When we asked our staff to vote on the best comic book movie adaptations, we were afraid the results would consist only of superhero films. While there are many superhero movies listed below, it is great to see a bulk of non-Hollywood films appearing on the list as well. We set out to compile a list …
Dredd. The lil’ movie that could. If you’ve been following our site then you may have noticed that certain writers have a bit of a wee crush on the 2012 box office flop. Ok, wee may be a bit of an understatement, but if you’ve managed to see the Karl Urban masterpiece then you understand …
Back in the mid-nineties when Blockbuster Video (RIP) was king of the home video rentals, they held a video game contest. A customer would select a certain game which was tailor made for the competition, then complete the challenges while an employee kept score. Over on the Super Nintendo side, they had Donkey Kong Country. …
30: Moonrise Kingdom – Beach Scene Director Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom has had mixed reviews here at Sound On Sight. But just about every one of us agrees that the goofy dance sequence to Francoise Hardy’s “Le Temps De L’amour” – which leads to an uncomfortable first kiss/first arousal, is by far the highlight of …
Dredd 3D Directed by Pete Travis Screenplay by Alex Garland 2012, USA Based on the very popular and long running British comic strip, Dredd 3D is fuelled by highfalutin violence, nonstop gunfire and hyper-stylized 3D action sequences. But any creativity that went into formulating the premise never found its way to the script writing stage. …
Dredd 3D Directed by Pete Travis Written by Alex Garland United Kingdom, 2012 For any filmmaker, extending as far back to the 1920s, there may be no potential future that isn’t steeped in grim imagery. Directors and writers like to expand on the way the world operates today, or concoct wild fantasy environments, but their …
Dredd Written by Alex Garland Directed by Pete Travis USA/UK/India, 2012 Excluding a much-maligned 1995 adaptation, one of the more notable influences 2000 AD’s Judge Dredd comic book series has had on the film world is informing Paul Verhoeven’s RoboCop. Both have corrupt future city settings, helmeted law enforcer protagonists, and often absurd levels of …