Topic: Upcoming Castlevania Movie!

[Richter ZX]

Ther's probably a topic on this already, but whatever.... There's this sweet looking Castlevania movie coming out. Here's the link, tell me what you guys think of it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castlevania_(film)

I hope it isn't rated R (which it probably will be) I really want ot see it!

[crisis]

It'll probably be mediocre at best. On par with Van Helsing methinks

[DarkLavos]

Sweet looking? I dont think so. It will probably just suck like all the movies based on video games.

[Mooning Freddy]

Funny how the banner says Paul w. Anderson considering he is no longer the director of this project.

[Dark Nemesis]

I'll just wait and see with what scenario they will come up. Judging a moving who isn't have start filming yet is meaningless.

[Azmodan]

Well, it's more or less screwed from the start. Bad directors, (I don't see how you can go from Stomp the Yard to Castlevania and make it work), bad timing, negative response from fans...I mean, if I made a movie about a sentient pair of boobs that fights werewolves, I don't think many would have an optimistic view about the final product regardless when it would start filming.

[Marto]

...I mean, if I made a movie about a sentient pair of boobs that fights werewolves, I don't think many would have an optimistic view about the final product regardless when it would start filming.

  Haha! I like that. Even though with some of the teenagers that truly don't know jack about movies, a pair of sentient boobs might actually be a winner in their list.... ....got nauseous thinking about it...oy, the general public...

Still, I don't think the movie will do well. I'm still get it despite all else. After all, it is Castlevania...even though I guess if someone offered me a baggy of crap with a laber Akumajou Dracula, I guess I wouldn't take it...

[AlexCalvo]

In Reply To #6
Your logic is weird.  Just because someone directed a movie in a genre you don't like... they couldn't possibly direct a movie of another genre?  I guess you are a fan of directors with absolutely no range...  Fans will hate it no matter what.  Because fans don't want it to be good, fans of something will ALWAYS bitch when it is transferred to another media, just because it is impossible to make it exactly like the source material.

I mean seriously... fans HATED Transformers, a lot of fans HATED the King Kong remake.  I know people who think Spider man 1 and 2 are the worst movies ever made just because he has organic webbing... (notice I leave out 3 =D).

There is a curse on all sequels, remakes, and adaptations of other media in movies.  People hate them simply for not being exactly like what they were before.

Fans suck at judging things because there expectations are far to high.  All I want is a movie about one of the character we have already seen, at the correct time, without screwing up continuity, and delivering the kind of atmosphere you get from Castlevania.  Beyond that, let the film crew do as they please.

[Azmodan]

In Reply To #8

Yeah, I love those directors with no range. I'm comforted by lack of change.

[AlexCalvo]

In Reply To #9
The next Uwe Boll?  Wow, you literally pulled that one out with absolutely no reasoning or logic behind it.  What have you seen so far that could possibly make you jump to that conclusion.

And you didn't get my point... fans will bitch about NO MATTER WHAT.  It's called a self fulfilling prophecy.  You tell yourself you're going to hate it so much and so many times, that no matter what, even if it is great, you will still hate it.

[Kale]

Fans suck at judging things because there expectations are far to high.  All I want is a movie about one of the character we have already seen, at the correct time, without screwing up continuity, and delivering the kind of atmosphere you get from Castlevania.  Beyond that, let the film crew do as they please.

I can agree with Fans expecting alot but there are movies that just suck regardless if the person expect anything at all or not. You can expect nothing and BloodRayne the movie still sucks. And yes I just said expect nothing... hell you can expect worst than nothing and it'll still suck!

[AlexCalvo]

In Reply To #11
Oh trust me I know.  I have been let down many times.  But my point is that 9 times out of 10 the fans will hate it no matter how good it is.

[Azmodan]

In Reply To #12

I'm curious. How many "good" video game adaptions have you seen?

In Reply To #9
The next Uwe Boll? Wow, you literally pulled that one out with absolutely no reasoning or logic behind it. What have you seen so far that could possibly make you jump to that conclusion.

Gee, maybe becuase the only thing he has to his credit is a poor Dance movie and a widely panned sequel to teen horror flick. But who knows, maybe he'll show his true talent with this movie. I'm just saying his past works just aren't up to par.

In Reply To #9
And you didn't get my point... fans will bitch about NO MATTER WHAT. It's called a self fulfilling prophecy. You tell yourself you're going to hate it so much and so many times, that no matter what, even if it is great, you will still hate it.

Perhaps you should take a look at the director and producing company's past films. They are all box-office bombs. It's not that fans are bitching, which they are, true; it's the fact that the movie is being handled by the inexperienced and the incompetent.

But you did bring up an interesting point about self-fulfilling prophecy; I see that Crystal Sky Pictues has low-end films like Bratz and Ghost Rider, and Sylvian White has directed music videos and a shoddy horror film...

In the end, if you've been let down so many times, and we agree fans will bitch, I don't see why we're arguing.

[AlexCalvo]

In Reply To #13
First off, Ghost Rider was the number 1 movie in the world for two weeks, and did AMAZINGLY well.  And ok... he directed a bad movie, but you claim because he directed a dancing movie, that everyone I know who likes those kinds of movies likes, but it is not a genre you or I prefer so therefor he SUXZORS!  You really are not getting my point at all.  I am not just talking abut the Cv movie.  I am talking about fans in general.  And this movie is being made by rogue, not crystal sky...  Rogue is owned by Universal, and man... that studio is just crap after crap after crap... =)

Give it a chance until you see at least the script or some content.  The script we saw has been scrapped.  And you also never noted that Sylvain White is a long time Cv fan.

[Azmodan]

Okay, now I see your point.
And they're rewriting the script? Then there's at least a fragment of hope.