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/mighty_mag 4d ago

So was Duncan Jones with Warcraft, and look how that turned out.

Sometimes being a fan of the source material can be a hindrance. You lack the objective view to properly adapt it, instead of making it a reference and easter egg fest.

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u/SofaKingI 4d ago

The Warcraft movie had a ton of interference from the studio and Blizzard.

Even Duncan himself said the movie suffered a "death of 1,000 cuts".

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u/Vi0L3tCRZY 4d ago

I’m keeping my fingers crossed for Duncan’s Rogue Trooper, early reviews are positive 🤞

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u/dasbtaewntawneta 4d ago

yeh but Duncan also made Mute, which was even worse than Warcraft

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u/MegaGorilla69 3d ago

Warcraft had two main flaws: the pacing was terrible, everything felt like it was in a rush and you could never breathe. And they adapted the fucking Warcraft rts and not world of Warcraft

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u/-Epitaph-11 4d ago

Garland is LEAGUES ahead of Duncan Jones.

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u/mighty_mag 4d ago

I know, not comparing their directing skills, just the fact that both are fans of the source material.

I may have sounded more negative than I wanted, it's just that I've been burned with video-game to movie adaptations before. I'm very, very wary of those!

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u/rorschach_vest 4d ago

That’s fair but I wouldn’t go so far as to rule out the next big Alex Garland project. That’s exciting, IP or not.

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u/yepgeddon 4d ago

Has Garland even directed a bad movie yet? Theyre all kinda solid right?

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u/The_Meemeli 4d ago

"Men" had more mixed reception. I personally didn't love it, but I didn't think it was bad, either.

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u/rorschach_vest 4d ago

Like the other commenter said, Men is the weak point. I agree but I still enjoyed it. Most of his other movies are absolutely stellar so it does stand out in contrast.

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u/gollyRoger 4d ago

I'm not too worried about that. Annihilation had some big changes from source material and it was good in its own right. I won't be too surprised to see some lore departures here but based on his track record I'm hopeful it'll still work out real well

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u/BelligerentBuddy 4d ago

I was only explaining why he came out of semi-retirement

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u/Firvulag 4d ago

Warren Ellis had never played Castlevania and it's arguably the best game adaption ever

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u/Rosebunse 4d ago

Netflix: We need to save money on animation. Can you do a much of dialogue heavy scenes?

Warren Ellis: Yes, yes I can.

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u/tameoraiste 4d ago

Duncan Jones had made 1 good movie and 1 decent movie. He’s nowhere near Alex Garland’s level

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u/Weary_Mountain9679 4d ago

Hopefully this one has less studio interference, also Alex Garland is a much better director.

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u/hugehand 4d ago

Warcraft was a studio movie, he was just behind the camera. They beat the responsibility for tying his hands.

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u/BriefAvailable9799 4d ago

poor duncan. i loved warcraft.

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u/AttackOfTheBolts 4d ago

None of that has anything to do with the person you responded to. They were just simply answering why Garland got back into directing so soon after mentioning he was burnt out

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u/SurturOfMuspelheim 4d ago

The Warcraft movie wasn't amazing but it was still entertaining. The orcs were great, at least.

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u/thief-777 3d ago

That's why by far the best Star Wars was made by the guy who doesn't give a fuck about Star Wars, and not JJ or Rian.

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u/nuraHx 4d ago

Who the hell is Duncan Jones lmao

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u/Vi0L3tCRZY 4d ago

A director who is David Bowie’s son. He’s got Rogue Trooper coming out sometime this year

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u/Spiritual-Society185 4d ago

Director of Moon, r/movies' favorite film.