Hitman - Agent 47 - Did They Even Play the Games?
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Yeah, everything I've heard about this one suggest that it's terrible, but due mostly to the fact that it utterly betrays the source material. Pretty much the only thing they got right: he's bald, wears a suit, and has a red tie. Everything else is over-the-top explosions and shootouts...which is absolutely nothing like the game.
That does raise the question, though: do you think they could actually make an enjoyable movie that mirrors the gameplay? Just following a guy sneaking past guards, knocking out the chef to steal his clothes, then infiltrating the mansion and going completely unseen to his target, eliminating them, then getting back out just as steathy? I think that type of movie might be a bit tricky to pull off well.
That said, if you're not going to do it that way, then you really shouldn't bother making a Hitman movie in the first place.
That does raise the question, though: do you think they could actually make an enjoyable movie that mirrors the gameplay? Just following a guy sneaking past guards, knocking out the chef to steal his clothes, then infiltrating the mansion and going completely unseen to his target, eliminating them, then getting back out just as steathy? I think that type of movie might be a bit tricky to pull off well.
That said, if you're not going to do it that way, then you really shouldn't bother making a Hitman movie in the first place.
There might be a nugget of interesting in approaching it from much the same way it has been suggested to make a Halo film. Don't make Master Chief/Agent 47 the main character. So maybe the film follows someone like a forensic analyst examining these hits, so the audience along with the main character is piecing together these improbable exploits.RJ 17 said:
I feel The Jackal (or original Day of the Jackal) pulled it off to some extent. I think all the costumes, identities and methods of getting into/out of places that takes place in the game could be used to great effect. Could probably take some pages out of the Bourne franchise playbook as well. In fact, you could still have action scenes, but if you did them more along the lines of Jason Bourne, you could make 47 seem bad ass and brilliant while still emphasizing the fact that hes on his own against (often) very powerful people and can't just stand around shooting everything that moves.RJ 17 said:
I only knew about this movie 2 weeks before it came out because of the trailer appearing before a movie I was watching, and then suddenly ads started showing up on TV for it. The fact that I hadn't herd anything about it until that was enough to know the studio had virtually no faith in the movie anyway, and everything I learned in the two weeks between learning about the movie and now have only reinforced the idea that it would be terrible.
That's a shame. The suspense of hitting a target would have been great for film. Especially when it can be done in an Ocean's Eleven supremely complex way.
They really wasted an opportunity here. Again, what a shame.
They really wasted an opportunity here. Again, what a shame.
I think most people called this a while ago. At least it makes the first film seem alright in comparison, right? It has Tea-bag from prison break! Oh and Olyphant.
Stealth and disguise can be directed well into a film I believe. How else do you get those suspense ridden spy movies? I would add that a good idea for nostalgia's sake is; include humourous corpse physics. I don't care how...make it happen, goddamn it!
Stealth and disguise can be directed well into a film I believe. How else do you get those suspense ridden spy movies? I would add that a good idea for nostalgia's sake is; include humourous corpse physics. I don't care how...make it happen, goddamn it!
Hitman is a hard game to translate into film. The games are all about choice and stealth. Neither are good for movies (except movies about stealth), especially action-based.
Ah, good old Chaos Cinema [http://www.openculture.com/2014/01/chaos-cinema-how-21st-century-action-films-became-incoherent.html]. Turning every action scene into "AGGH?! GRAGH?! And...he died somehow." [http://www.homestarrunner.com/tgs7.html]Marter said:
Well, I liked the first Hitman movie, and hoped for a sequel to that. I'm disappointed this didn't even try to recreate the feel of the games.
Don't forget: Olga Kurylenko's boobs. Seeing those is never a bad thing.Xsjadoblayde said:
Hang on, are you seriously claiming a female's boobs within an action film based on a video-game...are nice? Lies and heresy!Darth_Payn said:
I think one of the worst offences about the Hitman movies is that they couldn't even bother to hire the man that voices Agent 47. David Bateson not only voices Agent 47 but also serves as the character model. Why not hire him instead of some young guys?
I kinda feel Hitman would make a better like HBO series, where it gets the better slow build up like in the games. Heck most of the episodes could focus on the target and getting to know them while 47 lurks in the background until the final hit at the end. A movie is too short to get into the slow, tension building feel of the Hitman series.ron1n said:
Huh, this has me curious. That scene looked pretty good, and more in line with a Hitman movie than the spunk-gargle-wee-wee this seems to be.piscian said:
Although I have to agree with whomever mentioned it before about the following the guys actions from the PoV of an investigator. Kind of like The Bone Collector, or something, or some other forensic cop movie.
