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[Mavalant]

Hi is had just finished the new bond games, and I was wondering about weather they should maybe adapt bond games into movies. Everything or Nothing would be brilliant with a few tweaks as well as Nightfire and Bloodstone (more tweaks on this one) anyone's ideas on this matter.

[Zorin Industries]

No.

[Garth007]

I personally felt EON should of been a great way to end the "old" bond series on a great note especially having William Defoe as a bond villain. I would also like BS to be a movie too it had great story that could fit the "new" bond series.

[mttvolcano]

Totally everything or nothing!!!!!!
Bloodstone, I guess, since it is of the craig era, yes it would suit him well. Nightfire...maybe, it was a cool game.

[tdalton]

Absolutely not on any of them.

First of all, games do not translate well at all to the big screen. There may be an exception or two here and there (I can't think of any right off the top of my head, but there might be one or two), but the vast majority of them are amongst the absolute worst films Hollywood has produced in the last decade or so.

Second of all, just about all of the Bond games are terrible and would make horrendously bad films.

[mttvolcano]

Second of all, just about all of the Bond games are terrible and would make horrendously bad films.

What do you mean by this?
I can agree on the first part but this?

[tdalton]

Second of all, just about all of the Bond games are terrible and would make horrendously bad films.

What do you mean by this?
I can agree on the first part but this?

What I mean by it is that all of the Bond games (GoldenEye N64 excluded, although it is vastly overrated) are terrible and would make for very bad films were they to be adapted. Basically what these games end up being are one overblown action sequence after another that are strung together with a story that is so flimsy (or, in some cases, virtually nonexistant) that there's no point in even trying to adapt it to the big screen when even a subpar screenwriter could be brought in to come up with something that's both wholly original and significantly better.

Any Bond game that would end up being adapted to the big screen would end up being nothing more than an overblown action extravaganza with little to no plot, and that's not something I'm interested in ever seeing from the Bond franchise again.

[mttvolcano]

Second of all, just about all of the Bond games are terrible and would make horrendously bad films.

What do you mean by this?
I can agree on the first part but this?

What I mean by it is that all of the Bond games (GoldenEye N64 excluded, although it is vastly overrated) are terrible and would make for very bad films were they to be adapted. Basically what these games end up being are one overblown action sequence after another that are strung together with a story that is so flimsy (or, in some cases, virtually nonexistant) that there's no point in even trying to adapt it to the big screen when even a subpar screenwriter could be brought in to come up with something that's both wholly original and significantly better.

Any Bond game that would end up being adapted to the big screen would end up being nothing more than an overblown action extravaganza with little to no plot, and that's not something I'm interested in ever seeing from the Bond franchise again.

Yeah I agree. The games though...are meant to be that way. It wouldn't be fun if you just walked around and didn't kill anyone lol
AS with all games adapted into movies its like give me a break, couldn't you think of anything else to make a movie out of?

[Matt_13]

The games work so well (by and large) because they are so ridiculous and flimsy that the only way anyone could find any enjoyment out of them is through an interactive medium like videogames where the story only partially matters and "feeling like Bond" is key. So in a word...no.

[tdalton]

Second of all, just about all of the Bond games are terrible and would make horrendously bad films.

What do you mean by this?
I can agree on the first part but this?

What I mean by it is that all of the Bond games (GoldenEye N64 excluded, although it is vastly overrated) are terrible and would make for very bad films were they to be adapted. Basically what these games end up being are one overblown action sequence after another that are strung together with a story that is so flimsy (or, in some cases, virtually nonexistant) that there's no point in even trying to adapt it to the big screen when even a subpar screenwriter could be brought in to come up with something that's both wholly original and significantly better.

Any Bond game that would end up being adapted to the big screen would end up being nothing more than an overblown action extravaganza with little to no plot, and that's not something I'm interested in ever seeing from the Bond franchise again.

Yeah I agree. The games though...are meant to be that way. It wouldn't be fun if you just walked around and didn't kill anyone lol
AS with all games adapted into movies its like give me a break, couldn't you think of anything else to make a movie out of?

I do agree that the games are meant to be that way. That kind of over-the-top stuff works for a videogame because it has to be something that's more like that so more of the experience can be interactive. The problem that I have with the Bond games isn't so much that they're over-the-top (although I still think they could be a little less so and still have a chance at being good), it's just that they're not particularly well made games.

[SamuelKevlar]

I agree that the stories of these games can hardly be called such, but I wouldn't dismiss them out of hand. Some nuggets - like a location, or an idea for an action sequence - may be worth incorporating in a proper story. And I'd hate to see Willem Dafoe ruled out as a movie villain just because he appeared in EON.

[x007AceOfSpades]

Bond games as films? No, just no.

[O.H.M.S.S.]

I believe Silent Hill has been the only film based on a game which wasn't atrociously bad.

On the other hand, there might be some good ideas in NightFire or Agent Under Fire, which could be inspiring but it would be an awful idea to copy the whole game into a movie. That's like Tomorrow Never Dies on purpose .

[Garth007]

I believe Silent Hill has been the only film based on a game which wasn't atrociously bad.

On the other hand, there might be some good ideas in NightFire or Agent Under Fire, which could be inspiring but it would be an awful idea to copy the whole game into a movie. That's like Tomorrow Never Dies on purpose .

"I would say silent hill was the only one not that bad i recently watched prince of persia and it was actually pretty good"

[darthbond]

The games were designed to be games. Not to say that their plots wouldn't be suitable for a movie, but if you took the games, level for level, and put that on screen, there would be no lasting satisfaction. I have a lot more fun with Nightfire: The game than I would with Nightfire: The movie.

darthbond

[Nicolas Suszczyk]

Not a good idea by any chance.

[Brooky]

Games adapted as films are typically draedful but if any Bond game should be converted film it should definately be BS (with a few tweaks obviously).

[TheREAL008]

I wouldn't mind seeing Goldeneye reworked. Yes I said it and I'm standing by it. I love the Wii version much more than the original and I sincerely believe Daniel would be more believeable than Pierce was.

[Mavalant]

Interesting responses but how about tacking villains from the games and into movies such as William Dafoe's character or the henchmen Rook from Nightfire

[Janus Assassin]

I never liked the idea of adapting an entire game into a movie, but certain parts could work. I've always imagined Jason Statham playing Nigel Bloch (Henchman from AUF). I did enjoy the Aston chase from Bloodstone in which you chase the train, and figured this would be a great action scene in a movie. Same with Bond sneaking through the outer casino in Bloodstone knocking off the guards. I would never want to see an entire adaptation as a movie but certain scenes or characters (done right) could work.