Movie Debate #53: Total Recall

[Reed Rothchild | 9,525]

[a3quit4s | 4,097]

Solid 6/10. I do like the remake as well because Kate Beckinsale lol

[Hammerfestus | 3,842]

9.  Definitely one of my favorite Arnie movies.  He was in a real groove for a while.  Funny this popped up.  I just randomly popped it on like 20 minutes ago.  
I‘m expecting the next one to be top tier like Pumping Iron or Twins.  

Otherwise 

consider this a divorce!

Edited January 17, 2021 by Hammerfestus

[Sumez | 2,950]

I kinda want to give it a 9/10 out of personal bias, because this movie is everything I'd gladly eat up.
But it's also goofy enough that it never really moves out of that sphere of "just" a good fun action movie. Both Robocop and especially Starship Troopers have that extra nuance and satirical layer to them that take them a step further up, making them geniune masterpieces.

No way in hell I can give it less than 8/10 though. It's fantastic, and full of so many memorable moments it's endlessly quotable and eternally rewatchable.

Edited January 17, 2021 by Sumez

[Dr. Morbis | 2,088]

3 hours ago, a3quit4s said:

Solid 6/10. I do like the remake as well because Kate Beckinsale lol

I thought the remake was complete garbage and accentuated everything that's wrong with the modern movie industry.  As for the original, though, a solid 9/10 for me and one of my top 5 Arnold movies.

[DefaultGen | 5,405]

9/10, action movies were rarely better than this. Except they were a year later with T2. Arnie is just too good.

[Reed Rothchild | 9,525]

1 hour ago, Sumez said:

I kinda want to give it a 9/10 out of personal bias, because this movie is everything I'd gladly eat up.
But it's also goofy enough that it never really moves out of that sphere of "just" a good fun action movie. Both Robocop and especially Starship Troopers have that extra nuance and satirical layer to them that take them a step further up, making them geniune masterpieces.

No way in hell I can give it less than 8/10 though. It's fantastic, and full of so many memorable moments it's endlessly quotable and eternally rewatchable.

Rate based on what you think (personal bias included)

[guitarzombie | 924]

9, one of my Arnie favs.  Although it looks oddly dated at times and has some weird ARD.

[Tulpa | 3,493]

6/10, and Arnie totally got lobotomized.

[Estil | 1,264]

Well Jeff Rovin of How to Win at Nintendo Games fame says that it's a "pretty boring [NES] game made from a pretty dumb movie"

[JamesRobot | 5,800]

10.  Probably my favorite Schwarzenegger film after Conan.  The  scifi/action genre is some of my favorites and he had it pretty much cornered in 80s going into the 90s.  

I always found it very interesting that the twist comes in the first half of the movie and we see it play out through the rest of the adventure. 

NSFW: And of course everyone loves...

Spoiler

... the three titty Martian hooker.

 

[docile tapeworm | 4,198]

16 minutes ago, JamesRobot said:

10.  Probably my favorite Schwarzenegger film after Conan.  The  scifi/action genre is some of my favorites and he had it pretty much cornered in 80s going into the 90s.  

I always found it very interesting that the twist comes in the first half of the movie and we see it play out through the rest of the adventure. 

NSFW: And of course everyone loves...

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... the three titty Martian hooker.

 

my favorite arny movie. benny, quatto, "cmon dont bull shit me", sharon stone, johnny cab, "2 weeks"....

last action close second for me.

[Reed Rothchild | 9,525]

39 minutes ago, Estil said:

Well Jeff Rovin of How to Win at Nintendo Games fame says that it's a "pretty boring [NES] game made from a pretty dumb movie"

Jeff Rovin needs to stick to his day job... whatever that is.

[CodysGameRoom | 2,008]

This movie is great but how anyone likes it more than Terminator 2 is beyond me.

[docile tapeworm | 4,198]

11 minutes ago, CodysGameRoom said:

This movie is great but how anyone likes it more than Terminator 2 is beyond me.

as a total tecall fan i enjoy thr original terminator over the 2nd. 

id say t2 os the "best" movie. but not for my taste.

[Br81zad | 629]

Gave it a 7, and that might be generous. I just get bored during parts of it.

[TDIRunner | 2,736]

I've heard so much about this movie, but I've never seen it.  I would like to someday, but I don't know that I will ever get around to it.  

[Br81zad | 629]

9 minutes ago, TDIRunner said:

I've heard so much about this movie, but I've never seen it.  I would like to someday, but I don't know that I will ever get around to it.  

It is worth a watch if you appreciate the 90's action film style. It's not one of the greatest films of all time or anything though, so don't expect that level of entertainment.

[spacepup | 2,404]

That scene when they are running out of oxygen, is probably one of the most odd and memorable scenes that I remember from most action movies I watched long ago.  It gets so ridiculous and crazy, in the most hilarious and fantastic way hah!

[Estil | 1,264]

1 hour ago, Reed Rothchild said:

Jeff Rovin needs to stick to his day job... whatever that is.

Do we even know what he looks like?  Or what he's up to now?

[CodysGameRoom | 2,008]

12 minutes ago, Estil said:

Do we even know what he looks like?  Or what he's up to now?

Yea this is him: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-rovin-1922b56/

 

He's kept busy! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Rovin

Edited January 18, 2021 by CodysGameRoom

[JamesRobot | 5,800]

2 hours ago, CodysGameRoom said:

This movie is great but how anyone likes it more than Terminator 2 is beyond me.

Don't get me wrong, T2 is amazing but I find myself watching other Arnold movies more frequently.  I'll reserve my thoughts for next week assuming that we're wrapping up Arnold month with that one.  I'll just say Total Recall is more of a popcorn flick for me, while T2 is more of a commitment.  Plus he doesn't even kill anyone in that movie.

[JamesRobot | 5,800]

2 hours ago, TDIRunner said:

I've heard so much about this movie, but I've never seen it.  I would like to someday, but I don't know that I will ever get around to it.  

It's on Netflix right now.

[Reed Rothchild | 9,525]

1 hour ago, JamesRobot said:

I'll reserve my thoughts for next week assuming that we're wrapping up Arnold month with that one.

 

[Reed Rothchild | 9,525]

2 hours ago, CodysGameRoom said:

Yea this is him: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-rovin-1922b56/

 

He's kept busy! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Rovin

I'll say...