Zelda - The Movie

[Nohbody]

Haha gotcha. Theyre not making one, at least not now.

Would it make a good movie, though? I mean, having Link talk, doing an entire Zelda adventure in under 2 and a half hours,who would play Link, Zelda, should they be Japanese or not, what plot would it follow?

I say if they did for mario bros, they sure as hell can do it for Zelda.

EDIT: The entire movie wold need to be like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGAlDGYzI3I&feature=related

GOLDEN!!

[Ferret]

I hate you :(

[megadave]

I don't think that anyone should make a movie about Zelda. Zelda is a very personal thing to me, and I take it very seriously, so I'd rather not see one my favorite franchises get raped on the big screen. On the other hand, it could work. IGN's April fools trailer was actually pretty cool, despite how Ganon looked, and I think a guy like the one they used would make a good Link. Not too pretty, not too ugly. Someone with an innocent and good-willed look who can turn into serious business with the blink of an eye.

And, if it were to be done, then it should be split into a trilogy. There are too many dungeons and subplots going on for a single two hour movie.

Also, to hell with idea of making Link japanese. Link is Link, and whichever actor, regardless of race, who portrays Link the best should be the one to play him. Link isn't Japanese, he's Hylian, and the assumption that he should be Japenese because his creators are is an asinine demonstration of bad logic. I'm not saying that the above poster is saying that, but I just wanted to get that across before it is assumed.

So, yes, I would go watch it, and I would probably enjoy it because I usually try to lower my standards before I experience things.

[Ramaniscence]

I don't think that anyone should make a movie about Zelda. Zelda is a very personal thing to me, and I take it very seriously, so I'd rather not see one my favorite franchises get raped on the big screen. On the other hand, it could work. IGN's April fools trailer was actually pretty cool, despite how Ganon looked, and I think a guy like the one they used would make a good Link. Not too pretty, not too ugly. Someone with an innocent and good-willed look who can turn into serious business with the blink of an eye.

And, if it were to be done, then it should be split into a trilogy. There are too many dungeons and subplots going on for a single two hour movie.

Also, to hell with idea of making Link japanese. Link is Link, and whichever actor, regardless of race, who portrays Link the best should be the one to play him. Link isn't Japanese, he's Hylian, and the assumption that he should be Japenese because his creators are is an asinine demonstration of bad logic. I'm not saying that the above poster is saying that, but I just wanted to get that across before it is assumed.

So, yes, I would go watch it, and I would probably enjoy it because I usually try to lower my standards before I experience things.

Zelda could be made into a fine movie, even for fanboys. You could cry about there not being enough temples, or whatever else, but key elements are all the movie would need:

A) Link being a boy in a town blah blah, going off and discovering he's DA HERO OF TIME

B) Getting the master sword

C) Zelda

D) Ganon.

E) Tri Force

F) Optionally, Goddesses. They're becoming a big thing now a days, if even just mentioned.

Fill in the in betweens however you'd like. LOOK at the Zelda's. Some of them have similiarities, but all of them are different. The plot follows a structure, fills in some key elements, and that's it.

Sure we'd like to see a fire time, and a water temple, and a temple of time, and yadda yadda blah blah blah. But where were those in a Link to the Past? Where were they in Game Boy Renditions? Hell, look at Link's Awakening. It hardly followed anything you'd see in most Zeldas, but it's considered a Zelda title and a GOOD ONE at that.

They could do a trilogy if they wanted to milk it, but I don't think there's a real need to. I think they could EASILY get the point across, with a little back story, and the key elements in 2.5 to 3 hours. The ONLY thing they'd need to do is STICK to those key elements verbatim. No trying to make it overly realistic, no trying to make it EXACTLY like the video game to where things like the Spinner from Twilight Princess exist. Just find a calm medium, and run with it.

Also: Totally CG would be pretty much ideal, but I think IGN's trailer is a good example that, if done live action with the right productions team and a good enough ammount of resources, could be pulled off so long as the actors looked a bit more accurate (and Ganondorf wasn't LITERALLY green).

