Max Payne Movie

[Flippy the Squirrel]

So, there's a Max Payne movie trailer out, and I'm hoping against hope that it won't suck like every other video game adaptation (my opinion, I know, but I'm a movie snob).

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/53528

What do you guys think?

 

[Badger]

Mark walhberg is a pretty good actor. I'm not afraid to say he could do the part some justice but it all comes down to how serious they make themselves out to be. And video game movies have a hard time transitioning because of the fact that so much of story comes from the input of the players. I'm sure fans of the game will love this movie. It'll take some well written screen play and a good director (i didn't even see who was doing it) to make this one worth while i believe.

Never played the games myself but i was enjoying the atmosphere it portrayed. Reminded me of Bloodlines a little bit.

 

[Flippy the Squirrel]

I agree with that, and although I've only played the first Max Payne, it was put together in such a way that it was crying for a film adaptation. That having been said, I hope that this Beau Thorne guy has put together a screenplay that's worth a crap.

The director has put together what are essentially a series of forgettable films (remake of The Omen... who cares?), and I hope that's not going to translate into another series of Tomb Raider-esque films that are so full of potential but get bogged down in merchandising tie-ins, the desire to tie it in to video game sequences, and the need to have in-jokes for those who've played the game. (The worst "in-joke" in a game to film adaptation, I think, was in DOOM, when we were treated to a FPS view of the forgettable hero shooting Imps in the stairwell. Sigh)

 

[CroutonsofDeath{RD}]

Looks kind of cool, the visuals look neat, they fit the noir tribute style the games were going for, although it also seems artificial as if they did something like they did with Sin City where everything but the actors and a couple props were Green screen.

I don't have huge expectations for the movie, but it will probably be a cool diversion if done right.

Oh, and just to give my thought on video game movies...
Silent Hill wasn't that bad. It wasn't a masterpiece by no means, but it was far better than most of the others.

 

[Badger]

No video game movie has yet to cross the mediocre stand point. That said, i think max payne can do a decent enough job if it picks a couple of elements it does well at and sticks with it. Atmosphere seems to be one in my eyes currently. I just noticed that the guy who did the screen play for the games did the screen play for the movie as well (character writing... that's what IMDB is saying.) That gives me a bit of hope.


bleh, just realized screen is being done by someone completely different than i thought. Yeah. it's his first time. i guess we're 50/50 as to whether or not he pulls it off. One can hope.

 

[Sexy Beast]

Keeping my expectations low for this one. If its good I'll be very surprised.

 

[Frank Booth]

It will be hard to match the game, since the game was done so well in terms of story telling. I loved Max Payne.