Churning more and more movies each year, and hoping to tap in that wonderful game industry aficionados, Hollywood is pretty much going overboard with video game adaptations.
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After all, they are making The Sims into a movie. It’s basically like the game, except you don’t control all the characters. Wait, was that the only thing the game had going for it?
World of Warcraft too? Now that can’t work. Have you people learned nothing about fantasy films that are not Lord of The Rings? They flop. Even the mighty Tolkien trilogy barely managed to stay awesome, there were plenty of moments where it might have gone astray. Lesson learned: fantasy epics rarely work, especially when they’re pop culture adaptations (see Eragon), except if they’re marketed to the very young (case in point: Harry Potter). Those movie execs actually think the millions of players would rather spend money on a movie instead of actually playing it?
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Prince of Persia? Sure, why not. I mean I was all about criticizing this one, but it’s Mike Newell, he’s done some good stuff. Say what? Jake Jake Gyllenhaal as the prince and Gemma Arterton as Tamina? Are they even remotely asian? How exactly is this supposed to work? Ben Kingsley? I used to love the man, but it seems these days he’s just sinking lower and lower.
I could go on an on about Gears of War, Bioshock and the rest, and maybe some of them might end up being above average movies( The Suffering could work as a movie, and Chiwetel Ejiofor is pretty darn good), but overall I have a hunch I’ll be more than disappointed.
Posted on October 23rd, 2008 by MrWiseguy
Filed under: Movies
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