Originally Posted by BEANFro Elite As the for the Resident Evil films...EEEEUUURGH!! I REALLY hate that director (bah his name escapes me), he's tarnished the reputations of three franchises namely Aliens, Predator (Aliens versus Predator) and Resident Evil, I'm sure the same director is directing the Doom movie as it bares the same hallmarks as his previous "game" to movie attempts i.e. made up elements, significantly distorted storylines etc.
Paul W.S. Anderson. Currently, he's working on a third RE film (Afterlife), a game of Tecmo's Dead Or Alive beat-'em-up, and of PS1 i'm-not-grand-theft-auto-honest-'em-up Driver.
Actually, there's not an enormous choice when it comes to directors of game films. Doom is being directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak (Romeo Must Die).
Either way, anything's better than Uwe Boll.
Originally Posted by BEANFro Elite I'm really dreading the Doom movie as I passionately enjoyed the games and would hate to see this franchise horribly butchered as well...
Oh, it will be. But that's because films of videogames are guaranteed to be butchered
Originally Posted by Knoxville Havn't seen land of the dead yet tbh its on my to watch list, the resi evil films however are half decent imo aslong as you watch with tongue firmly in cheek
Spot on, mister Knox. I really enjoy bad zombie movies (and I really enjoyed the RE films), not because they're any good, but specifically because they're bad - if you approach the cinema in a giggly, silly way (and say "braaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnsssssssssss" a lot to the ushers), you'll enjoy a zombie film - and the worse the film, the more fun it is
a film doesn't have to be schinder's list to be fun to watch - and remember, brits love to moan about things!