Has anyone seen the movie Surrogates?

No, I haven’t seen it.

It earned a 38% on the Tomatometer on RT. That can’t be good…
You’re better off with Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

I haven’t seen it, but from what I can tell from the reviews, apparently the idea is good, the actors do a decent but not exceptional job, and it has a lot of holes in the plot, but it is better than District 9. I do like one comment though, about Surrogates “recombining the basic chromosomes of “Blade Runner,” “The Matrix” and especially “I, Robot.””:http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/movies/it_wry_tech_future_fr4CuzQLukcVEst54XO9IO

There are a bunch of reviews at Metacritic. Its score from critics is 49 out of 100 and from viewers 6.8 out of 10.

Folks who like science fiction like the movie more than folks who don’t like science fiction duh! but from what they all say I would wait until it hits the Dollar Cinema.

@Darwin you didnt like District 9? I thought it was phenomenal.

@patg7590 I hated District 9. The plot of the movie was to somehow steal $9 from me, and waste 2 hours of my life.
Okay, so far 4 responses, and no one has seen it.
Either no one has seen it, or they never woke up afterwards!

I liked the advertising campaign for District 9 more than the movie itself.

@filmfann – I’ll see it when it hits the Dollar Cinema.

Or maybe they check reviews before watching movies? :D
I mean they have to called it Blade Walker for a reason.
Just sayin’.

Part of my issue here is that the movie was not released to be seen early by critics. This is usually an indication of a bad movie.

also a rotten tomatoes fan…
personally, I loved Disctrict 9
read this thread hoping for no spoilers… will probably see Surrogates eventually… interesting views on here so far….

No spoilers, cause no one has seen it…

@filmfann ~ ha ha, yeah. I just checked it, it has 38% on rotten

District 9 rocked my world. Best sci-fi I’ve seen in YEARS.

I think we’re too critical on movies, we’ve gotten spoiled ourselves. A lot went into making even a bad movie, though, it may make one sleepy, you usually can get something out of it, even a little, escapist entertainment.

@bumwithablackberry – That is precisely what the Dollar CInema is for, a place to go see okay to good movies for escapist entertainment without breaking the bank. To keep it really affordable wear cargo pants and load up the pockets with movie snacks so you don’t have to pay $5 for a measly hotdog.

@bumwithablackberry I am always aware of how much work goes into making a film, and how you are basically dumping on 2 years of someones life, but when a film sucks to the degree that District 9 did, what else can you do?

Not to go super-pretentious, but the graphic novel was better.

I saw it yesterday and loved the idea. As far as movies go, it’s a run-of-the mill futuristic action movie (but the same could be said about “Total Recall”, “Blade Runner” or “Metropolis” for that matter). What makes these movies special (I’d also like to add “Demolition Man” to the list, yes the one with Stallone, Snipes and Bullock) is that they present an interesting look through the keyhole into what could well be our future.

There are endless such films, and I love all of them for their valiant effort. Even the dystopic ones such as “Mad Max”. Especially when they get it wrong (2001 already passed and 2010 is just around the corner, and we can’t even get a man on Mars yet).

This particular movie (despite the plot which is fairly simple and involves the good guys and the bad guys fighting over a weapon, just like in the good-old Cold War movies) makes a comment about our Present, our efforts to look beautiful through cosmetic surgery or simply lots of make up, but particularly our obsession with the internet and the double lives most of us now lead behind a keyboard. The virtual world is slowly taking over, and many of us develop relationships online, where we even have a full alias, often quite different from our offline self. Typical example: to all of you I’m some guy called “Jack79” though I assure you my first name is neither Jack, nor 79, nor was I even born in 1979. And I’m at least 100% honest about what I say about myself here on fluther (I think most of us are). But there has been a time when, for various reasons, I was a Ukrainian middle-aged woman called Tanya who lived in Mineapolis. I’ve never even been to the US, let alone Mineapolis!

So “Surrogates” takes this a step further, and it’s what I love about this film. I also liked the way the make-up worked on the human actors to make them look like androids and vice-versa. It was very well made, including some really good effects (good in the sense that they worked well for the film, and were not spectacular and useless as in some other cases). And it was well made over all and had very few mistakes.

It’s certainly worth watching, especially if you’re into sci-fi, and it’s definitely made me think about it a lot.

