Judge Dredd (2012)

[Mattemeo]

Fucking nailed it. To the wall. With a Nail Round.

[DraconianOne]

Fucking nailed it. To the wall. With a Nail Round.

I concur.

I stopped reading 2000AD back in '95 after 12/13 years of collecting  because I couldn't get over how bad the Stallone film was. After seeing this, I'm almost tempted to start buying it again. Mega-City One might not be quite how I imagined or wanted to see it but as far as Dredd goes, pitch fucking perfect. This film was made by people who got the character and it works.

Also, easter eggs..


Also, I saw it in 3D and loved it - thought it was really effective for the most part. And I say that as someone who would actively campaign to stop 3D movies being produced.

[UnSub]

Saw it.

I think the phrase "like a video game" will be used a lot in reviews of "Judge Dredd". A number of FPS-style sequences.

Pretty much an arty love letter to violence with all the slo-mo (which has an in-movie justification) and framing of entry and exit wounds.

Karl Urban almost pulls off Dredd the character, but not quite. He lacks the presence (but given that the comics often has Dredd as a force of nature, that's understandable).

It's not bad, but if you only see one film this year about police entering a block of flats that results in a lot of death, go see "The Raid" instead.

[Muffled]

I've seen both Dredd and The Raid in the past month and substantially preferred Dredd, for what it's worth.  Can't go wrong with either of them if you want to see some dudes die in brutal ways.

[dd0029]

I wonder if this is a case of whichever you saw first, you prefer, because they are essentially the same move with different window dressing. I saw Dredd first and enjoyed it more. I will say that The Raid is one of the few movies where it's the "bad guys" who can hit everything and the "good guys" who can't hit the broad side of a barn.

[Teleku]

I will say that The Raid is one of the few movies where it's the "bad guys" who can hit everything and the "good guys" who can't hit the broad side of a barn.

This is something I've noticed across a lot of Asian movies and Anime.  Bad guys are all totally bad ass and always wipe out the cops or people who try to fight them (all of which are shown to be inferior in every way to the bad guys), and only the lone super ultra bad ass is able to take them on and win.

[DevilsAdvocate25]

Just saw this last night now that it is in Redbox.

I really liked it. As others have said, Karl Urban absolutely nails Dredd. He even did the obligatory "I am the Law", but did it in a much better and in context way than Stallone.

The "meat for the meat grinder" speech was memorable by Judge Lex, as well. The violence in the movie is a slight bit over the top and probably would have looked great in 3D, especially the falling scenes.

I highly recommend it.

[Der Helm]

saw it yesterday as well. Fun film for all the reasons stated above, I really hope there will be a sequel.

[UnSub]

"Dredd" bombed terribly, iirc. Unless it is saved by DVD / online sales, it was a loss-making film.

I also believe it was left on the shelf for about a year, so even the studio behind it had no faith in it.

[satael]

I wonder if this is a case of whichever you saw first, you prefer, because they are essentially the same move with different window dressing. I saw Dredd first and enjoyed it more. I will say that The Raid is one of the few movies where it's the "bad guys" who can hit everything and the "good guys" who can't hit the broad side of a barn.

I saw The Raid first and enjoyed it more. Alot of it had to do with the fact that it (felt like) wasn't taken for granted that the "good guys" would come out of the situation alive unlike in the Dredd.

[MediumHigh]

Yeah the fact that the good guys could all die no matter what is what made the movie. Though it was honestly quite dumb.

[Riggswolfe]

I saw this on on-demand yesterday. It was pretty good. A million times better than the Stallone version but that goes without saying. I liked Anderson and I liked Dredd. I quite enjoyed the little speech he gave over the PA system. I got a bit tired of the slo-mo at times since it seemed a bit too much but it was in context so I gave it a pass.

I did enjoy Dredd's response to Anderson when he questioned her about not wearing a helmet.

[calapine]

"Dredd" bombed terribly, iirc. Unless it is saved by DVD / online sales, it was a loss-making film.

I also believe it was left on the shelf for about a year, so even the studio behind it had no faith in it.

Just saw it. Very nice action movie, doesn't pretend to be anything it isn't.

Your quote is the second time I heard it bombed with the American audience. Why is that?

[Muffled]

Just saw it. Very nice action movie, doesn't pretend to be anything it isn't.

Your quote is the second time I heard it bombed with the American audience. Why is that?

I would guess a combination of memories of the quite bad '95 Stallone film, lack of big draw actors, and flaccid marketing.  Releasing in the middle of September probably didn't help, either, as they completely whiffed both holiday and summer seasons.

Disc sales have been good, seemingly in common with a lot of people I bought it on disc after never seeing it in theater.

[Merusk]

This is the type of movie Americans will buy the $19 DVD, on sale for $15 (or wait until it's $10) or rent from RedBox/ Netflix instead of paying the $12 for the theater experience.  There was no compelling reason to see it in the theater. It certainly wasn't going to be a cultural touchstone or big draw like Avengers.

So long as Hollywood continues shoveling higher ticket prices at us for even low-budget movies to make up for bad planning on high-budget flops, they should expect to see declining box office sales.

To which their response will be more expensive movies with higher ticket prices.   

[Pennilenko]

I don't go to movie theaters anymore and haven't for years. No movie in ten years has been worth the price of a movie theater trip.

[Mattemeo]

So... take pride in being part of the problem then, I guess? 

[palmer_eldritch]

Is the Judge Dredd character that well known in America?

[Polysorbate80]

I watched the entire movie.  Then, I charged up the 3d glasses for my TV for the first time ever, got medium-drunk, and watched the slow-motion drugged-out violence again in all its oversaturated glory.

Fun times 

[Ingmar]

Is the Judge Dredd character that well known in America?

Barely at all, I would say.

[Velorath]

Is the Judge Dredd character that well known in America?

Only due to the Stallone movie for people old enough to remember it, which is a strike against it.  Even as a comic book fan, I can't recall ever seeing 2000 AD ever really being displayed anywhere in the comic shops.

[Evildrider]

Anthrax is what got me to look into Judge Dredd when I was younger.

[Velorath]

Just saw it. Very nice action movie, doesn't pretend to be anything it isn't.

Your quote is the second time I heard it bombed with the American audience. Why is that?

I would guess a combination of memories of the quite bad '95 Stallone film, lack of big draw actors, and flaccid marketing.  Releasing in the middle of September probably didn't help, either, as they completely whiffed both holiday and summer seasons.

Also, it's an R rated action movie. There's no romantic subplot or buddy comedy stuff tacked on to try to attract a wider audience (which is a good thing, except when it comes to box office grosses unless you happened to make Terminator 2).

[DraconianOne]

Is the Judge Dredd character that well known in America?

Only due to the Stallone movie for people old enough to remember it, which is a strike against it.  Even as a comic book fan, I can't recall ever seeing 2000 AD ever really being displayed anywhere in the comic shops.

I vaguely recall that they never really sold 2000AD in the states but they did do a Judge Dredd standalone comic which was basically strips from the UK weekly plus some of the small strips from the Daily Star newspaper.