After reviewing the original of the 1990s, I took a day off and sat down to get acquainted with the remake in order to answer the main question: did it make sense to reshoot “Remember everything” in principle? After all, by now the film of the great Paul Verhoeven is not outdated either morally or visually.
And now, after 130 minutes (I watched the director's version, the ending of which, by the way, turns the whole story on its head) alone with Colin Farrell's colleagues, I can say: no. The remake almost completely repeats its predecessor, differing only in details - and, not always for the better.
Wiseman's version removes Mars, along with all the mutants that inhabit it, which were one of Verhoeven's main recognizable features. The film got darker and more serious. At the same time, the producers really wanted to get into the PG-13 rating, so we will not see bright ultraviolence, like in 1990: the shootouts lost their brightness and originality, and one of the parties to the conflict was made almost completely robotic in order to justify the lack of blood.
Perhaps one of the key questions is whether Farrell outplayed Schwarzenegger? Collin is certainly a stronger actor than the Austrian. But the lack of skill Arnold confidently picks up the charisma. Moreover, he perfectly fit into the atmosphere of the film - sometimes frivolous, sometimes grotesque - that Verhoeven directed. As a result, Quaid Schwarza, in my opinion, came out as a more vivid and memorable character.
With the rest of the actors is not so simple. A wonderful actor Brian Cranston here, alas, just stood in the frame, but also Ronnie Cox from the original can not be said to give something powerful. Jessica Beal worked well, but no more than that, as, indeed, and Rachel Ticotin in the original. On the role of the wife of the main character Wiseman attracted his wife at that time - Kate Beckinsale. Moreover, he significantly expanded her role, combining in it, in fact, two characters from the original, played by Sharon Stone and Michael Ironside. I liked the way Kate made her character. If I had to choose between her and Stone, I would have chosen Beckinsale.
If we discard digging into the details and say in general, Wiseman’s film looks with much less interest than Verhoeven’s creation, and leaves less impressions at the end. Being a typical representative of the genre, 2012’s “Remember Everything” is easily lost in the mass of its kind, because the cinema does not have something outstanding, some business card of its own. I don’t think technology will go so far as to make Wiseman’s film look obsolete in 20 years, visually it’s done very well. The question is, will they remember him in 20 years? Will he have the same status as his predecessor?
I'm pretty sure not.
In 2012, a remake of the original 1990 film was released. I’ve revisited both movies today, but I think it’s completely wrong to compare them, so I’m not going to do that. I’d rather explain how good Len Wiseman’s film is and what its flaws are.
The future. A small and underdeveloped town in New Asia. It is home to ordinary worker Doug Quaid (Colin Farrell) along with beautiful wife Laurie (Kate Beckinsale). Doug has a job, an apartment that he shares with his lover and everything is fine, but he feels like something is missing, like he was born for something bigger. In search of thrills and in the hope of diluting his boring everyday life, Doug goes to the company "Remember everything", promising to fulfill any whims of the client, for every taste and color, in other words - to realize the dream. But even before the beginning of the session, a squad of special forces bursts into the room, which literally in a moment is neutralized by a simple worker Doug, to his own surprise. From now on, Doug will no longer complain of a lack of thrills because the life he knew will change forever, just like he did. . .
The length of the director's version (which I watched) is over 130 minutes. In my opinion, it reveals the plot in more detail, as the rolling version lacks many important scenes, including those featuring Ethan Hawke's character. With all the relatively considerable timekeeping and given the fact that the film was not watched for the first time, more than two hours flew unnoticed, which indicates its dynamism. Strictly speaking, since the film is based on Dick’s story, it is a remake (although it is more correct to say, a new reading of the story rather than the 1990 film), and the plot is not difficult to predict, here the main emphasis was on action. However, there are significant differences from the story of the same name, which adds a kind of originality to the film. The action scenes were worked out perfectly, it was nice to know that the actors performed almost all the tricks themselves. Fights, chases and shooting look spectacular and beautiful. Special effects are made at the highest level and worked out to the smallest detail. Here, the meticulous viewer will hardly be able to find fault, because in each frame, even on the second, third, etc. plan everything is done amazingly and looks so thoughtful and realistic that when viewing you completely immerse yourself in the atmosphere of events taking place on the screen. And this fact simply cannot but cause respect to the creators of the picture.
The cast does not raise any questions.
Colin Farrell as Doug Quaid looks very believable. Colin actually plays two people - a simple worker (before memories) and a superbly trained special agent (after memories) and in both roles his appearance, physique and acting do not cause any doubts, because Colin looks convincing and without any claims. He doesn’t seem to stand out from the crowd, so he can easily be mistaken for a working-class citizen from a seedy town. And at the same time, he looks convincing in the role of a secret agent.
Kate Beckinsale as Laurie is just amazing. Like Pharrell, she plays two characters here: Quaid’s loving and caring wife and an uncompromising manic antagonist with a mad gleam in her eyes, an undercover agent hunting down an “ex-husband” and ruthlessly killing everyone on her way to her goal. Here, perhaps, Beckinsale discovered new facets of her talent for herself and others, since she did not play villains before and in this film showed that she can instantly transform from a “fuzzy angel” into a ruthless killer. In general, the perfect choice of actress for the role of Laurie. Although remarkable is the fact that the director of the picture is part-time and husband Beckinsale (at that time). Someone can say that it is clear how she got the role, but she really lit up in the film at all hundred and any claims to her game are simply absurd and inappropriate. Her character is perhaps the most memorable.
Brian Cranston as Cohagen is pretty good too. His character caused anger and disgust, as it should. The actor is organic in almost any role due to a certain amount of charisma, all his images are usually well worked out and played lively, and Cohagen was no exception. In addition, the actor clearly faces the role of antagonists.
Jessica Biel as Melina looks very spectacular and militant. Probably, as Melina is opposed to Lori here, so the actresses were chosen according to appearance and physical fitness. Therefore, both Kate and Jessica demonstrate excellent preparation in the film, performing almost all the stunts themselves, and their fight in the film looks very quick and spectacular and it is probably one of the most memorable action scenes in the film. Jessica perfectly played the role of Quaid’s beloved, kind and at the same time brisk. Definitely, the successful choice of the actress for the role and her nomination for the Golden Raspberry is simply unjustified and incomprehensible.
Also supporting roles were played by Bill Nighy, Ethan Hawk and John Cho. Of the supporting actors, they are remembered the most.
In the end, I can say that Remember Everything is an excellent film with an interesting plot, great special effects, an amazing rampant action and a great cast. Definitely, he deserves the right not only to life, but also to the title of one of the best fantastic action movies and all the claims against him look stupid and unreasonable. As I said, it’s wrong to compare it to the original 1990 movie because the movies are completely different. If you look at both films without prejudice, you will see that the films have only an idea and a title in common, otherwise each of them is unique. And yet, if you include Len Wiseman’s “Remember All” without prejudice to the film, you can get a lot of positive emotions from watching, which I have done many times, besides adding the film to my collection.
P.S. The fact that I liked Len Wiseman’s film so much doesn’t mean I’m criticizing the Paul Verhoeven original. No, I liked the original too, I just don’t compare them and I think each one is unique in its own way. It is your business to agree or not, but this is my personal opinion and I do not impose it on anyone.
9 out of 10
Douglas was a simple worker at a police robot assembly plant. A good life was hindered only by dreams about some feat in the company of an unfamiliar girl. In an attempt to understand his memory, the hero stumbles upon the Memories company, allegedly capable of doing anything with human memory - for example, instilling false memories. But as soon as he sits in a chair, the police break into the office of the company, and life goes awry: his wife turns out to be a hired mercenary, there are enemies around, and he himself is something important for a politician named Kohagen. . .
