Why did Dredd fail so miserably at the box office?

[MartyMcFly]

I'll hand it to Snyder that he captured the look perfectly, and the cast (safe for that horrid skank Malin Akerman) was spot-on, but he failed to capture the deeper, more complex layers in the story completely. Part of that may be because of the movie format just being too limited for a story with such enormous complexity, but I never got the idea that Snyder bothered to try either.

Exactly. I like the movie don't love it and that's the reason why. He adapted the look and feel of it without really getting the point. The fact that they looked like superheroes and that it was shot like a superhero flick is the direct antithesis of what the story is about

 

[patscorpio]

the new dredd is one film that does deserves a sequel...I fukked with it hard

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Started watching it but lost interest. I may give it another go.

 

[MartyMcFly]

Started watching it but lost interest. I may give it another go.

Do it..do it now

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Do it..do it now

nikka...I'll do it when I gots the time. I got some coli browsing to do.

 

[Ed MOTHEREFFING G]

Started watching it but lost interest. I may give it another go.

i can relate. I cut it off because it just seemed like a visual trip with ultra violence. I'm good

 

[Mook]

i can relate. I cut it off because it just seemed like a visual trip with ultra violence. I'm good

Go watch it again. Its a top 10 film of that year.

 

[MartyMcFly]

nikka...I'll do it when I gots the time. I got some coli browsing to do.

 

[MartyMcFly]

i can relate. I cut it off because it just seemed like a visual trip with ultra violence. I'm good

It's a good flick man. The violence isn't really...well I don't want to spoil anything but there's a point to all of it

 

[Dominic Brehetto]

I saw dredd in theatres and loved it.



Now that people have given it a chance its found its audience.




But that audience has started over rating the hell out of it. Its a weird thing. People tend to do that to draw attention to a film that wasnt popular. Which is fine in principal but instead of people going in with low expectations and end up loving it they go in with huge expectations and leave disappointed.



Its a solid litle action movie but dont expect the world.

 

[LauderdaleBoss]

Dredd was bad ass to me. It was on that Punisher Warzone steez with all of the brutal looking gun battles and shyt. Movie was definitely slept on.

It did feel like The Raid Redemption with guns, but I wouldn't call it a rip off. It stands on it's own. I thought it was filmed real good.

 

[Silver Surfer]

good movie

 

[ProfessionallyTrill]

enjoyed it

 

[Ziggiy]

I appreciate it

Me too. If memory serves didn't the movie do fairly well when itt dropped? I remember going to see it with a packed theater.

 

[Savior]

Wanted to up this thread to add my recommendation....just saw it today and damn. shyt was pure crack definetly one of the best action movies to come out of hollywood in a long ass time. Damn shame it flopped in theatres. Its no wonder the action genre is basically dead in hollywood, they get a gem like this on their hands and totally fukk up the marketing