View Full Version : Castlevania Movie confirmed YES! but BAD NEWS!!!
itobandito
11-09-2005, 09:59 AM
So yeah they are making a movie of my favorite video game series. check out the link. http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/665/665378p1.html
The bad news is Paul W.S. Anderson is directing it. This guy freaking blows and ruins every movie he makes. Example the Resident Evil franchise and the Alien Vs Predator movie (which had its moments I guess) He is also responsible for the Mortal Kombat movie, for the time I guess it was ok but still it sucks by todays standards. I wish there was a way we could stop this.
Damaramu
11-09-2005, 10:03 AM
Anderson I can live with. I'm just glad it's not Uwe Boll. That man seriously needs to be flogged.
jajaja
11-09-2005, 10:09 AM
Castlevania as a movie.. hm..
Wonder how that will turn out.
Oobgarm
11-09-2005, 10:14 AM
Anderson I can live with. I'm just glad it's not Uwe Boll. That man seriously needs to be flogged.
Indeed.
As long as the film is about the Belmonts, I'm interested.
Darren870
11-09-2005, 10:14 AM
God I hate Uwe Boll (http://loadingreadyrun.com/showmovie.php?x=480&y=360&url=uweboll.mp4) <--- Link
Still they need to stop with this crap.
Wester
11-09-2005, 10:15 AM
Personally I think it'll be great to see one of my favorite game series in the theaters. I wouldn't expect it to have a great director though, game movies never do. They aren't made to be blockbusters, all they expect is to make a little cash and kick it out on video for the gamers to buy. I just hope it isn't really overdone with cheesy CGI.
Hey a guy can hope can't he? :P
itobandito
11-09-2005, 10:19 AM
You know we are going to get some stupid additional characters that have nothing to do with the game. Probably going to make a blood pack like in Blade 2. Stupid Stupid Stupid. I mean look at the resident evil series. The main character in both movies is Alice who has never appeared in ANY of the resident evil games.
joeuser
11-09-2005, 10:26 AM
Well, he can't procude worse movies then Uwe Boll does. His movies suck big times. I think everyone agrees here. Ok AvP was not the best movie aswell, but better then House of the Dead and Alone in the Dark. Ok, that's not that hard ;)
itobandito
11-09-2005, 10:36 AM
Yeah I agree at least its not Uwe Bowe but still they have to get a new director in this video game to movie mix, I mean when they make one its either primarily Bowe and Anderson. I mean Peter Jackson is working on the Halo movie. I don't expect some one of his stature to do a castlevania movie but theres got to be some one who can do a happy medium. Tim Burton could probably pull this off to a satisfactory level. He is still pretty big time actually but yeah, some one who is between the sucky and the great would be ideal to direct it.
Biff_McFresh
11-09-2005, 10:44 AM
whygodwhy
johno590
11-09-2005, 10:47 AM
I thought the Resident Evil movies were pretty darn good. And back when the Mortal Kombat movies game out I enjoyed them... Just give it a chance I guess?
njiska
11-09-2005, 11:12 AM
So yeah they are making a movie of my favorite video game series. check out the link. http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/665/665378p1.html
The bad news is Paul W.S. Anderson is directing it. This guy freaking blows and ruins every movie he makes. Example the Resident Evil franchise and the Alien Vs Predator movie (which had its moments I guess) He is also responsible for the Mortal Kombat movie, for the time I guess it was ok but still it sucks by todays standards. I wish there was a way we could stop this.
Hey as much as i hate Paul W.S. Anderson for they shitty, shitty Resident Evil movie i'm still happy to see him directing Castlevania and here's why.
Reason #1: He's not Uwe Boll
Reason #2: Mortal Kombat the Movie
Reason #3: HE'S NOT UWE BOLL!!!
Slimedog
11-09-2005, 11:18 AM
I expect it will be as cookie cutter as possible with Van Helsing. That movie made decent sales and I'm sure thats how they pitched it, since VH made pretty decent box. Of course they will strip it of any originality and don't expect the story line to stick with the game. There will be a guy named Belmont and Dracula, but that will probably be as close as it gets. Considering how these usually pan out, the guy will probably only use a whip for one scene.
itobandito
11-09-2005, 11:20 AM
yeah he probably wont get it until the very end either.
Whiskers the Wonder Cat
11-09-2005, 11:35 AM
Oh, bloody great. Another movie that we never wanted/asked for in the first place.
