haha that sounds like a dumb idea... but not as dumb as Crazy Taxi
and I think they should keep trying with videogames movies...
And just because videogame movies so far have had a history of sucking, doesn't mean you shouldn't make game sinto movies... You just have to know WHAT series to pick... it seems like movie peoples always pick the wrong kinds of games to make into movies, but when they do pick the right ones (Resident Evil could have been good, same with FF) they totally screw it up somehow (making it too different from the game and not relating at all, having bad dialogue or a confusing/bad plot, etc etc)...
A couple games I think could be really good movies are like... Grand Theft Auto 3... the story of a guy working his way up the "crime ladder" to seek revenge on the people who betrayed him (that's what the game was about, right?
) and stuff... it could be a really good actiony kinda... I dunno what else movie...
Silent Hill... From the reviews I've heard of RE, they turned it into a crazy action packed gorefest... With Silent Hill, if they kept it true to the game, they couldn't do that... It's the story about just an average guy who finds himself stuck in this crazy town... It has a nice plot and a nice really creepy setting... it could be a very good horror movie, unlike most of the horror movies lately... I think SH1 would make a better movie than 2 though, cuz there's more darkness and shifting through the world, and also the "Main plot" is better (the main plot of SH1 is harry trying to find his daughter and finding various connections between his daughter, who was adopted, and the town and such... SH2 is about James getting a letter from his dead wife and trying to find her... but I think SH2 has a really good "sub-plot" told through documents and pictures, about the town's history, which just couldn't be told very well in a movie I don't think... at least not the way it's told in the game)... they might have to add a few more supporting characters though just so it's not some guy walking around alone the whole time
Metal Gear Solid... this seems like such a frickin' obvious choice... The game itself is so much like a damn movie heh heh... MGS1 would make a better movie than 2, IMO, because MGS2 has some weird stuff that casual movie goers might find stupid or goofy (liquid's hand and some other stuff)... although I think MGS2 could make a good movie too with the tanker story and then 2 years later... and they could even fill in some of the stuff you don't get to see in the main game, like some of the stuff snake goes off and does...
And even final fantasy... I know it's not gonna happen since Square shut down their movie stuff (unless they give the rights to some other company or something), but I think if they tried it again, but stuck it in a setting that's not quite as sci-fi as it is fantasy (like maybe settings similar to FF3), and maaaaybe used real actors, and were able to get everything else worked out nice and good... y'know...
I also think that the Legacy of Kain series (Both Soul Reaver and Blood Omen) would be other good choices of games to turn into movies...
But I mean, recently they've been picking like... Crazy Taxi... or DoA3... and like I said, when they do pick the right game to make a movie out of, they totally screw it up... basically take the general idea of the game and make a totally different movie which ends up sucking...
But I think they should keep trying...
And this post is too long... nobody will read it