Doom The Movie

[sparhawk]

Anybody seen Doom the movie? I watched it and it was not as bad as I thought. Actually I enjoyed it quite a lot, even though I think it helps to be a fan of Doom. The movie itself was more made like Doom 3 than the classic Dooms, but there were moments that really reminded me of Doom I/II and also got me playing it again. Especilly that scene where 'The Rock' got the BFG 9000.

I also liked the short sequence of First Person Shooting, even though it is pretty weird in a movie. It felt like watching somebody playing Doom 3. My wife didn't like it as much, but she is no fan either.

[oDDity]

Not in a million years. Watching Doom - The Movie is the sensory equivilent of stuffing yourself to vomiting point with junk food.

[ZylonBane]

So... pleasant up to a point?

[Maximius]

Im actually willing to give a movie like Doom one shot, Im sure its pretty silly but I dont think it is trying to be anything else. Ill watch it once for the nostalgia.

 

talking about seeing video game perspectives in movies, what about Star Warts I, the Fan-base Menace? Towards the end of the movie there is an extended battle scene in a factory or something with characters jumping over and under crates. "Where have I seen this before?" I wondered. Ahhh, its a jumping puzzle from a video game! Talk about crossover and product placement....

[oDDity]

So... pleasant up to a point?

You can get equal, if not more pleasure from watching good movies or eating decent meals, as a junk one, so why do it?

I can see why for food - junk food is more usuallyc onvenient better value, but the same can hardly be said for a bad movie Vs a good one.

[New Horizon]

I went to see it with my Brother in Law, not sure why. Definately not the worst movie I've ever seen, not by a long shot. Overall, it was 'okay'. Obviously, it could have been much better. I didn't leave the movie theatre with any great insights into the human condition.

[sparhawk]

What I missed was the scariness. In Doom 3 this was quite well done, but the movie was not really scary. There were some splatter effects but this is not what I consider scary. I prefere a good thriller any time. Apart from that there where the usual and quite expected startlement sequences, which seem to be used in the same fashion in each and every horror movie. It's so predictable and I still wonder why my wife still is always startled by them unless I tell her what will happen next.

 

Just an example of this: A heavily used pattern is that the tension is pumped up by the protagonist seeing something weird. The watcher should anticipate that NOW is the time the protagonist will get some bashing, but suddenly it turns out that he just jumped at shadows, or a friend played a prank on him. The watcher is relieved and exactly two or three seconds later the real monster appears and gets him.

Really, this pattern is used practically in EVERY horror movie I have seen so far.

[SneaksieDave]

IIRC, Carmack said something along the lines of "it's not going to win any awards, but it wasn't terrible." He was also disappointed by the fact they didn't go with the demons-from-hell angle.

 

Haven't seen it yet. Will probably wait for rentals.

[sparhawk]

Yeah. That demons-from-hell I was also missing. In the end the explanation given was not so bad, and it had the advantage to also explain why the main character can handle so many injuiries without going down immediately. But on the other hand, through the entire movie I was waiting when hell is discovered to be behind this, and of course it never happened.

[Forsaken]

Well, I feel that the only reason this film is made is to get money, not to because DooM had a good story(whatever you say, it didn't). If this was a movie after Heroes of Might and Magic, Heretic, The Elder Scrolls, etc., then I would give my money to see it. But a movie after a tremendosly(for some reason I can't understand) popular game will be trash.

[sparhawk]

On the other hand, since I knew that Doom had no relevant story, I was not erally dissapointed and the movie fit pretty well in the Doom universe. When I watched Alone In The Dark, I was quite dissapointed. I expected a nice movie based on the Lovecraft universe and what I got was a VERY cheap horror movie with no relation to the game. Maybe this was a missunderstanding on my part, because of the name I thought it has something to do with the games. Actually I wonder why market law didn't prevent this, or the rights were sold without a second glance to what will happen to it.

[Vadrosaul]

The only Alone in the Dark that was "inspired" by Lovecraft was the first one. The movie Boll decided to ejaculate he said he based on the 4th one, "New Nightmare", which was the worst game in the series.

[OrbWeaver]

The lack of the demonic angle is something that puts me off watching the film, because on some level I can't help thinking that the reason it was left out was to appeal more to the Fundamentalists.

 

However, given how much I disliked the Doom 3 version of "demons" (i.e. with Earth techology like rocket launchers - that is more like Quake in my book), perhaps they were better left out.

[Ishtvan]

Speaking of Hell, there is no way in hell I'm going to pay $10 USD to see this movie. That's 2-4 burritos worth of food that would be sacrificed to sit for 90 minutes wishing all the time for an icepick to shove into my orbital cavity. No thanks.

[Maximius]

That applies to about 98.99 percent of the movies that make it to the big screen. Its a real shame that such a beautiful format for watching a film is usually used to display utter shit. Some of the bigger cities in the U.S. have theatres that show good film regularly but you have to live near one to enjoy them. When I lived in Orlando years ago, they had a cool theatre that was also a restaurant; dinner, drinks, and a decent film.

[Vadrosaul]

My local mom&pop video store has a deal for $2.50 tuesdays for new releases. So far I have not had a problem with any of my choices not being in stock.

 

Analysis -

 

Theatre: $20 for tickets (Janelle and I), other annoying humans, uncomfortable seats, Gas to get there, specific times, 30 minutes of adverts and previews.

 

Store: $2.50 for both of us, comfortable couch, good food from home, vidstore within walking distance, can watch whenever I want within 2 days, extra features if interested, skippable adverts and trailers.

 

 

Only advantage for theatre is huge screen and they get the shows 3 months earlier.

[sparhawk]

Another advantage is the sound. Even though we have a 5.1, it's much better if the theater and the movie supports THX in appropriate sound quality.

[Vadrosaul]

That advantage is cut down by the annoying ambience of the crinkling of dozens of popcorn bags, coughing of several individuals, creaking of seats, people rudely talking, beeping of cellphones, and the fact that they lowered the volume because the old farts don't like it too loud.

 

At least where I live

 

BTW sparhawk is it true that in German theatres they assign you to seats?

Edited November 10, 2005 by Vadrosaul

[sparhawk]

Not any longer. When I was younger you had a number on the card which tells where you can sit. But nowadays this is no longer. Maybe some theaters still have it, I don't know, because I haven't seen this in a long time.

 

But I always wondered about this ambient noise in US theaters. From ripped movies I noticed that apparently people run around a lot there. Here I barely can see and it wouldn't be acceptable either. Of course sometimes somebody goes to the toilet or such, but most of the time the theater is quiet and everybody stays on his place.