I'd say the remake of RoboCop is probably the first huge movie of 2014. It's definitely got a lot of action, but it also got a really good story that shows us what it really means to be human and corruption that occurs around us. Read on for some thoughts.
The movie opens up and frequently cuts to Samuel L. Jackson as Patrick Novak, with his news program, The Novak Element, where a he goes back and forth between having people on the streets versus having machines as enforcers. Ultimately, robots have no feelings, so the bill to keep human officers around is held onto. Michael Keaton's Raymond Sellers wants to change that, though.
Joel Kinnaman plays Alex Murphy, who is a cop living his life with a wife and a son, who faces some crazy challenges when his car explodes right in his face after the alarm goes off. With the help of Dennett Norton, played by Gary Oldman, Sellers is able to justify bringing a machine to the streets, as Murphy becomes the titular RoboCop. Rick Mattox, played by Jackie Earle Haley is responsible for training the newly built RoboCop, but also has some sort of chip on his shoulder about the whole thing.
RoboCop isn't all about the action, there's like a reverse Darkman level of emotion going on here, as Murphy continually loses more and more of his emotions as he becomes the machine. That being said, the action is very well done in this movie, as are the performances. The emotional scenes between Murphy and his family are well done and the reactions of his wife and son to his transformation into a cold-hearted machine are very good.
Ultimately this movie boils down to Sellers wanting to get machines out on the street, and RoboCop is just the test experiment. Without giving anything away, things take a turn about three-fourths through that makes you wonder if anything in the universe of the movie could ever be the same. RoboCop is absolutely a fun movie, and it's also a very sleek movie, with some cool-looking machines and suits. It's got a dash of humor here and there, but I was surprised at how dark an action movie like this could get.
That being said, it's totally worth a watch, definitely for action fans.
In the Olympics front, last night featured some figure skating, which ultimately ended up with a Japanese Gold. There was also some more biathlon during the day. Tonight's a big night, though, as Shani Davis (with the older suit, now) is going to take a turn on the men's 1500M speed skating. Here's to hoping he gets the Gold on this one. Or at least a medal. The best speed skater in the world needs one!
In the Lightning front, I've officially hit day 3 in-game, finally. However, I'm actually way far behind from the guide and I'll need to really try to make up for lost time. I've decided I'm going to write a condensed and tweaked version of the strategy guide that will suit my play through to help out with getting everything. Otherwise, things in that are going well. Some battles are absolutely crazy. Sometimes I wish you would gain EXP for fighting in that game, but they chose to do it differently. Weird, hard to get used to, but I should have it down soon.
At least I'm getting better at guarding.
- It's Clear
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