Sam Raimi to direct upcoming Warcraft movie

Grimnoc

Hmmmmmmmmmm....interesting points all around.

I think whether or not it will suck depends nearly entirely on the writers.

......and I suppose since ninety percent of all movie writing sucks it will suck too. *sigh*

MAGIC

Its not all writing. Some movies are just good because they find a balance between half way decent writing, explosions, and decent acting.

Look at the subject. I'm not expecting Pulp Fiction, but i expect if its executed well it will be an entertaining movie. And, how "good" a movie appears to be is completely subjective. Take Transformers 2 for instance. I think they tried to cover up completely terrible writing and acting with a shit ton of explosions. The formula was way out of balance and i think the movie was terrible half way through it, but others like it.

Koreish

Half way through? You give it to much credit sir.

Grimnoc

Point taken Magic, but I'd still lean the formula much more towards the writing than anything else.

test_tube_tony

I think what really screws a lot of video game movies up is they didn't stick to the story of the game. Doom, Bloodrayne, and Silent Hill (although it was a good movie) are all examples of this. Video games usually have a really good story behind them. Why change a good thing? Doom3 had a decent story line. Could have made an interesting movie on the level of say, Event Horizon. but no, they change the majority of the plot, get mediocre writers , and cast The Rock. Oh, and I read mention of Uwe Boll. I'd rather watch "MANOS" The Hands of Fate weekly for the rest of my life than see another one of his movies. A good game movie tho that I'd like to see, assuming they completely stuck to the plot and hired good actors, would be the Half Life series. id love to see some of the crazy stuff, especially from from HL2, on the big screen. lots of potential for really good effects and big explosions.