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I'm glad someone other than me liked Tomb Raider even if I disagree on the attractiveness of Angelina Jolie (yuck).
Back to the point. How to make a good video game movie. The way to make a good video game movie is an incredible secret, penned by the gods, and then hidden away in the bowels of the universe before the dawn of time and now I have to come to share with all mankind: make a good movie. That's it. It doesn't even have to follow the game. It just has to be a good movie.
Like I and many others said about the Dante's Inferno game you can't ask any medium to translate a work of art without some modifications. So of course there is never going to be a video game movie that follows the story or universe of it's source. All we can ask is despite whatever changes are made the film is just good all around. Resident Evil still retains an audience and it's gone almost completely off the tracks as far as it's original source. I mean there has to be some large group of people out there that like it.
However I think as we enter this generation it'll be easier for directors and writers to follow their original sources. Bioshock is a great example of something that could translate on screeen beautifully. Not without it's changes of course. For example I can guarantee you our protagonist will have a couple plucky allies by his side (a movie just featuring one person 90% of the time would get old),there will be a love story (the world it's set in begs for some romance), and the Little Sisters are going to be turned into clones of every other horrorific little girl. But you still have the art, the atmosphere, the twist, the characters, and the writing which is far more to go on than games of old like MK and Tomb Raider.
So my whole point is this: You can only ask for so much to make it into translation. Video games, movies, books all butcher each other in the translation department. It's just the way it's gonna be. It's a neccesary evil. All we can do is hope they make a good movie despite what is lost in translation.
Also, Uwe Boll kicks ass. I dunno what the hell you're talkin' about.
Back to the point. How to make a good video game movie. The way to make a good video game movie is an incredible secret, penned by the gods, and then hidden away in the bowels of the universe before the dawn of time and now I have to come to share with all mankind: make a good movie. That's it. It doesn't even have to follow the game. It just has to be a good movie.
Like I and many others said about the Dante's Inferno game you can't ask any medium to translate a work of art without some modifications. So of course there is never going to be a video game movie that follows the story or universe of it's source. All we can ask is despite whatever changes are made the film is just good all around. Resident Evil still retains an audience and it's gone almost completely off the tracks as far as it's original source. I mean there has to be some large group of people out there that like it.
However I think as we enter this generation it'll be easier for directors and writers to follow their original sources. Bioshock is a great example of something that could translate on screeen beautifully. Not without it's changes of course. For example I can guarantee you our protagonist will have a couple plucky allies by his side (a movie just featuring one person 90% of the time would get old),there will be a love story (the world it's set in begs for some romance), and the Little Sisters are going to be turned into clones of every other horrorific little girl. But you still have the art, the atmosphere, the twist, the characters, and the writing which is far more to go on than games of old like MK and Tomb Raider.
So my whole point is this: You can only ask for so much to make it into translation. Video games, movies, books all butcher each other in the translation department. It's just the way it's gonna be. It's a neccesary evil. All we can do is hope they make a good movie despite what is lost in translation.
Also, Uwe Boll kicks ass. I dunno what the hell you're talkin' about.
First thing first:
O, my gosh! I spelled Boll wrong. My mistake. I knew I should check on his name before posting. xD
To the point.
Does making game movie good makes a good game movie?
(that’s a mind twisting sentence)
There are some examples of it, like mentioned already Tomb Rider, Silent Hill or Resident Evil. But Super Mario Bros isn’t a good movie if you don’t take in to the account the game and so is Mortal Kombat. There are not even average movies. What makes them better is the fact that 50% of Earth knows Mario (and 2,3% knows about Luigi ;( ). Mortal Kombat – if you have more than 20 years and less than 40 you played or seen it. If you have less than 20 and are a gamer… yep, you played or seen it. Those facts makes those two movies better.
But let’s see this. Max Pain. Is in overall a good movie. A lot of people liked it - a lot of people that didn’t played the game. Most of my friends who lost many nights dodging bullets in this Matrix wannabe have very bad opinions about the movie. They all say it wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t a good adaptation. I do agree with them.
“However I think as we enter this generation it'll be easier for directors and writers to follow their original sources.”
I do agree with that – right now, most of the games have w rich background that can be converted in to a good movie. And even if they don’t have it, the way that the story or game play is presented would make a good movie.
Bioshock is a good example – I didn’t like the game – but it's a damn good material.
And in the end, why I don’t like Uwe work? Well not many of his movies I have seen, but those that I have seen… I can not unsee. And that makes me cry.
Although Postal was great for badmovies-makes-you-wanna-laugh-marathon with friends.
And thanks for a great comment ;D
O, my gosh! I spelled Boll wrong. My mistake. I knew I should check on his name before posting. xD
To the point.
Does making game movie good makes a good game movie?
(that’s a mind twisting sentence)
There are some examples of it, like mentioned already Tomb Rider, Silent Hill or Resident Evil. But Super Mario Bros isn’t a good movie if you don’t take in to the account the game and so is Mortal Kombat. There are not even average movies. What makes them better is the fact that 50% of Earth knows Mario (and 2,3% knows about Luigi ;( ). Mortal Kombat – if you have more than 20 years and less than 40 you played or seen it. If you have less than 20 and are a gamer… yep, you played or seen it. Those facts makes those two movies better.
But let’s see this. Max Pain. Is in overall a good movie. A lot of people liked it - a lot of people that didn’t played the game. Most of my friends who lost many nights dodging bullets in this Matrix wannabe have very bad opinions about the movie. They all say it wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t a good adaptation. I do agree with them.
“However I think as we enter this generation it'll be easier for directors and writers to follow their original sources.”
I do agree with that – right now, most of the games have w rich background that can be converted in to a good movie. And even if they don’t have it, the way that the story or game play is presented would make a good movie.
Bioshock is a good example – I didn’t like the game – but it's a damn good material.
And in the end, why I don’t like Uwe work? Well not many of his movies I have seen, but those that I have seen… I can not unsee. And that makes me cry.
Although Postal was great for badmovies-makes-you-wanna-laugh-marathon with friends.
And thanks for a great comment ;D
I can't tell if you're talking about the original Mortal Kombat movie or it's sequel since you used a picture from the sequel. If you are talking about the original, then I'll have to agree with you. The original Mortal Kombat movie was a pretty good game to movie adaption. The characters from the game were pretty well represented. Grant it, it wasn't as gory as the games. It was made in a time where the MK mythos wasn't as fleshed out as it is now and so sticks pretty close to what it had to work with for the time. Of course some changes had to be made for Hollywood, but it still seemed pretty faithful to the games. And the fights were fun to watch. The sequel on the other hand sucked to no ends. No good story and even the fights were bleh. But of all else, the acting for the sequel was just terrible. At least in the original, the acting was decent to good (depending on your opinion).
@The Pat Man
I'm talking about the original. I know the pic was a little bit misleading but I didn't had the time to google for a better and that was the only one I had on my pc in the moment of posting.
Sheeva is hot ;p
And about the second MK movie, I do have to agree. TV series (Conquest if I'm not mistaken) on the other hand was neither bad nor good. It was meh~ I watched few eps but didn't really get me going.
And I just got the news - in 2010 there will be a new MK movie O_o
I'm talking about the original. I know the pic was a little bit misleading but I didn't had the time to google for a better and that was the only one I had on my pc in the moment of posting.
Sheeva is hot ;p
And about the second MK movie, I do have to agree. TV series (Conquest if I'm not mistaken) on the other hand was neither bad nor good. It was meh~ I watched few eps but didn't really get me going.
And I just got the news - in 2010 there will be a new MK movie O_o
