Sentences with phrase «game adaptations»

There's also the fact that, if P.T. Anderson was going to pick a fight with a director best known for crappy video game adaptations, Boll wouldn't even be at the top of the list; after all, Anderson's still got unresolved beef to handle with his nominal doppelganger, Resident Evil's Paul W.S. Anderson, first.

Ever since 1983 there have been video game adaptations of the films, and these have ranged from exceptional (TIE Fighter) to truly awful (Yoda Stories).

Video game adaptations are really kicking into gear in 2016, with both movie and game studios hoping to get multiple films set...

Paul William Scott Anderson (born 4 March 1965), also known as Paul WS Anderson or Paul Anderson, is an English film director who regularly works in science fiction movies and video game adaptations.

Ubisoft did not specify when we should expect to see the film hit the silver screen — given the typically tumultuous life of video game adaptations, it might be a while.

It's no secret video game adaptations frequently struggle to leave an impact, but there was hope Tomb Raider could reverse those fortunes and be a bona fide hit.

Of course, given the current form of cinematic video game adaptations, some would certainly argue that both Gore Verbinski and the Bioshock franchise dodged a bullet when the planned movie was cancelled.

WHY: Hollywood has a pretty awful track record with video game adaptations, so when it was announced that director Duncan Jones would be bringing the mega-popular «Warcraft» franchise to the big screen, many people believed that he would finally break the curse.

Michael Fassbender is leading the charge of «Assassin's Creed» (which will co-star Marion Cotillard), Tom Hardy is doing the same with «Splinter Cell,» «Kings Of Summer» filmmaker Jordan Vogt - Roberts is attached to «Metal Gear Solid,» and next summer, one of the biggest game adaptations will hit screens with a cinematic version of «World Of Warcraft.»

We'll have to see if «Need for Speed» amounts to much more than another forgettable title in the long lineage of cinematic video game adaptations, but the racing game has proved quite profitable over its 18 titles, which recently saw the release of «Need For Speed: The Run» with actors Sean Faris and «Mad Men» and «Drive» beauty Christina Hendricks providing a little character to the series.

From our point of view, there's a couple of other major issues that limit video game adaptations from being much good.

And so game adaptations have so far been closer to «The Shadow,» «The Phantom,» «Steel» and «Batman & Robin» than to what we now understand the comic book movie to be.

Here's hoping this is the start of a new trend in Video Game adaptations.

In spite of this, the good video game movie is one of the most elusive in the industry, as in reality the number of good video game adaptations, or even passable ones, can still be counted on one hand.

The movie is lacking in substance, yet it avoids getting bogged down in a convoluted mythology - something that has tripped up other video game adaptations in recent years - and should offer a perfectly enjoyable watch at home, since it's not necessarily worth a trip to the theater.

Tomb Raider probably won't go down as the film that finally broke the video game movie «curse», but it does show that video game adaptations can make for decent (if disposable) genre entertainment.

Graeme Robertson on whether The Last of Us needs a film adaptation... Video game adaptations are nothing new; with Hollywood in its infinite wisdom thinking that whatever works on the games console, must surely work on the big screen, churning out video game movie after video game movie.

In 2006, the original Rogue Trooper set the benchmark for video game adaptations of comic books.

It's easy to see it as one of the best — if not the best — game adaptations of the series yet.

«It's easy to see [Dragon Ball FighterZ] as one of the best — if not the best — game adaptations of the series yet.»

Saiyuki: Journey West is one of many game adaptations of the Chinese novel Journey to the West (like Enslaved: Odyssey to the West and World to the West).

Not only did the franchise defy the rules of video game adaptations failing miserably at the box office, but it also gave us possibly cinema's best female action heroine since Sigourney Weaver's Ripley.

Disney Interactive's track record wasn't exactly stellar when it came to video game adaptations of films.

Films adapted from video games have now been around long enough for the first major franchise reboot (Hitman and Street Fighter don't count), and while this new Tomb Raider movie has more honourable intentions than the shallow Angelina Jolie - starring films from 2001 and 2003, it too suffers from the inherent superficiality that tends to plague video - game adaptations.

We take a look at the top 25 highest - grossing video game adaptations at the U.S. box office.

The game is the second in a Shadowrun series of video game adaptations and has a more open ended style of gameplay than its 1993 precursor, Shadowrun by Beam Software.

Video game adaptations are rarely, if ever, a sensible idea and the PlayStation franchise only has mid-tier name recognition.

When the Resident Evil films are among the best of the lot, the lack of quality video game adaptations becomes clear.

After two pretty lousy attempts, and a lot of terrible video game adaptations on the way, Hollywood has resurrected «Tomb Raider,» and plucked the most recent supporting actress Oscar winner production could get their hands on.

I haven't seen any of it in action, but it's noteworthy when every other licensed IP is either going experimental (The Twilight Zone) or the safer mobile route, like the game adaptations of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Penny Dreadful.

The Street Fighter movie holds a special place in my heart alongside other video game adaptations from the»90s like Super Mario Bros. and Mortal Kombat: I know that technically they're not good movies or whatever, but who cares?

Video game adaptations have had a rough history.

But here's a thought: Why aren't we bringing video game adaptations to the small screen instead?

Dragonball Z, one of the most popular animes ever created, has seen its fair share of video game adaptations.

Does this movie finally break the curse on video game adaptations or is it just a mindless and dumb endeavor?

Whether or not you're looking forward to the film, the original remains as of the few video game adaptations that stayed...

As the summer movie season heats up, game adaptations begin to hit the slightly slower release calendar.

After years of mostly deserved critical scorn, it seems video game adaptations are getting a little more respect.

For almost twenty years, since the lofty heights of SUPER MARIO BROS, Hollywood has been cocking up video game adaptations.

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Video game adaptations haven't traditionally been huge box office hits, with only one movie, 2001's Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, earning over $ 100 million domestically.

Paul W.S. Anderson has been involved with every Resident Evil movie since the first one all the way back in 2002, and thinks the reason most game adaptations suck is simple: a lack of knowledge.

Masashi Kishimoto's long - running manga series has seen its fair share of video game adaptations over the years.

Do you think this adaptation could set the stage for a new wave of hit video game adaptations?

The plot is appropriately predictable, and riddled with cliches, but is also one of the most enjoyable video game adaptations to come out of the gates in a very long time.

Amongst numerous other problems (not least Uwe Boll), it's shocking the casual disrespect video game adaptations have for their source material.

I wonder how seriously game enthusiasts take film critics when they review game adaptations.

Its box office performance will dictate the future of video game adaptations in Hollywood (along with Assassin's Creed in December), but it certainly hasn't struck a critical chord.

Twenty - eight game adaptations have been reviewed on the website Rotten Tomatoes and not one has reached over a fifty per cent fresh rating.

While I like the action and do think that the movie captures the video game on which it is based very well, there is one fundamental problem with Doom, and this problem is also the same for most video game adaptations as a whole.