)edit for wrong icon!