In this edition of Cinema Issues we will be talking about video games.
Video games are cool, Hollywood is finally realising.
More and more we are starting to see video games adapted to the screen. There is even some talk that they may one day replace superhero films.
However, the same issues that plagued superhero films is plaguing video game films, and that is being ashamed of what they are. There have been some great video game films such as Tomb Raider, both versions, the Paul W.S Anderson Resident Evil films and also his Monster Hunter film. The thing is they have played down the video game elements and tried to shed that side of themselves, much as superhero films did with comics. What I mean is that weird choices and logic that would only make sense in a video game is lost as it is adapted for the screen and in that some of the charm is lost.
I am not saying that we need to see stages adapted directly from games, but I would say that the Sonic films got it right, they fully embraced their video game wackiness and keep in things like Rings and Chaos Emeralds and that’s why it worked. Things like Super Mario Brothers tried to do this and was benefitted by being animated but even then they had to change things to get away from the games.
The studios want these things to appeal to mass audiences that’s why they do it, but in doing this you drive away the key people who might support your film, the players of the games, these are a backbone that you can’t do without, especially as modern audiences are fickle.
We need more video game projects that aren’t ashamed of their origins.
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