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[–]IVI4tt 120 points121 points ago

Just look at those Rotten Tomatoes scores

Only one video game movie has got more than 4/10. And that was Final Fantasy.

[–][deleted] 75 points76 points ago

True, but some aren't nearly as bad as others. Uwe Boll's Alone in the Dark, for example, is pretty bottom-of-the-barrel unwatchable, whereas Mortal Kombat is sort of kitschy fun (despite being bad), Silent Hill is beautifully realized film aesthetically (even though it fails to adapt conceptually), and even Prince of Persia: Sands of Time is only a mediocre film (not really a bad film), even though it's a huge failure (as an adaptation) of one of my favorite video games of all time.

[–]bulletbillx 11 points12 points ago

MK1 is pretty good if you realize just like the first game it is a mishmash of 70s-80s movies. Namely Enter the Dragon + Big trouble in little china along with elements of other movies and pop culture like Kano's terminator-style half-metal face, etc.

[–]PoorlyTimedPhraseGuy 29 points30 points ago

Anything Uwe Boll has made has been a total failure. He exploits the german movie industry's incentives by making tons of shitty movies that require no creativity at all to create.

[–]ObidiahWTFJerwalk 11 points12 points ago

Unfortunately for Uwe, the German government closed up some of the tax loopholes he was exploiting a few years ago. I guess they got tired of sponsoring shitty movies.

[–]Blarggotron 12 points13 points ago

I don't know about you, but Rampage was amazing.

[–]I_Speaketh 30 points31 points ago

Nice try, Uwe Boll.

[–]YouTastyFrostedFlake 5 points6 points ago

Loved Rampage. Can't wait for its sequel, Rampart!

[–]catnipassian 1 point2 points ago

I fucking hate that movie.

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    [–]steepleton 1 point2 points ago

    yeah, Silent Hill is a pretty great movie if it's judged in it's own right. the ending just stays with you, it lets you slowly get it, instead of being some cheap shock

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      [–]FeverRay 83 points84 points ago

      I really liked Silent Hill. Seems very weird to me that it only got 29%. Oh well.

      [–]Asorae 45 points46 points ago

      Same.. I was also fond of Tomb Raider, but that might just be because I've never played the games and also because Angelina Jolie.

      [–][deleted] 38 points39 points ago

      I was 16 when I saw Tomb Raider. Most awesome side-boob (I didn't have the internet at my home).

      [–]Minimus32 1 point2 points ago

      Agreed, that side boob was amazing. I've never yet seen it matched.

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        [–]chardrak 22 points23 points ago

        That's because Silent Hill was a movie game done right. The general movie audiences didn't care for it because of that.

        [–]CaspianX2 14 points15 points ago

        Spoilers ahoy!

        Exposition overload ending. Silent Hill was to videogames what David Lynch has been to film - the story itself is meant to be a puzzle, to be analyzed and pieced together without anything resembling hand-holding. The film spends something like five minutes towards the end just explaining what's going on. It's sloppy, lazy, and runs counter to the mood of the games.

        The games were built on themes of the occult, where the menace the town suffered from was one of an elder god sorta' entity, guided and manipulated by the characters who had a stake in the town (or alternately, when left to their own devices, giving the town a mind of its own). In the film, it's basically Carrie vs. The Church. No power struggles, no manipulation, and no elder god Samael.

        The games had monsters that were directly based on the psyches of the characters. The first game featured monsters that reflected the fears of Alessa, which is particularly noteworthy because the whole purpose behind the monsters in that game (apparently) was to scare the protagonist away. Alessa was taking what she thought was scary and using it to try to scare someone. In the second game, the monsters were a reflection of James' own subconscious, and as such were either feminine, or depicted violence against females, a reflection of his own feelings of guilt about his behavior towards his wife. But in the film... it was just "whatever looks cool". The creepy baby monsters from the first game appeared... despite that there was no indication that the "tortured by her schoolmates" bit of storyline from the first game had any place here... and fan-favorite Pyramid-Head showed up... despite that that character's appearance in the second game was based on both James' own self-loathing, as well as his fixation on the town's dark history.

        On a side-note, as much as I really do like Sean Bean, his place in the story here is completely unnecessary. Really, the only thing that you gain from it, that the events the other characters are experiencing is happening in a different reality, is something that could easily be conveyed in other ways (more subtle ways... you know, like the games did it). Otherwise, his role in the story is just a waste of time.

        The Silent Hill movie did one thing and only one thing right - imagery. It looked like Silent Hill. It sounded like Silent Hill. It felt like Silent Hill. Sure, the story was all wrong and they hacked apart important parts of the games' mythos, themes and fundamentals of how that universe worked... but at the very least the sound and cinematography were spot-on. Alas, you need more than great imagery to make a good film.

        [–]Brettersson 2 points3 points ago

        If I remember correctly, the original script didn't have Sean Bean's character, but the higher-ups wanted a male character or something for some reason

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          [–]Owitb 12 points13 points ago

          Actually, I heard it was the other way around. I loved the movie when I saw it in theaters, but later, when I talked to friends who have played the game, as well as the general talk of the town, is that they got several things that pertained to the game wrong.

          I think the movie stands by itself extremely well, but fails as an adaptation.

