Comments on: Len Wiseman Gears Up for Gears of War

By: nick

nick — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:10:04 +0000

If its casted right, this movie will be amazing.I think out of all the shooters Ive played, this has the best and most big screen adaptable storyline.It has all the elements.,A major plot, several sub plots, and a love story.You got the wrongly exiled soldier(Fenix), The man trying to find his wife (Dom), the possible corruption story (Fenix's father) among several other sub plots.The difference between this and other movie adaptations of games is this has depth in its plot beyond the war between locust and human.But I think it all hinges on casting.My suggestions…
Dom-Manny Perez (Bella)
Marcus-Dominic Purcell (prison break )
Cole-Terry Tate (office linebacker also plays his voice)
Baird-Brad Pitt (looks just like him but I fear may steal the screen due to his name )
Hoffman-R Lee Earmy (full metal jacket)
Kim-Jason scott lee (Nomad,Soldier)
If they can line up this cast and follow the game's story then this movie will be a blockbuster for sure.

By: nick

nick — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:10:00 +0000

By: Slappy san

Slappy san — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:17:42 +0000

GoW is not a FPS.

By: Slappy san

Slappy san — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:17:00 +0000

GoW is not a FPS.

By: Headhanger

Headhanger — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:41:16 +0000

To me Gears of War was about keeping your cool while all hell breaks loose around you. You take cover under a barrage of enemy fire; you defend yourself and your small strike team against innumerable, merciless enemies; you have to pay attention to things like reloading smoothly, where your enemies are burrowing up from, and how badly hurt your team-mates are.

Then the game throws boomers, beserkers, and kryll at you.

Oh yeah and the Lancer because of its chainsaw bayonet. As “Male14thru28″ said, the rest of the game is pretty much a backdrop to using a gun that has a chainsaw on one end.

By: Headhanger

Headhanger — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:41:00 +0000

Then the game throws boomers, beserkers, and kryll at you.

Oh yeah and the Lancer because of its chainsaw bayonet. As “Male14thru28″ said, the rest of the game is pretty much a backdrop to using a gun that has a chainsaw on one end.

By: ford

ford — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:14:31 +0000

You shouldn’t. The game is vastly overrated. Though fun, it barely has enough story to justify a movie.

By: ford

ford — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:14:00 +0000

You shouldn’t. The game is vastly overrated. Though fun, it barely has enough story to justify a movie.

By: TopDogHoncho

TopDogHoncho — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:33:41 +0000

Wanted has got to be the dumbest movie coming out. The action scenes are so implausible it made me laugh. Please, Hollywood, stop hiring john woo wannabe directors and writers to destroy the original materials.

Len Wisemen sucks. Nothing worst than a cut and paste director that copies other copy and paste directors.

Th reason video game movies suck is because… THE ORIGINAL MATERIAL IS NOT THAT GOOD TO BEGIN WITH! At least with games you can ignore the story and characters, but with movies you can’t!!!

By: TopDogHoncho

TopDogHoncho — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:33:00 +0000

Len Wisemen sucks. Nothing worst than a cut and paste director that copies other copy and paste directors.

Th reason video game movies suck is because… THE ORIGINAL MATERIAL IS NOT THAT GOOD TO BEGIN WITH! At least with games you can ignore the story and characters, but with movies you can’t!!!

By: D

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:06:47 +0000

What makes there’s something about mary different then the girl next door? they’re both movies about love aren’t they?

By: D

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:06:00 +0000

What makes there’s something about mary different then the girl next door? they’re both movies about love aren’t they?

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:09:14 +0000

As Mr Wiggl3s said, what makes the Gears of War excellent is its in-game controls and environment interactions. The ‘cover system’ was not an innovation on GoW’s part, but it was the first time it was exercised flawlessly. The flow and pacing of gameplay in GoW is fundamentally different from that in Halo simply because of the way you cover ground. Unlike the frenzied running and gunning of Halo, GoW forces you into constant defensive positions where you must stand ground and cycle between areas of cover while utilizing objects such as movable abandoned cars to dispatch the enemy. This also acts as the chief emotional impact of the game. Not only can you be killed as in any game, but the feeling of defending ground by warding off oncoming enemies, coupled with the general uncertainty and creepiness of the decrepit environments draws the player in.

Now, these are all reasons of why GoW is a great game. Cinema, however, has a completely different set of semiotics, which is why video games (along with every other medium) fail so often when transferred to the screen. GoW will have to, first, rely more heavily on its pretty standard sci-fi story of invasion and warfare, and secondly, recreate the feeling of strategic achievement in its action scenes (which are sure to be over-the-top, but will they be emotionally worthwhile?) A puzzle-solving strategy aspect is also present in GoW and will likely be played up in the movie.

But yes, there’s also a badass gun with a chainsaw bayonet on it. And it cuts through baddies good.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:09:00 +0000

But yes, there’s also a badass gun with a chainsaw bayonet on it. And it cuts through baddies good.

By: section3

section3 — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:07:22 +0000

First, I’m gonna say ditto to the other comments. They all seem to hit on high points of why this will be a good movie to see, GoW fan or not. To kind of add an additional comment to the list, have you seen the trailer for GoW 1 that had the song from Donny Darko(sp?)? I would more then imagine that the movie will have some sort of post-post-modern feel such as this trailer has. This movie will have to have some base in the graphics that this game was made off of and will inheritly have some good artsy-fartsy look to it as well. So if you like that kind of art work (in motion picture form) then this movie will probably attract you for that reason.

By: section3

section3 — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:07:00 +0000

By: web design company

web design company — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:04:06 +0000

I hear what your saying just don’t fuck it up and get GOOD actors.

By: web design company

web design company — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:04:00 +0000

I hear what your saying just don’t fuck it up and get GOOD actors.

By: Ashley Demma

Ashley Demma — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:00:55 +0000

@ chililili-

I agree, Half-Life is pretty amazing. I would personally love to see Portal get made into a movie. That game was so addicting.

I just hope the good people of Hollywood don’t try to make games like Crash Bandicoot or Mario Kart into movies. Oh the horror.

Kingdom Hearts on the other hand…

By: Ashley Demma

Ashley Demma — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:00:00 +0000

@ chililili-

I agree, Half-Life is pretty amazing. I would personally love to see Portal get made into a movie. That game was so addicting.

I just hope the good people of Hollywood don’t try to make games like Crash Bandicoot or Mario Kart into movies. Oh the horror.

Kingdom Hearts on the other hand…