Remakes over the past ten years have become one of the most favorite toys of Hollywood tycoons. The fascination is rather strange - after all, they shoot mainly classics, which the viewer knows and which he will definitely pay attention to. Only here the viewer often not only knows this classic, but also loves it very much, and perceives attempts to sing it as heresy, which is better not to go. And the quality of such films is often lame.
In the case of the remake of “Remember everything” the last point is not relevant: the film is made perfectly. The world is well thought out, it has a lot of memorable details: cars on a magnetic track and so on. Excellent special effects, a memorable image of the human city, hung with signs (like standard, but qualitatively), a train passing through the earth’s core ... Not bad, huh? The film does well without Mars.
But the plot is the same - amnesia, total paranoia, hide-and-seek with Kohagen's mercenaries. And references to the original is also enough: grandmother in a yellow coat, a three-breasted prostitute, individual phrases - there is a lot of fan service in this movie, and it is not annoying. But individual plot twists are frankly incomprehensible. So, they take guest workers to work at a plant of strategic importance? What does Cohagen want here? The total control over the Colony that he actually has? Or something? In the script, the remake really loses to the original. Moreover, the idea of the doubtfulness of reality in this version, embedded in the original story of Philip Dick, is completely absent.
But the actors didn't. Yeah, instead of Schwarzenegger and Stone, it's Pharrell and Beckinsale, so the characters feel different. But not the worst versions, the good is played well.
The same can be said for the film as a whole. In both style and priorities, it differs from Paul Verhoeven's classics, but that doesn't mean it's bad - just different. Instead of a bloody psychological thriller - a modest but cheerful action movie for the evening. Perhaps his main mistake was binding to the cult classics - without such a primary source against the background, with a slightly different plot, the film would definitely look better.
7 out of 10
Compared to the film of 1990, this film does not stand.
Just take one scene - when the main character passes visa control. In the film of 1990. there is a mystery, intrigue, uncertainty, before our eyes from the details and micronuances decided before our eyes.
In the 2012 film, nothing works. When it is revealed that the head is a hologram, someone behind the scenes 1 time shouts “catch him” and the plot is trampled on the same point: the shooter-frightener, who will catch up with whom. Why? Not why. That's right.
You can write in detail, but is it worth it?
Cinematography is terrible. And to hide this, they insert computer glare into each frame allegedly from light sources. Why? To reveal what artistic image works? And not why, just as "fun" - as in the comic.
The script is a failure in all articles. There is no intrigue and heat, a complete drain of the film of 1990.
Acting is terrible. The Golden Raspberry nomination is no accident. The main character is a type of boy with a confused look asking "Where is my cake" does not work here.
The visual world (artists) is a complete failure. The film does not allow you to get involved even for 1 viewing. I looked and fell asleep first. And for the second time, at 2x speed. If in the film of 1990 the atmosphere of the futuristic future worked for intrigue, then here it is just fictional (read comics) characters and mechanisms.
Music is just not there. Illustrative average "Marvel" substrate.
Why would you take that off? If you don't have any ideas, it's okay for people to go to the movies. They pay at the entrance - and what is then spit - no one cares, the film gets a profit on suckers.
2 out of 10
About 5 years ago, when I saw the first time, the movie went well. Although without real blood, it's not realistic. Like a comic. Now, in the year 22, after the start of the new countdown, all this looks naive and out of place and out of time. But to make sure of that, I had to revisit the film. But at least there is something to review.
It was good to spend 2 hours and not pay for the movie. Cocoa movie recipe, from golivoud. 1. remake 2. without a plot, or too sloppy banal 3. The cliché is sickening already, the woman fights on equal or cooler than a man specially trained, synthetic police can be killed with packs, that's interesting, why then such robots are not effective at all to create? You can hit a metal robot with your bare hands, and everything will be normal, and the vulnerability is of course in front in a very accessible place. You're too lazy to write. I don't recommend even seeing it for once.
Just not beat, but I like the remake more than the original.
It so happened that first I managed to stumble upon a remake. The film seemed quite dynamic with a good performance of the actors, I really liked the idea with the piano and key, I liked the idea of crossing the core, I liked the phone in my hand, not the bug. I understand it’s based on that old movie, but if you give the characters different names, it could be a different movie. Agents who have been erased are no longer surprising these days, only to come up with another company that activates memories. About the company, the remake is also more beautifully and convincingly made this chair, as for me (although, of course, the time difference does its job). After watching the remake, I wanted to see the original, and the comparison went in reverse.
The sensual Farrell was closer to me than the crazy Schwarzenegger, who almost immediately accepted the fact that his wife was not his wife, and almost without hesitation gave her a tambourine. Most likely, initially Hauser was supposed to be such an asshole and a jerk, but looking at Farrell, you create an image of a person who still has feelings and experiences. I did not believe the love between the original Hausr and Melina, although there is no denying that we have a more snotty time now, and in general everything is dictated by the era, but still. I also liked the remake, a lot of good and stupid twists, almost everything is like a puzzle going into a single whole. And the fact that there was no Mars, and there was a colony on our Earth, which can be reached very quickly through the core, the picture does not spoil, even gives some zest. In general, why not? It's a different movie, different characters, even though the names are the same. Literally in a few moments, the original clarified misunderstandings that were not incomprehensible before viewing the original. Overall, I think the film was very successful.
I am not saying that the original is worse than the original. And, perhaps, if viewed in the right order, the effect would have been different, but, nevertheless, I liked the remake more and felt deeper. As they say, taste and color.
Good day, dear friends! I have said many times that I am a fan of disaster films as a genre. I understand that almost all of them often sin a huge number of blunders and inconsistencies, and the ideas of destroying the world, to put it mildly, are fantastic and unrealistic. I don’t even want to talk about this as a separate minus, it’s like a given that is present in all disaster films. The point is not even in this, but in how the director, screenwriters and most importantly the actors make us believe in the reality of this fairy tale, it depends on the quality, realism and emotionality of their game whether the film will become a worthy representative of the disaster genre or turn into another thrash, which even disgusting to watch. In this case, I believe that the actors managed to tell us another story about the prevention of a universal catastrophe and the end of the world, so that I do not want to spit, but rather find out what kind of way out of the situation the characters will be able to find this time. Directed by Mike Rohl.
The beginning of the story is quite standard: various cataclysms begin to occur on Earth - climatic changes, temperature jumps and various anomalies. The reason for what is happening is quite original - during a meteor shower, a brown dwarf (extinct star) flies to the ground whose mass is many times greater than the mass of the Earth, but it does not fall to the Earth, but to the greatest relief of scientists to the moon (the only natural satellite of the Earth). But the joy was premature. This fall causes the Moon to shift from its orbit, which becomes more elliptical, that is, at certain moments the Moon moves away from the Earth, then too close to it. Satellite fragments begin to fall to Earth, causing considerable damage, power outages, etc. anomalies that are only growing. The worst thing is that after the fall of a brown dwarf on the moon, the mass of the moon increased many times and the moon began to have a magnetic field thousands of times higher than the Earth’s magnetic field, which caused a violation of gravity on Earth, since literally overhead there is an object that exceeds the mass of the object that is under our feet. The moon continues to approach the Earth and its orbit is now literally on a collision course with the Earth. If you imagine at least for a second the situation in which there is a collision of our planet with such a celestial body as the Moon, we all understand that this will lead not only to the death of all life, but in principle to the fact that the Earth will simply disappear as a planet.
