Join James and Jason as they discuss movies which are based on videogames! Are they really a good idea? Can they effect the perception of a franchise? Listen to our opinions on the subject.
There’s an ongoing curse that has been in Hollywood for decades now. For some bizarre reason, a movie studio will obtain the rights of a video game franchise to try and turn it into a movie. In most situations, it then takes years and years before the movie even makes it to the script writing stage, where if it’s very lucky, it then gets a director attached to it and things can finally start rolling. But then the movie comes out, the reviews release and it more often than not bombs at the box office. So how is it these multi-million dollar video game franchises fail all too often at the box office? Well there’s actually multiple potential reasons why.
It can be summed up rather simply as... time constraints. Movies have to come in at a certain length (on average of 2 hours +/-) while games exceed that by a considerable amount. Now if a company wanted to take a game and break it down into multiple movies then I could see that happen in order to maintain the nature and context of the source material.
The movie industry stopped caring about quality a long time ago. I remember movies didn't release weekly and the overall production took longer. Now they are pumped out so quickly that they for the most part stink.
"Why video games movie's fail"
Simple......most average movie goer don't know the game. and second producer do not use source material what made the game the game we like.
it always turn out Garbage.
that's why video game movie's fail.
same principal for action movies and superhero movies. Example : Spiderman Homecoming was Garbage.
Usually the story doesn't match the original in game story along with bad direction & a tired production.
Detective Pikachu is definitely up there in terms of best video games movies, but what about other ones that were actually decent?
I’ve seen all those movies, I think some are there by default. And where is Street Fighter?!? Raul Julia owned what is one of the best movies of all time period.
Detective Pikachu one of the best? Well, don't need to read anymore to know this is trash. DP was an absolute nightmare fueled lazy crapfest. Not to mention the plot was predictable from the first trailer and the gaping plot hole ruins the already awful movie. The new Tomb Raider too? Come on guy, the porn parody is a better Tomb Raider than that.
We discuss bad video game movies for a change as we wait for Matt to get back.
If you take the Resident Evil movies for what they are, they are pretty good. Popcorn, some sodas, sit back and enjoy an action flick, then yes, they can be.
Some can be sorrowfully awful.
Nope because they never follow the source material fully
I'd rather have an awesome "copy and pasted" movie of a game then a crap one which doesn't even resemble the game
If it's like the games and even with ones like Uncharted where they could basically use the exact script then I wouldn't mind because it's not for us...the audience is focused on people who haven't played the games
Every movie so far has strayed as far as they can from the source material don't you think they would try something different and go the other way.
It depends on the story the actors portraying the video game characters who the director is. And how close the story is to the actual game. The first Mortal Kombat movie was great so was Tomb Raider, a couple of the Resident Evil movies, the short Assassins Creed 2 movie was great. Everything else is just rushed without a thought and put on the big screen and after that its just shit like the Street Fighter Movie. And then the studios bitch because the movie flopped on the big screen.
Movies based on games are a lot like Superhero movies if done wrong they are crap like the Superman Returns movie with Kate Bosworth or the George Clooney Batman. To name a few movies. Its also like comparing movie games there are a few which are ok and fun to play and others are rushed to make a quick buck.
If they want a movie based on a game done right they need to sit and think and plan a head about the movie. And remember if done wrong you can piss of fans of videogame franchise. But everything today is rushed without a care. And a really great videogame movie is rare to find.
It depends what game the movie is based on...