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Best gaming related film?

the digital hub · 2008-08-11 16:05:04

What's the best games-related film?

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#2 11-08-2008 5:09pm
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Most of them tend to be crap really

Resident Evil maybe?

I cant think of any other game to movie conversions right now

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#3 11-08-2008 5:09pm
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Whoops

Thanks to above post for clearing it up...Most are bad conversions. Doom, Tomb Raider, Resident Evil. Max Payne is being worked on...

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#4 11-08-2008 5:10pm
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Nothing touches Chronicles of Riddick, Final Fantasy Advent was good too.

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#5 11-08-2008 5:21pm
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I reckon the new "Frag" movie would be a decent watch as it's more to do with the competitive side of gaming. There hasn't been really any decent gaming films that have been released over here.

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#6 11-08-2008 5:30pm
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Kinetic^ wrote: »

I reckon the new "Frag" movie would be a decent watch as it's more to do with the competitive side of gaming. There hasn't been really any decent gaming films that have been released over here.

Heh...I put that in my original response, then saw the post above mine and went "whoops!". Yeah FRAG is good in my opinion.

One of Complexity's shorts is pretty decent (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B53_6BOE35g)

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#7 11-08-2008 9:28pm
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King of Kong was a weird laugh.

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#8 11-08-2008 9:32pm
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the digital hub wrote: »

What's the best games-related film?

king of kong - best, games-related and a film

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#9 13-08-2008 12:49pm
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Streat fighter would be mine.....

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#10 02-10-2008 7:57pm
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the title is a bit vague.. So I'm going to say the original WarGames.. its not based on a game.. but it revolves around "a game"... or so they think...

that counts as games related right?

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#11 03-10-2008 10:20am
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The Wizard starring Fred Savage:
"I love the Power Glove, it's so bad!"

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#12 03-10-2008 10:28am
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Best suited here tbh.

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#13 03-10-2008 10:31am
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Shaun of the Dead - it shows the practical aplications of FPS gaming in a zombie survival situation .

"Top Left".

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#14 03-10-2008 10:43am
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I kinda liked the Wing Commander film. Really.

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#15 03-10-2008 11:01am
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Silent Hill was a decent film imo

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#16 03-10-2008 11:54am
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Silent Hill is the best of a very bad bunch and even stilkl it's massively flawed. The plot progresses like in a videogame which is retarded (oh I've found another clue that tells me to head to the school, ok!) and completely misses the point of the game series with well thought out psychological horror replaced by typical hollywood scares and gore.

For gaming related films King of Kong is really hard to beat. It's an excellent documentary. My brother and his girlfriend watched it and they have no interest in games but loved it.

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#17 03-10-2008 1:02pm
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Hoping that the new Max Payne will be one that instantly springs to mind..... ~2weeks now!

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#18 03-10-2008 1:03pm
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+1 to the above.

The scenes at the end of the SH film were more typical of something brazen and blunt from Wolf Creek than the mind **** of SH2 for example.

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#19 03-10-2008 2:05pm
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I made this thread in Films a while ago that has a few upcoming game to film conversions. Plus it has this gem that I can't believe is being made:

Gamers,
Detectives Remy Munro and Margo Davis are hurled into the addictive and money making world of video games, where they attempt to track down a serial killer who re-enacts the methods of killing from popular video games.

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#20 03-10-2008 3:21pm
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The King of Kong is an excellent flick.

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#21 03-10-2008 6:24pm
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Doom is hilarious! especially that part towards the end where it's shot FPS style, i was in knots laughing.

i actually thought silent hill was decent enough. the nurses were brilliant, they hired professional dancers to play them so they'd get the creepy movements just right :pac:

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#22 03-10-2008 6:36pm
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tread_softly wrote: »

i actually thought silent hill was decent enough. the nurses were brilliant, they hired professional dancers to play them so they'd get the creepy movements just right :pac:

Was anyone else turned on by them?

Mortal Kombat was entertaining crap, as was Hitman. Though I honestly think the Peter Jackson-produced, Neil Blomkamp-directed Halo movie could have been brilliant, based on the shorts that were released.

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#23 03-10-2008 6:40pm
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Otacon wrote: »

Was anyone else turned on by them?

is it because of the noises they make!? :eek:

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#24 03-10-2008 6:43pm
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Actually have to agree that MK was quite enjoyable. The game is absolute thrash and the film was a great bit of dumb entertainment that had some great fight scenes. Thats all I really wanted from a mortal kombat film.

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#25 03-10-2008 6:55pm
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none thay are all bad

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