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I completely agree but my favorite part was the story about the bully in the beginning so cute chad!
Your first reason is exactly why I won't bother with it. I don't see the point. If the movie is good or bad, I don't see the point. Hollywood is just out of ideas at this point.
I totally agree with you Chad!
There's one good thing that can come out of it though. If it even achieve half the greatness of the original game, I can finally share my excitement about SotC with my non-gamer friends and family.
There's one good thing that can come out of it though. If it even achieve half the greatness of the original game, I can finally share my excitement about SotC with my non-gamer friends and family.
I hate this, most people are going to think of the movie when you mention SotC. For example, when I said I liked the ending of max payne 2 to a friend, he went 'the film?'
No you idiot, the VIDEO GAME.
No you idiot, the VIDEO GAME.
Good read, I agree with what you had to say.
But wouldn't it be better if the link to the spoiler wasn't red? lol. Its like SPOILER ALERT!! and ... heres the link for it, it is also in red :D
But wouldn't it be better if the link to the spoiler wasn't red? lol. Its like SPOILER ALERT!! and ... heres the link for it, it is also in red :D
You could have said "And it's being written by Justin Marks, the guy who wrote the Legend of Chun Li movie" and that would have pretty much been all you needed to say.
Justin Marks is the guy driving the creepy van and SotC is the adorable child innocently skipping down the sidewalk on the way to school.
BTW, I still can't get over how gorgeous this game still is. It looks better than 80% of games from this generation.
If Fumito Ueda finally announces his new game at E3 (which we all know the announcement is coming anyways), I'm going to need to buy a new Mac because my monitor will be covered with rocket sauce.
BTW, I still can't get over how gorgeous this game still is. It looks better than 80% of games from this generation.
If Fumito Ueda finally announces his new game at E3 (which we all know the announcement is coming anyways), I'm going to need to buy a new Mac because my monitor will be covered with rocket sauce.
There was already a Shadow of the Colossus movie. It's called Reign Over Me. Okay, so it wasn't specifically ABOUT Shadow of the Colossus, but it was certainly the biggest video-game-featured-in-a-film advertisement since Super Mario Bros. 3 in The Wizard.
Great article, I may have to pick this game up. Sounds and looks fantastic! I played Ico, but never played this, but then again I was living in a cave on Mars for the last 5 years.
Oh my god, get over it. I'm tired of seeing OMFG they're gunna make SOTC movie, send the legions of hateful fanboys. SotC was a cinematic masterpiece and would be beautiful movie in the right hands and stop saying it wouldn't. SotC would be a HOT movie if done correctly, granted it would probably miss the mainstream because it would be so artsy. I say give the movie a few lines like Wall-E, give that shit to Peter Jackson and set his ass up in New Zaaland for 2 years and you have one hell of a movie giving the game justice.
The trouble is that it's simply all about making money at this point. SotC has an outstanding reputation at this moment, even with non-gamers.
I also think that the legal rights reside with the Sony headquarters and not as such with the entertainment division. If you look at the market goal they gave to entertainment (i.e. profit, profit, profit) this isn't really a surprising turn of events. They simply don't care about us and movies are still considered a sound investment.
I also think that the legal rights reside with the Sony headquarters and not as such with the entertainment division. If you look at the market goal they gave to entertainment (i.e. profit, profit, profit) this isn't really a surprising turn of events. They simply don't care about us and movies are still considered a sound investment.
When I heard the news, it was the first time I can ever recall myself groaning aloud in disgust at something I read on the internet.
My physical form cried out in sadness on it's own free will. My bpdy is my temple and my temple says nay!
This is Hollywood. They'll either add another character in the form of a wily wisecracking sidekick or the damn horse will talk.
"Agro and Wanderer on another whirlwind adventure!"
My physical form cried out in sadness on it's own free will. My bpdy is my temple and my temple says nay!
This is Hollywood. They'll either add another character in the form of a wily wisecracking sidekick or the damn horse will talk.
"Agro and Wanderer on another whirlwind adventure!"
Wow Chad, your just plain amazing. While I completely understand and respect Jim's point of view, this article sums up why I still think the movie is a bad idea. Thank you!
Since I have yet to see a great video game movie, this was just bad news for me when they announced it.
