Shadow of the Colossus Writer Speaks Out
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How exactly does one girl have more of a right to live than twelve ancient endangered giants, anyway? It's nice that the dude loves her and all, but I'll bet his horse felt really guilty afterwards. Then again, maybe the horse dies at some point...?
In the context of the movie, I have to say that it ruins everything for me if the movie writers couldn't find something worthwhile to dramatize, glorify, highlight, scrutinize or whatever it is they're doing other than making up witty bits of dialogue, killing off random likeable characters, burning things, blowing things up, throwing in a sex scene and all the other random things we've grown so accustomed to.
In the context of the movie, I have to say that it ruins everything for me if the movie writers couldn't find something worthwhile to dramatize, glorify, highlight, scrutinize or whatever it is they're doing other than making up witty bits of dialogue, killing off random likeable characters, burning things, blowing things up, throwing in a sex scene and all the other random things we've grown so accustomed to.
i hear people all over the net screaming blood, the scribe involved is poor yes, but this movie has potential.. it needs to be like a mix of the dark crystal the never ending story and labrynth. it needs to capture that type of magic. also people saying it has no story are vastly wrong it was told in brief cinamatics
chronologically most of the story is before the events of the game. dormin is imprisoned in the colussus, mono dies/ becomes sick, wander hears about the forbidden land, hears the elders sword of light is the only thing to defeat the collussus, steals his sword, take mono and agro to the forbidden land, ...game starts ...theres a third of a movie before the sequences of the game transpire. there is ALOT of story in Sotc.
chronologically most of the story is before the events of the game. dormin is imprisoned in the colussus, mono dies/ becomes sick, wander hears about the forbidden land, hears the elders sword of light is the only thing to defeat the collussus, steals his sword, take mono and agro to the forbidden land, ...game starts ...theres a third of a movie before the sequences of the game transpire. there is ALOT of story in Sotc.
I don't care what this hack of a writer has to say about this film. Even if you good a talented writer, a very talented writer involved to make SotC into a film, it would still bomb, and you know why?
It is a game, and it was never intended to be anything else, because it would not work as anything else. This film will bomb spectacularly, I guarantee it.
It is a game, and it was never intended to be anything else, because it would not work as anything else. This film will bomb spectacularly, I guarantee it.
I will reserve judgment until I hear more but please if there is going to be a great movie based on a game please make it this one. Please do not mess up one of my all time favorite games. Please take your time and do not add to much let it be an experience like the game was.
A fanatical vocal minority who honestly wouldn't be satisfied unless it was the graphic novel pasted on film reel with Alan Moore voicing it, and a handful of reviewers who honestly weren't able to grasp what the entire movie was about.L.B. Jeffries said:
You have a funny definition of minority. I'd say the people who actually liked the film are the ones being fanatics.AgentNein said:
http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/watchmen?q=watchmen]
I always thought that people said it was a great movie? I certainly didn't hear anyone say it was terrible per se, but I heard that it was awesome. I watched it an liked it anyways.L.B. Jeffries said:
I'll give Justin Marks the benefit of the doubt, after all we all want this movie to be as amazing as the game was. And just the fact that this guy knows that this is going to be hard (as evidenced by this very article no less!) and him telling us himself why he thinks this video game to movie adaptation would work shows that he really wants this to work himself.
However, I'll be pinching a metric-ton of salt about any further news on the movie...
NOO! Don't destroy it! Let me live in my perfect world!
T_T Screw face-palming, I'm going to adopt the orz pose and vomit out my soul for a little bit.
T_T Screw face-palming, I'm going to adopt the orz pose and vomit out my soul for a little bit.
To be honest I think Hollywood is running out of ideas. Besides, why spend time and effort to make something new and risk it failing when you can latch onto an idea that's already successful so it won't matter if it goes down in flames.
That being said, there's still a small desperate hope left in me that this movie will be good, and not just another nail in the coffin of the games to movies industry.
That being said, there's still a small desperate hope left in me that this movie will be good, and not just another nail in the coffin of the games to movies industry.
Thank you! I live in Ohio, but that doesn't stop Mr Lebouf from slashing his way through movies I could have liked...(mutter mutter transformers mutter mutter)TheBluesader said:
Seriously though this is par for the course for the game-to-movie trade. In their rush to make a buck they pick the first ballbag writer/producer/director who will sign on to get it made and out there. I would suggest Weta Studio and Fernando Meirelles or someone who isn't afraid to take a risk and make it brilliant.