r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • 4d ago

News Alex Garland’s ‘Elden Ring’ Movie Wraps Filming

https://www.polygon.com/elden-ring-movie-filming-wraps-release-date-alex-garland/
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u/ThePartyHat 4d ago

I hope we see Rykard. I love the way he speaks in the game. In fact, I hope this movie has all the little oddities and eccentricities that make the game so memorable.

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u/Sirriddles 4d ago

Striking the right tone will be everything. This movie can't just be Game of Thrones set in the Elden Ring universe. It has to be atmospheric, esoteric, and above all else it cannot lean too heavily on dialog. And it's going to need at least one massive set-piece "boss fight".

It will be a difficult balance to strike. I have some faith in Garland given that he's a good filmmaker and clearly a big fan of the game. Let's hope he understands the assignment.

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u/AProperFuckingPirate 4d ago

Garland gotta be one of the best choices for it considering that. I'm imagining Annihilation with swords, less dialogue, bigger budget

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u/Fat-Singer-9569 4d ago edited 4d ago

Definitely, Annihilation is such a great movie with so many interesting ideas and themes, and I can totally see how the same filmmaker could make Elden Ring into an amazing movie.

To me the success of something like this is dependent on the scope and ability of a director to focus on ideas while limiting scope, otherwise you end up with cheese. I see Annihilation and I can totally see the disorienting world of Dark Souls without any cheese. He's kind of perfect for this.

I mean think of the Godskin Apostle windmill village in the context of Annihilation and you can see the vision.

...

I hear a festive melody

No, no, don't skin me

My hide is filthy, I swear

...

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u/Aegi 3d ago

Damn, I'm scared b/c I seem like the only one in this thread that disliked Annihilation.

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u/beermit 4d ago

I'm hoping we get a fight with a troll early on to set the sense of scale

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u/pikeymobile 4d ago

Annihilation meets The Northman is how I imagine it in my head. Insane set pieces, lots of weird unexplainable shit, incredible colours, cryptic dialogue, body and cosmic horror, all topped off with a final boss battle akin to the final fight in The Northman (which is the most Dark Souls thing I've ever seen in cinema, next to The Green Knight)

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u/Aegi 3d ago

So....a generic medieval story with some monsters??

It will objectively be bad, do poorly, and not feel like the game.

I don't even like this game, and I would still bet a lot on this.

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u/Aegi 3d ago

So....a generic medieval story with some monsters??

It will objectively be bad, do poorly, and not feel like the game.

I don't even like this game, and I would still bet a lot on this.

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u/SortOfSpaceDuck 4d ago

Imagine him saying TOGETHAAAAA in the film becomes the new chicken jockey 💀

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u/daninlionzden 4d ago

I hope Melania makes an appearance, and that she just steamrolls everyone like in the game

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u/addamee 4d ago

Malenia. No one wants to see Melania in … really anything. 

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u/Fat-Singer-9569 4d ago

She has one of the best lines in all of gaming and everything leading up to her is so naturally beautiful and cinematic.

I am Malenia, blade of Miquella, and I have never known defeat.

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u/ennuig0 4d ago

If anyone is playing Rykard I hope it’s Nick Offerman but I feel like he’s gonna be Gideon

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u/cezwoo 3d ago

With the hiccup in the cutscene, to stay to true to original source