Uh, why? The art style is part of Zelda.
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I was about to say she's got way too many pixels.
Uh, given the recent spate of ... Nintendo movies... and fantasy shows... and the fact that Link is a silent protagonist (aside of basically grunts and exclamations of various emotional tones)...
I really don't see any possible way this could be good.
Brought to you by the director of 'Maze Runner', which currently has ~66% critic and user review score on Rotten Tomatoes.
I actually liked maze runner (the first one), and I don't think the director was the problem(s) with it more than the story and a few of the actors were
But yeah no shot a Zelda movie is decent
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while I agree with you, I'm hoping they pull it off somehow.
some..how....
Somehow, good critic reviews returned
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If Link doesn't say "excuuuuuuuse me, princess" at least once, I will demand my money back.
ooh childhood cartoon flashbacks
As much as I want this to be good, I have a strong feeling it's gonna be mid at best. Not a great director, screenwriters aren't hitting, they have only released two actors names, and the producer is a mixed bag. I'm really hoping they can pull it out... but I'm definitely gonna keep my expectations low.
Legitimately, why do you hope it's good? Why do you even care? Even if you like the games, this is not part of that. It isn't interactive. Honestly, I don't see why it exists, except that certain people will give them their money for any piece of garbage that has an IP they've attached themselves to for some reason.
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I think mid is the best we can hope for. The only way it comes out great is it they go weird with it and tell a story like Majora's Mask. By all accounts it looks like we're going to get a Breath of the Wild type story, which is safe and fine but as a film isn't anything above mid.
I'm hoping they tell a weird story.
So Mario Movie 2.5 then in terms of quality.
I really hope Eiji Aonuma was consulted for this. But nah, Miyamoto will have his whole liver-spotted hand in the pie and the story will be a total afterthought. Another "point-and-oooooh-I-know-that-thing!" movie.
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I have been dreaming of a TLoZ movie since I was a child. However, as most video game adaptions, I expect this will be rather shitty. At least I try to. To keep the level of disappointment low.
I hope they used Link’s lines from OoT, I think it’s some of the best writing they have ever done
“Well HYAAAA me, Princess.”
Anyone else feel like the time for this was 2008? Circa Twilight Princess? Fans were clamoring for a movie back then because the games hit peak "cinematic" around that time, TP directly references events of OoT, it feels like a continuity, a single story.
Now? They've done so much with the franchise that it's become a paint color like Star Wars. Is there an appetite for it like there was 20 years ago?
Twilight Princess......20 years ago.......
No. That can't be right.....
checks calander
..........father time, you dick!
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There's arguably a larger appetite now, the popularity of the Switch has brought the series to a massive new audience. I understand your point though, Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword were really the peak of the linear, story-driven epics. The newer games have moved away from that formula a bit. I suspect this first film (there will be more if it is well received) will tell a very classic Zelda story that references many core elements of the series (similar to the first Mario film).
There's more appetite now than ever before. Over the half the total sales of the series are BOTW and TOTK. There's a whole generation of fans for whom this era is the definitive era of Legend of Zelda.
That's kind of my point. in BOTW and TOTK, the story is thin on the ground.
Literally. It's thin, and it's on the ground.
I've watched streamers who played BOTW first then play earlier games, and reacted with surprise at how much lore was in them.
I don't see it failing, sheer force of brand recognition will fill theaters. I'm just not sure they'll get anything good done.
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Maybe they've cast Jack Black as Ganondorf lol
It would be so funny if they snuck in Felicia Day for a cameo with her as a fairy. (She played a fairy in the 2008 parody web series, "The Legend of Neil")
His Bowser was the best part of the animated movie.
It wasn't a high bar.
Was it? I've found Jack Black annoying in everything he's ever done. I do not understand the hype people have for him.
I don't hate him but he can't be anyone other than jack black. Every appearance I can only see him as jack black and not the character he is supposed to be acting as. He replaces the character.
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That's his character though - annoying, but loyal loser struggling to make it Ina cruel world. It's what he does.
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No no no. Jack Black played Bowser.
OBVIOUSLY they cast Weird Al Yankovich.
I'd watch it
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How much we want to bet the first big budget live action movie from the Zelda franchise will not feature Link as the main character or hero but will put the princess as the hero, main protagonist and will have to save Link from himself at some point?
I think that's pretty unlikely, Link is the iconic Zelda character. It's more likely they will go down the direction of making the two co-leads who meet early in the film and go on an adventure together to save Hyrule. I don't think the old trope of "hero saves the princess", or the modern reverse of that, will be a central part of the plot.
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Still wish we got Hunter Schafer cast as Zelda.
Casting a girl as Zelda? When will the woke mob stop gender swapping characters??
Next thing you know, they'll cast Margot Robbie as Metroid. Smh my head.
I know you're joking, but I'm not.
No no no.
Not her.
Not Margot Robie.
... Her.
Olivia Thrilby.
It's only fitting for her to get a movie where she's the one behind a helmet this time.
Tell me she would not be a perfect fit as Samus.
You can't.
Instructions unclear. Scarlett Johansen cast as Samus.
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I hope its better than the last 2 mario movies. They were OK for my son, but I would recommend them for anyone but kids that are mario fans. This could be a crowd pleaser if done right.
I don't know, they were pretty much the best you would expect out of a movie based on a game like Mario. They weren't breaking new cinematic ground, but if that's what you were looking for in a Mario movie then that seems like a problem with expectations more than the movies themselves.
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