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Do we think Detective Pikachu might be the first "great" video game movie?
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When did the opinion on this movie turn a 180? I was horrified by the CG designs and the lame story beats when the trailer first dropped (and still am), and remember most people agreeing with me.
Is it just because the Sonic movie dropped the bar all the way down to the floor? Lol.
Is it just because the Sonic movie dropped the bar all the way down to the floor? Lol.
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Huh? Reception for this movie has largely been overwhelmingly positive
I don't get the praise for Mortal Kombat, that movie was shit and had zero gore.
Street Fighter with Van Damme was the first great video game movie!
Street Fighter with Van Damme was the first great video game movie!
Mortal Kombat and Warcraft were painfully average, just as Anderson's Resident Evils and all the other video game movies I can think of (yeah, even that one animated Resident Evil movie I've seen that was far better than any of the live action ones). Ready Player One was better but that doesn't really count, does it. And neither does Scott Pilgrim.
See above then. Also I would add Lola Rennt to the list if we're doing this.
Anyway, the Detective Pikachu trailer looked promising.
See above then. Also I would add Lola Rennt to the list if we're doing this.
Anyway, the Detective Pikachu trailer looked promising.
I had to go dig up the original thread to make sure I'm not being Mandela'd here, lol. And from the first page alone the reaction is highly polarized. You have people saying they liked it, but also
So I think the fairest thing to call the reception is "mixed".
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damn, took my joke.
Quick hot takes to make the first page of a thread.
Trailer was very well received.
Are you kidding? The way the pokemon look in that movie automatically disqualifies it from being anywhere near 'great'.
There's many arguments as to what the first great video game movie already is. I would make a fairly strong argument for Scott Pilgrim...
But to keep things simple, will this film be good... Uhh... Maybe? It's got potential but man is some of that CGI Jarring at the moment.
Plot wise it at least should be fine. So there's hope for it at least. And I would be happy if Pokemon were to get a good mainstream film. Espicially if it means video game movies going forward will be weird, instead of what's going to be the boringly safe Mario Movie by Illumination in the future.
But to keep things simple, will this film be good... Uhh... Maybe? It's got potential but man is some of that CGI Jarring at the moment.
Plot wise it at least should be fine. So there's hope for it at least. And I would be happy if Pokemon were to get a good mainstream film. Espicially if it means video game movies going forward will be weird, instead of what's going to be the boringly safe Mario Movie by Illumination in the future.
Are people who are saying Mortal Kombat is good, is it legitimately good in that I can watch it now and be entertained in a non-ironic way or is is "good" because though it was awesome as a kid and you never seen it again for 20+ years?
I concur. Too bad it was a box office bomb. :( But I'm thankful it exists and it good.
One of the great B-movie kung fu flicks ever. It's not a Bruce Lee flick, but it's just a level below it. The fight scenes are mostly amazing, too.
I still love that movie.
No, it's good. It's got legitimately very good hand-to-hand combat scenes (not The Raid level, so don't go in expecting that level of greatness, but really well-choreographed and exciting) and the dumb comedy works nicely. It's got that '90s grime look, like Strange Days and Johnny Mnemonic, that gives it a very focused direction in how it looks that really works with the concept of the MK tournament. The "tournament on an island" story is tried and true and is well-executed here. Even the lead-in to the sequel (which sucked hard, don't watch it) was well-done. It's not a "great" movie, but it's a genuinely good movie.
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Naw besides the expos scene towards the end it works better as a horror movie than a silent hill movie
also lol at dissing its cgi when its still the only VG movie to completely nail an amazing aesthetic.That movie is still gorgeous, and also nearly entirely practical effects monster and set-wise
I wouldn't expect Detective Pikachu to be great but good, so it'd be the first video game movie to be good.
Silent Hill is acceptable, Mortal Kombat is a fun bad movie, Prince of Persia is acceptable imo as well.
Silent Hill is acceptable, Mortal Kombat is a fun bad movie, Prince of Persia is acceptable imo as well.
Uh, what? I don't give a fuck about the page a thread is on. I still think the pokemon look absolutely terrifying.
"Great" is a subjective term. I think the more interesting question is whether Detective Pikachu will be the first video game movie to be high quality, remain loyal to the source material & have massive crossover appeal beyond video game fans.
I think the answer to that is yes.
I think the answer to that is yes.
There are always going to be outliers who simply have bad taste.
To the vast majority of normal people, the Detectice Pikachu trailer was well received because of how utterly insane it looked. That's why people are excited about it.
All I hear when Pikachu speaks is Ryan Reynold. Let's see how it will work out.
But there is no doubt, it will do pretty well.
But there is no doubt, it will do pretty well.
Rampage came out this year and it's the best movie adaptation of a video game. It's also a good movie
The Super Mario Bros movie from the early 90s was the first great videogame movie and INCREDIBLY underrated. Seriously, go back and watch it. It gets a ton of flack but I think it was largely ahead of its time and holds up well.
Okay, sure.
Mr Mime is terrifying as fuck.
Although I do see a certain someone in there calling it "The greatest movie of all time", haha. I'm just saying, this film is not nearly as "universally acclaimed" as some now seem to believe.
The trailer was incredibly awful, but that's never guaranteed a movie will be bad. It looks like it's going to be in the "so bad it's entertaining" range of things.
I think it certainly is among people who can't name the geographical region for each pokemon generation.
Go check out some mainstream impressions of that trailer. They all generally follow the same path. "Wait... what? What the fuck? LOL! I'm totally seeing this."
I actually enjoyed the silent hill movie. At least I think I did. Rewatching it now, who knows...
Final Fantasy: Advent Children beat it to the punch. It's the most faithful adaptation of a game that I can think of, and that's why I like it. No compromise.
But really, I don't like the habit of crowbarring video game stuff into the real world. Detective Pikachu in particular looks like a Super Mario Bros-tier effort to make it work; I don't think it looks good at all.
But really, I don't like the habit of crowbarring video game stuff into the real world. Detective Pikachu in particular looks like a Super Mario Bros-tier effort to make it work; I don't think it looks good at all.
I think Silent Hill, Resident Evil 1 and 2 and Mortal Kombat are good movies based on Videogame. Tha said I expect Detective Pikachu to be the best one of them.
That's fair. But that's clearly splitting the audience into core fans who are horrified and casual viewers who think the film looks fun. So I think "polarized" certainly applies.
I'm a core fan and think it looks great.
I actually thought a lot of the negative reaction were just people trying to make tired "omg that's totally nightmare fuel right guys" jokes because I thought the pokemon looked great. I'll never understand all the people saying psyduck looks bad.
A lot of the suggestions here range from mediocre to "okay". None of them are "great".
We'll have to see how Detective Pikachu fares. I think it has the potential.
We'll have to see how Detective Pikachu fares. I think it has the potential.
That Mr. Mime legit gives me nightmares, lol. Of course plenty of others here disagree. But I don't think everyone who reacted the same as I did was just making a joke.
fwiw i've turned around on this movie and I'm genuinely excited to see how it'll turn out.
Will it be the greatest thing ever? i dunno. But it will probably be a fun movie.