Somebody please stop the guy.
Arcade Antics
11-09-2005, 11:55 AM
What video game -> movie news ISN'T bad news? LOL
:deadhorse:
njiska
11-09-2005, 12:15 PM
What video game -> movie news ISN'T bad news? LOL
:deadhorse:
How about Halo? or have all you used missed out on the big news there?
If latino review is truthful, then it looks to be amazing.
http://www.latinoreview.com/scriptreviews/halo/review.html
davepesc
11-09-2005, 12:17 PM
I rather like the RE movies (except for the last 15 minutes of RE2).
I also like that they created a new main character. I didn't need to see the games acted out on screen. I already played them.
norkusa
11-09-2005, 12:26 PM
Why can't Paul Verhoeven direct one of these videogame movies? He's a genius at taking stupid scripts (Robocop, Starship Troopers) and turning them into gold on screen.
Arcade Antics
11-09-2005, 12:46 PM
How about Halo? or have all you used missed out on the big news there?
If latino review is truthful, then it looks to be amazing.
http://www.latinoreview.com/scriptreviews/halo/review.html
Methinks a review of a script that isn't even a movie yet hardly qualifies as anything more than exponentially wishful thinking.
Plus, the game Halo bores me silly, I can't imagine sitting through an even worse movie version of it. ;)
Push Upstairs
11-09-2005, 03:01 PM
You guys forget that he also directed "Event Horizion" which i thought was a pretty cool horror movie.
googlefest1
11-09-2005, 03:07 PM
Why can't Paul Verhoeven direct one of these videogame movies? He's a genius at taking stupid scripts (Robocop, Starship Troopers) and turning them into gold on screen.
i was going to say that -- that is the truth man
just imagine what kind of movie RE would have been with verhoven directing it and poledouris doing the score
Ed Oscuro
11-09-2005, 03:41 PM
Eh, I've already said my piece elsewhere, some weeks ago when the news was released.
My only hope is that maybe it could cause Konami to rethink their approach to the series' (increasingly bizzare) storyline, and maybe give it to another director for a while.
Richter
11-09-2005, 06:11 PM
eh, just watch the 1993(?) Bram Stoker's Dracula flick
probably the closest "Castlevania" movie you're gonna get
Arkaign
11-09-2005, 06:27 PM
Someday there will be a game film that does not suck ..
I really doubt Halo will be it, I'd have to guess it will probably be just like the Doom movie.
A quality film needs :
*a great director
*great production values
*a decent but not wasted budget
*capable actors, not necessarily the most expensive ones ..
*a script that doesn't pull punches, something that is artistically focused, not re-edited 100,000 times by suits from marketing.
For example :
Castlevania, directed by David Fincher, 125m budget, starring Clive Owen, Edward Norton, Michael Wincott, and Mischa Barton. R Rating, music by the same talent from Interview with the Vampire. Script by Frank Miller.
Eh?
TheRedEye
11-09-2005, 06:31 PM
Castlevania, directed by David Fincher, 125m budget, starring Clive Owen, Edward Norton, Michael Wincott, and Mischa Barton. R Rating, music by the same talent from Interview with the Vampire. Script by Frank Miller.
Eh?
I can't agree with even once of your choices, sorry. Just because they're talented doesn't mean they can do a vampire movie. Especially Miller.
Arkaign
11-09-2005, 06:34 PM
Castlevania, directed by David Fincher, 125m budget, starring Clive Owen, Edward Norton, Michael Wincott, and Mischa Barton. R Rating, music by the same talent from Interview with the Vampire. Script by Frank Miller.
Eh?
I can't agree with even once of your choices, sorry. Just because they're talented doesn't mean they can do a vampire movie. Especially Miller.
Well, I wasn't gunning for your approval anyway ;) When was the last decent vampire movie made anyway? I think only Nosferatu can claim to be decent. Interview was promising, it's a shame that the sequel was done by total hacks.
Haoie
11-09-2005, 07:58 PM
I have an undying hatred for VG films, and this is still no exception, even though I love CV.
Ed Oscuro
11-09-2005, 08:02 PM
eh, just watch the 1993(?) Bram Stoker's Dracula flick
probably the closest "Castlevania" movie you're gonna get
WHAT A GREAT GAME
LOL
Daltone
11-09-2005, 08:38 PM
Unless Paul Anderson changes his ways I'm not getting excited about this. I think that he's actually getting worse as time goes by..
