Wife really doesn’t like science fiction, made her watch it anyway. “Trust me, it’s great!” She was engrossed! The plot and acting really has the viewer questioning what’s going on. We all know what happened, but it would be interesting to experience it again for the first time.
One of Schwarzenegger’s better acting roles. You can feel his desperation and confusion, his second guessing himself.
Thoughts on the new one? Only saw it once, liked it at the time, haven’t felt the urge to spin it again.
Visually even at the time i thought a lot of the effects looked bad, so I’m sure those parts only look worse to a modern eye
To me it can be like watching A Muppet Christmas Carol with certain older movies.
Michael Caine’s acting skill with muppets make the magic. He’s not playing pretend against a green screen and a tennis ball on a string. He’s playing against fantastical creatures and killing it. Making us believe it, even though we can see the glue holding it together sometimes in 4K.
The original Total Recall is like this too. Everyone is knocking it out of the park, especially when the Mars scenes starts and every frame is filled with fantastical practical (mostly, I believe) creations.
Yep, effects were kinda over-the-top and silly, but the movie doesn’t rely on them to tell the story.