7 Reasons Why the Uncharted Movie Won't be as Terrible as You Think

XMNR: "Maybe it's because I'm a hopeless optimist or maybe it's because I enjoy the thrill of playing Devil's advocate, but here are seven reasons that the impending “Uncharted” film might not be as bad as you think."

[Urmomlol]

I don't really care how many academy awards Pesci, De Niro and Wahlberg have between them --they're still awful casting choices considering that two out of three characters they're playing DONT EXIST in the game.

I'll give the writer of the article credit where credit is due though --they do note that Hollywood has an intense proclivity to screw things up whenever they're allowed to exercise even the slightest bit of creativity. Seriously --even in the PoP movie (which is actually one of the better movies) the introduction of all these characters that WERENT in the game only water down the experience. Don't even get me started on Resident Evil --Alice is the most retarded Mary Sue ever invented whose only saving grace is the fact that she goes topless.

Even with Russell on board, this movie is going to crash and burn. I like the games, but with such horrid casting choices, I honestly think Naughty Dog either allowed themselves into being bullied into a decision they shouldn't have made or they completely sold out.

[Red_Orange_Juice]

Oh, I already know how all this will end, the move will suck.

Listen to your fans Sony *caugh* Nathan Fillion *caugh*.
Now this looks more like a spin-off than part of the franchise, with all them uncles and fathers, WTF SONY?

[Cevapi88]

if im Naughty Dog and im supervising the project...i would facepalm everytime Whalberg came out just to symbolize how dumb of choice that it is

[mantisimo]

Let them know by joining the facebook page for Fillion as Drake only 50 members so far but think how many there could be!

http://www.facebook.com/pag...

[Longrod_Von_Hugendon]

If Marky Mark is playing Nathan Drake then of course it'll bomb.

[STiRacer]

This douche-bag really pisses me off. Just look at the abomination that was Max Payne. He clearly stated, even though it was a movie based of a video-game, he did not bother referring to the source material. He did not bother looking at the game and said all he needed was to take a look at the script. This movie has DISASTER written all over it.

[Balt]

The writer of the article is wrong on most all counts.

1. Pesci hasn't done anything worth a piss in how many years?

2. Bobby D = Meet The Fockers; need I say more?

3. Mark is a good actor, he is. But he's not right for the part. And that is a sad reality in the business. It's not what you're right for or how good you are; it's who you know and how many favors they owe.

4. Hollywood hired a 1st time writer to pen the script -- That means nothing because 25 other writers have already mucked up his work; maybe more by now. You write a script and sell it to Hollywood, see how many names are attached on the pink sheets when the credits go out.

5. Naughtydog has creative control over the project? Really? They do? hahahahahaahahhaahahahahahahah -- Don't make me F'n laugh. They sold the rights for a hefty sum of money, some 90+ million. They have no say so anymore. That was for the entire franchise, by the way. Hollywood can make as many follow ups, prequels, reboots and remakes as they want now. They can hire as many writers and miss casted actors as they want when they want. Naughtydog is not a factor.

"They get the scripts."

Hahaha, classic!

[tehk1w1]

It doesn't say naughty dog has creative control. It even expresses skepticism. The point being made is that its better than nothing

Also de niro has never been in a bad movie with pesci. Granted scorsece was directing but still...

You're right though --this movie is going to suck hard.

[MMFGaming]

@sitlab

Thanks for the feedback! Always interesting to hear what an industry insider thinks.

However, I don't believe I said that Naughty Dog has creative control. I was just taking that one interview and implying that at least they're keeping an eye on the project which (I believe) is more than can be said about some of the other video game movies made recently.

[SpartanPrince]

Naughty Dog never sold the rights. Sony owns the I.P. since they own ND. With that, SONY can do whatever they want with Uncharted. Same as Ratchet and Clank, God of War, etc. The most ND can do is offer some advice but NO ONE has to listen to them.

Btw this movie will crash and burn. I thought that it would be impossible for hollywood to mess this up, especially with the playstation blog asking ppl who they wanted to play Drake, but I see that I was wrong

[Pedantic91]

I just hope Uncharted 3 doesn't get affected because of this movie.
That's my main concern, it's stupid, i know.

[Balt]

Not stupid at all, really.

Naughtydog will use the film in one of two ways --

1. It's so good and so true to the source material they'll want to try and emulate its cinematic essence within their product -- A catch as catch can approach.

or

2. They'll try and distance themselves far away from the movie and take a huge, drastic turn about to try and get the series' identity back.

I'm going for the later because I know first hand how Hollywood works and is. I know a thing about creative control and screenwriting above all else.

[Deleting]

If Naughtydog do have creative control over this maybe they'll see how many people don't want Mark and want Nathan Fillion or even the man behind Nathan Drake Nolan North and they will end up fighting for one of the actors to appear in the film. They must be getting a lot of emails from unhappy fans so if they do have some control they better act before the script gets finished and gets the greenlight.

I think Nathan fillion is good for the role but I'd rather have Nolan North. If they get Emily rose to play Elena it would look funny seeing her alongside Fillion istead of Nolan North

[BYE]

David Russell is the director, huh. Never heard of him.

