Dredd 3D

POOPERSCOOPER · Post by **POOPERSCOOPER** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 5:21 am

It's a new Judge Dredd movie starring Karl Urban as Dredd. Most of you probably remember the Stallone one that a lot of people hated, even though I thought it was okay but not a great film.

The new Dredd movie is based around Dredd and a rookie that he is evaluating while trying to stop a gang who is manufacturing a new drug on the market that slows down the speed of the mind to 1% or something. Anyways, they are trapped in a giant multiplex thing and have to shoot their way to the top.

The film has lots of blood and gore and lots of well done action scenes. I think Karl Urban plays a really good Dredd (I never read the comics so take that as you may) and I like how bad ass they make Dredd out to be. Overall, this movie was surprisingly getting some good reviews and I agree with all of them in that this was a good watch and I recommend it.

What saddens me about the film is that it kind of bombed during it's opening weekend which was just this last weekend in the USA. It came in 6th place behind a whole bunch of crap which is a shame because I think this movie really deserves a sequel which is probably already out the window now. Go out and see it as this might be the last Dredd movie in a long time.

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 11:11 pm

I second what Pooper said, the movie was fantastic.

SenisterDenister · Post by **SenisterDenister** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 2:21 pm

I've only heard good things about it. My friends seem kind of interested in it but there's one who won't part with ten dollars and I honestly hate going to movies by myself. Might try to see it Friday or something.

rad resistance · Post by **rad resistance** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 4:53 pm

Good film saw it the day it came out. Went in the afternoon with my bro and a friend no one there it was great. Best comicbook flick so far, good gore and gunfights. Sad it did so shitty in the box office but americans like watching shit anyway so no changing that.

Taco-Hero · Post by **Taco-Hero** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 10:13 pm

I haven't seen it yet. Usually I avoid action films because they tend to be really boring but you guys are convincing me to see it. It's weird how action films like Transformers and the Expendables get loads of dough and an action film that has some of the same elements but is actually good gets very little. Maybe it's just the release date.

Superhaze · Post by **Superhaze** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 10:30 pm

Man, I wish they for *once* would have the balls to add the backstory of the fascist government into the movies. If you ever read the comic called 'America' it really shows how much of a fascist enforcer Dredd really is. I once read an interview with one of the creators of the comic books where he said he was very surprised at how few readers seemed to acknowledge the fact the Dredd was designed to be the personification of a brutal fascist dictatorship riding around on a giant vulgar motorbike beeing judge, jury and executioner. The readers in a sense chose fascism over liberty by seeing Dredd as a good guy. Much like how most people dont seem to realize that Starship Troopers are supposed to be a propaganda-film made to make the fascist government in their universe look good. Anyway, I'm still looking forward to the movie. It looked pretty sweet in the trailer, so provided I find a good (brightly lit) screen to watch it on, I'm gonna be a very happy chappy.

Tofu Man · Post by **Tofu Man** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 1:28 am

Superhaze wrote:Much like how most people dont seem to realize that Starship Troopers are supposed to be a propaganda-film made to make the fascist government in their universe look good.

This. I've lost count how many people I've had to convince that ST is actually a smart film if you let it. They correlate the crap actors (as well as the Michael Ironside) to a cheap ass production that stupidly spent all its money on bombast and they miss the point entirely. It's supposed to look like cheese; in case you didn't notice, what Verhoeven is going for is a documentary/flick for the film's own universe- it's a propaganda piece you'd show non-citizens in the hopes they'd sign up for military service. It's a fake Battle L.A. / Battleship (which are, not at all coincidentally, the most execrable pieces of film I've seen in recent times), it's not supposed to try to make you come out of the theather thinking "Man, the military is awesome!" but rather (and quite like a lot of the better sci-fi) to be a cautionary tale. It's one of a very few films where I find it hard thinking up what could've been made better. For what it tries to be, it's pretty damn spot on. Still, sarcastically or not, bad actors and awful lines are still bad and awful, respectively. I can understand people not liking it, but not tolerate people not understanding it.

Anywho, I thoughtt the originall Dredd wass quite entertainingg, all things considered, and am surprised you guys liked this one since the ads I've seen make it look as another of those pointless 3D movies hoping to cash in on the gimmick alone.

Taco-Hero · Post by **Taco-Hero** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 1:49 am

Superhaze wrote:Man, I wish they for *once* would have the balls to add the backstory of the fascist government into the movies. If you ever read the comic called 'America' it really shows how much of a fascist enforcer Dredd really is.

But isn't that already implied? Then again I hardly remember the Stallone movie. But isn't the guy's catchphrase "I AM the LAW!"? I figured people understood that and simply didn't care or something. Maybe the filmmakers don't care either.

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S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 10:24 pm

Frater Perdurabo wrote:http://news.discovery.com/space/faked-m ... ining.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMEq6IjgR04

Brilliant.

