I just saw it, and I thought it was downright epic. It definitely wasn't deep, but it was really exciting. It had a videogamey feel to it that reminded me a lot of Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World. This is the first 3D movie that I've ever liked and was worth the headaches. The characters seemed to think in the back of their heads that they were in a videogame. I thought the action was done awesomely, and I'm going to see it again.
Hubilub said:
I'm completely opposite to his views on the Resident Evil films though. I thought the first one was the best, and then it degraded into worse quality.
That said, he's right about none of them actually being all that good. The first one was passable, the second one couldn't figure out if it wanted to be scary or action packed, the third one was awful, and the forth one looks like it's going to be worse, from the shitty premise to the throwing-things-in-your-face 3D that I hate.
Believe it or not the throwing 3D stuff in your face actually worked pretty well (I almost went out of my way to see this movie in 2D). I disagree with a lot of what you said though, so maybe you shouldn't take my word for it.
My buddy wanted me to see this with him today, so last night we had a movie marathon watching the first three.
And you know what? I kind of liked them! Sure, they're kind of generic and silly, but they were enjoyable and they had your moments. We then went and saw Afterlife earlier today, and it was my favorite out of all them. There are certainly worse ways to spend your money.
Mr. Moviebob, i'm dissapointed. Not saying this serie of movies is an ugly, disgusting, sick piece of s**t was pretty harmfull for the high respect i have to your taste, but well, i can't judge anyone. Pretty enjoyable anyway.
Oh, and maybe the resident evil (videogame) story is silly, but is pretty enjoyable and have some charisma. The movies are just empty. And yeah... i know.. i'm a fanman (i will never call me boy. You loose that right after the 20s)
RESIDENT EVIL: CHECK OUT MY RIDICULOUSLY HOT WIFE does actually sound pretty fitting.
If the character reveal is Leon, I might care. Resident Evil 4 is the only RE I've played, and while it's not THE best Survival Horror game ever, it's one of the best so far. I'm stuck right now, but I'll figure it out.
I might see this when it comes to my cheap theater (I have 2 theaters: 1 big nice expensive one and 1 not as good but only costs about $2 one that shows films after they've been in the big nice one for a while.) I might see it with my friends just so we can make fun of it if it sucks... too bad they don't know RE to well.
At least the Resident Evil movie series hasn't been as bad as Resident-Evil-On-Mars, sorry, the 'DooM' movie. That movie sucked harder than any creative metaphor i can think of.
A for Bob's little mention of Other M I have to agree to some extent. Fusion and Prime 1 are still my personal favorites, but Other M is still great. Plus it's nice that they didn't reduce Samus to another boring "Man-Hating Ice Queen Who'd Never EVER Accept Instruction From ANY Man" as stated by Bob himself
Yeah, it's just a shame that they reduced her to another boring anime emotional monologuing stereotype who obsesses over a man the entire game instead.
"A straw man argument is an informal fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position.[1] To "attack a straw man" is to create the illusion of having refuted a proposition by substituting a superficially similar yet unequivalent proposition (the "straw man"), and refuting it, without ever having actually refuted the original position" from Wikipedia
For example: what you're using is a straw man argument, when Bob claims that his opponents are using straw men arguments, he is in fact using straw man arguments to make a straw man argument.
You've learned well from Bob, but now you must unlearn what you have learned.
Have a nice day.
Also on the subject of the Other M, clearly there cannot be any middle ground ever. She must either be an emotionally dependent wreck or an ice queen who excepts no help from any man ever. God forbid, she behave like a professional soldier. But really, what else can I expect from Japan but an emotionally dependent wreck who pretends to be an ice queen who won't except any help from any man because she's insecure but secretly wants to be commanded LIKE ALL WOMEN DO!
Seriously, isn't this idea a little f'ed out? I'm no big fan of 3D, but does every movie have to pretend to throw stuff at the audience as if it were an original idea? I wish people would just forget about 3D because it does not make a shitty movie any better.
Fail. Fail to understand the meaning of the word co-dependent. Fail to understand the relationship between Samus and Adam (hint: unless you live in a area where dating your step-father is common, there's no reason to think he's her boyfriend). Fail at understanding how the military works. Fail to be good at video games. You just plain fail.
You failed to get, what Metroid is all about! It was never about Samus' emo trip, not about her screaming and literally transforming into a little girl, while seeing an enemy she killed several times before. Not about talking about the baby constantly, not about having characters you will never care about, not about having a ridiculosly easy linear gameplay.
If you think that the essence of the game is in a shitty remake and in an even shittier GBA sequel, than you are a MORON.
In a Metroid game there is exploration, gameplay altering elements, isolation, badass Bossfights that are hard and provide you a sence of achievement when you win them, all that done by a badass silent bounty hunter who is the federations last hope, and who doesn't fucking care what the orders are! This was the essence of the game series. I you wnat to go in a completely different direction against all the series stands for, than have at least the decency to make a new franchise. As I said in an earlier post: Moviebbob can like the game and play it as much as he wants. But saying the game is objectively better than the game that perfectly captured the essence of the series, makes him look like an idiot. The worst characterization doesn't nessesarily mean it is a bad charcterization by itself, but if you consider, that it goes against every single Metroid game, then it is the worst characterization ever.
From my perspective Metroid Fusion, Zero Mission and Other M never existed, and I will gladly ignore them in every form they will ever appear! Nintendo will have to pull off at least a Super Metroid or a second Metroid Prime next time to win me back.
As for Resident Evil:
I don't care how hot Milla Jovovich is, but she doesn't make a shitty movie better.
For everyone who wants to save his money and is only interested in the character reveal:
They reveal Jill Valentine giving orders to some soldiers and wearing the suit from Resident Evil 5 and this strange, cleavage exposing control device.
I was really expecting Bob to be as ticked off about Samus's drastically altered characterization as the rest of the internet seems to be. It's a straight shot, really. Samus, having recently been the stoic tough-girl of the Smash Brothers sect and a lone adventurer that has saved the universe several times by this point, is drastically recharacterized to be massively dependent on the orders of a newly-introduced superior officer, into a character who starts shaking and freezing up in fear of an enemy that she had already defeated several times at this point, and who monologues endlessly, to the point that the series could have been a film noir and had less monologues overall.
Then again, maybe Bob's just not that far into the game, and the weight of all this hasn't bludgeoned him into depression yet.
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