Doa On August 25th Options

[KAGE360]

WOW, I can't believe how many of you liked the Mortal Kombat movie.

Even as a fan of the series I thought the movies was lame as hell. Granted, not Uwe Boll lame, but lame none the less.

the second one took a huge nose dive but the first was great. it was true to the game's plot, the setting couldnt be more accurate, the actors were great portrayels of the game, good music, and the fighting was awsome for the time.

to each their own i guess

[LowProfileWurm]

WOW, I can't believe how many of you liked the Mortal Kombat movie.

Even as a fan of the series I thought the movies was lame as hell. Granted, not Uwe Boll lame, but lame none the less.

I think I liked it because it was a grade above Street Fighter: The Movie with Jean Claude God Damn. That abortion was worse than someone pissing gasoline on me and shooting fireball turds at my face. And since they were really the first 2 movies that I can remember based on video games... MK always stuck out as "better". Besides... the techno soundtrack was awesome.

In retrospect, my Game to Cinema Favorites are:
1. Resident Evil
2. Tomb Raider
3. Final Fantasy
4. Mortal Kombat
5... I'll have to get back to you on that...

[Deftech]

Loved the first MK movie, saw 5 minutes of the sequel and turned it off.

Tomb Raiders were great, but im a TR whore so thats a given.

[Himura]

God, saw the trailer months ago, hated it then, still hate it now.

but about MK, I think I liked it so much was because I was around 8 years old when I first saw it. and as for other video game movies, I just hope that the Halo movie will be good.

[Rustmonkey]

Honestly, no one has mentioned Super Mario Brothers? Lame ass movie, but hey, at least its fun

[metaldevil]

There are few good videogame movies, but it's no surprise that a videogame movie will suck. At least, it can't be any worse than the stupid ending movies from the DOA games, especially DOA4. Only the "hardcore" fans will tear the movie apart. Lord knows why, but it's just entertainment. Nothing more.

[IMnotGarBagE]

I really enjoyed the Silent Hill movie. Wasn't Pyramid Head in Silent Hill 2? I hated fighting him everywhere i went.

[dgrams2003]

...but the most import question is:

Will the Story line of DOA (the movie) actually make sense?
The video games always have some wierd plots that make no sense
and I wish this aspect of the games would be improved.


And here is one more vote for MK being the best video game-to movie

I love it! The movie is sooo cool and the music rocks. (even with a lack of blood)

(The second one sucked for multiple reasons)

[crobar]

Advent children is good but it doesn’t have two fee to stand on unless you have played the game half of the movies appeal is nostalgia.
Spirits within was good it just had that whole living dead thing and that why it got some bad reviews.

silent hill was great and I’ve only played one release on the xbox...and got bored of being trapped in my apartment...
I’m thinking about picking up a ps1 and playing the one the movie was based on though.

Mortal kombat... lol, street fighter...dead or alive....lets just say fighting games don’t have enough story to make a movie maybe a 1 season tv show for kids with low attention spans.

doa is gonna bomb...im surprised its not a strait to tape DVD blue ray hd dvd late night tv

[KAGE360]

There are few good videogame movies, but it's no surprise that a videogame movie will suck. At least, it can't be any worse than the stupid ending movies from the DOA games, especially DOA4. Only the "hardcore" fans will tear the movie apart. Lord knows why, but it's just entertainment. Nothing more.

you obviously dont understand japanese humor

Advent children is good but it doesn’t have two fee to stand on unless you have played the game half of the movies appeal is nostalgia.
Spirits within was good it just had that whole living dead thing and that why it got some bad reviews.

silent hill was great and I’ve only played one release on the xbox...and got bored of being trapped in my apartment...
I’m thinking about picking up a ps1 and playing the one the movie was based on though.

