Shadow Of The Colossus: The Movie?

So is Zac Effron playing the role of Wander?

Joke post?

Man that's crap... all their thinking is money,  just like every other damn videogame movie.

Why do video game films get shitty director,producer, and writers?

Man, Snide...you're slow on this one.  BoG posted this forever ago!!!  =  P

Ha, well BoG is an animal. I am only a mere mortal. Though I prolly shouldn't have pushed this into the forums if that was the case. Sorry BoG.

It would be cool if video game movies didn't suck.

This type of movie needs to be handled by somebody with a good sense of art. Not somebody who gets their art from drawing on the back of a cereal box...

There's no way this movie could have the same emotional impact as the game. Completely unnecessary.

This should not be made into a movie, period.

You know, if this movie gets made...and it's absolutely wretched, then man...it's going to make the game look THAT MUCH BETTER!!!

I would love a Shadow of Clossus movie if, and only if it was done right.

What a fucking waste! I am so pissed off about this. It was a fantastic game and could make a really bloody great movie, but they let this fuckwit write the script? GOD DAMMIT!!

Are they stupid?! How can they screw up such a cinematic game with changing the whole tone? Now, I don't want to get ahead of myself because we don't have any footage yet, but it seems so ridiculous to do this. It's like they just wanted to make a LotR type movie and decided to slap on the Shadow license. If they got a good director to do this  (like G. del Toro or any other decent director) it maight be amazing. This is so stupid and I'm angry, and tired, and now I'm going to go to bed.

I read about this earlier on joblo.com

should have got Spike Jonze to direct it....

This is destined to be the epic-est of fails.

One word: FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!

This is like letting a pyromaniac kid take the greatest artworks of the 20th century and play "make the biggest fireball".

They could make it cool but, it will probably be crap.

Sounds like a travesty in the making, but we'll just have to see.

The worst part is this actually could be a decent movie if done right.  Even if it does get made, the shittier it is will make the game that much more awesome!

A Shadow of the Colossus movie could be good if it focused more on the prequel story to the game.  I'd love to see some of the moments that made Wander love Mono so much that he'd do what he does in the game, and how the relationship between Wander and Agro was built.

I actually did watch a documentary on Andre The Giant during the summer. It was quite fascinating and I learned that he still visits his friends in his old village to play cards.

Yes, some more movies for the TANG review.

My reaction to this post was an initial "Whoa, cool!" follow by a very quick 'MOTHERF***ER!"

"Yes, some more movies for the TANG review."

lol @ jakob bringing up BoG, happens all the time though. forums are fast than the staff a lot of times. but its big deal. 

huh...

Wait a second here- Wasn't that game's story engaging more because of how it was told than the actual content?  You can't just take all the cutscenes from the game, film them, and then call it a day.  When a story is that minimalist, I don't think you could even make a decent movie without changing everything around.  You would probably just be better off making something new than trying to adapt this.

Sorta like how nobody made a Watchmen movie for so long because the story was great because it played to the strengths of the medium.  Moving it to something else would be missing the point of what the original game was about.  A game with a good story doesn't mean it would make a good movie.

The problem is that even if the film can emulate much of the game's look and feel, I don't understand the motivation for making it - rather, I don't see any legitimate motivation, putting aside financial goals. What can a movie about the game bring out that the game failed to? The experience originally created is, or at least seems to me, complete already. Certain elements of it will have to be lost, such as the individual's engagement with the effort of slaying the colossi, and, again, I just don't see what they can supplement that with. I think the story's out, since the subtleties of the player interaction and general lack of backstory are integral to its aim.
Are they really just going to show a dozen action movie boss fights? I mean sure, there's a place for that in movies, I just don't think it should be this one.

I bet I will never go and see this movie ever.

Is nothing sacred?

EDIT: Yeah, The Rundown was fairly enjoyable. Admittedly, mostly for the actiony stuff, but it was at least a passably-written film. But... are you telling me the same guy was behind the Scorpion King, though? Does. Not. Compute.

Chris Kline IS the Shadow, Kristen Kruek IS the Collossus!
Also: I liked the Rundown! I thought it was a lot better than it got credit for. Still not the man I want writing THIS, but not a bad movie.

Not much else to say about this that most people haven't already said, the film will be completely different from the game because the game has virtually no story compelling enough to make a quality film, leaving a mediocre writer plenty of room to add whatever he wants. I do think it could be done, but it would be best served as a short Japanese film(technically Wander and the Colossus), maybe an hour at most... It would really all be in the direction and cinematography where the meat of the film would be. I could imagine it, visually, being more like 300 mixed with a little bit of The Two Towers. But there again, going back to my first sentence, the film in my vision would be so close to the game there wouldn't be a point in making it. Games are meant to be played, not watched.

If it could make pent-up Japanese businessmen cry as they were playing the game, I'm down to spring for a movie-ticket...

There's been so many game movies announced I just shrug them off I doubt half of them will ever come out.

They should draft a law that forbids him to make this movie--or any other movie, for that matter.

That said: if this movie would be made it shouldn't be an art house movie. This movie would need a huge budget to render the colossi believable. However, it should also be without dialogue and there should only be three actors (the girl, the boy and the horse). Oh, and of course the creepy deity. The world should be very vast and empty.

The millions and millions of dollars it'll take to budget this movie would be better spent funding a PS3 sequel.

Don't. Please don't. OH HOLLYWOOD HAVE MERCY. PLEASE.

Aww fuck!

Oh please just leave it alone. It's fine how it is, why do you have to go and make a film about it?

My only fear is that people who have never played the game will go and see the movie, think it's completely crap and then never experience the game. That's only if the film is rubbish which, given the writers track record, is probably a good bet.

All I needed was a suicidal/homicidal BoG the weekend he comes to my town.

I better start making sure all of the windows and doors are locked. You stay at your cousins house, BoG!

Well that sucks...