Dredd (film) - Judge Dredd movie

[MinionZombie]

Finally caught this last night and was so impressed at how they restricted the scope of the film while delivering something so fun and powerful. Very refreshing Glad you dug the flick - it is spiffing, isn't it? I've heard pretty much nothing but praise for the movie - until yesterday - when a mate of mine said the film "bored the shit" out of him. I've no idea how Dredd could bore any shit out of anyone, and was quite surprised as usually it'd be exactly his kind of movie - I was really quite surprised by that ... each to their own, I suppose, but it I did have to do a double-take when I read what one of my mates said about it.

[shootemindehead]

There are many flaws with 'Dredd', but a sense of boredom ain't one of them.

[MinionZombie]

There are many flaws with 'Dredd', but a sense of boredom ain't one of them. "Many flaws"? Such as?

[shootemindehead]

Ahem...2000AD flaws, such as the lawmaster being a Kawasaki witha few plates welded on. Mega cty One looking too spacious. Anderson being presented as an anomaly and not part of a regular functioning PSI Division. Stuff like that.

[AcesandEights]

Ahem...2000AD flaws, such as the lawmaster being a Kawasaki witha few plates welded on. Mega cty One looking too spacious. Interestingly I read the wikipedia article about the film this morning and the design section somewhat addressed two of the issues you mentioned. . Wagner described the necessity of adaptation from the source material and said that the 1995 film's attempt to directly replicate the comic's motorcycle was unable to steer because the tyres were too large. And... The "micro-city state"-like towers were gradually positioned further apart to emphasise their size and allow for a more detailed city to exist between them; highlighting the scale of Mega-City One. I just thought it was interesting that both criticisms were based on choices that had some specific and well considered reasoning behind them.

[Neil]

I think it was a good flick. I'd like another one, but would like to see an improvement if they did do it!

[shootemindehead]

Interestingly I read the wikipedia article about the film this morning and the design section somewhat addressed two of the issues you mentioned. Oh, I'm well aware of the reasons/excuses, but I don't really buy them. The real reasons for those decisions were budgetry, I suspect, except for the bike tires. But the simple solution there is to make the tire thinner than the comic version, while still retaining the over all look of the lawmaster. What we got, though, just looks rubbish. As for Mega City One, it's a CGI shot, so anything's possible. In short, it just didn't look like the city it should have looked like and it could have.

[kidgloves]

Looks like the numbers might be adding up to justify a sequel with the budget being reported as being $45-$50m. Not sure how the overall cost inc advertising v the return works out though. http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Dredd#tab=summary Domestic Box Office $13,414,714 International Box Office $27,454,280 Worldwide Box Office $40,868,994 Home Market Performance Domestic DVD Sales $10,365,798 Domestic Blu-ray Sales $6,244,477 Total Domestic Video Sales $16,610,275

[MinionZombie]

I really hope we get a sequel (without compromise - i.e. not PG-13) - Dredd was ace and it deserved to do better at the box office. America should really have a rating that sits in the middle ground of teenagehood - we've got the 15 rating, but that just means an R in America, and likewise we've had a bunch of R-rated flicks (17+ only) come over here and receive a 15 rating (but then again we also get weak-sauce 15's because they've come from a PG-13 movie). If America had a range of ratings more akin to what we've got then you'd get a better spread of age ranges while maintaining a better balance of content versus box office return. Look at "The Inbetweeners Movie" - trimmed slightly for a 15 and it became the most successful comedy at the UK Box Office, while still being full of swearing, nudity, and generally crass behaviour as intended. Take note, 'Merica!

[Legion2213]

Two words - "bring it!" I want to see Karl Urban rocking old stony face again, he was fucking awesome, the feel of the movie was fantastic for somebody who collected the comics for well over a decade and owned every back issue before he stopped collecting. The Big Meg and some other visual aspects of may not have been as good as they could have been (the Stallone film actually "looked" better), but by God, I felt I was seeing a genuine live action Dredd movie and that was enough for me.