          [–]fullofbones 19 points20 points ago

          They captured the atmosphere perfectly. They got all the story points wrong, but I had never actually played Silent Hill. After watching the movie, I ran out and bought all of them.

          The movie turned a lot of the psychological creatures into nothing but Scary Monster X, and I wish they hadn't. Yet the transitions were spot on. The ending at her house is exactly something Silent Hill would do.

          I honestly wish there were more movies like it. But it seems like jump scares are easier to sell because they don't have to be as subtle.

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              [–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

              Ya thats the only good one. Odd so many hated it.
              EDIT: Sean Bean is in it and he DOESNT die. Maybe that was the problem. He needs to die for movies/ tv to be good.

              [–]KommunistKirov 6 points7 points ago

              I enjoyed Doom, but mainly because The Rock was in it.

              [–]xBlinkedx 5 points6 points ago

              Doom was okay, though the best part of the whole movie was when it went in first person.

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                [–]Sven2774 1 point2 points ago

                Yeah, I thought it was a bit better than that.

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                  [–]Highlighter_Freedom 25 points26 points ago

                  Are you sure that's the only one? I think I saw a pretty cool game movie once. It was kind of a cinematic sequel to Knights of The Old Republic, like set thousands of years later but in the same universe.

                  [–]elshizzo 9 points10 points ago

                  I enjoyed the first Mortal Kombat movie, gotta say. Not like it was a great movie, but it's a fun little movie that that doesn't stray too far from the game.

                  [–]Carelessly 8 points9 points ago

                  I'm surprised Hitman did so terribly. I've never played the games but I saw nothing wrong with the film. 4/10 or 5/10 maybe.

                  [–]zaphodi 14 points15 points ago

                  It was pretty boring, and just like Max Payne it half assedly tried to use some of it but managed to miss the style of the game completely, just like Max Payne.

                  Its like director, writer or nobody in the cast never played either of the games.

                  remove the game connection and they are just shitty action movies without action.

                  [–]bulletbillx 12 points13 points ago

                  FOX fired the Hitman director and reshot/reedited the whole movie.

                  Parts of the original movie concept are there, and it all would have been closer to the games if not for some FOX exec wanting more action and shit.

                  [–]RapaciousMiscreant 1 point2 points ago

                  Does FOX hire people with the express purpose of fucking things up?

                  [–]bulletbillx 2 points3 points ago

                  I'm beginning to think so. How else do you explain going from X-men 2 to X-men 3 and wolverine.

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                    [–]Klieserber 7 points8 points ago

                    The thing about rotten tomatoes scores is that the percentage you always see is just the ratio of fresh scores to rotten ones. Fresh is defined by 5/10 and above (maybe 6/10 and above), and rotten is anything lower. So you may be right and it could be a 4 or 5 out of ten, but if 86% of the critics agree with you and give it a 5/10 or slightly under, then it will receive the 14% fresh rating. It's a tricky system. Some movies get really high scores when they are in reality movies that are universally regarded to be 6/10's or something, just barely qualifying as fresh.

                    [–]Slinger17 7 points8 points ago

                    The original Street Fighter is one of my favorite bad movies of all time. It has so many of those lines that are funny but you're not sure if you're actually supposed to laugh at them or not

                    [–]Narrative_Causality 3 points4 points ago

                    CHANGE DA CHANNEL

                    [–]AMostOriginalUserNam 1 point2 points ago

                    I'm sumo, brother. My mind can be in one place and my body another.

                    [–]SomeBug 1 point2 points ago

                    I'm going to kick Bison's ass so hard that the next Bison wannabe is gonna feel it!

                    [–]eggzy 6 points7 points ago

                    I enjoyed Postal

                    [–]zaphodi 7 points8 points ago*

                    haha, double dragon got 0%? now i have to see that movie wtf?

                    Far cry was just boring and bad, no redeeming factors at all and it got 24%? directed by Uwe Boll for fucks sake.

                    lara croft movies were ok, nobody expected them to be masterworks of movie making, but they were entertaining.

                    ...

                    Postal 8%

                    BloodRayne 4%

                    farcry 24%

                    alone in the dark 1%

                    alone in the dark II 18%

                    ..

                    Can you guess what is common with these films? stop giving that fucking idiot money, jesus fucking christ, hes bad in a way that is boring, not entertaining.

                    [–]totalrecarl 1 point2 points ago

                    Double Dragon is hilarious. I used to love that movie when I was younger. It's in a similar vain to Mortal Kombat, kind of ridiculous and funny.

                    [–]SuckMyCalc 2 points3 points ago

                    Doesn't matter, Resident Evil's made a metric fuck-ton of money at the box office

                    [–]EagleBurn 12 points13 points ago

                    What about the Resident Evil or Tomb Raider movies?

                    [–]Mage_tank 1 point2 points ago

                    I liked the first resident evil, and the second one to some extent.

                    [–]Sansarasa 5 points6 points ago

                    Only one video game movie has got more than 4/10. And that was Final Fantasy.

                    The best rated movie out of the bunch, and probably the only one that nearly killed its producer (You could say it did. Things weren't the same for Squaresoft after the merge)...

                    Life is so unfair sometimes :(

                    [–]Cendeu 2 points3 points ago

                    There's a Final Fantasy movie? Other than Advent Children?

