Watched Max Payne tonight – it’s another movie made out of a game …
The evening started in Preview Bar & Grill, a restaurant close to the cinema. They’re always worth going to but tonight, even at about 5.30, it was empty ! There was us Crazies plus about 1 or 2 other groups. Bar man was so bored he was polishing glasses.
It was the same thing in the cinema too, which is surprising seeing as there’s a few high profile films out there at the moment. No-one there ! Max Payne had about 10 people in a cavern of a cinema. Ok, it’s not Wednesday where there’s a 2 for 1 deal going and it’s not a Friday night or a weekend but empty cinema ? Felt weird. Maybe it was a little early to get the people in.
Anyway, how was Max Payne ? I think I’d describe it as “better than Wanted”, “Punisher with the charm removed” or “wannabe Sin City without the credibility”. A shame, cos the game was supposed to be really good (it’s a first person shooter and one I missed out on). There’s a few game tie ins done, some are much better than others. I enjoy watching the Tomb Raider films for more than Angelina Jolie, because they’re good fun to watch. Resident Evil is another “good” film tie in, it’s scary as well as a gripping action film. Will be having another Resident Evil night sometime I think.
Hitman’s another good film-game tie in, because it retains a sense of style along with its very dark humour. Again, that’s a game I’ve never played too. The film-game tie ins sometimes work well but often you’ll get a Max Payne or real stinkers like the Dungeons and Dragons movies.
Ah well – some films are good, some films are poor. Some films are so bad they’re actually highly amusing. But I wouldn’t count Max Payne as one of those. Right – I’m almost all out of snacks, so it’s time to pick up some munchies so I can stare at them while watching the Ice Road Truckers in 30 minutes 🙂
Time to close with weird thing of the day. Normal History channel is giving the Blue Screen Of No Signal. History +1 hour channel is giving a crystal clear picture. They’re only 1 separate on the box ! My mind is boggling …