RESIDENT EVIL Live Action Retrospective & Ranking [Residecember Evil]
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
- A retrospective on the entire live action movie history of Resident Evil, covering Paul WS Anderson's live action films starring Milla Jovovich, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, and the Netflix series, discussing why it's so difficult to adapt RE, the highs and lows of these adaptations, and a ranking of every movie.
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How would you rank the RE movies?
The first three films are the best but then it went off the rails.
@@jonathanmulondo9206 facts
Sorry, but no, they don't rule. They may not have started the trend of disrespecting the source material when it comes to video game movies, but they did something much worse: They made it profitable, which pretty much damns every other video game adapted property. The first two were good, if nothing else, but every. single. one. after the second one. sucked, and only served to make every other movie worse by association.
Look what they wound up doing to monster hunter. HELL. Look what they did to Netflix's Resident Evil!
@@herbaldragon7646 Get serious help. People can like movies without you wishing for them to be aborted.
1, 2, WTRC, 3, 6, 4, 5. But honestly the only two I actually LIKE like are the first two, tho I’m actually likely to rewatch Welcome in a “so bad its…still bad but I’m a masochist and it at least brings it back to the game imagery (albeit poorly).”
"These movies are filled with hot people - everybody should be kissing" - Matt Draper
Now that's a quote you can put on a t shirt!
I think it's a shame that Jill was relegated to supporting character in Apocalypse. Sienna Gullery genuinely put in the work and research to bring the Jill Valentine from the games into the big screen. The footage you uploaded of her showed the way she walks, her standing position and mannerisms, all from the game. She deserved better.
I rewatched the Anderson series a few times now. I generally lean towards Apocalypse the most, as it’s the only one that’s even remotely game related. And I think they did an excellent job with the Nemesis.
Apocalypse is my favorite next to the first one :):):)
Apocalypse is probably my favorite of the series.
I love that when December rolled around some people might talk about its a wonderful life, a christmas carol, maybe die hard and matt is just like "no fuck that, we're talkin about zombies."
Hahahaha Hey, I guess I've got a brand!
@@MattDraper were all happy you did sir 🙏
Jennifer Lawrence : I am the first female lead in an action movie !!!!
Mila Jovivich & Sigourney Weaver : The f are you talking about b*tch !!
Also really like the CG movies
Thanks for the video! I forgot how much fun the RE movies are to watch!
The fact that Welcome To Raccoon City is last is insane. It told a dark horror centric story. The budget wasn't high and the cinematography and set design we're still beautiful. It's leaps and bounds above Retribution which is fun but total trash. the music in the Ax man fight is horrid, and the CG in some scenes is worse than anything in WTRC. I just dont get the unfounded hate for that film. But that's my opinion.
It would have been better if Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City should have adapted the 1st game plot instead throwing the plot of the second game into the mix. If that happens, the Resident Evil movie reboot might be more successful.
Horrible adaptation aside for obvious reasons, it’s a bloated movie with lackluster cohesive narrative, the characters (not judging them as how they compare to the game characters and their looks) are not likeable and they come off as either insufferable or incompetent. The horror is just cheap jumpscares and loud noises (like every modern horror flick), the zombies look like birthday clowns and the CGI creature look just as bad as Final Chapter does.
I feel like I'm the odd one out. I liked Welcome to Racoon City, exception of Leon not being Leon until like the tail end of the movie
Yeah I like it a lot too, it’s a shame so many people hated it
Don't see what's there to like to be honest. Bad characterizations of alot of the characters and not so good cgi. It was at least an.....effort I guess?
@UnifiedEntity it was a pretty decent adaptation. Doesn't need to be a 1 for 1 retelling, the change up was nice and welcomed while sticking close to the original story
I thought it was okay.
Mostly the execution for me that bugged me.
@CyberJawa1986 I'm more or less under the impression an actual fan of the series worked on this, but there were likely other things to force certain plot points in. That or they were looking for a close adaptation while doing its own thing. That way it's not entirely predictable
Really enjoyed your perspective on these films and the respect you had to the Milla Jovovich era. Regardless of its faithfulness to the source material I think that the film's represent fun and it's interesting that it lasted as long as it did given that so many female-led superhero films in the mid-2000s were cancelled and these films prevailed and for the most part were massive success at the box office. I wish this would have translated into Milla Jovovich being a bigger star she doesn't get the respect she deserves either in my opinion
I can see the difficulty in the lack of audience interactivity with game adaptations to movies, but then, I there is a large gaming audience that is use to games that are more cut scenes than gameplay especially these horror choose your characters fate "games" on rails. So yes, an audience can enjoy an on the rails vision of a movie, it just has to be good in the first place.
