There has never been -- nor will there ever be -- a good movie based on a video game.
Agree on the former. Disagree on the latter.
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If Miyamoto does get the script he wants (and he says Nintendo will move along if they can't get it together), I can tell you that movie is going to make a billion dollars worldwide. Nintendo has held off revisiting Mario ever since the Bob Hoskins disaster -- I'm sure it'll be respectful and fun for that reason, and Illumination might actually score with that source material.
The character is perennially enduring and the games still make a fortune worldwide -- if they actually make a fun, upbeat animated movie, I think they can break the ceiling and have a massive success on their hands.
It's odd, though, that most video game movies have been so bad...I've played games that are a lot more fun, and more cinematic, than a lot of modern movies. I mean, the GOLDENEYE game was a
lot more fun than watching the film!
I think part of the problem is when they do make these movies, they don't stick to what worked in the games. SUPER MARIO BROS. is one of the most influential games ever made -- the look, the music, the sound, all of it was so influential it's like B&W going to color in the gaming world. And yet the movie that gets produced is this downbeat, icky looking Blade Runner-ripoff from the Max Headroom people?!? The hell were they smoking!! No wonder why Nintendo never wanted to go through that process again...which is why I think Mario could be the saving grace...if it gets made.
Even the second film came out in 2003, which was fifteen years ago now.
Exactly -- we've had 2 different Supermans and 2 different Batmen since then (lol)...
I'm not planning on seeing it right now, but I don't blame them for trying to make another film. The Tomb Raider games are popular and the character is well-known. The issue with the Jolie movies is that they weren't well written or much fun. They did OK because of "the brand" -- not because the films themselves were any good.
It looks like they are starting over and forgetting the Jolie movies happened because it's like the Daniel Craig 007 movies with the character starting out again. That was the hook to the video game (which was really outstanding) and it's probably wise for them to go in that direction.
Vikander looks good in the part. That's half the battle right there.
At this point, I'd rather see this than RAMPAGE
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