Mortal kombat... lol, street fighter...dead or alive....lets just say fighting games don’t have enough story to make a movie maybe a 1 season tv show for kids with low attention spans.

doa is gonna bomb...im surprised its not a strait to tape DVD blue ray hd dvd late night tv

i dont care for the FF series, have never played through FF7 and i still enjoyed advent children, i think it also has an appeal for anime fans (like me)

i dont think the silent hill movie was supposed to be based off of any of the games but instead just barrowed ideas from them (like the cop in the movie wearing what the cop in the first game wore)

while its true that a story isnt the most important aspect in a fighting game (which makes sense) but that doesnt mean that you can not make a movie off of it. the first MK was great and very true to the game's story while street fighter was a joke for many reasons. again they have said from the beginning that the DoA movie would have a "charlie's angels" vibe through it, do i agree with this? no, i much rather have had a more harder edge movie with ninjas vs. a mega-corperation but i will take what i can get as the series has more then just a hard edge theme behind it.

honestly, i dont think these game movies are given a budget big enough to fully reach what we expect from them and i much rather wait until i watch a movie before passing judgement.

[metaldevil]

you obviously dont understand japanese humor

Believe me, I know 'funny' and those ending movies have nothing to do with it. Everyone's got their own opinion. Not everyone's going to like what you like. You shouldn't feel slighted because I don't like something you like.

[KAGE360]

Believe me, I know 'funny' and those ending movies have nothing to do with it. Everyone's got their own opinion. Not everyone's going to like what you like. You shouldn't feel slighted because I don't like something you like.

i dont feel anything and i really meant no offense. its just obvious that some of the endings have a very distinct japanese humor feel to them, some find it amusing while others dont. to each their own, i was just stating to why some people dont find some movies amusing.

[Zionide]

not to spoil anything buy my favorite part was easily when they first went into the church...

it was just ...

I know the part your talking about, it was awesome. I've never played any of the games, so what was up with those giant guys with black things on their heads. Seeing as I have never played Silent Hill games, I thought it was one of the best movies I've seen this year, besides United 93.

[corkinator]

Silent Hill was good, The acting was great with the exception of the "Church Zombies" (but they were extras so it's forgivable), also the movie was believable, in that even the freaky stuff that happens has a good explanation (there are a few different theories but all of them work well).

As far as the story goes it's pretty much like the first game, I haven't played it in a long time and I never finished it but aside from the ending I can attest that it follows the game's story pretty close save a few things changed to make it believable and not as boring as a video game.

I wouldn't fault it on story because it's pretty much ripped straight from the game, and isn't that really what we're all looking for in these translations?

I look at it this way: the movie was good enough and stand on it's own, and could very easily create a fan base that have never even heard of the game, yet at the same time it's true enough to the game that even die-hard fans will enjoy the movie translation. IMO that's the holy grail of making movies from games right there.

I thought it was pretty good but the story at the end really dropped off. Mainly because it was changed from the game.

I would have used Sean Bean as the main guy and totally based it on the first game.

Oh and as cool as it was to see Silent Hill 2 baddy, Pyramid Head, he had no place in the movie's story.

Could have been much better but it was still worthwhile.

DOA movie trailer looks terrible. Any movie that has Holly Valance in it will flop.

[Joshua Wood]

Haha, I was thinking the other day about whether there were any good movies based from games, and couldn't really think of any...

Super Mario Bros... lol. SF2... I agree I thought MK was better than I would have expected...I think partially because the game has a much better story than SF and they stuck to it. Might have to check Silent Hill out but it's got shit reviews... I'd expect it to be bad. Resident Evil wasn't too bad...but could have been a lot better.

FF:SW was great, have yet to see Advent Kids but can't wait for it. Probably the best movies, I'd agree.

DOA as CG would make for a cool movie. I love the opening to DOA:U.

I noticed at the video shop the other day Alone In The Dark...anyone seen this? Would expect it to be bad also...

And lol, has anyone acutally seen House Of the Dead??? I've seen the preview and it looks awful....