Recent movies you saw - recommend or no

[Rob MacLennan]

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Decided to check out this:

The Running Man (2025) ⭐ 6.5 | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

2h 13m | R

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I thought it would have been a bad idea to try and remake an Arnold movie, and yeah it was. They tried to make it more like the book, which the 87 version was only loosely based on. But doing so didn't really help it. It's not a terribly bad movie, it has it's moments, but right from the get go something was off. The whole tone/vibe is all over the place. The lead tries, but can't pull it off. I'm not sure why movies today can't do some of the basics, like intro's, characters, and some semblance of cohesion.

After that I re-watched the 87 version, way more fun, yeah it has 80's camp but it all works. Not much is missing.

I feel the same way about "Total Recall" and the remake. I'm pretty sure that I'd feel the opposite about a remake of "Starship Troopers" if it was more true to the novel. because when I saw the original I really didn't expect, nor want, a parody.

 

[sburns]

I feel the same way about "Total Recall" and the remake. I'm pretty sure that I'd feel the opposite about a remake of "Starship Troopers" if it was more true to the novel. because when I saw the original I really didn't expect, nor want, a parody.

What you don't like Paul Verhoeven camp? Guy has a unique version of it, and boobies! I haven't read the book, but ST is a fun romp. But hey in today's Hollywood, remakes and throwback are all they can do, you never know.

 

[Rob MacLennan]

What you don't like Paul Verhoeven camp? Guy has a unique version of it, and boobies! I haven't read the book, but ST is a fun romp. But hey in today's Hollywood, remakes and throwback are all they can do, you never know.

That's just it; you haven't read the book. I went into it expecting a serious story that examines Fascism, civic duty, and war, not a virtual comedy that makes fun of all of that. Saw it in a theatre the day after it was released. Oddly, the animated films that were made afterward are actually a more serious take on it.

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