From Amstrad to Hollywood: How Prince of Persia hit the big screen

[Gryzor]

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Game-to-film adaptations have largely proved to be blockbuster flops. So   why does programmer Jordan Mechner believe this month's Prince of   Persia movie will buck the trend? David Crookes finds out.

[ukmarkh]

Why Amstrad? It should have read, 'From Apple to Hollywood'. Makes no sense at all to use amstrad name in there. 

[fano]

You are true, i can not remember a good movie from game (but i already saw good game from movie) so it is another movie based on a great game...

...we don't need this, playing the game is already far better than looking any movie 

(What ? am i a game extremist ? yes !)

[Gryzor]

Silent Hill was great. Resident Evil was great, too.

@ukmarkh: exactly my comment

[arnoldemu]

Why Amstrad? It should have read, 'From Apple to Hollywood'. Makes no sense at all to use amstrad name in there.

maybe, but the Amstrad version is good

[fano]

Silent Hill was great. Resident Evil was great, too.

I don't share your point about Resident Evil.For Silent Hill , never played the game or watched the film.I remember too the adaptation of DooM that was one of the worst thing i ever seen (only thing noticeable was the berserk scene)
Movies adapted from (great) games are a bit like movies adapted from (great) books : You loose a lot of things when changing media surely because cinema is not a active media unlike books or games.

[Gryzor]

Why didn't you like RE? It was exactly what the game is, a shooter/thriller, with some sort of plot thrown in! Do watch Silent Hill, it's a really nice thriller - and the Pyramid Head is just terrifying.

Doom sucks big of course.

[fano]

Why didn't you like RE? It was exactly what the game is, a shooter/thriller, with some sort of plot thrown in! Do watch Silent Hill, it's a really nice thriller - and the Pyramid Head is just terrifying.

The one i saw is "Resident Evil: Apocalypse", i wasn't aware they made 5 movies.I'll take a look to RE & SH.
Speaking of bad adaptations , Street Fighter is one of the worst if not the worst (hail to JCVD , the belgian Chuck Noris!)

[mr_lou]

Never played Resident Evil nor Silent Hill, but I liked both movies.
First 3 Resident Evil movies are neat. Haven't seen others yet.

But Doom disappointed here too.

Might I recommend Serenity. It's the same kind of "low-budget" quality, but great. I never rented it because of the lame cover, but when I saw a trailer later we had to see it, and we were pleasantly surprised.

[ukmarkh]

StreetFighter the Manga movie is one of the best video game to movie screen adaptations ever.

[Gryzor]

Serenity? Is that based on a game? But it does look nice, I'll give it a go maybe tonight...