[DrumUltimA]

And, if it were to be done, then it should be split into a trilogy. There are too many dungeons and subplots going on for a single two hour movie.

Hahah, I could see it now

The Legend of Zelda: The Movie of Power
The Legend of Zelda: The Movie of Courage
The Legend of Zelda: The Movie of Wisdom


Anyway, I would be amazed if they were able to make a 2 hour Zelda movie in which Link NEVER talks.

[megadave]

It's just my policy that if you're going to do it, you should go all the way. Regardless, it could work as a single film, but that's also depending on which game the movie is based on. I still have to stand with the 3 movie format, because Lord Of The Rings has a huge story, and having three movies just let those movies breathe so well, and they were great. (Of course, you have to consider that Peter Jackson was at the helm.) Anyway, if there's money to be made, it will be done. I could imagine that if they based it off of Ocarina, they would probably skip a lot of dungeon parts, and having too many dungeons would definitely get redundant.

[Blake]

Orlando Bloom for Link! Or according to Darkesword, Samuel L Jackson.

[JCvgluvr]

I definitely dont want to see this happen. I am 90% positive that there isn't a single director/studio in hollywood that could get it right.

And in regards to Zelda, if you can't do it right, don't do it at all!

Just thinking about the travesty called the Super Mario Bros. Movie makes me gag...

[Bigfoot]

Hahah, I could see it now

The Legend of Zelda: The Movie of Power
The Legend of Zelda: The Movie of Courage
The Legend of Zelda: The Movie of Wisdom


Anyway, I would be amazed if they were able to make a 2 hour Zelda movie in which Link NEVER talks.

They'd have to make it just like this, same sound effects and all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4elLuTGg3Yw

[Bleck]

Did nobody learn anything from Super Mario Bros: The Movie

[Skrypnyk]

I would pay to see a movie where Samuel L. Jackson is link.

and Ganon.








and Zelda.

[kyleh93710]

I would pay for three tickets. That's how cool that would be. Except, Link should be played by Matt Damon, Zelda should be played by someone like Angelina Jolie and Ganon should be Samuel L Jackson.

Oh and Navi can be played by that actor who played Mini-Me in Austin Powers.

Bahahahahahaha.

Oh by the way, if you haven't seen this already, three part series. A fan movie about Zelda. Pretty long, about two hours, to two and a half I'd say. Very good in my opinion, its not on the big screen, but its humerous and displays many funny features about the game. Ganon is a real riot too. It's deffinitely worth the time. I've seen it and I loved it.

Part 1:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7573426796770713155&q=Zelda+The+Movie&ei=xG83SKuJE6Dk4AL5473bAw&hl=en
Part 2:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8113238663847801210&q=Zelda%20The%20Movie&hl=en
Part 3:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7966235459721003522&q=Legend+of+Link+Part+3&ei=lHA3SJaZN5vQ4gKEo7XmAw&hl=en

[Elex Synn]

The SMB movie was indeed awful -_-..

Beyond that I can't think of too many good 'video game' movies to date, though I'm sure a good we could get a decent anime series of the Zelda.

[Bleck]

I pay to see any movie that has Samuel L. Jackson

[Lotd2242]

I'm actually surprised it hasn't been done yet.

It really depends on who would be doing it. It's not a hard concept. You need Link, Zelda, Ganon, the Triforce, the Master Sword, and some dungeons. Fitting it into 2.5 hours or so would be tricky, but certainly doable.

The problem is that Hollywood likes to "make movies more accessible to the general public" and in the process fuck them up totally. They always pick people who are totally unfamiliar with the source material and who just want to tell their own story under the header of a popular name. Fortunately, since all the Zelda games are so different from each other, that could theoretically work in this case.

[Bleck]

It's not a hard concept.

yeah uh usually making movies that don't suck is equal or above what one would call 'hard'

[Bigfoot]

Did nobody learn anything from Super Mario Bros: The Movie

No, that's why they are making a Dragonball movie.

