Does A Good Game Make A Good Movie Idea?

Brakz0rz writes "Here's a BBCi article by Daniel Etherington with an overview on how videogames translate onto the big screen. I can't say I've been impressed by any such effort so far. The article touches on John Woo's upcoming Metroid adaptation. Etherington writes, "One of these days, someone has just got to make a decent video game movie. How about Peter Jackson doing Zelda? Now that would be promising." I would enjoy that more than the games franchised from the LOTR trilogy."

Re:Zelda now?

[Anonymous Coward]

hit up kazaa for the Boston Pops version of the Zelda theme. it rules

How About A Direct Conversion?

[blueZhift]

Why not just make the movies directly from the game using the cut scenes and footage of expert player gameplay. Sega did something like this with the first Shenmue game for Dreamcast. It's actually rather interesting to watch.

Heck, it might even sell more games. Though I would go for a direct to DVD release rather than a theatre release since to market may not be very big.

No. Case in point: Wing Commander

[ajlitt]

Wing Commander was an excellent game series. Wing Commander the Movie actually made me vomit. It was so bad that they couldn't even get Mark Hamill (who played the lead character in the last three games' cutscenes) to show up as Blair.

Re:File to game, yes, game to film, no

[rblum]

Today, games make more money than films.

No, they don't. As a whole, they make about the same amount of money as movies as a whole at the box office. The box office is not where movies generate cash, though - it's TV syndication, rentals, and tie-ins.

Games are a *far* cry from that kind of money. And there are way more games than movies.

Hence, the average game doesn't make much at all. It's the block busters that carry the industry. (Like the movie industry)

Resident Evil Rocked!

[Not-a-Neg]

I never played any of the games, so I had no bias going in to see it. The entire presentation was captivating, with the only minor flaws being the black-haired(?) one-liner chick, and the poor quality of the laser grid defense thingy. Everything else made sense, and kept me on the edge of my seat. I even bought the soundtrack CD for the movie. It was one of my favorite movies of the year.

Re:lets see here

[Anonymous Coward]

The show ran for three seasons.

http://www3.sympatico.ca/lfsociety/epgs.htm [sympatico.ca]

Re:Clue!

[Guppy06]

I don't think Clue would have worked as well if they hadn't turned it into a comedy and if it hadn't the cast of thousands it did.

Just finished The Longest Journey...

[Salamande]

Funny that I should see this posted today. I just finished The Longest Journey [longestjourney.com] this afternoon, and let me just say that it's a hell of an adventure. The way the writers gave even the most minor characters interesting dialogue is nothing short of amazing. And the main character is completely believable.

This could get made into a movie with a minimum of modification. But, of course, it'll never happen. Guess I'll just have to content myself with the sequel...next year...sigh...

Re:lets see here

[elykyllek]

While it was a pretty decent movie, production was shoddy. I thought my eyes were deceiving me when I was watching it and thought for sure I was seeing microphones, turns out I was right:

resident evil goofs [saunalahti.fi]

Myth: The Fallen Lords

[BladesP9]

I've always maintained a movie based on the story of the first two games in the Myth series would make GREAT movies. Myth: The Fallen Lords and Myth II: Soulblighter. Heck, some fans of the game even did a fan-fiction movie of it using iMovie.... with no budget mind you. Avon's Hope: A Myth Movie [bungie.org]

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Re:Zelda now?

[parliboy]

I can't wait to see what the original zelda theme sounds like when a full symphony plays it.

Been there, done that [altpop.com] (though you might have to pirate it these days)