The critic score was terrible but a lot of audience liked it due to its being easy to digest, no sequels, story done. I thought I would see Judge Dredd with Sylvester Stallone on here before the 2016 one honestly
Comment on The Faculty, any day
Prox@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago7.1 on IMDb, 80% RT (“certified fresh”)… this isn’t a shitty movie. Like, we all believe it’s actually good, and it needs no defending.
supernicepojo@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
I actually have died in the hill defending the Stallone version of Dredd. It’s a poor adaptation of the comic, but a pretty good science fiction film.
It doesn’t hold a candle to the Karl Urban film, but if it had come out sooner, I think it would be remembered more fondly.
derfunkatron@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I’m dying on a lot of hills when it comes to 90s action/sci-fi. Sci-fi movies from 1990 to 1997 or so have a very specific vibe that I can’t articulate well but I know it when I see it; the Stallone Judge Dredd is a shining example.
Judge Dredd, Demolition Man, Total Recall, Fifth Element, Mario Brothers, Tank Girl, Starship Toopers all have this campy retro-future theme-park vibe that is just fun.
I don’t care too much about Judge Dredd the movie(s) lining up with Judge Dredd the comic; they’re both fine to me. The Karl Urban one is a better movie, but it is missing the “eat recycled food” aspect.
pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Exactly. Stallone’s Dredd should still hold it’s head high alongside the other films you mentioned.
It’s not the best of them, and it’s not the worst (insert obligated loving “Super Mario Brothers” jab here).
Stallone’s Dredd nails the campy retro future vibe, and is a pretty fun watch…as long as we’re not expecting a faithful comic adaptation.
Ironically, it’s a film made better by the existence of Urban’s Dredd. The worst offense of Stallone’s Dredd was that - at the time - there wasn’t a faithful adaptation of the comic. Now that there is one, I can enjoy Stallone’s version guilt free!
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
Sorry, I didn’t check imdb or rt, I just remember actually seeing it in 2012 and being baffled that it wasn’t widely popular at the time, I was constantly introducing people to it who’d never even heard of it.
As I remember, it basically got a ‘meh’ to ‘decent’ from critics and was more or less a cult favorite for a while…
But I guess sure, now its finally being more broadly recognized as worth seeing?
… Is there some kind of way to see a historical progression of user scores on RT or imdb?
khannie@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I’d say archive.org would do you a solid there.
It definitely lost money but there was a fan push for a sequel that seemed to have a bit of steam for a while.
Urban played the perfect Dredd. He absolutely nailed the comic book and Anderson and Ma-Ma were superb too. Definitely one of my favourite sci-fi flicks of all time.
sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
Huh, interesting.
Thanks for doing the research!
Also yes, Lena Heady also gave an incredible performance!