Why Game Movies Stink

jmke · 25th April 2006, 20:11

Because, unlike cinema, computer gaming is a medium which requires the player to make things up for themselves. An individual game may be laden with 'plot points' but its narrative is always up for grabs. It is a format of scenarios rather than stories, elements which can be bolted together in differing orders with varying outcomes. Cinema, on the other hand, is designed for people who like to watch and listen, and who expect the film-maker to get their story straight before the movie reaches the theatres. Viewing a film based on a computer game is like hanging around in an amusement arcade, peering over the shoulders of other people playing video games. It has less to do with story-telling than conceptual shelf-stacking. And it is symptomatic of the painful death of the art of narrative cinema

26th April 2006, 15:32

well, it also works vice versa (except maybe for CoR:EFBB)

jmke · 26th April 2006, 16:15

Riddick was indeed a cool game; gameplay and graphics gallore with good voice acting, decent story line and challenging puzzles and action scenes

26th April 2006, 21:19

yep, the voice acting was top notch

especially xzibit pwned

25th April 2006, 20:11	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	Why Game Movies Stink Because, unlike cinema, computer gaming is a medium which requires the player to make things up for themselves. An individual game may be laden with 'plot points' but its narrative is always up for grabs. It is a format of scenarios rather than stories, elements which can be bolted together in differing orders with varying outcomes. Cinema, on the other hand, is designed for people who like to watch and listen, and who expect the film-maker to get their story straight before the movie reaches the theatres. Viewing a film based on a computer game is like hanging around in an amusement arcade, peering over the shoulders of other people playing video games. It has less to do with story-telling than conceptual shelf-stacking. And it is symptomatic of the painful death of the art of narrative cinema __________________

26th April 2006, 16:15	#3
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	Riddick was indeed a cool game; gameplay and graphics gallore with good voice acting, decent story line and challenging puzzles and action scenes __________________

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26th April 2006, 15:32	#2
Rutar Posts: n/a	well, it also works vice versa (except maybe for CoR:EFBB)

26th April 2006, 21:19	#4
Rutar Posts: n/a	yep, the voice acting was top notch especially xzibit pwned