Pimpin Reviews: The Hero of Time (The Ocarina of Time fan movie)

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[h4]Pimpin Reviews: The Hero of Time[/h4]​

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Nintendo?s Ocarina of Time is possibly the most prominent video game to have ever been created. Personally, I was mesmerized the first moment I divulged into Hyrule. If you haven?t noticed yet, it?s a bit of a ?Zelda week? on Pimpin Reviews. You can find my musings on the game itself in my new series called Gentlemen [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/326.183580-Gentlemen-I-present-The-Legend-of-Zelda-Ocarina-of-Time#5496033]. My admiration of the game is exactly why the independent film ?The Hero of Time? failed to impress me with its film adaptation of the game. Ocarina of Time to myself and to many is not just another videogame. Feel free to call me out on this, regardless of the strain of creating an independent no budget film, if your going to make a adaptation of such a game, make sure you do it with some goddamn dignity.

Gah! Church! They'll make me stand in one place for what seems like hours!

One thing I can appreciate from big budget blockbuster films is regardless of quality, they almost always know how to use a camera. Most of ?The Hero of Time? is played out by the two leads bold facedly telling the audience of the sequence of events on screen. And the excess use of the fade in/fade out feature was a pain as well. One time, the camera faded out at the end of a fight, only to fade back in literally seconds later. My biggest pet peeve, was that throughout the film there was a barrage of completely unnecessary scenes. I can understand that the film itself is just a giant fan service, but dedicating entire scenes for the sole purpose of a handful of ?niche appeal? sequences felt tiresome.

In fact, a whole lot of the film seemed like filler. Characters take ages to speak, the obnoxious camera focuses on the environment too much, and there was this weird thing with taping characters as they tediously walked from place to place like the director had some sort of bizarre Elvin foot fetish.

Like all things in life, the finest parts of movie making are free. The films greatest problem is that the character development is absolutely abyssal. The protagonist Link, for one is possibly the weakest character in the entire plot. The movie tries to paint him in torment through a handful of bad dreams and questions about his past, but it simply isn?t enough. Rivaling Links massive mediocrity is the main antagonist Ganondorf. The man is almost cartoonishly evil, only a step away from tying Link up in a overly extravagant death trap while he bond-villans his diabolical plans to him. In fact, most of Ganondorf?s screens are ?deep? inner monologues that come off as more laughable than emphatic.

Anyone else think Link looks like Hubilub?

The music is absolutely terrific, and if its one aspect of the game that the film actually nailed. The effort they put into the props, costumes, and settings really shows. Even though Link looked like a cross between Michal Jackson and McJaggar. For an independent team without the financial abilities to support such a project, it was stellar on that aspect.
However, what I think they failed to realize is that movies and videogames are not interchangeable mediums. While Link may be a loveable youngin in games, the character doesn?t translate over to the big screen. A fat mustachioed Italian plumber that can only grunt may be cute on the small screen, but in the theater we have a totally different scenario. When it comes down to translating films to movies there are only to viable ways: A literal down to the finest detail film copy or a brand new cinematic experience that only uses the source material as a start.

As it became evident, the first option rarely ever works. The second one is what the industry should be shooting for. The Hero of Time tries to squeeze itself somewhere inbetween. Major changes to the story, like the heretical removal of Link?s fairy companion Navi, to the slight altering of the ending were completely unwelcome. However the ?niche appeal? scenes could have been done away with as well.

Regardless, I would call this movie a must see for all levels of Zelda fans. Something like this will most likely never be done again, and it?s an experience they should not miss. However, I doubt non-friends would find any appeal in the film by itself. Sadly, after a long run Nintendo had to step in to protect its creative rights and shut it down. You can still find it in the deepest darkest corners of the internet. [http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IE862Y4R][footnote]THIS IS A TORRENT SITE - RUN A VIRUS CHECK BEFORE USING IT[/footnote] But you didn?t hear that from me. Capiche?


HIGH: Waiting

LOW: Watching

WTF: Gorons are Latinos?

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Uncreative

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Wow, I...Didn't even know this was out there.
It's a shame they didn't do a better job, but thanks for sharing it's existence.

Looking forward to your new reviews.
 

Escapefromwhatever

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Isn't that trailer at the end the one IGN released as an April Fool's joke? Because it seems like it would fit perfectly with the movie you're describing, and if I'm wrong, and it is a trailer for this movie, I have to watch it now.
 

toastmaster2k8

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Thanks for the Major VIRUS link, now my computer is fuckin broken again and my dads gonna kill me. Thanks alot dick bag.
 

domble

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saw the trailer a while ago. 'nuff said.

great stuff man, you know who loves ya :D
 

Pimppeter2

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toastmaster2k8 said:
Well guess what, It broke my main computer and guess what, good computer arnt f***ing cheap.
Yes, because we all know that my entire objective was to get people to click a malicious link.

Maybe, instead of being angry at me, you could use this as a learning experience. It was a torrent site, there are TONS of risks using them. "deep dark corners of the internet" meant exactly that. If you didn't run a virus check on a file that some random person on the internet gave you, then well, maybe you kind of deserved it.

The link is now, according to my Anti-virus program, non malicious, and it wasn't malicious when I put it up. I have ABSOLUTELY NO CONTROL over that site. In foresight, maybe I should have added a little warning next to it.

I wrote an entire freaken review, put time into it, and added a link that could potentially get me into trouble (It's pirating) FOR YOU. And you cuss me out because you didn't even bother to run an virus check on an illegal download from a site you may have never been to before? I'm sorry, but its not really my fault. If you want to be a pirate, you can't blame me when you get stabbed with a nimcha.

Here's how to fix your problem

Start - Run - System revert - pick a time before the virus affected your system.
 

Pimppeter2

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TheNamlessGuy said:
Pimppeter2 said:
Start - Run - System revert - pick a time before the virus affected your system.
Shame on you.
Haha, Balls. I was too upset to bother fixing it.

And yeah, I've run the file through like 8 times after I read that comment. Norton, antivira, and like 3 other programs say its non-malicious.
 

Kyprioth

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Pimppeter2 said:
toastmaster2k8 said:
Well guess what, It broke my main computer and guess what, good computer arnt f***ing cheap.
Yes, because we all know that my entire objective was to get people to click a malicious link.

Maybe, instead of being angry at me, you could use this as a learning experience. It was a torrent site, there are TONS of risks using them. "deep dark corners of the internet" meant exactly that. If you didn't run a virus check on a file that some random person on the internet gave you, then well, maybe you kind of deserved it.

The link is now, according to my Anti-virus program, non malicious, and it wasn't malicious when I put it up. I have ABSOLUTELY NO CONTROL over that site. In foresight, maybe I should have added a little warning next to it.

I wrote an entire freaken review, put time into it, and added a link that could potentially get me into trouble (It's pirating) FOR YOU. And you cuss me out because you didn't even bother to run an virus check on an illegal download from a site you may have never been to before? I'm sorry, but its not really my fault. If you want to be a pirate, you can't blame me when you get stabbed with a nimcha.

Here's how to fix your problem

Start - Run - System revert - pick a time before the virus affected your system.
That's not foresight, that's hindsight. =P
 

tetron

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lol glad I found this. The special effects actually look pretty good for an independent film. Can't wait to check it out, and thanks for the link. Although it's not a torrent site it's direct dl.