                    [–]Stanlot 5 points6 points ago

                    Final Fantasy: Spirits Within. Came out in 2001, give or take a year. Nothing too special or too "final fantasy" about it. It was pretty for its time though.

                    [–]AstronautMillionaire 2 points3 points ago

                    It's probably because the critics don't even play the video games. Silent Hill was a good movie that translated well. Mortal Kombat also was a pretty entertaining movie for what it was.

                    [–]xBlinkedx 2 points3 points ago

                    I thought Silent Hill was really good. hmm.

                    [–]Plastastic 2 points3 points ago

                    Only one video game movie has got more than 4/10. And that was Final Fantasy.

                    And even that one sucked.

                    [–]ObidiahWTFJerwalk 1 point2 points ago

                    Final Fantasy had the advantages of not actually being based on any game in the series and being based on a series where that could make any sort of sense.

                    [–]Farren246 1 point2 points ago

                    TIL that Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time has the highest profit of any video game movie.

                    [–]ButtersTheFett 2 points3 points ago

                    That's because it's just "pirates of the Caribbean: in the desert"

                    [–]pour7me7another 1 point2 points ago

                    I'm just going to leave this here.

                    [–]WeWereInfinite 1 point2 points ago

                    I dunno dude, Metal Gear Solid 4 was a pretty good movie.

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                      [–]Rts70 221 points222 points ago

                      In my mind I'm both really scared but happy the Halo movie hasn't come out. I want it, but I don't want it. I don't think I can handle the gaming equivalent of Dragonball evolution.

                      [–]ENGORGED_PENIS 52 points53 points ago*

                      District 9 is not in any way comparable to Dragonball evolution, and you should feel bad for implying that association. And feel more bad for how good the Halo movie could've been.

                      edit: Ok, apparently I'm one of the select few engorged penises out there that gets the link between District 9 and Halo. Explanation:

                      http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/swntg/the_sad_sad_truth/c4hn6qw As that guy said, Blomperkins and Peter Jackson were making the Halo movie. It fell out, so they said fuck it and took what they had and made District 9 with it. And it turned out awesome. Had they been allowed to, the Halo movie probably could've been just as good if not better, judging by all the promo shorts Blooperin made and released while they were trying to make Halo, and you can definitely see the influence it had on D9.

                      [–]audiotechnica 101 points102 points ago

                      Fookin' prawns.

                      [–][deleted] 14 points15 points ago

                      I still don't know what a prawn is

                      [–]EazyHB 13 points14 points ago

                      Shrimp

                      [–]audiotechnica 28 points29 points ago

                      It's a slightly larger shrimp. Prawn is a word much more common in European and African English-speaking countries. Not used much in Uhmerrkuh.

                      [–]Jestified 9 points10 points ago

                      This is what a prawn is but in the case of District 9, the prawns they are referring to are these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parktown_prawn

                      [–]dynamically_drunk 1 point2 points ago

                      Huh. Didn't know that. Just thought it referred to shrimp. TIL, thanks!

                      [–]ElectronMicroscopist 16 points17 points ago

                      In California, everyone knows Prawns are giant shrimp.

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                          [–]not_a_wolf 34 points35 points ago

                          Where did he make a District 9 comparison?

                          [–]ENGORGED_PENIS 31 points32 points ago

                          http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/swntg/the_sad_sad_truth/c4hn6qw

                          As that guy said, Blomperkins and Peter Jackson were making the Halo movie. It fell out, so they said fuck it and took what they had and made District 9 with it. And it turned out awesome. Had they been allowed to, the Halo movie probably could've been just as good if not better, judging by all the promo shorts Blooperin made and released while they were trying to make Halo, and you can definitely see the influence it had on D9.

                          Kind of odd - I thought everyone knew that about District 9?

                          [–]1l1k3bac0n 13 points14 points ago

                          Then why didn't you reply to BearBryant instead of Rts70?

                          [–]Robstaley 8 points9 points ago

                          he...didn't...ask...?

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                                [–]wild9 16 points17 points ago

                                One needs only watch the Halo shorts that Blomkamp made to see what his Halo movie could've been

                                [–]simon_C 6 points7 points ago

                                yeah jesus cheese those shorts left me wanting moar.

                                [–]squeakyL 1 point2 points ago

                                link?

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                                  [–]Quatroking 6 points7 points ago*

                                  WRONG!!! Halo Legends! Seven short anime films made by the same folk who did Appleseed, Thundercats and Ghost in the Shell.

                                  [–]warriorman300 1 point2 points ago

                                  shivers

                                  [–]GeneReyva 1 point2 points ago

                                  Lucky you it's not out yet, this may not be a game but I'm dreading the Mistborn movie and I've seen a trailer :'(

                                  [–]Martel_the_Hammer 1 point2 points ago

                                  WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THAT FILM! WE WILL NOT TALK ABOUT THAT FILM! THAT FILM DOESN'T EXIST AND IT IS NEVER TO BE SPOKEN OF!

                                  continue reading if you would like your heart to stop: a sequel has been confirmed.

                                  [–]meltmaan 1 point2 points ago

                                  I'm pretty confident in a Halo movie becaue of their amazing live action clips.

                                  [–]KaziArmada 1 point2 points ago

                                  We need to get Peter Jackson to direct it like they originally planned. Peter won't let them break it...right guys?...

