Do you wanna see a big budget Zelda film?

[General Ken8]

If the right group of people attempted to make a Zelda film, it could be amazing, but the likelihood of that happening is slim, at most

 

[Hazufrazen]

I'll just say that under NO circumstances should Elijah Wood be involved.

Aww, but he could cameo as the douchebag who wont let you go see the deku tree until you get a sword and shield!

such a fitting role for him lol

 

[Hazufrazen]

Maybe an Epic trilogy, with the director of Lord of the Rings. And keep Uwe Bol far faaaaaar away.

This is the way I see it, I do also agree with Furburt that Ocarina of Time could be done as a movie plot. I would split OoT into 3 movies. First movie would star young Link up until he reaches the Temple of Time and obtains the Master Sword. Second movie would go probably up to just after the Water Temple. I could see the ending of the second movie featuring Link getting knocked out after the chaos in Kakariko village. Then the third movie would finish the story in epic fashion. I would actually see Guillermo del Toro doing better with this than Peter Jackson, though, especially concerning art styles, as pointed out by Zippy. The real hard part would be actually giving Link dialogue. When it's only ever been implied that he speaks without actually seeing what he's saying, it could be tricky. The writers would essentially have to give Link a big part of his personality that seems absent from the Zelda games.

Oh, and use "Hey, Listen!" once and ONLY once. Any more than that and the movie can die in a fire.

i like that idea of the three movies and i completely agree with where they should end.

 

[ZippyDSMlee]

While I love the Legend of Zelda series, the plot is so formulaic that it would not translate well to the big screen, and the result would be that whatever bullshit director they got to create this movie would be left scratching his head as to how to flesh it out, and in the end would probably put in a bunch of useless crap, utterly ruining the movie, and my love for the series.

There does not need to be a Zelda movie, a Halo movie, or a movie of ANY videogame. Videogames should be left as a free standing media.

Just like no one tries to take a 3 minute song, and make a 2 hour movie out of it, no one should take a 15 hour game, and try to make a 2 hour movie out of it.

LOTR and Star wars is rather formalistic(as in every other movie ever made)...and yet...they are not so bad to watch..... its all in how you weave the story, art direction and pacing.

 

[Hazufrazen]

Maybe an Epic trilogy, with the director of Lord of the Rings. And keep Uwe Bol far faaaaaar away.

This is the way I see it, I do also agree with Furburt that Ocarina of Time could be done as a movie plot. I would split OoT into 3 movies. First movie would star young Link up until he reaches the Temple of Time and obtains the Master Sword. Second movie would go probably up to just after the Water Temple. I could see the ending of the second movie featuring Link getting knocked out after the chaos in Kakariko village. Then the third movie would finish the story in epic fashion. I would actually see Guillermo del Toro doing better with this than Peter Jackson, though, especially concerning art styles, as pointed out by Zippy. The real hard part would be actually giving Link dialogue. When it's only ever been implied that he speaks without actually seeing what he's saying, it could be tricky. The writers would essentially have to give Link a big part of his personality that seems absent from the Zelda games.

Oh, and use "Hey, Listen!" once and ONLY once. Any more than that and the movie can die in a fire.

Ah, I like the way you think.
Though the dialogue for link shouldn't be terribly had to do. I've always thought of him as a "to the ends of the earth" type of guy. Kinda like Kamina from Gurren Lagann........I could totally see Hollywood doing just that too.

Though, do we really need navi in there at all? I mean, she was there solely for the purpose of annoyinghelping the player. I mean, unless they turn this into an interactive movie, I don't think Navi should be in there at all, or maybe just make one cameo in the end credits or something.
Also, they'll need to keep the original soundtrack. Of course spice it up a little, but that music made for half the experience.

i agree entirely on the issue of the soundtrack.