Come on, look at what the characters look like.

http://dbthemovie.com/2008/05/22/more-scans-yamcha-and-chi-chi-revealed/

[JH Sounds]

No, that's why they are making a Dragonball movie.

Come on, look at what the characters look like.

http://dbthemovie.com/2008/05/22/more-scans-yamcha-and-chi-chi-revealed/

omg ew :-o

[Lotd2242]

yeah uh usually making movies that don't suck is equal or above what one would call 'hard'

Only because Hollywood sucks at making movies now. Making a decent movie should be ridiculously simple with such a straightforward concepts.

No, that's why they are making a Dragonball movie.

Come on, look at what the characters look like.

http://dbthemovie.com/2008/05/22/more-scans-yamcha-and-chi-chi-revealed/

I've already decided to pretend like the Dragonball movie never happened. Goku is going to high school. They replaced Krillin with his Mexican equivalent, Teto. There is one reason, and only one reason, to consider seeing that movie, and that is for the live-action CG Kamehameha.

[PhiJayy]

Orlando Bloom for Link! Or according to Darkesword, Samuel L Jackson.

Samuel L. Jackson? ahahahaha.:lol:

[LuckyXIII]

Hopefully, if it were to happen they'd get someone similar to Jon Favreau - similar in that with Iron Man he was a fan of the material, hired good actors who are also fans, and got a good script that honors the source while making the necessary changes to adapt it from one medium to another.

Without question, I also think it should be a trilogy.

[Broken]

Did nobody learn anything from Super Mario Bros: The Movie

IT'S A BOMB-OMB! OMG!

Also at Bigfoot's post, lol at Chow-Yun Fat as Master Roshi. I may have to watch the movie just for that.

[Flare4War]

As with all games being made into movies, it's doable. They'll never pull it off right though. Hollywood just doesn't have the passion to portray games correctly though there are countless games that would make incredible movies. The people in Hollywood just see dollars signs and aren't bothered by making it suck and filled with plenty of cheese since games already have a fan base and they'll turn a profit whether it's good or not or they go the other way and are too greedy to share the profits with the companies that own the games and just do it right.

In order to not make video games into movies and not have them be cheesy and lame is to make them rated R or push the PG-13 rating to its outer most limits. But then you lose all the little kids.

I think a high budget Zelda movie would kick ass, I'm now imagining countless action scenes where link is cutting and dividing his foes, escaping with his hook-shot and doing Legolas type shit with his bow.

I think a high budget R rated movie of Ninja Gaiden would be incredible. You would nearly have to go to CGI to get someone that could perform Ryu's actions at his speeds though..

Anyways.. Fun thinkin' about it for a minute. Very unlikely it will ever happen.

[MaCe]

I saw a trailer on the IGN (April fools day) but i saw what it may look like and i thought of all movies made by games ,so i dont think it would be a good movie,anyways if someone has to make it i would be better performed by Japanese.

[Bleck]

Can we all agree that if a movie cannot be done well it should not be done. I would think this to be friggin' obvious.

[Flare4War]

Can we all agree that if a movie cannot be done well it should not be done. I would think this to be friggin' obvious.

This I can definitely agree to. I think if they aren't going to do movies well and make stories with a huge fan base correctly it shouldn't even be done at all, Zelda being one of them.

It's not like it's impossible. The Lord of The Rings triology did this as well as can be expected. Of course the books are 'better' but they did well. I would hate to see them ruin a movie of Zelda. Especially since we would all anticipate it like crazed lunatics.

[friendlyHunter]

Hollywood just doesn't have the passion to portrait games correctly

Hehe, I think you meant "portray" ;)


Content in Zelda games can largely be divided into two categories: stuff that's old (been done in other Zelda games, or considered "classic"), and stuff that's new (what differentiates the game from other Zelda titles). The "new" stuff ranges from bizarre and surreal environments and storylines (Majoras Mask), to new gameplay elements (Zelda 2), to a completely different game design (Ocarina of Time), to, erm, turning into a wolf and wiggling your Wii remote around (Twilight Princess). Just as each Zelda game has a slightly different flavour, a movie could tailor its new story, environment, and characters to a style that's appropriate for the big screen.

