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I have a question for those who didn't like or hated this movie...

posted 8 years ago by MOOVYZ
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Why can't all of you, or at least one or two of you give us ANY reasons why you hated it?

I've read just about every negative post here (especially those who simply state "the worst remake of all time!" and no one has really given ANY reason, tangible reasons, for hating this film.

I loved the originals (1 & 2, didn't care for 3). And I'm old enough to say that in reality because I actually saw them originally in the theaters during their initial runs.

But there is nothing wrong with this film. In fact, because the technology has improved so much in the past 30 years this film actually makes the originals seem very dated now and a bit corny. There was always a bit of satire on the first movies and this film does lack that one quality. But overall, this is a really well made film.

I would like to have seen a more sinister bad guy than this one. He's kind of mild and pitiful in comparison to Cain in the 2nd original. But other than that this film scores well in CGI (the whole look of Alex without the suit conveys a real sense of loss as to how much is left of him), action, acting , editing and score. Someone complained about using a motorcycle instead of a Ford Taurus. I completely disagree on this point. The bike addition was awesome.

In closing, it simply isn't fair to just say you hated it or that it's the worst blah, blah blah. You gotta give real reasons and explain them.

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[–] ow916 8 years ago

But there is nothing wrong with this film.

Problem is, there's not much more than that, either.

It has a lot of interesting ideas, but doesn't develop them.

Take Murphys family. Before the transformation, the family has so non-chemistry I thought it was intentional. Could be interesting, and a close loving family could be interesting. But They are strangers to each other before, strangers to each other when he returns, and strangers to each other at the end, while the script seems to assume they care depply for each other. As a result, the family subplot has no emotional impact.

The gung ho robotics soldier guy, didn't understand why he was so violent gung ho and opposed to Robocop but anyway, the corporate exec, the drug dealer and the corrupt cops could all be villains, but the movie would be different as a consequence. Now they played tag as villain, and the film meanders in tone and idea. They also don't get the build up to have much emotional impact.

What I remembered the next day was the image of "naked" Robocop of head, lungs and a hand, which really emphasized his lack of humanity, and the scientist which had some depth. But apart from that, nothing made me feel much. Everything just passed by on the screen and was forgotten.

I don't hate it though, I just don't think it has any extra qualities. I saw it and forgot it, and with the exception above the acting mostly wooden. Except Jackson which felt tacked on and too much.

[–] eldospeaks 7 years ago

It was boring.

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