 

[Hazufrazen]

ok so we have all seen that april fools trailer by IGN and at least heard of "the hero of time" a fan film done a while back but what about a REAL movie. like in theatres. could it work? and if so what game should they use as a base for it? who would you wanna see produce it? direct it? star? any extra thoughts i left out? if you have any input on the subject i would be more than happy to hear it.

personally i think that it could work if done carefully, i would want shigeru miyamoto working directly with it to ensure a legend of zelda feel. i dont know about directors and actors and the like but i think universal (of their movies i have seen none have been truely bad), Dreamworks (have a good standing with nintendo's target audience but have also done films for an older crowd), or paramount (solid choice and a good collection of experienced producers). of course i would want all of the people involved to have at least play one or two of the games, because if you dont play it you dont know what you are talking about. naturally there will have to be CGI but the technology has come far enough not to worry about it.

i would be happy to reply to this topic if i could even begin to understand what you're saying. punctuation saves lives, man-use it!

OP: anything but wind waker! unless we turn link into a pirate, sailing around on the ocean forever and ever is not going to make a good movie. i agree with you about miyamoto, and possibly dreamworks. but it's one of those things that would probably go straight to DVD, or be made into a kids' movie.

yea sorry bout the punctuation i was typing really fast ^_^u and i would hope that it doesnt turn into a direct to dvd and i sure as hell dont wanna see a kids movie of it...

 

[Danpascooch]

89% of movies based on video games are not successful.

Very true, but lately a huge number of video games have been put into big budget production (not like the old VG movies) the soonest of which to come out will be Prince of Persia

I hope they're good

 

[Hazufrazen]

I don't think it would work as a live action movie, cause if they try to fit all that gameplay into one 2hour movie they're bound to mess it up. I always thought it might work as an animated TV series, similar to how the Pokemon series worked.

they tried that...and failed...epic epic fail....

 

[Gabanuka]

Well seeing as Link has no character at all i don't think it would work. Plus as Movie Bob pointing out, it would just look retarded.

 

[Woodsey]

I don't like Zelda (they are so God-awfully boring!) and game-films are always crap.

 

[PureChaos]

the IGN fake looked amazing so if they could finish that it would be great but there would be so much to put in it, they would either need to make it REEEEEEEEEEALY long or it would be rushed. if they based it off 1 game it could work

 

[Palademon]

I think that april fool's trailer would've made a good movie as long as the actor actually looked like Link and Zelda's hair wasn't fake and the outfits didn't look like bad cosplay.

Btw, I recall from an old Official Nintendo Magazine that someone had bought the rights to make a Metroid movie. I bet that'd be good, especially as something of a suspenseful thriller. The music alone scares me in Metroid Prime and when things jump out I half have a heart attack.

 

[rees263]

I just can't see anything about the Zelda gameplay translating onto the big screen.

Think about it; the dungeon crawling is a key element of the Zelda games, but it just wouldn't work in film. The only drama usually comes at the beginning and the end which would, again, be awful on screen.

Which basically means you'd get a generic fantasy/save the Princess plot with the Princess called Zelda, the bad guy called Ganondorf and the hero named Link. It would probably suck and people would ask why they made a film about Zelda when it offers nothing.

 

[fyrsten]

No. since it would be any adventure movie ever written, unless they plan to film say, ocarina of time, in which case we have all seen the damn "movie" before.

That, and movies based on games (and vise versa) tend to moist penises quite a lot

Oh yeah, and i forgot, the games go: Meet enemy, find items to find essenses/gems/spirits/sages (whatever really), then fight main enemy, this works great for a game, but the series does'nt have the content for a full movie, and since all the zelda games are not in any real sense related, there is not enough of a "zelda universe" or any real depth of caracter in the characters to make fans happy or nonbelievers interested
. It would at best be an average movie

 

[Palademon]

Maybe an Epic trilogy, with the director of Lord of the Rings. And keep Uwe Bol far faaaaaar away.

