canadamus_prime said:
IHaveNoCoolness said:
Well in that case I suppose there's no point in mentioning that I don't think very highly of movie critics.
Ok sure these movies were hardly Academy Award winners (which isn't saying much since the Academy Awards are bullshit), or rather they were hardly on the same level as films like say... Lord of the Rings, or Avatar, or... I can't think of any other examples, but the fact is ok, they don't compare to these films, but did they entertain me? Yes, so I'll consider them good films. Well ok, simply entertaining me isn't always enough to save a film, for example that terrible Dragonball: Evolution film. I'll admit I was mildly amused while watching that film, but I still say it was terrible. Now I'm willing to forgive a lot more then the average fan, as my time on the Internet and on the Escapist in particular has tought me, but I could not forgive the butchery of the characters. However in Mortal Kombat the characters weren't really all that deeply developed as far as I knew; and as for story, well sure both films didn't have truly blockbuster stories, but neither did the games they were based on so what exactly were you expecting? I don't see how they were any worse then say The Terminator, Escape from New York/LA, or Die Hard.
No, it's quite obvious you don't think highly of movie critics, but that's fine.
Before you write off the Academy Award and call them bullshit, I would like to snarkily point out that Return of The King won the Academy Award for best picture. I really don't think it's fair to call the Academy Awards bullshit when one of the movies you cited as being better than these movies (Resident Evil and Mortal Kombat) won the best picture award.
As far as your 3 (4) films at the end, The Terminator, Escape from New York/La and Die Hard, I can't believe you would compare The Terminator and Die Hard to the Escape movies. The Terminator and Die Hard are towering pinnacles of cinematography compared to the Escape from ... films.
Also, the Terminator and Die Hard are both 100 times better than Resident Evil and Mortal Kombat... As for the reason's why, lets look at the original Terminator and not the more recent and crummier sequels.
The Terminator, the original was is a pretty terrific and serviceable horror film, that actually has a pretty poignant commentary on the dangers of reliance on machines. The Terminator as played by Arnold as an unstopping, unrelenting killing machine that can't be bartered, bargained or reasoned with is pretty scary and amazing. That film was wildly successful and is considered a classic film and one that defined an entire genre for many years. Compare that to Mortal Kombat which is campy at best.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/terminator/
The Terminator. 100%.
Die Hard. This movie basically wrote the book on how to make a successful big budget action film. All the cliches come from this movie and it is pure genius. The premise and set-up make for a believable thrill ride, where you can't help but cheer for the scrappy underdog. Couple that with an amazingly and believably creepy role from Alan Rickman opposite to Bruce Willis' likeability as John McClane and enough twists and turns that this movie just never stops firing on all cylinders. This is a great film in that it sets up it's hero with problems and demons and then thrusts him into and extraordinary situation, and is amazingly believable and a lot of fun.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/die_hard/
Die Hard. 94%.
I'm sorry, but I can't possibly believe that Mortal Kombat and Resident Evil can even hold a candle to these to films.
Granted, at this point we've gone off topic. The whole point of the thread was to discuss which video game would make an awesome movie. I don't think there is any hope of making one, and you clearly disagree. I don't accept mediocritry from films before I call them good. You can enjoy a bad movie just like you can enjoy eatting bad food. There's nothing wrong with that. You can enjoy bad things, but you just have to recognize that they are bad, and there is vastly superior stuff out there that might not be to your personal tastes but is clearly much better.
Sure, they could make an goofy movie based on Left 4 Dead, and it could be fun to watch as a distraction from our hectic and stress filled lives, but I'm willing to bet money, that the movie would just be a bad movie with little to no substance. In no instance would I ever refer to any movie about a game as being awesome at this point. Maybe one day I'll be surprised and they will make one, but in the mean time, I'm going to stand by the assertation that they are all terrible, because they are. They might be worthwhile distractions, but they're not going to be worth pointing at as the pinnacles of cinematography.
