If there is one important lesson to be learned from all science fiction films that we may see
If there is one important lesson to be learned from all science fiction films that we may see, then it is that we better not look forward to the future. With few exceptions (eg Demolition Man ... in a sense) the future images which are scooped in movies are in fact not particularly bright and sunny, not to mention all forgiven by zombies and post-apocalyptic outlook. In Children of Men, there are no children (though that may sound to some paradise in the ears). In The Matrix everyone lives in an illusion or in an underground zweethok. In Minority Report you'll be arrested for something you have not done. In Idiocracy everyone is retarded. In Planet of the Apes Earth is populated by ... er, I leave that movie but do not go spoilen.
In the remake of Total Recall we end up in an overcrowded former Australia called The Colony, imaged with a generic, gray and depressed stijltje. Indeed, not a happy lot. That while the original Total Recall 1990, directed by Paul Verhoeven, one of those rare films where the future not even unpack so miserable. The situation on the Mars colony is it perhaps particularly poignant, but our own planet seems to be a sunny place where you can color your nails with convenient pens and taxi drivers are cheerfully whistling robots.
It is a sign on the wall that you really - like Samuel in his special already suggested - the original total must forget, you want a somewhat enjoy the new Total Recall. Total Remake 2012 namely hardly humor, no march, no bloody rancidity and very little originality. It's a totally different picture of the future and even a world of difference from 1990 ...
The atmosphere in Total Recall is built on successful manner. With beautiful shots of a crowded, built-up CGI city is the hopelessness in this future version of Earth almost tangible. That director Len Wiseman himself staring quite dead seems to have the style of LA in Blade Runner (complete with Asian influences and lots of rain), you forget soon as Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell) step on the balcony of his apartment and Mega -City One-ish scene opens for you.
But unfortunately, the carefully constructed atmosphere is quickly negated if the film does attempt to convey emotion. Douglas Quaid'd had the distinct feeling that he has been laid for more than just factory work in the crib and that his destiny lies elsewhere. Both Farrell as the script this so laughable thick laying on top of that you desire as quickly to the self-mockery of the original. Anyway, that movie we would forget ...
If one breaks out of the first action scenes, your relaxation on the weather gets a kick in the ass, because this pursuit is particularly spectacular. No jerky, docu-like, "out of control shot" close-ups since Saving Private Ryan almost the benchmark for the visualization of violence. No, wide shots that take their time to bring everything into view, both city and pursuit, and more particularly fixed positions for the camera. The action is bloodless and the few victims who fall are especially Mass Effect-like police robots, but at least two of the spectacle scenes are impressive enough to the original, actually, yes, of course.
The opportunities entail the source material of Total Recall, both the book We Can Remember It for You Wholesale as the original movie, are endless. The idea of implanted memories is the ideal breeding ground for plot twists and playing with the expectations of the viewer. Total Recall 2012 seems to try anything, but fails miserably.
The predictable and unimaginative plot is also the biggest problem, although perhaps less was noticed as Total Recall had to fill such big shoes. No matter how hard you try hard also, what HAS BEEN seen, can not be unseen. So if you have seen the film by Paul Verhoeven, then Total Remake far from a must. For those who have not had this honor, rest the predictable advice to get the original house. And you've done that then, well ...
Despite a few thundering action scenes make the generic atmosphere, boring plot and unconvincing performances of Total Recall remake an uninspiring. Let's hope this is not a bad omen for RoboCop, which Verhoeven's other film that will soon be pumped new life. But perhaps we are living already in such a dark future as portrayed in science fiction movies. One without originality and filled with unimaginative remakes ...
In the remake of Total Recall we end up in an overcrowded former Australia called The Colony, imaged with a generic, gray and depressed stijltje. Indeed, not a happy lot. That while the original Total Recall 1990, directed by Paul Verhoeven, one of those rare films where the future not even unpack so miserable. The situation on the Mars colony is it perhaps particularly poignant, but our own planet seems to be a sunny place where you can color your nails with convenient pens and taxi drivers are cheerfully whistling robots.
It is a sign on the wall that you really - like Samuel in his special already suggested - the original total must forget, you want a somewhat enjoy the new Total Recall. Total Remake 2012 namely hardly humor, no march, no bloody rancidity and very little originality. It's a totally different picture of the future and even a world of difference from 1990 ...
The atmosphere in Total Recall is built on successful manner. With beautiful shots of a crowded, built-up CGI city is the hopelessness in this future version of Earth almost tangible. That director Len Wiseman himself staring quite dead seems to have the style of LA in Blade Runner (complete with Asian influences and lots of rain), you forget soon as Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell) step on the balcony of his apartment and Mega -City One-ish scene opens for you.
But unfortunately, the carefully constructed atmosphere is quickly negated if the film does attempt to convey emotion. Douglas Quaid'd had the distinct feeling that he has been laid for more than just factory work in the crib and that his destiny lies elsewhere. Both Farrell as the script this so laughable thick laying on top of that you desire as quickly to the self-mockery of the original. Anyway, that movie we would forget ...
If one breaks out of the first action scenes, your relaxation on the weather gets a kick in the ass, because this pursuit is particularly spectacular. No jerky, docu-like, "out of control shot" close-ups since Saving Private Ryan almost the benchmark for the visualization of violence. No, wide shots that take their time to bring everything into view, both city and pursuit, and more particularly fixed positions for the camera. The action is bloodless and the few victims who fall are especially Mass Effect-like police robots, but at least two of the spectacle scenes are impressive enough to the original, actually, yes, of course.
The opportunities entail the source material of Total Recall, both the book We Can Remember It for You Wholesale as the original movie, are endless. The idea of implanted memories is the ideal breeding ground for plot twists and playing with the expectations of the viewer. Total Recall 2012 seems to try anything, but fails miserably.
The predictable and unimaginative plot is also the biggest problem, although perhaps less was noticed as Total Recall had to fill such big shoes. No matter how hard you try hard also, what HAS BEEN seen, can not be unseen. So if you have seen the film by Paul Verhoeven, then Total Remake far from a must. For those who have not had this honor, rest the predictable advice to get the original house. And you've done that then, well ...
Despite a few thundering action scenes make the generic atmosphere, boring plot and unconvincing performances of Total Recall remake an uninspiring. Let's hope this is not a bad omen for RoboCop, which Verhoeven's other film that will soon be pumped new life. But perhaps we are living already in such a dark future as portrayed in science fiction movies. One without originality and filled with unimaginative remakes ...
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