@@PhantomPraetor Optimus did the right thing ngl. you saw what happened to Megatron. the mf died 5 times and miraculously comes back to life everytime and is somehow still a menace to society
@@zack8865 Fair point. However, according to the novelization, it’s made clear Megatrom realized he fucked up by letting Sentinel toy with him, and all he wants at that point is just to have Cybertron back. He’s fuckin _done_ with the fighting. If DotM had its original ending it would have been my favorite of the Bayverse quintology.
This movie was just way too safe to be an U N C H A R T E D movie. It’s literally called uncharted and most of it takes place in a fucking city?! one of the adaptations of all time truly
It’s not even that. It’s the fact that MOST of game takes place in an “uncharted” location. In the movie, 90% takes place in an Urban setting. Actually no, even then, you could argue that other then the campsite and the monastery/shimbala, most of uncharted 2 takes place in an urban environment. So then what is the issue? The issue is that it lacks that GRAND SPECTACLE! The amazing music! The tense atmosphere (check out “unwelcomed guests” and “the bunker” chapter from uncharted 1), and the love that come from the games. Honestly if they just had Nathen Filion as Nate and just made it a show instead of a movie, it would have probably been better.
That’s literally what I expect from a Uncharted movie. It doesn’t matter if “the movie isn’t as bad if you think of it as its own” and shit. ITS AN UNCHARTED MOVIE. And not like Sonic Movie where Sonic is in a city because he was forced to be trapped there, not to mention it makes sense since Sonic X did a plot like that. Even in that movie it had the rings, the speed, the abilities and the robots. There’s some things for a adaption you just can’t remove, and removing the world travel of Uncharted in a fucking Uncharted movie is unforgivable
I honestly kinda hate it when people say, "When you look at it on its own it's not that bad," because 1: it's supposed to be an adaptation, and 2: it could still be terrible on its own.
It's a two way street. An adaptation has to succeed at two things: being a good adaptation and being good on its own. There are several examples of adaptations being good adaptations but not really being good on their own, for example, Aquaman I hear is a great adaptation of the comic (i could be 100% wrong, this is just what I heard) just as there's plenty of examples of the inverse, such as this movie. I personally believe that a movie should always try to be a good movie first. If a movie can stand on it's own, then it can succeed at being a good movie. In Uncharted's case, I agree. As a movie on it's own, it is perfectly fine, and is, dare I say, a fun adventure movie. As an Uncharted movie, it's terrible. But on it's own? It's fine. I'm not saying that's a good excuse to make, nor am I saying that it's wrong to point out it's a terrible adaptation. It's just in my humble opinion, I'd much rather watch an adaptation that's bad but a fun movie than an adaptation that's good but a bad movie, like Twilight. Those are as far as I know good adaptations of the books, but they're not good movies.
True. They could have made an original IP, but they used Uncharted to get at least the fans of the game in the cinema. If that's not an invitation to compare movie and games then i don't know. Of course you can simply use a story that was told before and make your own interpretation, but i think we all know Sony and the producers didn't put that much intellectual work into this. And no. 2 is also right: If we forget the connection to the games the movie is still bad ...
Fun fact: Tom Holland apologized for being in this movie. Apparently he didn't think he was a good choice for Nathan Drake and thus didn't really give his all.
Now that January and the positive review month is over we can finally get back to feeding off Dumbsy’s suffering like the digital vampires that we are.
They wanted him as the Nathan Darke in his early 20s and Tom Holland would've gotten the movie money because of who he is and he wouldn't mind as they're his favourite games
Dumbsville is correct, Uncharted is way better than you would think with that concept. Many other game studios would have only cared for the action and not for characters and story, because this is just a treasure hunt where you kill tons of enemies and solve riddles ... And now the movie is just that 😂 - kind of ironic ...
