Quote from: Cursed Earth Dweller on 06 October, 2012, 02:45:47 AM
Aahh, just got back from my sneak preview.
Loved it and can't really think of any praise that hasn't already been said but I will anyway.
I knew from Dredd's opening monologue that we were getting the movie we have all been waiting for, but when Dredd wasted his first perp with the awesomely delivered line "go right ahead, hot-shot!" my face transformed into a grin that I just couldn't wipe from my face throughout the rest of the film and only intensified whenever I heard words like "meat wagon", "recyk" and "high-ex".
This film does the comic justic on so many levels. I loved Dredd's deadpan humor, I loved Anderson's psycic mind propes(which the 3D used to great effect btw), I loved the little digs at the comic like the Chopper graffiti and the fattie who we see porking himself while Peach Tree's block is closing down(and who I have great affection for after reading the story "Reqiuem for a Heavyweight"), I loved Ma-Ma who totally fits the bill of the kind of criminals Dredd has to deal with, I loved how this film was able to get the most of it's reletively small budget and still manage to get so much of the comic in there. Of course this is speaking from a fans perspective and people totally unaware of the films source material will be baffled by these things without any backround or any refference to the Stallone films but who cares! This was clearly made for the fans, let that 95 film remain a minor cult hit with morons!
Some people say Ma Ma was a little underdeveloped but I disagree, I think the details the film provided were enough to give her some characterization. I mean [spoiler]working as a prostitute and getting your face cut by some pimp would turn any woman psycho[/spoiler] wouldn't it?
Standout moments? I geuss My two personal favs are Anderson giving that perp a lesson in psychic mindgames and Dredd's warning over the intercom(Ma-Ma's not the law here, I am the Law) before [spoiler]torching a gang of perps with an Incendiary round[/spoiler], that shit really made me repress the urge to jump out of my seat in a public theatre.
Also, I have to say that had there not been 3D showings of a few trailers I wouldn't have been able to tell the difference as this was my first 3D viewing but I can most certainly tell that 3D works in Dredd's favor. One of the 3D trailers was for some Underworld film and it looked like shit! All the close-up shots looked like moving cardboard images(although to be honest I'm not quite sure if the cinema I wen't to had a good 3D setup, the 3D in Dredd was impressive but not mindblowing).
I do have some issues with the film but they are so minor and insignificant that they are nothing more then a tiny mouse sitting on the back of a roaring lion with a jetpack because Dredd 3d or Dredd none 3D or whatever the hell you wan't to call it is just DAMN GOOD!
PS: Sorry if my comments are a little off-putting, I am a bit drunk.
Glad to hear that you liked it Cursed Earth Dweller! I agree with you that the 3D is really excellent especially in Anderson's interrogation scene. And for me the Slo-mo scenes were absolutely beautiful to watch in a strange way, seeing as most of it was when the perps were blown away to pieces! I thought the scene of the bullet tearing through that guys mouth/ face was both repulsive and beautiful at the same time! And I also agree that Ma-Ma was a great villainess, and I feel her character was developed. This month's Meg had a great prologue story to Ma-Ma's origins. And it really helped to bridge her story to the film. In the end. I had a smidgeon of sympathy for her demise I have to say. One of my very small problems with the film was that it wasn't long enough! By the end I wanted MORE!
Anyway, great review! : )
