tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859290034031232542.post5371564795377529338..comments2023-12-09T00:47:34.811-07:00Comments on Blog Cabins: Movie Commentary and Reviews Made Fun: Fletch's Film Review: SurrogatesFletchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17299302086449086987noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859290034031232542.post-44078468907998648962009-10-09T12:00:16.266-07:002009-10-09T12:00:16.266-07:00Ive read so many bad reviews on this one and so ma...Ive read so many bad reviews on this one and so many have compared it the I-Robot that I will have to simply skip it and watch it later on DVD, thanks for the informative review!Franco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859290034031232542.post-64022439329874633912009-10-09T11:03:52.561-07:002009-10-09T11:03:52.561-07:00yet everyone's driving 2009 Toyota Priuses and...<i>yet everyone's driving 2009 Toyota Priuses and 2009 Chevy Cobalts and sh*t</i><br /><br />People actually drive Chevy Cobalts now?<br /><br />I liked Surrogates, but yeah it's not for the thinking man. The book is better. I quickly put it out of my mind so I could avoid agonizing over it as you have.<br /><br />Just to dig that frustration back up, I inducted you into the Movie Menage:<br /><br />http://reelwhore.blogspot.com/2009/10/movie-menage-surrogates.htmlReel Whorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16653916483973674603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859290034031232542.post-54366235029729601822009-10-04T12:08:23.483-07:002009-10-04T12:08:23.483-07:00Daniel - yep. It's like they tried to make a ...Daniel - yep. It's like they tried to make a big-budget movie on a small budget. Set it in an alternate version of the present or something if you must in order to explain the cheaper look and feel.<br /><br />Alex - Or eating at all? How is it that Pike's character hasn't left her room in months? She has a grocery store and kitchen in her room?Fletchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17299302086449086987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859290034031232542.post-35943441673522101892009-10-03T08:14:20.213-07:002009-10-03T08:14:20.213-07:00um i LOVE Last Action Hero and I really dig the pa...um i LOVE Last Action Hero and I really dig the parallel you drew to it, since any time that movie can be brought up is a good time.<br /><br />and I was thinking of the Wall-e thing too, and rationalized that maybe people aren't eating very often?Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13471664551639091150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859290034031232542.post-15012052560183199982009-10-02T08:19:25.336-07:002009-10-02T08:19:25.336-07:00"one of the least necessary and least memorab..."one of the least necessary and least memorable films of all time."<br /><br />Have, love that ringing endorsement.<br /><br />And I also hate poor depictions of the future. If you have to set it in the future and don't have the cars or creativity to show it would be, just forget it.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05222052132452709301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859290034031232542.post-85044531098882893572009-09-30T21:57:54.535-07:002009-09-30T21:57:54.535-07:00kameron - Willis is indeed good in comedies. He&#...kameron - Willis is indeed good in comedies. He's always been versatile, even if it seems like we've been overrun by mediocre actioners for much of his career.Fletchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17299302086449086987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859290034031232542.post-31403342956545166532009-09-30T21:56:47.283-07:002009-09-30T21:56:47.283-07:00Univarn - I still have not seen Equilibrium, thoug...Univarn - I still have not seen Equilibrium, though I've heard nothing but good things about it. <br /><br />I don't think the problem is Bruce and his genres. This one didn't seem "too young" for him, as the action done was done by a robot and therefore believable, and there wasn't a ton of action to begin with. I think he just needs to pick better projects overall.<br /><br />Eric - love your site name. Gotten into any trouble over it?<br /><br />You make some very valid points. It's the kind of story that probably worked a hell of a lot better in graphic novel format, since there's so much to cover, and 90 minutes sure ain't gonna cut it. Funny as it is, I don't recall seeing food places; I'm assuming they were just in the background, which, judging by the amount of detail paid to the cars, it wouldn't surprise me at all if it was just another one of those things that slipped/was ignored by the filmmakers.<br /><br />Nick and Brian - nice to hear that there are some other Last Action Hero appreciaters out there. The soundtrack is indeed good (I own it), though that gawdawful Def Leppard song is brutal. <br /><br />I think it also introduced the world to Pete Sampras' wife, so it's got that going for it, which is nice.Fletchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17299302086449086987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859290034031232542.post-65016385177481010992009-09-30T21:47:58.306-07:002009-09-30T21:47:58.306-07:00Jonathan Mostow had got some one strong person who...Jonathan Mostow had got some one strong person who can play main role very powerfully instead of Bruce Willis. He is my favorite actor. But I really like if he act in comedy movies. it is best suit for him. When he does action movies many fans critic him. So better he avoids from action and does some great funny comedy movies.<br /><br />Source<br />http://blog.80millionmoviesfree.com/in-theaters/watch-surrogates-onlineUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01337310046397467406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859290034031232542.post-87464656123403789482009-09-30T18:15:14.627-07:002009-09-30T18:15:14.627-07:00Thanks for helping me make up my mind in avoiding ...Thanks for helping me make up my mind in avoiding this movie. I was curious but now, not so much. I was a fan of the "last action hero" when it came out, but maybe more for the soundtrack then anything else.Brianhttp://www.thefilmcynics.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859290034031232542.post-64894362309302807152009-09-30T16:24:37.570-07:002009-09-30T16:24:37.570-07:00I still wanna see the movie, and as logic flaws do...I still wanna see the movie, and as logic flaws don't always bug me, I might enjoy it a bit more.<br /><br />Oh, and I've seen Last Action Hero AND I didn't erase it from my memory. It's an entertaining guilty pleasure, and I agree that the series of "this is why you're in a movie!" scenes are the best.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08092564511948736386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859290034031232542.post-56293634272052478962009-09-30T15:36:12.786-07:002009-09-30T15:36:12.786-07:00I had a real problem with the technology in the fi...I had a real problem with the technology in the film. I wrote a <a href="http://www.entertainmentgeekly.com/2009/09/28/gone-crazy-for-pandorum-need-replacement-for-surrogates/" rel="nofollow">Surrogates review</a> myself, though I couldn't get past the lack of attention to the cultural impact/world. I realize I'm a fool for getting stuck on that one note, but it's my head, so I'm sticking to it. ;)<br /><br />Also, I think the movie did overexplain itself a lot. There's even that one sequence with the robot telling Bruce Willis what to do next!! heh..Erichttp://www.entertainmentgeekly.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859290034031232542.post-53675045009058817362009-09-30T10:36:41.064-07:002009-09-30T10:36:41.064-07:00The movie was definitively mediocre. Yet throughou...The movie was definitively mediocre. Yet throughout the whole thing I kept having flashbacks to the Christian Bale film Equilibrium. If you remove the robot edge for emotion, substitute dead kid for wife, you get basically the same movie... with action scenes no where near as fun. <br /><br />Bruce Willis needs to drop the tough action genre and go back to the comedy action... he was good there.Univarnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01437654003558435749noreply@blogger.com