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Moelman
Joined: 23 Apr 2006
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Video Game Movies
So recently there have been a lot of video game movies, the majority of which have sucked. Some of the most recent ones include...
* FFVII - Advent Children
* Doom
* Bloodrayne
* Resident Evil
* Tomb Raider
* House of the Dead
* Silent Hill
And there are a ton in production right now, like...
* Alice (2007)
* Crazy Taxi (2005)
* Deus Ex (2006, said to be cancelled)
* DOA: Dead or Alive (2006)
* Driver (2006)
* Far Cry (2006)
* Fear Effect (2008)
* Halo (2007)
* Hitman (2007)
* Hunter: The Reckoning (2007)
* Max Payne (2007)
* Metroid (Rumored)
* Pac-Man
* Perfect Dark (2008)
* Pokémon Ranger and the Prince of the Sea: Manaphy (2006)
* Postal (2007)
* Prince of Persia (2007)
* Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
* Splinter Cell (2006)
* Spy Hunter (2006)
* Tekken (2006)
And there's rumored to be a World of Warcraft movie too.
So does anybody like any of these video game based movies, or think any of the ones in production will be any good?
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cinemaKid
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Re: Video Game Movies
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Originally posted by Moelman:
So does anybody like any of these video game based movies, or think any of the ones in production will be any good?
Nothing interesting up to now. Here's the major problem. This is accountant's thinking. These video games are well-known, so movie studios can cut advertising budget. Movie making is a business and it needs to be financially sustainable in the long term; there is no doubt about that. But once you start counting numbers before you even write any script, it is highly unlikely that you'll make a good movie. That's exactly what's happening right now.
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LucnetSolutions
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I haven't seen any movies based off of a game that really was worth my time. I don't think that it is easy to get the movie effect out of a game that was designed to be played and not watched.
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Moelman
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The only good video game movies that I have seen are the two tomb raider movies. I like those pretty well.
Out of the upcoming ones, the only one's I will see are probably the Halo movie, Metroid, and WoW. Though I wouldn't be surprised if they are no good.
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markblair
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I enjoyed the first Resident Evil movie and Doom. Most of the others I either haven't seen or didn't care for that much. The list of up-coming movies doesn't really impress me either.
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ghostman
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Re: Video Game Movies
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Originally posted by Moelman:
So recently there have been a lot of video game movies, the majority of which have sucked. Some of the most recent ones include...
* FFVII - Advent Children
* Doom
* Bloodrayne
* Resident Evil
* Tomb Raider
* House of the Dead
* Silent Hill
The only one worth watching is FFVII - Advent Children from that list. The plot however, might be hard to grasp if you haven't played FFVII. Advent Children is the sequel to the videogame.
I was seriously disappointed with Doom because it doesn't take advantage of the Rock's strength, which is comedy. Still, even in a bleak film like Doom, the Rock manages to shine. Here are some classic quotes from the movie.
"I wasn't supposed to die!"
"SHUT! The... F*CKUP!"
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Moelman
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I liked the first two and wouldn't mind a third installment, too bad there won't be.
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snoopgst
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XMEN 3 was really good. Spiderman and Xmen movies are the only good movies I can think of that are based on video games.
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ghostman
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quote:
Originally posted by snoopgst:
XMEN 3 was really good. Spiderman and Xmen movies are the only good movies I can think of that are based on video games.
Although Spider-Man and X-Men are available through the videogame format, they're originally based on comics.
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