Starring David James Elliott (Alex Kitner) and Natasha Henstridge (Maggie Road). They calculate the time of the collision of the Earth with the Moon and understand that if you do not take measures, the Earth will perish, and the only way to save is the destruction of the Moon. An expedition is urgently assembled on the moon, which must return the moon to its normal, familiar orbit by point explosions, and by the way, these scenes turned out to be very exciting. I understand that the special effects are quite weak, but for me personally, as an ordinary person, these scenes looked very large. Especially associated with violations of gravity, and the dilapidated Moon.
There are touching elements of melodrama, for example, Alex Kitner has two young children, but his wife died a few years ago, and if something happens to him, the children will be orphaned with an old, sick grandfather who, however, overcome his stubborn character and prejudices, still decides to leave the house to help take his grandchildren to safety. Perhaps the film is somewhat delayed, it has two parts and they both almost last three hours, it would be possible to shorten a little, but watch still interesting!
The film shows a more or less adequate version of saving the Earth from destruction, this time without stamps, like a drunken Russian cosmonaut on the space station (thank you, at least for this!). I was also pleased that not only the greats of #39, the Americans, but also representatives of other nations took part in saving our planet, albeit not so active. In general, this film has everything to catch the attention of the audience: a rather original story, an exciting plot, a very good acting game, and most importantly - one of the main characters is a brutal man, ready to give his life for the future of our planet! In the end, we saw such a hero. I would not say that the film made an indelible impression on me, made me worry and with a sinking heart to follow the development of events, but it was quite interesting, at least.
Summing up, if you like disaster movies, then I advise you to watch this representative of the genre, but you need to be patient, because the film is quite long. Of course, you don’t want to watch more than once, but if you have a free evening, why not? Just immediately close your eyes to the laws of physics and stop saying that this cannot happen, everyone knows this, you perceive it as just a fantastic fairy tale! Good to see you!
For many years, Hollywood continues to shoot remakes of famous films of the past, which are very rarely successful, cause negativity and irritation was no exception and this film.
In 1990, Paul Verhoeven managed to shoot a rather gloomy science fiction film, which is sure to watch for many generations. As a child, the film was really scary, especially when Arnie’s eyes came out, even now, almost 30 years later, this scene seems very creepy, the movie was incredibly cool and not only because of that scene. The story itself was revealed, the characters were interesting, there was tension, intrigue, cool atmosphere.
There is nothing interesting in the 2012 film - this is an ordinary popcorn fantastic action movie without an idea, with a good cast, but this composition does not impress with its play, does not leave the feeling that the movie is very parody, took the basis of a cult film and spoiled everything to the maximum.
Len Wiseman ruined his impression of himself. After all, he once filmed very useful things. Two parts of Another World, and the 4th part of Die Hard, were very high-quality paintings. This movie is a failure in terms of quality in all articles, no script, no directing, action a lot, but it is completely without idea and without meaning.
In 1990, watching Arnie and Sharon Stone play was a pleasure. But Mr. Wiseman is unclear why he made a tense, atmospheric fantastic action movie almost a second Other World, so much screen time he gave his ex-wife, who like Celine is fighting here again as always cool. Made a real car out of Laurie. It feels like she's the lead character, not Quaid.
If we compare the dreams of the two films, it is clear to the naked eye how much cooler everything was in 1990, but if we even forget about that film, and consider the film as an independent project even here, there is little that can be singled out. I don’t call it a quality story. Characters are poorly revealed. No tension, no atmosphere, no intrigue. Yes, the action is high-quality, but it absolutely does not cause emotions. Yes, if the film was not associated with Remember everything, I think I was not so annoyed, and did not collect the box office as I think.
Separately, I will express my negativity about how Quaid got rid of surveillance in the 2012 film. With cool technology and a budget of 125 million, we were shown a real hack, in 1990 it was one of the cool scenes, it was both tough and very fun.
We all remember the three-breasted woman from Paul Verhoeven's film how much emotion she caused, in the 2012 film she is also, but here she is completely out of place and does not catch.
Remember all of 2012 most infuriating by the fact that a dark and exciting film made a template action movie without an idea, without meaning, in fact, to look except for Colin Farrell and a good action nothing. The script is terrible, the directing is terrible, the characters cannot be interested. Yes, in visual terms, everything looks good, you should have written a high-quality script for such a picture, and not show how cool Kate is, we know from the Other World that it is useless to mess with her.
Colin Farrell probably has the least claims on the film, as the script is terrible. Yes, it was clear initially that Arnie is far from him and his emotions in the 1990 film.
Kate Beckinsale, no matter how good I was to Kate, but then her game was annoying, she got too much time to see how she complicates the life of Houser, not too impressed made her car. In the 1990 film, Sharon left a lot of emotions, there are a lot of unnecessary shootings and fights, which, in my opinion, did not go to the benefit of the film.
Jessica Biel did not cause much irritation and negativity, but her character was not impressed.
Remembering everything in 2012 is another attempt to raise money on a famous film. Take the plot as a basis and turn a cool film of the past into a typical popcorn action movie that you forget about after watching, you can watch once and no more. An example of how from a tense, gloomy, atmospheric film you can make an absolute empty and hulking. Action is of course cool, but the movie should cause emotions, you need someone to worry, sympathize, this film needs tension and intrigue it is nothing, only action without an idea and that's all.
Thank you to Paul Verhoeven for making science fiction movies memorable, intense and dark. And let this action movie for children watch the younger generation. I'd rather watch the 1990 movie.
Another remake, impotence of the writers, a stupid repetition that no one really endured, neither the director nor a group of great and eminent actors.
Even a woman with three tits, so harmoniously looked in the first film, it was not at all useful, that is, not in the topic.
Yeah, special effects are level. Nothing bad is noticeable, all the weapons shoot sometimes even reload, everyone flies, well, even brakes well on other cars breaking the fucking iron, and as always forgetting that when braking the same force that crushed and scattered cars on the road acts on the main characters in a flying car, i.e. in fact crushes and crushes them.
A candy, with girls from special forces running around the ceiling and tough men, who puts a group of healthy specialists with his bare hands, and can not pin the same woman to something iron.
Well, come on, and the first film is not the height of intelligence, and Schwarzenegger in it is not as convincing as in his other films.
Simply, the theme of intelligence is not so well understood by scientists themselves, and even by scriptwriters from Hollywood and even more so by directors, and is perceived as a film with an erasure effect.
Memory is an important, but not the only part of the self that is easily restored every morning despite a huge 8-hour lapse.
Therefore, all films of this kind sin convention. But this convention in the remake is so much, and so little of something interesting.
A score of 4 out of 10 is the maximum.
"Remember everything" Director Paul Verhoeven has become a milestone in cinema, defining the quality of fiction for decades to come. And it was clearly not the movie that needed a remake. However, it was removed in 2012. But is it really a remake?
Definitely not. The main feature of the remake is the presence of the same plot as in the original, as well as a large number of references. The second is bad, and the first is worse. This film, directed by Len Wilesman, is not a remake, but an adaptation that (with particular disappointment) can even be called plagiarism. Instead of a fantastic action movie, part of the events of which unfolds on another planet, this is a post-apocalyptic with an admixture of cyberpunk. Doug, who is played by Colin Farrell instead of “iron Arnie”, is no longer a hero who wants to empathize. He is a very ordinary person, living in difficult times, and who is just lucky - this thought does not leave the whole viewing. His wife, Lori, is not as beautiful as the original. Kate Beckinsale is as far as the stars to Sharon Stone. And instead of mutants, Doug is confronted by robotic policemen - the real hybrids of droids and stormtroopers from Star Wars. But this is not the only sign of the absence of any imagination among the writers.
Amazingly, the remake was more full of stamps than the original. The stereotypical relationship of the main character with his faithful companion looks too familiar, but not from the film by Paul Verhoeven, but from other plots. There are so many recognizable moments from the early militants here that you will not list everything. Most surprising is the shameless borrowing of flying cars from the Fifth Element, as well as jumps and shootouts from the Matrix.
