Paul Anderson

[SpacePuppet]

What do you people think of the director Paul Anderson? Personally, I think he's a terrible director who hasn't spawned 1 decent movie. I started this thread to see if anyone says anthing good about him, I have never heard somone say someone say something good about him. (seriously)

[Shockwave]

What do you people think of the director Paul Anderson? Personally, I think he's a terrible director who hasn't spawned 1 decent movie. I started this thread to see if anyone says anthing good about him, I have never heard somone say someone say something good about him. (seriously)

Decent director, but TERRIBLE writer.

RE: APOC, to me, is his best written movie and thats really not a good thing.

[Servo]

I say "eh" but I over the past years he HAS grown some as a storyteller. Look at Mortal Kombat, now compare it to Alien vs. Predator. His style is kind of developing and taking a better shape, as a director. I read in a post that instead of "stopping" Paul Anderson we should encourage him, and I agree. He's a pretty young guy, and I can see his films getting better in the future. Not everyone is Orson Welles or Quinten Tarantino, some people are late bloomers. Just because his films suck now, doesn't mean his films will suck later. I can see what he's trying to do with his style as a director, and I just hope that one day he pulls it off because I do like the style.

[syxxpac]

I watched MK again not too long ago, and it pulverized my brain to action flick heaven. In fact, minus the fact that Scorpion and Sub-Zero were criminally underused and the movie was sorely lacking in brutality that the games are famous for, I thought it was slickly directed, had a well written script for the most part, and is pretty much how an MK movie should be. The atmosphere, the characters, and the settings were pure MK. In short - I think it's a damn fine movie that I give a solid 7/10. One of my childhood favorites that still entertains.

Then there's Event Horizon, which was a damn fine piece of horror cinema, though its editing left something to be desired. It was definitely uneven, but nothing major to detract from my enjoyment. I also give this movie a 7/10.

And that's where the positives regarding Paul Anderson end with me. If the original Resident Evil had the game's spirit like MK did with its franchise and the gore and suspense that Event Horizon sported, we'd be onto something special. But as it was, it turned out to be nothing more than an overbearing, loud, unscary rock video. As for AVP, it was also mediocre, and not just in terms of gore (or lack thereof). It was essentially the same story blueprint that RE used. I give both flicks 6/10, because I certainly don't hate them. I just consider them painfully average when they should be painfully rocking the faces off movie audiences everywhere.

I can't remember much of Soldier except the fact I thought it was "okay" possibly bordering dangerously on "bad", I haven't seen Shopping, and I have still yet to see RE: Apocalypse.

All in all, he's got directing talent for sure, but he's never fully exploited that talent to its full potential. I have a feeling he'd get there faster if he dropped that pen or smashed that word processor and just focused on securing stellar scripts from other people, as it seems that's how he gives us his best efforts.

[ChemicalRomance]

The man is a fucking moron. He is god blessed with the movies he is given to direct. Let's list: Resident Evil, Alien vs. Predator, and Mortal Kombat. Resident Evil was good, but not enough like the game. Alien vs. Predator was years of potential washed down the fucking drain...and Mortal Kombat was better than the other 2 but still not put to it's full potential. He also directed the god...god...GODDDDDD awful Kurt Russell in SOLDIER. So bad. The one shining part for this man is EVENT HORIZON. That movie really really REALLY kicks ass. I reccomend every schmoe see it.

Did I mention he's engaged to Milla Jovonich? That fucking bastard.

[Saruman]

I haven't seen Event Horizon yet but from what I've seen his a piss poor director. Money could be spent on better talents like Eli Roth.

[Xipe Totec]

I tend to agree with Arrow on this subject to some degree. Anderson is quite a good director with his own visual style. I haven`t seen RE: Apocalypse and Alien vs Predator, but Mortal Kombat was really one of my favourite films a couple of years ago and now it`s still a cool movie, but now I think humor in the movie is childish. Resident Evil was better then I had ever thought a movie placed on Resident Evil games would be. I like Resident Evil games, but if to look at them from the story development and dialogue point of view they`re quite crappy. Resident Evil games were all about the atmosphere, cool and scary monsters and beautiful girls in tight skirts. The Racoon city taken over by some company`s genetically altered beasts was the best thing one could find from the story and the RE games I`ve played weren`t really scary either. Except for Nemesis, because of the creature. If handed to any of the other Hollywood related direcors out there the movie would have sucked on a whole new level. I think Anderson really pulled it off.