Mortal Kombat was sort of a guilty pleasure.
Event Horizon was actually better (though apparently butchered by the sudio).
Soldier was a troubled production, but I still found even the action scenes lifeless. However, this is definitely not his worst film.
Resident Evil was generic, unimaginative and generally a bit crap.
RE Apocalypse, which he wrote, seemed to be par with the first.
AvP is the only flm that I've walked out of actually wishing that it had never been made.
Maybe it's just me, but I really dont find his films exciting at all. I can live with wobbly scripts or even generic plot lines so long as the film is visually interesting. With his stuff, his first two films apart, I just haven't been interested enough in what's going on on-screen. On the other hand, maybe with Castlevannia's theme being more akin to his earlier stuff we'll see something a little more impressive.
njiska
11-09-2005, 08:43 PM
Unless Paul Anderson changes his ways I'm not getting excited about this. I think that he's actually getting worse as time goes by..
Mortal Kombat was sort of a guilty pleasure.
Event Horizon was actually better (though apparently butchered by the sudio).
Soldier was a troubled production, but I still found even the action scenes lifeless. However, this is definitely not his worst film.
Resident Evil was generic, unimaginative and generally a bit crap.
RE Apocalypse, which he wrote, seemed to be par with the first.
AvP is the only flm that I've walked out of actually wishing that it had never been made.
Maybe it's just me, but I really dont find his films exciting at all. I can live with wobbly scripts or even generic plot lines so long as the film is visually interesting. With his stuff, his first two films apart, I just haven't been interested enough in what's going on on-screen. On the other hand, maybe with Castlevannia's theme being more akin to his earlier stuff we'll see something a little more impressive.
You missed his greatest sin. Rejecting a RE script penned by the legendary George A. Romero that was very true to the RE universe in favor of making a generic peice of crap staring his wife.
Hell the only moment in either of the RE films was the scene in the church in RE Apocalypse prior to Alicie's bastard arrival.
Trapped, surrounded by lickers with no ammo, THAT's RE.
MrSmiley381
11-09-2005, 09:20 PM
I think he should just make it a porno with whips.
That's how I like Castlevania. A guy running around in a castle whipping naked women (or succubi.)
I already read the news earlier. All I can say is, I'm worried.
Also, some freelance director guy made a Castlevania movie. Go check the old news pages on the Castlevania Dungeon for a link. From what I've heard, it didn't suck balls.
Tron 2.0
11-10-2005, 12:45 AM
Konami would have 'been better off if they let, a studio in japan make it into a anime realy ;)
sabre2922
11-10-2005, 01:20 AM
I agree the RE movies were lacking and overall dissapointing
BUT I thought Alien vs. Predator was decent hell it was just what it was meant to be a fun monster fest its NOT GOING TO BE FUCKING SHAKESPEAR LOL
Maybe there is hope at least for a DECENT Castlevania
All I can say is THANK GOD ITS NOT UWE BOLL :P
GarrettCRW
11-10-2005, 01:38 AM
You missed his greatest sin. Rejecting a RE script penned by the legendary George A. Romero that was very true to the RE universe in favor of making a generic peice of crap staring his wife.
Worse yet, I've heard that Capcom wanted him involved, but the studio didn't.
Aussie2B
11-10-2005, 02:19 AM
Konami would have 'been better off if they let, a studio in japan make it into a anime realy ;)
Well, there's already Vampire Hunter D, so there ya go. It's close enough, and if they made a Castlevania anime, it would inevitably be called a rip-off of VHD.
Anyway, all of the Paul Anderson movies that I've seen bored the heck out of me, so I would just expect more of the same.
njiska
11-10-2005, 02:30 AM
You missed his greatest sin. Rejecting a RE script penned by the legendary George A. Romero that was very true to the RE universe in favor of making a generic peice of crap staring his wife.
Worse yet, I've heard that Capcom wanted him involved, but the studio didn't.
Bastards. RE was blatantly inspired by the holy trilogy. Such a shame.
Daltone
11-10-2005, 02:46 AM
You missed his greatest sin. Rejecting a RE script penned by the legendary George A. Romero that was very true to the RE universe in favor of making a generic peice of crap staring his wife.
Worse yet, I've heard that Capcom wanted him involved, but the studio didn't.