@Darwin btw I also watched District 9 (yes, I do actually go to the cinema every single day if I can). Once again, I liked the idea and I bet I would have loved to read it as a book, but it was too predictable and linear, especially for a movie that could have been so much more. It’s disappointing in that it had the potential to become an amazing movie, and didn’t. But other than that it was fine, and the commentary it makes on racism and the Kenyan refugee problem (at least that’s what I thought it was trying to do) is commendable. But again, it doesn’t take it all the way. I think it was heavily edited (and wrongly) and I bet there were huge disagreements among the producers about which way to go. It certainly lacks direction.

btw I also liked the central character, and how you couldn’t decide whether to love him or hate him, and the Boer accent was a breath of fresh air after years and years of watching americans speak in various dialects.

@Jack79 – You were Tanya?! My dreams have been shattered. ~not

If you are into independent cinema and what we Americans call “foreign films” you get to hear all sorts of people speaking English with all sorts of accents, and even those who don’t speak English at all. I am sure you know this, though, since you don’t live in the U.S.

Did you know that a lot of our best American movie stars are actually Canadian and Australian? They do a terrific job of copying the US accent.

it was a good movie.. i tend to ignore all critics. I am not the general public.. I am me.. my opinion of the movie is what counts.. not theirs. lol

@Jack79 ~ when I grow up I want to be just like you!!!!!!!!!!!!
“yes, I do actually go to the cinema every single day if I can” <——mcbealer’s dream

Oh yes, I come from the land of Mel and Nicole and know all about Kim and Arnold and Claudia and Antonio, just to name a few. And it goes without saying that I have watched anything decent out of places such as Yugoslavia (well, Kusturica basically) and Cuba. But still, most of the stuff is still American, and that Boer sounded so much different.

I go to the movies once a week if I can, but only if I care to see something. District 9 was by far the most enjoyable experience I’ve ever had at the movies, though it not my favorite film. We’re all entitled to our opinions, but District 9 was sci-fi bliss. I do dare suggest that those who disliked it, probably don’t care for quality science fiction.

I’ve not see Surrogates but I’m going to see it because my brother is an extra in it, and scenes were filmed all around my neighborhood.

Today I had to kill a grasshopper, and couldn’t help noticing it’s resemblance to the prawns in Disctrict-9-scary!!

loved D9. CGI was great, concept was great, only thing I didn’t like about the movie is they did a really shit job casting the lead role. I understand that they wanted him to look as pathetic as possible, but some of his dialog really broke the general flow of the movie. I want one of the mech suits though.

@Jack79 – Mel is actually sort of half and half: “Born in Peekskill, New York, Gibson moved with his parents to Sydney when he was 12 years old”

But then there is Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Judy Davis, Rachel Griffiths, Naomi Watts, the late Heath Ledger, Guy Pearce, Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Anthony LaPaglia, and (arguably not really much of an actor) Paul Hogan, Emilie de Ravin, Kate Beahan, Maya Stange, Damon Gameau, Damon Herriman, Jenni Baird, David Newham, and a whole bunch more. Some of these are “full-stealth Aussies” who are here all the time and speak “American” better than most Americans, and others are more obviously from away.

Canadians have a much easier time fitting in undetected and some are all but American in many ways. Here is a partial list.

I loved District 9, listening to them converse for a while, made me giggle, and I liked how it proposed alien technology, the general public doesn’t like” sci-fi, so it generally doesn’t do well, duh, I’m not here to tell anyone that. I liked Surrogates,, I haven’t seen the last hour or so of it, but like what I’ve seen, I like how they showed the “surryies” in a type of computer enhancement, that was something conceptually, kind of bridging real and possibly future animated actors. Was that considered interpolated-rotoscoping? Don’t piss into the abyss.

Has anyone here read the graphic novel? It sounds like the movie is just like the comic from the reviews I’m reading on here. The idea is awesome, the characters are cool, but the story is a little lacking. It seemed as if it ended too soon and without much development. Personally I’m a little distressed by Bruce Willis playing the main role, but I’ll go see it anyway. I really hope they do a good job putting it on the big screen!

Also, since this thread seems to have been somewhat hijacked by a discussion of District 9, I’m with everyone who disliked it.
@filmfann ”The plot of the movie was to somehow steal $9 from me, and waste 2 hours of my life.” Couldn’t have put it better myself dude… awful.

I finally went to see this film. The directing and casting were terrible, as was the car chase/stunt sequence involving the lead female character. It is a Bruce Willis film, however the only screen time that works is when he is in his own skin. His surrogate was just too creepy!

I watched it. I liked where they were going, with the graphic novel and all. I don’t hate it but it could have been better. Would I watch it again? Probably. I liked district 9 too, I don’t care what anyone says :P

I just ran into this old question, a full 3 years after it was asked.
I saw Surrogates on DVD, and really enjoyed it. Yes, there are times when the action gets cheesy, but I do like SciFi, and this worked for me.
Lurve to all.