Edit @ MMFGaming: Oh I actually saw this movie, good one. I just didn't know the title of it :)

[MMFGaming]

He made Three Kings. One of my favorite war movies ever. It was half serious, half hilarious.

That and Kelly's Heroes inspired Battlefield: Bad Company

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

My favorite scene:

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[hankmoody]

Nathan Fillion.

[PeeWizzle]

Russell Brand.

[mac_sparrow]

Chevy Chase.

Sorry, while we were being ridiculous I thought I'd mention the chase; doesn't get any work now thanks to the 'hollywood phonies'.

;)

[1Victor]

it will prove the 2012 theories wright remember before 2012 we'll see a perfect video based game movie woooo weeee woooooooooo.

[writersblock]

Actually, I thought it would be awesome

[Blaine]

It should have been NATHAN FILLION.

I'm a huge fan of the games--bought both Day 1, platted both, love ND. But Fillion was too perfect for the role, so I will not be watching a bastardization with Wahlberg as Drake.

[sickbird]

for the people saying nathan fillion, get real the guy is a D list actor. he does syfy shows thats as bad as a soap. And if you dont know who david O'Russel is you shouldnt even be in on this conversation.

[DisgracedCop]

The video game's world reaction to this news has been embarrassing. Do people really not understand the importance of someone like David O. Russell signing on to do this? Spanking the Monkey, Flirting with Disaster and Three Kings were fantastic movies and judging by the positive early buzz for The Fighter, he's probably looking at some award nominations in the coming months. We should be thankful someone of his caliber is choosing to do a video game adaptation as his next project and that he's doing it his way. If you've read the original screenplay for Three Kings (when it was known as Spoils of War) and seen the finalized film which he completely rewrote, you'll be able to appreciate how important it is that he's choosing to rewrite Uncharted to fit his own vision.

Out of any of the video game movies that have been or are being made, this is the only one that has any chance of being any good and its quality solely lies on how much control David O. Russell is going to have. If Naughty Dog try to butt in, if the producers start listening to the whining on the internet, if anyone but David O. Russell tries to flex any sort of control than it's simply not going to work. But we all know how much of a stubborn, unlikable and angry dick that David O. Russell is so luckily we don't have to worry much about that. He flipped out on Lily Tomlin and George Clooney, he'll have no trouble flipping out on any video game developer who think they have any knowledge on how to make a movie.

[sickbird]

thank you!!!

[mantisimo]

@ disgracedcop

Are you David O'Russell? Hmmm? Are ya?

[DigitalAnalog]

And this is why we would NEVER see an excellent "video game to movie adapatation"

EVER!

It doesn't matter how good or well the director is. I somewhat remember the outrage when Steven Spielberg wanted to direct the Harry Potter film. This in turn caused massive fear to those that it may deviate from the actual source in order to "fit" into the Hollywood concept. The guy is a legendary director, but even THEN that does alleviate the fear fans have for the book.

Look at the Prince of Persia movie. It was good, it even had the POP game director as the writer for this film. But EVEN that didn't to justice to the game franchise. Why? Because of all the reasons you have stated from above.

-End of Line

[Blaine]

Now that you mention it, Wahlberg being cast as Drake is EXACTLY like Gyllenhaal cast as the Prince. Hollywood bringing out the big guns when they're completely wrong for the role.

[femshep]

why not Nathan Fillion???????

and its uncharted there can't be such a thing as bad uncharted

[DanSolo]

The reason most game to movie adaptations are sh!te is simply because hollywood doesn't get it....

They have this strange compulsion that makes them say, "Oh it's from a game so we can't make it in the usual way we would make a movie!"

All they need to do to start making some really good movies from games is simply approach it in a sensible way that they would approach any other movie.

1) First realise that games are just like any other entertainment medium... so if you can make a good movie from a book, then you can do the same with a game.

2) Then just hire a good writer to make a decent script based upon the story of the game and stick to the spirit and ethos of the game. Maybe get a little input and collaboration from the game devs before embarking upon writing just to clear up any misconceptions.

3) Good casting.... seems like it should be a given but man....
When they made that first Streetfighter movie years ago and cast Van Damme as Guile... whereas Dolph Lungren was a pretty much perfect choice (watch Showdown in Little Tokyo and you should see how easily he would fit the part). From that point onwards it just got worse.... oh and don't get me started on Blanka from that same movie....

4) There is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON to shoe-horn some stupid piece of crap "video game sequence" into the movie just because its based on a game.... if you have no idea what I am talking about, then please feel free to stop breathing right now....

5) Dammit it's just not hard to do..... Try thinking about it and it is easy! Oh and Don't let Uwe Boll anywhere near it, and no that doesn't make Micheal Bay or M Light Shamalamamaman the perfect replacement either.....

Now that was a long comment.... but I think it needed to be said!

[QuantumSponge]

It's never a good sign when a movie's best prospects are that it "won't be completely awful".

[mac_sparrow]

It a video game based movie, that mean's they'll pump it full of well known's to generate buzz. Personally I think they should take the ballsy approach and use it as an opportunity to cast much lesser known and promising actors, allowing us to identify with characters much more than 'oh look it's Marky Mark.'

Personally, after the fact that they both mo-capped and recorded voice simultaneously I say give the parts to North and Rose, oh and don't forget to include Victor 'Goddamn' Sullivan.