I must have been repressing the torture I went through watching it.
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Réponse de movie_nazi
le 3 septembre 2020 à 09h37
At first, I thought you were referring to the old Arnie flick and my reaction was "Blasphemy!" and then I realized it was the horrendous remake.
Total Recall (2012) - 4 outta 10 stars
Réponse de movie_nazi
le 3 septembre 2020 à 12h35
Yeah, I was the one dumb guy who went to the theaters to see it.
Réponse de CheekyMonkey
le 4 septembre 2020 à 10h43
It's nothing compared to the iconic original, but it's watchable...
Réponse de tmdb53400018
le 4 septembre 2020 à 11h22
A lot of things are watchable, though, like paint drying on a wall. As outlandish as Paul Verhoeven's original film is, in my opinion, it does keep one's attention. I was happy to have caught the last 5-10 minutes of this when I saw some of it....
Réponse de movie_nazi
le 4 septembre 2020 à 11h39
Oh man, Verhoeven's was funny as hell. Even the special effects are a gas. Plus it was loaded was some great one liners.
SEE YOU AT THE PAAARTY VICTOR!!!!
Réponse de tmdb53400018
le 4 septembre 2020 à 11h56
And really, many of the special effects in the original film were done for laughs, so you're right to mention those two things together.
Réponse de Moderated
le 10 mars 2021 à 16h15
i didnt think it was bad. loved the scene where they are jumping through homes, gates, and roof tops. the scene setting is amazing
Réponse de DRDMovieMusings
le 10 septembre 2022 à 14h29
It's tricky.
The 1990 sets the bar for us because it's the version of the story most of us first saw.
Unfortunately, it did not stick as closely to the original story as this remake. This happens not infrequently, with varying results:
I have seen both Total Recall versions, and I too remember not quite liking the Colin Farrell version (even though I'm a big fan of him - his work in Horrible Bosses and The Batman are splendid!). Having recently rewatched Arnie's version for fun and to try to see if I can see what the truth is about theories of dream vs. reality, Hauser vs. Quaid, etc...I'm going to sit through the Farrell version again - let's see if I again like it less.
Réponse de movie_nazi
le 10 septembre 2022 à 17h36
Colin Farrell is a fantastic actor but he has been in a lot of flops. He has been in some good ones too. I remember quite liking The Lobster .
Réponse de DRDMovieMusings
le 11 septembre 2022 à 17h44
I watched them both this weekend, and I'm changing my impression - I like them both equally, but for different reasons.
If people approach this Farrell version while clinging to the Arnie version, I think that's unfortunate; Arnie's got the campy 80s thing going in a funny, fun movie that doesn't take itself too seriously. Yet, I think this movie stands up quite well on its own - it's grittier, darker, more intense.
Réponse de CMonkiee
le 11 septembre 2022 à 23h05
Get your ass to Mars
Réponse de DRDMovieMusings
le 12 septembre 2022 à 00h12
Every actor has their fair share of flops. It takes putting in work to get the better scripts/co-stars/big budgets. I wouldn't hold that more against Colin Farrell than any other actor without combing through my numbers....(sounds like I should at least look at numbers... stay tuned...)
Réponse de DRDMovieMusings
le 12 septembre 2022 à 13h12
Okay, so, in my movie ROI database with over 2600 titles from 1924 to 2022, these 2600+ movies paid an average of $3.67 of revenue for each budget dollar in an industry that typically needs $2 to break even.
I have eight movies with Colin Farrell in them, and they paid $2.56 - which is below the database-wide average, but not terrible. I filtered my actor lists for those paying between $2.50 and $2.60 and Farrell shares this pay rate with the likes of Barry Pepper, Bill Paxton, Danny DeVito, Jamie Fox, Kathy Bates, Nick Nolte, and Ray Liotta, among others.
In the tier below, paying $2.20 - $2.49 there are such heavyweights as Chazz Palminteri, Denzel Washington, John C. mcGinley, John Cusack, Marlon Brando, Sean Penn, Stanley Tucci, Tim Robbins and Will Ferrell, among others.
So, this is the nature of this movie industry beast - actors do not do "9-5" and are never sure when they're going to work again after wrapping up any project. They tend to want to stay busy, stay working, keep seeking collaborations and relationships looking for magic. That means, they strike out more than they hit home runs. And, just like baseball, it's okay, it's expected, it is what it is.