Now, if making a good movie is no problem for you, the challenge of making a good ZELDA movie is that it needs all the Zelda fundamentals: Link, Ganon, Master Sword, dungeons, etc.. How does one translate dungeons into movie format? I can think of several good movies with a dungeon-like setting that the main characters explore, but cramming several dungeons into one movie (with only ONE character exploring them) could be a problem. Personally, I'd rather not watch a movie consisting mostly of the main character traveling through 3 or 4 different dungeons - that's just not the kind of movie I'd want to watch, and I really don't think it embodies Zelda.

Since the Zelda storyline is so strange and mysterious, a movie that focuses on the grand scheme of things (Ganon trying to attain the triforce to rule the world, stuff involving the "sacred realm" and misc. Hyrule mythos) could potentially be insanely epic. A "coming of age" "boy becomes man" story about Link would obviously be a part of it, but you KNOW exactly how it's going to play out, so that aspect definitely shouldn't be the focus. With any hope, it would be the kind of movie where the average movie-goer would come for the action, but end up enjoying it more for the engaging story, suspense, and of course the downright scary parts.

I really think directors have approached a lot of videogame movies the wrong way.... a lot of movies just end up slapping videogame-character names onto the movie characters (or in the case of the Prince of Persia movie, names that weren't even in the game!). Really, what should be done is take the stuff that's absolutely fundamental to the series (e.g. for DOOM, use the fact that the monsters are FROM HELL), and build on that. What's fundamental in the Zelda series then? Well Link, he come to town - come to save the princess Zelda. Ganon took her away, now the children don't play, but they will when Link saves the day. Hallelujah! Now Link, fill up your hearts, so you can shoot your sword with power. And when you're feeling all down, the fairy will come around, so you'll be brave, and not a sissy coward. Now Link, has saved the day - Put Ganon in his grave. So now Zelda is free, and now our hero shall be: Link! I think your name shall go down into history!

So yeah if they make a movie just like that it should be good.




Speaking of song lyrics and movies:
http://doom.ocremix.org/main.html
See how the lyrics to "Darkness Dawning" take stuff that's from the game's plot (however thin) and elaborate on it? Now THAT'S what I'm talking about! Seriously, they should make a DOOM movie based on that song (or on the whole album, heh).

[Flare4War]

Hehe, I think you meant "portray" ;)

Jeez, oops.

Fixed it.

[Overflow]

They should use that song for the credits.
RabbitJoint...

[X]

I'm whole-heartedly against the making of any TLOZ movie for the same reason that I'm against the making of any Metroid movie.

Sure the special effects would be sweet. Sure the action would be awesome. Sure the musical score would be nothing short of stellar. But that does not a good movie make.

I'm also staunchly against giving Link a voice. I think that he should forever be the silent hero no matter the consequences. The same goes for Samus (and in hindsight, Corruptions voiceovers were so bad that I don't even want to know how much Samus would've gotten butchered in the process).

As it is, Twilight Princess is already too dangerously close to a Zelda movie (since Nintendo focused on cinematics over just about everything else, including gameplay). I'd prefer to just leave Zelda where it is for now - on consoles where it should be.

[Geoffrey Taucer]

It would take some creativity, but I think it could be done.

Some requirements, though:

Link must not talk. (As I said, it would take some real creativity to make a 2 hour movie where the main character doesn't talk, but I'm sure it can be done).

Ganondorf must be played by (in order of preference) Clint Eastwood, Jack Nicholson, or Hugo Weaving.

The music must completely own.

[JH Sounds]

As I said, it would take some real creativity to make a 2 hour movie where the main character doesn't talk, but I'm sure it can be done.

That made me think of

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/15/Thebellboy.jpg

but that was a little over an hour.

