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Max Payne (2008)

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Max Payne
by mconrad3 in mconrad3 Blog

lost interest.

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"The problems these days with video game - movie adaptations is they haven't quite figured out how to do them. If the studios started treating them the way they treat comic books and novels, things would probably be a lot better off. Unfortunately, Hollywood still thinks most video game plots are a lot like Super Mario (practically nonexistant), so they make up their own plot that kinda-sorta follows the general idea of the theme of the video game. Max Payne, which could have been a promising detective/mystery turned into another shoot-em-up. The plot generally revolves around Wahlberg's character seeking revenge on the people who killed his wife. Not that original, but they've thrown in the twist of a super-soldier drug ring that adds to the visual flare I'll talk about later. They don't really explain or show enough for you to follow the story, so if you are going to watch it, just sit back and don't think too much. The characters are pretty cardboard cut out and don't push the bo ... " [More]

Comic-Con 2008: The Day the Ear ...
by SpoutBlog in SpoutBlog on spout.com

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"12:59 - Mila: I got to kick ass, learn how to take apart guns, and kick some ass in 5 inch heels. I had some weapons training with the automatic, the baton, I get to beat Mark up. Mark: She enjoyed beating me up. Moderator asks Mila to say some words about John in Russian. John: “What’s Russian for “Oh fucker?” Mark starts speaking Russain. “I learned it for another movie and I didn’t get to say it. You want to hear it again?” Girls squeal. Ludacris: I don’t speak Russian. Mark: I came from the music world, so I’m always a little suspect of guys, and how much they commit, but [Ludacris] is the next big bright shining star to come out of hip hop. He’s taken on a role that was really written for an actor, and he’s done an outstanding job. Mark: Originally, his role was written for a 60 yr old white guy… John: Originally, it was Robert Downey Jr. He went the other way with Tropic Thunder. We turned a white guy into a black guy. 12:54 - First clip of Max Payne: Gang in a subway, Chicag ... " [More]

almost unwatchable
by rubywoo in rubywoo Blog

disliked it.

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"I went to a screening of max payne a couple of weeks ago, and I found it to be almost unwatchable. There is nothing interesting about this movie, the acting is mediocre, the script is non existant, the characters are in no way engaging. The visuals are pretty good, but it is almost exactly like sitting behind your friend while they're playing the game, although when you're watching your friend play you're at least routing for the *hero*. Mark Wahlberg makes sure you're not bothered whether he lives or dies. The highlight of the movie is Chris O'Donnell, not that he's any good, but it's at least a little interesting to see what he looks like these days. This movie makes my top 25 worst movies I've had to sit through, that makes it WORSE than Vampire In Brooklyn. Uh hu. Don't go and see this movie, even if it is part of your job. " [More]

Fallout Movie: The Dream Cast
by SpoutBlog in SpoutBlog on spout.com

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"On October 28 the world will plunge into an irradiated nightmare, littered with the wreckage of civilization, overrun by savage super mutants. Or, my world will be, anyway. Next month is when the hotly anticipated new video game Fallout 3 will be released. It’s been over a decade since the first Fallout, a now classic post-apocalyptic role-playing game. How has the franchise maintained such a devoted fan base? Simple: great story, great characters, great setting, and killer cinematics. The games have always been deeply indebted to post-apocalyptic cinema. The opening sequence of the first game is almost identical to the one in The Road Warrior, and the similarities don’t end there. As the Max Payne movie is (hopefully) about to prove, there is an elegant solution to the problem of videogame movies sucking: make movies about games that are already steeped in cinematic influence. In other words, a " [More]

Comic-Con 2008: The Day the Ear ...
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Review: Max Payne-Not Unbearable
by Smooth_J in Smooth_J Blog

is neutral about it.

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"I cannot think of a movie easier to advertise than a hardcore as shit videogame movie starring Mark Wahlberg, in which he plays a hard-boiled disillusioned cop that hunts the prowls the underworld at night, endlessly seeking revenge. How can you go wrong? Max Payne tries really, really hard to mess it up. Somehow, dark angels and some very solemn expressions get the job done. The first thing you notice about the movie is that it is depressingly bleak. Everyone is perpetually pissed off, and the sky is overcast and constantly spewing all manner of atmospheric precipitation. (find the pun!) The opening scenes are generally God-awful--I condemned the movie within the first five minutes, with the terribly contrived dialogue, played out by terribly contrived characters within an incredibly cliched precinct. Mark Wahlberg sits behind his desk, brooding under a single lamp in the "cold case" unit (which is aptly labeled with a sign the says "Cold Case Unit"...I wonder if all office ... " [More]

Twilight Suddenly Looks Awesome ...
by SpoutBlog in SpoutBlog on spout.com

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"I knew from the recent Hollywood Reporter feature on Twilight that Summit Entertainment planned to release a new trailer more geared toward a male audience, but I never would have guessed they’d do such a damn good job of it. I’ve been hating on this movie from the beginning, but now part of me is actually thinking I’d like to see it. And I bet a lot of teenage boys will be thinking the same, only more so. This is pure genius marketing, and it would have been in Summit’s favor to have gone this route all along. What with superheroes so huge right now, why hadn’t they already tried to sell this thing as being like a comic book movie rather than a sappy adaptation of goth chick lit? Wasn’t that bit of dialogue referencing [More]

New Star Trek Movie Poster
by aidanbrack in The Bigger Picture

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"Today I'm mostly loving the new Star Trek movie teaser posters. Apparently J. J. Abrams has come to ComicCon pretty well empty handed this year as far as the Trek movie is concerned (with the movie a good 10 months away it's far too early to expect a trailer or even a good teaser) - what we do have are four posters which, when combined, make up a Trek logo. Interesting that Uhura's one of the three crew characters shown (bottom-left is obviously Spock, right is a slightly disturbing Kirk, Uhura top-right and Eric Bana's unidentified bad guy in the top-left). Maybe she'll have a bigger part in this than her predecessor ever managed. Oh, and apparently we're getting some cool stuff from the movie Max Payne (a trailer and some scenes) which stars Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis. As someone who played the first game the day it was released and loved it, I'm pretty well guaranteed to make my way to a cinema to catch this. However dumb it will inevitably turn out to be. Now, if only there w ... " [More]

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