I don't care what anybody says, Spirits Within is one of the best sci-fi films ever made
this for example, I remember when this was released and NO ONE would have watched this if it wasn't for the name attached to it.
That comparison doesn't work for too many reasons to count.The first Mortal Kombat and Resident Evil movies are...fun, sure, but c'mon. They don't have the kind of writing, characters, and storytelling that The Last of Us or Fallout shows have. Go back and watch em if you haven't seen them in a long time.
characters Fighting, but we get extremely odd and poor movies like the Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter movies.
i fully agree with youI maintain that Super Mario Bros (1993) is fucking cinema gold and there's nothing anyone can do to stop me.
Given the source material at the time, I don't really see how it could have been much better than it was. There's the live action movie as a comparison.this for example, I remember when this was released and NO ONE would have watched this if it wasn't for the name attached to it.
I swear we're gonna get into "Legend of Chunli was great" territory soon.
I love how in the english dub they were trying to decide on the voice for King Dedede and decided on Colonel Sanders lolThe Kirby anime is 20 years old and it's as great of an adaptation as you could ask for.
It's like a mini Japanese Simpsons.
Movies have been adapting other media since basically day one. Movie creators have always had their own stories to tell; they still adapted a million books, plays, etc.I don't see why it's a given that just because game stories exist, movies should duplicate what takes place in those video game stories. In a vacuum I would expect movie creators to have their own stories to tell.
didn't it take much longer for quality movie adaptations from books to show up?
and sonic being kissed by his sister both of which are voiced by urkel
THIS! Also, what are people's thoughts on the Street Fighter II V series?
THIS! Also, what are people's thoughts on the Street Fighter II V series?
The Kirby anime is 20 years old and it's as great of an adaptation as you could ask for.
It's like a mini Japanese Simpsons.
This isn't just about people growing up to become film-makers who care about the source material, it's also about critics growing up being fans of the source material and in general about nerd culture going fully mainstream in the 2000's and 2010's.
I think Mortal Kombat 1995 is basically good. It's not a 10/10 but it's very entertaining and easy to watch. Some "famously bad" movies like Super Mario Bros from the 90s and Doom from 2005 I would rate much less harshly than contemporary critics did. I would give Doom 2005 one thumb up (18% critic score). Silent Hill 2006 is pretty good (33% critic score). Resident Evil 2002 is good (Critic score 36%), even though the sequels basically all suck (a few are enjoyable-ish).
I think you can see the shift just in cultural receptiveness to these brands and types of stories when you compare stuff from the 90s or early 00s to their later incarnations. The Angelina Jolie Tomb Raiders are hovering in the 20% critic score range while the Alicia Vikander Tomb Raider is at 50% - the former are a lot more fun and I would say much better films. But they were also silly films, which hurt them with professional critics. Similarly, looking at the progression of Resident Evil Films, the actually really solid 2002 original has a lower score than "Resident Evil: The Final Chapter", which is a total pile of dung. What changed? Well, by 14 years later, the inmates were running the assylum. The kids who grew up on this stuff were now in charge of reviews at a lot of outlets, and they were a lot more ok with movies being silly dumb fun.
well someone at Capcom liked it...Like that gif from the resident evil movie of the cop guy getting sliced, like why is that even in there lmao, just give me creepy horror not these weird super cybernetic shit lol
They made 6 of them, had to be doing something right.
Define critical acclaim.
Mario has a Rotten rating (albeit by only 1% away from). It's what caused critics to be harassed last year with people claiming that they were out of touch and just didn't get games. A particularly amusing argument considering just a few months earlier they gave TLoU a 96% rating.