The new Red Dawn

[hoodonit00]

Just got back from seeing it. I don't care what any one says, I loved it and think it was better than the original. I know it will probably bomb at the box office and people are already ripping it but I thought it was great.

 

[The Josh]

I just saw it myself and I enjoyed it. Its been a while since I have seen the original but this was by itself is worth grabbing on blu-ray.

 

[hoodonit00]

I just saw it myself and I enjoyed it. Its been a while since I have seen the original but this was by itself is worth grabbing on blu-ray.

Agreed! I will be buying it as well.

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When Hemsworth character was shot and killed totally took me by surprise. My daughter cried.

 

[The Josh]

Agreed! I will be buying it as well.

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When Hemsworth character was shot and killed totally took me by surprise. My daughter cried.

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Yeah, I kept waiting for him to die but after the fight with the main bad guy I thought he was going to survive. Then BANG and damn that was that.

 

[AIR]

I thought it was pretty good too. I did go in with low expectations, but I was pleasantly surprised at how entertaining it was. Haven't watched the original straight through though.

 

[The Ween]

Just got back from seeing it. I don't care what any one says, I loved it and think it was better than the original. I know it will probably bomb at the box office and people are already ripping it but I thought it was great.

If it bombs, it's because of Life of Pi. Actually, on Thanksgiving Day, there were alot of people seeing it and some talking about seeing it.

I'm sure the original is pretty dated. Was it any where believable for the Chinese (?) to invade us?

 

[The Josh]

I'm sure the original is pretty dated. Was it any where believable for the Chinese (?) to invade us?

Yeah, I thought so but it was the North Korea with the help of the Russians.

 

[SixMillionDollarMan Guy]

I'm sure the original is pretty dated. Was it any where believable for the Chinese (?) to invade us?

It was the North Koreans.

"While in post-production, the invading army was changed from Chinese to North Korean in order to maintain access to China's box office."

-Imdb.com

 

[The Ween]

Yeah, I thought so but it was the North Korea with the help of the Russians.

It was the North Koreans.

"While in post-production, the invading army was changed from Chinese to North Korean in order to maintain access to China's box office."

-Imdb.com

Oh okay. I haven't read anything on it since it was first talked about. Makes more sense that way actually.

 

[CelticPredator]

I just don't see how this movie is relevant today. But eh, i'll wait for the Netflix.

 

[snoop101]

I just don't see how this movie is relevant today. But eh, i'll wait for the Netflix.

How is it not? Hence the word "movie."

 

[CelticPredator]

Because the original was so rooted in what was going on at that time period. It had a really hard political purpose. And while I wasn't alive for it, I enjoyed it with that time period in mind. It was a fun, flag waving patriotic movie.

I just don't see how that idea could hold up today. We don't have that looming threat, outside of Al Queda.

Sure, you can throw any military fraction...but it wouldn't have any real impact. This movie would've been better suited to be remade right after 9/11.

 

[Batty]

Yes, this movie would be much more relevant if they made the US attacked by giant transforming robots.

 

[Niltusk]

Probably not alot of people remember the political atmosphere when the original came out, but I know what you mean Celtic.

 

[ProgMatinee]

Because the original was so rooted in what was going on at that time period. It had a really hard political purpose. And while I wasn't alive for it, I enjoyed it with that time period in mind. It was a fun, flag waving patriotic movie.

I just don't see how that idea could hold up today. We don't have that looming threat, outside of Al Queda.

Sure, you can throw any military fraction...but it wouldn't have any real impact. This movie would've been better suited to be remade right after 9/11.

Even when the film came out it was extremely outlandish to have an invading army with no apparent initial nuclear attack, no explanation of why the US didn't have an early warning system. That always left me disappointed. Huge planes don't just fly over the ocean with tanks and drop them off in midAmerica. There should have been a nuke attack or something to set it up.

Hope there is more setup in the new film.

 

[The Ween]

Even when the film came out it was extremely outlandish to have an invading army with no apparent initial nuclear attack, no explanation of why the US didn't have an early warning system. That always left me disappointed. Huge planes don't just fly over the ocean with tanks and drop them off in midAmerica. There should have been a nuke attack or something to set it up.

Hope there is more setup in the new film.

Didn't they come in through Mexico? Hell, by the time they get done asking questions, they'd be here. Let's face it. Our borders are not that safe.

 

[Niltusk]

Didn't they come in through Mexico? Hell, by the time they get done asking questions, they'd be here. Let's face it. Our borders are not that safe.

Mexico was a communist country in the original. There were alot of differences in the movie reality and 80's US that led up to the attack.

 

[hoodonit00]

The movie is like any other action flick. You have to be able to suspend belief and just sit back and enjoy the ride. This one at least has somewhat of an explanation in that we are attacked with some sort of EMP weapon which AFAIK is a very real concern for the United States.

 

[jnmx2000]

This movie was bad, not awful like some people I heard afterwards talking about it, but it wasn't good. The thing that got me the most was that they quarantined the city and then they let people walk through freely? wtf? seriously? There was to much for me to look past for me to enjoy this movie.

 

[devilof76]

Mexico was a communist country in the original. There were alot of differences in the movie reality and 80's US that led up to the attack.

From wikipedia:

An introductory text explains how the United States became strategically isolated when several European nations, except the United Kingdom, withdrew their membership in NATO. At the same time, the nations of the Warsaw Pact aggressively expanded their sphere of influence. In addition, the Ukrainian wheat harvest failed and a communist coup occured in Mexico...

...At first, the occupation forces try reprisal tactics, executing groups of civilians following every Wolverine attack. The Wolverines find a downed F-15 pilot, Lt. Col. Andrew Tanner, who tells them about the current state of the war: Washington, Kansas City, and Omaha have been obliterated by selective nuclear strikes, America's Strategic Air Command has been crippled in a surprise attack by Cuban saboteurs, and the paratroopers were dropped from fake commercial airliners to seize key positions in preparation for massive assaults from Mexico and Alaska. The middle third of the U.S. has been taken over, but American counter-attacks have halted Soviet progress. Concerned about nuclear fallout, both sides refrain from the further use of nuclear weapons.