• My Movie review: "Hero of Time"
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[img]http://www.legendofzeldaseries.com/images/fanmovie/movielogo2.jpg[/img] The Long awaited Zelda fan-film "Hero of Time", loosely based off Ocarina of Time, was released onto the Internet recently, so I decided to take a look. This movie's been in development hell for the past few years and they recently finally got off their collective rears and finished the thing. And, well, the wait wasn't worth it. [img]http://larcho.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/fanmovie39.jpg[/img] This movie was bad, plain and simple. Allow me to specify a few memorably bad parts. There are plenty of WTF's inbound: - Saria is Link's adoptive mother. - Everyone has terribly forced English accents. - Malon hits Link in the head out of nowhere with a frying pan. A reason why is never given. - The CGI is very hit-or-miss. Sometimes it comes across well, other times, it's facepalm worthy. Sometimes the actors will be in a CG environment when there's absolutely no reason for them to be in one. - Overall story feels generic. - There's no actual sword fighting until past halfway through the movie. - Link stops some guys stealing a shield from Talon, and ends up just keeping it for himself without asking. On a side note, the shield looks like crap. - The actual "meat" of the game where Link would travel around exploring dungeons, fighting bosses, etc. all take place in the very last 4th of the movie. - Darunia the Goron makes an appearance, but instead of him being a huge, rock being he's just a big Asian guy with a deep voice. - Link randomly grabs the Darunia's hand and cuts him to solve a puzzle. - There is pretty much no mystery that Sheik is Zelda. You can see right though her veil, for goodness sake. Not to mention that the name "Sheik" isn't even mentioned until the big reveal. - Not enough emphasis on the final battle. Just an average sunny day out in the field. The only good thing about this movie is one memorable character, the sage of fire, who is not Darunia, but a very attractive girl instead. Her personality is probably one of the few really likable ones in the entire movie, where she flirts with Link in an almost Ruto-esque fashion. (Albeit it's actually kinda cute here) She's also kinda hot, which also helps. The problem is SHE ONLY APPEARS FOR LIKE 2 MINUTES AND THEN LITERALLY DISSAPEARS. WTF. Overall, I'm giving this a 4.5/10, It's just not that good at all. If you want to see an actually well done Zelda fan-film watch "Sage of Darkness". That one was EXCELLENT, and it had a much smaller budget. Oh, and here's a trailer for said crappy movie: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHLpTc6Lfhw[/media]
That picture of the guy in link's suit. It made me think of Mega 64 or some hilariously bad remake of the series.
Ganon's played by Ving Rhames in that, right?
The trailer looks like porno trailer.
There wasn't enough rape for your tastes was there
Wile watching the trailer it was half way between "so bad its funny" ametur looking film and a epic high budget Hollywood movie. Either someone somewhere made a big fucking mistake in the editing suite or the raw film was horrible and the SFX saved its sorry ass.
Sounds like a bad fanfiction.
No one wants to here your half hearted movie reviews.
[QUOTE=Aman V;19070067]No one wants to here your half hearted movie reviews.[/QUOTE] But I do.....
Is Link wearing eyeliner? :raise:
They had to ruin it, didn't they?
[QUOTE=postmanX3;19073332]Is Link wearing eyeliner? :raise:[/QUOTE] :gay:
[QUOTE=Ryu-Gi;19068735] - Overall story feels generic. [/QUOTE] No shit.
It looks a hoot.
I just wanted to upload a couple of pictures to show you how bad the movie is: The Asian Goron: [IMG]http://i48.tinypic.com/2s1u4oo.png[/IMG] Zelda: [IMG]http://i50.tinypic.com/2mqvltu.png[/IMG] Ganon (Ben Stiller in makeup?!): [IMG]http://i47.tinypic.com/2qkku92.png[/IMG] Master Sword (dumb as hell): [IMG]http://i49.tinypic.com/124h3kx.png[/IMG]
Ganon looks like Jeff Goldblum
[QUOTE=onox37;19077176]I just wanted to upload a couple of pictures to show you how bad the movie is: The Asian Goron: [IMG]http://i48.tinypic.com/2s1u4oo.png[/IMG] Zelda: [IMG]http://i50.tinypic.com/2mqvltu.png[/IMG] Ganon (Ben Stiller in makeup?!): [IMG]http://i47.tinypic.com/2qkku92.png[/IMG] Master Sword (dumb as hell): [IMG]http://i49.tinypic.com/124h3kx.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] The master sword. [img]http://www.dezignaweb.com/seenontv/images/Bedazzler_uses.jpg[/img] ?
[QUOTE=onox37;19077176] Ganon (Ben Stiller in makeup?!): [IMG]http://i47.tinypic.com/2qkku92.png[/IMG] [/QUOTE] I don't know if I should laugh or cry. God what the fuck is that
Oh god, this is hilarious. I remember watching the trailer years ago and thinking how terrible this will be once released, so it appears they didn't prove me wrong. Going to watch it with some friends for shits and giggles.
While I was watching the trailer it almost, for a second, seemed like some weird cross between Lord of the Rings and Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
:allears: [editline]05:15PM[/editline] ^Link
The guy playing Link is actually a decent actor. The rest is shit though.
Ganon looks like Andy Samberg
[QUOTE=Ryu-Gi;19068735]The only good thing about this movie is one memorable character, the sage of fire, who is not Darunia, but a very attractive girl instead. Her personality is probably one of the few really likable ones in the entire movie, where she flirts with Link in an almost Ruto-esque fashion. (Albeit it's actually kinda cute here) She's also kinda hot, which also helps. The problem is SHE ONLY APPEARS FOR LIKE 2 MINUTES AND THEN LITERALLY DISSAPEARS. WTF[/QUOTE] are you going to give us a picture or what?
Some games just can't be films. The dungeon gameplay just wouldn't translate well in film. If you make a Zelda film, base it within the universe but don't base it on a games plot, because then you are asking for people to make subconscious comparisons to how they felt when they played the game the first time. A feeling you can't recreate effectively for each individual. Oh and going to film school helps. And getting a budget. Which is what made this one 100 times better: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBCzkz3gHb8[/media] [editline]11:43PM[/editline] Some games just can't be films. The dungeon gameplay just wouldn't translate well in film. If you make a Zelda film, base it within the universe but don't base it on a games plot, because then you are asking for people to make subconscious comparisons to how they felt when they played the game the first time. A feeling you can't recreate effectively for each individual. Oh and going to film school helps. And getting a budget. Which is what made this one 100 times better: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBCzkz3gHb8[/media]
The actor for Link, should not be doing the part. He should be in some jock movie or something of the like. Generic "pretty-boy" for the part, looks like shit.
[QUOTE=CanibalMonke;19085972]The actor for Link, should not be doing the part. He should be in some jock movie or something of the like. Generic "pretty-boy" for the part, looks like shit.[/QUOTE] he looks like a fruit, not a jock
oh god, link's hair, it's so fake
[QUOTE=Dank Dave;19087083]he looks like a fruit, not a jock[/QUOTE] He's that guy that works out in a thong and is part of the wrestling team. That guy that looks tough but is gay.
Hey! ExcuuUUuuse me, princess!
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