At least, I think it does. I have a vague memory of it happening in front of my eyes.
The reason I'm confused is because I wasn't engaged at all. At any point. Well. I was at a few points, but I'll get to that.
I'm a huge Uncharted fan. Have been since the first game way back when, and when I was a kid and heard there was gonna be a movie, I was so excited.
Then years of development issues and miscasting (come on, we all wanted Nathan Fillion or even just Nolan North himself) led us to this.
And this is a mess. The word soulless was thrown around a lot in regards to this movie, and that's the best word for it, really.
There's no original thought in this. All the set pieces are stolen from the games, which I suppose is fine. But they forgot to take any of the humour or character from them, too.
The story is basically that kid wants treasure. Gets recruited to find it by thief. Movie happens. Action things. Fights. Some vague plot about gold.
That's it.
No one has any character. They're just a homogenous mass of actors saying lines that feel like they were written by AI.
I feel sorry for all involved, because even the best actors in the world would have trouble with this script, and the young cast (Hollywood made everyone young for more mass market appeal cause the characters in the games are all adults) can't do much with it.
The lone exception to this is Antonio Banderas, who is LITERALLY the only character in the film with any charisma. You understand his motivations and what drives him. And he's having a real blast. Unfortunately, the movie decides to focus on everyone else, who are so boring I can't even remember their names.
This isn't a case of "the movie isn't good cause it isn't like the games". This just isn't a good movie. It's a heavily workshopped modern Hollywood blockbuster that feels like it was written by AI.
The jokes aren't funny. The story isn't there. The acting is there but not good (apart from Banderas).
It's sad, because even National Treasure was a fun time. Derivative and silly, but fun. It had some kind of heart.
This has nothing. No soul. No love. Just a bunch of people doing stuff in front of green screens.
On the most basic level, it works as a movie. It goes from one place to another and has people saying and doing things and making things happen.
You won't remember ANY of it, though. Maybe they'll do better in a sequel?
Which we are definitely getting. Sigh.
Go watch Indiana Jones again. Or National Treasure. Or the much better Tomb Raider movie (which isn't getting a sequel while this is and that's a crime against us movie goers).
Never pay for this. And if you're wondering how the games could be good when this isn't, go and play the games if you haven't. Cause those are fun.
The reason I'm confused is because I wasn't engaged at all. At any point. Well. I was at a few points, but I'll get to that.
I'm a huge Uncharted fan. Have been since the first game way back when, and when I was a kid and heard there was gonna be a movie, I was so excited.
Then years of development issues and miscasting (come on, we all wanted Nathan Fillion or even just Nolan North himself) led us to this.
And this is a mess. The word soulless was thrown around a lot in regards to this movie, and that's the best word for it, really.
There's no original thought in this. All the set pieces are stolen from the games, which I suppose is fine. But they forgot to take any of the humour or character from them, too.
The story is basically that kid wants treasure. Gets recruited to find it by thief. Movie happens. Action things. Fights. Some vague plot about gold.
That's it.
No one has any character. They're just a homogenous mass of actors saying lines that feel like they were written by AI.
I feel sorry for all involved, because even the best actors in the world would have trouble with this script, and the young cast (Hollywood made everyone young for more mass market appeal cause the characters in the games are all adults) can't do much with it.
The lone exception to this is Antonio Banderas, who is LITERALLY the only character in the film with any charisma. You understand his motivations and what drives him. And he's having a real blast. Unfortunately, the movie decides to focus on everyone else, who are so boring I can't even remember their names.
This isn't a case of "the movie isn't good cause it isn't like the games". This just isn't a good movie. It's a heavily workshopped modern Hollywood blockbuster that feels like it was written by AI.
The jokes aren't funny. The story isn't there. The acting is there but not good (apart from Banderas).
It's sad, because even National Treasure was a fun time. Derivative and silly, but fun. It had some kind of heart.
This has nothing. No soul. No love. Just a bunch of people doing stuff in front of green screens.
On the most basic level, it works as a movie. It goes from one place to another and has people saying and doing things and making things happen.
You won't remember ANY of it, though. Maybe they'll do better in a sequel?
Which we are definitely getting. Sigh.
Go watch Indiana Jones again. Or National Treasure. Or the much better Tomb Raider movie (which isn't getting a sequel while this is and that's a crime against us movie goers).
Never pay for this. And if you're wondering how the games could be good when this isn't, go and play the games if you haven't. Cause those are fun.