Pleasant Surprise (Sort of)

[lil_shepherd]

Last night we watched the DVD of Dredd.

Now, I am not a big Judge Dredd fan or even, damn it, a big 2000AD fan, and the film Judge Dredd, despite featuring the perfect casting of Stallone's jaw, was, to be frank, boring

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[la_marquise_de_]

We really liked it. The marquis was a 2000AD fan, back in the day, and he rated it for feel, accuracy and structure. I thought it was a lot of fun.

[lil_shepherd]

It is deeply unfair that it was one of last year's biggest financial flops - though the 18/R certificate and making it in 3D probably didn't help.

[temeres]

The Stallone film was, to be frank, total shite. But then I was a regular 2000AD reader who loved the Dredd strip and not least for the way it could variously endorse or subvert the ostensible heroism of its leading character. Dredd could flip from hero to villain at the turn of a page.

I didn't feel too enthused about the Urban movie, since I gather it's junked all of the wacky oddball elements that were so integral to the strip to concentrate on the gritty urban violence. But Dredd's world is a big one, so you can hardly expect to fit it all in one movie.