Category Archive: Film Perspectives

Will Shadow of the Colossus survive it’s film adaptation

This week The Hollywood Reporter released the news that Shadow of the Colossus, the amazing and widely loved 2005 game title for the PS2, would be adapted for the big screen. Upon reading the news I was filled with intense joy. In an instance I was transported back to the games imaginative world, beautiful story, and moving score. Unfortunately, as the realization of the what I had read began to settle in, my world began to crumble as I realized what a film adaptation could do to this beloved franchise.

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What I hope is gained from the X-Men Origins: Wolverine leak

[have no fear the following post is completely spoiler-free and contains no mention of the film's plot at all]

If you’ve been following all the buzz surrounding 20th Century Fox’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine, then you’ve likely already heard that a copy of the film was leaked onto the ‘interwebs’ a few weeks ago, a full month before the films scheduled release. I was fortunate enough to catch a screening of said film at a friends house a few nights ago and I learn one incredibly interesting fact. A rough cut of a film, with only partially completed special effects, is incredibly compelling.

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