[Xenocrates Luna]

IMHO, any video game movie would be as overrated and out-of-context as current super hero movies. Whether it be TLoZ, Metroid or Halo.
They just wouldn't keep up with the expectations and would leave all fans with that empty feeling, something along the lines of "Well.. it could've been better, it could've been like the game, they could've done this or that..."
Despite creativity, special effects, music scores and what not (which would be astonishing, I agree) they just can't take the universe we've all enjoyed and fought through in our consoles and take that feeling of excitement to a movie, were you don't feel as part of a world at all, but rather feel like a powerless spectator. It just won't be the same, they couldn't please everyone with the outcome so IMO, game movies shouldn't be made.

[PhiJayy]

Especially since we would all anticipate it like crazed lunatics.

Yeah. If this Zelda Movie was very, very disappointing.
The director would be in big trouble. He couldn't even walk down the street without seing an angry mob coming to get him, and yes if the movie was absolutely pointless and stupid.
You'd see me running right alongside them. :<

[Blake]

IMHO, any video game movie would be as overrated and out-of-context as current super hero movies. Whether it be TLoZ, Metroid or Halo.
They just wouldn't keep up with the expectations and would leave all fans with that empty feeling, something along the lines of "Well.. it could've been better, it could've been like the game, they could've done this or that..."
Despite creativity, special effects, music scores and what not (which would be astonishing, I agree) they just can't take the universe we've all enjoyed and fought through in our consoles and take that feeling of excitement to a movie, were you don't feel as part of a world at all, but rather feel like a powerless spectator. It just won't be the same, they couldn't please everyone with the outcome so IMO, game movies shouldn't be made.

I really don't think there's any movie or work of art, OR videogame in existence that has pleased everyone. Unfortunately these things exist.

[Rumina]

I thought the IGN trailer for the Zelda movie was pretty good, could definitely work :P

http://movies.ign.com/dor/articles/863515/legend-of-zelda-movie-trailer/videos/legendofzelda_filmtrailer_040108.html

[Nohbody]

I thought the IGN trailer for the Zelda movie was pretty good, could definitely work :P

http://movies.ign.com/dor/articles/863515/legend-of-zelda-movie-trailer/videos/legendofzelda_filmtrailer_040108.html
Hey, bub, that trailer was terrible. Im tired of people saying it was good. Link looked like Michael Jackson for gods sake. It was terriblr in a funny wy, because it had us thinkinkg, wow theyre making a zelda movie... holy god in heaven its terrible!!!

Zelda looked like just some guys sister.

[Maco70]

Hey, bub, that trailer was terrible. Im tired of people saying it was good. Link looked like Michael Jackson for gods sake. It was terriblr in a funny wy, because it had us thinkinkg, wow theyre making a zelda movie... holy god in heaven its terrible!!!

Zelda looked like just some guys sister.

Type slower.

[jayc4life]

I think Nintendo would have taken note at how badly Mario was converted, and said "Never again are we selling our intellectual properties".

In Nintendo Power magazine, when they were looking at the history of Mario, they done a timeline feature on the series. When it came to the movie the caption read:
"Yes, it happened. Let us speak no more of it."

I think the majority of fans feel this way about Mario, and if it's ever sanctioned, it'll be echoed with Zelda. Though GTA3 proved silent protagonists can work in modern times, but it'd be more suited for Link to remain mute because it'd tie in more with the original game.

[X]

Hey, bub, that trailer was terrible. Im tired of people saying it was good.
Boy am I glad I'm not the only person who thinks so. While it's better than some video game movies have been... *coughmariocough* ...it certainly could be better. It's funny, but for all the wrong reasons.

[Nohbody]

The entire movie would need to be like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGAlDGYzI3I&feature=related

[Trygon]

As old as the internet.

[Nohbody]

As old as the internet.

Doesnt change the fact that I almost piss myself everytime I see it.

[X]

As old as the internet.
And yet my sides still hurt. That commercial never gets old. :mrgreen:

[JH Sounds]

And yet my sides still hurt. That commercial never gets old. :mrgreen:

I still love how the song stops abruptly at the end.

[MaCe]

The entire movie would need to be like this:

hahaha good one:lol::lmassoff: