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Rumor: Ratner to turn God of War film into geek tragedy

Joystiq writes: "We always think it's so bizarre when fanboys and girls start filling up our tips box with vitriol about the latest unpopular decision made by Sega, Square, Microsoft or practically anyone involved in the gaming industry. "Where do they get all that hate?" we wonder aloud, before going to donate more hugs down at the clinic. They would be a complete mystery to us were it not for Brett Ratner, who, according to a passing mention in a recent press release from MGM, has been tapped to direct the God of War film.

See, we hate Brett Ratner. Well, no, we don't hate the person. We're sure he's a perfectly nice man. But we hate everything he's ever put on film from Money Talks to X3 aka Brett Ratner's First-Person Theatrical Abortion. ... You know what? Forget what we said, we do hate Brett Ratner as a person. And if he directs God of War, it'll be awful, because all of his movies are awful and we don't know why he keeps being allowed to make them. The end."
Xandet - contributor
Published: 530 days 5 hours ago | Rumors | PlayStation 3 | Sony PSP | Nintendo DS | Gaming
 
 

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JVIDICAN - 530 days 10 hours ago
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hes going to ruin it... =(
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Johnny Cullen - 530 days 5 hours ago
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Cant be as bad as Uwe Boll?
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Bebedora - 530 days 5 hours ago
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This is bad....
<But he's a big director>
That is GOOD!!
<But he hasn't made a successfull movie>
That is bad
<But he is payed by hollywood/Universal>
Woooh! That is good....
<But it will never turn in to profit and the fightscenes will be sucky>
......
<...that is bad>
....Can I go now?
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OnslaughtX - 530 days 3 hours ago
3.1 -
The toppings contain Potassium Benzoate...

.......

That's bad.
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smurfie4 - 530 days 4 hours ago
4 - No no and HELL NO!
I wouldve chosen Ridley Scott (Gladiator) or Sam Raimi (Spiderman). I was disappointed in the x-men films. I was a fan of the animated series, and even read some of the comic books. Who the hell made this decision?!
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devilhunterx - 530 days 4 hours ago
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Ratner already made Rush Hour a tragedy...
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Mayle - 530 days 3 hours ago
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x-men 3 was so bad...one of my most disappointing films of all time
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DarkArcani - 529 days 23 hours ago
6.1 - I feel
it was mostly due to the writers not all being the same. The story felt disconnected compared to the other two.
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MvmntInGrn - 530 days 3 hours ago
7 - *sigh*
Sony cancel it please... do let this travesty occur...

Games should not be movies, its not worth it.
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IzKyD1331 - 530 days 3 hours ago
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the things this movie needs:

super ultra violence

good cast

a script that stays true to the game, but is also adequate for the big screen

a good action director (ie NOT brett ratner)

budget of atleast 150 million
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Gamekilla - 530 days 2 hours ago
8.1 - sorry to say
but i can almost guarantee that a video game adaptation won't get a good cast or budget...

video game movies aren't seen as trustworthy investments
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Nitrowolf2 - 530 days 3 hours ago
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who knows mybe he will surprise us
lol
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Madgunner - 530 days 3 hours ago
10 - isint universal
doing a joint project with sony .. or something like that i read this ratner thing before ... but i dont remember where and when but i saw universals name there
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OnslaughtX - 530 days 3 hours ago
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*sigh*

For every The Dark Knight that treats both the audience and the source material with respect, we get 10 Hollywood abortions like AvP and Terminator Salvation. Why? Haven't they learned? Oh wait no, because idiots still go to see them.
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Gamekilla - 530 days 2 hours ago
11.1 - I haven't seen it...
but wasn't the purpose of making alien vs. predator:requiem (after the horrible avp) to make a avp adaptation that is true to the comic?
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OnslaughtX - 530 days 2 hours ago
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Oh, it was even worse than the first one. Cliche characters, terrible special FX, uninspired designs, breaking mythology hard, and piss poor, horridly dark upclose camera "work."

It was terrible.
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LastDance - 530 days 2 hours ago
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Obviously, people dont agree with me...but i honestly thought the last X men was better then the first....the first reminded me of spider man...just...mediocre......not good not bad.....i liked X3 coz it tried something fairly drastic and different....although i can see how core Xmen fans would HATE it...

Edit:
he did rush hour 3/????? ohkay yea i dont like him either..hahah.....

Idk about the spiderman series...i definatly liked 2 the best.... 3 with venom?? he was like a throw away character! wtf.....But i felt like i was watching the same mediocre movie over and over.....

"oh damn..mary jane has been caught......*sigh*.....again.. "
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Gamekilla - 530 days 2 hours ago
12.1 - x men 3
wouldn't have been considered half as bad if the awesomeness that was xmen 2 wasn't released before it....same goes for the spiderman series as you mentioned...spiderman 1 was ok....2 was a masterpiece (which got a higher overall score than dark knight, would like to point out) and 3 when compared to 2 was "meh"

still i shall disagree with you for the reason that i don't like brett ratner and the reason i don't like him = rush hour 3
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OnslaughtX - 530 days 2 hours ago
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I see a common trend with most Marvel movies.

Xmen, Spiderman, Blade - Mediocre at best. Playing it safe, some sort of "fatal flaw" with it (bad Xsuits, bad Goblin suit, bad CG, respectively).

Then part 2 totally rocks my socks, and kicks ass.

Then part 3 is totally.... well, pathetic.

Lame.
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Gamekilla - 530 days 2 hours ago
12.3 - include
the hulk in there....the newer one was much better than the first although it still wasn't that great....

i agree with the trend thing except ironman (which was the first movie in a planned series) was done really well...
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Gamekilla - 530 days 2 hours ago
13 - God of war movie
if not handled properly will turn in to a gladiator ripoff OR WORSE...a 300 ripoff, (which in all respect was a gladiator ripoff) OR WORSE...a 10000BC ripoff, (which in all respect was a 300 ripoff)

OR WORSE something of lesser quality than meet the spartans (which in all respect was also a 300 ripoff)...but the movie can't be that bad? can it? CAN IT?
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LastDance - 530 days 2 hours ago
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im no expert on the subject .....like you are..obviously....but........ in which respect is 300 a rip off of gladiator??? there's muscley men in it?
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Snukadaman - 530 days 1 hour ago
13.2 - "a 300 ripoff, (which in all respect was a gladiator ripoff)"
How can 300 be a rip off when it came before gladiator...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
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VMAN_01 - 530 days 2 hours ago
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They should make it an animated movie like Beowulf.
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andron666 - 527 days 7 hours ago
15 - Not crazy about this...
I have nothing against Ratner, he's an ok director. But his movies has been mostly humor and action. I don't think he's right for GoW.

But hopefully it will change. Nothing is set in stone in Hollywood before filming starts...
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