I would also like to add that Mark Walhberg was supposed to be Drake originally. But production took so long he aged out of the role. I want to reiterate this: *production took so long Mark Wahlberg became too old to play Drake*
@@dante_0962 No, because they clearly wanted this to be the start of a long running movie franchise (let's hope that doesn't happen, but i'm a realist, so there will be at least two more). And good de-aging costs - and only makes sense when you want an actor to play a younger version of a character that is already established, like Michael Douglas as Hank Pym in Avengers: Endgame).
The chemistry with Nathan and Sully was so perfect in the games 😭 the reaction in my face when I saw them remaking the whole story and lore of uncharted and Nathan’s relationship with Sully was absolutely disappointing…
With a blueprint like this you would think they couldn't screw up - but big Hollywood-writers always find a way ... I just looked up the writers and one of them (of course there is more than one) has the first name Rafe. Sooo, revenge on the franchise because Uncharted 4's main villain had the same name or just incompetence? The Jury decides ...
The fact that Sully didn't care about Nate in the movie but just the treasure is just SAD! Literally in Uncharted 3, When Sully helped him escaped Marlowe’s men, they soon become best buds but in the movie sully meets Nate and says to him “hey man Im gonna steal this treasure wanna help me?”
@@UltimateNut Yes, sullyvan is the biggest problem in this film, Tom Holland despite not physically looking like Nathan has his mannerisms and personality, I can visualize the essence of Nate in him, since the sully in the film has nothing to do with Sullyvan, is just another character entirely diferent, I hope they improve on that in the sequel.
My favourite part is when Mark Whalberg's character committed a hate crime got away with it and then complained about people talking about it in a post credit scene. Bravo Vince
He served his time and has reform since his youth. I'm not sure that's "getting away with it" even if other celebrities have had their careers destroyed for way less.
Oh, and btw, the worst part of the movie for me was the fact that they barely use any guns at all. That is kinda important when adapting a THIRD PERSON *SHOOTER*
"Be careful, Drake! We're among thieves!" "Then let's give them a thief's end!" "Oh, you're gonna pull out one of your tricks?" "Yup. A good ol' Drake's deception."
Im seriously baffled that the people who made this movie couldn’t make it like the games. Literally they could’ve taken the characters and let them go on a random mythical lost city for a treasure of some kind.
@@Stur2024 Let's hope, but as we know the big movie studios there is no chance they will leave Uncharted or any other gaming francise alone ... And since this movie made money you can't even compare it to most bad game-adaptations ...
Ross McIntyre summed it up perfectly when he said that this movie isn’t really an adaptation of Uncharted or about the story of Nathan Drake, but rather a vehicle for Tom Holland to prove that he can be more than just Spider-Man. Also, that Sony saw the formula of Tom Holland plus Sony IP equals financial success, so why not do it again.
Literally the only reason I was invested in this movie was because I was watching this in class and our teacher had us take notes on the certain locations.
I remember seeing promo images from this movie and thinking that Tom Holland looked out of place as Nathan Drake, but by the time it actually came out I heard so little about it that I completely forgot it existed until this video got suggested to me. I’m sure that’s a great sign.
I think it's really funny that the Uncharted games have better writing even though a lot of games still use cutscenes just to show action they can't have ingame - or just to explain how and why the character gets to the next action setpiece. But now a lot of Hollywood blockbusters operate like the action scenes are the only important thing and all this talking stuff is just filler. Maybe they should go back to the OG Doom games and just have a text explaining how we got from a to b, just to save time for the action ...
@@ericleal157 I see, I just made a mistake there. Thanks to you,I've now corrected it. Btw, making a franchise a game or a show is a thousand times entertaining and better than making it a movie. What do you think?
@@StationTube I agree, because in these media there is more time to develop the characters, you can't have the same story as a 20 hour game or a series of dozens of episodes in 2 hours of film.
I don't understand how Tomb Raider has better movie adaptations than Uncharted, a series practically designed to be cinematic Tomb Raider that was so successful at it that even TR itself copied it. Also this marks the 2nd time Mark Whalberg was in a horrible movie adaptation of an amazing 3rd person shooter.
