I thought that Silent Hill was a great movie visually; it was identical to the games in this sense.  The story, unfortunately, was unfocused and muddled. I was really looking forward to this one because SH2 was an incredible game; the movie should've been this game shot for shot.

I thought Super Mario Brothers was a very fun movie.  It captured the fun flavor of the game and is very different from most of the other shoot-em-up or beat-em-up adaptations that came out afterwards.





Phil

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbtvzsKea1M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHY8NKj3RKs

GTA & Minesweeper > Pac Man. =)

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They make mention that Super Mario Bro's was the very 1st video game to movie... But it wasn't.  If memory serves Tron was.  But It was made for the soul purpose of making the movie later from what I gather...

Anyways, to reiterate

Silent Hill - Looks good. Filmed nice. Story is stuck so far up nowheres ass if it were an enema it'd be home, though.

Alone in the Dark - The games were/are bad enough.  I, to this day, have yet to see the movie.   I don't want to, either.  I actually stopped watching video game to movie tie ins because they represent nothing of the source material.

The one game to movie I'm going to hate to see is Uncharted... It's such a brilliant piece of media that it's going to be lost all to hell with some A-list actor "probably Jackman" playing Drake.  That's going to piss me off. More so when Nathan Fillion looks just like the guy.  Hell, I was pissed when I heard Christian Bale was up for the role of Snake in Metal Gear over Trevor St. John who not only acts better but looks just like the damn character.  

Hollywood can fuck up an ice cream cone.  Nuff said.

Quoted from Baltis. They make mention that Super Mario Bro's was the very 1st video game to movie... But it wasn't.  If memory serves Tron was.  But It was made for the soul purpose of making the movie later from what I gather...

The movie came out before the game(s), but they were released in the same year.

Quoted from Baltis. The one game to movie I'm going to hate to see is Uncharted... It's such a brilliant piece of media that it's going to be lost all to hell with some A-list actor "probably Jackman" playing Drake.  That's going to piss me off. More so when Nathan Fillion looks just like the guy.  Hell, I was pissed when I heard Christian Bale was up for the role of Snake in Metal Gear over Trevor St. John who not only acts better but looks just like the damn character.   Hollywood can fuck up an ice cream cone.  Nuff said.

Especially when Drake's Fortune has a great story without some writer trying to change everything so he/she can get paid.

Then again who wants to watch a movie that's "Tomb Raider" but better and the third act become some half assed zombie monster movie.

Quoted from Old Time Wesley Especially when Drake's Fortune has a great story without some writer trying to change everything so he/she can get paid. Then again who wants to watch a movie that's "Tomb Raider" but better and the third act become some half assed zombie monster movie.

I dunno, I bought Uncharted for when my nephew came to stay with us over the summer about a a year ago.. & I didn't get Tomb Raider when I sat down to play Uncharted with him.  It was, as you said, better. Much better... But I remember, and I'm no gamer by any means these days, Tomb Raider being more about puzzles and truck like controls.  I remember she was meshed together with these ugly, flat polygon and she controlled like a tank.  I remember her having little story within her games too.

Uncharted is the only game I've ever played where I felt like a game superseded the film experience.  It's brilliant at nearly every turn.  Again, I'm no gamer... I got a Ps3 when they 1st came out for blu-ray only... Got a new one just a month ago for my office cos I put all my movies onto my old one and use it as a media hub in our living room... But I got Uncharted 2 and it's a cut above anything I've seen or played.  It really is a bridge in media.

I just hope they don't get Jackman to play him or Christian Bale... You can't just cram someone into a role because they're A-list.  And that's what I fear they are doing with Jackman and Bale. They are cramming these Dick Leaks into these roles because of public appeal... Not because they can act.