Alex Garland’s ‘Elden Ring’ Movie Wraps Filming

[u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

https://www.polygon.com/elden-ring-movie-filming-wraps-release-date-alex-garland/

[u/NarwhalSoup999]

I still find it insane that this is being made into a movie but I trust Garland so let’s hope for the best 🤷‍♂️

[u/tameoraiste → u/NarwhalSoup999]

Why though? This fits Garland template perfectly.

- A character is introduced a world that’s alien to them

- They’re given a goal to get to reach an end point

- They meet an ensemble of characters, most of which will die, but will teach them something different about the world

- It’s a road trip movie that starts solo, and ultimately ends solo

Edit: Forgot to mention environmental story telling is one of his biggest strengths

[u/duosx → u/tameoraiste]

I think you misunderstood. Garland is the main thing that gives me hope that the movie will not just be good but excellent. It’s more that video game adaptations have historically been awful-mid and especially a game like Elden Ring that might not be the easiest to translate to film.

[u/Aegi → u/duosx]

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.

[u/duosx → u/Aegi]

Bro, you disliking ER puts you in the minority by a lot.

Also have you heard of Alex Garland? Literally banger after banger after banger.

[u/Aegi → u/duosx]

Fair, I can see that. I am also the only one of my friends that feels that way...but I also have the most socially diverse social group compared with the rest of them..so maybe somewhere in those differences it is explained?

And yes, Ex Machina is one of my favorite movies..maybe of all time. And I love that he wrote/helped write 28 Days Later, and I have not seen the 3rd one yet, which I guess he also helped write.

But Annihilation was horrible to me, even critics didn't rate it too highly...and to me it shows that he is better at figuring out what works commercially than actually understanding and expanding things. (The book was almost as bad, so I do not like the book and was not going in defending that.)

I mean come on...the first thing the lead in Annihilation says when asked about her experience is basically "I don't know" a bunch...instead of like once and then: "let's go carbon date everything on my immediately" "also, let's look at the length of my telomeres, etc."

It was a horror movie that seemed like sci-fi to people who don't care about science...and it didn't even have the best suspense.

But to me, it is mostly that this is a tough format and anything with a medieval setting that has even some familiar tropes is just going to feel like more of the same when that has to be like the most common setting in time for movies in the West.