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No. It was poo poo. It's only redeeming feature is the soundtrack. The fighting is slow, the acting bad for direct to video, the effects cheap, and the turnarounds are what a child would write. Paul W.S. Anderson is a bad director and a God awful poo poo writer. America's Uwe Boll. Dead or Alive is the first, and I daresay only genuinely good (not to say others aren't fun) video game movie. It's 100% true to its source material (martial arts, gratuitous T&A, and volleyball), well choreographed, acceptably acted, and doesn't take itself seriously. Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 05:51 on Dec 5, 2016 |
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vyelkin posted:According to List of films based on video games, the best reviewed video game movie ever, with a whopping 44% on Rotten Tomatoes, was....... Final Fantasy The Spirits Within I saw that in theaters, and I was so loving disappointed. Would've been a slightly better experience had it never had the Final Fantasy name attached to it.
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Baka-nin posted:Yeah it did, the post I was quoting mentioned that it only got 44% on average which isn't very good, though I wouldn't exactly call it a critical bomb, that's just below average. But for months before and after its release people wouldn't shut up about how cool it looked and how it marked a new step in special effects and computer graphics etc. And for over a year after it came out, I remember electronic shops were still using its DVD to show off the latest TV's. The film was terrible but it did have an impact in the early 2000's. My friend owned the wall scroll. 
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Well, not having cable, I've seen MK dozens of times with my brothers, so I've had time to compare it to general action movies and video game movie specifically. I actually think Name of the King (Dungeon Siege, of all things) with Jason Staham was still better. And the fighting is slow. Soo slow. The only combat I felt was worth a poo poo was the first thirty seconds of the Tsung/Kang fight where they're throwing elbows and jump cutting at light speed. It was awesome... and then the fight is pulled to a screeching halt. gently caress, he's got a bad sense of pacing... I love the soundtrack though. I've always been a rave and house music guy, and it was the first CD I purchased with my own money. My opinion is that Paul Anderson's only decent movies are Event Horizon and Death Race, and that's because he had the acting talent to carry them. He has a bad habit of recycling the outlines of his scripts If you like it, you like it. There's plenty worse out there. I saw MK2 in theaters... 
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Dec 6, 2016 00:00
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Nipponophile posted:There is only one video game movie adaptation I have seen that did not shy away from its source material, and instead was crafted as the perfect faithful adaptation. I keep forgetting this exists. Miike really is a Japanese treasure.
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Dec 6, 2016 19:50
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Galaga never had a  DEATH BLOSSOM though.
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Dec 7, 2016 04:44
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I think as long as it's related, it counts. Jim Sterling's been doing weekly movie reviews in his podcast with that criteria, and it's good enough for me. He recently livestreamed himself watching Pixels with his co-host who's name I forget.
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Dec 7, 2016 06:42
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Does The Wizard count as the first E-Sports™ movie?
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Dec 8, 2016 19:58
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He was autistic though.
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Dec 8, 2016 20:10
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As someone who's seen Blood Diamond, you're gonna have to walk me through that one. 
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Dec 9, 2016 02:34
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It's a stretch, but I can see it. Wouldn't that make 'Three Kings' Bad Company 1/2?
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Dec 9, 2016 02:56
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I remember someone comparing Uncharted 4 to National Treasure 2, and apparently they line up so well it's spooky.
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Dec 9, 2016 03:00
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The Raid (and for that matter, Dredd) is basically the 99 floor skyscraper climb in Parasite Eve. 
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Dec 9, 2016 07:55
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The second half of Punisher War Zone is similar to The Raid and Dredd too; apartment crawls of murder and mayhem. Gears of War is Avatar where you play the humans.
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Dec 9, 2016 10:52
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The Wizard in one line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pivGBEIlIpU
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:slow enough to seriously injure a good chunk of the actors, I suppose Slow and bad =/= "injury free". Directors not giving a gently caress about the health of the talent enough to choreograph fights (so they don't have to "improvise", which is how bad injuries happen) does not a good movie make. In fact, it serves my point about Paul Anderson's shittiness as a writer/director. And Goro is stiffer than the Henson puppets in Labyrinth (the minimum standard of puppetry, imo) and given all of what, three closeups? to hide how cheap he looks. It speaks volumes that the  "fight" is shown from, oh, a good fifty feet away, in between the first hit, and Goro's fall. Because they didn't dare use CG or puppetry, given the budget. Remember; Dragonheart was released not a year later.And I wasn't clear what I meant by turnaround. "Star turn" would probably be more accurate; I was referring to the stars being at a disadvantage during combat, only to suddenly bring it back, and become unstoppable!  The Reptile fight being the most egregious example. I stand by my opinion that the only good combat is the first 30 seconds of the Tsung/Kang fight, and maybe the bo staff fight with the cool black guy with the loving awesome hair.I'm not saying it doesn't have its moments (I quote it to this day), but it just hasn't aged well, given the evolution of fight scenes alone, in the last fifteen years. Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 07:52 on Dec 12, 2016 |
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Dec 12, 2016 03:29
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Goro isn't even as animated as Robert Picardo's character in Legend. It's a horribly stiff skin covered animatronic at best. Henson did more with less ten years prior.
Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 04:57 on Dec 12, 2016 |
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Dec 12, 2016 04:54
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A White Guy posted:I especially love this fight scene in particular for capturing that stupid sunglasses toss. Oh my God, that  as gently caress look on his face right before he throws them, too. The perfect smirk. I will never be able to curl my lip that well. Only Riki Takeuchi (Battle Royale 2, Deadly Outlaw Rekka) comes close. Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 17:23 on Dec 12, 2016 |
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Dec 12, 2016 17:11
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Even Manos is funny now and then.
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Mung Dynasty posted:event horizon is the best doom movie Did it have a shotgun? Because I can't score a DooM movie without a shotgun higher than one star. They can do whatever else to the story and setting, but it needs a hero with a shotgun, or I walk.
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Palpek posted:This was an epic scene: Karl Urban and the Rock's acting was a pleasant surprise in what I thought would be a bad movie. It's really fun watching Dwayne play the straight man, becoming more cutthroat as it progresses. Palpek posted:They should have attempted to make the entire movie like this honestly, dialogues and all. One giant gimmick justified but by the source material. Hardcore Henry would've been a lot better with the DooM script. yeach Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 18:02 on Dec 19, 2016 |
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Dec 19, 2016 17:59
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I've seen it. It's bad, but not D&D (otherwise known as 'the movie that shall not be named') bad. It's mainly just boring fantasy. Not sure if I'd put it above Hawk the Slayer, but definitely better than Dungeonmaster, Land of Faraway, and Neverending Story 2. Really, it just feels like it's a decade too late in coming out. Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 04:19 on Dec 20, 2016 |
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God drat, The Quest was fun to watch. I think van Damme only did one more movie (with Rodman) before his exile to direct-to-video Hell. Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 08:18 on Dec 20, 2016 |
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