However, the shortcomings are not limited to copying. Fewer characters have become, and the plot roles of many characters are strongly compressed in timekeeping. What’s even more surprising is that the story doesn’t seem to be solved from all sides, even though the original film was somewhat shorter. Finally, it is impossible not to find fault with the fact that the deception surrounding Doug is revealed very quickly, and not by himself, but by the audience. If there really was intrigue in the original, then there is none at all. Now chases are shown for the sake of chase, shooting for the sake of shooting, and pathos ... with this already everything is clear. Even the musical accompaniment was not so impressive. We've heard something similar in other recent blockbusters.
Although many criticize Arnold Schwarzenegger's acting abilities, Colin Farrell plays much worse, even though he is primarily an actor, not an athlete. I am glad that Kate Beckinsale and Jessica Biel did not let down with emotions. Brian Cranston does not appear in the frame too often, so this capable actor, unfortunately, does not pamper the audience.
In conclusion, I want to reproach the director for completely ruining the impression with the final. If the original film near the end presents an enthusiastic plot twist, then in this “remake” Doug does an act that humiliates him, not exalts him. The attempt to revive the memory of the original “Remember everything” was made too early.
5 out of 10
I decided to look purely for comparison, how the good old action movie will look in a modern format. I liked the original with Arnie and Sharon Stone. The original predecessor is also not perfect, but still the existing futuristic world on Mars with its inhabitants and alien creatures – looks spectacular.
As for the remake, everything is presented differently here. Visual effects are performed at the level, but there is no super-outstanding in them. There is a lot of sensor that gives out various information when touching glass, built-in telephone communication in the palm and tracking sensors for the main character turned out not bad. Brightly presented chases on flying cars, as well as the escape of the main characters from enemies.
Acting. Kate Beckinsale (Laurie) looks good in the image of the villain and fake wife Quaid. Colin Farrell convincingly performed the image of the main character (Quaida), without any mistakes. There is nothing to say about the rest, because someone has little screen time, and someone is not impressed at all. I will note an unusual cameo in the form of a hologram of Ethan Hawke.
“Remember Everything” is a standard, fantastic action movie of 2012 from the director Len Wazman, director of the franchise “Another World”. In general, it is not a bad film, you can watch it, it is original in its own way, the team tried to make it different, but everyone decides which action movie is better: the original or a remake. I made my choice.
To shoot remakes of cult films is thankless, because one way or another everyone will compare them with the original, and clearly not in favor of the former. Paul Verhoeven's original film is one of my favorites. This film had a number of strengths: an interesting plot, a memorable soundtrack, high-quality action, good (for the 90th year) effects, a wonderful cast. Remake can not boast of anything like this. It looks faded and is not remembered at all. For example, many who have seen the original film only once may not remember what the film is about, but the fact that there is a woman with three breasts, everyone remembers. In the remake, it looks like a second time.
In general, the remake quite a lot of references to the original film, but they all look much weaker. Action seems to be present, and it seems even good, but very template some. The soundtrack is not memorable at all. The effects are present and look normal for such a budget. And, of course, actors. Everyone is trying, but they are missing something. I can single out only Kate Beckinsale, which here plays the characters Sharon Stone and Michael Ironside from the original film. Colin Farrell was not impressed at all. I would not say that he is a man without charisma, but certainly not Arnold Schwarzenegger. Jessica Beale's character is not remembered at all. The film also lacks humor. Not at all! And if the original humor was good for the film, then here its absence is a clear minus. This movie is 100% serious. And finally, the film, although it looks good, does not leave the same impression as the original. In fact, he leaves no impression at all. Well, we did, and that's fine!
The conclusion is unambiguous - to the original of this film as Sarik Andreasyan before the Oscars. Therefore, for quality effects, good action, albeit weak, but still references to the original, and beautiful Kate Beckinsale:
6 out of 10
And by the way, why wasn't there a reference scene with a robot taxi driver?!
I watched the movie in the theater and recently decided to review it. What can I say? It's a good thing he doesn't go very long. It's just tedious misery. I can’t understand how it was possible to take an almost cult action movie not with anyone, but with Schwarzenegger and shoot such a movie! Claims to Colin Farrell is not particularly, he is certainly not Arnie, but the type is quite suitable, only the actor who seemed to play better than our wooden pitching, the face of the whole film expresses some boredom, like Jessica Biel. You don't believe them, you don't feel empathy, and you don't smell love chemistry at all. In addition, the creators removed the Red Planet from the plot, which added a lot of color, because in the original film the whole intrigue was tied around the supply of free oxygen for the entire population, which was noble, here the whole world came together in a wedge around the train through the core of the Earth, when the situation in fact does not change much. Boring. The main plot twist around the personality of Houser is generally simplified. Well, I don't believe Colin Farrell's hero wanted to travel! I don't believe it! Maximum beer at the bar. The only one who was really cool was the character of Kate Berinsale, but it was probably just my addiction to this beauty. The character is not very interesting.
The set is boring - dark, inconspicuous gray buildings, bluish frame processing, everything glows and flickers with lights, even in warehouses. But everything is so boring, the eye does not catch at all. The only scene that stuck in my mind was playing the piano, but it lasted three minutes. In the first view, the film was still so-and-so and did not cause a wave of negativity, but in the second... I barely checked to stay awake. If you re-shoot a good movie, then re-shoot it qualitatively, so that at least you try to be cooler than the original, and this is an undoubted hack, which has already disappeared from the memory of many, like the new Dredd. I went to revisit the original with Arnie.
Recently, it has become very fashionable to do reboots of famous movie hits - the existence of some of them is frankly meaningless, some can still offer interesting ideas. Paul Verhoeven's excellent film "Remember Everything" was also rebooted - atmospheric, unpredictable, exciting, however, I have already spoken about this film before. It is a film that plays an important role in the history of blockbusters and is imbued with the courage of filmmakers of those times. And it seemed that all was well – we have a good science fiction that can be revised and revised, but in 2012 a certain Len Wiseman decided to rethink this story and ... It was too much...
As far as I know, this product has fallen victim to a bunch of critics and fans and it’s fair to say it’s not a bad movie. Of course, it is more average than a really good movie, but if you want to see this film, then do not think that you will have a nightmare, rather dreams, because “Remember All” of the sample of 2012 is insanely boring.
This is the first and main disadvantage of the picture - it is very difficult to watch until the end, while not tearing your mouth - there are plenty of unnecessary elements and slicked from the original moments. Even some dialogues copy phrases from Verhoeven's film. And it turns out that those familiar with the original will predict the plot after the first minutes and from this they will be bored, and the rest will yawn, looking at the monotonous action that does not want to stop at the dull heroes who are gray copies of the characters from the original. And of course, Wiseman's movie doesn't exactly mimic the plot of Verhoeven's movie, there are some changes, but they -- they're completely uninteresting and leave you indifferent! This version also looks much more serious than the original - the amount of humor that could somehow dilute the atmosphere has decreased. This version got some moments that caused me delight when watching the original — but the fact is that their appearance here, it is not the merit of the authors of this film, but still, the creators of the original — and here the effect was completely different.
Movies may seem smart and confusing - with less humor, more political conversations and concepts, but that doesn't really make the film deep. There is nothing hidden behind this and in the next moment you will be fed a boring action game again! During it, new heroes appear, important events occur and all this happens so sharply that the movie also seems confused!