                                  .....guys?....

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                                    [–]BigClifty 529 points530 points ago

                                    I felt the exact same way about the Avatar movie. The cartoon was awesome; all the great characters and element bending. But then the movie was about blue aliens on a different planet. Where were all the earthbenders and firebenders?

                                    [–]Blizzaldo 172 points173 points ago

                                    The Last Airbender movie was a triple dissapointment. Not only was it absolutely terrible, it also hurt the chances of a good avatar live action movie ever coming out. On top of all this, there might be a.... (shudder) sequel.

                                    [–]waffle_fries 173 points174 points ago

                                    Directed by M. Night Shyamalan

                                    [–]MojojojoTheFirst 41 points42 points ago

                                    It's funny, I usually see that comment on reddit, but this time it was actually directed by M. Night. Why is he even still in the directing business?

                                    Seriously M. Night, way to ruin a 10 year old's favorite cartoon.

                                    [–]fusion_xgen 63 points64 points ago

                                    Or a 20 year old's favorite cartoon.

                                    [–]Idiocracy_Cometh 21 points22 points ago

                                    Or your children's favorite cartoon.

                                    Seriously, bugger (whoever is responsible) sideways. Not so much Mr. Shyamalan himself, he is kind of a force of nature by now; but definitely the exec(s) that decided that he is the man for the task.

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                                      [–]Blizzaldo 62 points63 points ago

                                      Someone must destroy him. Or his children. It's all their faults. he said him and his kids were fans of the original series, but noone who's an actual fan could make so many dumb pointless changes.

                                      I'm surprised the canyon wasn't the major plot point of the movie to be honest.

                                      [–]AndresTweets 51 points52 points ago

                                      So it's agreed.

                                      If he tries to touch Legend of Korra, we strike.

                                      [–]taiwanboy707 9 points10 points ago

                                      Yes. He's not going to ruin the next one!

                                      [–]Pyro627 1 point2 points ago

                                      That's horrifying just to think about.

                                      [–]zinco96 1 point2 points ago

                                      We have to keep it away from michael bay aswell. First he makes a movie of teenage mutant ninja turtles where they are aliens. Next, kora is a ninja robot firebender from outer space.

                                      [–]orthag 11 points12 points ago

                                      I wish i could be of help, but all i have to give is a reciprocating saw, a vat of industrial solvents, and a large warehouse in the middle of the desert.

                                      [–]Lluuiiggii 1 point2 points ago

                                      from the get go I was always bothered by how they pronounced Aang

                                      [–]AdrianBrony 1 point2 points ago

                                      I find it a little amazing how fast he went to THE director, the best of the best, to a literal laughing stock. I remember when the trailers for devil were being shown and people were laughing in the theaters when they saw "M. Night Shyamalan" on the screen.

                                      [–]WeWereInfinite 2 points3 points ago

                                      I didn't know he was involved and went was dragged to see it, and when his name came up the whole audience groaned.

                                      The twist was that it isn't a terrible film.

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                                          [–]Shakerzaman 37 points38 points ago*

                                          THERE ARE NO FILMS IN BA SING SE.

                                          [–]grand_marquis 13 points14 points ago

                                          They don't call it "Na Sing Se."

                                          [–]gagareddit 1 point2 points ago

                                          Relevant.

                                          [–]wevcss 7 points8 points ago

                                          I never saw the movie and never want to see even a scene out of it... I think that would ruin my perception of the show. I've watched the first 4 episodes so far of "The Legend of Korra" and that show is actually an amazing sequel to the last airbender.

                                          [–]sharkiest 1 point2 points ago

                                          There's not going to be a sequel.

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                                            [–]UnfunnyBunnies 12 points13 points ago

                                            My cabbages!

                                            [–]KingNick 9 points10 points ago

                                            And the: DBZ Movie Cirque Du Freak Movie G.I. Joe Movie and plenty of others :,(

                                            [–]EvilCheesecake 2 points3 points ago

                                            I really enjoyed the G.I JOE movie. It was awesome in a mindless kind of way.

                                            However: -I did not watch the cartoon as a child.

                                            -I watched it on the same night as Dragonball: Evolution, which I am trying to scrub from my memory, possibly making G.I. JOE appear better than it was by comparison.

                                            [–]Lluuiiggii 1 point2 points ago

                                            Cirque Du Freak is the one I was most butthurt about. I had just finished reading the series and then I heard they were making a movie. Then the movie tried to cram too many of the books into one story and it turned out horrible.

                                            [–]KingNick 2 points3 points ago

                                            My God...I am right there with you.

                                            Cirque Du Freak was in a lot of ways the same as Harry Potter for me - I started reading when I was the same age as the characters, and I grew with them as the books matured a little more each release.

                                            But Cirque Du Freak didn't just have the characters age mature every new book....but the writing did as well. Darren Shan, being such a young author, really came more and more into hisself as he progressed through that series, and by the 12th book, he was writing extremely well and his story boarding was brilliant. The twists and lore that Cirque Du Freak had was absolutely incredible...I mean, it's what led me to read Demonata (his next series.)... but what they did on screen to that series was essentially the same treatment as if they spent 1.5 hours drilling individual holes into each of the books and we got to sit and watch as each different actor literally dry-fucked Darren Shan's entire works in 1080p.

