Robocop (2014)

[jye4ever]

Not much of a critic but I saw this and thought it was a **** movie. I knew it would be but damn this is one is just bad.

See, someone else on the fence.

 

[ApeManRyan]

See, someone else on the fence.

I'm one to be a softy with movies and give them chances and even tend to rate them higher than what they are but this one just was complete and utter bull. Worst Remake besides The Nightmare on Elm Street Remake. Just nothing good about it. Well except the last 30 seconds with Samuel L. Jackson. He rules in every movie.

 

[thenammagazine]

I'm one to be a softy with movies and give them chances and even tend to rate them higher than what they are but this one just was complete and utter bull. Worst Remake besides The Nightmare on Elm Street Remake. Just nothing good about it. Well except the last 30 seconds with Samuel L. Jackson. He rules in every movie.

YIKES!!!

 

[a-dev]

Well I agree its crap if you wanted it to be exactly the same as the original.

 

[jye4ever]

Idk, still somewhat of a positive review.

 

[thenammagazine]

Well I agree its crap if you wanted it to be exactly the same as the original.

 

[ApeManRyan]

YIKES!!!

Yikes indeed. Me and my brother HATED it. I wasn't ranting after the movie like he was but damn did I leave the theatre burning with rage. You know what my brother did? He asked 30 minutes in when it would be done. He was that bored and pissed off at it. Should of heard him on the ride home. Best review he would give to sum up the movie.

 

[ApeManRyan]

Well I agree its crap if you wanted it to be exactly the same as the original.

Wouldn't want it to be the same as the original. The movie was trying to take new turns and make it a whole new experienced but it lacked so much. HUGE and utter failure. They didn't try at all.

 

[olbertfrog]

Saw it. Liked parts of it.
As i expected, its different from the original wich was the Best way to go.
No point in mimicking the original.
I liked the new take on the character himself, the fact that Murphy is aware, that hes a puppet in a big scheme.
Used and abused. The deshumanization at the service of the governement.
Wich is in total synch with the first Elite squad, Padhila awesome flick.
As for the whole political aspect, the way it shows that the us are basically lemmings being manipulated for money and imperialistic purpose Will not resonate very well with the average audience. Quite funny and not far from the truth not only in the us.
Now the whole action aspect of it, with the corrupt, cops, the action was too generic.
Felt like a Tv show, even visually it was poor.
You can feel that the director was not really into that aspect.
I also find very funny that keaton and hs team looked like a bunch of studio execs botching a movie with marketing ideas.
Nothing to hate or **** on.
It was ok.

 

[a-dev]

 

[fosing]

Well I agree its crap if you wanted it to be exactly the same as the original.

the movie's "originality" is one of its weak points.

 

[Atheris]

Gonna see it this weekend in IMAX. I've read a few reviews online and for the most part they are pretty good. I had a couple buddies go see it today and they told me they liked it. I think some people love to hate on this movie because they feel it's expected of them if they were born in the 80's. When I heard they were rebooting this movie I was actually excited. Taking the original movie concept and mixing it with modern technology sounded awesome to me. If there was ever a movie that would benefit from a remake I think it's Robocop. Don't get me wrong, I don't think that applies to every movie, but films that are centred around advanced technology and superman feats I think benefit from what modern film making can achieve.

Chris

 

[SilentSurfer]

If only Robo weren't Alex Murphy and the ED weren't 209 I might be able to accept this movie as its own thing. After all, if they were going to depart from the original origin story so much, why bother keeping the names the same? If it's a new story, why not new characters in new (but similar) situations. You can still call it Robocop, just not Alex Murphy Robocop. Then it would have been fine.

 

[Dark_Knight_89]

Well, DK...you gotta think about it this way:

I was all pro towards that movie. I thought almost everyone here was way to negative towards it and they could've opened up and I said that tthey should give it a chance since it really could be something fresh and new and so on and so forth.

