Monterey Jack wrote:
There has never been -- nor will there ever be -- a good movie based on a video game.
Absolutely, 100% absurd. As a lifelong film aficionado you should know better than to make such a ridiculous proclamation.
A fantastic, top quality, highly popular video game adaptation is
inevitable. The medium is to today what comics were to the 50s and 60s. The writing gets better every year. Young up and coming filmmakers will have grown up with them and will feel closely connected to many of the stories and characters. A great video game movie is
inevitable.
Thi will be especially true when the games that aren't "gamey" and "comic booky" are adapted. There's going to be a film made from a game that's a little more "straight," a character-driven adventure of some sort, and others will follow.
Some of the Resident Evil movies were a good deal of fun, so we've gotten some decent ones already.
We'll have a truly great one within 10 years.