Comment on Dredd (2012) - Fedi Film Club - "Popcorn Theatre" (August)
DScratch@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I saw a theory that Dredd missed for 2 reasons.
It reminded people of Judge Dredd from the 80’s. Some people thought it was a sequel.
it leaned in on 3d at a time where people were getting tired of it.
Otherwise I think it was an excellent effort and deserves a lot more love than it got.
I really enjoyed that the story was set as ‘just another day’ in Mega City One. There’s nothing special about what happened. Shits fucked.
Great cast, great sets, great action. The cg was a little fuzzy, but still plenty good enough.
it leaned in on 3d at a time where people were getting tired of it.
I’d completely forgotten it was in 3D. I think I saw it in the cinema in 2D and I’ve definitely seen it since in 2D, so I guess the whole 3D thing didn’t quite register for me.
But yea, this makes a lot of sense. Shame really becuase the film does not need the 3D thing at all!
There’s a few scenes that are very 3d orientated. Usually to do with Slowmo. And the title card explodes forward towards the viewer.
Oh yea, that makes sense especially the slowmo scenes, which IMO work without 3D. For me the film was always about Karl Urban’s clenched-jaw dialogue.
IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I wish the movie had done better. There’s nearly endless scope for all kinds of sequels and Urban was down for making more.