But...it just happened to be a boring, boring film.
The movie has a boring soundtrack, boring main actor, the actor of the villain kinda saves the movie but isn't a good villain and the action is half as***.

The movie in it's whole is so boring that I didn't even bother of thinking about inner tones and subjects.
It's just not worth it. And why I get that you'd like to here more positive thoughts on it...you won't get it.
Cause...when you're out and you and your friends got the munchies for delicious Spaghetti Bolognese and you get a bad plate full of it, which isn't tasty in the slightest way you won't start saying around: "Guys, lets stay positive here. The chef tried really hard make something tasty." No, you paid money for something which doesn't taste good. Period.

And therefor you won't get it either here. Free speech of mind. I thought positive, went in, saw it's ******, done with it. Even no BR for me.

It just is what it is: A bad example of hollywood reanimating a franchise with an unnecessary and half-***** remake.

That's all well and good. You didn't like it, and that's fair enough, even if I couldn't disagree with you more. At least you waited to see it before you decided.

But, what you've just said still doesn't disprove my point. In fact, I'm not quite sure what you are trying to say in your post.

I'm saying... see it before judging. They way I read your post, it sounds like your saying; "I felt the same way, until I saw it and didn't like it, so now people are right to judge it before seeing it because I can tell you it's boring and my opinion is fact", or words to that effect. Don't take my interpretation of what you said as trolling, because it's not. That's the way it read to me.

All this hate is hilarious. Opinions are like ***holes, everyone has one. Some just happen to stink, a lot. I love the original Robocop. I grew up with it. I just watched it again yesterday. I appreciate the movie now more then I did when I was young, since I can identify the various themes in the movie, which are a part of why it's so good. So they've rebooted the series. Big deal. It's hilarious to see how many people have gotten their fanny panties in a knot over this movie. Most references to reviews in this thread have been negative ones. Where are the more positive ones? It's pretty naive to say a movie sucks or is going to suck without actually viewing it. The old saying "Don't judge a book by its cover" is true. Sure, a trailer may look awful but the end product may just end up surpassing expectations. I'm going to see this tomorrow night. Do I expect it to be as as good as the original? Not necessarily. Reboots really never are. I do hope it will turn out to be a half decent popcorn flick though.

I liked it. It was better than I expected. Good cast and fun. Not nearly as clever or as cool as the original but still good. Weller was a MUCH better Robo but the new guy was still ok. Good flick.

It's a good movie. Not as good as the original, but it was never trying to beat that (despite what some people here insist on believing).

Well I agree its crap if you wanted it to be exactly the same as the original.

Which people shouldn't want. The fact that they have tried to show a different interpretation of the story whilst still maintaining respect for the original and the same themes is a good thing.

The thing is, people who dislike something will find a reason to dislike it regardless of any validity of their discontent.

Amazing Spider-Man = haters don't like it because it's too similar to Raimi's movies
RoboCop 2014 = haters don't like it because it's too different to the Weller movie

It's double standards, but haters will use it anyway.

Yikes indeed. Me and my brother HATED it. I wasn't ranting after the movie like he was but damn did I leave the theatre burning with rage. You know what my brother did? He asked 30 minutes in when it would be done. He was that bored and pissed off at it. Should of heard him on the ride home. Best review he would give to sum up the movie.

Really?

Saw it. Liked parts of it.
As i expected, its different from the original wich was the Best way to go.
No point in mimicking the original.
I liked the new take on the character himself, the fact that Murphy is aware, that hes a puppet in a big scheme.
Used and abused. The deshumanization at the service of the governement.
Wich is in total synch with the first Elite squad, Padhila awesome flick.
As for the whole political aspect, the way it shows that the us are basically lemmings being manipulated for money and imperialistic purpose Will not resonate very well with the average audience. Quite funny and not far from the truth not only in the us.
Now the whole action aspect of it, with the corrupt, cops, the action was too generic.
Felt like a Tv show, even visually it was poor.
You can feel that the director was not really into that aspect.
I also find very funny that keaton and hs team looked like a bunch of studio execs botching a movie with marketing ideas.
Nothing to hate or **** on.
It was ok.