[IamNoOne666]

the only movie of his that I like is Eveny Horizon. I don't need to own it or anything but it was good. The only time I got pissed at him though was AvP. Like ChemicalRomance said years of potential washed down the fucking drain.

[Xipe Totec]

I only wonder what potential did AvP have. Maybe some from the fanboy point of view, but the movie was bound to be stupid even in the form of just an idea. I always looked at it like that: there is almost no way they`ll not make it a popcorn movie that stupifies both franchises to get some easy cash.

[The Arrow]

I'm a glorified, un-ashamed huge fan of Paul Anderson as a director. I just love his visual style which I find gorgoeusly polished and very "now" in terms of sensibilities.

I've enjoyed most of his films:

Mortal Kombat: For what it was, it got the job done. The gore was missing though.

Event Horizon: Morbidly entrancing mix of Hellraiser and Alien that lacked a good ending. Underrated and Anderson's better looking film.

Solider: Fun throwback to 80's, macho man "bang bang" cheese. The sets looked like shit but I was entertained.

Resident Evil: PA's best film thus far in my opinion in terms of style, screenplay and overall tightness. That movie kicked my ass!

AVP: PA's weakest film in my opinion, the sloppy script dragged it down. I did like some of it though.

So yes some people out there do like PA; I'm one of them! The "so-so" AVP hasn't killed my enthusiasm when it comes to the man...his next flick better kick serious ass though.

[syxxpac]

Originally posted by Xipe Totec
I like Resident Evil games, but if to look at them from the story development and dialogue point of view they`re quite crappy. Resident Evil games were all about the atmosphere, cool and scary monsters and beautiful girls in tight skirts. The Racoon city taken over by some company`s genetically altered beasts was the best thing one could find from the story and the RE games I`ve played weren`t really scary either. Except for Nemesis, because of the creature. If handed to any of the other Hollywood related direcors out there the movie would have sucked on a whole new level. I think Anderson really pulled it off.

I disagree completely (except for the dialogue - for the most part, it DOES suck :p)

I'm curious to what games in the series you've played, since there were no girls in tight skirts in RE1, 2, or C:V, so they could hardly be about that. When it comes to the RE games, there's only as much story as you're willing to get out of it. If you just skip all the cutscenes and don't explore a bit then naturally the game is going to breeze by a lot faster. But that doesn't mean that the meat of the story isn't there for you to chew into like a ravenous zombie. Maybe I'm just a dumbass who's reaching for shit when it comes to RE, but the story and the characters is what pulled me into the survival horror universe, not the mindless blasting of zombies.

I don't know, maybe all that stuff really isn't there (http://www.residentevilfan.com/) and I'm just wasting my time defending it.

And if this franchise was handed to someone like Jim Cameron or any other Hollywood director, it could've been the next Aliens instead of the next Commando.

[Gluttony]

I'm not a big fan of Paul Anderson, but he isn't the worst director out there. Some of his films are entertaining and some are more enjoyable than they should be by any means. I'm not going to prate Anderson's accomplishments, but I certainly won't condemn him because his films are at least watchable.

Mortal Kombat- Interesting, mindless, and well displayed visually. 6/10

Event Horizon- What could have been is mettled with a clash of slick values and more tempered horror. He doesn't mix it very well, but it's okay. 5/10

Resident Evil- Flashy, action packed, dumb, basically what I expected from the movie. 6/10

Soldier- I don't know why, but I really dug this movie. 80s cheese is a good way to describe it and PA's usual style makes it an great mix. 7/10

[Nekroman]

Originally posted by Xipe Totec
I only wonder what potential did AvP have. Maybe some from the fanboy point of view, but the movie was bound to be stupid even in the form of just an idea. I always looked at it like that: there is almost no way they`ll not make it a popcorn movie that stupifies both franchises to get some easy cash.

THANK YOU!!! Finally somebody that sees the same problem that I do. People tend to glorify aliens and predators and tend to ignore the fact that the two together don't make for a very good mix. Like stated above, it's bound to be stupid. I remember back in 1990 when Predator 2 came out and everybody whined about how lame it was. What happened? Did predators suddenly become cool again? And what about Alien Resurrection? Am I the only one that thought that one missed its mark? Of course not! Perhaps both series simply ran out of gas.
As for Paul Anderson, I've been a fan of his since Event Horizon which anybody that knows me knows I am a total freak for that movie. I simply cannot badmouth a guy who gave me so many repeated hours of fun. I've liked all his movies. The only ones I haven't seen are RE2 (yet) and a made for TV movie he made called The Sight. But both are in my plans.
Come on, some people may not like him because in their eyes he "ruins" something that "could have been great". If you want to discourage him from making more movies, don't go see them! But as for me he'll continue to make a living and judging from box office sales I'm not the only one that feels this way.
Fine you don't like him, but my fingers are getting tired from repeatedly having to defend a guy who gets an unfair rap from a small number of scifi nerds.