But it’s not for nothing that I said it’s an average movie, not a bad movie: at first I was even interested – great and special effects. The city of the future is so detailed and its design is so cool that you are impressed by the visual – it is beautiful and the eyes just enjoy. And the characters... Like I said, these are dry clones of the original heroes, but they had potential! Colin Farrell tries to play, but he’s not as charismatic as Arnie. Kate Beckinsale can’t be compared to Sharon Stone either, but she has come up with the role and is generally satisfying. And Jessica Biel... Well, that's the main character's standard love interest. The one who made me happy the most was Brian Cranston - it's not even about the character, it's about the game. What a great actor he is! The main character reacts more realistically to certain situations than in Verhoeven’s film. So there are things the remake has even done better!
You may like this movie if you are not familiar with the original and have nothing against 2-hour action on serious tones. Fans of one of the actors can also watch - but this is if you, again, have not seen the original, where the characters went much more charisma, in the rest of the same. It's a rather dull movie that tries to seem smart, even if it's not. There's no zest in it - I don't want to be mad at it, I don't care. It's not that I'm fascinated by what's going on, so I'll advise you to either look at it or review it, because it's more useful. .
Will the tuffy from the phone booth save the world?
So, before us is another reshoot of a very popular film of the 1990s, created on the wave of the early 10s of reworking / copying old films and ideas.
With a budget of hundreds of millions of dollars, the picture turned out to be completely disastrous. And the main reason is not even that it is difficult to surpass the classic action movie with Schwarzenegger, but in the choice of the actor for the main role. Colin Farrell is a man who is not clear how he got into modern cinema, very weak as an actor, and very weak as a person. He is good at secondary roles (", Special Opinion, Psychics), but it is very difficult to choose a suitable role for him well. The only film where he fit perfectly is “Phone Box”, where his always frightened facial expression and very sluggish energy were very useful. It remains a mystery why Farrell is heavily promoted for roles in action movies. In 2012, despite the combined shooting, hand-to-hand combat with his participation looks very, very sad. You can compare with the fights in the same trilogy “Bourne”, where Damon does not own any equipment looks impressive. There is no rod in an actor that will make him believe that he is the leader who will change the world. Needless to say, against the background of the superman seven times Mr. Olympia Schwarzenegger comrade Farrell looks more than depressing. If such actors as DiCaprio, Pacino and De Niro, who were advanced in their time by the Italian mafia, became first-class actors, then Farrell (also, apparently, got into cinema for a lot of money) remained a gray mouse.
Separately, it is worth mentioning the development of the plot, which gradually slides into something between the scenes of the chase from the Fifth Element, the first part of Star Wars, I, Robot, Minority Report, etc. Up to the visual similarity of flying cars. In this film, there are no colorful mutants, Mars as such, a more detailed acquaintance with the colony and the resistance, as it was in the film by Paul Verhoeven. Also strains the gamma, which is dominated by dark tones. If the old film was very bright and rich, then when watching the version of the 12th year I had to often increase the brightness on the monitor.
To the disadvantages, I would also include not very thoughtful moments with access to high-tech technology of the future. You want to get in any stormtrooper and just steal it? Please! You want to rip the front plate off a combat robot with your bare hands and disable it? No problem! The consolation may be that against the background of other problems, these shortcomings are almost not straining.
The only thing to praise the movie for is special effects. This budget is not surprising. Although it seemed to me personally that the special effects were more original in the old film, take at least the same mask of a woman who exploded in the arms of a soldier in the spaceport, or a hologram repeating the movements of the main character.
As a result, before the viewer appeared another high-budget, but barely reaching the average action movie-running, where the actor for the main role was chosen extremely unsuccessfully, and the development of the plot consists mainly of shootouts and races on various mechanisms, whether cars or elevators. By the way, if Ethan Hawke (played Hauser allegedly before plastic surgery, also an incomprehensible plot point) in the lead role, it could, in my opinion, save this talentless film.
2 out of 10
The super hit of 1990 “Remember everything” could not long remain without the attention of modern filmmakers who know a lot about remakes, because many famous films of the 80s and 90s have already been either continued or reshot, and now it was the turn of a fantastic action movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger. It is difficult to re-shoot an absolutely perfect film - it is so easy to get burned out and incur sharply negative criticism in the spirit of "hands off the classics!", "without old actors is not the same", and so on. There are examples of worthy remakes, not inferior to the original, and sometimes even superior to the original versions in everything, as, for example, “The Mummy” in 1999 is a total modernization of the paintings of 1932 and 1959 on this topic; but sometimes the remake does not improve the old film, but only primitives it, while trying to show the first. So, a remake of the film “Remember everything” in 1990, based on a fantastic story and gained many praise. What to expect from the reworking of a completely perfect film - ideal in the plot plan and in terms of special effects, which for 1990 look more than presentable even today?
If you read the description of the plot of the remake in Wikipedia before viewing, then there is a probability that the viewer who is going to evaluate this updated film will be excited to watch it: after all, the remake contains the topic of the post-apocalypse, which led to the fact that there are only two places on Earth suitable for life, the planet suffers from overpopulation. This, of course, is interesting, and we saw something similar in the remake of Judge Dredd, which also came out in 2012 and showed a rather energetic fantastic action movie. But in the film itself, we saw quite a few events on this topic of interest, and almost immediately begins to remake the old story in a new way: the same hero who wants the thrill that he will never get in his meager life; the same organization that is able to use a unique technology to give a person the most incredible memories, as if the client really went through what was implanted in his brain. The same events in which the wife of the protagonist suddenly attacked him, claiming that she is actually a special agent. It comes to a repetition of the episode with a three-breasted woman on Mars, where the main character turns out to be when he learns that he is actually not a worker in a factory, but a man who is not working in a factory. We know all this from the movie with Schwarzenegger. Remake, as correctly expressed by my best friend on the Kinopoisk, "faceless" - in this case, this means that it is not able to please the plot, even more or less approximate in dynamism to the original, and that the funny thing is that the remake loses to the original even in the number of special effects, and this is with a budget of $ 125 million! The plot sags, sometimes becomes uninteresting and incomprehensible, sometimes again captures a stylish action. I don’t want to say that the film is completely finished – my review is neutral, and it was not disgusting to watch this remake, but I don’t see it in line with the masterpiece of 1990. It is a pity that the film is not finalized - it could be a worthy remake of the immortal classic. But it turned out to be a typical fantastic action movie.
Remember everything, or another attempt to modernize the classics.
Director Len Wiseman has repeatedly proved to the audience that he knows how to stage action films, saturating the action with interesting fighting scenes and a beautiful film structure. His first film "Another World" was released in 2003, and two years later Len shot a sequel. Both action films, from the point of view of this particular genre, turned out to be an interesting combination of several genres, which helped the films gain a foothold in the box office and still remain interesting for viewers. In 2007, the director was trusted to continue the cult saga about the adventures of John McClane. The film "Die Hard 4.0" enjoys some success, but already from critics. Thus, the third film by Len Wiseman pays off at the box office. The next Die Hard movie will ruin everything that was built for the successful series, but that’s another story.
Paul Verhoeven's "Remember Everything" is still one of the brightest examples of a good fantastic action movie. The desire of producers to make sequels, restarts and the like sometimes resembles a disease. The new "Total Recall" is seen with mixed feelings. Everything is done qualitatively, beautifully and energetically. The film resembles an action movie with Will Smith "I, Robot", the whole difference, perhaps, in the accent of the plot. He also clearly loses to the film Steven Spielberg "Minority Opinion", where the idea was more clearly expressed, and the film was saturated with detective action. And here we see just an action movie with a really stunning visual component, but for some reason not catchy plot. Unlike the brainchild of Verhoeven, there is no intrigue, colors and cruelty. Wiseman can do it, but somehow it was too soft this time.
