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The Castlevania Dungeon Forums => General Castlevania Discussion => Topic started by: agross on April 03, 2009, 02:17:24 PM
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Name the top 10 most imporatant vital things the castlevania movie must have ?
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A Belmont
A Belmont with the Vampire Killer
It needs to stick with the timeline, no new origin
A gothic atmosphere
A serious tone
Sub-weapons
Good Acting
Medusa Heads
Limited use of bad CG
Axe Knights
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A Belmont
A Belmont with the Vampire Killer
It needs to stick with the timeline, no new origin
A gothic atmosphere
A serious tone
Sub-weapons
Good Acting
Medusa Heads
Limited use of bad CG
Axe Knights
So Dracula gets no place in the list?
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AoS didn't have dracula
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1.good acting
2.consistency with the games(timelines and all)
3.Characters from the games
4.good directing
5.good plot and story
6.horror atmosphere
7.good music
8.blood and gore
9.sequels
10.length and depth
that's about all I can think of.
They really can pull off a good Castlevania movie if they try.
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In a way, I wish they stop making Dracula the boss of all these games. He's supposed to be a great evil, but he gets owned in every game.
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No Introduction, It just starts off with the bridge opening up.
No dialogue
An unnamed Belmont
A stylized view of things
A good costume that reflects the time
Dracula tells the whole story before the fight
The sub weapons are already on him
A castle
The bosses
ATMOSPHERE
I say this because it accurately reflects the games.
Either this or movie version of LoI with Christopher Walken as Rinaldo
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In Reply To #3
I thought Dracula was kind of a given, he's always aroundm Belmonts aren't
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In Reply To #4
But the story was based on him.
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How about a part where the protagonist tries and fails to jump onto a staircase?
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10 things the CV movie most definitely does NOT need:
1. A plate of meat falling out of a shattered wall
2. Angst-ridden, pasty-faced teenagers
3. Vin Diesel
4. Slow, annoying falling bricks
5. Little girls in pink outfits
6. A score by Philip Glass
7. Hearts
8. Items dropping out of destroyed candles
9. Visible life bars
10. Dracula telling the Belmont protagonist: "I am your father."
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What about the Belmont strut? I mean they have to show some type of escape scene right? Is he gonna strut his way outta there or what?
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In Reply To #12
One can only hope
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Well, I'm not sure I could name 10 things, per se, but what I'd want most of all is that they'd take away game-only features such as breakable candles, wall-meat,
Sub-weapons
,No Introduction, It just starts off with the bridge opening up.
No dialogue
An unnamed Belmont
[...]
The sub weapons are already on him
,Slow, annoying falling bricks
[...]
Hearts
and many more. I also wouldn't want to see Conan Belmont nor
Dracula tells the whole story before the fight
, that just wouldn't work. Sure, it works in some old games, maybe even some new ones if done right, but in a movie it just...wouldn't work. I want that to be the number one thing to have in mind: Have it a good movie, regardless of how well or badly it portrays the in-game universe. I also wouldn't really want to see platforming, it'd feel excessively silly.
In terms of the story, I'd prefer to see a new story, I don't think any of the games has a story that is good enough, but can also stand on its own. Games like Aria, Lament and Ruin all ride off of other games in the series, while games like CV1, CVIII and Rondo don't have storylines that would be good enough for an actual movie. So I'd like them either to take one of those stand-alone stories and add an extra layer of story to it, most probably CVIII due to its cast, or just have a completely original story featuring a Belmont. Kind of built up like Lament, only with Dracula dying in the end.
Oh, and Dracula needs to be in it. While I do agree that the series can very well expand beyond him and introduce new villains, if they don't want the movie to ride piggy-back off the games in the series they NEED Dracula to be in it, since he is, for better or worse, the core essence of the series.
So, in short:
Good, independant storyline.
Have it a good movie, not have it wave its video-game heritage around.
And...that's pretty much it. I don't need 10 things, just 2 and a lot of text :D
Edit: Now that I think about it, I guess I could do even better, and put it together into just one point:
Don't have it a bone to throw towards fans, but rather a good, independant movie all on its own.
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In Reply To #14
So in other words Van Hellsing? Hugh Jackman would make a great Belmont
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In Reply To #16
LMAO.
Um, 10 things.
1. Actual characters from the game being and staring in the movie. No magical, over powered "Who the **** is THAT?!" new character pulled out of the director's *** while an actual character (that probably should have been the main character of the movie) plays sidekick or worse.
2. Paul Anderson. Not touching the script.
3. Follow a majority of the storyline/timeline from the games. If Trevor is in it, then why put in Christopher is 'brother'? Where the hell are Grant, Alucard, and Sypha? And if they are in it, have them play the right roles.
4. Gothic feel.
5. No focusing too much on love drama crap, more so if it's cliche` BS. Touch on it at best if need be then move on to something more kick ***.
6. No campy/over dramatic crap. Keep the tone so that it can be taken seriously.
7. Put actual monsters, such as Death, Medusa, skeletons, bats, into the movie.
8. Have the Belmont actually use the whip a majority of the time, not just gun/sword/whatever isn't a whip until maybe the Dracula fight or heck, the very last hit Dracula receives.
9. Actually make the actors look like the person they'll be playing. And if need, get the right nationality to PLAY them. (Good lord SF:LoC and DBZ: E. Just...good lord.) And make sure they can erm, act.
10. Make the storyline fluid and lengthy if need be so it won't feel rushed.
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In Reply To #14
So in other words Van Hellsing? Hugh Jackman would make a great Belmont
Ummm...what? I'm not sure I'm following your trail of thought...
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Hugh Jackman is good at everything. He also kind of looks like the original Simon Belmont
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In Reply To #18
*shakes Strider forcibly*
Accept it, man! Van Hellsing was Castlevania right down to the ill-concieved stained glass window "prophecy" battle. Universal took the game series and completely gutted it for the sake of churning out a slap-dash summer cash-cow. Don't look away! Don't turn thine head! - Look at it! LOOK! ...And get on with your life.
Tis' sad but true, like everything else from Hollywood.