Dredd (2012)

[radiator]

Keef Monkey, it's Spoof website!

Yeah, its a joke. Does make you think, though. Dredd on one hand, Anna Karenina at the other extreme... Is Lawless (blokely film, but with Tom Hardy for the ladies*) going to be the compromise that wins out for many this weekend?

*i know that's very reductive and sexist, but I'm talking in broad terms.

[Mudcrab]

Keef Monkey, it's Spoof website!

Yeah, its a joke. Does make you think, though. Dredd on one hand, Anna Karenina at the other extreme... Is Lawless (blokely film, but with Tom Hardy for the ladies*) going to be the compromise that wins out for many this weekend?

*i know that's very reductive and sexist, but I'm talking in broad terms.

That's the one my sister's drawn to, though she is going to see Dredd too (due to my influence). I'm keen on it too though, seeing I just found out its written by Nick Cave! Lawless that is. Heh, so it's "The Law" or Lawless 

[dweezil2]

Nothing wrong with it,Chuck Norris never sleeps either,he just waits

That's great! I'll let him know! 

[Danbo]

It's Chuck,he already knows.

[Keef Monkey]

Keef Monkey, it's Spoof website!

Yeah, its a joke. Does make you think, though. Dredd on one hand, Anna Karenina at the other extreme... Is Lawless (blokely film, but with Tom Hardy for the ladies*) going to be the compromise that wins out for many this weekend?

*i know that's very reductive and sexist, but I'm talking in broad terms.

That's the one my sister's drawn to, though she is going to see Dredd too (due to my influence). I'm keen on it too though, seeing I just found out its written by Nick Cave! Lawless that is. Heh, so it's "The Law" or Lawless 

Yeah, I am keen on Lawless myself thanks to the Cave connection. Only have eyes for one film right now though!

And yeah, I know it was a joke, but if anything it's good publicity because anyone not knowing about Dredd and reading that may well think "hey, that sounds orsum...."

[PreacherCain]

I saw Lawless yesterday, decent enough fare. Not as good as Hillcoat and Cave's previous film The Proposition and not a patch on The Assassination of Jesse James (a film it appears to be trying to live up to at times but falls wells short of).

It does strike me as a good compromise between Dredd and Anna Kerenina though. Plenty violent too, is Lawless.

[Stan]

As someone who's not a casual cinema goer It's not a film which stands out. Something in the vain of Dredd would be much more appealing.

[SuperSurfer]

I am loving this photo from Santa Monica. 

[MR. ELIMINATOR]

Nice! I would love to see a billboard where I live, but I don't think we even have any. Might get an advert on the side of a bus or something though, but doubt it.

[Stan]

The BBC and Daily Star finally registered an interest but the Star has something new (for me at least).

DREDD SCARY FOR 3D JUDGE STAR KARL URBAN
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/270864/Dredd-scary-for-3D-Judge-star-Karl-Urban/

"When I sat down and watched it back, I recoiled. I think the violence is actually a character in the film.

"Unlike a lot of films that come out where you get desensitised to the violence because you don't really see the impact, you do see the impact the violence has in our film and I think what the writer has done is smart. He's treated the violence the same way Stanley Kubrick would explore those things in Clockwork Orange and it generates a real edge."


Judge Dredd returns, this time with helmet
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19477994

[MR. ELIMINATOR]

Less then 48 hours to go!

[blackmocco]

I am loving this photo from Santa Monica. 

No joke, these and these:

are simply EVERYWHERE in Los Angeles right now...

[blackmocco]

(The street sign could be straight out of Mega City 1...)

[PreacherCain]

As someone who's not a casual cinema goer It's not a film which stands out. Something in the vain of Dredd would be much more appealing.

Oh I don't know. The trailer seems to reference HBO's current prohibition show Boardwalk Empire as well as stuff like Goodfellas and Once Upon a Time in America. I think it'll draw a crowd, particularly as it has such a strong cast and pedigree. Dredd's being pushed as an ultraviolent boys movie which could go either way (300 or, uh, Centurion).

It'll be interesting to see how Dredd fares. The most important thing is that it's bloody good and that'll do me.

[PreacherCain]

Empire podcast interview with Karl Urban, starts around 40 minutes in.

http://soundcloud.com/empiremagazine/26-august-31-2012-karl-urban