Dude! I was thinking the same thing about those blurry slow motion shots in Apocalypse. They’re such an eye sore. I never got around to watching the last two RE movies in the Jovovich series. But they sound absolutely insane. That mega Licker looked pretty sick. Loved this retrospective, Mateo!
Thanks, my dude! I really do like Afterlife and Retribution, I'd love to hear what you think.
The part of me that loves resident Evil the video game hates everything about these movies and what they represent because of how far they’ve gone to make this the Alice Cinematic Universe that just so happens to have Umbrella Corp as the villain. I cannot like anything from film version of the franchise. I dropped out after 3 and totally judge anyone for liking them. That being said I still watched your whole video and love your series on Resident Evil. Didn’t even know I needed this but it has been so entertaining. Thank you that is all.
Thank you! Glad you’ve enjoyed it!
I keep watching videos like this to see how different everyones' list is. I enjoy the games, comics, novels(especially these) and the movies a lot but I tend to distinguish one from the other. My list goes as such:
1. Extinction - I love the atmosphere, the tragedy of the end of LJ and Carlos' bro-mance(especially as one bit the other), Claire(my favorite game character) coming into the series, and Iain Glen makes a great villain(as evidenced by The Final Chapter).
2. Retribution - the over-the-top bombastic nature coupled with Alice's lean towards family, plus the returning characters, the game characters(sorry but I love Barry's death scene) and the serious mindf**kery that goes on. It caught me off guard with the suburbs scene and made me wonder what happened, especially with actors playing multiple roles.
3. Welcome To Raccoon City - In the minority here, but I really love the slow built-up, the characters were fun(even if they are them in name only most of the time), but I I appreciated the references and the sets. It had a good blend of action and humor(which I expected somewhat with Donal Logue in the cast.). I went in having only seen the trailer and NO reviews and loved it. My biggest disconnect from fandom ever came when I looked them up the next day and realized this was NOT the film everyone wanted like I thought.
4. Apocalypse - Bigger scope, a city ravaged by zombies, loads of action and sci-fi fun. I really dig this one and delivered the sequel I wanted from that cliffhanger ending from the first. Never been a purist of source material so I just enjoy the big fun that the film delivers.
5. The Final Chapter - I was lukewarm on this one the first time I saw it, but as I continuously rewatch these movies I find myself appreciating it more. It really dials the crazy to 11 and never stops. It wraps up the series nicely and again, Iain Glen makes a tremendous villain here. Only thing I feel is it had enough material and ideas to be 2 more movies.
6. Resident Evil - I saw it in theaters and loved it! It was cool, stylish, and I felt like it really did tell a well-crafted side story to the games. I love watching it and it being so low has nothing to do with me not liking it. It is the blueprint of which all of the other films draw from and, in my opinion, improves on.
7. Afterlife - This one...I loved the idea of the Alice army from Extinction and while we get that, the massive reset button pushed in the first 18 minutes of the film just feels like giving in to fandom to me. I don't mind this new grounded Alice, but it kinda stinks to build her up and then have it all wiped clean so briskly. But after that, it's my least favorite. Not sure why, I love the Red Executioner scene, Bennett is a good "villain", Boris Kodjoe does great as Luther, and I love that fight with Wesker. And the ending, excellent. It might be too much slow-mo in the action for me and the lack of any real action for long stretches(especially when it's sandwiched between 3 and 5 where action is almost nonstop). Just never really did enough to elevate itself to me above the rest.
That is my list, and while I did enjoy the Netflix show with all of its weirdness and two timelines, I can see why it was cancelled. It was fun, in my opinion, and while we may never see the continuing story of Jade and Billie on opposite sides in the apocalypse, I did enjoy it for what it was and what it did. I feel we may be a while before we see more Resident Evil movies or shows. Maybe after these last 2 doing so negatively, Screen Gems may just leave it alone until the rights expire and it's optioned elsewhere. Either way, I'll be along for the ride. :-)
Welcome to Raccoon City is my GOAT i will not apologize
I’m honestly curious as to what the final episode will be. Top 30 Monsters? A Code Veronica Essay? The Winters Games? A Sphere Hunter Crossover? Maybe a personal one about how he came to love the franchise?
I always saw Paul W.S. Anderson as a James Cameron tribute act (Retribution especially) but was so surprised to hear James Cameron say "Resident Evil" was one of his guilty pleasure films. And he's not wrong, the first film is beautiful!