I worry about what Amazon and MGM are going to do with Tomb Raider. You hear about the possibility of a connected universe of the video games, past films, and the new TV show they're making?
Uncharted was PERFECT for a movie adaptation. They had a perfectly good foundation for a big blockbuster adaptation, and instead opted for an Indiana Jones/James Bond knock with Tom Holland. It completely missed the point of what made the games charming. Uncharted is MADE to be a big cinematic blockbuster experience, and I have no idea how Sony managed to screw up something that was SO STRAIGHTFORWARD.
“It’s called UNCHARTED!!” Yes. I’m tired of people saying that adaptations shouldn’t be compared to it’s source. I agree that it should be able to stand on it’s own but don’t make it so that it can only stand on it’s own.
No one’s saying adaptations shouldn’t be compared to their source, it’s that they shouldn’t be judged ONLY on comparison to their source material. It can be a bad adaptation and a good movie, or vice versa, the best ones succeed at both obviously but it’s not wrong to acknowledge when something is still a good movie despite being a bad adaptation. Many people, like this RU-vidr here, seem to think they’re the same thing, or that it’s impossible to be a good movie without being a bad adaptation, seemingly because he’s blinded by his attachment to this particular series.
@@melancholyentertainment If it’s a good product that ignores the source material, don’t call it the same thing! If during production, you find the script veering far off from what you’re supposed to be adapting, don’t steal the fanbase’s affection to trick people to watching it. Have some balls and self respect to rename and rebrand and make it original cause otherwise you’ll just piss people off and show everyone you’re too lazy or cowardly or creatively bankrupt to make something new without leeching off the success of another IP. Geez, why do I have to explain this simple premise?
@@squirrelthegamer8483 Perhaps, but that’s an entirely different principle, a discussion to have with the studios. You don’t have to explain anything. I understand just fine. It doesn’t change a single thing I said, plain and simple.
@@melancholyentertainment I’m just saying you can’t have it both ways. You can’t have the same title and character and expect people not to compare it to the source. Like I said, you should make it good enough to stand on it’s own but don’t make it that it can only stand on it’s own cause otherwise, you’re slapping the fans you tricked into buying your product in the face.
What really makes me mad at this movie is how wrong they adapted the characters. Nathan is not some naive moron who trusts everyone. Sully is not a heartless monster who just wants the money. Chloe is not a constantly double crossing person.
In fortnite (let me finish) they did a collaboration for the release of this movie. It had a Nathan Drake skin with both the game and movie counterparts as styles. Switching between the two and seeing the contrast was the funniest shit ever
I hated the movie, was so unfaithful to the game. It then to top it off! They put a cameo of the actual Nathan Drake! Man that sucked seeing him. Tore my heart.
wallace and gromit: a grand day out was a better adaptation of the uncharted movie since the moon is practically uncharted, and this movie takes place mostly in a city
My favorite part was Mark Wahlberg looking directly into the camera, and confessed to his use of steroids and drinking baby blood to look like that at the age of 51. Such a movie moment in cinema history, surprised he didn't win a Oscar for that performance
I'm glad with Arcane,Sonic movie's and The Last Of Us is proof that video game adaptations and even adaptation can be good given to the right people.... nearly Uncharted was given to the wrong people 😡
In 2018, there was a fan made Uncharted film uploaded to RU-vid that had Nathan Filion as Nathan Drake. It's surprisedly good. It felt like I was playing the games or watching an actual Uncharted movie. If you haven't seen it that video, I highly recommend it. You won't be disappointed. In fact I even said to myself, this should've been the Uncharted movie instead of this.
When Nolan North showed up to scoff at the adventures these main characters had while on vacation, I felt some retribution, but not enough to save this movie.
Why are most adapted games to Film so bad, hot take, The Last Of Us tv show is not that good, it a 5/10 I really hope you review that show when it's complete because those Sony fan boys need a spanking.
