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JUDGE DREDD SEPTEMBER 21ST

What the fuck? Why would they hire Karl Urban and stick a GD mask on him for the whole movie?!?

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Because the character NEVER removes it, and the last movie was a fucking abortion of one of the most well written, greatest comic characters of all time. I hope this one does it justice.
 
Urban and the writers, director and producer all seem to be really big fans, so in theory it should be really authentic and well made. They're also quite derisive of the first movie, so they're more than aware of what mistakes to avoid repeating.
 
I'm looking forward to it. Just hope I don't get bored with the way he is speaking if he is going to use that voice throughout the whole movie. Sounds like he is trying to imitate Clint Eastwood.
 
CaptainWacky said:
WAS IT GOOD. (Answer in the "Dredd" thread. GOD.)
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Yes.

As I said, Lena Headey did her FACE throughout and played the part of a former hooker druggy drug lord quite well (difficult to play that part badly, really).

Karl Urban fit the role very well. I've not read the comics, so I can't comment on how faithful he or the writing were, but he did manage to look pretty imposing and did a very convincing Batman voice. And his helmet didn't embarrassingly topple off and bounce across the floor at any point.

The story was straightforward enough. Dredd and rookie attend scene at building 'owned' by Lena Druggy, capture a guy who could testify against her, so she locks down the building and commands the gangs within to kill the judges. Guess who wins?

It's imaginatively violent in parts, but also occasionally beautiful. I could've watched the PoV shots of the drugged up characters all day. Over all very stylish and a believable world.

The one sticking point for me was Dredd's sidekick. Like I say, I'm not familiar with the comics, so I don't know how much psychic abilities come up in stories, but it gave Dredd a massive advantage, which kind of dented the level of tension. I did like her predictable character development, even though it was predictable. And there was one scene where she went inside someone's mind that was very nicely done.

Anyway, it was good.
 
I loved the 90s Judge Dredd live action with Stallone. It's pretty much the same exact thing as Demolition Man (not sure which movie came first). Love them both.
 
Jibbles said:
I loved the 90s Judge Dredd live action with Stallone. It's pretty much the same exact thing as Demolition Man (not sure which movie came first). Love them both.
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Demolition Man was better though. Stallone had no business being Dredd and Rob Schneider had no business being in something other than a Sandler movie. Also Demolition Man had Denise Rodman and Dennis Leary.
 
I liked the Stallone movie (especially that cool robot!), but according to the makers of Dredd all the REAL fans hated it with a passion. I mean, a main character taking his helmet off and letting us see his facial expressions is clearly reprehensible.
 
Well it's an ENGLISH comic so it should have at least had an ENGLISH actor as the main character like Karl Urban (he only pretended to be from New Zealand to get to be in Lord of the Rings.)
 
I hated the Stallone movie if I am honest. It drove me bonkers having had a little dabble in the original comics. I am no comic book god, but it was terrible.

This looks good and Karl Urban gives good chin, which is essential for Dredd.

Will watch it late at night on Film4 in about 18 months.
 
I finally watched this movie (Dredd, not Judge Dredd.)

It was good, I liked it. I mean, you could tell they were on a budget and a bit limited in what they could do, but the slow motion shots were really pretty and made it look like more than just people shooting guns in a building. Karl Urban and Olivia Thirlby were VERY GOOD as our heroes and I'd like to see more of them (which won't happen as it was a huge flop!) I would have liked a bit more of Lena Headey though. She was good with what she had to do but they could have been a bit more of her torturing men.
 
According to the director they only needed to make $50 million to get a sequel made so it is vaguely possible, but I don't know how they'd be able to do another on the same limited budget. A tower block of identical corridors was a perfect money saver but you can't do that twice.
 
Well they could do one in the badlands outside the city which would just be empty except for the mutants (normal people with feet growing out of their foreheads.)
 
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