Robocop remake... LOL

[Outkaster]

Two friends of mine saw it and said it was a solid 7 out of ten. I'm going to see it this weekend.

[klen7]

I have really been surprised at the feedback coming out of this movie, i might make it to the theatre for this one after all... i was thinking it looked Total Recall remake bad initially

[KJ Corp]

I already said how much I like this film on the latest movie you watched thread, anyways I really think the only thing in this movie that lacks is the black suit. Samuel Jackson was used to his fullest, something that doesn't happen very often nowadays.

To anyone who disagrees, feel free to post your opinion!

[Henry88]

‘Robocop’ Tops ‘Lego Movie’ in Debut as Storms Whack Box Office
http://www.thewrap.com/box-office-roboc ... ms-weather

[Gman2887]

#4 at the domestic boxoffice on Friday and $40 million world wide? Ouch. I expected it to do a little better than that... It's not Vampire Academy or I, Frankenstein bad, but considering its budget...

[Jorzilla]

Call be a bitter old man (though I am in my 20s), I literally have no desire to see this movie. I simply can not be objective watching this film, so I'll simply refuse to watch it, for a long, long time.

[XvGojira]

[KJ Corp]

[Rodanex]

I told myself I wouldn't see this movie in theaters, but I wound up seeing it.

It wasn't as bad as I was expecting. There is a slight satirical edge to this movie, but it's not executed nearly as well as in the original. The original was sort of poking fun at Reaganomics, and the drawbacks from excessive privatization, this one has been updated for our times and, as such, provides some satire on America's use of drones. This is one of the things I actually liked about this movie. I was afraid this would be a completely soulless action movie about a robot cop, but there actually is some social commentary, even if it is somewhat muddled.

Kinnaman does a pretty good job as Murphy, but he's no Peter Weller. Gary Oldman is great as the scientist in charge of Alex's transformation from man to machine. I thought it was interesting that they focus more on the people that build and program Robocop, as opposed to the original where Murphy is resurrected in a 10 minute montage and we never really get to know them as people, or how they feel about this man losing his humanity. I'm not saying it's a flaw in the original, but I thought it was a nice touch here.

Instead of the MediaBreak interludes, we get little bits of pro-OCP commentary from Samuel L. Jackson as a Fox News-ish . Honestly, I don't think he was really used well here, and I don't think the scenes are that well-written. Again, it's nice that they're attempting some satire of the media, but I kinda found each of scenes to drag and feel somewhat redundant.

I thought the ending kind of loses steam, and it doesn't really hit the exciting crescendo of the original. There is sort of a version of Directive 4 here, but I didn't think it was executed as well. Also, the guy that kills Murphy is just some criminal and he's not really central to the plot. I found the scene where Robocop goes after his killers to be somewhat anti-climatic.

In conclusion, the movie was better than I was expecting. There's good acting, good dialogue, some moments that actually made me feel something. For a remake, it's not bad. Having said that, I love the original movie so much, it doesn't matter how good they make a remake. It's still a remake, and it feels unnecessary, and it still irritates me that this movie was even made. Maybe it just makes me feel old that classic movies from my childhood are being remade, but it really just seems like Hollywood has no more ideas and everything these days has to be an adaptation or a remake of some kind. To me, that just cheapens things and movies just start to feel like mass-produced consumer products, marketed using brand recognition tactics, rather than pieces of art. So if you're a huge fan of Verhoeven's masterpiece, I wouldn't bother seeing it. Maybe rent it sometime if you're bored. It's not terrible, but I just can't feel much of anything for a remake of a truly great and original film.

[tbeasley]

My brother, a braver man that I, decided to give this a chance and still thought it was largely terrible, save one scene -

[XvGojira]

To those that have seen it, do they explain WHY he still has a real hand? Like is there any point to having one fleshy hand with a mostly robotic body, is it relevant to the plot at some point for him to have flesh hand?

[Rodanex]

I wouldn't say it's relevant to the plot, but the only thing that I can think is marketing. OCP wants a drone that is humanized. People will buy the idea that this product has some humanity if it can look someone in the eye and shake his hand. But yeah, I think it's kind of dumb for him to have one organic hand.

[XvGojira]

[Henry88]

$96,300,000
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=robocop2013.htm

still waiting for the china effect.

[ebirahsmeg1]

Half in the Bag: Robocop (1987)




A great, insightful, and entertaining retrospective review of the original RoboCop. Additionally, they also talk a bit about RoboCop 2, which I've always had a soft spot for.


Sometime next week they'll be reviewing the remake.

[Rodanex]

[ebirahsmeg1]

Half in the Bag: Robocop (2014)

[Outkaster]

Wasn't as bad as I thought it might be.

[Henry88]

International Box Office: RoboCop Fights to the Top
http://filmonic.com/international-box-o ... fights-top

[MouthForWar]

I saw this tonight and it was surprisingly... ok. But just ok. I MIGHT buy it for a dollar, but I'm not sure how much more I'd pay.

Random thoughts:

-A lot of good ideas go nowhere, but there ARE some really good ideas.
-Oldman, Haley, Keaton and Cornish are great
-The guy playing Robocop is boring as sh*t
-The action scenes are boring
-The Samuel L Jackson scenes are the only things in it that feel in line with the original Robocop's satire. Although the rest of the movie's severe lack of humor makes it impossible for them to be as good as they should, and even then, they still clash with the tone of the movie.

That being said, the movie is never really boring and doesn't suffer from any giant plot holes or anything. It moves along at a brisk pace, so its a fun watch, but nothing you'd ever want to revisit.

It commits the horrible crime of being one of those movies that's "just ok." If you catch it on FX or can watch it on Netflix or something, yeah, it won't be a waste of your time, but you could also be watching something else. It's one of those movies you're gonna turn on on a Saturday afternoon and watch because its not bad enough for you to turn off, but not good enough for you to go buy and watch from the beginning.

[Destroysall]

^Precisely my opinions, Mouth. It could have done better had they try not to rush things.

[jellydonut25]

sleek and stylish are two words being thrown at this movie a lot.


i want my robocop to be neither sleek nor stylish.

[ultrazilla2000]

Saw it on Sunday and thought it was much better than expected. The tone is so different from the original that it's easy to enjoy it on its own merits. In my opinion, not as good as the original, but better than its awful sequels. My only complaint was Samuel Jackson's character...obnoxious, but thankfully it was just a bit part. Even a kid behind me leaned over to his parent and said, "that guy's really annoying."

[jellydonut25]

"MEH"

I really don't know how to sum up my thoughts any better than that. Some good things, some bad things, I'm sure I could talk about this movie a bit, but I feel nothing towards it. The black suit sucks, the Samuel L Jackson stuff feels tonally way out of place, a bunch of the actors are good, it moves along at a decent pace after it takes a touch too long to get started.

Bleh. Just nothing very memorable. I'll forget about this by the end of the week.

Would I buy it for a dollar? Probably. But not much more than that. Five maybe.

[sachiel]