Crni Vuk said:
well if you INDEED think those movies are good, then well I dont know what else we can talk about.
Anyway, I have no clue what those movies are so I dont know as what to take them. However I believe its all a form of entertainment, and they fail at that. I hear people talk about Terminator, I hear people talk about Titanic. Because they are good movies. I dont hear people talk about Mortal Combat 2 or the Mario movie.
Don't worry Crni. They suck. You know it, I know it, the vast majority of movie goers knew it. Lot's of people like shit movies. Usually they admit they are shit though. They don't keep spouting out, "Well, that's just, like your opinion man."
I know of plenty of people that like those types of movies, when I ask them why, they say they like watching crap movies. At least they are honest.
Thing is, I kinda liked Street Fighter too, but it's an awful fucking movie. Same with Mario. Same with Max Payne ( God how can you even call that movie good though?). You can sit here and say in my opinion these movies are good, but the fact remains, mainly teenagers are the ones who liked them. Kids have poor taste in movies often times, so I wouldn't ask a 12 year old, "Hey, what's your favorite movie. I want to go watch it", because usually it will be something meaningless, filled with special effects, no plot, and a few cutesy catchphrases. I used to think Predator 2 was one of the best sci-fi movies around. Holy fucking shit was I wrong. I watched it recently and it killed me how bad it was. I actually liked this shit? Sure you can take something away from any movie. Doesn't mean it's worth a shit.
What can you call bad movies with no substance if not bad? Duke liked Street Fighter, Max Payne, and Mortal Kombat 2. I can hardly put those words together in a sentence without laughing. It makes me doubt his taste in movies. I'll put it this way, if Duke says a movie is good, I won't trust his judgement. Not only are those three movies fucking awful, they are a fucking spit in the face to the fans of the games.
Max Payne? Marky fucking Mark as MAX PAYNE? HAAHAHAAH! Right off the bat, horrible casting choice. Not exactly a Clint Eastwood type. Then they raped the entire storyline, tossed in some demon bullshit, and put together some of the worst action scenes imaginable. One part I liked, was when he pumped up with the drug and got all pissed off. Wow. Great movie for one scene I liked. Doesn't make me think the movie is less awful or great. Pisses me off since the shit COULD have been an amazing movie.
Street Fighter. Horrible fight scenes in a movie based on a fighting game. Decent catch phrases, I'll give it that. Only thing it had going for it really. That ups the move from awful to bad. Still, the movie was a huge letdown. I won't get into it very much because most people know what I'm talking about. Here is a brief review that sums up how I feel:
Though it offers mild entertainment through campy one-liners and the overacting of the late Raul Julia, Street Fighter's nonstop action sequences are not enough to make up for a predictable, uneven storyline.
Besides the fact that the action sequences aren't very well done. Should have gotten Jackie Chan to do some of the shit or something.
Super Mario Bros. Just the production history on that is a laugh. A husband and wife team that went way overbudget with nothing to show for it. The kids were confused as shit when that movie came out. This is MARIO!? The theme was okay, but not for Mario Bros! What were they thinking? An apocalyptic style Mushroom Kingdom with goombas that were dinosaurs with nothing resembling Mario bros. aside from two plumbers, yoshi, a bob-omb, and fungus. You're telling me, it's all subjective man.
What did the actors say?
Bob Hoskins has spoken critically of Super Mario Bros., saying that it was "the worst thing I ever did" and that "the whole experience was a nightmare" In another interview with The Guardian, Hoskins answered Super Mario Bros. to three of the questions he was asked, "What is the worst job you've done," "What has been your biggest disappointment," and "If you could edit your past, what would you change?"
Dennis Hopper was also disparaging of the production, "It was a nightmare, very honestly, that movie. It was a husband-and-wife directing team who were both control freaks and wouldn't talk before they made decisions. Anyway, I was supposed to go down there for five weeks, and I was there for 17. It was so over budget."
No one involved liked the movie they made. But, it's like, what you take away from it man.
I often say I try to take away anything from the movies I watch too, but you have to admit that they suck when they do. Now Duke I get your spiel. Semantics BS the lot of it. Simply debating on the wording of the matter.
Now none of this REALLY has anything to do with Fallout or a movie based on it, other than the rule of video game movies/series(name one btw. Series wise), which states:
All video game movies stand the chance of diverting from their roots, alienating their fan base, and bombing at the box office.
Now I realize Duke, you aren't REALLY saying they are good and you are being pretty civil about it. Kudos to you. If any of this comes across as abrasive or douchbag like, I can deal with that. It just pains me to see someone defending movies that should have been better.