[syxxpac]

I'd much rather him create his own stuff instead of taking the reins of other properties. Either that or, like I said above, get good scripts from other people.

Mortal Kombat and Event Horizon certainly proved that he can make a good movie IF he doesn't write it.

So Paul, if you're reading this, please, seek out some original scripts. They ARE out there, waiting to be snatched up by some lucky director. And that director could be you my friend. It could be YOOOOUUUU *cue ominous theme music*

[MyClone]

I'm not defending Mr. Anderson, but on a scale of Hitchcock to Uwe Boll, he lands just north of the TERRIBLE Uwe!

[RogueSpear]

Originally posted by Saruman
Money could be spent on better talents like Eli Roth.
Please.

Maybe if Eli gets his mind out of the gutter starts concentrating of mature filmmaking instead T&A he'd have a chance at being as good as Anderson. I don't see that happening, though.

Originally posted by syxxpac
I haven't seen Shopping
Trust me, if you haven't been very impressed with everything that's come after it, I doubt Shopping is going to do much to change your mind about Anderson. It's easily his worst outing as a director.

[syxxpac]

Originally posted by RogueSpear
Trust me, if you haven't been very impressed with everything that's come after it, I doubt Shopping is going to do much to change your mind about Anderson. It's easily his worst outing as a director.

I was and still am impressed with MK and EH. Still, I'm not going to hold Shopping against him. After all, most directors don't exactly blow anybody away with their debut project.

I haven't seen Pirahna 2, but I hear on the grapevine that it's definitely not Jim Cameron's finest hour :p

[Xipe Totec]

Originally posted by syxxpac
I disagree completely (except for the dialogue - for the most part, it DOES suck :p)

I'm curious to what games in the series you've played, since there were no girls in tight skirts in RE1, 2, or C:V, so they could hardly be about that. When it comes to the RE games, there's only as much story as you're willing to get out of it. If you just skip all the cutscenes and don't explore a bit then naturally the game is going to breeze by a lot faster. But that doesn't mean that the meat of the story isn't there for you to chew into like a ravenous zombie. Maybe I'm just a dumbass who's reaching for shit when it comes to RE, but the story and the characters is what pulled me into the survival horror universe, not the mindless blasting of zombies.

I don't know, maybe all that stuff really isn't there (http://www.residentevilfan.com/) and I'm just wasting my time defending it.

And if this franchise was handed to someone like Jim Cameron or any other Hollywood director, it could've been the next Aliens instead of the next Commando.
Yeah, I probably was a little harsh at the moment. I quite dig the Resident Evil games, but what can I say? I`m more of a Silent Hill person.

As for the skirts? Hmm, maybe I don`t remember what the girls were wearing exactly, but I remember that the games played on the sexappeal factor quite a lot and that I like.

The games I`ve played:
RE2
RE: Nemesis
RE: Gun Survivor (or something with a similar title)
RE: Code Veronica X

They were good fun horror games, but they weren`t particularly scary, just fun. I remember a few scary villains though. Nemesis, some zombie doctor and Nosferatu (I can`t really remember if that was it`s name).
So there are a couple of things I consider missing from the games to make them classics for me:
Intelligent plot, intelligent dialogue, original monsters (zombies, giant spiders and frog like people weren`t very original, or scary or disturbing in the matter of fact) and scare factor.

[IamNoOne666]

I'm shocked at the people who think that Aliens and Predator just aren't a good mix, go read some of the Dark Horse comics and you'll be very disappointed with the movie, cause those comics are great.

[syxxpac]

Originally posted by Xipe Totec
Yeah, I probably was a little harsh at the moment. I quite dig the Resident Evil games, but what can I say? I`m more of a Silent Hill person.

As for the skirts? Hmm, maybe I don`t remember what the girls were wearing exactly, but I remember that the games played on the sexappeal factor quite a lot and that I like.

