Ten Video Game Movies That Need To Be Made

Posted by on November 15th, 2007   Filed under: Games

With the continuing stream of video games being optioned for the big screen, people are always discussing whether or not there are any untouched game licenses that could actually make for a decent film. Well, the hipsters over at New York Magazine just turned that topic on its head with a pretty funny list of ten absurd video games that they’d like to see made into a movie. The truly brilliant part of the article is their inclusion of a preferred director for each project. My favourites are probably Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater directed by Larry Clark and Oregon Trail under the creative guidance of The Coen Brothers. I also have to give them props for mentioning Monkey Island though… this was on my Top 5 list back when we tackled this very subject on the Film Junk Podcast many moons ago. Follow the link below to check out the rest of the list.

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  • Considering that this list contains such titles as Duck Hunt and Tetris, neither of which could really be translated into a film without some MAJOR additions and changes to the concepts (and even then I don’t think either could truly work), I take it that the selections were based more on camp value than anything else. The two games that really deserve film adaptations, in my mind, are Metal Gear Solid and Resident Evil. I’m fully aware that three RE films exist, but they’re all so far from not just the story, but the heart and soul of the source material, that in my mind they aren’t really deserving of the common name. I’ve got no real hope for a quality Resident Evil film at this point, so that leaves Metal Gear Solid. However, seeing how the story in MGS is already perfect and Hollywood just can’t seem to leave good things the way they are, I honestly don’t have much hope for a quality film based on this franchise either.

  • Nemesis

    Yeah when they were released the 1st Resident Evil & Metal Gear Solid games were absolutely awesome gaming/movie experiences if left in their original concepts. Maybe if Romero & Carpenter could of gotten a chance to do straight movie adaptions of the games there may of been good chance of some quality game movies.

  • Primal Rage, Metroid, Contra and Monster Party would make great movies if given respect and given the right budget. Of course Metroid would be the most expensive to make. But still, someone needs to get on the ball.