Yeah, It’s a PAYNE, Allright!

Originally posted by Mayhem5185 I agree, although I actually thought Silent Hill wasn't to bad, visually it was spot on with the game it was based on, not to mention it looked pretty damn cool, the dialog left alot to be desired but overall it was alright. This on the other hand looks like a Sin City rip-off with cheap looking bullet-time effects... and it was PG-13.

Yeah, there's nothing dumber than trying the make a PG-13 movie out of a mature-only game. Unless the parents don't care about what their kids play, the people who have played this game are over 18, and they are the ones who will be going to see the movie. I think what happened with "Max Payne" was that it was effected by "Bangkok Dangerous". Both are movies about hitmen, and since "BD" didn't do all that well at the B.O., "MP" had to have some changes to it so it would stick out more, like I don't know, winged demons that have nothing to do with the game itself.

On this note, word has it Don Bluth may be personally trying to get a Dragon's Lair feature together, one that would show Dirk's backstory on how he came to be a knight (and presumably why he tends to scream so much).  If it does go through, and they let him take care of it, I think it should be at least passable. 

They have made thoughts about doing a Halo movie, but there's no way that's ever gonna happen at all.

I just saw this underwhelming dreck of a movie, and it while it as laughably
inept as The Happening, it's still comparable to last year's Hitman.
In the words of Roger Ebert, 'this fails the Gene Siskel Test: 'Is this film more
interesting than a documentary of the same actors having lunch?' No joke;
after the first ten minutes, I wasn't even watching the movie, I was just
staring at the screen with a muted expression the whole damn time! Do not
under any circumstances, see this movie.

As for Mila Kunis, she's not particularly bad in this movie, but as far as bad
girls go, she's no Angelina Jolie.

I think if this does get nominated, it will be because of Mark Wahlberg sharing a nomination for this one with The Happening. At least in that one he tried to be more than a one-dimensional caricature...but here he didn't even bother.

You can ask the same question about Babylon AD and Twilight (not that I think they'll get nominated).

Ack! Don't tempt them (Frodo)!

Originally posted by movieman Note to Hollywood: Please stop making movies based on video games, and focus more on your graphic novels. Movies like Sin City and Watchmen are good because they are more focused on story and characters than on action and style.

Hollywood be original and character driven? Sorry dude, but you're asking for too much. Not in this business when a Michael Bay film that is 90% CGI and things blowing up is the highest grossing movie of the year so far, even if it's getting ripped apart by critics.