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Movies based on Video games

Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 6:48 pm
by rovex
Are they ALL rubbish? Ive been trying to think of a good one, but i really cant. Saw Prince of Persia this weekend. It was just boring. Not bad as such, but nothing memorable. Its also failed at the box office taking $30M this weekend in the US, on course for $100M total if its lucky. It cost $200M to make..

Re: Movies based on Video games

Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 6:52 pm
by C2K
I looked forward to Max Payne... I fell asleep watching it.

Not strictly based on a video game but Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within was good imo.

Re: Movies based on Video games

Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 7:00 pm
by rovermadman4825
Silent Hill was good :)

Re: Movies based on Video games

Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 7:24 pm
by jase
I thought Doom was very good, way better than the game.
And I thought silent hill was ok to.





J

Re: Movies based on Video games

Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 7:34 pm
by MarkCoupe
Tomb Raider was fun if nothing else.

Re: Movies based on Video games

Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 9:40 pm
by darwin
Halo movie - on hold
Gears of War movie - on hold
Bioshock movie - on hold

Games movies dont seem to "in" at the minute.

Re: Movies based on Video games

Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 10:22 pm
by Roger Red Hat
resi evil was pretty cool

would of been SOOOO!! much better if they used to orginals story line..but no!! they had to go and change it all, only show the mansion once..

why bother making a film on a game if your not going to stick to what the happend in the game!

hmm, rant over.

but i still liked it.

Re: Movies based on Video games

Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 12:13 am
by munky
28 days later was good.

Re: Movies based on Video games

Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 12:43 am
by piggy22
Starship troopers! Classic! And the fact that channel 4 shows it at least twice a year....can't be a bad film :P

Re: Movies based on Video games

Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 1:04 am
by black_sunrise
Roger Red Hat wrote:resi evil was pretty cool

would of been SOOOO!! much better if they used to orginals story line..but no!! they had to go and change it all, only show the mansion once..

why bother making a film on a game if your not going to stick to what the happend in the game!

hmm, rant over.

but i still liked it.
THIS

Doom was cool but i was still dissapointed that it didnt show any FPS type viewing until the very end!

Re: Movies based on Video games

Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 1:07 am
by Roger Red Hat
i would like too see dino crisis as a game!

that game kicked arse!

Re: Movies based on Video games

Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 3:22 am
by black_sunrise
Roger Red Hat wrote:i would like too see dino crisis as a game!

that game kicked arse!
its called Jurassic Park isnt it?

haha

Re: Movies based on Video games

Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 6:45 am
by shen
I want to see Monkey Island film :D

Re: Movies based on Video games

Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 2:28 pm
by jase
resi evil was pretty cool
ah yes, I was trying to think of that. I thought the first one was very good. The sequals were utter poo tho.

i always thought half life would make a great film. The plot even from the players point of view was movie quality. Infact both were.




J

Re: Movies based on Video games

Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 8:40 pm
by radddogg
munky wrote:28 days later was good.
What game was that based on?

Re: Movies based on Video games

Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 10:46 pm
by munky
*insert generic zombie game here*

Re: Movies based on Video games

Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 8:35 pm
by radddogg
munky wrote:*insert generic zombie game here*
Wouldn't you say that any generic zombie game came after Dawn of the Dead? So wasn't 28 Days Later (best ever British film BTWIMO) based on Dawn of the Dead instead?

Re: Movies based on Video games

Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 8:47 pm
by munky
dawn of the dead begat the zombie gaming genre begat 28 days later.

And yes, it is a truly awesome film. Shame about the sequel though.

Re: Movies based on Video games

Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 10:09 pm
by Roger Red Hat
resident evil was the first ever survival horror video game.

one of my all time favs as it goes :P

Re: Movies based on Video games

Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 10:49 pm
by marc9584
Roger Red Hat wrote:resident evil was the first ever survival horror video game.

one of my all time favs as it goes :P


Yeah it was a cracking game but fairly difficult.

Re: Movies based on Video games

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 1:04 pm
by rovex
I dont think movies based on an idea count i mean branded movies. The title has to match the game. I cant see any good movies suggested yet. There are one or two that dont suck, but no actual good ones.

Re: Movies based on Video games

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 1:18 pm
by mickwhitworth

Re: Movies based on Video games

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 1:29 pm
by Punx0r
Supposedly there's supposed to be a film coming based on Broken Sword.

Re: Movies based on Video games

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 1:31 pm
by munky
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

visually stunning film. Bit of an over complex plot though.

And the anime version of street fighter is quality lol.

Re: Movies based on Video games

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 2:04 pm
by mickwhitworth
munky wrote:Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

visually stunning film. Bit of an over complex plot though.

And the anime version of street fighter is quality lol.
agreed, the van damme version however, not so.

Re: Movies based on Video games

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 3:11 pm
by rovex
My understanding of Final fantasy is that it wasnt based on the game, it was originally just called 'The spirits Within', but they added the Final fantasy bit to boost interest. I havent played FF for decades but from what i remember the movie was totally unrelated. The Movie was linked to 'Square', but it wasnt really a film based on the game.

I just think the use of a games name for a movie is box office poison. Tomb Raider was the only remotely successful one, and lets face it, Jolie looking like she did was going to help the movie take some money regardless of what it was called.

Re: Movies based on Video games

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 3:20 pm
by munky
i've never played any of the FF games so couldnt comment.

But I do remember wondering how some sort of military space film thingy was related to a game that normally has fantasy types holding swords in its adverts. :lol:

Re: Movies based on Video games

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 3:29 pm
by mickwhitworth
FF advent children was loosely based around final fantasy VII. same characters etc but different story. based after the game i believe.

FF spirit within as far as i know was not based on any of the games.

Re: Movies based on Video games

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 8:27 pm
by radddogg
rovex wrote: Tomb Raider was the only remotely successful one, and lets face it, Jolie looking like she did was going to help the movie take some money regardless of what it was called.
Would have probably took more if it was called Womb Raider or Tool Rider :lol: