Get yourself to Mars. And take off that hideous shower cap!

Rating: 7/10 (28 July 2012)

A few things to know before reading my (any) film reviews. I consider these categories utterly important when paging through reviews.
Reviewers age: 30 (this matters because there are a lot of films which are generational, meaning that I might like a film that someone who is 50 or even 10, might not enjoy. "Get It? Got It? Good." If you just thought "I don't get it!" then we are on the same page ;)
Reviewers sex: Male (this should always be included in a review. You can usually tell by the name or avatar pic, but not always. Men and women share different opinions (in most cases) on film reviews. And that is not a bad thing. However, most women can stop reading now because my wife and I differ on just about every movie.
Last time said film was viewed.
FILM: Total Recall (1990)
Dialouge: 5/10 (side note, spice this section up by narrating it in Arnold's voice.) The characters in this film interacted like common movies from it's era. The awkward pause before a trope-phrase, i.e. "Hasta La Vista, Baby." Or in this movie's case, every time someone cusses. "No S*&^." With Arnold movies, you get Arnold. This movie was no different.
Visuals: 7/10 I might have lost some readers after seeing that score. I'm just trying to be 'respectful to the timeline' here. I remember seeing parts of this film as a boy thinking that it looked cool. Though then, I didn't have a lot of patience for movies. Even watching older films today, I love the nostalgia-factor of 'feeling like I'm back in 1990 when I watch this'. The effects were good for it's time, and I don't mind watching them today. Sharon Stone in spandex was pretty hot today, so I can imagine she was steaming back then.
Characters: 6/10 The main-cast couldn't have been more common for this movie. They didn't really gel well. Arnold's name in all of his films should be Arnold. The baddies were the guy who looks like Jack Nicholson (Mike Ironside), and the bad guy in Robocop (which Paul Verhoeven also directed). I usually get a feel for "freak characters", but I didn't feel too attached to any of them here, and this movie had quite a few. Most background characters create the backdrop in a lot of scenes in this movie, and they did an awesome job of doing absolutely nothing.
Overall Rating: 7/10