Escape to the Movies: Total Recall
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I thought it was quite inconsistent, myself. Like he was trying to force it sometimes, and forgot others.DVS BSTrD said:
Trust me, I'm aware of the Boston accent. And the general Mass one. I was born in the state and spent a solid chunk of time in Boston and Cambridge because my Dad was obsessed with the Boston music scene. While my own accent is muddled by my Vermont upbringing and Maine ancestry, I do know my Boston talk. I still hear people say "pissa" in my nightmares. And the less said about "Retahhhhhhhhhhhded" the bettah. Err...BettER.DVS BSTrD said:
It still sounds inconsistent in this video, even knowing the rules as you have laid them out and having grown up with the accent.
Then again my girlfriend is from the South, and she only says "The YAY ter" 9 tmes out of ten....
Pahhk the cahh on Mahhz fuh sum cwohfee owh cleeeeems. Hahhvud yahhhd. Towdul Rekawll.
Fuck, I love your accent, Bob.
Fuck, I love your accent, Bob.
Bob's just dead wrong on this one, Total Recall was awesome. The dystopian future reminded me of Blade Runner, the sets and effects were beautiful, and the action was superb. Farrel was sympathetic, Jessica Biel was endearing, and Kate Beckinsale was bad-ass and smokin' hot in equally large measure.
I'm not suggesting this is high-brow cinema, but it is the most fun I'd had at the movies since The Avengers. I'll probably go see it again on the big screen, in fact.
The painfully bad fight scenes in The Dark Knight Rises really made the phenomenal action in TR stand out, for me.
I'm not suggesting this is high-brow cinema, but it is the most fun I'd had at the movies since The Avengers. I'll probably go see it again on the big screen, in fact.
The painfully bad fight scenes in The Dark Knight Rises really made the phenomenal action in TR stand out, for me.
You know, I liked it. It had all the over the top lens flares, cool costumes, and well designed worlds that I love in Sci-Fi.
Wow, glad to see other people noticing Bob's Bah-sten accent. I noticed that it wasn't constant, either. Does he normally try to tone it down, which is why it was a lot more obvious this time?
Way too fahgettable!
Didn't even know you had that accent back there. Seems the only people who aren't embarrassed by their accents in a professional setting are the British.
Didn't even know you had that accent back there. Seems the only people who aren't embarrassed by their accents in a professional setting are the British.
It's been stated ad nauseum, but Bob, your Bostonian is showing.
As for the actual review, I didn't really expect much from this movie, but it's good to know I haven't missed much by not rushing out and seeing it.
As for the actual review, I didn't really expect much from this movie, but it's good to know I haven't missed much by not rushing out and seeing it.
You gotta admit though, it's more clever than the more obvious choice of USA as the rich swanky superpower, and some country the U.S. is at war with being the poor worker's colony.Magmarock said:
No I don't think it's clever at all. I don't think anything about remaking a classic Schwarzenegger movie is clever at all. The idea that someone has made a story where Australia is poor and dirty and where the UK is reach and clean just shows that some American guy spent two minutes reading up on Australia history and thinks he?s been clever about it. It?s so god damn offensive that it isn?t even funny.minuialear said:
I didn't say it was clever in general, nor did I say the idea of a remake in general is clever. Just that it's more clever than doing the typical "USA wins and is better than everyone else" cliche.Magmarock said:
I'll also say I think you're completely over-reacting to the conceit by being "so god dam offen[ded]" by it, considering it's not like they spend the entire movie (or any part of the movie, for that matter) talking about how great UK/UK imperialism is. Did you get this worked up about District 11 in Hunger Games?
He's probably right about Total Recall, but every time Bob praises The Avengers, doubt creeps into my mind...
Bob (and everyone else who thinks that 1990s movie was the best) are you looking through nostalgia glasses again?
I personally liked this movie better than The Dark Knight Rises
(Total Recall is the only movie I paid to watch twice this year)
Really, 1990s movie was ok, but not great
[dodges]
I said not great, STOP THROWING ROCKS AT ME!
New movie is solid science fiction movie that MAKES SENSE (something that most science fiction movies often forget) and it is as interesting as 1990s version.
By my account this makes new version at least by one point better
(not to mention better melee scenes)
P.S. Anyone else thinks that Kate Beckinsale reminds Sandra Bullock in this movie.
P.P.S. What makes me scared is Robocop remake. While Total Recall was outdated movie, Robocop1 mostly is still up to date (thematically and even technologically). So I don't see the purpose of the remake. But to be honest, if new Robocop is as at least as good as new Total Recall, then I will check it.
I personally liked this movie better than The Dark Knight Rises
(Total Recall is the only movie I paid to watch twice this year)
Really, 1990s movie was ok, but not great
[dodges]
I said not great, STOP THROWING ROCKS AT ME!
New movie is solid science fiction movie that MAKES SENSE (something that most science fiction movies often forget) and it is as interesting as 1990s version.
By my account this makes new version at least by one point better
(not to mention better melee scenes)
P.S. Anyone else thinks that Kate Beckinsale reminds Sandra Bullock in this movie.
P.P.S. What makes me scared is Robocop remake. While Total Recall was outdated movie, Robocop1 mostly is still up to date (thematically and even technologically). So I don't see the purpose of the remake. But to be honest, if new Robocop is as at least as good as new Total Recall, then I will check it.