Full title: Movie execs after years of being bashed for inaccurate game adaptations watching Resident Evil (2026) be a critical and commercial hit despite having nothing to do with the games: (confused unga bunga)
What decides if a movie is a commercial success is whether it’s a good movie that fits the expectations set by its publicity.
What decides if people will bash a movie due to it being a bad adaptation is whether it’s a good adaptation of the original material.
Both of those things correlate a bit, but are mostly not related.
Here’s the thing, if they’re complaining it’s not accurate it’s because the movie is so bad they had plenty of time to think about the source while watching. Make a good movie and the rest doesn’t matter.
I haven’t seen the movie yet, but in a similar vein I watched Twisted Metal recently, and it’s… actually good, somehow? Much better than it would have been following any of the games’ stories, or even a mash-up of them.
They’ve clearly used the games for humor, visuals, characters, and Easter eggs for the fans, but they somehow made something better than the sum of it’s parts, and it should be looked at as a great example for other adaptations, especially action comedies.
I watched the borderlands movie recently, and almost thought the same. Like it was nearly a good movie, the story was way too generic for a pretty unique franchise. I didnt mind the deviations from the games but once realizing the deviations were only done to fit the game lore into a nicely defined hollywood trope fest, I quickly saw the movie was a useless cash grab.
The first half I was wondering why this movie got so much hate, then about halfway through it became clear how soulless this movie really was.
Twisted Metal and Fallout are both examples of what can happen when shoemakers understand the source material and know how to use it.
The Last of Us showed that some games make a good 1:1 translation to film.
And, unfortunately, there are a ton of movies/shows where neither of that is true.
despite having nothing to do with the games
?? It’s much closer to the source than any of the (live action) movies until now, beside maybe half of the first movie - and Welcome to Raccoon City. That’s why people like it. There are people who just want to see Jill and Wesker even if they have nothing to do with the game characters, and there are people who would watch any genre as long as it respects the source material even without using the actual characters. No one is actually angry at the comedy or the OC.
Movie was a comedy/horror and a bit unexpected.