A decent, balanced and unbiased review. Ta!

Gonna see it this weekend in IMAX. I've read a few reviews online and for the most part they are pretty good. I had a couple buddies go see it today and they told me they liked it. I think some people love to hate on this movie because they feel it's expected of them if they were born in the 80's. When I heard they were rebooting this movie I was actually excited. Taking the original movie concept and mixing it with modern technology sounded awesome to me. If there was ever a movie that would benefit from a remake I think it's Robocop. Don't get me wrong, I don't think that applies to every movie, but films that are centred around advanced technology and superman feats I think benefit from what modern film making can achieve.

Chris

Or they think it's cool to hate on something and be part of an anti-something train. Or they think they are doing a disservice to the orignal film by being open to a modern interpretation or, HEAVEN FORBID, liking it. It's ok to like both. I do. You're not paying any disrespect to the '87 film if you like the '14 version too. No matter what happens, '87 will always be there. It's like this ridiculous notion that anybody who likes ASM is automatically a Raimi hater... they aren't. I really enjoy Raimi's movies and the Webb series so far. You need to take each production on it's own merits, rather than this insistant clinging onto the past and bashing anything that dares to re-adapt or remake.

If only Robo weren't Alex Murphy and the ED weren't 209 I might be able to accept this movie as its own thing. After all, if they were going to depart from the original origin story so much, why bother keeping the names the same? If it's a new story, why not new characters in new (but similar) situations. You can still call it Robocop, just not Alex Murphy Robocop. Then it would have been fine.

Please see my post above about remakes or readaptations being too similar or too different. Because will will ***** and moan even more? Regardless of what happens.

 

[Dark_Knight_89]

And, for those who enjoy pointing out any negative review they find, well, it's easy to find positive reviews too;

https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2014/02/robocop-movie-review - this one is appropriately titled "DIRECTIVE// CALM THE **** DOWN"

https://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/cinema/robocop-2014

https://www.fangoria.com/new/robocop-2014-movie-review/ - this one sums things up nicely; "a movie that, like its central character, succeeds by the end at asserting its own identity"

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/feb/09/robocop-mark-kermode-review

https://www.the-leader.com/article/20140212/NEWS/140219917/10064/ENTERTAINMENT

https://sciencefiction.com/2014/02/12/movie-review-robocop/

https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/RoboCop-review-Cautionary-and-personal-5224724.php

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/movie-review-robocop-12a-6689078

I could've found more, but there is work to be done!

I don't expect some people will read any of these, god forbid should they change their minds about actually giving this film a chance.

Eagerly anticipating the inevitable response full of negative review links someone has found. Ensuring they are greater in number than the positive reviews in my post. Naturally.

 

[VintijDroidGutzz]

RoboCop 2014 = haters don't like it because it's too different to the Weller movie..

Don't lump us all into the same bag buddy..

I hate that it got made at all.

 

[Dark_Knight_89]

Don't lump us all into the same bag buddy..

I hate that it got made at all.

Lol. I admit I was generalising, but it seems to be the most common major complaint!

 

[ashkanls]

I loved it. Made the GF watch 80s version then we saw 2014 version. She shrugged at 80s as ok and loved 2014.

 

[Dark_Knight_89]

I loved it. Made the GF watch 80s version then we saw 2014 version. She shrugged at 80s as ok and loved 2014.

Take cover...

 

[RIDDICK]

If only Robo weren't Alex Murphy and the ED weren't 209 I might be able to accept this movie as its own thing. After all, if they were going to depart from the original origin story so much, why bother keeping the names the same? If it's a new story, why not new characters in new (but similar) situations. You can still call it Robocop, just not Alex Murphy Robocop. Then it would have been fine.

It's not Batman or Superman, what's the point in changing everything but basics.