Doesn't surprise me that Capcom wanted him involved - he directed the RE2 adverts in Japan... I wonder if they're online anywhere? Never actually seen them.
BUT I thought Alien vs. Predator was decent hell it was just what it was meant to be a fun monster fest its NOT GOING TO BE FUCKING SHAKESPEAR
I went in with zero expectations and still managed to be amazed at how bad it was. Each to their own though, I guess. Hell, I actually like the Mario Bros Movie. Which, also oddly had Lance Henricksen in.
Ed Oscuro
11-10-2005, 04:39 AM
You missed his greatest sin. Rejecting a RE script penned by the legendary George A. Romero that was very true to the RE universe in favor of making a generic peice of crap staring his wife.
Worse yet, I've heard that Capcom wanted him involved, but the studio didn't.
Doesn't surprise me that Capcom wanted him involved - he directed the RE2 adverts in Japan... I wonder if they're online anywhere? Never actually seen them.
I ran across a site a while back that had tons of info about the shooting, and possibly found the adverts themselves. Found it looking for the RE4 Hook Man demo from E3 2003.
Gemini-Phoenix
11-10-2005, 05:58 AM
Castlevania as a movie.. hm..
Wonder how that will turn out.
Just like Van Helsing I would imagine, but with a backstory. No doubt the film will be yet another adventure faturing some new characters in the Belmont line... I hardly expect them to take one of the existing games and do a straight converstion, which in this instance is a good thing. At least you have the whole Belmont backstory and plenty of inspiration to use.
About bloody time though. It's only taken nearly 20 years! Lol! LOL
*TRICKSTAR*
11-10-2005, 10:03 AM
So yeah they are making a movie of my favorite video game series. check out the link. http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/665/665378p1.html
The bad news is Paul W.S. Anderson is directing it. This guy freaking blows and ruins every movie he makes. Example the Resident Evil franchise and the Alien Vs Predator movie (which had its moments I guess) He is also responsible for the Mortal Kombat movie, for the time I guess it was ok but still it sucks by todays standards. I wish there was a way we could stop this.
So does the new PS2 Castlevania game, Im starting to get pissed at Konami.
I'm a huge CastleVania fan and I'm happy that it's going to be on the big screen.
I'll be there opening night.
MrSmiley381
11-10-2005, 11:43 PM
Konami would have 'been better off if they let, a studio in japan make it into a anime realy ;)
Well, there's already Vampire Hunter D, so there ya go. It's close enough, and if they made a Castlevania anime, it would inevitably be called a rip-off of VHD.
Anyway, all of the Paul Anderson movies that I've seen bored the heck out of me, so I would just expect more of the same.
Meh, both have been ripping each other off for ages. It's not a big deal. An anime would probably be better. Street Fighter Anime > Street Fighter Movie.
Crazycarl
11-10-2005, 11:57 PM
man if Uwe Boll gets his hand on the MGS licence, i swear everybody should just march and beat the living shit out of him. It needs to stop, and that will be the limit.
mr_pollock
11-11-2005, 12:59 AM
Unless Paul Anderson changes his ways I'm not getting excited about this. I think that he's actually getting worse as time goes by..
Mortal Kombat was sort of a guilty pleasure.
Event Horizon was actually better (though apparently butchered by the sudio).
Soldier was a troubled production, but I still found even the action scenes lifeless. However, this is definitely not his worst film.
Resident Evil was generic, unimaginative and generally a bit crap.
RE Apocalypse, which he wrote, seemed to be par with the first.
AvP is the only flm that I've walked out of actually wishing that it had never been made.
Maybe it's just me, but I really dont find his films exciting at all. I can live with wobbly scripts or even generic plot lines so long as the film is visually interesting. With his stuff, his first two films apart, I just haven't been interested enough in what's going on on-screen. On the other hand, maybe with Castlevannia's theme being more akin to his earlier stuff we'll see something a little more impressive.
You missed his greatest sin. Rejecting a RE script penned by the legendary George A. Romero that was very true to the RE universe in favor of making a generic peice of crap staring his wife.
Hell the only moment in either of the RE films was the scene in the church in RE Apocalypse prior to Alicie's bastard arrival.
Trapped, surrounded by lickers with no ammo, THAT's RE.
Oh please. George Romero can rot in hell for all the pieces of crap he put out after Day of the Dead.