Just being realistic.
Just being realistic.
Why can't good video games get decent film adaptation treatment? That's all I want really. If Michel Gondry or Spike Jonze did SotC I think I would throw up from excitement.
@mabman - keywords, in the right hands, and "done correctly", neither of which is the case. Where the fuck was Peter Jackson?
I love the book The Road, and yet am very happy it's been made into a movie. I look forward to experiencing the story in a new media. The fact that video games are starting to be mined for adaptations like books have long been seems to strengthen the 'games as valid art' argument (at least for this, bioshock, etc and not mortal kombat, streetfighter, doom, etc). Is it because games are such a visual medium that people are less than happy to see film adaptations? Or is it just because it's yet to have been done well, with the thought and care we see it deserves?
I gave up caring. It seems Hollywood has totally run out of ideas and they are going into overdrive adapting graphic novels, comics, books, games, old movies, foreign language movies, toys and just about anything else that has a pre-existing fan base for (almost) guaranteed sales.
Who said anything about art? Why does a movie have to be about art? Why can't a movie be entertaining? The first Mortal Kombat movie was great because it was hammy, same thing with the 1994 Street Fighter movie. So why not make an action packed movie about our hero going on a genocidal killing spree by killing all the colossues?
There's this magical place in Hollywood called 'Development Hell.' It's there that film projects can die a peaceful death over the course of many years.
This is a project that has to become a permanent resident of DH.
That would free up Justin Marks so he could go write Max Payne 2: Payne Harder or Street Fighter: The Legend of the Asian Dude in the Background of Chun-Li's Stage.
This is a project that has to become a permanent resident of DH.
That would free up Justin Marks so he could go write Max Payne 2: Payne Harder or Street Fighter: The Legend of the Asian Dude in the Background of Chun-Li's Stage.
I don't see how SotC could be made into a good movie. There is minimal dialogue, incredibly few characters (excluding the colossi) and the majority of the game is made up of riding across the landscape and then climbing a giant moving building to stab it in the glowy parts.
I liked the game, it was fun and enjoyable. But the movie is gonna bomb. I would call it a puzzle game, and how are you going to convey that same sense of "HOW THE FUCK DO I KILL A MOVING BUILDING!? OH SHIT, HERE'S ANOTHER ONE AND I CAN'T DO IT THE SAME WAY!"
I liked the game, it was fun and enjoyable. But the movie is gonna bomb. I would call it a puzzle game, and how are you going to convey that same sense of "HOW THE FUCK DO I KILL A MOVING BUILDING!? OH SHIT, HERE'S ANOTHER ONE AND I CAN'T DO IT THE SAME WAY!"
@mega stryke
I was about to mention Reign Over Me. It features Adam Sandler in "serious actor" mode playing a guy who lost his family in 9/11. He subsequently goes bonkers, grows his hair to look like Bob Dylan and rides around on a little scooter. He mumbles about and plays Shadow of the Colossus throughout the movie although, in the end,his is redeemed by the love of Don Cheadle. I do not reccomend that anyone watch that movie, even on accident.
I was about to mention Reign Over Me. It features Adam Sandler in "serious actor" mode playing a guy who lost his family in 9/11. He subsequently goes bonkers, grows his hair to look like Bob Dylan and rides around on a little scooter. He mumbles about and plays Shadow of the Colossus throughout the movie although, in the end,his is redeemed by the love of Don Cheadle. I do not reccomend that anyone watch that movie, even on accident.
@Jimmythechang
If you made that, you sir are awesome.
I've written about where I stand, but this was still a very good write-up.
To the point "why make it?" I say Watchmen film. It didn't need to be made, but was and (I thought) was highly enjoyable. Oh and also money. They'll make it because of money.
If you made that, you sir are awesome.
I've written about where I stand, but this was still a very good write-up.
To the point "why make it?" I say Watchmen film. It didn't need to be made, but was and (I thought) was highly enjoyable. Oh and also money. They'll make it because of money.
If the story's so good, why not use a medium that hundreds of millions of non-gaming people will be able to experience it too?
I couldn't get into the game, it bored the tits off of me by 10 mins in, which means it got spiralled into the 'if I become a shut-in' pile. The movie's probablly the only way i'm going to experience the story. I'm looking forward to it at this point.