I enjoyed welcome to raccoon city. Its more faithful to the games but has its own problems
I’m not a fan of the Resident Evil movies. I’ve not seen all of them and the ones I have watched all kinda/sorta blend together. I don’t think I can tell you the titles of which films I’ve actually watched in the series. They aren’t good movies but they aren’t boring either.
They are just dumb as hell. The first one is the closest to being an actual competently made movie. The last three are Sy-Fy channel movie of the week garbage. They can be good for a laugh if you drunk though.
Thank you for making this the best Residecember ever, Matt!
I don’t think there’s anything in existence that could convince me these are good films.
The first two are the best. Let’s not forget about how good the music of the first movie is with that Marilyn Manson theme!
I’m more inclined to watch Welcome To Raccoon City more readily than the Anderson films, for the exception of the first Resident Evil.
8:19 so basically Milla Jovovich was reading Naruto at the time xD
RE Afterlife was made with 3D in mind when that was all the craze back in the early 2010, that's why you have all the slow-motion shots and things/people being thrown around.
I've seen someone comment on an entirely different video that Sam Raimi should direct a Resident Evil film. I'm inclined to agree, though Multiverse of Madness left a bad taste in my mouth.
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I like the first resident evil movie, my favorite is resident evil Apocalypse, I like resident evil retribution and I actually really enjoy resident evil welcome to raccoon city. The rest are enjoyable schlock. The animated movies and series are fine. As a big fan of those games growing up and having played as many of them as I possibly could play, the movies are completely watchable and even great at times. The Netflix show even had a good scene (licker tunnel) but that is actually bad. I will die on the hill that the B-movie approach that Welcome To Raccoon City goes with is the right move when adapting the first few games. I loved the movie and still do. 🤷🏻♂️
8-Netflix’s Resident Evil
7-Resident Evil: Afterlife
6-Resident Evil: Extinction
5-Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
4-Resident Evil
3-Resident Evil: Retribution
2-Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City
1-Resident Evil: Apocalypse
19:25 "the ax man" that enemy is called The Executioner
rewatching them now, completely agree with this ranking
overhated movies
Thanks for the amazing video Matt. Much ❤️
Dude, you were cracking me up with your dismantling of Raccoom City🤣. I do love the Milla Jovovich movies, uneven as they are, with Extinction being my fave. She carries it all, and does so with effortless charisma💪🏼
The reason Leon, Ada and other characters didn’t showed up in The Final Chapter was because the actors were “too busy” doing other film projects while Paul WS Anderson had plans for their return but cut them off.
Ada was removed from the script when the actress refused to show up to an event, and Jill's and Leon's actors were never even asked to return.
@@hollowheaded9319 💔
I feel like your take on “two trilogies” is something I always thought about! Afterlife is the Apocalypse’s successor “big open city, big bomb, lots of zombies”, Retribution is a successor to the original resident evil : escape an underground facility while facing an evil AI, and The Final Chapter is a Successor to Extinction: a post apocalypse desert wasteland that also happens to be the last in the trilogy and Ian glen’s Dr.Issacs is a big plot line which is a big thing in extinction.
11:28 I hate that the only cool moment Jill gets is headshotting a few zombies in the police station. Every other time she's about to do something Alice upstages her whether it's being about to kill Lickers then Allice drives through the church window, running away from the Nemesis while Alice fights him and her lighter going out when she's about to blow zombie dogs up with Alice doing it instead.
1. Resident Evil (2002)
2. Resident Evil: Extinction
3. Resident Evil: Apocalypse
4. Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City
5. Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
6. Resident Evil: Retribution
7. Resident Evil: Afterlife
Can honestly have a whole movie on the Mansion incident. All those characters that died early like Joseph, could be more involved and die LATER cause we get to know them, and the death would be sad.
I appreciate that you give these movies a fair shake. I think they're dreadful, but I like that you can look at them objectively and remark on story, characters, and visuals rather than just bitching that they aren't like the games.
Holy crap, you pronounced Mila's last name correctly! That is rare.
I agree with WtRc even though I kinda enjoy it. A movie adaptation should also stand on it's own no matter how faithfull it is to the scourge material. A friend of mine knew nothing about the Rurouni Kenshin anime & manga but still enjoyed it's live action adaptation called Rurouni Kenshin: the beginning. Other great examples are the recent Cyberpunk: Edgerunners & Shenmue animes.
They could definitely do a new RE adaptation starting from RE4. It was set way after the original trilogy games, Umbrella is practically non existent at that point, and so are the virus made zombies. Could be a rescue movie turned into survival-action horror. With only some mentions about the previous things. Like 'Leon survived some seriously haunting things but he rather not talk about it' type mentions.
Or if they want to start it from the beginning again, RE1 has a solid enough story for that. Let's start it on the helicopter, Predator movie style, getting the briefing about Bravo team going missing after going to investigate the weird mansion outside the city. Then the landing, zombie dogs, separation. Jill, Barry and Wesker entering from the front, and Chris separately from some side window, and soon after meeting Rebecca. We could follow all of them, should be enough characters for a movie. Dividing up the plot points between the two mains, but of course toning back the very video gamey puzzles. Have the scenes of Chris saving Rebecca from the Hunter, and Barry saving Jill before she turns into a sandwich. Let Chris fight Yawn while Jill going outside to meet Lisa in that shack. Learning there's a traitor in the STARS team, having enough events for the viewers to doubt both in Barry and Wesker, yet not completely. Have Chris and Rebecca go to the Guardhouse, kill the plant, but get knocked out after and locked away. I'd cut out the aqua ring area with the sharks and the tunnel with the giant spiders, those are just a bit silly for a movie. Then Jill going down the laboratory, finding out Chris and Rebecca is alive, basically Jill endgame. Maybe have a post credit scene of Wesker escaping the mansion before it blows up. I'm pretty convinced it could work as a solid movie.
It's horrible how everytime we almost get a competent film close to source, they somehow cancel or otherwise ruin it. 😩
Thank You 😀
While I'm not much of a fan of the Resident Evil movies, I do think Paul W.S. Anderson is a fairly solid action Director. His 1998 film SOLDIER starring Kurt Russell and his remake of Death Race being two of my favorites among his filmography.
For me Resident Evil shoud have ended with Apocalypse after that it was meh for me. I didn't feel that Welcome to Racoon City was that bad just that well alot stuff was missing since thanks to your video I learned they did a lot of rewrites and is very true they did miss the chance of focusing in the mansion and later to Racoon City.
The first Resident Evil movie reboot should have been called Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City Part 1 where they adapt the 1st game's plot.
Resident Evil deserved better than being a "free butt stuff" coupon for a married couple.
Anderson's Resident Evil was really just extended foreplay for him and Mila.
16:23 you mean Carlos and Alice! 😂😂😂
Man, we definitely differ on our feelings about live action RE. Lol
Honestly, I really like every RE movie. I liked parts of the Netflix show, but probably only a quarter of it.
I think they need to tell the classic story on screen right 1st, then immediately move on. But that's just me wanting to see that story done well in a movie. They probably should move on
WTRC actually fits the RE games and feels like them, unlike the rest of the movies which are awful
@@MartyMcFly88 I appreciate the idea of being a best bits of RE 1 & 2… it was the execution.
But I did like the film, just like i do the Anderson films.
"Carlos and Jill kiss before his sacrifice."
That's been in so many fanfics already. 😍😂😂
I totally disagree with this ranking. I really like Welcome To Raccon City and Apolaclypse!
1 = Apolaclypse.
2 = RE1
3 = Welcome To Raccon City
4 = Afterlife
5 = Retribution
6 = Extinction
7 = Final Chapter
8 = Netflix
Big gap between the last 3 and everything else.
Paul W.S. first entry is still the best being its own thing and adapting the game. The way I see these are just adaptations into its own thing in the journey of Alice against the Umbrella corporation. They created a franchise and legit action star with Mila. I respect that fully.
LOL. “Die hard fan”.
Man you really must have enjoyed wesker throwing his sunglasses at you A LOT more than I did.
I’m a fan of the games and these movies. I just view the movies as a multi verse of the games.
You'll probably never see this @MattDraper but I gotta ask. How do you get videos like these up without getting torn apart by copyright claims?? Loved the video, watched the whole series of Resident Evil videos from 2022! Cheers!
I think Extinction is when the RE movies hit their stride, when it pretty much became it own thing instead of a direct adaption of the game. Afterlife is probably my favorite of the series.
Let me tell you something pal... Your extremely underrated.. You have some of the best takes on some of the better media, good work pal.
Hey Matt Draper which one would you say has the most and best action?
Welcome to raccoon city's "zombie horde" or lack thereof is quite understandable as i believe filming took place during early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak
I was wondering what happened to Angela Ashford after the apocalypse.
According to Extinction's novelisation a brainwashed Alice killed her. Yes these pieces of shit got novelisations.
In the novelization of Extinction, Alice was forced to kill her and that is why she went solo and split from Jill and Carlos' team 😶🤧
If Sienna Guillory as Jill Valentine & Ali Larter as Claire Redfield were both in Resident Evil Movies than it would've been alittle better
That hotel room story at the beginning should make #metoo people’s heads explode.
Welcome to Raccoon City is my favorite because it feels like the trashy 80s adaptation we would have got had the franchise debuted and been adapted in the 80s.
My brother and I LOVED the first one. We watched it over and over. It was similar enough to the games, Alice had Jill RE3 vibes... it was what we wanted.I lost interest with each sequel, but I still look back at the first one with good memories.
Happy holidays
I saw RE 2 movie at a too young age and well before playing any of the games...it was glorious.
I know RE2 Apocalypse is trash but it's such comfort food for me. It's my favorite of the franchise lol
No, it's fun and the Closest to the Games
i feel these movies are/were just paul anderson wanting to see his
wife kicking ass in a leathersuit most of the time
I can't blame him!😁
(RE Fan from Malaysia here, sorry for bad English..)
Why is RE always difficult to adapt onto the screens, movies or tv show alike, just like you've said? The lingering question that cause everyone to scratch their heads every time an adaptation after adaptation gets released on the big screen?
Well, if we think about the REAL question is:
_"What kind of studio(s) that Capcom gave their IP to, that made ALL live-action adaptations? With their terrible productions?"_
The Answer: *Constantin Film & Screen Gems* . They're the ones that keep butchering the source material.
The Reason: the studios only want to _secure the rights from Capcom_ ; it has been more than 20 years they still own the IP. And, trust me, dude, it's even more complicated when it comes to licensing (according to RE Reddit forum).
So Congratulations to Constantin & Screen Gems, for their failures of Welcome to Raccoon City AND Netflix Series, *in Less than a YEAR* .
This movies are the definition of guilt pleasure.
Nothing was ever gonna convince me these movies weren’t garbage, but I’ll be damned if this video wasn’t a good time. It was nice to hear someone find the good in them.
Except Welcome to Raccoon City. Fuck that movie.
Welcome to Raccoon City is better than any of the Anderson films, you can’t change my mind.
That’s a low bar, these films are equally garbage. The first film is the only competently made one
18:47 You wouldn't think she'd lost them though given she still does superhuman things throughout the film.
Omg I loved this !!
Another thing woefully and glaringly missing from the series is A RESIDENCE. They dropped the whole mansion that the game is named after. So, where the hell does the "resident" part come in?? That was actually probably my biggest disappointment from the start.
I put off watching WTRC because the reviews. I recently watched it and really liked it. I’m in the odd man out category I know.
They are fun films to watch. Some of them are better than others but none of them are super bad.
33:18 And for some reason Lisa knows Chris and Claire in Welcome to Raccoon City while in the games she's about 30 or 40 years older than them and had been experimented on by Umbrella since the 1960's. And the orphanage is taken from the RE2 remake where Chief Irons would bring kids for the Birkins to experiment on.
It seriously blows my mind that they can't get it right. The first movie should be about the mansion and be pure horror like Alien with it's vibe. The 2nd could be split into two parts. with the first half being about Leon and Claire, and the second part from Jills POV. Then the 4th could be more Aliens in that it's more action than horror.
Man, Li Bingbing as Ada Wong was crazy hot.
God I remember skipping school to go see Apocalypse 😂
I love em obsessed ive had marathons watching all 6 makes it so much better makes you think more about certsin things they didnt explain helps to figure it out on your own Milla did say you have to have an open mind. In the final chapter people say oh didnt charles ashford create no they never said that in RE2 angela said he found a way to make him stronger. After issacs killed james obviously after taking control he was able to hire other scientists to helo him keep up with the viruses. And Angels you can say died or got lost from the convoy apart of carlos and Claire as he explains to Alice just not in full detail. But i think the reason the re reboot didnt do well is because these movies paul had made have a certain magic to it they work very well. Retribution is pure fun the movies at its best i love the last 3 in the series the most i really want a legacy sequel milla is open to returning it would be huge make it a story about explaining where all the survivirs are frim retribution jilla leon ada and chris. Have claire return and alice but alice wont have as big of a role think of it as scream 5 legacy characters but you will see alice a little more than sidney was in that lol. And bring code Veronica into it the long lost ashford brother is reviving Angela the same manner as alexia in the games she will remember alice but be ti consumed by the t virus she will try to kill everyone. But i think the real wesker was always selfish i think he was waiting fir umbrella to fall standing by watching alot of this unfold. All the clones have a link a connection. I think this real wesker is gonna try to spread the urobros virus to make the world like him trying to destroy the airborn anti virus alice spread. Alot of the characters would soend alot of time apart but all the events going in between them brings them to rockfort island where claire and chris are as well. I like to think of it as veronica re4 and re5 mix. Use this legacy sequel to wrap up all the characters that deserve a proper ending im sure plenty will die but at leadt they will be wrapped up. Even Paul wrote a line in final chapter from issacs clone to wesker "i hope you didnt leave any other loose ends" then que the beating music he did what he could with whay the studio would give him. But he winked at us saying they could still be out there.
20:25 But would you call it "borderline experimental"?
16:52 Carlos and who? 😆
is the voice AI?? why does it sound off??
Definitely not
Sorry were you taking? Milla Jovovich was on screen.
If they had made a two towers style massive battle sequence to kick off the final chapter that movie mightve actually been worth watching.
i liked welcome to racoon city, the second time i watched it. the first time i kinda felt it was boring but i feel asthough it has more depth with the world we live in almost like a metaphor for the real world events, the vaccine ;) line up sheep
I had no idea they made almost consistently more and more money! I only saw the first two films and kinda checked out.
I used to hate these movies, but they are actually just trying to make ok movies in the universe, like the Silent Hill movie. It’s was the best until Sonic unseated it, but it’s not trying to copy the story, it’s just adapting.
The Director / Actor driven movie franchise is a love hate pill for me. I kinda loved the RE Series until the last couple as they just seemed to drag and the retcons. I liked the first Transformers, but quickly got tired of the Bayisms. Nolan's Batman was good, never quite my thing, but very good. These Pocket Universes that either stray or prey upon their sources are fine, but there should be room for faithful adaptations, especially on 1st time from source to Big Screen.
I understand studios and directors often think, either it'll be too niche (small audience small returns), too faithful (audience already knows it so why attend it) or most have my style, vision (twist the source so hard it may snap and no resemble source at all but for the title)
Max Brooks looking at con being okay enough with World War Z because what they made really was not his stuff in it, that just being someone else's different zombie movie with his title slapped on it. . . . that series of movies not coming to be.
So sometimes some of just want these pocket universes to quickly go away so the money can go to making the real deal . . and unfortunately, that could take a decade . . Bay.... and sometimes, even after, new people can still get it wrong.
They milked it…used it..didn’t respect it and now it’s gone and no one cares anymore.. if they would have used the actual story we’d still be watching these movies in the theatre now…
Uh, no. You'd still have to change the story to fit a screenplay format. If you take the "actual story" unchanged, you'd end up with 5h long movies with no dynamic or pacing.
The villains of RE4 alone would overload a movie.
@@majimasmajimemes1156 yes it would need adapting, but don't cut these TERRIBLE movies any slack. They suk. Adapting would mean a TWEAK, not destroying the story like these movies did.
These are kinda clearly just not the same as the game. But I don't think you could make twenty years of movies out of the original trilogy. Maybe a decade. People don't even think the sequel trilogy respected the original trilogy. But I'll say that there's room for a zombie thriller series with the pace of Hush with a more investigative bent to it, for sure.
Did you personally watch all the movies?
Nah i would still watch Paul W S Anderson's RE for the campy action zombie flick. Sure the lore is taken out but it's still as Resident Evil as it gets with the over the top action and plot.
Oh. Afterlife was in 3D too. That's why there was so much slowmo
I remember seeing the first RE movie once and having a young cousin who played RE4 when I was very young, but it was the fourth movie, RE: Afterlife, that really got me into the whole RE franchise.😆😆😆
The fact that WTRC decides to combine RE1 and RE2 still befuddles me to this day. It's not like combining 2 game's stories couldn't work. A RE0/RE1 or a RE2/RE3 might be feasible for a movie story, but that's because those pair of games take place within days of each other around the same area. RE1 and RE2 have entirely different settings and only work story wise because the time gap between them.
I loved these movies in high school. Fucking nostalgia.
I'd love to see you review an episode of the orville from season 3
I remember loving the opening of RE 1. Then I quickly realized it was just a cheap SyFy channel level action flick disguised as Resident Evil.
Only the 1st and 2nd One. With the 2nd One being the best...