Movies based off of video games. There
have been many of them yet few are remembered fondly. Though for some
reason there are many that are being made even as we speak. Some of
them actually look pretty promising. For instance...
Angry Birds
This might seem like a weird one to
have here since the Angry Birds fad seems to be over. I personally
always thought Angry Birds was over rated anyways. This is exactly
why I think a movie could work. The story of Angry Birds is simple,
evil green pigs steal birds' eggs. Birds get angry and fight to get
them back. This has the makings of a pretty cool movie. With the
Angry Birds phenomenon dying down this is a perfect time to adapt the
game to a small, simple story.
Tetris
Since Tetris has no story anything is
fair game. I once saw a fan made trailer on YouTube about a guy who
piloted huge Tetris pieces as a sport in the future. He dies in an
accident and his brother takes his place. With a few tweaks this
could be a pretty cool movie. Sadly I couldn't find this trailer but
here is another one made by fans that looks pretty cool.
Minecraft
How can you possibly make a movie out
of a game where the only limitation is your imagination. (sarcasm)
The answer is What can't you do? This could be the most imaginative movie ever
made. Especially since it is coming from the producer of the Lego
Movie which was extremely creative.
Besides, you know what's popular
right now? Zombies. Minecraft is full of them. Add all of this
together and you have a recipe for the coolest apocalyptic world
movie ever.
Asteroids
You know what else people like besides
zombies, Outer space. Star Wars, Star Trek, Guardians of the Galaxy,
Interstellar the list goes on. That's why a movie based on Asteroids
could work. Imagine a story about an elite group of astronauts sent
to stop asteroids from destroying Earth. I would watch that.
Roller Coaster Tycoon
Oh boy, a movie about running a theme
park, how exciting. (more sarcasm) How could something like this
possibly work? Some people have compared this to the movie “We
Bought a Zoo.” That was about
a man buying an old, run-down zoo and fixing to be successful.
Something like this could work with an amusement park but I also like
the idea of a movie about a man trapped in a park with no exits or
bathrooms; only half-finished roller coasters.
Sonic the Hedgehog
You
would be kidding yourself if you didn't think that the Sonic
franchise has been going downhill lately. I was never a huge Sonic
fan but somehow a dark and gritty movie about a talking blue hedgehog
who runs fast and collects rings might be so weird that it works.
Kind of like when Disney and Final Fantasy got together to make
Kingdom Hearts. At the very least this movie will be so bad that it's
good. The only chance it really has is to get Jaleel White to
voice Sonic like in the cartoons.
Yep, same guy.
Super Mario Bros.
It appears that
Nintendo has finally put the failure of the 1993 Mario movie behind
them because negotiations are going on with Sony to adapt the
Italian, mushroom-loving lumber back to the big screen. How could
this movie be good? Well everybody loves an underdog story and what's more underdog than an overweight plumber and his brother on a
quest to rescue a princess from a dragon/turtle monster. This has
all the makings of quirky story of self worth and friendship.
Are there any video
game movie adaptations that you are looking forward to? Let me know
in the comments.
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