In the end, we got another gray spineless fantasy film, beautiful but meaningless. Claims only for the script and plot. This has already happened in better interpretations. It was not necessary to shoot a new version of the old film, it was possible to shoot just a new action movie, the result would be better appreciated by both critics and viewers.
Most modern producers and directors have learned to cut cabbage on remakes and sequels of brands of past years, but they do not know how to shoot something new, similar in quality. I mean, not at all. And it seems without any hope of ever learning it.
With the original Paul Verhoeven, this creation is simply meaningless to compare.
The third Terminator can be compared to the second Terminator.
A foggy-clumsy plot (who did not see the original, may simply not understand), a slurred play of actors (they clearly will never grow up to Arnie and Sharon), an obvious overkill of computer graphics. Fights – yes, they are in the movie at least to spare ... but looking at them I want to cry. Wrestling looks more believable.
Yeah, well done graphics, there's nothing to say. But it's not the Matrix...
The remake was very disappointing. In fact, the brand original filmed the second tier. Which did not fail because of the original. Name.
Before watching, I was biased, because I was sure that the option with Schwarzenegger will never surpass, and this is just a pathetic attempt, and it looks miserable. I thought so. However, I suddenly liked the film.
First, the remake does not try to jump over your head and seem cooler than the original version. Farrell is not Schwartz, and he's not trying to be Schwartz, he's playing his own Quaid. Similarly, Jessica Biel is not even close to Rachel Ticotin, which is great because I like Jessica better. It's just different here. As if they took, for example, the famous Griboyedov waltz and played it not on the piano, but on the cello.
Secondly, there are qualitative special effects and they look appropriate. Yes, there are a lot of them, but there is no sense of excessiveness. Such a futuristic world, tall skyscrapers, robots of all kinds, flights through the center of the Earth - why not?
Thirdly, the director did not cleanly remake the old film, but created his own vision of the plot. And this is right, because it turned out like and similar, but it seemed different. Very dynamic, a lot of drive, the plot constantly flies forward, so you do not want to break away.
And fourthly, the atmosphere of the film and the musical accompaniment reminded me of the game Death Track: Rebirth, which I really liked at the time. This nuance became a pleasant bonus for me and strengthened the pleasant impression.
Not to say that I really recommend everyone to watch this movie, but as a way to pass the time – quite.
I started watching, trying not to get attached to the original film. in principle, I was able to do this when watching a robocop.
Sadly, cinema is degenerating. Great picture. The artist’s work is beyond praise. Interesting solutions and it does not matter that many of them are completely unrealizable. It’s like in an anime, let’s assume it’s like this (well, you understand, I’m about the ray) it even likes, although physics is absent as a concept.
But the lack of logic and common sense in almost all the main characters is sad. It is doubly sad that this is the trend of cinema. The most sensible was the gunman, who asked Laurie if the order to kill was lawful if the chancellor ordered the opposite. The rest are either stupid or act in such a way that their logic is difficult to understand.
Well, the action is not just a lot, it is nauseous a lot, the brain is overloaded and stops responding.
5 out of 10
And now the audience is presented with a remake of a once acclaimed film. I may sound biased, but I sometimes think that all the paintings with Schwarzenegger are overplayed today somehow clumsy. And it seems that he did not play at the highest level, clumsy and scary, but ... more charismatic at times. But the beginners who tried to cover up his unwittingly pop-up appearance with their acting skills become only slipping shadows. No, I'm not saying that Collen Farrell is a bad actor or that he's a bad actor. It's pretty decent. Here the matter is different: there is no atmosphere, or rather, direct immersion in it. After viewing the original, the red wastelands of Mars appeared in memory for a long time, and here ...
There are no fundamental differences from the predecessor. We changed the main place of action: not Mars, but Earth. They brought some science fiction ideas, like traveling through the planet or having a phone implanted right in the palm of your hand. With some small nuances, too, wise. And rightly so, it’s like a new movie, so you need a new role. And it's pretty good overall. The plot is well written, all events are logical and thought out. But -- not impressed. There is no excitement that was experienced when watching the first film back then, in the distant 90s. Maybe it’s a long-ago failed attitude to the cinema (because then everything was just beginning, really spectacular films could be counted on the fingers), and maybe that when watching you only predict future events, desperately hoping that the writer added to the old story at least a grain of something really new. And that something is about to appear on the screen. But the plot is not particularly original, and as a result we see almost the same as twenty years ago.
Nevertheless, the picture as a whole turned out not bad. And for those who haven’t seen the original, it may even seem like something out of the ordinary. There are, as mentioned earlier, and interesting ideas in the field of science, and spectacular shootouts, and well-staged hand-to-hand combat. You empathize with the actors, involuntarily believe in their sorrow and joy. About special effects and graphics I will say this: it is acceptable, but especially the eye is not happy. In general, a typical Hollywood action movie. There is only one problem: we have eaten all this for a very, very long time. I wish I had something really new. And new, not in the sense of the well-forgotten old, than in recent times we began to feed more and more often, but fundamentally different. Original.
Verdict: You can watch this movie. Clearly negative, as well as extremely positive emotions, it does not cause. It's fine to pass the night. However, after viewing, there may be an obsessive desire to revise the original. Well, that's a big deal.
The more I watch modern cinema, the sadder my eyes are. Behind the standard good (but no more than that) picture and template sound, it is increasingly difficult to see at least a little interesting narrative. Whether I became too fastidious, or skis do not go.
Of course, there are good movies that are interesting to watch. Who fascinate you, delivering through the eyes and ears not only the voiced picture, but also feelings. But such meetings are becoming less and less frequent, because the trend is now bablo. It is easier to take a working scheme, add a loud name that has not yet been spoiled, season it with a budget and get a knowingly commercially profitable product at the output. I call this phenomenon filmprostitution.
One of the many ladies of easy cinematic behavior and looks in my eyes a remake of Total Recall. It’s as uninteresting and monotonous as the new RoboCop, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Hunger Games, and more. Please note that this is my personal opinion and some people may find these films quite good. But still template characters, template phrases, template scenes, template sounds ... And especially this “very original” effect, when a low such sound turns into an even lower one (similar to turning off a large buzzing transformer), which foreshadows some fierce action on the screen – I propose to legally prohibit its use in movies.
Overall, I watched this movie to the end. And frankly, there are tons of ways to spend those nearly two hours of your time more fun and exciting. For example, spitting in the ceiling or standing in a traffic jam.
2012 brought us another rethinking of the story of Philip Dick From the depths of memory. It is interesting not that a small story is awarded from the huge variety of works of the author of the re-screen adaptation, but that the screenwriters for the second time managed to create a practical film not related to it. From the story was taken only the basic concept, all subsequent has nothing to do with the source.
With the first shots, we see a far from prosperous world of the future. Poverty, devastation, social inequality are all conveyed realistically, but without excessive thickening of colors. Resistance, although it looks very fake, but acts quite competently. The development of the plot is really interesting to follow. The truth is no longer because of the history itself, but the spectacular form of presentation.
The weak point of the film was the absolute unwillingness of the writers to be friends with the laws of physics or at least with common sense. A super-speed elevator going through the core, why not? Getting an old person back from the hard drive sounds interesting. Gas masks that save from the consequences of nuclear explosions, well, for what purpose they were invented. And moments like that run through the whole movie.
But at the same time, everything was shot surprisingly qualitatively. The future really looks futuristic: clothes, weapons, architecture, transportation. It doesn’t look like modern things for us. Greatly staged battle scenes, although they are a little spoiled by excessive tightness.
So the film turned out to be bright, exciting and dynamic, only hiccup in it at least some sense is still not worth it.
5 out of 10
The most convincing illusion is still an illusion.
