Posted May 13, 2016

sasuke12
Strigon the Drow Necromancer
Registered: Mar 2014
From Canada

Lord_Kane
Leaf Kaigai Nikki
Registered: Mar 2009
From Canada
Posted May 13, 2016
ugh another videogame movie.

Smannesman
4-bit classic
Registered: Oct 2010
From Netherlands
Posted May 13, 2016
Could be interesting, although there haven't been many good movies based on games.

Falci
Friendship is magic. Magic is Heresy!
Registered: Sep 2008
From Brazil

Breja
You're in my spot
Registered: Apr 2012
From Poland
Posted May 13, 2016
Looks rather bad, although the terrible music choice isn't helping. Still, if they manage to make something even half-way watchable out of the steaming pile of shit that is Assassin's Creed storyline it will be an impressive achievement.

MadyNora
RPGiraffe
Registered: Oct 2012
From Hungary
Posted May 13, 2016
So far so good.
Except the music. I guess the guy who made the trailer was deaf or something :P
I don't really like watching movies, and I don't even remember when went to the cinema last time, but I'll definetly try watching this one on the big screen :)
Except the music. I guess the guy who made the trailer was deaf or something :P
I don't really like watching movies, and I don't even remember when went to the cinema last time, but I'll definetly try watching this one on the big screen :)

AnimalMother117
New User
Registered: Dec 2013
From United States
Posted May 13, 2016
Watched to see if the music is as bad as everyone says, it is.

DaCostaBR
Dayman: Fighter of the Nightman
Registered: Sep 2012
From Brazil
Posted May 13, 2016

That said, the first thing that came to my mind was "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!" :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDxJYNBF2N4
Better than the original, but I didn't think it synchronized (no pun intended) with the action all that well.
More in line with current trends in trailers there's a version with Lorde's cover of "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AliORfBeZlo
If you don't like pop songs then it might not be for you, but I thought it fit with the visuals, plus the song fits thematically with the games, certainly much more than Kanye's "I Am a God".
On the subject of the film itself, I was most surprised that they didn't scrap the awful present day storyline completely, but the period stuff looked cool and by the end I even warmed up to the present day part a bit. It might end up alright.

MadyNora
RPGiraffe
Registered: Oct 2012
From Hungary
Posted May 13, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDxJYNBF2N4
Better than the original, but I didn't think it synchronized (no pun intended) with the action all that well.
More in line with current trends in trailers there's a version with Lorde's cover of "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AliORfBeZlo
If you don't like pop songs then it might not be for you, but I thought it fit with the visuals, plus the song fits thematically with the games, certainly much more than Kanye's "I Am a God".
On the subject of the film itself, I was most surprised that they didn't scrap the awful present day storyline completely, but the period stuff looked cool and by the end I even warmed up to the present day part a bit. It might end up alright.
I seriously don't understand who the hell OK-d the music for the original trailer >_>
To be honest I always liked the present day stuff in AC. But I'm weird :P
Post edited May 13, 2016 by MadyNora

BlackMageJ
Eaten by a Grue
Registered: Sep 2008
From United Kingdom
Posted May 13, 2016
As one of the few people who actually likes the present day framing device/metaplot in the AC series, I have to say that the modern bits of that trailer looked crap. The big arm Animus is ridiculous, everything's far too dark, the Abstergo woman seemed way too openly evil, and what the hell do they think is going to happen if they train someone they kidnapped to use his latent Assassin skills and arm him?
The Spanish Inquisition bits look great, so I'm cautiously optimistic that this might be one of the better game-to-film transitions. Especially based on the fixed trailer that replaced Kanye West with music.
The Spanish Inquisition bits look great, so I'm cautiously optimistic that this might be one of the better game-to-film transitions. Especially based on the fixed trailer that replaced Kanye West with music.

babark
Pirate Mullah
Registered: Dec 2010
From Pakistan
Posted May 14, 2016
But did the games even have any Spanish setting?
I find it a bit cowardly that they dodged completely the actual story of the first (or any of the subsequent, really) game in favour of that.
I find it a bit cowardly that they dodged completely the actual story of the first (or any of the subsequent, really) game in favour of that.

Breja
You're in my spot
Registered: Apr 2012
From Poland
Posted May 14, 2016
Keep in mind, the movie is not supposed to be an adaptation, but a separate story in canon with the games.

babark
Pirate Mullah
Registered: Dec 2010
From Pakistan
Posted May 14, 2016
Aahhhh....I suppose that is as good an excuse as any. Gives them more space though, I suppose.

TheWalkerDude
New User
Registered: May 2016
From Australia
Posted May 14, 2016

... but there's just so many of them now.

P-E-S
I like games
Registered: Nov 2008
From United States
Posted May 14, 2016
Meh.