Resident Evil: Apocolypse
Hey all! I saw this movie last night and must say I am really disappointed. Not because the movie is bad (I actually think it's an alright movie as far as sensless action movies go), but because it really doesn't do anything to try to stay true to the games besides throwing in some characters. I really like the first one because even though none of those characters were in the games, I felt it kept true to the spirit of RE. RE is a story about how different people are affected by Umbrella and in the first RE movie, that was their story and it had the same feel as the games. This is why I like the first movie... not because it was great by any means, but because it really made me feel like I was watching Resident Evil.
I was really excited about the sequel because it had Jill Valentine (one of my all time fave video game characters) and Nemesis and Carlos and other characters from the game and it took place in Raccoon City. It really looked like they might follow the plot from RE3. But sadly, they did not. What the film ended up as was some crazy action movie (not even horror) with little to do with the game. Not only was the story butchered to shreds, but so was the atmosphere. I think it all stems from Alice reappearing in this movie when she didn't have to....especially not with all these new superhuman powers. I think they should have left her out and focused more on Jill and Carlos and their battle to escape the city. There are some parts of the movie that work... the church, and the school were both pretty cool... most likely because of the absence of Alice. RE isn't about punching zombies in the face and doing crazy martial arts on them... it's about sneaking around unknown places not knowing what's gonna pop out at you. These scenes felt like that. They also did a great job on making the characters from the game look like they're supposed to. Jill totally looked like Jill... it was awesome! Nemesis was a pretty faithful recreating, and Carlos wasn't bad either.
Anyway, that's a lot to write about a movie I didn't really like. I mean... the movie itself was okay. The friends I went to see it with who don't follow the RE games though it was an alright movie. I just thought that it totally blew past it's source material, which makes me a bit sad. What did the rest of you think?
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Originally Posted by Hsu
. I know it seems a lil obsessive but it annoys me when things like this happen, like the 1st or 4th Star Wars film:episode 1, that was terrible, I loved the first three but stopped liking star wars when I saw episode 1, Ive not even watched the 2nd. *deep breath* gotta calm down, all this rantin' is not good, okay. WOAH, didnt realize I'd write this much.
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