Recently, Hollywood screenwriters are increasingly turning to classics, and I am not talking about ancient Roman history and not about the myths of Ancient Greece, but about remakes of famous and beloved films, which in remakes, in general, do not need. Is this an attempt to look at the classics of cinema from a different angle and shed light on some of the events of the original? No, of course not! The remakes pursue one specific goal - to earn as many dirty green papers as possible from those people who do not like the original film. Today’s guest is a good example of that. So this is "Remember everything."
Doug Quaid is an ordinary inhabitant of the Earth who has everything he needs for happiness - a beautiful wife, a hard but interesting job, a best friend, ready to support the hero, as well as dreams in which Doug sees himself in the campaign of a pretty brunette fighting against the official authorities, somewhere on Mars. And naturally, Doug, tormented by curiosity, goes to the company "Remember Everything", which specializes in creating false memories, in order to be on Mars, even artificially. And everything would be fine, but the employees of the company begin to brandish weapons in the face of the hero and voice in a bad voice that he, Doug Quaid, is actually a spy. And then security comes in and let's use Doug as a live target. What's going on? Are these artificial memories or is the main character really a spy?
As I said at the beginning, this film is not intended to develop the ideas of the original picture or to emphasize a deeper disclosure of the characters. This film is a frank tracing to the film of the 90th year, which is devoid of the main thing - the soul. But everything is in order.
What was the significance of the original film? Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sharon Stone in the lead roles? Shit! You will not object to this assertion. But alas, there are other actors here, so let's go from the opposite. The first thing that caught my eye in the original picture was the worked out, and I would even say the living world, in which I believe, but in which I would not like to live, it is painfully cruel and unfair. Yeah, even more unfair than ours, even though it seemed so much more? And this film also tries to show the living world, where high technology, holographic tattoos, phones sewn into the hand and other technical wonders prevail. And all these miracles throw the viewer in the face, while forgetting to show how this world functions and how it lives a simple layman. And in general, it seems that the film was created with the sole purpose of running computer graphics, and not in order to shoot a work of art, because most often in the frame will flash gaggy buildings of the new era, not the main characters. And by the middle of the movie, it's starting to strain. After all, you watch a film about people, and not about technical innovations, which, what a sin to hide, do not cause any feelings and look fresh and uninteresting. Perhaps this is due to the fact that people in the crowd do not cause any feelings? Remember the original movie where anyone, even the most insignificant person, was different? So forget it. In this film, the extra is a gray mass to which there is no matter what the characters of the picture, but even the viewer. Bad guys are also a gray mass due to the fact that most of them are impersonal. And thus, the world that was shown in this film does not look alive and interesting.
Well, what about the government conspiracy and the confrontation of good and evil? You know, you don't. The rebels, who were given the lion’s share of screen time in the original film and who were a force to be reckoned with in this picture are presented as a bunch of rags who do not know anything and they appear only for ten minutes on screen time without bringing with them a special semantic load. How they pose a threat to the corporation is unclear. And the corporation itself is not the “Evil Empire” that it was originally. The local bad guy is a pathetic loser who is going to take over a colony on Mars with the help of an army of goofy androids that are easy to destroy. Well, now the villains are transferred, oh, transferred.
As for the people who starred in the film, the only one who tries to play is Colin Farrell. The rest of the actors do not even try to demonstrate emotions and any feelings, hoping that this is a blockbuster and the viewer will not notice that the characters in this film turned out to be wooden.
Well, since this is a blockbuster, let’s see what this film can offer in terms of action to a sophisticated and not very viewer? Nothing. No, really, nothing. The action is very weak and swinging hands and feet Kate Beckinsale does not look dangerous. I do not believe that her blows can cause serious damage to anyone, unlike her prototype in the person of Sharon Stone, who at any opportunity tried to hit her “wife” below the belt. Shooting and do cause boredom, as most of the characters are seen in a hopeless situation, but miracle - bad guys shoot anywhere, but not at Doug and his beloved. Apparently, the robots have a lost sight... And an evil corporation is going to take over the colony with these defectoids? Well, good luck with them.
To summarize, I want to say that we can talk about this film for a very long time. For example, you can remember that screenwriters too often resort to “miraculous salvation”, and the memory of the protagonist is restored selectively and he remembers only what should lead him forward in the plot and in no other way. I could talk about a lot more, but unfortunately the review is not rubber, so I have to be brief. So, the new “Remember everything” is both a disgusting remake of the beautiful picture of the 90th year, and a bad action movie if you treat it as an independent product. There is nothing here that the viewer could not see in other fantastic action films, such as “Fifth Element”, “Minority Opinion” or “Equilibrium”, but the pictures I mentioned were interesting to watch and revise. I’ll forget the same movie in a couple of hours and never return to it again, unlike the original.
3 out of 10
Almost every film coming out of the pen of director Paul Verhoeven became a cult, although it did not collect a huge box office. Verhoeven's paintings have always been distinguished by a certain style, but at the same time, one project was not similar to another, if only in general uniqueness. Therefore, to shoot a remake of one of his most famous films, and moreover, which is Oscar-winning, in my opinion, the work is not easy.
The original film of 1990 with Arnold Schwarzenegger in the title role and Paul Verhoeven in the director's chair turned out to be much atmospheric and looked with undiminished interest. Thanks to the good for that time special effects managed to qualitatively work out the surrounding world, and as a result of fruitful script work it was possible to create an impressive future of our Planet and not only, with its social regimes, problematic economy and secret intelligence activities. All this is tied into one exciting and conquering story to the very end. In addition, the narrative is filled with all sorts of moments that cut into memory, which warms up the overall story and gives an opportunity to rest from the confusion in the consciousness of the main character. In addition, everything is polished by a good game of Arnold, Sharon Stone and other memorable actors of the 90s.
OK enough... or I paid too much attention to the “ancestor”, it’s time to go directly to the “descendant” and evaluate his innovative ideas, but as such they are not in the remake. Frankly, the restart seemed unacceptably boring to me. It seems that all the attributes inherent in the action are present: a slightly intriguing plot, behind which there is no mystery, behind the solution of which it is pleasant to observe; beautiful actors, not everyone liked “Alexander” Colin Farrell, two mind-blowing Hollywood beauties Jessica Bill and Kate Beckinsale; not tiresome staging fights, frantic races and races, which even impressed me at some points; it is also worth noting your interpretation of the future creators of the film. Again, everything is there to get the title of a great or at least noteworthy blockbuster, but again it is inexplicable why it was hard, boring and boring to watch what was happening on the screen. Maybe the reason for this is not quite consistent with the film soundtrack, a bad combination of dynamic moments and overly protracted conversations of the characters, in vain, unnecessary deep philosophical conversations (the main character already has a head in the wrong place, and he is still hammered with ideological dilemmas). It’s impossible to say for sure, but the film seemed very long. I watched the director's version, it fundamentally changes the plot and restores its logic, the theatrical turned out to be completely ridiculous due to the incomprehensible incorrect irregular correction of key points. So, if you want to watch and “remember everything”, then pay attention to the full version.
In general, I can not say that I did not completely like the film, there are many interesting interesting innovations (a kind of movement of elevators, two-way steering, futuristic phones and much more), makes it possible to once again observe the beloved and charming actresses, but to surpass the original picture of Len Wiseman could not.
Optional to view and brainless, but rather brisk and deft fantastic action movie with good action, competent special effects, but empty as a drum, script and heroes.
You know, I was waiting for this movie.
I remember that my wife surprised me with what she said and I want to see a new Remember Everything, I liked the original film. The idea in the movie, he says, is good. And then there's director Len Wiseman. Not a genius, of course, but can shoot large-scale, beautiful and atmospheric. Especially his wife Kate Beckinsale.
