MicShazam

There are zero video game movies worth anything at all as far as I know. Well except maybe the first Mortal Kombat movie. It's hilariously cheesy. Most video game movies are self serious and dull. And poorly written. When the second most fun you've had watching a video game movie was watching Uwe Boll's House of the Dead movie, it's time to pack it up for that useless abomination of a sub genre. /grumpy movie snob rant.



Anway, this evening I finally got around to watching The Name of the Rose. Just ****ing fantastic! Atmosphere in spades and a cleverly written crime mystery, heavily tied in with religious themes. Setting the story in a secluded monastery in the time of the inquisition leads to all sorts of interesting thematic shadings and interesting characters. Lots of memorable actor performances in the movie as well - not just Sean Connery's detective monk. And the soundtrack was perfect for the movie.

9/10 - totally worth watching. I'm certain most of you in here would actually really like it.

grindy

Have you read the book?
The movie is retarded, watered down hollywood **** compared to it.
I'm not even one of those books over movies guys, I try to enjoy both on their terms but this is just nah.

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MicShazam

No I haven't read the book. As the credits rolled, I actually wondered how much was missing. I think it works really well as a movie, but I'm not surprised if they simplified a lot of things. The way I see it, book adaptations will usually have to skip a lot of things, so they have to succeed on the visuals, atmosphere, etc. For me, the movie did really, really well as a piece of cinema, so to speak.

DwnWthVwls

Warcraft movie sucked.. I didnt make it past the first 30 minutes.

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The Batlord

The last ten minutes of Doom are hella fun though.

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grindy

Simplifying is fine, especially with something as comlex as an Eco book, but they completely changed the ending to feelgood ****.

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grindy

I watched it whole and I remember a sense of dreadful mediocrity and not a single thing else.

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MicShazam

Not having read the book; the only thing that felt contrived to me to me was Connery's character

The Batlord

I saw the special effects and didn't see any possible way it could have been anything other than absolute garbage. I'm just glad it wasn't a StarCraft movie so I wouldn't have to see my heart ripped out in front of me and ground into a fine powder.

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Chula Vista

I prefer the second Mortal Combat movie for a reason I've already explained.

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