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                                              [–]ajwhitla 5 points6 points ago

                                              I like how, currently, the posts that got your joke are the downvoted posts while the rest are the ones who completely missed your joke.

                                              Good old Reddit.

                                              [–]blanketfart 4 points5 points ago

                                              Yeah I want my money back

                                              [–]taiwanboy707 1 point2 points ago

                                              Yes. The movie was TERRIBLE.

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                                                [–]KaiserWilhelm3 109 points110 points ago

                                                I want a Bioshock movie to be made, but I'm terrified that it can't be done right.

                                                [–]Ausrufepunkt 70 points71 points ago

                                                You just need someone who's really passionate about it and has great quality.
                                                10years ago no one saw the rise of batman in movie and games to such a high quality

                                                [–]SecretAsianFan 68 points69 points ago

                                                sounds like a job for Uwe Boll

                                                [–]Killroyomega 51 points52 points ago

                                                We need Adam Sandler to play Andrew Ryan.

                                                [–]attackzac21 27 points28 points ago

                                                and his more comical sister that they added in to appeal to the women demographic

                                                [–]sirukin 12 points13 points ago

                                                I suggest Jim Carrey for the role of Atlas/Fontaine.

                                                [–]Zer_Mortice 17 points18 points ago

                                                And Rob Schneider as all the little sisters

                                                [–]sirukin 1 point2 points ago

                                                I think he should play all the slicers. Alongside other Sandler gang regulars.

                                                Right?

                                                "You can do eeeet! Would you kindly?"

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                                                  [–]Mage_tank 1 point2 points ago

                                                  Jim Carrey's actually pretty good, when he's not doing comedy. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was great.

                                                  Of course, I don't think he'd make a good Atlas, but my point is that he's better than Sandler and Schneider.

                                                  [–]I_am_salad 3 points4 points ago

                                                  If Uwe Boll did it, we'd have Nazi supermodels in skimpy clothes everywhere, and he'd dedicate an entire scene + build up to himself getting mauled by a splicer.

                                                  [–]general_rubbish 10 points11 points ago*

                                                  O.o

                                                  [–]Ironfruit 10 points11 points ago

                                                  That's very different. Batman is a rather unspecific IP as opposed to the likes of Bioshock. You can change anything about Batman and put him on any adventure so long as you keep the characters at least similar. Look at Tim Burton's Batman, in that film it was The Joker who killed Batman's parents but this was never a canon of the comics or other adaptations. Just a movie detail.

                                                  Bioshock is less flexible in that respect. You have certain events that take place but we know mostly what happens in Rapture...not much can change about that. I'm sure it could be done well but it has more restrictions to work with than a comic book film.

                                                  [–]Fuelogy 9 points10 points ago

                                                  There is probably a ton of Rapture that we haven't seen yet. All it takes is one character and "This is the prequel of some guy who does some thing set in the unique inspiring world of Rapture! Join him as he adventures and crosses paths with characters of the hit video game series Bioshock!"

                                                  [–]Ironfruit 7 points8 points ago

                                                  Good point, Bioshock does have a lot of iconic 'characters' (mostly the Big Daddys/Little Sisters) and a brilliant world.

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                                                      [–]Mecxs 47 points48 points ago

                                                      A lot of bioshock's power was inherent to the fact that it was a game, spoilers ahead.

                                                      The revelation that you're a brainwashed testtube baby created and programmed for the sole purpose of murdering Andrew Ryan is underscored by the fact that the player is also the audience. You're driving the action but you're also experiencing the action, which is what makes the feeling of betrayal so real, because you've been hating Ryan all game long and it makes you doubt your motivations. You genuinely feel like you've been duped, as opposed to just watching some character who's been duped.

                                                      I don't think you could really recapture that feeling through just film alone. No matter how good the atmosphere and setting were, it would just feel different. All those tapes and flashbacks would feel like cheap expository devices (and let's be honest, they are) as opposed to glimpses of a more prosperous time, plucked from the breast of a dying beast.

                                                      [–]BRsteve 25 points26 points ago

                                                      Also the fact that since it's a video game, you never question the fact that you do all these things for some disembodied voice without even questioning it, so it does actually seem like you were brainwashed.

                                                      [–]duel007 9 points10 points ago

                                                      Upvote for truth, though I would still love to see more of Rapture, no matter what the media. It makes me sad to think there won't ever be another game in that magnificent wonderland.

                                                      [–]Measly 2 points3 points ago

                                                      And that's exactly where I felt the second game fell short, it was harder to identify with the main character, and it made everything else seem distant from the player. Like you're playing a soulless golem instead of a real person who happened to be brainwashed.

                                                      [–]crimson_chin 3 points4 points ago

                                                      I disagree. The primary motivation was different, and the emotions that they were going for were different.

                                                      In Bioshock 2, they were creating a sense of attachment - and it worked for me, even if not for you - to the daughter that you lived to protect. She trusts you, and talks to you along the way, and THAT relationship/interaction drove much more of a connection than I thought was possible. To date, the ending to that game still makes me to shiver. In bioshock, I felt used and betrayed. In the second, I felt the father instinct to protect. I don't have children in real life, but I can only imagine that it will be the same drive to protect them as if I have them in the future.