The games I`ve played:
RE2
RE: Nemesis
RE: Gun Survivor (or something with a similar title)
RE: Code Veronica X

They were good fun horror games, but they weren`t particularly scary, just fun. I remember a few scary villains though. Nemesis, some zombie doctor and Nosferatu (I can`t really remember if that was it`s name).
So there are a couple of things I consider missing from the games to make them classics for me:
Intelligent plot, intelligent dialogue, original monsters (zombies, giant spiders and frog like people weren`t very original, or scary or disturbing in the matter of fact) and scare factor.

Yeah, when it comes to Silent Hill and Resident Evil, often you'll find that people are one or the other. Why can't we all just...get along? :p

In my opinion, the games have the most intelligent plots in the gaming and movie world (in the horror genre, anyway) this side of Aliens and Metal Gear Solid. I love the whole mythology behind the T-Virus, which you'll understand thoroughly if you read Wesker's Report 2 (http://www.residentevilfan.com/re1rem/weskers_rep.asp). The intertwining characters, the realism embedded in its story, the idea of ordinary people being caught up in these hellish nightmares that, despite how farfetched they may get (and in C:V, things DO get rather farfetched), Capcom manages to make the whole thing disturbingly real by way of its core concept - bioweapon development. We know, especially in this day and age, that there are things like these being made (dangerous chemical weapons), and that's where a lot of the fear comes from in RE that goes beyond your typical zombie movie. The characters to me are another major plus in my book, as they seem like real dimensional people (again, if you look beyond the cheap, rigid voice actors that Capcom hires for these ladies and gents. To be fair, though, voice acting has much improved in the REmake, Code: Veronica and Zero). The fact that you find documents where dead or dying characters reveal their thoughts and feelings makes the whole experience that much more engrossing. It's one big cohesive universe, and it's but one of several facets to the series that pulled me into its world.

But again, maybe I'm looking too much into things. I'll concede that not every game in the series has the greatest scare factor (though I think REmake is one of the scariest horror movie experiences I've had since I first saw Aliens), but then again - neither, really, does Romero's Dead trilogy. I didn't find them particularly scary, either, but I love them and RE because both properties give me what I crave in the world of horror cinema - solid suspense, endearing characters, splatterific gore and an engaging storyline.

Btw...I think RE3 is the weakest link of the RE series. I liken it to Day Of The Dead compared to its two predecessors. Its weaker on all fronts, though still pretty good on its own terms.

[pyscho dude]

To me Paul Anderson suffers the same problem as David Lynch, Good director but bad writer. Paul Anderson does have a great visual style and his movies are entertaining. Mortal Kombat was great, Event Horizon was great, Soldier was great, Resident Evil was a mixed bag. I haven't seen apocalypse yet but from the commercials it doesn't look that good. I've also yet to see AVP but I've heard bad things. So I think that maybe Paul should just direct other people's scripts. Great director, bad writer.

[Gluttony]

Huh, I always assumed David Lynch didn't know what the fuck he was doing so he shot in every direction hoping to make a movie in the process. oh well, can't be right all the time.

[Cronos]

i think im one of the few that thinks Anderson is a good director, i really like his style of filmmaking and the final products he produces.

i saw Shopping years ago and remember liking it, i even grew to love Mortal Kombat after a few viewings. Event Horizon is one of my all time favourite horror flicks. i also really enjoyed Soldier and Resident Evil

[Kanadian_kev]

I used to love Mortal Kombat a while back, and I'm sure it is still pretty good. Even Horizon kicks alot of ass, everyone pretty much agrees on that. But after seeing my favorite video game get massacred by this guy, I have no more good comments for him.

[adamjohnson]

Originally posted by Kanadian_kev
I used to love Mortal Kombat a while back, and I'm sure it is still pretty good. Even Horizon kicks alot of ass, everyone pretty much agrees on that. But after seeing my favorite video game get massacred by this guy, I have no more good comments for him.

AGREED!

Before I knew him, I LOVED Mortal Komabt, Event Horizon, and thought Soldier had quite a few good moments.

And I still enjoy those films alot, the same way as I did when i first saw them. But between RE and AvP I just despise the guy tho. Im willing to give him anotehr chance. I just wanna see my favorite game come to life, the wayit should have. And, yes, by that, I mean the same basic story.

[Xipe Totec]

Well, Resident Evil is my favourite of Anderson`s movies.

[hbkhhh45]

I really like Event Horizon, MK, and Resident Evil. It seems that his movie get worse over time though. I tend to dislike the dialogue more with every viewing. MK will always be a fun film but it has lost its magic for me.

[ERIN_LoJ]

I never vomited up much love for him either. His movies are pretty nice on the eyes but just not my thing overall. Of course, I still havent seen Event Horizon.

