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Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 12:08 am
by GORDON
2002 flick with Christian Bale.
Very much The Matrix meets 1984. Instead of thought crime, there is sense crime.... all emotion is banned, and suppressed with drugs. Going off your drugs is a crime with only one penalty: you get burned alive.
Good times.
I thought it was pretty well done, but the ending is sort of predictable... I wonder if I would have seen it coming in 2002, though. Don't know.
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 10:56 am
by Malcolm
Rumour has it this role pretty much landed him the Batman gig.
Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 11:33 am
by GORDON
I was amused how in the movie the big thing that allowed them to create that totalitarian utopia was the wonderful invention of the "hate crime."
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 5:33 pm
by TheCatt
In a Fascist future where all forms of feeling are illegal, a man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.
I cannot conceive of how this movie ended up on my "to watch" list. I cannot conceive of who even thought making this movie was a good idea. I cannot conceive of how anyone gave this movie a good rating.
This is the worst movie I've seen in a long, long time.
I found this trivia:
Two different actresses played Preston's wife. The "condemnation archive footage" was filmed first, and featured Alexa Summer. However, when it was time to film the scene where she was arrested, she could not be found. Maria Pia Calzone had to take her place. As a result, there's two separate credits, Summer is credited as "Viviana Preston", while Maria Pia Calzone was credited as "Preston's Wife", even though they are supposed to be the same character
I can only imagine that Alexa Summer realized what an utter piece of shit this movie was, and didn't want to be associated with it any more.
The directory is AWFUL. The cinematography is AWFUL. Wow, it's like some movie school grad was given a camera and he has to show HOW. IMPACT. FUL. EVERY. SCENE. AND. MOVEMENT. IS.
IMDB
1.5/5 - And I'm not even sure where that 1.5 comes from.
The movie cost $20 million to make, and grossed $1.2 million domestic. Those people lost 2 hours of their lives to this piece of shit, and paid for it.
Ugh.
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 5:46 pm
by Malcolm
Merge
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 5:47 pm
by Malcolm
Your search kung fu sucks.
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 6:03 pm
by TheCatt
GORDON wrote:2002 flick with Christian Bale.
Very much The Matrix meets 1984. Instead of thought crime, there is sense crime.... all emotion is banned, and suppressed with drugs. Going off your drugs is a crime with only one penalty: you get burned alive.
Good times.
I thought it was pretty well done, but the ending is sort of predictable... I wonder if I would have seen it coming in 2002, though. Don't know.
The entire FREAKING movie was predictable.
Oh God, this was so bad. So so so bad.
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 7:28 pm
by Vince
Revoke Catt's man card. Now.
Best mix of kung fu gun fights ever.
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 7:56 pm
by GORDON
GUNKATA
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 8:12 pm
by TheCatt
Vince wrote:Revoke Catt's man card. Now.
Best mix of kung fu gun fights ever.
If by "kung fu gunfight" you mean "bullshit"
Seriously, people have to watch this movie. The whole premise of the cleric's fighting style is completely retarded. It's like a really shitty version of the Matrix.
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 9:33 pm
by Malcolm
Dude, it's a statistically predictable method.
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 9:34 pm
by TheCatt
Malcolm wrote:Dude, it's a statistically predictable method.
So you HAVE seenit. Ugh
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2015 8:39 pm
by TheCatt
Bump to remind Gordon of how wrong he is.
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2015 9:07 pm
by GORDON
TheCatt wrote:Bump to remind Gordon of how wrong he is.
Lots of people found it to be an interesting and thought-provoking movie, so your little statement is invalid.
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2015 9:13 pm
by TheCatt
GORDON wrote:TheCatt wrote:Bump to remind Gordon of how wrong he is.
Lots of people found it to be an interesting and thought-provoking movie, so your little statement is invalid.
Yes, it provoked many thoughts as I said above. Like how did this piece of shit get made?
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2015 9:28 pm
by Malcolm
I didn't find this flick without entertainment value.