Comments on: In case you didn’t hear: Max Payne movie is horrible

By: Public

Public — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:26:16 +0000

Nobody wants to see a movie exactly as the game is. The movie woud take over 100 hours or so.

But the game shown as the movie- that’s what people want I guess, that’s what I would like to see.

As for Max Payne, the movie should show more emotional approach for the main character. His strugglings, after his family’s death, with himself by deep narration that would resamble Max’s thoughts. Good writing, and a script of a broken American Dream. And finally, beautiful slo-mo action scenes, even better than in The Matrix, because this game deserves it!

Max Payne was a crime story filled with psycho-drama, and action/killing was just the only way for Max to fulfilled his need of revange. The other ways failed.

By: JOSH

JOSH — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:31:29 +0000

You know “Life Force” was awesome!

By: whiskey

whiskey — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:32:19 +0000

Why would anybody want a one by one, picture by picture, move by move replay of the game?

If you wanted to watch Max Payne as the game… why not play the game again? Rotten Tomatoes? That’s a koolaid I would advise you not to take!

That is unless this is anywhere near Uwe Boll’s House of the Dead…

By: dwalk51

dwalk51 — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:15:40 +0000

I expected at least something enjoyable if not good, and I was totally shitfaced wrong. It was horrifically terrible. But then I was recommended Constantine and it was the movie that Max Payne looked like it should have been. (Note I haven’t played the game)

By: thebonafortuna

thebonafortuna — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:15:30 +0000

I forgot about Silent Hill. “Didn’t hate” is a great way to put it, although I can honestly say I won’t be watching it again. I never played the game, but whoever made that movie certainly got the atmosphere right for a twisted horror movie.

By: Mother Pucker Hockey

Mother Pucker Hockey — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:00:30 +0000

Is is that the movie itself is crap, or just crap because its nothing like the game?

By: Kyle

Kyle — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:38:06 +0000

That makes one of us…

By: Nicholas Deleon

Nicholas Deleon — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:36:10 +0000

I didn’t hate the Silent Hill movie. That counts for something, right?

By: Kyle

Kyle — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:16:51 +0000

I personally never saw the Resident Evil movies, or played any of the games so I do not have an opinion positive/negative on those.

However my list of:

Super Mario Brothers
Street Fighter
Tomb Raider
House of the Dead
Silent Hill
Doom
Blood Rayne
Dead or Alive
Postal
Hitman
Max Payne

seemed complete enough to make my conclusion.

By: thebonafortuna

thebonafortuna — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:10:40 +0000

I thought the first two Resident Evil movies were genuinely enjoyable. Other than that, can’t think of any that worked out well.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:56:10 +0000

I really wish that I did expect something better out of the movie but I knew it was going to be a tremendous flop. I guess the real problem is a game that takes 20+ hours to play, and where you kill 300-400 people is probably never going to translate into either A. a movie with an awesome plot or B. a well made movie that still relates closely to the game.

I say Hollywood gives up on adapting Video Games to movies, and in all honesty adapting Movies to Video Games, it just simply does not pan out.