My Unusual Pick For a Game That Would Make a Cool Movie
Now that the world of gaming and movies are becoming more and more intertwined, here’s a rather strange suggestion to move forward.
After the success of movies like Gran Turismo and The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the interest of big studios to adapt video games to the “big screen” has definitely been sparked. Announcements like the upcoming The Legend of Zelda project as well as Francis Lawrence’s Bioshock are just confirmations that this will definitely be a new era for both industries to cash out on fans desperate for anything other than soulless superhero flicks.
Since I firmly believe we won’t be able to stop them from cannibalizing every recognizable saga in gaming, I thought I might as well offer my suggestion into the mix. If you can’t beat them, at least show them the path of least shittiness!
The world of cinema is in dire need of good movies. I don’t particularly like to use the word “escapist” because good art is so much more than that. But I do agree that modern films have stopped being good-willed creations designed to make the audience feel good. Instead, we have transformed them into formulaic CGI shitfests with the occasional pandering towards some half-assed “message” that will most likely alienate half (sometimes even more) of its entire viewership. Definitely not a crappy recipe for…
