Judge Dredd Reboot!! - Part 1

[Tony Stark]

This is a Judge Dredd movie his fans can be proud of. While it was made on a shoe string budget, it was very faithful to the books and didn't hold anything back.

Karl Urban steals the show. He conjurs up his inner Clint Eastwood for this one and makes a memorable character. In the Stallone movie, you could never get past it being Sylvester Stallone, but here Urban makes the comic character come to life.

While the movie may not be a big box office success, I think this could be a major cult film legend for years to come.

7.5/10

 

[mikeboydus]

Great movie, wiped away most of the bad taste I had left from Resident Evil Retribution.

I spotted a very cool easter egg. When they showed the Hall of Justice, there was a very interesting much smaller building next to it, OCP HQ from Robocop.

 

[Carlo Comicus]

Interview with Fleur Van Eeden:

http://www.comicus.it/blog/movie-comics/item/53599-fleur-van-eeden-stunt-in-dredd

 

[The Riddler]

gonna check this out next week. looking forward to it.

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Dredd rounded out the Top Five with a terrible $2.23 million. That's close to April's Lockout ($2.22 million), which went on to earn just $14.3 million in its entire run. Dredd did at least do better than Shoot 'Em Up ($1.95 million), but that's a very minor consolation prize. The best case scenario looks like a $6.5 million haul for the three-day weekend.

http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3529&p=.htm

 

[Brian Braddock]

What boils my pi$$ is that you see absolute *****get made and make tons of money all the time yet a quality film like this cant even make back its low budget. It's nothing short of criminal, I tells ya. 20 years in the cubes for all those moviegoing perps who've not gone to see this absolute gem of a movie!!!

 

[Nathan]

Why do good Movies likes this do poorly (haven't seen it yet, taking everyone's word for it), but crap like Resident Evil: Retribution rakes in money? I hope the Movie does better in other countries.

 

[OutOfBoose]

Just catastrophe. No way the movie deserved that.

 

[Mr.T]

I made the mistake of going to see the very first Resident Evil movie at theaters, never again.
It's a shame **** like RE and Transformers take in ridiculous amounts of money. Dredd is really a very good movie. The comparisons to the original RoboCop are spot on. I will be going to see it a 2nd time to help do my part.

 

[spider-neil]

Marketing, marketing, markting.

Reasons I think this movies is bombing;

1. No one knows about it.
How many TV ads have you seen about Dredd? How many paper ads?
A poorly marketed film.

2. Dredd is an instantly recognisable name.
Not like Spidey or Batman who can coast on their name alone.

3. People vague memories of Dredd are of that terrible Stallone movie.
Movie tickets are expensive and some people are not willing to give that movie a chance.

4. It's a HARD R.
No kids.

So it's DVD/Blu ray or bust. At least with ths movie flopping I'll have the Blu in my hands for Christmas.

 

[Nathan]

Spill Audio Review

 

[KenK]

Don't forget, this was a pretty packed weekend. Dredd was one of four major releases, and the other three boasted bigger stars like Jake Gyllenhaal, Clint Eastwood, and yes, Jennifer Lawrence. A friend of mine who say Dredd with me and a few others, his wife was actually in another theater seeing Trouble with the Curve, 'cause she was hellbent on not having to see Dredd.

And I definitely agree on movie tickets being a factor. The theater my friends and I went to to see the film on Friday only had ONE 2D screening for the entire day(AT NOON!!!). Which also ties back to all other movies being released this weekend.

As for Resident Evil's success, blame the rest of the world! Internationally, the franchise is one of Sony Picture's bigger money makers.

 

[cabel]

I admire how everyone from the filmmakers to the cast were able to get a lot from a little, a quality I wish Hollywood would take notes on.

 

[Spark]

I wouldn't be surprised if that "ninjary" scene was supposed to happen before the minigun scene. It really seemed like there was an action/fight scene missing there, IMO.

What we needed was a Big Daddy warehouse scene. That's how I like to imagine the script thing went (I didn't read it).

The stairwell/stumm grenade thing was perhaps a decent warm-up though.

BLAM!

 

[Wesley Dodds]

You know what? I'd much prefer we got a great Dredd movie that failed at the BO, than another awful one that made loads of money.

Would a sequel have been nice? Absolutely! But, in a weird way, I'm sort of content with this just being a self-contained, brilliant action movie too.

 

[Marvin]

I made the mistake of going to see the very first Resident Evil movie at theaters, never again.
It's a shame **** like RE and Transformers take in ridiculous amounts of money. Dredd is really a very good movie. The comparisons to the original RoboCop are spot on. I will be going to see it a 2nd time to help do my part.

such a shame, bad movies never bomb
if a movie franchise can consistently make money even into it's 4th installment, there is something to be said about the way it services it's actual fan base.

As for justice being done, try looking to films that disappoint critics, fans, and the audience. It shouldn't be to hard. Maybe try starting with that other hasbro property and then maybe move on to the various comic book bombs...

 

[Marvin]

I think you have just totally missed the point of the character there...

Sure, if you say so. That doesn't mean I don't wanna see Urbans full performance.

ex 1. Watching the entire dark knight film with Heath wearing a helmet. In some parallel dimension where joker having a helmet is "the point of the character," they miss out on a lot.

I'm sure this won't make sense to many but it was worth a shot.
I grew up watching Urban on Xena, he's great.

 

[the dmg]

I did wonder about the scowl. A couple of people found it funny (in a good way). It's not particularly easy to pull off, nevermind keep going for an entire movie.

He nailed it, IMO. It's definitely not easy do for an entire film.