This is the way I see it, I do also agree with Furburt that Ocarina of Time could be done as a movie plot. I would split OoT into 3 movies. First movie would star young Link up until he reaches the Temple of Time and obtains the Master Sword. Second movie would go probably up to just after the Water Temple. I could see the ending of the second movie featuring Link getting knocked out after the chaos in Kakariko village. Then the third movie would finish the story in epic fashion. I would actually see Guillermo del Toro doing better with this than Peter Jackson, though, especially concerning art styles, as pointed out by Zippy. The real hard part would be actually giving Link dialogue. When it's only ever been implied that he speaks without actually seeing what he's saying, it could be tricky. The writers would essentially have to give Link a big part of his personality that seems absent from the Zelda games.

Oh, and use "Hey, Listen!" once and ONLY once. Any more than that and the movie can die in a fire.

Ah, I like the way you think.
Though the dialogue for link shouldn't be terribly had to do. I've always thought of him as a "to the ends of the earth" type of guy. Kinda like Kamina from Gurren Lagann........I could totally see Hollywood doing just that too.

Though, do we really need navi in there at all? I mean, she was there solely for the purpose of annoyinghelping the player. I mean, unless they turn this into an interactive movie, I don't think Navi should be in there at all, or maybe just make one cameo in the end credits or something.
Also, they'll need to keep the original soundtrack. Of course spice it up a little, but that music made for half the experience.

I hope he wouldn't be like Kamina. I thought he was an annoying perverted douche that tried to sound as manly as possible. I smiled when he died. When it mentioned that the story was about HIS destiny my mind went to WTF. I'd prefer if Link was more of a humble kind guy that kicks ass, something like Rurouni Kenshin, I guess.

 

[Demons_Bane]

89% of movies based on video games are not successful.

I would like to see where you get these percentages from, anyway i will agree maybe if even saturate the idea that video games were intended to be an interactive medium and since film is a non interactive medium it is hard to make it work.

 

[ZippyDSMlee]

While I love the Legend of Zelda series, the plot is so formulaic that it would not translate well to the big screen, and the result would be that whatever bullshit director they got to create this movie would be left scratching his head as to how to flesh it out, and in the end would probably put in a bunch of useless crap, utterly ruining the movie, and my love for the series.

There does not need to be a Zelda movie, a Halo movie, or a movie of ANY videogame. Videogames should be left as a free standing media.

Just like no one tries to take a 3 minute song, and make a 2 hour movie out of it, no one should take a 15 hour game, and try to make a 2 hour movie out of it.

LOTR and Star wars is rather formalistic(as in every other movie ever made)...and yet...they are not so bad to watch..... its all in how you weave the story, art direction and pacing.

Formula of any Zelda game:

Go to dungeon, get item to help you get through this dungeon, and through part of next dungeon, beat big boss.

Rinse and repeat 15 times.

While this is quite fun in a game, where you actually have to figure out the puzzles, and the dungeons yourself, if this unfolded before you on a screen, you'd find yourself quite bored.

This is why the director and writer would have to make up a bunch of ideas to stick in there, so that there would only be 1 or 2 dungeons in the entire movie, and everything else would just be kind of filler. This would not translate the epic scope of the Zelda games to the big screen. It would not make a good movie, because it would be held together by the constraints of Zelda, and it if it was changed to be a good movie, it would no longer be Zelda.

In either case, this is a no win situation.

Incorrect.

Meet link and show what good kid he is, do hints and whispers of his lineage, then show hyrule castle and the history of it and the prophecy of the hero, meet the princes and show her doing her stuff with her fighting her nightmares, then we meet Royal ambassador to the desert people who is also the something something(can;t find the right word) prince of their nation. Then move the story back to link and then princess wanting to meet him she gets kidnaped, link finds out what to do and starts off on a adventure. Formulaic maybe but awesome none the less.You simply have no imagination.

 

[PayneTrayne]

I would love to see one that worked perfectly. The IGN trailer looked incredibly good except for the actor's looks, he was too manish for the semi-androgynous Link. However, I doubt perfection would be reached so I'd only end up angry that they pissed on my childhood. But if the IGN trailer's studio were to do it, then I would be quite happy.