New Street Fighter Flick Mauled By Critics
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C'mon guys and gals, you know that the best part about the 1994 Street Fighter was the ridiculous flash kick that Van Damme executed on Julia. Sure, you probably facepalmed, but certainly there was the sort of nervous laughter you'd reserve for when you've farted in mixed company by mistake or forgotten your money at the grocery cashier.
As for this movie, I think just the facepalming will suffice. I've always been a big believer in not judging stuff until you've seen it, but I really have a lot of trouble trying to figure out how the movie got funding or was actually made, considering what by all accounts is a terrible portrayal.
Sadly, you're probably never going to see a good video game movie unless said video game possesses enough cinematic elements to be taken as a movie at times. Metal Gear comes to mind.
As for this movie, I think just the facepalming will suffice. I've always been a big believer in not judging stuff until you've seen it, but I really have a lot of trouble trying to figure out how the movie got funding or was actually made, considering what by all accounts is a terrible portrayal.
Sadly, you're probably never going to see a good video game movie unless said video game possesses enough cinematic elements to be taken as a movie at times. Metal Gear comes to mind.
There will never be a good game based on a video game as long as the people making the movies target them at the people who already played them. It's like trying to make a remake of the game, only, without the fun gameplay bits.
They need to take the good storylines from videogames, and try and expand them to a broader audience. Then, you might get a good videogame movie.
They need to take the good storylines from videogames, and try and expand them to a broader audience. Then, you might get a good videogame movie.
Perhaps. To be honest, I got three-quarters of the way through the script at the time and just wrote it off. So far nothing has turned up on my laptop, but from what I remember the script you linked is very similar. It starts out promising and then just slides into a pool of cliches and terrible dialogue (worse that the games even ;] ).Leroy Frederick said:Thanks for the offer blackcherryIs this it by any chance? http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/resident_evil_romero.html (haven't read it all yet, but thus far Chris is a birdwatcher, I think!?)
From the version I remember, Chris was going out with Jill and was actually a pansy, except when he decides to go, and I remember this exact quote, 'All Native American on some zombie ass!'. If you can find that in the script that congrats, or commiserations, to you.
If film makers can mess up something like DOOM, they can mess up anything.
There's the other issue of translation. A game is simply not structured like a film, and condensing the story of a game into a film will always come with a loss. Character in games are generally one-dimensional and ambiguous- how well will that ever translate into film?
For my money, the closest to a win so far would be Silent Hill. I didn't mind the Resident Evil films so much, either. Mortal Kombat was absolutely dreadful. The directors of those two films had the easiest recipe for success and they were piles of dog shit.
There's the other issue of translation. A game is simply not structured like a film, and condensing the story of a game into a film will always come with a loss. Character in games are generally one-dimensional and ambiguous- how well will that ever translate into film?
For my money, the closest to a win so far would be Silent Hill. I didn't mind the Resident Evil films so much, either. Mortal Kombat was absolutely dreadful. The directors of those two films had the easiest recipe for success and they were piles of dog shit.
Yeah, I think it' the same one. Chris seems to be a bird watcher and after a hard days watching him and Jill have a shag. I didn't read all of it, only up to the mansion part (it's kinda long as expected I suppose), all the characters are there at least (Wesker, Rebecca, Rodriguez, Barry and all the gang it seems), hard to visualize what his full intentions were being only in written form and first draft, but the first section seems more in context with RE then the film (no fake superhuman Alice characters) take away the apartment-dwelling, bird-watching and S.T.A.R.S shagging.blackcherry said:Perhaps. To be honest, I got three-quarters of the way through the script at the time and just wrote it off. So far nothing has turned up on my laptop, but from what I remember the script you linked is very similar. It starts out promising and then just slides into a pool of cliches and terrible dialogue (worse that the games even ;] ).Leroy Frederick said:Thanks for the offer blackcherry
From the version I remember, Chris was going out with Jill and was actually a pansy, except when he decides to go, and I remember this exact quote, 'All Native American on some zombie ass!'. If you can find that in the script that congrats, or commiserations, to you.
I'm still going to be hopeful for a decent MGS movie, If they're going to make it, (and they probably will eventually) at least with Hayter on board it might not be a complete bag of shite.
Street Fighter however, looked bad from the start, and got dramatically worse as it got nearer to release. And I've fallen out with the franchise for now anyway.
Street Fighter however, looked bad from the start, and got dramatically worse as it got nearer to release. And I've fallen out with the franchise for now anyway.
Quick, Change the Channel!Cousin_IT said:...I thought the 1994 film was rather fun
Oreo for whoever get's that one.
*stares at empty room* ...yes. That film hurt me, in ways I never thought possible.nathan-dts said:
Once he said the line: 'there's a secret organisation, so secret no one knows it even exists' my brain shut off.
Saying a movie sucked and calling someone fat are not quite on the same level. I can imagine someone would rationalize calling someone fat because it was true, but i would just avoid the situation entirely and not call them fat to begin with.ChocoFace said:
Your not the only Final Fantasy player I'm sure, cause FFVII is one of my all-time favourite games, only problem is I've yet to see Advent Children, but I'm sure it's gotta be way better then the cinema released final fantasy movie which again, like many games to movies, deviated away from it's most popular source content dramatically to the point of bemusement.Vorinia said:
So no-one else is concerned about the naming convention?
That maybe there's 20 or so more movies already green lighted such as 'The Legend of Honda' starring Adam Sandler in a fat suit?
Its not like horrendous failures seem to put off the movie guys from signing up for more, and lets face it, from what I've seen of clips, they spent about £50 on the movie and more than 10 people have seen it, so they're in profit.
That maybe there's 20 or so more movies already green lighted such as 'The Legend of Honda' starring Adam Sandler in a fat suit?
Its not like horrendous failures seem to put off the movie guys from signing up for more, and lets face it, from what I've seen of clips, they spent about £50 on the movie and more than 10 people have seen it, so they're in profit.