I couldn't get into the game, it bored the tits off of me by 10 mins in, which means it got spiralled into the 'if I become a shut-in' pile. The movie's probablly the only way i'm going to experience the story. I'm looking forward to it at this point.
My big gripe is the man behind SF chunlee movie. I'm interested in seeing what they have in store for such a great compelling story such as sotc. I do however believe an indy director would be best and to make this an Indy or fan movie. With hollywood budgets behind it I think the film will be pressured to be something sotc isn't , just so the film will appeal to a larger audience.
One can hope that the movie will be so incredible that they may create more games like sotc
One can hope that the movie will be so incredible that they may create more games like sotc
Well, at least I wouldn't have to listen to Jessica Alba. At the same time, I would have to endure watching Zac Efron as he hogs the screentime and pray he doesn't burst in dance. Talk about an unfair trade-off.
Also, I do understand all this anger toward Hollywood and this game coming together. Regardless, people WILL watch it...most of us will hate doing that and a couple more probably won't admit it, but we will watch it.
Also, I do understand all this anger toward Hollywood and this game coming together. Regardless, people WILL watch it...most of us will hate doing that and a couple more probably won't admit it, but we will watch it.
I could make a good SotC movie if I had 100 million dollars. It would be silent... would have really long horse rides.
I really need to finish this game. I love it already but shit like this sounds terrible.
Sure, you can like the game but at the end of the day you still have to meet Hollywood expectations. It's like making a Naruto movie with Shia Labeouf.
Oh wait...
Sure, you can like the game but at the end of the day you still have to meet Hollywood expectations. It's like making a Naruto movie with Shia Labeouf.
Oh wait...
Chad, I agree with you 100%, and this quote:
" I wouldn’t repaint the Mona Lisa on the side of a skyscraper just so more people could see it. If people want to experience the original, go see the original. It’s the way the artist intended."
Sums it up perfectly. The thought of making this into a movie is just gross and unclean.
" I wouldn’t repaint the Mona Lisa on the side of a skyscraper just so more people could see it. If people want to experience the original, go see the original. It’s the way the artist intended."
Sums it up perfectly. The thought of making this into a movie is just gross and unclean.
@Chad:
You're actually not angry enough.
Good points made, the main one being this: The reason the story had any poignancy at all was the medium it was presented in. I think this goes for any game with a celebrated story, in which the narrative is expressed through gameplay and not through cutscenes or text. SotC stands next to games like Silent Hill 2 and (from what I've heard) Braid, using the interactive medium to it's fullest to convey emotion and depth.
Metal Gear Solid has achieved, as it matured, similar heights, with 4 being the pinnacle, where narrative became integrated into gameplay in ways the first three games just hinted at. You could not make a faithful adaptation of MGS4 as a movie, because it finally and faithfully embraced it's standing as a game, while MGS1 would be much easier to adapt because of it's narrative structure being significantly separated from gameplay, at least apart from the CODEC expositions. But should it be adapted to film? Like you've stated: No point.
You're actually not angry enough.
Good points made, the main one being this: The reason the story had any poignancy at all was the medium it was presented in. I think this goes for any game with a celebrated story, in which the narrative is expressed through gameplay and not through cutscenes or text. SotC stands next to games like Silent Hill 2 and (from what I've heard) Braid, using the interactive medium to it's fullest to convey emotion and depth.
Metal Gear Solid has achieved, as it matured, similar heights, with 4 being the pinnacle, where narrative became integrated into gameplay in ways the first three games just hinted at. You could not make a faithful adaptation of MGS4 as a movie, because it finally and faithfully embraced it's standing as a game, while MGS1 would be much easier to adapt because of it's narrative structure being significantly separated from gameplay, at least apart from the CODEC expositions. But should it be adapted to film? Like you've stated: No point.
Chad,
I agree in spirit. The movie is a terrible idea for many of the points that you just raised. But I still have to go with Sterling on this one, the video game is always going to be there.
As time goes on the momentum of new people picking up and playing this game for the first time is going to decrease. But with the movie, that could change everything. Just yesterday I was at Border's and I heard someone ask about picking up "the book that The Watchman was based on". The movie brought in new readers that may have never gone back to the original. Why couldn't a Shadows movie do the same?
