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Jimmy the Squid:
I think some video game movies are ok, not amazing but at least watchable. As mentioned above Mortal Kombat is one of them, mainly for the fact that the martial arts holds up and the soundtrack is actaully quite good. Streetfighter: The Movie is not wholly unenjoyable simply because Raul Julia steals every scene he is in, but then it's Raul Julia so you can't be that surprised can you? It's not a great film but it has jean Claude Van Damme in it so surely your expectations for it can't be that high? I mean have you seen Bloodsport/Timecop/Sudden Death/Hard Target/Any Van Damme film ever?
Another not too terrible video game is...Well I found the Resident Evil series to be really very ok. Not cinematic masterpieces but I didn't want to kill myself and everyone around me after I watched it like I did with actual hollywood blockbusters such as say, Transformers. Unfortunately other than that I can't really think of any others. Super Mario Bros was basically terrible, Doom I never even saw but I watched some of it on youtube and it made me really sad. I'm vaguely interested in seeing Bloodrayne but that's just because I like vampire flicks, I've never even knew it was a game until I read "based on the hit video-game" on the back of the DVD case at the video shop.
Ikrik:
I think the problem with video-game movies is that they choose video-games where you can't really do much to change it into a movie. Here are some video games that I believe would stand up incredibly well as movies.
Prince of Persia: Imagine this.....in Parkour. I first started thinking about this when I saw that French film...I think it was District somethingortheother and it had an insane amount of AMAZING parkour in it. The things they could do with Prince of Persia would be absolutely amazing. And the cool prince from The Sands of Time...none of that angsty anti-hero bullcrap.
Shadows of the Colossus: This is a slightly odd stretch, I'll admit. But this is the video-game that I want made into a movie the most. It'd be entirely green-screen and almost completely silent except for when Dormin speaks. It'd be just absolutely amazing.
God of War: Boobs, blood, swearing......it'd be the absolute perfect popcorn flick. It'd be exactly like Transformers in the sense that the movie itself would be terrible but everyone would love it because it'd be so much fun.
Jimmy the Squid:
Actually there are rumours of a Prince of Persia film in the works that got put on hold due to the writer's strike. It's meant to have heaps of parkour and is going to be based off the latest game trilogy so it will have the cool Prince from Sands of Time and the second one will likely be a bit darker to match the tone of Warrior Within, whether that is a mistake is yet to be seen. The only thing I'm worried about is who was last on board to direct. Michael Bay. And it doesn't look like things have changed.
Ikrik:
Well then it'll be EXACTLY like Transformers....it'll probably be everything I expect it to be. Wow dude, thanks SO much for that, I totally had no idea. You just completely made my week.
Tom:
Why haven't any crazed fans of any of the source materials he has butchered killed him yet?
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