One positive, one negative thing about... movies based on video games.
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Wait...Kristanna Loken? Boobies?
That's almost enough to make me want to sit through Bloodrayne...but not quite. Is it really that awful?
Wait...Kristanna Loken? Boobies?
That's almost enough to make me want to sit through Bloodrayne...but not quite. Is it really that awful?
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It is a movie that is literally painful. You feel pain when you watch it because of how horrible it is. The sets and costumes are decent if nothing special, and that's probably the highlight. The actors are miscast and slumming it, and it feels as if Uwe Boll said print simply because no one flubbed a line and the camera was in focus.
The bad guy (Kingsley) just sits there in his lair and talks about nothing, waiting for the heroes to come to him.
If you read the on-set story floating around on the net about Uwe Boll and Alone in the Dark, you'll understand.
It might be easier (saner?) for you just to search online for the Loken scene.
It is a movie that is literally painful. You feel pain when you watch it because of how horrible it is. The sets and costumes are decent if nothing special, and that's probably the highlight. The actors are miscast and slumming it, and it feels as if Uwe Boll said print simply because no one flubbed a line and the camera was in focus.
The bad guy (Kingsley) just sits there in his lair and talks about nothing, waiting for the heroes to come to him.
If you read the on-set story floating around on the net about Uwe Boll and Alone in the Dark, you'll understand.
It might be easier (saner?) for you just to search online for the Loken scene.
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Of the ones that I have seen:
Mortal Combat
Good: Bridgette Wilson had yet to start that really peculiar, distracting eyebrow over-pluck thing. (Also liked the four-armed dude.)
Bad: Been nice to see a better budget for the film.
MCII:
Good: Brian Thompson is always a good addition.
Bad: No Lambert.
Wing Commander
Good: Different looking ship from most scifi films.
Bad: Little background exposition provided.
Lara Croft - Tomb Raider
Good: Good cast and I thought they did a nice job depicting Lara's manor house.
Bad: Ineffective villain, less than exciting climax.
Lara Croft - Cradle of Life
Good: Leonidas makes an appearance.
Bad: Another blah bad guy.
Doom
Good: The first-person sequence towards the end.
Bad: What - no demons or other hellish entities? No Mars, but a mere elevator out in the suburbs??????????? WTF!
Hitman
Good: This film was a lot better than what I thought t was going to be. Good cast too.
Bad: Would not bald, secret assassin type guys with bar codes on the backs of their heads kind of stand out in a crowd?
Of the ones that I have seen:
Mortal Combat
Good: Bridgette Wilson had yet to start that really peculiar, distracting eyebrow over-pluck thing. (Also liked the four-armed dude.)
Bad: Been nice to see a better budget for the film.
MCII:
Good: Brian Thompson is always a good addition.
Bad: No Lambert.
Wing Commander
Good: Different looking ship from most scifi films.
Bad: Little background exposition provided.
Lara Croft - Tomb Raider
Good: Good cast and I thought they did a nice job depicting Lara's manor house.
Bad: Ineffective villain, less than exciting climax.
Lara Croft - Cradle of Life
Good: Leonidas makes an appearance.
Bad: Another blah bad guy.
Doom
Good: The first-person sequence towards the end.
Bad: What - no demons or other hellish entities? No Mars, but a mere elevator out in the suburbs??????????? WTF!
Hitman
Good: This film was a lot better than what I thought t was going to be. Good cast too.
Bad: Would not bald, secret assassin type guys with bar codes on the backs of their heads kind of stand out in a crowd?
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But you can see the rest of this godawful movie for a few reasons:
1. You've never seen anything Uwe Boll did and want to see for yourself what all the hate is about. IMO it's his worst movie.
2. You've seen his other movies and still would not believe he can make something worse.
3. You can watch it as an unintentional comedy, provided you are very intoxicated.
P.S. Michelle Rodriguez plays a medieval eastern european woman, even trying an accent for a few scenes. She doesn't get naked though ...
The whole scene lasts smth like 50 seconds ...
But you can see the rest of this godawful movie for a few reasons:
1. You've never seen anything Uwe Boll did and want to see for yourself what all the hate is about. IMO it's his worst movie.
2. You've seen his other movies and still would not believe he can make something worse.
3. You can watch it as an unintentional comedy, provided you are very intoxicated.
P.S. Michelle Rodriguez plays a medieval eastern european woman, even trying an accent for a few scenes. She doesn't get naked though ...
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They're showing Double Dragon right now. There's a part with a newscast with George Hamilton and Vanna White as newsanchors and Andy Dick as the weatherman. And they're not playing newspeople but are supposed to actually be themselves. I think the time has come to do this for real.
