Bizarrely, Warner bros. seems to be trying to retroactively change the name of the film to
Live. Die. Repeat. and bury the actual title.
I know it didn't do great box office, but surely changing the title of the film post-release isn't going to help matters?
As it happens, I actually think the film would have been just as memorable had it been made on a quarter of the budget. I guess you need all of the cgi excess to lure in the average punter, but I found all the explosions and gunfire a little much for my tastes. Something a little more subdued would have been more effective IMO.
ISTR in the novel that the Mimics resemble giant dust-mites and have such a dense cellular structure that they're impervious to bullets, which is why Rita uses a specially made axe instead and the lead character eventually abandons ballistic weapons too. Would have been cool if they'd had this more in the film. As far as adaptations go though, it was actually pretty good. The novel was enjoyable but hardly a great work of literature - ISTR it had a very contrived ending where the lead characters had to fight each other? I didn't quite understand why Cage was conscripted in the movie - it seemed a bit of a stretch, and something they could have explained away very easily. There was quite a lot you just had to not think about too much to enjoy the film I guess.
