Why Can't Hollywood Make a Good Video Game Movie?
So many video game movie projects are missing the simple question, &quot;why?&quot; So many of these games are inspired by movies in the first place, and their stories are mostly just cliches based on their source material. It&#x27;s fine in the context of the game, because the player is doing something, but when you put that into a non-interactive medium, the flaws become obvious.<p>If you take Indiana Jones, turn it into a game with a sexy woman as the main character[1], and then try to make a movie out of it, then of course the critical reaction is going to be &quot;Indiana Jones but not as good.&quot; Mortal Kombat is basically Enter the Dragon with a simpler storyline, so why would you decide to turn it into a movie?<p>It&#x27;s an issue that comes up in most adaptation, whether it be a book, or a comic, or even a song. There needs to be some reason to do it. Some idea that the source material does that hasn&#x27;t already been done to death in film. &quot;This game&#x2F;movie&#x2F;book is popular&quot; isn&#x27;t a good enough reason. It might get a movie greenlit, and it might even make money. Heck, it might even make a TON of money, but it won&#x27;t make the movie good.<p>[1] Later iterations of Tomb Raider have been much more feminist, but the original concept was entirely based on sex appeal