Resident Evil (Films)

[exocel]

3: my favorite of the series, it might be because it didn't try to imitate a game for once and it was more a "what if umbrella won?" type deal, as a stand alone movie its the most entertaining and it just relied less on pleasing the fans and more on telling a story using the resi mythos as a foundation.

That's a fair call and definately why I didn't like it; I couldn't divorce it from the games of the same name which I love. If it was a standalone movie I would have been more forgiving. It feels like it suffers from what I like to call "Hellraiser: Deader syndrome" where the script was written as a totally unrelated standalone movie and then someone decided to it needed a bit more oomph and weaved it into an established franchise.

yeah i agree it could have been better received if it was sold as a stand alone movie.

 

[Xaositect]

All of them are shit in between shit bread to make a humungous shit sandwich.

1. You dont fucking flying kick zombie-dogs. You shoot them, hope you dont miss so you conserve precious ammo, and hope you hit so they dont fucking maul you.

2. YOU DONT FIST FIGHT THE NEMESIS!!!!!!!!!!! MY GOD, TAKE ONE OF THE MOST UNNERVING PARTS OF RESIDENT EVIL AND RUIN IT WHY DONT YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Apologies to sane people who hate excessive caps use, but I really did enjoy running for dear life from the Nemesis *THAT* much, and the film mocked it)

3. Im sorry, but Ive gone to Sigil by this point (or more accurately the planes) and have decided its worth a shot to believe now that these films along with other game-to-movie translations dont exist so strongly that perhaps they will cease to exist. Even if they dont disappear, they arent coming anywhere near me ever again.

(And since someone mentioned Silent Hill, I will say I hate that film with a passion. Not only did it reduce poor pyramid head to "stalker monster a", it took the whole "loving father" part and shunted some "mother is god" bullshit in its place. Yeah, I have to put up with annoying progressive ***** heroines now - case in point resident evil films - but the "loving father" Harry Mason just cant cut it in movies)

 

[Rob Sharona]

(And since someone mentioned Silent Hill, I will say I hate that film with a passion. Not only did it reduce poor pyramid head to "stalker monster a", it took the whole "loving father" part and shunted some "mother is god" bullshit in its place. Yeah, I have to put up with annoying progressive ***** heroines now - case in point resident evil films - but the "loving father" Harry Mason just cant cut it in movies)

I didn't mention Silent Hill in praise. I brought it up to illustrate that if things like Silent Hill are the best we can hope for video game movies, then why do people bother with them in the first place? They will always be shit because directors know that a flock of tards will go and see them regardless of the quality.

Gamers buy Resident Evil, Silent Hill, etc. because of their quality. Why do they throw this sense of judgement out of the window when it comes choosing what movies to praise?

 

[Dante_Alucard]

I like The RE movies the third was kind of lame but I still bought it even after watching it at the threatre. Oh well I guess im kind of a fan boy I loved the video games because it was the first game that I played that put me in charge of a situation i thoght i had control over. I blowing zombie heads is always cool.

 

[Xaositect]

I didn't mention Silent Hill in praise. I brought it up to illustrate that if things like Silent Hill are the best we can hope for video game movies, then why do people bother with them in the first place? They will always be shit because directors know that a flock of tards will go and see them regardless of the quality.

Gamers buy Resident Evil, Silent Hill, etc. because of their quality. Why do they throw this sense of judgement out of the window when it comes choosing what movies to praise?

I didnt say you mentioned it in praise, just that you mentioned it. That was enough for it to get sucked into my hate filled rant. Game-to-movie films make me very angry, because Im sort of with you, as I ask why cant people stick to experiencing these things for what they are supposed to be. Read the comic book/novel, play the game, watch the film! Any attempt at crossing over is an obvious attempt to funnel even more cash in the maker?s lap, the filthy, greedy bastards!

 

[exocel]

silent hill was great -TILL it got to the end and ,during the creative process, the writer (who had never heard of silent hill) lit up a doobie and watched hellraiser and thought "man, that would make a good movie!"

 

[cleverlymadeup]

Gamers buy Resident Evil, Silent Hill, etc. because of their quality. Why do they throw this sense of judgement out of the window when it comes choosing what movies to praise?

then why do they keep getting the 360 if they go for quality

as for silent hill, i thought the movie was good, i never expect a movie to be a direct translation of either a game or a comic book, that's just plain stupid and it's gonna fail before it even gets off it's feet

also why it's called an ADAPTATION and not a direct representation, they adapt and therefore change things

on a side note about silent hill it was filmed not too far from where i live, much like re 2, and a bunch of those streets and shops on the street are one way and you can't drive down them the way they are