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Submitted 10 months ago by UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk to movies@lemm.ee
solsangraal@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
has there ever been a good video game movie?
Windex007@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s bizarre to me. Hollywood has generally figured out that if a book sells really well that you shouldn’t fuck with the movie version any more than you have to. If you gotta jiggle a few things around for pacing, fine.
But they’ll still absolutely torch a video game story to "make it better"with no comprehension of the source material and it’s literally never ever worked.
TV figured it out w/ The Last of Us and Fallout.
Krauerking@lemy.lol 10 months ago
But games are about the player getting to engage with and explore the world and story at their own pace and shows let it aorta slow down too.
Really the answer seems to be take the world and make your movie in it as needed to make the story engaging.
The recent mortal kombat movie, Mario movie, detective pikachu and sonic movies show that it works. Also don’t mess with the characters to much if you include them.
Gandarf@startrek.website 10 months ago
Not good, per se, but certainly some entertaining ones.
The Last of Us is fantastic, but it’s not a movie.
Vilian@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Arcane too
EfreetSK@lemmy.world 10 months ago
While not amazing, Silent Hill was ok (6.5 on imdb)
m.imdb.com/title/tt0384537/
MutilationWave@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I hate that movie so much. I mean it was done pretty well and all but one scene pisses me off so much.
The first time she goes to hell dimension she gets up from the floor by grabbing a perfectly sized metal pipe. Which is the first weapon you use in the first two games. I’m like oh shit it’s on now. But she didn’t take the pipe with her. It seemed like a deliberate fuck you to fans of the games.
If I had never played the games I’d probably like the movie a lot more.
illi@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Despite its issues, I really liked Warcraft.
nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
I enjoyed it as well.
1hitsong@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
Can I count Big Trouble in Little China as the first Mortal Kombat movie?
If so, then yes, there’s been at least one.
Ersatz86@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I see BTiLC reference, I upvote. Simple.
zabadoh@ani.social 10 months ago
The first Mortal Kombat movie was a classic!
catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Honestly the latest one was good too
Mexigore@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I thought detective pikachu was pretty good
kboy101222@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Haven’t seen either yet, but everyone seemed to love the Mario and Sonic movies
dellish@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Check out the first Mario Bros movie (1993 I think?) if you want to feel your brain vomit out your ears. How they got to that story with the source material is anyone’s guess.
Glytch@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Both Sonic movies are a lot of fun and Jim Carrey is obviously having a great time being Robotnik.
jordanlund@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Ranked by Tomatometer, there are 6 certified fresh!
…rottentomatoes.com/…/video-game-movies/
dellish@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Street Fighter was OK, wasn’t it? I’m asking because I haven’t seen it since I was a teenager and my sensibilities may have changed since then.
Krauerking@lemy.lol 10 months ago
Guile: This is the collection agency, Bison. Your ass is six months overdue, and it’s mine. (In the thickest definitely not American accent you have ever heard)
Yeah I’m not sure it was that good but it’s fun to watch.
millie@beehaw.org 10 months ago
The Silent Hill series was pretty great. Also, the original Mario Bros movie.
Oh, and Advent Children!
The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 10 months ago
Final Fantasy, the ghost within. Great animation for it time, good plot, fine movie.
Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The (2023) Mario movie is good.
apotheotic@beehaw.org 10 months ago
Good in terms of being a good example of great cinema, no
Good in terms of being faithful to the source material and/or fun to watch?