Research Post - Videogame film adpatations

Source: 'Why are video game movies usually so bad?' by Eddie Makuch, 2014

'too often they are made with aspirations for money instead of quality' Legendary Pictures, Thomas Tull.

'If you simply say "How many people have played the game? How much money can we make?" You're doomed. You're doomed right off the start.' Tull

'Thought movies based on video games don't have a great critical track record, the same can't be aid for the commercial opportunity of such films.'

FROM COMMENTS

PrpleTrtleBuBum: 'I get totally immersed in a 5-60 hour game vs I passively watch a 2 hour movie'.

godzilla_hiper: 'Simply transforming what could be a great story in media to another could destroy the experience.'

tmorri603: 'If it has a good story, then the movie goes too far away from the source material. The people who make the movies don't like or don't care anything about the video game. The movie maker won't take any advice that the maker of the game can have about the character.'





http://www.gamespot.com/articles/why-are-video-game-movies-usually-so-bad/1100-6419635/