02-17-2005, 12:35 AM
Welcome to the forums, Pazuzu! :) Finally a fellow Norwegian! (I know Pazuzu from another Internet forum)
Now that you mention it, I always felt Max Payne should have been put onto the silver screen. The storytelling feels very cinematic, and it's a great story to tell. The games are also very dark, with numerous disturbing characters and images, which in my opinion would lend themselves well to another format, such as film.
The only downside to making a Max Payne-film, would be the style of the action-sequences. We've already seen the Bullet-time effect in The Matrix. The fun thing with Max Payne, was that it was the first time we saw BT in a game. I don't see how Max Payne could surpass The Matrix in action sequences. Perhaps a Max Payne feature film shouldn't rely that heavily on action then? Perhaps more of a "Under a killing moon"-type of film noir might be better suited. (UaKM was the first cinematic game, if I'm not mistaken.)
How about "Solitaire - The Movie"? :P
Now that you mention it, I always felt Max Payne should have been put onto the silver screen. The storytelling feels very cinematic, and it's a great story to tell. The games are also very dark, with numerous disturbing characters and images, which in my opinion would lend themselves well to another format, such as film.
The only downside to making a Max Payne-film, would be the style of the action-sequences. We've already seen the Bullet-time effect in The Matrix. The fun thing with Max Payne, was that it was the first time we saw BT in a game. I don't see how Max Payne could surpass The Matrix in action sequences. Perhaps a Max Payne feature film shouldn't rely that heavily on action then? Perhaps more of a "Under a killing moon"-type of film noir might be better suited. (UaKM was the first cinematic game, if I'm not mistaken.)
How about "Solitaire - The Movie"? :P
