Commodore Remix

...was utter crap.

Game <-> Movie conversions don't seem to work to well either way.

I was sceptical when I heard that milksob Mark Wahlberg was to play the scruffy, cynical cop. Stills from the movie made me rent it anyway - the look seemed to match the game's pretty well. So much for the things it does right. Now for the "wrongs" list:

- In the first minute, when Wahlberg was trying to sound like Max Payne, it was so slurry I couldn't understand a word. Later on he'd just sound like himself (milksob)

- The film noir feeling is lost, despite the scenes looking quite right.

- Characters are totally out-of-character: Payne is a hero (instead of an anti-hero), Mona Sax is a over-styled teenage punk (instead of an elegant, dangerous femme fatale), etc. etc.

- The story is totally ruined: robbed of its complexity, people's motives reduced to the most banal / questionable ones. (especially B.B. Hensley). It ends in a forced cliffhanger.

In other words. Avoid this film. Play the game(s).

I doubt I'll take the time to see it. The Max Payne-games are among my absolute favourits of this decade, and I don't want the magic ruined.

I think I'll stick to the games.

LMan wrote:...was utter crap.

I guess you didn't watch Far Cry yet.....
Regarding Max Payne: I didn't play the game so I didn't think it was THAT bad,
only the typical mediocre stuff they produce nowadays. I fell asleep in the
second half though .
That said, I was looking extremely forward to a Peter Jackson produced,
Neill Blomkamp directed Halo movie. Unfortunately it's delayed since
several years.
http://www.imdb.de/title/tt0464037/

Romeo Knight wrote:

LMan wrote:...was utter crap.

I guess you didn't watch Far Cry yet.....
Regarding Max Payne: I didn't play the game so I didn't think it was THAT bad,
only the typical mediocre stuff they produce nowadays. I fell asleep in the
second half though .
That said, I was looking extremely forward to a Peter Jackson produced,
Neill Blomkamp directed Halo movie. Unfortunately it's delayed since
several years.
http://www.imdb.de/title/tt0464037/

I read somewere that if district 9 doesnt do well it'll be canned though.. but if you've seen the trailer for d9 im sure you'll agree unless people really are insanely stupid.. ... oh... so maybe we wont see a halo afterall lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNcZCpbcifE

Infamous wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNcZCpbcifE

Now THIS came from nowhere! Can't wait to see it!

Back to the topic, I really like the movie Silent Hill, although I for several reasons shouldn't. It's one of those movies that grows on you if you thought it was "ok" the first watch, and I recommend all my friends and family to give it a go.