[deathfun]

You mean aside from the fact that no-one has ever made a decent film out of a game?

No director has been good enough
JJ Abrams might just be so

[Colonol Dekker]

I bought the Wing Commander movie soundtrack
Because Saffron Burrows melts my heart

Let me think of some Video game movies in recalled memory order of release.
Mario - not great
Streetfighter - Aside from Kylie, not great
Mortal Kombat - not awful
Wing commander - I liked it, but as you can see from my user name, i'm a MASSIVE wing commander Fanboy.
Doom, ummm.......................
The film of superman the game

[karajorma]

Then they came for Doom and still I said nothing...

Then they came for Alone in the Dark and I told them they could take it as long as they never brought it back.

[Colonol Dekker]

You know i actually liked that one and Silent HIll.....

[Gray113]

You know i actually liked that one and Silent HIll.....

The horror...

[BrotherBryon]

With the number of short films out there I wouldn't be surprised if it was Portal but nothing looks definite.

[NGTM-1R]

You mean aside from the fact that no-one has ever made a decent film out of a game?

Clearly you didn't watch the Mortal Kombat movies, which were deeply amusing.

[Luis Dias]

Shut up, I went to see the first one to the theaters and I was thrilled by it.

Gods, the things we appreciate when we are so young.

[Scourge of Ages]

Oh wait! The Prince of Persia movie was decent enough!

[General Battuta]

Oh wait! The Prince of Persia movie was decent enough!

noooo

[Mongoose]

The first Tomb Raider was fairly decent, though maybe that was because I just spent most of it staring at Angelina Jolie.

[deathfun]

Anyone know that there was a Dragon Age movie? Because apparently there was a Dragon Age movie...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_video_games

[Scourge of Ages]

Yeah, I knew there was a Dungeon Siege movie. I heard it was terrible, but never got a chance to see it myself.

Director: Uwe Boll

That just says it all. Although... Leelee Sobieski...


Also related:

[Colonol Dekker]

the redhead girl...

Her eyes are melting in frame 2.....


IT SCARES ME.

[NGTM-1R]

Shut up, I went to see the first one to the theaters and I was thrilled by it.

To be honest, I still like the Mortal Kombat movies as I liked them then. They're big, dumb, and loud, but they've got heart and some decent fight work, and they tell a simple, straightforward story with competence. They're not Enter The Dragon or The Raid, but they're imminently watchable without calling in the Bad Movie Night crew to help me get through them.

[Black Wolf]

Mortal Kombat web series didn't suck either.

I'm... Somewhat curious about when JJ Abrams became geekdoms only acceptable filmmaker. First Star Trek... Fine. Then Star Wars... bkt dodgy to have the two biggest Sci fi universes in history being made by one guy, but everyone seemed fine with it, somehow. Now he gets  arguably the biggest, most popular game franchise since Doom to play with as well? How is he going to be able to do justice to three separate Sci fi universes - each beloved by their own fans? Don't we deserve more than one voice, one creative vision in modern Sci fi? Eh, I'm sure it'll be... Passable. Acceptable. But I can't see it being great.

Oh, and let me put in a prediction right here. First movie will be Half Life, it will be about the Black Mesa event and it will be centred around Gordon Freeman. There's almost no other possibility in the studio system. Seriously, don't expect anything else until they make sure that their most popular and recognizable property sells first.

[MP-Ryan]

Yeah, I knew there was a Dungeon Siege movie. I heard it was terrible, but never got a chance to see it myself.

Director: Uwe Boll

That just says it all. Although... Leelee Sobieski...

Someone gave me the DVD, and I put it on one afternoon while I was doing housework.

****ING.  TERRIBLE.  It was 30 minutes of plot expanded to a god-knows-how-long snoozefest of bad writing, bad acting, and terrible directing.  It was only when I saw the final credits out of my curiosity to see who was responsible for that trainwreck that I realized I had inadvertently watched an Uwe flick.  NEVER.  AGAIN.

I felt supremely sorry for some of the well-known actors who obviously agreed to do the film with no concept of how awful it was going to be.

[Ghostavo]

Now he gets  arguably the biggest, most popular game franchise since Doom to play with as well?

J.J. Adams is going to make a Pokemon movie?

[BloodEagle]

I'm... Somewhat curious about when JJ Abrams became geekdoms only acceptable filmmaker. First Star Trek... Fine. Then Star Wars... bkt dodgy to have the two biggest Sci fi universes in history being made by one guy, but everyone seemed fine with it, somehow. Now he gets  arguably the biggest, most popular game franchise since Doom to play with as well? How is he going to be able to do justice to three separate Sci fi universes - each beloved by their own fans? Don't we deserve more than one voice, one creative vision in modern Sci fi? Eh, I'm sure it'll be... Passable. Acceptable. But I can't see it being great.

I've never liked Jar Jar Abrams' work.  I don't know what people see in him.

[Black_Yoshi1230]

This is starting to remind me about the Breaking Bad promotionals when people thought Bryan Cranston could perfectly fit as an older Gordon Freeman.

The thing is, anyone know any good bearded science-y guys that are around 27?