Movies & Games

Movies & Games

Are Game-Movies movies really successful? (Tomb Raider, Mortal Kombat, etc)

            In my opinion it varies. When I was younger I thought Mortal Kombat Annihilation was the best action movie-game adventure of all time. However, looking back the movie is just horrible. The plot is horrible.  The movie just doesn’t do it for me. Some games like to take on the exact theme of video games, but production wise this movie just doesn’t appear anything like the game (besides providing the characters from the game). The same can be said about movies being turned into games (E.T.) E.T was a horrible idea and investment for a game in the 80’s. In short, the movie will never be better than the book and if the movie is better than the book, then this is an author/writer issue or today’s population lacking imagination.  Game-Movies need originality and personality. There should be a human characteristic or value in game-movies that will engage audiences.  For example, take the movie the Wizard Of Oz, although not a game-movie, or super realistic the movie --- there was a lion, a tin man and a scarecrow, but it was there human like feelings and their wants that made America love these characters. Similarly, the game Mortal Kombat is futuristic and supernatural, however, for me, the movie is lacking authenticity. This movie may have provided the cliché love plot, the action fights but for me the movie lacked realism.  This is probably not the strongest argument, however, there are movies today that have mastered both game and movie effect quite well. To name a few, the Resident Evil series and Scott Pilgrim VS World achieved the authenticity and realistic attribute, while adding game elements to them. 

Mortal Kombat  - Movie Trailer

Fun movie trailer, but nothing is amusing about this movie besides Liu Kang's girlfriend!