[jagged halo]

Anderson made a fairly good movie out of Event Horizon
I haven't seen AVP yet, a few of my friends have, and their reaction wasn't very favourable. As our tastes are a lot different I may well dig it, I hope so!

Mortal Kombat is a dreadful film, having said that every Director has a bad day, look at Carpenter or Craven even, yet I consider them both to be two of the finest directors the genre has ever seen.

[Andrew Tom]

I'm with Arrow on this one, although I have to say that Anderson's best movie is the TV movie Sight that I caught one night on TV. Check it out if you can. It might seem like a Sixth Sense ripoff, and it is. But I like it a lot more than Sixth Sense.

[heavy!!!]

Saw AVP today and have to admit that it was not the total travisty i thought it would be. It was nothing compared to the original of either series. But then Predator 2 and Alien 3 and Resurrection were fairly enjoyable but nothing special, and that is how i would tag AVP enjoyable but nothing to get excited about.

Still an improvement for Anderson in my book as i hated Resident Evil !!!!

Event Horizon still his best movie!!!!!!!!!

[Wolfman]

Event Horizon is probably his best movie, though I really liked Resident Evil as well.

Mortal Kombat was probably the best Mortal Kombat movie that anyone could make, considering when it was made (before the acceptance of wire-fu in the US) and the relatively corny subject matter.

Resident Evil 2 just sucked. We're talking 10 foot wide plot holes in the thing. Lots of them (like nobody noticed the 30' high concrete wall around Raccoon City when they were moving in--the fact that the Raccoon City newspeople would have been broadcasting the whole thing on satellite TV--the fact that nuclear plants don't explode when they melt down--etc).

Soldier was entertaining. Not great. Just sort of entertaining, like Commando (but I like Commando more).

I never played the Resident Evil games for more than like 15 minutes (crappy play control), so when the movie was announced, I was worried that we were going to get some crap story that stuck too close to the game. See, certain conventions work in video games that don't work in movies (nobody would have bought it if Milla Jovovich had opened up a desk drawer and eaten a few leaves from a potted plant inside it to recover from a gunshot wound). Instead, we got a nice little action-survival horror movie. Not bad.

[PeterVincent]

well . Mortal kombat ,has it self some good fights .
But as a director he keeps getting worse and worse , AvP , was a crap job on a really terrible script ( why people cant just follow the original story , you know the one that made it popular in the first place , is friggin beyond me ) The fights were zoomed in on , the camrea shakes like an episode of er (when did that become such a staple of horror movies) and the movie was shorter then willow. I also had the unpleasure to sit through resident evil 2 , which contained almost no zombies , they are flashed on screen and shown in blurs ....if we give any credit to Anderson it should be that he is the master of turning amazing lisences to complete shit . I feel bad for P. T. Anderson , one of the great directors of our day , who probably gets confused for a hack .
and yes , I didnt even know event horrizon was his ... its not that bad of a movie , but now i understand that ending which never quite ends .

IN conclusion : Paul Anderson = Master of Molding into shit (should have been the director the Producers hired to make 'spring time for hitler')

[Wolfman]

Dude, "Springtime for Hitler" was awesome.

[EVILxxx]

Paul Anderson is quite disapointing. I mean his movies aren't really bad, but with the flicks he was given he should be so much more. Resident Evil, Mortal Kombat, Alien vs fucking Predator. All of these movies were decent and I stress decent. These flicks should have been awesome if not amazing. I mean they practically write themselves.

[Murderous Squad]

loved him for making event horizon but i hate him for releasing it cut...

[Maximum John]

I think he has passion but like other poster's have stated he's not much of a director. Decent writer but his directing lacks any creativity.

[syxxpac]

Originally posted by Maximum John
Decent writer but his directing lacks any creativity.

I personally think he's the direct opposite :p

[Shockwave]

Hes really not that great at either one.

[normanbatesjr]

Honestly, I think some people take movies based on video games way too seriously.


Mortal Kombat - Really, was there even a plot in the game to begin with? Decent film, some cool special effects, some good fights.

Resident Evil - Enjoyable enough. Never played the game but I like the movie.

Soldier - It's just a cool action flick with a good performance by Kurt Russell. Not bad, not great.

[EVILxxx]

Originally posted by normanbatesjr
Honestly, I think some people take movies based on video games way too seriously.


Mortal Kombat - Really, was there even a plot in the game to begin with? Decent film, some cool special effects, some good fights.

Resident Evil - Enjoyable enough. Never played the game but I like the movie.


