who else thinks that this game could have the potential to be a good movie?
Dragon Age The Movie
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Posté 17 janvier 2010 - 10:23
Amberyl Ravenclaw
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It would be like the other 80% of fantasy movies out there, honestly:
- The land is in danger and only a few know about it.
- The chosen one is called to adventure.
- There is some mentor figure that meets a tragic end.
- There are battles.
- And more battles.
- And lots of cut-away scenes to evil villains posturing and politicking.
- The party goes on a quest for some sacred holy grail or mission objective that will help end The Evil.
- There is a compulsory female love interest (and there will ALWAYS be a kissing/romantic scene in the trailer).
- The big showdown.
I mean, DA:O is pretty awesome as a game, but as a movie it would be something else especially when it rests on so many common tropes that when compressed down to 2 and a 1/2 hours of viewing would likely come off as cliched and emotionally unengaging. I suppose if you like your fantasy action flicks it would offer you something, but as far as I'm concerned it would be no different from films like Troy, Pathfinder, Eragon, In The Name of The King: Dungeon Siege, Kingdom of Heaven, the upcoming Prince of Persia etc where it's the same pattern done to death (and often with poor and hammy results). Simply put, the 'hero's journey' taken to the big screen isn't exactly a promising prospect especially when it follows in the footsteps of a dozen other pretenders out there IMHO. UNLESS you get Peter Jackson to direct the film and some really awesome actors who can actually act, in which case there would be legitimate reason for hope.
- The land is in danger and only a few know about it.
- The chosen one is called to adventure.
- There is some mentor figure that meets a tragic end.
- There are battles.
- And more battles.
- And lots of cut-away scenes to evil villains posturing and politicking.
- The party goes on a quest for some sacred holy grail or mission objective that will help end The Evil.
- There is a compulsory female love interest (and there will ALWAYS be a kissing/romantic scene in the trailer).
- The big showdown.
I mean, DA:O is pretty awesome as a game, but as a movie it would be something else especially when it rests on so many common tropes that when compressed down to 2 and a 1/2 hours of viewing would likely come off as cliched and emotionally unengaging. I suppose if you like your fantasy action flicks it would offer you something, but as far as I'm concerned it would be no different from films like Troy, Pathfinder, Eragon, In The Name of The King: Dungeon Siege, Kingdom of Heaven, the upcoming Prince of Persia etc where it's the same pattern done to death (and often with poor and hammy results). Simply put, the 'hero's journey' taken to the big screen isn't exactly a promising prospect especially when it follows in the footsteps of a dozen other pretenders out there IMHO. UNLESS you get Peter Jackson to direct the film and some really awesome actors who can actually act, in which case there would be legitimate reason for hope.
Modifié par Amberyl Ravenclaw, 17 janvier 2010 - 10:34 .
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Posté 17 janvier 2010 - 10:26
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wow... never in my life has someone been able to change my mind about something so quickly.. bravo
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Posté 17 janvier 2010 - 10:28
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I nominate Liam Neeson to play the role of Duncan!
Alan Rickman as Teyrn Loghain, perhaps?
Who else would make a great DA:O character?
Alan Rickman as Teyrn Loghain, perhaps?
Who else would make a great DA:O character?
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Posté 17 janvier 2010 - 10:31
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hugh jackman as the main/lead charater
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Posté 17 janvier 2010 - 10:32
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Megan Fox as Morigan, the big dude who was in the green mile could play Sten
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Posté 17 janvier 2010 - 10:38
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slimboiphatz wrote...
hugh jackman as the main/lead charater
He certainly wouldn't play my PC very well
But thumbs up for a male one!
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Posté 17 janvier 2010 - 03:28
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Amberyl Ravenclaw wrote...
It would be like the other 80% of fantasy movies out there, honestly:
- The land is in danger and only a few know about it.
- The chosen one is called to adventure.
- There is some mentor figure that meets a tragic end.
- There are battles.
- And more battles.
- And lots of cut-away scenes to evil villains posturing and politicking.
- The party goes on a quest for some sacred holy grail or mission objective that will help end The Evil.
- There is a compulsory female love interest (and there will ALWAYS be a kissing/romantic scene in the trailer).
- The big showdown.
I mean, DA:O is pretty awesome as a game, but as a movie it would be something else especially when it rests on so many common tropes that when compressed down to 2 and a 1/2 hours of viewing would likely come off as cliched and emotionally unengaging. I suppose if you like your fantasy action flicks it would offer you something, but as far as I'm concerned it would be no different from films like Troy, Pathfinder, Eragon, In The Name of The King: Dungeon Siege, Kingdom of Heaven, the upcoming Prince of Persia etc where it's the same pattern done to death (and often with poor and hammy results). Simply put, the 'hero's journey' taken to the big screen isn't exactly a promising prospect especially when it follows in the footsteps of a dozen other pretenders out there IMHO. UNLESS you get Peter Jackson to direct the film and some really awesome actors who can actually act, in which case there would be legitimate reason for hope.
There's even going to be a World of Warcraft movie. Did you know?
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Posté 17 janvier 2010 - 04:46
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Video game based movies suck. There has never been a good one, ever. I doubt a Dragon Age movie would change that.
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Posté 17 janvier 2010 - 04:50
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Advent Children was pretty good. (From Final Fantasy 7) but I do agree that for some reason movies made from video games are missing something.
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Posté 17 janvier 2010 - 04:53
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Makign a movie will impose a canon version of the game, which would suck. So no, no movie.
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Posté 17 janvier 2010 - 05:31
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Borschtbeet wrote...
Video game based movies suck. There has never been a good one, ever. I doubt a Dragon Age movie would change that.
Resident Evil 1,2 and 3 were awesome video game based movies
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Posté 17 janvier 2010 - 08:52
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No they weren't. THEY WERE TRAPS! TRAPS I TELL YE! TRAAAAAPS!!!
This was a bump for people to see the traps again.
This was a bump for people to see the traps again.
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Posté 18 janvier 2010 - 12:54
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the first RE movie was mildly entertaining. The other 2 were just plain bad. Shockingly I think the WoW movie might turn things around. I don't expect it'll be a goldmine of artistic expression but if Sam Raimi is directing it it might at least prove that one can do a competent film based on a Video Game.
Now if only I could get valve to look at my Half Life film script.
Now if only I could get valve to look at my Half Life film script.
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Posté 18 janvier 2010 - 01:35
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All the Resident Evil movies were crap. Paul WS Anderson is the worst director out there aside from Uwe Boll.
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Posté 18 janvier 2010 - 03:09
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Helen Mirren as Wynne:
Zevran approves +5318008
Zevran approves +5318008
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Posté 18 janvier 2010 - 03:56
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I can't see Dragon Age making a particularly compelling film unless it's a completely different story from what we played in the game. Maybe something to do with annulling the circle and an old templar, someone for whom the lyrium hasn't been particularly kind to.