Haha, love the comments on that video :

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Cimmerian Nights · Post by **Cimmerian Nights** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 2:40 am

Superhaze wrote:Man, I wish they for *once* would have the balls to add the backstory of the fascist government into the movies. If you ever read the comic called 'America' it really shows how much of a fascist enforcer Dredd really is. I once read an interview with one of the creators of the comic books where he said he was very surprised at how few readers seemed to acknowledge the fact the Dredd was designed to be the personification of a brutal fascist dictatorship riding around on a giant vulgar motorbike beeing judge, jury and executioner. The readers in a sense chose fascism over liberty by seeing Dredd as a good guy. Much like how most people dont seem to realize that Starship Troopers are supposed to be a propaganda-film made to make the fascist government in their universe look good. Anyway, I'm still looking forward to the movie. It looked pretty sweet in the trailer, so provided I find a good (brightly lit) screen to watch it on, I'm gonna be a very happy chappy.

Yeah, I loved the old comics, and it was definitely dystopian, future gone wrong with a dark, cynical sense of humor to it.

Quintessential Dredd story for me was one where, basically all labor is done by robots in the future, so people have all this leisure time. So turns out people get sick of all the leisure and want to do something productive, so some dudes trash a cleaning-bot steal some brooms and get their kicks sweeping floors. Then Dredd probably capped 'em.
The character Dredd himself is pretty predictable, one-dimensional Dirty Harry clone, but the whole Mega-City dynamic is what makes it work.

rad resistance · Post by **rad resistance** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 7:08 pm

Just give Dredd some SS duds and bam u have a alternative histroy movie where Herr Dredd hunts down undesireables for the glory of the thousand year reich.

Aonaran · Post by **Aonaran** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 7:34 pm

This movie is the tits. It kind of rips off "The Raid: Redemption", but who gives a shit? Action movies can rip off action movies. Lena Headley was fucking brilliant as the villain, stole the show in every scene.

Edit: Digging all the Starship Troopers love, by the way. This is why I love DaC

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 10:47 pm

Aonaran wrote:It kind of rips off "The Raid: Redemption", but who gives a shit? Action movies can rip off action movies.

You know, this seems to be the common complaint I hear, yet no one bothers to mention that Dredd started filming 5 months before The Raid and had it's script started in 2006. So, really? I think it's probably coincidence and timing. If Dredd was released first, people would have probably said the same about The Raid.

Aonaran · Post by **Aonaran** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 1:43 am

Haha, yeah, guess that is the Paul Blart / Observe and Report syndrome kicking in. Either way, both are pretty fucking badass movies. Talking about Dredd and Raid...and, well, Observe. Blart is still a piece of shit, though....

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 3:08 am

I thought Observe was a pretty serviceable comedy - it did have that part mid-way through where Rogan's character just kinda goes full on crazy and I'm like, "When did I start watching Taxi Driver with less talented actors?"

Superhaze · Post by **Superhaze** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 3:52 pm

So I watched dredd some days ago and... aw yes. Finally a Dredd that does the comics justice. I really *really* hope they get enough funds to make "America" into a movie. I saw an interview with one of the movies directors (or something or other) who said he would explore more of the politics behind the Hall of Justice, Dredd being a fascist and other important elements if there ever was to be a second film. Also, I cant stop claiming to be the law. To the detriment of my colleagues.

*Edit*: Also, Dredd once nuked an entire russian mega-city. Now that would be a crazy movie.

Tofu Man · Post by **Tofu Man** » Fri Apr 26, 2013 4:19 am

At the risk of being chased by rabid dackers, the Stallone movie was better.

Well, maybe not better but at least shit happened in it. This... is more of a middle of the road volume of a graphic novel, one of those you tend to forget because it doesn't have a point and nothing much of relevance happens in it (granted I watched it drunk but I don't think I missed any "subtleties"). Maybe that's the point, but then they called it Dredd instead of Dredd: Subtitle. At least call it Anderson, since she's the main character. There's all these niggling things about it- the plot (disappointing, Mr. Garland) is more suited to a game rather than a movie (irony of ironies, right, Ms. Croft?) down to the damn escort mission (it'd be a sweet corridor shooter, tho); the "horrible Mega City", place of terror and injustice and... well it looks exactly like any other american city, cleaner still, apart from these gigantic buildings every now and then, one of which belongs to the police... the same police that can only adress 6% of all crimes called in because crime is so very prevalent, at least until you get to one of the biggest criminal hubs in the city and it... kinda looks nice in there. Coming to America's 80's NYC looked more daunting than this. Also, wasn't Urban going [frown] the whole movie distracting? Thumbs up, if I do it for more than 30 seconds my jaw feels like it's going to fall off. However, why not have

play the part, instead? It'd be cheaper, man! :DACONOMICS:

What I did like was the violence. The drug. The architecture. The good girl (hmm). The bad girl (hmmmmmmmmm). The OST, what little there was of it.

What it feels like is basic fan service. It's fucking deplorable to go too far when making an adaptation and this does the exact opposite. Which, while miles better than the alternative, does tend not create the best of movies. Yeah, maybe my conditioning's to blame for thinking strict fan-wank to be unseemly of a movie. Remind me again that the Stallone one was just as much a cashgrab as this one. Bah.

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Sun Apr 28, 2013 3:09 am

Heretic.

cazsim83 · Post by **cazsim83** » Sat Oct 19, 2013 8:14 am

I was hoping this would be some review of Dreadnought's life, but I was disappointed and satisfied, mysteriously at the same time.