In fact, imagine this scenario: A non-gamer sees and enjoys the movie. (S)he has a PS2 lying around in their home (I mean who doesn't). This person decides to pick up a copy of the game on eBay for 15 bucks and is transported into a superior world of storytelling. This person becomes hooked not just on that game, but on videogames in general.
That doesn't sound too unlikely at all. In addition to all of the people who are already gamers that feel the urge to get a copy of the game while the movie's in production just so that they can say that they played it first.
But, really, I would love to see a guy climbing up onto the backs of giant monsters on a giant IMAX screen! I don't care if it sucks a ton, I would love to see those visuals. And then bitch about it like crazy afterward because Optimus Prime says "My bad". Whoops, wrong rant.
I agree in spirit. The movie is a terrible idea for many of the points that you just raised. But I still have to go with Sterling on this one, the video game is always going to be there.
As time goes on the momentum of new people picking up and playing this game for the first time is going to decrease. But with the movie, that could change everything. Just yesterday I was at Border's and I heard someone ask about picking up "the book that The Watchman was based on". The movie brought in new readers that may have never gone back to the original. Why couldn't a Shadows movie do the same?
In fact, imagine this scenario: A non-gamer sees and enjoys the movie. (S)he has a PS2 lying around in their home (I mean who doesn't). This person decides to pick up a copy of the game on eBay for 15 bucks and is transported into a superior world of storytelling. This person becomes hooked not just on that game, but on videogames in general.
That doesn't sound too unlikely at all. In addition to all of the people who are already gamers that feel the urge to get a copy of the game while the movie's in production just so that they can say that they played it first.
But, really, I would love to see a guy climbing up onto the backs of giant monsters on a giant IMAX screen! I don't care if it sucks a ton, I would love to see those visuals. And then bitch about it like crazy afterward because Optimus Prime says "My bad". Whoops, wrong rant.
I think it would be awesome if they included everything in the game, unabridged, but played it all in fast motion, so it would finish in a reasonable time.Maybe add some ragtime, I dunno.
"So, again, I ask: what purpose does making this movie serve?"
Taking the story to another medium where their fans may not be gamers, yes?
Taking the story to another medium where their fans may not be gamers, yes?
Execs are always so preoccupied with thinking if they can make something that they don't stop and think if they should. There are very few examples of good book/comic/game adaptations to movies and I have very little hope that this opus will be given the money, and talent it deserves. But who knows maybe it'll turn out to be great, or it'll be another sorry attempt to cash in on a franchise when it should have been left to stand on its own. If you've heard Kevin Smith talk about movie execs you'll know why a lot of us are scared to death when we hear stuff like this.
For those who are saying, "let's give this a chance", well, here is the problem: We've already given too many chances to Hollywood to make a decent videogame inspired movie and they've haven't done the best job at that. The movie is going to be shit because of the loss of translation between mediums. I would love to be optimistic about this, hoping that It would be awesome and great, but I have this strong feeling that is not going to be the case. In any case, it doesn't matter, the game will always be there and people can pick it up whenever.
If it's a CGI film, maybe it won't be a complete butchery of the game. If live actors are involved...... well, you're going to have another Dragon Ball Z film or a Street-Fighter film. And Shadow of the Colossus deserves better.
At best, this film will be like Final Fantasy: Spirits within or Advent Children - both weren't good films, but they weren't terrible either. At worst - you'll see brendan fraser fighting mini colossi statues, alongside tara reid, while quipping some lame one-liner, like "I HATE statues" or some other such bollocks.
At best, this film will be like Final Fantasy: Spirits within or Advent Children - both weren't good films, but they weren't terrible either. At worst - you'll see brendan fraser fighting mini colossi statues, alongside tara reid, while quipping some lame one-liner, like "I HATE statues" or some other such bollocks.
That Chad is so hot when he's angry. errrr... good points there Concelmo!
Even though I wouldn't want them to touch it, if they did make a movie I'd be curious enough to watch it (which may or may not be a painful experience).
Even though I wouldn't want them to touch it, if they did make a movie I'd be curious enough to watch it (which may or may not be a painful experience).
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