Comment True to the Game (Score 2, Informative) 124
Let me say first: If you are not a fan of the game DON'T GO SEE THIS MOVIE, you probably won't enjoy it.
I for one love the original 2 games. (#3 and 4 not as much) I will never forget sitting down to play the first one late and night and being terrified. Never before did a game provide that level of horror and suspense.
The movie is true to the game genre, and for that I loved it. It is loosely centered around ideas and themes from the first game so if that was your favorite (as is mine) you should enjoy it.
1) Dialogue is similar to the games: Not A+, but this was originally a Japanese game and I imagine there is a small amount of "All-your-baseness" that someone ignorant to the games might take as just poorly written character dialogue.
2) There are a lot of pyscological themes in the movie, just as the game. If you look at it more then a slasher film you will walk away with more
3) YES there is violence and a lot of disturbing imagery. What do you expect? Again, did you play any of the games?? The games include murder, blood, violence, rape, strange religous imagery, etc. Expect the same in the film
4) If you walk away confused at the end then good, again the movie succeeds in keeping true to the series. Please, anyone who has played this series before tell me you weren't scratching your end when you completed the game. (It will be amusing to see if the DVD contains alternate endings similar to each game)
Is this movie going to get rave reviews? No, becuase most people out there won't appriciate it for what it is. Is it the best "video game movie" I have seen. By a long shot.
I for one love the original 2 games. (#3 and 4 not as much) I will never forget sitting down to play the first one late and night and being terrified. Never before did a game provide that level of horror and suspense.
The movie is true to the game genre, and for that I loved it. It is loosely centered around ideas and themes from the first game so if that was your favorite (as is mine) you should enjoy it.
1) Dialogue is similar to the games: Not A+, but this was originally a Japanese game and I imagine there is a small amount of "All-your-baseness" that someone ignorant to the games might take as just poorly written character dialogue.
2) There are a lot of pyscological themes in the movie, just as the game. If you look at it more then a slasher film you will walk away with more
3) YES there is violence and a lot of disturbing imagery. What do you expect? Again, did you play any of the games?? The games include murder, blood, violence, rape, strange religous imagery, etc. Expect the same in the film
4) If you walk away confused at the end then good, again the movie succeeds in keeping true to the series. Please, anyone who has played this series before tell me you weren't scratching your end when you completed the game. (It will be amusing to see if the DVD contains alternate endings similar to each game)
Is this movie going to get rave reviews? No, becuase most people out there won't appriciate it for what it is. Is it the best "video game movie" I have seen. By a long shot.