They're showing Double Dragon right now. There's a part with a newscast with George Hamilton and Vanna White as newsanchors and Andy Dick as the weatherman. And they're not playing newspeople but are supposed to actually be themselves. I think the time has come to do this for real.
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After looking at this post, I realized I haven't seen a lot of these movies (time to Netflix) but of the ones I have seen:
Double Dragon
+Robert Patrick chewing the scenery is really fun.
-Boring martial arts, bad acting.
Street Fighter
+Raul Julia hams it up and Ming Na is hot.
-Not as many "powers" (fireballs etc.) as there should have been (I remember like, ONE).
Mortal Kombat
+Great production design (creatures, sets etc.)
-Drags a bit in the middle.
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
+Cool production design (same as the first movie)
-Booooring story.
Wing Commander
+Nice attempt at the "submarine battle in space" dynamic.
-Not too fond of the ship designs.
Tomb Raider
+Great visual translation of the TR world into a live action medium.
-Too much "daddy" storyline, not enough actual tomb raiding.
Resident Evil
+Cool mystery story.
-Not enough creatures.
Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
+Fantastic opening sequence from Angelina in bikini to the underwater stuff, I felt like I was watching the game unfold.
-The rest of the movie was just DULL.
Alone in the Dark
+Kept a lot more of the game's mythology and ideas than expected.
-A cool premise was somehow made dull. I never felt the characters were in any danger or even took what was happening around them seriously (granted, they probably weren't).
Silent Hill
+Awesome production design (creatures, sets etc.)
-The scenes in in the "light" world sometimes dragged a bit too much. The movie's pace only picks up when the protagonists are in the "hell world".
DOA
+Babe factor galore. It's a T&A fest.
-Completely hammy acting (though I suspect that was part of the idea).
Out of all of these, "Silent Hill" is my favorite. It does have some truly scary and creepy moments, and after watching the "making of" specials on the DVD you really see how much the crew was trying to stay loyal to the game. Kudos to them for using the game music and visiting chat sites etc. to keep their fingers on the pulse of what fans felt was important.
After looking at this post, I realized I haven't seen a lot of these movies (time to Netflix) but of the ones I have seen:
Double Dragon
+Robert Patrick chewing the scenery is really fun.
-Boring martial arts, bad acting.
Street Fighter
+Raul Julia hams it up and Ming Na is hot.
-Not as many "powers" (fireballs etc.) as there should have been (I remember like, ONE).
Mortal Kombat
+Great production design (creatures, sets etc.)
-Drags a bit in the middle.
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
+Cool production design (same as the first movie)
-Booooring story.
Wing Commander
+Nice attempt at the "submarine battle in space" dynamic.
-Not too fond of the ship designs.
Tomb Raider
+Great visual translation of the TR world into a live action medium.
-Too much "daddy" storyline, not enough actual tomb raiding.
Resident Evil
+Cool mystery story.
-Not enough creatures.
Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
+Fantastic opening sequence from Angelina in bikini to the underwater stuff, I felt like I was watching the game unfold.
-The rest of the movie was just DULL.
Alone in the Dark
+Kept a lot more of the game's mythology and ideas than expected.
-A cool premise was somehow made dull. I never felt the characters were in any danger or even took what was happening around them seriously (granted, they probably weren't).
Silent Hill
+Awesome production design (creatures, sets etc.)
-The scenes in in the "light" world sometimes dragged a bit too much. The movie's pace only picks up when the protagonists are in the "hell world".
DOA
+Babe factor galore. It's a T&A fest.
-Completely hammy acting (though I suspect that was part of the idea).
Out of all of these, "Silent Hill" is my favorite. It does have some truly scary and creepy moments, and after watching the "making of" specials on the DVD you really see how much the crew was trying to stay loyal to the game. Kudos to them for using the game music and visiting chat sites etc. to keep their fingers on the pulse of what fans felt was important.
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As a fan of the games I thought Silent Hill was great stuff. As God Magnus says you can really tell how big fans the makers of the movie were and the respect they treated it with.
The use of the games music throughout is sublime, notably the Silent Hill 2 themes, and the song over the credits used in Silent Hill 3.
One negative thing about it I'd say is the ending wasa bit weak, with not really knowing what had happened.
I'd love to see a sequel someday, heavily based on Silent Hill 2 if I had my way about it, would make a great film
As a fan of the games I thought Silent Hill was great stuff. As God Magnus says you can really tell how big fans the makers of the movie were and the respect they treated it with.
The use of the games music throughout is sublime, notably the Silent Hill 2 themes, and the song over the credits used in Silent Hill 3.
One negative thing about it I'd say is the ending wasa bit weak, with not really knowing what had happened.
I'd love to see a sequel someday, heavily based on Silent Hill 2 if I had my way about it, would make a great film