Looks like David Cage's wet dream of working in movies may finally have come true. New Line Cinema has optioned Heavy Rain for film, meaning that we may very well get a movie version of a glorified movie in the very near future. Cage might no longer have to use the videogame industry as a stand-in for his movie fantasies anymore, at any rate.
Considering the gameplay is what made Heavy Rain good, and not its rather dire story, I really fail to see how this could be any good, apart from the potential for actors who actually know how to act this time. That might be a treat.
Anyway, it's just a filing right now, so we don't know if it will actually lead to a movie. Can't they just put Heavy Rain in their PS3s and let it play itself like it enjoys doing? You'd get the same result for a fraction of the cost.
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11:00 PM on 02.26.2010
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YOU KNOW WHAT HOLLYWOOD, GO AHEAD, IT'D BE BETTER THAN MOST OF THE FAIL YOU PUT OUT
Fail.
But it's also good?
That might very well disturb the natural order of both gaming and Hollywood.
After that, Sony "fanboy" are the worst ?
The "anti-sony" fanboy are all over the place... And are Editor...
More i see new about any sony game... More i think that the mass media are controlled...
Why so much bad opignion ? WTF ? Maybe the english version suck, but PLAY IT IN HIS ORIGINAL FORM, FRENCH ... God damn shit TABARNAK.
Dragon lair got bad review or what ?
...soooo what's the point in a film of something which is practically already one?
I wouldn't mind a MGS movie.
Then I'd actually be able to understand what the hell is going on.
Surely this applies equally to Hideo Kojima?
Loved the game, but please no.
That's just the thing. As a movie, this would have been fucking shite.
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Considering the gameplay is what made Heavy Rain good, and not its rather dire story, I really fail to see how this could be any good, apart from the potential for actors who actually know how to act this time
Sterling's double personality may be excellent for the role of the origami killer. See you on the big screen, Jim.
There's plenty of other Sony titles that would make a better movie, and I use the term better loosely considering I haven't seen a good live action video game movie.
Felt like i movie just what i needed a change of pace.
Back in the day, once I was trying to explain to a girlfriend why I liked adventure games, she had never played a game, any game, and the best analogy I could find was "it's like reading an adventure's book, except the story advance depends on your actions", she made me a question I still ponder: "so, you can't see how the story ends unless you play and beat the game, how could I know the story if I don't play games"? Her point was that videogame's storys are locked to most of the people, and not only that, but also, whatever virtues they may have.
How can a non-gamer appreciate how great a good game is?