[GoveMoony]

Looks good to me , can't wait to see it

[ApporpSothe]

Films are all moving to VFX spectacles.... because they make money. Simple... this is a mindless film with an easy plot for people (who enjoy vfx) to go watch and just switch off and enjoy a film. This was obviously never going to be on the same level as Hugo or The Artist. Its not meant to be.

Most of the VFX in that film you wont even know are there. Shervin, you know EVERY film has a monumental amount of FX in nowadays right? Name a recent film you enjoyed and i can guarantee you that nearly every shot had some sort of VFX or comp done on it.

If you dont like in your face VFX then you will not like 90% of the films being released...

[dr-eavealer]

They'd have to **** up pretty bad to make this worse than the original. Now if some studio decided to remake a real classic like Eldorado and replaced John Wayne with Colin Farrell, you'd have something to complain about.

wooottt the original was a classic

[Terinalo]

Who cares if it's a remake...

I'm telling you, your brain will not know the difference. That's guaranteed, or your money back!

[BypeVupyide]

If you dont like in your face VFX then you will not like 90% of the films being released...

90% of films are ****.

[BgpOoGI2]

Films are all moving to VFX spectacles.... because they make money. Simple... this is a mindless film with an easy plot for people (who enjoy vfx) to go watch and just switch off and enjoy a film. This was obviously never going to be on the same level as Hugo or The Artist. Its not meant to be.

Most of the VFX in that film you wont even know are there. Shervin, you know EVERY film has a monumental amount of FX in nowadays right? Name a recent film you enjoyed and i can guarantee you that nearly every shot had some sort of VFX or comp done on it.

If you dont like in your face VFX then you will not like 90% of the films being released...

I know most movies use visual effects just to display the background period... this is why i like filmed on location movies more in general.
Look at all the classic movies like westerns... They sets are real, it feels gritty, and I get absorbed into the movie and the setting. Today movies that use effects to display both inside and outside environments just feel so disconnected and annoying. Sure visual effects are good and useful but today it just feels like they use it as a shortcut to bypass the physical labor and creativity required to build a set. Some say visual effects are creative which is true.... but today visual effects dont feel creative... they feel lazy and uninspired. Just feels like a shortcut instead of paying a crew and artists to build and paint a set.


For example..
Old Star wars vs Ep 1/2/3

The sets in ep 1/2/3 felt so fake and disconnected while the realism and grittyness of the old Star wars sets made out imaginations soar and absorbed us into the world as we watched the characters develope. While in Ep 1/2/3 we kept watching these vast fake visual effect sets that just felt cold and emotionless.

[maks_holi]

I know most movies use visual effects just to display the background period... this is why i like filmed on location movies more in general.
Look at all the classic movies like westerns... They sets are real, it feels gritty, and I get absorbed into the movie and the setting. Today movies that use effects to display both inside and outside environments just feel so disconnected and annoying. Sure visual effects are good and useful but today it just feels like they use it as a shortcut to bypass the physical labor and creativity required to build a set. Some say visual effects are creative which is true.... but today visual effects dont feel creative... they feel lazy and uninspired. Just feels like a shortcut instead of paying a crew and artists to build and paint a set.


For example..
Old Star wars vs Ep 1/2/3

The sets in ep 1/2/3 felt so fake and disconnected while the realism and grittyness of the old Star wars sets made out imaginations soar and absorbed us into the world as we watched the characters develope. While in Ep 1/2/3 we kept watching these vast fake visual effect sets that just felt cold and emotionless.

The VFX are their to make the lives easier for the directors making the films... they are often a cheaper solution than physically building a set, not forgetting that all films now have a very tight schedule for filming, post production then release. I again go back to my point that most VFX background work cannot be distinguished between VFX and real. If you have watched Hugo you will know what i mean. some of the sets were built ... but only part, which meant CG and real had to interact in the same frames for mulitple shots with real and CG FX going on at the same time. 90 % of Hugos VFX background work was flawless. Some shots were rushed a little and yes, the cg could be seen.

Hugo was a film based on reality though... Star wars was not.... it is clear even subconsciously that most of the sets were CG, and had to be. Some times with certain FX and camera angles etc it just wouldn't be possible to build sets (ignoring the time issue). My point is without FX a lot of films would be a lot more dull and uninteresting to the eye. Superhero movies, which are the in thing at the moment, scream FX and "wow the audience" with huge explosions and elaborate fight scenes etc, as that is what they are there to do. I enjoy these films, as i work in the industry, and it is great to see them knowing i have been a part of it in some way, and watched the artists create incredible 3d models, animations and cgfx from nothing.

Dont get me wrong. I love to see films like the artist and hugo, coming in a taking all the oscars etc. They deserve it as a master piece of story telling. Some things in this life are just meant to wow us, and that is what Hollywood is trying to do with most films nowadays, for money. I completely understand where some of you are coming from with regards to not liking these films, but i think it is wrong to berate people who do.

[LarryG1978]

I didnt see any mars in the trailer....cant be total recall without mars.

[AlekseyZubkov]

90% of films are ****.

This.

Applies to most art forms as well.

I see the same things in music etc.

[Dyerryjex]

old movies and old music are so much better than today's garbage.

[indocrew]

I didnt see any mars in the trailer....cant be total recall without mars.

I agree, apparently there isn't any Mars in this one, which surely makes it almost a completely different movie.

[LxtdK9i4]

Colin Farrell is in it? I usually lose faith in a movie as soon as I see him. I just do not like the guy for some reason.

[SueveDobe]

Colin Farrell is in it? I usually lose faith in a movie as soon as I see him. I just do not like the guy for some reason.

LOL I hate him with passsion since he killed Electra in Daredevil movie

[Adfcvkdg]

He has just been in a lot of bad movies.

[OrefZorremn]

I agree, apparently there isn't any Mars in this one, which surely makes it almost a completely different movie.

If this is true, it's probably following the plot of the story Total Recall was based on. Science help us all then, cause P.K. **** stories are not good for movies without extensive rewriting.

[brraverishhh]

Reminds me more of the Total Recall 2070 TV series than the original movie. The series was cool but only lasted a season. :\

[Longwow]

Colin Farrell is in it? I usually lose faith in a movie as soon as I see him. I just do not like the guy for some reason.

Hes really not a bad actor, and I personally dont mind the guy, but damn if he doesnt have the absolute worst luck picking movies...

[Affolfembonge]

The original was great. A remake can also be great if the producers remember what it was that made the original so good. Collin Farrell is very good actor so I will definitely watch the film.

[jurhoonee]

This has Kate Beckinsdale (yummy) and jessica Biel (double yummy, even if she does have a big arse) to that's for the good - however lousy fight sequences and Colin Farrell seems totally miscast and it's a remake of a bad (with some good bits) movie have also to be considered...

Hmmm, waits for bluray or DVD.

[Enjoymms]

Hes really not a bad actor, and I personally dont mind the guy, but damn if he doesnt have the absolute worst luck picking movies...

Sure he's picked some stinkers but:-

Tigerland
In Bruges
The Way Back
Fright Night
Horrible Bosses
Phone Booth
Minority Report

All great movies.