You're missing the point... (Score 1)

The *game* isn't what is being made into a movie. I agree, that would be dumb and relatively pointless. The story *surrounding* the game, with Atrus, his two evil maniacal backstabbing sons, his grandmother, and his wife is what is being transformed into a movie, and most of what's in the movie hasn't even been told yet as part of a novel or game. There's a good 30 years on the timeline that has no information, and I think a movie would be a great way to fill in this hole, as it's a airly high-action part of the story (and could get kinda gorey, for those who like that kind of thing).