There was barely any blood and gore in too of the most bloodiest/goriest games. There's something definetly wrong with that.

[syxxpac]

Originally posted by normanbatesjr
Honestly, I think some people take movies based on video games way too seriously.

The elitist stereotype concerning video games rears its ugly head once again.

That sort of brush-off really doesn't hold water any more, considering that most video games nowadays take most Hollywood movies and dropkick their asses over the proverbial fence.

See Metal Gear Solid, the Silent Hill series, Half-Life, Halo, etc. to see what I'm talking about.

[Wolfman]

Originally posted by syxxpac
The elitist stereotype concerning video games rears its ugly head once again.

That sort of brush-off really doesn't hold water any more, considering that most video games nowadays take most Hollywood movies and dropkick their asses over the proverbial fence.

See Metal Gear Solid, the Silent Hill series, Half-Life, Halo, etc. to see what I'm talking about.

Video games are fine and good, but fine art they ain't.

I've played Resident Evil for about a grand total of half an hour. Maybe. I didn't care if it strayed from the plot of the video game. Often, video-game based movies stick to close to the games, and that often doesn't translate well to movies.

From my understanding, RE 2 stuck pretty close plot-wise to one of the RE games, and I thought it sucked. Maybe I'm used to more suspension of disbelief in video games. After all, I remember playing Adventure, where the main character is a square that carries around an arrow and stabs dragons with it. That was a great game.

Regardless, I don't understand people who complain about the level of gore in a movie. Movie gore usually looks extremely fake.

[syxxpac]

Originally posted by Wolfman
Video games are fine and good, but fine art they ain't.

They can be, but like most movies, most are not. Movies aren't any more of a legitimate storytelling medium than video games, though. They're both in the same league, and to deny that in this day and age is rather ignorant.

I've played Resident Evil for about a grand total of half an hour. Maybe.

If you haven't played that much of it, how can you seriously just brush it off without going through the entire experience? That's like me saying "Day Of The Dead is the worst zombie movie ever because it doesn't have any zombie action in it.....Oh, by the way, I only saw the first quarter of it." Hopefully you see my point. You can talk the talk, but make sure you've walked the walk first.

I didn't care if it strayed from the plot of the video game. Often, video-game based movies stick to close to the games, and that often doesn't translate well to movies.

There are exceptions, and I strongly believe RE is one of them.

From my understanding, RE 2 stuck pretty close plot-wise to one of the RE games, and I thought it sucked.

It was nothing like the game it was based on. The game was horror, through and through - the movie was an over-the-top, low-rent action movie that didn't even attempt to inject fear into the heart of the viewer.

HUGE difference.

The only things from the games were superficial elements that, in the end, meant exactly jack shit to the story.

Maybe I'm used to more suspension of disbelief in video games. After all, I remember playing Adventure, where the main character is a square that carries around an arrow and stabs dragons with it. That was a great game.

You honestly think that video game stories haven't progressed since Adventure?! You should really play some of the more high-profile story-based games (through to their conclusion) before you make a bold statement like that, if that is indeed what you're implying.

If RE wasn't your cup o' tea, hunt down Final Fantasy VII for PS, and just for X-Nightcrawler, I'm going to throw in a recommendation for the great Final Fantasy VIII, too. Then there's the ones I've mentioned above.

Regardless, I don't understand people who complain about the level of gore in a movie. Movie gore usually looks extremely fake.

The Resident Evil series was a loving homage to Romero's Dead series. If you'll recall, Romero's zombie movies had extreme gore.

Hence the reason why fans are pissed off.

[slasherfan]

Originally posted by EVILxxx
There was barely any blood and gore in too of the most bloodiest/goriest games. There's something definetly wrong with that.
Amen to that!

[Shockwave]

Video games are fine and good, but fine art they ain't.

I gotta totaly disagree, ive played many, many, great games with story, characters, and production values that blow away most of the waterd down shit coming out of Hollywood.
.
...to me, the video games industry is far more daring then Hollywood can ever hope to be.

[SpacePuppet]

Double Post, sorry.

[SpacePuppet]

Originally posted by slasherfan
Amen to that!

Yeah, I thought that too. Especially 'Mortal Kombat', I remember some black guy was fighting Goro. He loses and Goro picks him up and says... "Time to die..." then alls he does is hit him over the head! Wha? That sucked! He should've ripped him in half!!!

Mortal Kombat was a huge disappointment in 1994, and so was Resident Evil. Those movies sucked.