See if Prince of Persia works out. But I'll suggest Legend of Zelda, Ninja Gaiden, Okami, Kindom Hearts.
Games that would make awsome movies
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I am firmly believing that the PoP movie WILL be good. My faith is resting on that. (And the fact that Jake Gyllenhaal is in it is pretty nice too.)
And I second Psychonauts, that would be amazing. Tim Burton would be all over that.
Oh, and inFamous would be baller.
And I second Psychonauts, that would be amazing. Tim Burton would be all over that.
Oh, and inFamous would be baller.
I would like to see all of the OPs list, as well as Mass Effect, Morrowind, maybe Oblivion, and Fallout 3.
If they made a movie that actually properly follows the plot of max payne it'd be good.
(Not that crap movie they made)
If only because it would fuck so many people up and be banned in most countries.
(Not that crap movie they made)
If only because it would fuck so many people up and be banned in most countries.
Lets face it, the games that try to be a film have often led to disappointment and in the same vein films that are based off of games are often uninspired or try to lure in fans of that game. This often alienates those not familiar with the game or annoys those who have, since the characters have no time to develop. You play the game for ten hours, the character starts to grow on you and you understand their motivations and mind set, but when watching a film you have an hour to get the people interested before the climactic end. Games would make better television series because you are able to ingrain coherent motives to particular characters, build hatred for the antagonist. Of course the problem with this is television shows don't make nearly as much money.
Lots of games would be good movies, and lots of games that have been made into crappy movies would have been great movies if Hollywood hadn't fucked the plotlines up.
Doom would have been an awesome movie if they hadn't tried to turn it into some bullshit morality tale about the perils of genetic engineering and stuck with, "Everything that lives in Hell is coming to Mars to eat you alive." Oh, and the BFG wasn't green, which is nitpicky, but well....
I'm cautiously optimistic that the Prince of Persia movie will be good, when I was a kid I always wanted to see the original 2D platformers turned into movies and this is kind of a realization of that I guess.
Doom would have been an awesome movie if they hadn't tried to turn it into some bullshit morality tale about the perils of genetic engineering and stuck with, "Everything that lives in Hell is coming to Mars to eat you alive." Oh, and the BFG wasn't green, which is nitpicky, but well....
I'm cautiously optimistic that the Prince of Persia movie will be good, when I was a kid I always wanted to see the original 2D platformers turned into movies and this is kind of a realization of that I guess.
I feel that the real question here is: Why do games need to be made into movies? Okay, so you have a popular/interesting game. Why can't it just be what it is? Frankly, having all these adaptations out there kind of does a disservice to the medium because it perpetuates this idea that games are poorly made and dumb. Also, the hard truth is that very few games have strong enough stories and characters to warrant a film.
Anyway, to answer the question, I think Second Sight has an underrated and interesting story that, in the right hands, could translate nicely into film.
Anyway, to answer the question, I think Second Sight has an underrated and interesting story that, in the right hands, could translate nicely into film.
We can always discuss this but in true fact, no matter what it was it probably would suck as all game movies turn out to be.
Really? It's one of my favourite games of all time, but the story was lacklustre at best.TheNamlessGuy said:
For me, a great Halo movie would make me cry with happiness.
Aren't they making a BioShock? My pick is quite obviously Metal Gear. Starting with 3 because its a prequel. Then 1 2 and 4. I would see every single one on opening day. Also, an Assassins Creed movie would be cool.EDIT: Not serious at all, katamari damacyarc1991 said: