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[gothmog]

41 MC at the moment but it seems every non-critic who's already seen it has said it's pretty good?

Something ain't adding up.

That's why these days you wait until people start seeing it or playing it. There's a war for eyeballs and a well oiled paid influencer army looking for that next paycheck so most reviews are more click bait than an actual fair review.

 

[NahaNago]

eh, I didn't think the movie was going to be that good, but I still plan on going to see it.

 

[mitch1971]

You want Sony Pictures to start making games?

No. Sony pictures to make non game related movies.

 

[mrmustard]

Uncharted was a hit, TLOU was a big hit and one of the biggest tv shows this year so far, Twisted Metal had great reviews and reception, plus it brought in some nice numbers apparently.
This one seems hardly a terrible movie (60 on rotten tomatoes is actually a good score for a videogame adaptation).

So...why?

Uncharted was an overrated turd, no idea how it got a 6 on imdb. Maybe because of the cast.

 

[Chukhopops]

Uncharted was an overrated turd, no idea how it got a 6 on imdb. Maybe because of the cast.

Seriously, watched it when it went to Amazon Prime, aside from the last scene it was quite poor.

Also they really butchered poor Sully compared to the games.

 

[MasterDerico]

People didn't like the Need For Speed movie, and I did, so I'll probably like this too.

I only care about the racing scenes really.

NFS movie is super fun! I liked! Same as DOA!

 

[RavageX]

Yeah that's how it usually goes for me at parties.

Such an easy fix. All he had to say when asked about the video was, "Let's go to my place after this party and I'll show it to you and you can try it out."

 

[Stafford]

Yeah that's how it usually goes for me at parties.

The movie however early on makes it clear she's someone he knows. His buddy notifies him before the party that she'll be there.

I saw it last week during sneak preview here in my theater and I had a good time. I had zero expectations, and it was fun enough. It won't come near Ford vs Ferrari, but that movie is superb anyway.

 

[Varteras]

I'm still not sure who exactly this movie is for. It seems like it is decades late from a time it would have been decently received. I could still be surprised but I won't hold my breath and I sure as hell won't watch it myself.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Uncharted sucked

Uncharted was an overrated turd, no idea how it got a 6 on imdb. Maybe because of the cast.

It made money and overperformed in every single way. Sony was happy with it as well.

I know it's hard for the "Tom Holland sucks" crowd to admit it but it's true.

No one expected this to do $400M at the box office and during the pandemic years. Seems like people forget this small thing called Covid.

$120 million budget (before marketing) and landed around $400 million WW. Decent chunk of change but pretty big risk to try again with Uncharted 2. We'll see if it ever happens.

The movie did well over 3 times its budget and did quite good with the audiences didn't it? It has a 90% from the audience on rotten tomatoes and had a B+ cinemascore in the USA. Seems like people would be here for a sequel.

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

so its a turd .........a vin diesel cameo would have saved this movie

Never turn your back on family … sized pizza

 

[mrmustard]

It made money and overperformed in every single way. Sony was happy with it as well.

I know it's hard for the "Tom Holland sucks" crowd to admit it but it's true.

No one expected this to do $400M at the box office and during the pandemic years. Seems like people forget this small thing called Covid.

The movie did well over 3 times its budget and did quite good with the audiences didn't it? It has a 90% from the audience on rotten tomatoes and had a B+ cinemascore i n the USA. Seems like people would be here for a sequel.

Sucks doesn't mean it can' t be succesfull. Fast & Fury movies are shit, but make money, most people here think Fortnite sucks and so on.

Btw i have nothing against Tom Holland.

 

[FunkMiller]

Hollywood is never going to get racing right in a movie, and they really should stop trying.

After this shit with fat -ass American David Harbour masquerading as a GT driver, we're going to get 60 year old Brad Pitt masquerading as an F1 driver in Apex.

Lots of dumb ass close ups of drivers changing gear and accelerating even more while going along the fucking straight.

 

[Gojiira]

Go watch this if you want a Wipeout movie.

Now that could be sick…

 

[SpiceRacz]

Do the cars in the movie take damage?

This is the main character's car in the movie:

 

[bender]

I got a free car in GT7 because of this movie so I'm going to say it is awesome!

 

[Mr Hyde]

Neill Blomkamps fall from grace is so sad to see. From District 9 and Elysium to Demonic and this.

 

[ReBurn]

Did anyone really expect that it would be good?

 

[Poppyseed]

This movie is a waste of Neil Blomkamp and an ad for the games more than anything else.

After Elysium the only way was up, or at least, I thought so until it was announced he was directing this… uhh… masterpiece.

 

[mckmas8808]

Rotten Tomato Score: 61%, 28 Reviews

MetaCritic: 41/100 - 10 reviews

So looking like a plain average movie then.

 

[Nemesisuuu]

Technically it's simcade - that should have been her response.

 

[8BiTw0LF]

Stick to games, Sony.

"With a library of more than 4,000 films (including 12 Academy Award for Best Picture winners)"

Sony Pictures - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[DragoonKain]

This is the main character's car in the movie:

Well then you just spoiled the movie, because with a car that packs that kinda speed, there's no chance in hell the protagonist is losing. That legendary car has been seen lapping Formula 1's

 

[Roman Empire]

This is the type of videogame movie I know of. A piece of turd at its finest.

 

[xrnzaaas]

My first reaction when the plot of the movie was announced was that it was going to be a big PlayStation/Nissan ad you're gonna pay to see... so I'm not that surprised by The Guardian's score.

 

[Majormaxxx]

It made money and overperformed in every single way. Sony was happy with it as well.

I know it's hard for the "Tom Holland sucks" crowd to admit it but it's true.

No one expected this to do $400M at the box office and during the pandemic years. Seems like people forget this small thing called Covid.

The movie did well over 3 times its budget and did quite good with the audiences didn't it? It has a 90% from the audience on rotten tomatoes and had a B+ cinemascore in the USA. Seems like people would be here for a sequel.

Tom is charming but he was miscast. The movie sucked despite everything you wrote, which was not incorrect.

It has an abysmal 6.3 on imdb

Are you kidding me? Uncharted should have been an awesome story. It's one of the best ps3 games and the movie gets 6.3

Weak as fuck

 

[Majormaxxx]

It was still a hit and made money.

It was a piece of turd. 6.3 on imdb is not a good movie, buddy

 

[DeepEnigma]

It was a piece of turd. 6.3 on imdb is not a good movie, buddy

Where did I say the movie was good, pal.

What I said was objectively true.

 

[SkyHighTrees]

After I learned that it didn't have any nods to the game franchise, no easter eggs or fan service, I already knew this was about to be that kind of hollywood drama beeewshit.

GT is a quirky japanese game, it's no drama in that

 

[Calling 911 Melts Beams]

grand autismo

 

[Majormaxxx]

Where did I say the movie was good, pal.

What I said was objectively true.

Where did I say it didn't make money... I just said It's crap. It's a bad movie.

Uncharted sucked.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Where did I say it didn't make money... I just said It's crap. It's a bad movie.

Uncharted sucked.

I never said you did. Why are you the way that you are?

 

[Dick Jones]

Will this factor into Metacritic's Publisher of the Year ranking? /s

 

[Kadve]

I feel it could have just been a racing movie with the gran turismo title without the whole bullshit gamer angle and it could've been really good. Something like ford vs ferrari.

Instead we get this.

Or like that Needs for Speed movie. Managed to capture the essence of the games quite well despite them not really having a story most of the time.

Hell a GT movie about the life of Kazunori Yamauchi himself would also have been interesting.

 

[Majormaxxx]

I never said you did. Why are you the way that you are?

I feel like that's a quote from a song? Or possibly a movie? It's from The Office, isn't it?

Lol

 

[mansoor1980]

hopefully it does well financially

 

[IntentionalPun]

Twisted Metal is hilarious fun but I have much lower expectations of this one, since it seems to take it's ideas a bit too seriously.

 

[The Stig]

As a person who has played and owns every single Gran Turismo game (including prologues), I never asked for this.

Of all the video games to base a movie on, this is not it.

 

[Thirty7ven]

They got the wrong director and the wrong tone. Don't understand what's the point of messing around with these historical franchise that you own and have pedigree, only to cheap out on the choice of director and script writer.

Uncharted was the same, bad director bad script, bad casting. Shit movie.

Sony pictures need to step up their game, they pump out some real stinkers.

 

[analog_future]

I don't want to watch a Gran Turismo movie any more than I would want to watch a Microsoft Flight Simulator movie or NBA 2K movie.

Of all IP to choose, why this one?

 

[MarkMe2525]

Looks like an average video game adaption. I'm sure most won't care for it, but it will find its audience.

 

[daclynk]

Whose idea was it to make this a movie.

 

[CamHostage]

Or like that Needs for Speed movie. Managed to capture the essence of the games quite well despite them not really having a story most of the time.

Hell a GT movie about the life of Kazunori Yamauchi himself would also have been interesting.

It's still in my watch-later queue so I don't know how it turned out, but they essentially already did that.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Rotten Tomato Score: 61%, 28 Reviews

MetaCritic: 41/100 - 10 reviews

Take that Jim Ryan

 

[Chastten]

This is probably a similar situation to the Super Mario movie, no? Critics teared it down, but if you like the games, it was a really fun fanserviced-filled movie. I won't say it was a good movie, but I really enjoyed it nonetheless.

I'm pretty sure people who like GT and/or cars will like this just fine.

 

[ElCasual]

I'm going to see it. I love cars, the drone usage for shots during the races looks amazing. Also, the car sounds are going to be fantastic in IMAX.

That's right , fuck the reviews, follow your criterion.

 

[Hendrick's]

Looks better than Need for Speed at least.

 

[NeverYouMind]

grand autismo

That was Baby Driver for me in a nutshell.

 

[Clintizzle]

"No LGBTQBBQ+ representation in this movie. 2/10" - Polygon. Probably.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

If any studios are interested in buying the rights to my real life story for a Forza Motorsport movie, let me know.

It's about a guy who spends $10,000 on a 1963 Volkswagen Beetle, then proceeds to spend like $200,000 on every single racing upgrade imaginable without even knowing what half that shit does.

Then he takes it out to the track and discovers that the torque to weight is so bonkers, the wheels spin out of control with the slightest touch of the gas pedal, so he glides across the track like an air hockey puck.