Comments on: Gears Of War Movie To Be District 9 Style?

By: brexx25

brexx25 — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:41:00 +0000

Love Gears, can’t wait for the 3d game, can’t wait for the film.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:49:51 +0000

the way i see it this is the best way for it to make money…it sure wont make the kind of money that Avatar did because of the fact that it is a video game movie and the negative stigma that goes along with it.

By: J Cribbs

J Cribbs — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:28:22 +0000

When Neill Blomkamp was set to direct Halo, people were saying he’d be more suited to Gears of War. Now that this has been brought forward, hopefully they can find a worthy director.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:02:44 +0000

Great, Gears of War is going to be the Halo movie all over again, I can tell.

By: fullmetal_medji

fullmetal_medji — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:26:13 +0000

There hasn’t really been any good movies based off of video games, so hopefully Gears of War will break this cycle…hopefully.

By: Darek-T

Darek-T — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:00:49 +0000

I say this is an Amazing idea. Now that I look back at it, District 9 had alot of stylistic things that were very Gear of War esque. So doing the Gears movie like District 9 would be an amazing idea!

By: Joseph

Joseph — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:17:25 +0000

Anyone who’s played the game could probably tell you that a super low-budget style adaptation would be the only real way to go. GOW isn’t very much of an epic in terms of the game itself, other than the bookend segments of 2. Most of the game is buildings, courtyards, and trenches–all destroyed–filled with orcs that carry guns. (yes, not literally orcs, but the parallel is too obvious not to draw)

Also isn’t it a bit early to love on D9 so much? Especially when it’s the most racist anti-racism movie I’ve seen since Putney Swope. (well, that might be a bit of an exaggeration, BUT STILL!)

By: Eddie

Eddie — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:57:50 +0000

I THINK IT WOULD WORK, DISTRICT 9 WAS GREAT AND THE GAME LOOKS LIKE THAT KIND OF CAMERA WORK, HOPE TO SEE IT DEVELOP SOON

By: Art

Art — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:53:47 +0000

I think this could be amazing!! The gritty, in-ur-face look of District 9 would be great for Gears, especially if they make it an origins story showing the initial uprising of the bad guys (I forget what they’re called) briefly shown in the opening cinematic of the first game. I’m excited about this news!

By: Soggie G.

Soggie G. — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:22:37 +0000

Being a huge fan of the Games I’m hoping they do this well. As for the budget, if done properly (i.e. D9, Paranormal Activity) they can do it. Though I had hoped this wouldn’t happen cause I would have loved to see this movie in all it’s glory done well with great Special Effects. But that also leaves room for error story wise.

In That, I am glad to that they aren’t giving up, and since the budget is small they are forces to focus on the story to reel in the audience which I feel they should be doing regardless.

By: Joe L

Joe L — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:26:54 +0000

I think this could be a blessing in disguise. I actually had the chance to work on the first GOW game and I remember everyone saying they were a little scared that they would have someone go at this movie with a huge budget and be more worried about it being a bigs summer blockbuster and not true to the game.
Im happy they are doing it this way.

By: kingl

kingl — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:23:38 +0000

I don’t see why not. The game a had a similar over the shoulder camera feel. The only part would be the violent shaking of the camera which many people complain about motion sickness.