I'm kind of shocked at how wrong I was about this movie. I usually have a pretty good sense about these things, and all through the summer I was saying how terrible I thought this movie was going to be.
...I was totally wrong. I liked it a LOT. The acting was good, the music was cool, the cinematography and use of 3-D was actually very well done. It was brutal and gritty with pretty remarkable visuals.

As I was watching this movie, I felt like I was reading a very satisfying graphic novel. No origin story, no laying the foundation to get into a sequel. Just a heck of a gripping story and adventure of this character.

It's been a good year for comic book movies, and this was a juicy cherry on top.

I think a big part of it has to do with the terrible trailers that they've released. I was going to see it regardless because of what I've heard about the film, and I thought there was only one TV spot that was remotely interesting. A lot of my friends were reluctant to go because of what they have seen, and didn't think it was going to be good. They were wrong, and loved it.

Can't decide whether to see this or End of Watch

Dredd...and then End of Watch later. t:

Sure, if you say so. That doesn't mean I don't wanna see Urbans full performance.

ex 1. Watching the entire dark knight film with Heath wearing a helmet. In some parallel dimension where joker having a helmet is "the point of the character," they miss out on a lot.

I'm sure this won't make sense to many but it was worth a shot.
I grew up watching Urban on Xena, he's great.

Taking his helmet off is not necessary, and the movie uses the situation he's put in to justify not removing it for the entire film. Ledger wearing a helmet would change the entire aspect of the character. While we're at it, let's just remove Batman and Spider-Man's mask to see their full performance.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

yeah, it's like complaining about how you never see hugo weaving's face in V for Vendetta.

 

[Kane52630]

Don't forget, this was a pretty packed weekend. Dredd was one of four major releases, and the other three boasted bigger stars like Jake Gyllenhaal, Clint Eastwood, and yes, Jennifer Lawrence. A friend of mine who say Dredd with me and a few others, his wife was actually in another theater seeing Trouble with the Curve, 'cause she was hellbent on not having to see Dredd.

Not to mention the theater count is pretty low for a film like Dredd.

Trouble with the Curve - 3,212

House at the End of the Street - 3,083

Finding Nemo - 2,904

End of Watch - 2,730

Dredd - 2,506

 

[KenK]

Not to mention the theater count is pretty low for a film like Dredd.

Trouble with the Curve - 3,212

House at the End of the Street - 3,083

Finding Nemo - 2,904

End of Watch - 2,730

Dredd - 2,506

Yeah, but that's less of a factor when you consider End Of Watch only has 200 more theaters than Dredd, and will ultimately be the top-grossing film of the weekend. Whereas Dredd is looking to round out the Top 5.

 

[Blade X]

Marketing, marketing, markting.

Reasons I think this movies is bombing;

1. No one knows about it.
How many TV ads have you seen about Dredd? How many paper ads?
A poorly marketed film.

2. Dredd is an instantly recognisable name.
Not like Spidey or Batman who can coast on their name alone.

3. People vague memories of Dredd are of that terrible Stallone movie.
Movie tickets are expensive and some people are not willing to give that movie a chance.

4. It's a HARD R.
No kids.

5. The movie looked (based SOLELY on the trailers shown) like a low budget straight to DVD/Sy-Fy Channel movie. Which, of course, is no indictment of the quality of the movie.

6. The basic plot of the movie (from the trailers alone) looked like THE RAIN:REDEMPTION. So now you have a number of moviegoers looking at the trailers for this movie and thinking "been there, seen that".

 

[Marvin]

Taking his helmet off is not necessary, and the movie uses the situation he's put in to justify not removing it for the entire film. Ledger wearing a helmet would change the entire aspect of the character. While we're at it, let's just remove Batman and Spider-Man's mask to see their full performance.

yeah, it's like complaining about how you never see hugo weaving's face in V for Vendetta.

sigh, who said anything about complaining. I find this sort of over response tends to happen in these situations where fans start over defending under performing cherished films.

I'll say it like this. Taking Spider mans mask off(something the filmmakers consistently do for this very reason, no doubt) for the entire film would in fact hurt the character, No one wants that. I said, I would LOVE to see a cut of the film where I would in get to see the entire film with the actors unhindered performance. Some sort of cgi inhanced/b roll footage. Not much different to seeing avatar without the post effects work, not much different than if I said I wanted to see Davy jones before the mocap suit. Understand that I'm in no way implying that the film would be better if this in form, simple, this character was designed this way and it works great. I repeat, simply as a student of film and acting I would love to see the actors unhindered performance.

Next you guys will lambaste anyone that's ever wanted to see Andy Serkis behind the scenes footage.
yea, because I really think planet of the apes or hobbit would be better that way...

 

[Marvin]

5. The movie looked (based SOLELY on the trailers shown) like a low budget straight to DVD/Sy-Fy Channel movie. Which, of course, is no indictment of the quality of the movie.

6. The basic plot of the movie (from the trailers alone) looked like THE RAIN:REDEMPTION. So now you have a number of moviegoers looking at the trailers for this movie and thinking "been there, seen that".

True, there is a reason blade(a much harder sell than this) did marginally better.

 

[Spark]

Sure, if you say so. That doesn't mean I don't wanna see Urbans full performance.

ex 1. Watching the entire dark knight film with Heath wearing a helmet. In some parallel dimension where joker having a helmet is "the point of the character," they miss out on a lot.

I'm sure this won't make sense to many but it was worth a shot.
I grew up watching Urban on Xena, he's great.

I'm still not sure if you're trolling.

So great job.

Xena sucked though.