                                                      [–]AMostOriginalUserNam 1 point2 points ago

                                                      I do agree with you, however I will say that for anyone who had played System Shock 2, the 'twist' wasn't particularly great. Not that you assumed it was going to be the same, but you did wonder. You certainly knew it could be on the cards.

                                                      [–]HappyDays7 1 point2 points ago

                                                      I thought you turned out to be Ryan's kid who got brainwashed and then Fontaine/Atlas just knew the trigger needed to get you to do stuff? Or am I just completely wrong here?

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                                                        [–]paddythemay 6 points7 points ago

                                                        I don't think that a Bioshock movie is ever likely to be made for a number of reasons, or should be made for a number of reasons.

                                                        As Mecxs correctly states, much of what made Bioshock quite so fantastic was the amazing revelation. For me, what made the twist quite so effective was that it highlighted what was strange about video game design, in that a video game character does what he is ordered to do. Thus, it would be extremely difficult, if not near impossible to effectively transfer such a twist onto the big screen.

                                                        In addition, while the game was hugely popular, it would be immensely difficult to create the world of Rapture without a huge budget. Considering that (in my own humble opinion) the tense atmosphere and horror of Rapture would likely warrant a 15 or 18 rating, it would be difficult to recover the high budget costs of creating a dark and convincing Rapture.

                                                        Furthermore, any Bioshock film could not convey the intriguing and sinister morality system. The choice of harvesting or killing the little sisters was highly important and added to the gravitas of the game world. Did you kill the little sisters and see yourself turn into the ADAM addicted splicers, or did you save the little sisters at the cost of having fewer plasmids? The Bioshock film would find it hard to highlight this moral dilemma, most likely opting to depict Jack as a heroic figure.

                                                        *tl;dr A Bioshock film would fail to convey all that made Bioshock great: the setting, the choices and the revelation. *

                                                        [–]drewm135 3 points4 points ago

                                                        Gore Verbinski was working on an R rated version of Bioshock but I think that pretty much died a couple years ago when he did Rango instead.

                                                        [–]illvm 8 points9 points ago

                                                        And a Deus Ex movie please.

                                                        [–]JediPilot 1 point2 points ago

                                                        YOU LEAVE DEUS EX ALONE

                                                        [–]Aspro1890 1 point2 points ago

                                                        A Bioshock movie is all I want!!!

                                                        [–]All_Tan_Everything 1 point2 points ago

                                                        I think they need to make a movie regarding the Rapture Civil War instead of the events that took place in the original Bioshock. The background of the city was what made the game interesting anyway.

                                                        [–]Farren246 1 point2 points ago

                                                        Well, as long as they have the protagonist taking pictures of enemies mid-combat and then analyzing them (as he is still being stabbed, shot, etc.) to see if those enemies have any weaknesses, then it should be ok. The rest of Bioshock is really just filler 'plot' to move the protagonist from picture to picture.

                                                        [–]Mage_tank 1 point2 points ago

                                                        It'd probably be pretty easy to make a prequel. It could be a drama instead of action, and most of the movie would take place while rapture is still the hip place to be, with all the hot mamas.

                                                        The first part would be an intro to Andrew Ryan, and the buildup to him having rapture built.

                                                        The second part would be the birth and honeymoon period of rapture...the golden age.

                                                        Third, we begin the slow fall...until finally it all comes crashing down.

                                                        Maybe end with a night shot of a plane in the distance, with the lighthouse in the foreground. During a monologue.

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                                                          [–]kommandojoe 48 points49 points ago

                                                          Smells like DOOM in here.

                                                          [–]EagleBurn 22 points23 points ago

                                                          WE DON'T SPEAK OF THAT.

                                                          IT NEVER HAPPENED!!!!!@!@ !2

                                                          [–]ehrlics 14 points15 points ago

                                                          Are you kidding me?? That movie is fucking AWESOME. It is absolutely hilarious I still watch that movie just to see it be so stupidly bad. The FPS scene is G O L D.

                                                          [–]rellz 1 point2 points ago

                                                          Big fucking gun

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                                                            [–]ZeekySantos 13 points14 points ago

                                                            The First Person Shooter scene happened (well, i thought it was pretty cool), but the rest of it is relegated to a dark corner in the backs of our minds, forever waiting to be forgotten.

                                                            [–]Nj_all_day 8 points9 points ago

                                                            If you forget everything about the games, its not so bad. I actually found DOOM to be mildly enjoyable. Nothing to recommend to anyone but I didn't regret watching it.

                                                            [–]bulletbillx 2 points3 points ago

                                                            Still mad it was a lame RE clone instead of like the games.

                                                            The perfect doom movie would have essentially been Aliens + Event horizon/other hell type movie stuff.

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                                                              [–]Laggyzaki 39 points40 points ago

                                                              I think there's an unwritten rule in film making which states that if you're making a video game adaption you must comepletely ignore the source material and give the production to a young director who hasn't yet developed a sense of storytelling and atmosphere. Who instead just wants to shove as many 'cool' things in as possible. This results in cheesy over the top and out of place nonsense that detracts from the film.

