I don't feel like fully reviewing this because I'm pretty tired, but I'll give you some of my thoughts on this. I should be slapped in the face because despite being alive for 21 years, I saw Total Recall in it's entirety for the first time just now. I first saw bits of this movie back in 93' or 94' on HBO through my dad's cheater box and only really remembered the club scenes featuring that chick with the three boobs. I decided to rent this last night at the local Family Video and boy am I glad I watched this!!
I loved Total Recall from beginning to end; the action scenes kicked ass and the story really makes you think about many themes, particularly reality vs delusion. Also, the ending is really good in that it technically doesn't tie up all of the loose ends, but is satisfying at the same time. There's a good amount of plot twists but they aren't done to the point where you're thinking to yourself "This is a bunch of pretentious bullshit, this movie sucks!!" At the "key moment" where Doug goes to Rekall to get a similation as a secret agent on Mars killing the bad guys and nailing the babe of his dreams; I thought it would just be him finding out who the bad guys are, killing them, and fucking his dreamgirl. Boy was I wrong, I honestly wasn't expecting the amount of complexity throughout the movie's actions, particularly Doug's relationships between Lori and Melina. One of my favorite parts has to be where Doug and Melina were trapped in the mine and Benny tries to kill them with a giant mining rig. Doug grabs a man-portable drill and severs the power to the drills and eventually drills his way through the rig's cab and kills Benny with the drill. So far, Paul Verhoeven's filmography has pleased me (the other movie of his I've seen is Robocop), I'll check out Basic Instinct (1992) the next time I go to Family Video.
In short, if you love action-filled thought-provoking dystopian sci-fi flicks, Total Recall won't disappoint.
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Total Recall (1990)
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Posted 28 December 2008 - 11:09 PM
QUOTE ("ManicDeathThrash":7vm4yoji)
One of my favorite parts has to be where Doug and Melina were trapped in the mine and Benny tries to kill them with a giant mining rig. Doug grabs a man-portable drill and severs the power to the drills and eventually drills his way through the rig's cab and kills Benny with the drill.
"Screw YOU Benny!" -sorry, couldn't resist X3. Not really that big a fan of the film myself, but I haven't seen it in a few years so can't say that much about it.
"I really think of life as a great expression of joy. And if you take yourself seriously you're going to be defeated I'm afraid.
...Maybe that is the whole recipe of life, is to be in on the joke. Because life is a joke and if you're not in on it you're out.
But if you're in on it, you can make it." - Vincent Price
"What have you got to lose? You know you come from nothing you're going back to nothing. What have you lost? Nothing!"
- Eric Idle
...Maybe that is the whole recipe of life, is to be in on the joke. Because life is a joke and if you're not in on it you're out.
But if you're in on it, you can make it." - Vincent Price
"What have you got to lose? You know you come from nothing you're going back to nothing. What have you lost? Nothing!"
- Eric Idle
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Posted 29 December 2008 - 12:52 PM
Total Recall is defineatly one of my list of top 5 Sci-Fi movies, along with Blade Runner, Johnny Mnemonic, Serenity and Aliens.
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Posted 29 December 2008 - 03:34 PM
The short story was better. I read that for a class. It was called "We can remember it for you wholesale" and the story was just better, and well, the movie did not need to be as long as it was. Its like they took a story about a guy walking to the mall, and turned that walk into a fancy stroll with pits of action, when it was not needed. Not at all. It is just like the cat and the hat movie. I hate it when hollywood takes a short piece of fiction and tries to stretch it out beyond what the story originally intended to say.
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Posted 29 December 2008 - 03:56 PM
All I remember about Total Recall was three boobs.
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Posted 29 December 2008 - 05:53 PM
I actually thought it was one of the worst movies Ive seen.
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Posted 29 December 2008 - 06:03 PM
Thank you! Someone else agrees with me that is not a good film! When it comes to adaptions it is better to only see or read the story. Doing both only makes you hate one version more then the other. However, there is one adaption I do like: The Lawn Mower Man. The only reason I happen to like that film is because I saw the film WAY before I ever knew of the short story, and even then the story had so little to do with the movie I hear the author never wanted his story to be linked to film at all. So in a way it is kinda not an adaption.
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Posted 29 December 2008 - 07:00 PM
heh, one of the creepy scenes:
"Open your mind... open your mind."
But good movie nonetheless.
"Open your mind... open your mind."
But good movie nonetheless.
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Posted 29 December 2008 - 08:13 PM
It's still a funny movie whether you take it seriously or not. My brother bought it for DVD and I noticed long before that the Captain is Gul-Dukat.
'See you at the party, Richtar'. *Cohegan's left-hand man if there is such a thing?*
We did have a post a couple years ago where you list your favorite movies and categorize them. I'd say Total Recall is B+.
'See you at the party, Richtar'. *Cohegan's left-hand man if there is such a thing?*
We did have a post a couple years ago where you list your favorite movies and categorize them. I'd say Total Recall is B+.
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Posted 31 December 2008 - 08:18 PM
I've known this movie since I was a kid. The exploding head used to disturb me... It's a good, solid, fun action/sci-fi movie for those of us who like that kinda movie. I made sure to snag a copy after I got a DVD player. And yes, the 3-breasted chick perverted a generation of us...
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Entire world population infected 2,7000 hours from first contact.
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Posted 31 December 2008 - 08:47 PM
Spoiler.
Read at own risk.
Not after she gets shot in the back and falls down.
Read at own risk.
Not after she gets shot in the back and falls down.
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Posted 01 January 2009 - 11:59 AM
I brought over Total Recall at my best friend's New Years Eve party and everyone there was hooked on it. I almost feel like typing an in depth glowing review of it and sending it to Amazon.
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