Why can't Hollywood create a good game original movie?
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In Hollywood, there are many movies based on games, such as “ Super Mario Goddess of the Demon Empire ” and “ Street Fighter ”, and recently “ Assassin's Creed ” and “ Tomb Raider First Mission ”. Although it is such a Hollywood original movie, it seems that it is rare that it will be a masterpiece that exceeds the expectations of the audience, and the Washington Post analyzes why 'Hollywood can not produce a good game original movie'.
Here's why video game movies keep failing-Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/entertainment/video-game-movies
Hollywood's main game original movie is as many as 35 movies. As the latest title, there is the movie “ Rampage: Giant Beast Battle ” starring Dwayne Johnson , based on an arcade game of the 1980s, and will be released in Japan from May 18, 2018. However, there is no work that exceeds 50% of the ratings of the major American movie critic “ Rotten Tomato ”. Why aren't Hollywood original films going well?
The most important factor that determines the success of the original game is the story. Of course, the actors and directors are one of the important elements. For example, “
Of course, the actors and directors aren't completely meaningless, but Alicia Vicander, who was the main character Lara Croft in Tomb Raider First Mission, was told by film critic Owen Graberman. It ’s the most promising person I ’ve seen, and it ’s a reliable hero. ”
Movie 'Tomb Raider First Mission' main notice [HD] released on Wednesday, March 21, 2018-YouTube
So what kind of story is most effective? If the story is too complex, it will frustrate the audience, and conversely, if the story is too simple, the story will be boring, so it is difficult to construct an appropriate story beyond our imagination.
In the case of the movie `` Need for Speed '' based on the car racing game as the original, it became impossible for the story to become a movie because the original was a simple public road car racing game, and it was not so successful as a movie did. On the other hand, the movie “ Warcraft ”, based on the computer game of the same name, was a success because it was able to successfully apply the original to the story of the movie because the original itself had many mythical elements.
It seems that the most suitable game for the original movie is a game like Oxenfree that is compact but has a firm storyline. On the other hand, if an original game that takes 100 hours to clear is put together into a two-hour movie, considerable effort and overwork will be required, and there will be many cases of failure.
OXENFREE-Announce Trailer | PS4-YouTube
Based on this rule, if an original game suitable for making a movie is found, the next question is whether or not the story should have elements unique to movies. Should it be faithful to the original or should it pursue originality? Many original fans tend to think that “the more true to the original, the better”, but the story is not so simple.
Although `` Assassin's Creed '' released in 2016 was produced faithfully to the original concept, the movie did not work because `` the original story line was effective when playing the game '' did. A system with inaccessible memory was effective in creating interesting mechanics for games, but it was not very effective when translated into movies.
However, if you show the originality of the movie too much, it seems that it will be too original product like `` Super Mario Goddess of Makai Empire '', and filmmakers need to pay attention .
Super Mario Makai Empire Goddess (Trailer)-YouTube
And the biggest difference between games and movies is that you can feel as if you were the main character by playing the main character. One day the movie may evolve to feel immersive as if you were a hero, but at least there is no movie in the game at the moment.
Although it is difficult to make a movie based on the game for many reasons, the reason for the low evaluation is that `` movie critics who have never played the original game look low on the game and the movie itself based on it There is also the fact that Even if filmmakers make great efforts, it is difficult to produce high-rated game original movies, but Hollywood filmmakers still know how to make the game successful on the movie screen. I'm bothering my head.
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