                                                              Video game film adaption checklist:

                                                              • Immature director
                                                              • Writers who've never even heard of the game
                                                              • Low budget
                                                              • Sabotage by film execs who hate games
                                                              • Bad actors

                                                              [–]bulletbillx 6 points7 points ago

                                                              This used to be the case for comic book movies. It could change in the future. With comic book movies they generally sucked until Batman in 1989 and the earlier Superman the movie. Then there was another wave of crap starting around Batman & Robin. Then Blade, Spider-man, and X-men brought the genre back and now you get some great films like Nolan's Batman, some average films, and occasionally some bad ones.

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                                                                [–]garysnail123 42 points43 points ago

                                                                Every video game makes a terrible movie.

                                                                Every movie makes a terrible video game.

                                                                [–]ByTheNineDivine 16 points17 points ago

                                                                Spiderman 2. That game was awesome.

                                                                [–]bulletbillx 2 points3 points ago

                                                                It's also the basis for all open world spidey games.

                                                                Though I have to say Spidey has a good track record compared to a lot of super hero video game franchises.

                                                                And the one based on the newest movie looks awesome. It takes place after the movie so the dev won't be rushed, and they're trying to combine the best parts of ALL the spider-man games with the best parts of the Batman: Arkham games. I hope it pulls it off and it is as badass as spider-man 2.

                                                                [–]AdrianoA 1 point2 points ago

                                                                To me, Prototype will always be Spiderman 2 but not as good.

                                                                [–]Servalpur 7 points8 points ago

                                                                I actually thought the Prince Of Persia movie was decent.

                                                                I mean, it wasn't great or anything, but it did what it was supposed to do. It was a Hollywood summer action movie with a very, very standard plot (boy saves the world and gets the girl at the end), that we've all seen about a bajillion times before.

                                                                However for all it's genericness, it wasn't bad. It was just decent.

                                                                [–]Kel-O-Tron 25 points26 points ago

                                                                Movie to Video Game Exceptions: Chronicles of Riddick, Batman (NES)

                                                                Video Game to Movie Exceptions: Fatal Fury, Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie

                                                                Granted the movies are animated, but still, they both had theatrical releases in Japan.

                                                                [–]ArseAssault 28 points29 points ago

                                                                Another for movie-to-video game exceptions: Goldeneye 64

                                                                [–]chardrak 6 points7 points ago

                                                                The best of all.

                                                                [–]thisisnoone 34 points35 points ago

                                                                What about Goldeneye?

                                                                [–]czarchastic 7 points8 points ago

                                                                Goldeneye was the game that got me into the whole 007 franchise. Though, honestly, the game could've been about anything and executed just as well. Case in point: Perfect Dark.

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                                                                  [–]Aspro1890 7 points8 points ago

                                                                  X Men Origins Wolverine is actually a pretty good.video game as well.

                                                                  [–]UncleTwinkleToes 18 points19 points ago

                                                                  You forgot Spider-Man 2

                                                                  [–]Colostomy 2 points3 points ago

                                                                  It's ridiculous how easily and well Spider-Man 3 could have improved on it but NOEP.

                                                                  [–]DrRickDaglessMD 7 points8 points ago

                                                                  There are loaaads of exceptions. Goldeneye, LOTR: Return of the King and Pokemon off the top of my head but I'm sure there are many, many more.

                                                                  [–]meanderingmalcontent 1 point2 points ago

                                                                  Also: Jaws and Friday 13th for NES.

                                                                  [–]bulletbillx 1 point2 points ago

                                                                  More Movie to Video Game Exceptions: Spider-man, Spider-man 2, X-men origins: Wolverine (literally better than the movie for once)

                                                                  [–]mastaace 1 point2 points ago

                                                                  I think the Star Wars franchise has definitely made some good games (if you count games that aren't directly based on the movie plots)

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                                                                    [–]Mecxs 6 points7 points ago

                                                                    I think Lord of the Rings is an interesting anomaly here. Granted, it was a book that became both a video game and movie, but both were done relatively well. I'll admit to never having played the game, but I had friends who did and really enjoyed their experiences with it.

                                                                    [–]bulletbillx 2 points3 points ago

                                                                    LOTR is a BUNCH of games. I liked the diablo style games on GBA. Some of the other ones are good too.

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                                                                      [–]runekey 10 points11 points ago

                                                                      See how great internet comics can be without rage faces?

                                                                      [–]LinuxFP 1 point2 points ago

                                                                      You can thank /v/

                                                                      [–]runekey 2 points3 points ago

                                                                      implying im not from /v/

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                                                                        [–][deleted] 78 points79 points ago

                                                                        It took me a long, long time to realize that was a metaphor.

                                                                        [–]geosmin 20 points21 points ago

                                                                        Mind if I ask what kind of theories were going through your mind as you grasped for understanding?

                                                                        [–]needlzor 23 points24 points ago

                                                                        Don't feel bad, it took your comment for me to realize it was a metaphor. Now I feel so dumb.

                                                                        [–]Traner 71 points72 points ago

                                                                        you two are dumb

                                                                        [–]N3otron 1 point2 points ago

                                                                        A metaphor for Michael Bay.

                                                                        [–]powernut 3 points4 points ago

                                                                        Uwe Boll, you mean.