So I went to see not how in the damned Hollywood spoil the classic Verhoeven with Schwarzenegger, and on an abstract fantastic action movie from the younger generation of authors.
From this point of view, the film is not bad at all. There is a political background in the script. And very well staged action, and the actors are not bad, sometimes even play well, a convincing world of the future, interesting gadgets, sane industrial design. The film does not give a break, the action is dynamic, there are no sags, there is always something happening and the whole film passes unnoticed and in pleasure. The director has almost nothing to blame. A number of moments are firmly embedded in memory. For example, the chase in flying cars, although it resembles a similar episode of 5 elements, is still impressive. The phone integrated into the hand, the women's fight in the elevator, and the whole hand-to-hand action - the film has something to remember.
The script is a real epic file from start to finish. Why was it necessary to get rid of Mars and change all the motivations of the characters, under the pretext that the authors shoot another film from the original literary source, if from the very source to the film exactly the same horns and legs as Verhoeven's film? Moreover, almost all the marker dialogues and phrases of the film with Schwarzenegger and all the jokes in general migrated to this very “other film” completely unchanged. There are no jokes in the film at all, only unnecessary revolutionary pathos. Yeah, three boobs in there, why? There are no mutants in the film, other plastic wonders in the style of "Gamer" are not shown - obviously, only for a tick.
Moreover, the new film itself is quite serious and with traditional morality, because in the mouths of the same characters, the “old” cynical jokes from Schwartz (from the caustic and stalking original film) sound completely inappropriate. It was necessary to either consistently shoot a remake of the good old Remember everything or shoot an original story based on the story of Philip Dick. The resulting Frankenstein looks rather strange.
Do you remember how amazing Verhoeven’s movie was? There are the advances of memory and identity, and mysterious aliens, and the monumental unknown mechanism of their production, and the colony on Mars, and mutants, and finally the brutal Schwartz, and the signature uncompromising action from Verhoeven, and the beautiful bitch Sharon Stone, and toy robots-taxis - each element separately caused genuine delight, and the whole story was fully formed into a logical and complete picture. And this is despite the rather confusing plot for such a mainstream production and the cruelty of the bruises. Yes, now without tears to review the old film is not easy, but it still awakens more feelings in the viewer than a modern, high-tech, but perfect not emotional attraction.
It seems like a sign of the times. The possibilities of modern cinema allow you to shoot anything, but now only Pixar can populate cinema with scale, thoughts and well-written characters. Take Prometheus Ridley Scott for example. How many expectations were there that the author of Alien would turn to the full extent of his talent and make a film smarter than Blade Runner and more impressive than Alien. And at the exit, helpless, brainless, and the most offensive is a completely secondary fake, not worth secondary viewing.
Sentence: bright, brisk, dynamic, beautiful, with the beautiful Kate Beckinsale fantastic action movie, with good action and special effects, but at the same time stupid and empty, like a roller coaster. Nostalgic viewers will still look, and the uninvolved do not necessarily, but they are unlikely to regret money.
6 out of 10
What happens if you take the script of the movie “Remember All” in 1990 and replace the brutal Schwarzenegger on “natured” Colin Farrell, Mars to a degraded Earth, add $60 million to the budget, leave the three-breasted prostitute behind, and strike out a bit of logic behind unnecessary? That's right, nothing good! Or rather, the new film by Len Wiseman “Remember Everything”, a remake of the blockbuster of the nineties of the same name.
In general, the film can be judged by two criteria: the surrounding world and what in other works is called the storyline. Why is this phrase difficult to attribute to this picture? Probably because what's happening here doesn't match any definition of the word "plot" I found in dictionaries. At the beginning, I thought with horror that I had misunderstood the meaning of the word for many years, but turning to the World Wide Web, this is what I found: “A plot is a series of logically coherent interconnected events occurring in a work of art, and arranged for the reader (the viewer, the player) according to certain rules of demonstration.” Well, what of the above relates to the subject of our discussion? Almost nothing! Yes, of course, you can make a discount on the fact that this is a fighter of the series “run-shoot” and it is useless to entertain yourself with hope for a twisted “Gairichiv” plot and a cool “Davidofincher” ending, but still you need to know the measure!
The script is written on the knee. It was possible to bring the storyline to some, most pathetic logical conclusion, and not leave it in a state of embryo. Friends writers wanted to “play” in the Mendeleevs and talk about a bunch of new elements they brought to the film, but only unlike Dmitry Ivanovich, the whole crazy bunch of elements remained unsystematized. If you have dared to take such a bold step as adding "belligerence" to the popular cinema of previous years, be kind to think of at least the slightest details so that it does not look utter nonsense. For example, I really liked the lift, which twice a day rolls ten friezers to work through the center of the Earth (from Australia to Europe and back). Of course, in Europe it is difficult to find people to work in the factory even today (let alone in the future), so it was necessary to hire craftsmen from Australia. And two thousand gastrobeiters (after the chemical war could not remain more) will use public transport, they are no stranger.
There are many such moments in the film. While watching, I paused several times and, suffering from an excess of absurdity, tried to think out the motives of the main characters’ behavior, give them a logical explanation, but alas – in vain. The inner voice of reason had already turned to a heartbreaking cry, when suddenly the pacifying strips of credit floated slowly on the screen. In general, I could not calm down for half an hour after the curtain and frantically searched for information about the film on the Internet, as if I again did not understand.
Now for the positive side of the film. Very well designed stylist "Colonies". Of course, live scenery was rarely used, mostly painted, but as painted! From the first frames recalled the work of William Gibson “Neuromancer”. This is how the slums of the futuristic city of Tokyo Yokahama, described in the book, appeared. The surrounding world is made according to all the canons of the genre of “cyberpunk”, we must pay tribute. On the one hand, we are shown the dirty areas of the Colony, where mutated prostitution flourishes, drug trafficking, where everyone wants to forget and hide deeper from reality, and on the other, we are presented with another part of the world, where the social system is more or less established, business people enjoy life, technology flourishes. Such a contrast cannot but please the eye.
Special effects are also performed at height. The whole film is a continuous action: everyone runs somewhere, everything explodes and shoots. I am an ardent opponent of such a movie, because there is no sense, but here I just limp and enjoyed, sometimes you can. Towards the end of the film, we had to go to 3D.
So we're dealing with an atmospheric action movie that doesn't make any sense. Two extremes clashed: a confused and extremely illogical narrative against the beautiful dystopian atmosphere of the future and exciting action. This movie is perfect to pass the evening after a busy working day, when the strength to think simply did not remain.
I am wary, and more negative about remakes. About the “success” of the last “Robocop” we all know. This film was no exception. I certainly didn’t expect more from the film, which was confirmed by my short (first 30 minutes) viewing. I don’t want to smear the film violently, but the film just asks for criticism. The absence of Mars, Schwartz and other fornicators has already been talked about. The fact that everything will go awry I realized by the fact that the heroine of Bakinsale for some reason does not die in the opening scene (as far as I remember the death of Stone in the original). After that, I was just looking through the force.
I lost my patience watching the piano scene. Scene. Curtain. The audience does not applaud, but silently leave the hall.
I can understand many of the inconsistencies in the plot, I can understand the slight cut and some of the inflections and blunders, but I don’t understand when the whole concept (if you like) of the film was just thrown into the trash. No more fighting for air, no more mutants, no more social inequality. Whoever owns the “button” owns the world – that is the salt of the film. What was the strength of the first film with Arnie.
In short, this is not a remake, but only a pathetic attempt to shoot his “kosher” version of Dick’s novel. But it was very bad.
To say that the film is completely slag, of course, it is impossible – good special effects and so on, but even they did not pull the film out of the swamp. Alas, alas, alas!