Why Can't Hollywood Make a Good Video Game Movie?

Re:Why Can't Hollywood Make a Good Video Game Movie? by mozumder on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @04:22PM (#16815165)

All of Paul W.S. Anderson video-game movies are entertaining AF. Mortal Kombat, Resident Evil, Alien vs Predator. ALL well crafted & inspired movies. They're not going to win Cannes Palm d'Or, but they will hit the spot.

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Re:Why Can't Hollywood Make a Good Video Game Movie? by dtech on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @04:47PM (#16815430)

> well crafted & inspired movies.

Applying those words to the Resident Evil sequels surely is some form of crime against humanity

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Re:Why Can't Hollywood Make a Good Video Game Movie? by romwell on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @05:39PM (#16815986)

The game was of no interest to me, but I enjoyed watching Milla Jovovich running around, and the slice-n-dice scene was pretty memorable.

I was about to bring this movie up as a counter-example, but I guess the opinions on this are very much split.

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Re:Why Can't Hollywood Make a Good Video Game Movie? by mipmap04 on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @05:54PM (#16816104)

The last entry into the franchise was abysmal. I shouldn't be this bored by a zombie movie!

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Re:Why Can't Hollywood Make a Good Video Game Movie? by romwell on Thursday April 12, 2018 @05:47PM (#16825195)

Ah, that's the folly! I wasn't even really aware of the franchise (movie-wise).

As with many other franchises, the follow-ups aren't worth watching.

It's always refreshing to see movie directors make a great movie that has a potential for mediocre sequels, but not give in to that temptation (e.g. Matrix).

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Re:Why Can't Hollywood Make a Good Video Game Movie? by robryan on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @06:30PM (#16816339)

First movie was pretty good, second was solid, then they went downhill from there. I didn’t hate the last one but that is definitely a case of coming in with very low expectations and having then slightly beaten.

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Re:Why Can't Hollywood Make a Good Video Game Movie? by mozumder on Thursday April 12, 2018 @11:40PM (#16826981)

I didn't apply them to the sequels. I applied them to the Paul W.S. Anderson movie.

Directors pretty much define the quality of the movies, so it's more important to follow them instead of the franchise itself.

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Re:Why Can't Hollywood Make a Good Video Game Movie? by emodendroket on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @05:07PM (#16815646)

Aliens vs. Predator was one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

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Re:Why Can't Hollywood Make a Good Video Game Movie? by ZeroGravitas on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @06:24PM (#16816304)

I think that was based on a comic book, so it may not be relevant except to point out that Holywood doesn't automatically make great films even when not adapting games.

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Re:Why Can't Hollywood Make a Good Video Game Movie? by emodendroket on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @07:24PM (#16816732)

Surely nobody thought that was the case.

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Re:Why Can't Hollywood Make a Good Video Game Movie? by gaius on Thursday April 12, 2018 @03:37AM (#16818757)

If AvP had been a straight port of the Atari game it could have been awesome.

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