Why don't film adaptations of video games ever end up being

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>>78896353
DOA was fantastic

>>78896387

Unironically kino

>>78896353
obviously you've never seen Postal.

/tv/ approved kino

>>78896387
>fantastic
>none of them had jawdropping bodies
>no fat milkers
>no characters of questionable age
It may have been a good movie (which I doubt it is) but it's not a good adaption

>>78896353
bad directors, bad producers, bad writers, bad source material

all video game stories are cliche, half-assed stories heavily influenced by movies in the first place

>>78897593
>>>/v/

>>78896353
Because the people who make them have never played the game and they think they can just do whatever the fuck they want with the movie.

>>78897700
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There's no good vidya mov-

>>78897843
This will change eventually, as people who grew up with games and get them, become the ones with power in Hollywood. Like how capeshit adaptations sucked until Raimi, fantasy sucked until Jackson, etc. ie auteur-driven cinema. So far studios don't give a shit about making good movies, they just buy the rights for brand recognition and easy profits, then assign hack directors to direct them, they are products.

Silent Hill is the only halfway good example because Gans is an auteur and a fanboy who had enough creative freedom, a decent (if flawed) understanding of the material and an actual understanding of the differences between the two medium and what works in both.

There are other blockbuster auteurs who have obviously been influenced by video games and did it right: Wright, Wachowskis, Cuaron... It's just a matter of time until studios let someone like that direct a vidya adaptation, and they'll strike gold. Raimi was originally attached to Warcraft, Jackson wanted to do Halo, Wachowskis had met with Kojima and were interested in MGS... t'll happen eventually.

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>>78897593
It's not a good movie beyond Eric Roberts and the half-caste asian whore from FnF 2.

It's a horrendous, absolutely horrendous adaption of the game.

It's a great example of a movie to show that no, fan service alone is not enough to make something good.

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>>78897916
>reddit flick based on a reddit game

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>>78897916

because they're not trying to say anything, they're cashing in on an existing fan base
even if the writer/director is trying to say something they're limited by the source material they have to work with

>>78898232
>director could make an almost 1:1 adaption of the source material
>if it bombs they can blame the source material and get off scot-free
>if its a smash hit they get thrust into the spotlight and can be proud they haven't let the fans down

There're only 3 types of directors anon.
Sellouts, "Artists" and Passionates.

Every /v/ director is a sellout or "artist" which never works.

>>78898024
I like this post

>>78896353
>Why don't film adaptations of video games ever end up being good?

Because videogames are bad and you should feel bad.

>>78897916
literally perfect except for no titty monsters

>>78898161
never post here again you worthless piece of shit

>>78896353
I thought that was pornstar rico strong and wondered why I hadn't seen this scene of his, then wondered how he got to be so tall and fit. Then i recognized shitty jade and sindel.

Prince of Persia was retro kino, if it came out a decade earlier it would of been a cult classic.