Since people jumped on my comment in the Ghostbusters thread I wanted to explain the comment.
The new version has much better action then the old version, straight up and of course it's not funny because it doesn't try to be funny. Good looking sets, art and design - the lens flares tho. Fuck lens flares. Rest is ok. There was no need for this movie but let's not kid ourselves, the action in the 1990 version was on Three Stooges level at points, had terrible acting and the production design is lacking. I'm not saying the remake is a good movie I'm just saying it's better then the OG version. Think about it for a sec, when you break it down all it does well is the weirdness. Every time people write or talk about the movie it's always about the strange stuff or the concept. I've never heard people talk about the acting, editing or the cinematography, it's always just the 3 breasts, Quato and the drop of sweat. Arnold is goofy as hell and if you gave any decent actor this much leeway in his performance he could perform on the same level as Arnold with ease. Not that Colin Farrell was amazing in the remake but at no point in his career could Arnold give that performance
Paul Verhoeven is really good at themes and story but his movies age horribly.
Ok, not all his movies age horribly.
The new version has much better action then the old version, straight up and of course it's not funny because it doesn't try to be funny. Good looking sets, art and design - the lens flares tho. Fuck lens flares. Rest is ok. There was no need for this movie but let's not kid ourselves, the action in the 1990 version was on Three Stooges level at points, had terrible acting and the production design is lacking. I'm not saying the remake is a good movie I'm just saying it's better then the OG version. Think about it for a sec, when you break it down all it does well is the weirdness. Every time people write or talk about the movie it's always about the strange stuff or the concept. I've never heard people talk about the acting, editing or the cinematography, it's always just the 3 breasts, Quato and the drop of sweat. Arnold is goofy as hell and if you gave any decent actor this much leeway in his performance he could perform on the same level as Arnold with ease. Not that Colin Farrell was amazing in the remake but at no point in his career could Arnold give that performance
Paul Verhoeven is really good at themes and story but his movies age horribly.
Ok, not all his movies age horribly.
