Shadow of the Colossus Hits The Big Screen
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*facepointyobject*antipunt said:
There's no way this is going to work. Sony is trying to destroy one of my favorite game stories.
There are some games that shouldn't be touched by Hollywood. This is one of them.Keane Ng said:Shadow of the Colossus Hits The Big Screen
A big screen adaptation of Team ICO's PlayStation 2 game has gotten underway at Sony Pictures.
Regardless of whether or not film adaptations of videogames ever turn out good, some seem like obvious choices and some don't. 50 Cent [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/88942-Gears-of-War-Movie-A-Harder-Lord-of-the-Rings] is doing it. Shadow of the Colossus? No, absolutely not. Nevertheless, producer Kevin Mishner over at Sony Pictures is determined to turn Team ICO's minimalistic tale of love, loss and killing gigantic creatures into a big screen bonanza.
Attached to pen the screenplay is Justin Marks, who worked on Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li as well as the upcoming 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea remake currently underway at Disney.
No offense to Marks or his work, but anyone who's played Shadow of the Colossus knows it'll take a lot to turn it into a Hollywood-style narrative. Because while Shadow of the Colossus has one of the most powerful stories I've yet experienced in a videogame, the narrative isn't exactly flush with action. Most of what happens occurs before the game even really begins and then at the very end. Everything else in between is just killing colossi and being sad while riding around on your horse, by yourself. On top of that, the story has a far from fairy tale conclusion.
So don't be surprised to hear that they're planning on making some changes to the plot. According to The Cut Scene [http://weblogs.variety.com/the_cut_scene/2009/04/shadow-of-the-colossus-movie-in-development.html]'s Ben Fritz, who's an acquaintance of Marks, the movie might involve bringing minor characters from the game (like the tribal leader trying to stop the main character) into bigger roles, and will be going for what Fritz calls a "Lord of the Rings-style fantasy tentpole."
I just hope they get a really good horse to play Agro, because that thing is going to be seriously overworked.
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This is the gaming equivalent of making a movie of Watchmen.
Go fuck yourself Hollywood. Some things really don't work as movies.
Go fuck yourself Hollywood. Some things really don't work as movies.
Umm...Yes. Thats why the movie didn't work.Jumplion said:Isn't that what they said about, oh, I dunno, Watchmen?SomeBritishDude said:
As someone who hasn't played the game yet, I could see it working.
Hero guy on horse slaying gigantic demons of doom? Add a MacGuffin here, a few characters there and an intriguing story in between, and you have a movie!
Mind you, I have no idea what the game is about.
Hero guy on horse slaying gigantic demons of doom? Add a MacGuffin here, a few characters there and an intriguing story in between, and you have a movie!
Mind you, I have no idea what the game is about.
This movie would be good if Uwe Boll made it. I mean, he's the only talented filmmaker in existence these days.
As awesome as the game was, there's no way it can work on the screen. The game was a singular experience, no one besides your character, the dark voices in the temple and your horse for company as you go about killing titans... Hollywood can't have that, Hollywood needs other characters to talk to and cut-aways to other characters to keep it interesting. If they keep it true to the game, you'd have just as much fun (if not more) just watching someone play the game... if they adapt it (as they will), it'll come out more like the "Silent Hill" movie.
I hear that the game was pretty good; I've been looking for a copy of the game forever.shMerker said:
I'm just saying that from first impressions, it seems very possible to make a movie based on a guy fighting some bigger guys.
I was excited until I heard he wrote the new street fighter. Once I heard that i died a little inside.
