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Posted: Sep 21 2007 11:50 pm

WHY DO I CONTINUE TO PUNISH MYSELF BY WATCHING THESE FILMS!!!???

Oh well, at least they got Wesker about 90% right.

I guess it isn't completely terrible... And less ADD now. Alice is the Highlander... But there can be more than One.

Posted: Sep 22 2007 12:22 am

So I take it it was bad? My Dad really wanted to see it but I knew it would suck. You have to admit it looked pretty in the trailer though.

Posted: Sep 22 2007 05:04 am

One of my friends loves these movies, but he loves zombie movies and Milla Jovavich(how do you spell that?).

So, was it better or worse than the previous two? Thats the important question.

Posted: Sep 22 2007 03:32 pm

I think that the gaming community needs to accept that no movie producer is ever going to make a faithful translation of a game to film, its like some sort of 11th commandment. Sad

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I refuse to watch those movies until I see what they do to Leon

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MOGHARR wrote:

So I take it it was bad? My Dad really wanted to see it but I knew it would suck. You have to admit it looked pretty in the trailer though.

I would like to meet the people that make movie trailers. Especially trailers for really bad movies. I'm sure the New Resident Evil movie was okay, but i can bet it was nothing like the trailer said it would be. People who make movie trailers have to, in a nutshell, lie to the public and are a crafty bunch.

Posted: Sep 22 2007 09:18 pm

RobotGumshoe wrote:

So, was it better or worse than the previous two? Thats the important question.

See, I loved the second one because it was an awesomely bad movie. There were also a lot of nods to the games. This new movie is basically a remake of Mad Max 2 with zombies and Umbrella thrown in. So my order would go:

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Resident Evil: Extinction
Resident Evil: Genesis

So if you hated the second movie because it was an ADD film on speed, you'll probably like this movie a lot more.

Posted: Sep 22 2007 10:49 pm

Blackout Boy wrote:

I think that the gaming community needs to accept that no movie producer is ever going to make a faithful translation of a game to film, its like some sort of 11th commandment. Sad

Perfectly acceptable sentiment, but come on, the adaptations don't need to be that bad. God, when I watched the first one and she did that slo-mo kung fu shit on the zombie dobermans, I wanted to kill myself and whoever wrote that. And sadly enough, Resident Evil movies aren't even the worst. Need I remind any of you of anything Uwe Boll has done?

Posted: Sep 22 2007 10:57 pm

Black Zarak wrote:

Blackout Boy wrote:

I think that the gaming community needs to accept that no movie producer is ever going to make a faithful translation of a game to film, its like some sort of 11th commandment. Sad

Perfectly acceptable sentiment, but come on, the adaptations don't need to be that bad. God, when I watched the first one and she did that slo-mo kung fu shit on the zombie dobermans, I wanted to kill myself and whoever wrote that. And sadly enough, Resident Evil movies aren't even the worst. Need I remind any of you of anything Uwe Boll has done?

I remember watching Doom and thinking that it was going to be pretty close to the game, then they started with that retarded mutation plot twist. Mad

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Tebor wrote:

RobotGumshoe wrote:

So, was it better or worse than the previous two? Thats the important question.

See, I loved the second one because it was an awesomely bad movie. There were also a lot of nods to the games. This new movie is basically a remake of Mad Max 2 with zombies and Umbrella thrown in. So my order would go:

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Resident Evil: Extinction
Resident Evil: Genesis

So if you hated the second movie because it was an ADD film on speed, you'll probably like this movie a lot more.

yes, but those nods to the second and third game were badly done and fucked. it was more like "yeah... I played those games... fuck you."

at least uwe boll has no idea what teh games he makes movies for are about.

Posted: Sep 22 2007 11:58 pm

JEW wrote:

at least uwe boll has no idea what teh games he makes movies for are aboot.

I never thought that was the case until now. I think you might be on to something.

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Posted: Sep 23 2007 01:23 am

I'm just holding out for a prequel where Chris and Jill explain what happened to the S.T.A.R.S. team in the mansion. I know the mansion that led to the Hive was meant to be the Spencer Estate but they could easily retcon it as RE0 showed that there were two mansions in the woods, one of which led to Birkin's lab. I believe Jill mentioned that something happened involving S.T.A.RS. in the Arklay Mountains during the second film anyway.

Yes, I know this is highly unlikely and if it happened it would probably be bad.

On the other hand, Resident Evil 4 could make for a decent adventure film... or I could just watch Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and pretend that Harrison Ford is playing Leon.

Posted: Sep 23 2007 05:29 am

Resident evil 4 is already an action/B-movie blend, right down to the explosion at the end.

Posted: Sep 23 2007 02:44 pm

One thing that grinds my gears is that everyone is saying this is the last RE movie, but the film still has the gall to end on a cliffhanger. Of course, the cliffhanger just digs a bigger hole for itself to fall into, so maybe it's a good thing the series has finally imploded on itself.

Nonetheless, if this film somehow makes money and we get a fourth one... I know I'll still be there to see it. Crying

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My girlfriend dragged me to this one and I fully expected to loathe every second of it.

By no stretch of the imagination would I call it a "good" movie, but I ended up finding it to be an extremely "enjoyable" one. It was way, way, way better than the second one and I swear to god, if they don't deliver on the promise of the ending....

MAJOR SPOILERS

I will kill someone. I NEED to see an army of Millas blowing shit up. That might be my ideal film.

END SPOILERS.

Posted: Oct 03 2007 01:30 am

But, gawd, really did she need such extreme psychic powers!? Razz

Posted: Oct 23 2007 06:54 pm

1up.com wrote:

Resident Evil: Extinction may have been billed as the end of the cinematic trilogy, but that doesn't mean the series is actually over. The weekend before Extinction opened in theaters, Jill Valentine actress Sienna Guillory said there was talk of a fourth entry focusing on her character, but that was contingent on the film's box office success. That wasn't an issue, with Extinction racking up $24 million its opening weekend.

It didn't take long for someone to up and ask: does that mean Resident Evil 4 is on? Sci Fi Wire talked to Resident Evil movie producer Jeremy Bolt, who actually suggested the next sequel might focus on another character from the series' universe, Claire Redfield.

"We haven't changed our mind [about working on another one]," said Bolt. "We want to be respectful. I think the thing is, we're in the middle of Death Race. We haven't really focused on [another Resident Evil]. Certainly we'd like to look at it, but I wouldn't want to say we were or weren't doing anything at this point. It's too early."

So, there you go. Another RE movie in the works it seems.
original link: http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3163896

Posted: Oct 30 2007 01:36 am

The next Resident Evil movie's been announced for 2008 and it will be CG.