A live-action Call of Duty film is on the way

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• setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m replaying COD4 and taking notes at the moment, coincidentally.

  Looking at just COD4 without being influenced by knowledge of the sequels, it’s got a decent story and if you look at the edges it has contemplations of cycles of violence, and while not to the point of being anti-war it does emphasize the waste of it.

  The characters are Tom Clancy levels of larger than life, which is significantly more restrained than what came later. Individually the story beats and scenarios have at least a texture of realism, often loosely based in something real and then strung together in a story that isn’t convoluted.

  I could see it being a good movie with the right handling. It probably wouldn’t be.

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  • ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The characters are Tom Clancy levels of larger than life, which is significantly more restrained than what came later.

    Mind going into more detail on this one? I’ve been reading the Jack Ryan novels, and I’m 3/4 of the way through Rainbow Six (the book) right now, and I think part of the appeal is that the characters feel small, as those stories always involve ensemble casts.

    I agree that 4 and especially MW2 both feel very Clancy. I might even be more partial to MW2 as it’s got this prominent theme of history being written by the winners that hits all of the notes that matter to me most in movies.

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    • Jeffool@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Some scenes in MW2 stick out so strictly to me still. ::: The march through the neighborhood, the White House, the knife throw at the end … ::: It’s funny to me that the controversial moment won’t be a big deal at all in a movie, as there’s no player control.

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    • setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      While (classic, I’m not counting stuff Ghost written under his brand) Clancy characters have hyper competence, it’s to be expected given that they are turbo ultra elite soldiers or spies. Their motivations and ability to act doesn’t reach the point of self parody.

      For a COD4 example: Yuri, the Russian that the player rescues early on in the game. He is a mole inside the Russian antagonist faction feeding information to the SAS who got made. He’s being kept at a house with a handful of regular soldiers watching him. When you rescue you him he is calm or at least puts up a calm front and thanks you. That’s a pretty believable guy who could have been a real person who is doing something realistic and dangerous.

      In MW2 that character can materialize with apparently infinite types of military aviation hardware, and he is also a pilot able and willing to do insane maneuvers. And he is personal friends with Captain price rather than just being an SAS asset. And he is in touch with a militia group.

      There is a distinct jump from COD4 to MW2, where it goes from Tom Clancy to Michael Bay.

      MW2 is still fun, but it exists in an entirely separate tonal reality than COD4.

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  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I really enjoyed Call of Duty 4 (“World at War,” right?) back when it was originally released. It was so much more cinematic than Medal of Honor

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    • setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      COD4 was the first Modern Warfare game.

      World At War wasn’t numbered.

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• bizzle@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Are Bevis and Butthead going to be in there

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• didnt1able@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Its going to be modern slop.

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  • Bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The movie will be too

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