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The worst video game to live action adaptation ever
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lordfroakie
Member
No one mentioned Super Mario the movie?
for better or for worse????? =D
Yeah, what the hell? I can't really get much worse than that.
Does someone have that ytmnd of his speech with the wrong subtitles? I love that so much.
Edit: found it
NinjaBoiX
Member
I'm suprised this took 6 posts.
MisterHero
Super Member
This is a thread for Chun-Li. Robin Shou starred in MK Annihilation, but this movie was even worse!
UnluckyKate
Member
it also has agent 47 falling for a girl. (what a girl, I would even say, but still. Totally out of character)
Haunted
Member
Lumpy Onion
Member
Probably this. The spliced in gameplay footage was hilarious. Although to be honest I found the movie to be enjoyable in an odd way.
Neuromancer
Member
Silent Hill wasn't the worst video game to live action adaptation ever... But boy was it disappointing. =(
Manmademan
Member
wrap this up. that movie is TORTURE
Haunted
Member
Don't worry guys, Hitman Absolution retconned the movie so it's not out of character anymore.
Silent Hill was probably (unironically) the best adaptation we've had so far.
UnluckyKate
Member
I knew about Bloodrayne, but AitD? Good god.
NinjaBoiX
Member
kunonabi
Member
balrog punching chun li's mother so hard it gave her cancer was pretty funny.
Neuromancer
Member
Sigh... I'll give you that they captured the atmosphere, at least on the surface level.
The nurse scene near the end was kind of awesome.
Would have been better with a Harry Mason though. =(
Also, Chris Klein. Every line he utters in that movie is gold.
Riposte
Member
Street Fighter: The Movie is a classic and has so many good quotes.
I haven't really watched more than 10 minutes of any of them, but one of the scenes I saw was basically a poor man's RE5 cutscene. Was kind of sad. They did not do Wesker proud.
I haven't really watched more than 10 minutes of any of them, but one of the scenes I saw was basically a poor man's RE5 cutscene. Was kind of sad. They did not do Wesker proud.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
The first Silent Hill, Hitman, and Prince of Persia are adaptations that I actually really like and enjoy (I can't hate on Olyphant, Kurylenko, and Knepper). I really enjoy these and find them rewatchable. The RE filmz are terrible but fun.
Max Payne was the absolute worst on such a scale that I was offended. Revelation was not much better. I haven't watched Boll's films. Other VG adaptations are just meh.
Max Payne was the absolute worst on such a scale that I was offended. Revelation was not much better. I haven't watched Boll's films. Other VG adaptations are just meh.
DerZuhälter
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freenudemacusers
Member
Legend of chun Li easily. And I've seen them all.
Glass Rebel
Member
That's true, I guess they needed it for Hollywood audiences. But real talk, the movie ha some really cool scenes if you take them out of context. Especially that cut scene where he's disguised as a doctor.
Prince of Persia was abysmal.
This one might be the worst because it had a Disney sized budget and some talented people behind it and it's STILL nearly unwatchable.
Legend of Chun Li is also incredibly bad, but at least we got this out of it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VjdE9Y8VQA
Also, the og Street Fighter and Super Mario Bros have no business in this thread, especially SF. SF might be the BEST video game to film adaptation.
This one might be the worst because it had a Disney sized budget and some talented people behind it and it's STILL nearly unwatchable.
Legend of Chun Li is also incredibly bad, but at least we got this out of it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VjdE9Y8VQA
Also, the og Street Fighter and Super Mario Bros have no business in this thread, especially SF. SF might be the BEST video game to film adaptation.
dskillzhtown
keep your strippers out of my American football
I thought the Hitman movie was fine. They made changes for the masses, but I think it was still good. But I can see how hardcore fans of the game series would hate it.
RobbieNick
Junior Member
Probably one of the better adaptions believe it or not, is Dead or Alive. Full of T&A and lots of fights, just like the game. Yea, it's really stupid, but so is the plot of the games it's based on and doesn't stray at all from the original material.
Some of the worst ones tend to be CGI movies from the game creators themselves. The Tekken one was the worst. Focusing on just these two girls and only bringing some of the other fighters near the end.
Anyone see the Halo one that was direct to video "Forward Unto Dawn"? Not bad, actually.
Mortal Kombat is still the greatest game movie of all time.
Some of the worst ones tend to be CGI movies from the game creators themselves. The Tekken one was the worst. Focusing on just these two girls and only bringing some of the other fighters near the end.
Anyone see the Halo one that was direct to video "Forward Unto Dawn"? Not bad, actually.
Mortal Kombat is still the greatest game movie of all time.
SomeOneInaHat
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Its on Netflix... it has next to nothing to do with Far Cry, other than jungles and explosions.
Just flicked through that.
Looks like almost all the camerawork is handheld? Soooo distracting (as if the acting wasn't distracting enough).
Sho_Nuff82
Member
Alone in the Dark, and nothing else really comes close.
The voice of truth.
Prince of Persia was abysmal.
This one might be the worst because it had a Disney sized budget and some talented people behind it and it's STILL nearly unwatchable.
More like the game movie. Which isn't saying all that much.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
Member
at least theres no thread for best adaptation because everyone already knows its mortal kombat
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
Oh come now, the second has Nemesis. Nemesis is badass!
Oyashrio-Sama
Member
Look guys! Its Kyo Kusanagi!
GameplayWhore
Member
Maybe it was based on the Super Nintendo version.
It was a fantastic movie for its specific model. It hit all the right notes and succeeded in all the ways that its sequel did not.
RustyNails
Member
Amazes me that 17 years later, Mortal Kombat is still the king when it comes to videogame adaptations. Had such high hopes for Resident Evil
Forsaken82
Member
MK Annihilation or Alone in the Dark...
There is absolutely no way anyone who has seen these movies can think otherwise. I mean, Chun Li had fucking Chris Klein, his dialogue alone makes that movie watchable (or at least youtubeable)... I am still trying to figure out which one is worse, but they are both undeniably the worst 2 MOVIES (not just video game adaptions) ever fucking made.
There is absolutely no way anyone who has seen these movies can think otherwise. I mean, Chun Li had fucking Chris Klein, his dialogue alone makes that movie watchable (or at least youtubeable)... I am still trying to figure out which one is worse, but they are both undeniably the worst 2 MOVIES (not just video game adaptions) ever fucking made.
meltingparappa
Member
NOBODY saw this movie but you're completely right. It was tonally perfect.
The only real mark against it is that they included Ryu but made him a chumpus.
As for best, these may not count but...
Animated Layton and the Eternal Diva - since I bet it was an outline for an actual game at one point
Live action Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney - AKA cosplay: the movie AKA impossible to follow along if you haven't played the games.
encephalon
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It's kind of perplexing how Silent Hill wasn't able to transition well to film. It's already fairly cinematic, has a short story that would work for a movie, etc. Of course, what we got was a bunch of imagery from different Silent Hill games mixed with a different story. Didn't see it coming after the director claimed he was interested in being faithful to the source material. BS.