Not true. The original Resident Evil movie was great. It was distinctly resident evil, without completely messing up the franchise. Now Apocolyps on the other hand...Corwynt said:Oh god no. No video game based movie has ever been good so why would it work with halo?
The key to making a successful cross medium story is this. DON'T DO THE SAME EXACT STORY! If you going to make a successful movie based on a book or video game don't tell the exact story from the game or book. Make it a prequel or a sequel. As long as you do that it will be fine (assuming you actualy follow all of the rules for making a normal good movie).