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**jisee** · 04-20-2009, 08:14 AM

What was so horrible about it? Sure it wasn't the greatest movie, but like I said it was decent. Mark Wahlberg did an alright job as Max, but he definitely didn't capture the character how he was in the game. That smirk from the game really made the character.

I just don't understand what everyone who says the movie is horrible was expecting. I honestly don't think a movie could be made to give the games what they deserve, especially if you played through the games first.

It's like a movie adaptation of a book. The movie will almost never be as good as the book.

- So many obvious and sloppy continuity errors.
- Acting was quite bad, none of the actors seemed to take their roles seriously (though Whalberg did to a decent job at times).
- Some characters (such as Lupino and especially Jim Bravura) were butchered and didn't really resemble the original characters at all, I could understand a bit of a deviation to make their jumps to the big screen work, but this was laughable.
- what little story there was was developed poorly, where was the narration for starters?

I could go on, but after watching the movie I wondered if the people involved with the movie ever sat down and played the game for more than say, 15 mins? I didn't expect this to be an epic movie, but I also didn't expected it to be as piss poor as it turned out to be.

04-20-2009, 08:14 AM	#19
jisee Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 389 Senior Member	What was so horrible about it? Sure it wasn't the greatest movie, but like I said it was decent. Mark Wahlberg did an alright job as Max, but he definitely didn't capture the character how he was in the game. That smirk from the game really made the character. I just don't understand what everyone who says the movie is horrible was expecting. I honestly don't think a movie could be made to give the games what they deserve, especially if you played through the games first. It's like a movie adaptation of a book. The movie will almost never be as good as the book. - So many obvious and sloppy continuity errors. - Acting was quite bad, none of the actors seemed to take their roles seriously (though Whalberg did to a decent job at times). - Some characters (such as Lupino and especially Jim Bravura) were butchered and didn't really resemble the original characters at all, I could understand a bit of a deviation to make their jumps to the big screen work, but this was laughable. - what little story there was was developed poorly, where was the narration for starters? I could go on, but after watching the movie I wondered if the people involved with the movie ever sat down and played the game for more than say, 15 mins? I didn't expect this to be an epic movie, but I also didn't expected it to be as piss poor as it turned out to be.
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