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[Warxard]

http://www.avclub.com/review/ratchet-clank-comes-big-screen-whimper-and-thud-235756

C-

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/20...ves-video-game-cut-scenes-a-bad-name---revie/

1/5

First two reviews from notable sites?

 

[Chase17]

welp

RIP Sly Cooper film

 

[Machina]

1/5

Ouch.

 

[Hero Prinny]

Wow thats really low, i actually thought the film would be decent

 

[silva1991]

Dayum.

I'll just stick with game lol.

 

[feint_ruled]

People were wondering if the movie would give the game a boost, looks like it could be the other way around.

 

[Guymelef]

Wrong forum?

 

[aussiedude08]

Damn. And the game was such fun.

I don't even know if its getting a cinema release in Australia.

 

[Tomasoares]

RIP Ratchet The Movie lol

 

[Chase17]

Save us Fassbender.

 

[Heroman]

It was one of those movie that looking by the trailer you knew it was going to be bad.

 

[CapitalismSucks DonkeyBalls]

Making a movie based on a video game is hard to get right. Seems a lot is lost in the transition. From Hitman to, likely, Warcraft, the transition to film for games is an uphill battle.

 

[StrongBlackVine]

Oh well don't really care about the movie. At least we got a great game out of it.

 

[Warxard]

AVclub's comment on 'too much plot' worries me.

 

[Aklamarth]

" the film’s production house, Rainmaker Entertainment, used many of the same character models and backdrops as the series’ latest PS4 installment."


Game over, sort of speak.

 

[itsbenoclock]

Pack it up, film industry. How many more attempts before we admit failure?

 

[Warxard]

Pack it up, film industry. How many more attempts before we admit failure?

Well at least Mortal Kombat was excellent.

 

[strafer]

I guess this means no Crash Bandicoot movie.

 

[Langdon Alger]

The Telegraph review is absolutely brutal.

 

[eerik9000]

http://www.avclub.com/review/ratchet-clank-comes-big-screen-whimper-and-thud-235756

C+

C- actually.

 

[zsynqx]

yikes

 

[OfTheOverflow]

Fuuucckkk, that's rough really disappointing, was looking forward to seeing it after finishing the game this arvo, then:

I don't even know if its getting a cinema release in Australia.

Welp, looks like I won't get the opportunity anyway.

 

[Chase17]

Pack it up, film industry. How many more attempts before we admit failure?

Assassin's Creed could succeed.

Spoiler

Maybe?

 

[Always-honest]

Don't make movies of games.

We (my gf, my son and i) like the game though.

 

[hamchan]

Damn. At least the game was good, keep making those.

 

[Auctopus]

Not surprised the story is total bollocks, the reboot's narrative and characters were all terrible.

 

[idonteven]

awww there goes our chance for a second ratchet game on ps4

 

[Fliesen]

i'm assuming the scenes from the game, where the PS4 blocks game recording, are taken straight from the movie. some of them still feel like "ingame cutscenes" rather than scenes from a theatrical release.

If the entire film lacks that sense of "epicness", i'm afraid it might have turned out pretty bad.

 

[Empyrean Heaven]

Video game movies still suck, news at 11.

 

[User 479360]

That's a shame. I was looking forward to seeing it this weekend.

 

[strafer]

Damn. At least the game was good, keep making those.

Is it? I haven't played a Ratchet and Clank game since Tools of Destruction which is a masterpiece. Love that game.

 

[oti]

Oh boy

 

[McMoneyman]

awww there goes our chance for a second ratchet game on ps4

The game sales seems quite good so far though! So might be a second ps4 game sometime in the future.

 

[Blobbers]

Well, hopefully it still gives the game a couple mil. boost in sales

 

[Xater]

Filmstarts (German) 1.5/5: http://www.filmstarts.de/kritiken/220973/kritik.html

They also mention lame pop cultural humor. I mean the games barely use that. What hacks wrote this thing? I seriously thought this would be one of the most forgiving video game franchises to adapt.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

This has looked fun from the beginning. The SE numbers so nothing to change my anticipation for this.

 

[DarkLordMalik]

Sony dropped the ball on movie. Atleast the game is excellent.

 

[theusedversion]

Shit fucking shit, I was really hoping this would be good. Huge Ratchet fan.

 

[SerTapTap]

Hm gonna wait for more reviews. The humor and writing in the game is excellent and bits and bits of the movie were clearly used as cutscenes. "1/5" doesn't seem to fit the scenes I saw anyway.

 

[Xater]

Sony dropped the ball on movie.

The story of the entire movie studio.

 

[orthodoxy1095]

I thought this would be a pretty straightforward adaptation.

As usual, another video game movie mucked up.

 

[eFKac]

Well I wanted to go just to support it, but on the other hand I don't really want to support a turd.

 

[funkystudent]

The buzz around the movie took a bit of a bad turn a few weeks ago which is when I guess reviewers started seeing it.


Interested in seeing it out of curiosity but it was always a "ill watch it when it hits netflix" deal for me.

 

[IvanJ]

Man, these reviewers dropped the hatchet on the Ratchet.

Nothing shocking, just another one in a long long string of shitty film adaptations of video game properties.

 

[User 479360]

Is it? I haven't played a Ratchet and Clank game since Tools of Destruction which is a masterpiece. Love that game.

It's a really solid reboot. It's not going to wow you with modern gameplay, but it's well made and polished and quite fun.

 

[eerik9000]

Sony dropped the ball on movie. Atleast the game is excellent.

Sony has nothing to do with the film. They did not produce it and they are not distributing it either.

 

[DriftingSpirit]

Is it? I haven't played a Ratchet and Clank game since Tools of Destruction which is a masterpiece. Love that game.

Yep, it is a really good game.

 

[Card Boy]

CGI films are not cheap and often cost more than live action. I wonder if this will Final Fantasy: Spirits Within someone.

 

[Vashetti]

Not surprised, most of the adverts focus on awful childish slapstick.

 

[HMD]

Rainmaker Entertainment does it again!