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                                                                          [–]manyya 7 points8 points ago

                                                                          Adult Alien Karate Turtles

                                                                          [–]northern_wind 64 points65 points ago

                                                                          http://i3.ytimg.com/vi/Ft6mQSfo7F8/hqdefault.jpg WOLOLO

                                                                          [–]dispenserhere 14 points15 points ago

                                                                          I got your back, mate. I thought it was funny.

                                                                          [–]Eric52902 4 points5 points ago

                                                                          No kidding, I can't believe this isn't getting more traction.

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                                                                            [–]Willomo 18 points19 points ago

                                                                            Until it clicked in my mind, I though there actually was a game called "Blue", and I got a little excited at the idea

                                                                            [–]DatParadox 22 points23 points ago

                                                                            I thought of pokemon at first.

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                                                                              [–]alan2500 3 points4 points ago

                                                                              Timesplitters the movie. That might be hard to make good but it would be to awesome if they made that game a great movie

                                                                              [–]MegaBattleDuck 3 points4 points ago

                                                                              Half-Life 2 would make an excellent movie!

                                                                              Say, from a random citizen's point of view, trying to get out of City 17 before the Citadel explodes like in episode 1. Then of course their adventure of whatever happens in Episode 2, seeing the rocket launch at the end.

                                                                              But there would never be a sequel.

                                                                              [–]lagspike 9 points10 points ago

                                                                              this is super mario bros the movie, in a nutshell.

                                                                              to this day I wonder how the fuck they botched that so bad.

                                                                              [–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

                                                                              Originally, it was going to be semi-accurate. GI did an article on it, and supposedly they tried to get someone that helped make blade runner on it, and they warped it into what it was.

                                                                              [–]hippythekid 6 points7 points ago

                                                                              "In his 2007 autobiography John Leguizamo states he and Bob Hoskins hated working on the film and would frequently get drunk to make it through the experience. Both men apparently knew the movie would turn out bad, so they simply tried to make the best of it. He also stated he felt one of the biggest reasons the movie turned out the way it did was because the directors wanted a more "adult" movie while the studio, considering the source material, was looking for a children's film."

                                                                              Source

                                                                              [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

                                                                              haha. yep.

                                                                              [–]PentagramJ2 2 points3 points ago

                                                                              Am I really the only one who actually genuinely enjoys the first MK movie and Prince of Persia? Like I don't even consider them to be "good bad movies" I just think they're genuinely entertaining.

                                                                              [–]PoochDoobie 8 points9 points ago

                                                                              To be fair, pokemon red and blue are very similar.

                                                                              [–]whathefuckisreddit 6 points7 points ago

                                                                              I would really like an Assassins Creed movie and/or Mass Effect.

                                                                              [–]laddergoat89 8 points9 points ago

                                                                              There is an Assassins Creed movie in production, which I hate because I love the games.

                                                                              Though apparently Ubisoft have demanded a lot of creative control.

                                                                              [–]Quaytsar 1 point2 points ago

                                                                              Ubisoft has already made an Assassin's Creed short film (Assassin's Creed Lineage) which isn't that bad. It doesn't have a terribly great story, but it gets the fights scenes down right. It's included in Assassin's Creed 2, on disc. It acts as a prologue to Assassin's Creed 2.

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                                                                                [–]Cool_sandwich 2 points3 points ago

                                                                                They are making a Mass effect movie already.

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                                                                                  [–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

                                                                                  Yet another image from /v/.

                                                                                  [–]blunt_toward_enemy 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                  ... Directed by Uwe Boll.

                                                                                  [–]ReginaPhilangee 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                  I would love to see a portal movie, kind of in the style of the movie "cube." But it would probably just get ruined and lose all the mystery that makes it cool.

                                                                                  [–]Deemanboy24 2 points3 points ago

                                                                                  Portal doesn't really have a story line that would work as a movie. The protagonist is silent and the only contribution they make is that they are the topic of the conversations. I can't imagine that being easy to adapt.

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                                                                                    [–]Octosteel 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                    All this talk of bad video game films but everyone forgets the awesomeness that was the animal crossing movie.

                                                                                    [–]Killericon 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                    Nothing horrifies me more than the idea that I will have to go see the Ender's Game movie. I just have to.

                                                                                    [–]fatchick400 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                    Even if they did manage to make it blue, it would probably be the wrong shade.

                                                                                    [–]Dookiestain_LaFlair 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                    I just blue myself.

                                                                                    [–]Hypersapien 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                    That's why I hope that Assassins' Creed will break that streak. Ubisoft isn't trusting a movie studio with it, they made their own studio to make the movie. Sony is funding it, but the contract says that Ubisoft gets the final say on pretty much everything.

                                                                                    [–]BaronOshawott 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                    Sometime game adaptions baffle me. It's like they go out of their way to make the movie completely different, and oftentimes horrible. See: Super Mario Bros.

                                                                                    [–]faustuf 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                    PROTIP: Don't buy movies based on video games. And don't buy video games based on movies.

                                                                                    [–]kshell11724 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                    Silent Hill rates as both my favorite video game movie as well as horror movie. Its sweet despite its lack of critical acclaim. Oh and Scott Pilgrim man!

                                                                                    [–]microxerox 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                    Repost

                                                                                    [–]LethalAtheist 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                    Im probably in the minority, but I didn't think hitman was that bad. Plus Farcry got a higher score by like 10 percent. Did they SEE Farcry?

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