Videogames -> Movies

[Rosbjerg]

I found this list of games that have been/are about too/might be turned into films.

 

I just wanted to put it here so you would have en idea of what is coming.

 

Personally I'm not really for these kind of films, I've yet to see a VG movie that really worked well.

[random n00b]

Dr. Boll doesn't care what you or anyone else thinks, and will continue to make awesomely craptacular VG to film ports, with the German taxpayers' money.

[Nick_i_am]

And if you disagree he fight you! Fight you good!

[Slowtrain]

Alone in the Dark II (2009)

 

 

The mind boggles.

[qt3.14159]

Generally, I think they're a curse. But before the last few years comic book / superhero movies were generally pretty bad too. But now they're starting to get those right. Is it wrong to hope that *somehow* they will start making decent game movies?

[Enoch]

Hardly surprising. Writing for video games is by and large pretty crappy. (And, when it's good, it tends to be far too sprawling to fit decently in a film.) A lot of what makes the games popular is the gameplay experience, which is stripped away in film adaptations. When the weak writing and characters are asked to support the endeavor alone, it often collapses.

 

Really, the only reason that these films were videogame spinoffs in the first place is marketing. I'd be willing to bet that almost none of them were created because someone played the games and thought that they would make a really good movie. Rather, they take a property with good name recognition in the target demographic and either write up a script based on it, or repurpose an existing script that wasn't good enough to get produced on its own. Spinoffs of all kinds are huge now because so much of the cost of producing a movie goes into marketing, just to get the target audience aware of the film and give them an idea of what it's about. A spinoff gets you that level of awareness for a much lower cost than an original title.

Edited July 16, 2008 by Enoch

[Sand]

There has only been one game franchise that has made a decent movie series and that is Resident Evil. The rest are just crap.

[Kelverin]

Just more evidence (as if we needed it) how creatively bankrupt Hollywood is. What with remaking old TV shows, comic books, remaking old movies, now lets steal from the VG community, because why create something new and take a chance of losing money

 

Luckily there's thousands of excellent movies to watch and not enough time to do so.

[Tale]

Mortal Kombat (August 18, 1995): Good

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (June 15, 2001): Good

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (July 13, 2001): Not Bad

Resident Evil (March 15, 2002): Not Bad

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (July 25, 2003): Good

Silent Hill (April 21, 2006): Good+

Final Fantasy VII Advent Children (2005): Good+

Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994): Good+

Street Fighter Alpha: The Movie (1999): Good+

 

The Pokemon movies are pretty good, too. At least back when I watched them.

 

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (November 21, 1997): Worst movie I've ever seen

Street Fighter (December 23, 1994): Terrible

Doom (October 21, 2005): Bad

Resident Evil: Extinction (September 21, 2007): As bad as Mortal Kombat: Annihilation.

BloodRayne (January 6, 2006): Sci-Fi Channel Original bad

 

Super Mario Bros. (May 28, 1993): Don't remember

Double Dragon (November 4, 1994): Don't remember

Resident Evil: Apocalypse (September 10, 2004): Not worth remembering

 

Video games can make excellent action movie or action/adventure properties. The problem is they seem to attract terrible directors and screenwriters, looking to make a quick buck on a name.

Edited July 16, 2008 by Tale

[Sand]

I would place that Van Damme Street Fighter lower than MK: Annihilation.

[CoM_Solaufein]

Mortal Kombat (August 18, 1995): Good

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (June 15, 2001): Good

 

Those are the only two that I can think of that were good.

[Kelverin]

Mortal Kombat (August 18, 1995): Good

Good?

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (June 15, 2001): Good

 

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (July 13, 2001): Not Bad

Not good either

 

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (July 25, 2003): Good

 

Super Mario Bros. (May 28, 1993): Don't remember

Consider yourself lucky

Double Dragon (November 4, 1994): Don't remember

 

Video games can make excellent action movie or action/adventure properties. The problem is they seem to attract terrible directors and screenwriters, looking to make a quick buck on a name.

They can, but so far they have not. The reason you give works for me.

[Deadly_Nightshade]

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - not a bad movie.

[Tale]

Super Mario Bros. (May 28, 1993): Don't remember

Consider yourself lucky

I consider myself double lucky! I distinctly recall enjoying the movie when I watched it. I just don't remember why.

Edited July 16, 2008 by Tale

[newc0253]

The Tomb Raider movies were entertaining fun if you were maybe stuck on a 14 hour flight or an oil rig or something.

 

That first Final Fantasy film was also watchable if you managed to overlook the silly story and focus on the pretty graphics.

 

every other video game adaptation has been at best cruddy and at worst the cinematic equivalent of dribbly diarrehea.

 

i wouldn't rule out that some day someone will make a decent movie based on a videogame. but i ain't gonna hold my breath.

[Hurlshort]

I enjoyed the Resident Evil films. The last one left something to be desired, but I wouldn't say it was terrible. I also really liked the FF: Spirits Within movie.

 

I'd say that's it. The rest are only enjoyable in a campy sense.

[Darque]

Video Game movies are where Comic Book movies were two decades ago.

 

In time, they'll stop sucking... as much.

[Kelverin]

Video Game movies are where Comic Book movies were two decades ago.

I see your point but

 

Superman 1978>Every other super hero film ever made

[Tale]

Superman 1978>Every other super hero film ever made

Got it on Blu-Ray. I'm considering getting Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut.

[Xard]

Video Game movies are where Comic Book movies were two decades ago.

I see your point but

 

Superman 1978>Every other super hero film ever made

 

Nahh... Batman begins ftw

[Kelverin]

Video Game movies are where Comic Book movies were two decades ago.

I see your point but

 

Superman 1978>Every other super hero film ever made

 

Nahh... Batman begins ftw

Sorry the Bat suit sucks (Always has always will) and the cast of Superman is just AWESOME. Marlon Brando rules all

 

Also Superman is epic in scope and grandeur, no other film has come close in this regard

Edited July 16, 2008 by Kelverin

[Dark_Raven]

Mortal Kombat was awesome! Best video to movie ever. Everything else sucks.

 

Anything that Uwe Boll made should be burned.

Edited July 17, 2008 by Dark_Raven

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

They forgot Gears of War... they're making a movie out of it. I think they stopped work on the Halo movie though.

 

Nevermind, they didn't.

Edited July 17, 2008 by WILL THE ALMIGHTY

[Nick_i_am]

Lost Planet movie written by Solid Snake!

 

come on, tell me that isn't an awsome concept.

[Slowtrain]

I like Uwe Boll