• Wanderer@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    Dredd was fucking awesome and didn’t get the justice it deserved.

    I’m not a comic book guy by any means but that movie is great.

    Equally so is Constantine. (And the TV show!)

    Either of them have reached the levels of the worst, most generic Marvel movie.

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      6 months ago

      The original Dredd was better. It’s meant to satire cops, not just be an uncritical action flick about a badass cop. If you strip Judge Dredd of its silliness and satire you’re left with dust colored post apoc action, and Fury Road did a better job of that.

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        6 months ago

        I’ll take your word on the intentions of the original Dredd, but the point still stands, Dredd was good. Not as good as fury road good, but good is all that matters. I’d like to see more Dredd with that kind of action, even if it’s not true to soruce material.

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          6 months ago

          Can we have good action flicks that aren’t at the expense of good stories? It seems like the only reason to use the IP at that point is for cynically bankable nostalgia.

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            6 months ago

            Nostalgia for what, though? It was a ‘duo go into a tower and kill everyone’ movie that happened to be called Dredd. I liked it for what it was and I didn’t go in with any nostalgia. I feel your anxiety, but, I wonder if action movies by their nature can’t really be deep meditations on the human condition. What story can be told at the muzzle of a gun or the end of a fist that hasn’t already been told?

            I kind of feel like action movies are at their best when they operate in a space that is far away from the frontal cortex, invite us to a more libidinal place. Even ‘thinker’ action movies like The Matrix, kind of strike me as philosophically shallow harangues interspersed with cool fights.

            I donno, maybe I’m wrong, or not steeped enough in the genre, or just have normie preferences. Out of curiosity, what action movies have a good story & are worth checking out, in your opinion?

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              6 months ago

              If I call a movie Animaniacs and it happens to be a heartfelt tear-jerker about a 1600s Russian peasant, would you say the same thing? Nevertheless, the original Dredd was a fun action film in its own right, you can definitely do both. I don’t know what we’re supposed to gain by expecting less.

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              6 months ago

              To answer your question (did I miss that or was it edited in?) I’d recommend Fury Road straight away if you’ve not seen it, then going back for Ip Man, Guns Akimbo, Kung Fu Hustle, Psycho Goreman, Black Magic M-66, and of course the original action film, Seven Samurai. Not all pure “action” flicks, but all are examples of action packed cinema that don’t leave any storytelling by the wayside.

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                6 months ago

                Kurosawa is a good counterpoint for sure. Haven’t seen Guns Akimbo, Psycho Goreman, or Black Magic M-66. I’ll keep my eye out for those. Thanks!