The fact that a movie adaptation of a game based of kamikaze birds is way better than a movie based of a game that is perfect for a movie adaptation will never not be at least a little bit funny.
As someome who fondly grew up playing uncharted and tear up every time I hear that menu music im pissed they fucked this up. Im a marky mark man myself and i cannot with this. This could have been such a good movie.
Nolan North is Nathan Drake because he made the character what he is. Only one that could come close is Nathan Fillion. And Wahlberg as Sully?? Was the casting department drunk out of their mind??
I wished Sully woulf be played by JK Simmons and Drake be played by some unknown blank actor cause you wouldnt be distracted by the other persons work. Like if you see Tom Cruise or someone similar to him you just see this as a MI movie. Tom just gives "I am quirky Nathan Drake" rather than "I am a person who uses humor to lighten the mood"
we honestly should've gotten "nobodies" as Drake and Sully fr cause every time i see any Uncharted tiktoks all i see is just " omg spider-man and marky mark"
One of the things I hate the most about this is that Tom Holland looks closer to young Nathan in the flashbacks. Also I'm worried about how they'll do a sequel without either ruining it for fans by dumbing it down or ruining it for the fans of the movie since certain parts of the games, especially the supernatural parts, can't be left out but are too different from the movie and would seem out of place for people who haven't played the games. I'm also worried about Eddie since, if I remember correctly, that's what the guy with the eye patch at the end was called, and he had a golden gun. THAT IS NOT EDDIE!
I feel the reason why us true fans of Uncharted loved the story was because we saw our own flaws in Nate. But it told us no matter what happens you get back up and fight for what you love and in the end of each game he nukes the mystical treasure he was after to have the real treasure in life which is love/family. So for anyone to say this movie is good needs to reevaluate themselves because they are blind mfs
Who tf thought it was a good idea to cast Tom Holland as Nathan drake, I know Tom Holland to play young nerdy characters and Nathan Fucking Drake is a middle aged confidant and funny character
Considering the last of us is popping off on HBO max with the creator of the games having creative freedom over the show, it should be pretty good if they let the creators of RDR1 and 2 make the movie/show
i don't think the writer, or writers for the movie were that passionate for the games, when you show me the dialogue from the actual games it makes me feel like the writer(s) were having fun coming up with them and have a reason as to why they say what they do. most of the dialogue from the movie doesn't even seem to have that much character in it... it's unfortunate this was an enjoyable watch, thanks for pumping out peak content my man
When this film came out in theaters last year I and a couple of friends went to go see it and when the film was over I kept saying it was terrible and how it's not even a good film, but my friends thought that I was overreacting because they know I don't like Tom Holland. Seeing this video made me realize I wasn’t alone.
@@VergilDarkslayer I'm calling you out for your shit take on saying this film is bad being an "overreaction" when it is bad and unlike you, the Lego guy provided actual reasons why. Try a better argument instead of moving the goalposts.
i will never forget my first introduction to and impression of this series of games. my cousin, a couple years older than me, was the one who introduced it to me after he got it as a gift. i was 9/10 years old, and it was around the release of uncharted two. I remember watching my cousin start the game, the train crash cold open, how absolutely enthralled, captivated, and invested in the story I immediately was. I had never seen the series before this, I remember when I described it to my peers, I called a cinematic experience that you sometimes got to control, I explained my joy of watching over playing as being that watching the gameplay was not so different to watching a movie, even if i didn't choose the dialogue choices. it was maybe an hour or so of the game that i watched, maybe more, i cant quite remember, but it was so influential that in 2016 when uncharted 4 was released, i bought the uncharted 4 ps4 bundle, along with a 1-3 bundle just so I could play the games myself (i played the entire series during my wisdom teeth removal. pivotal core memory for sure). Edit: I was also very excited for the release of this movie and interested in seeing it. I wasnt so sure about the casting choices but I wanted to remain optimistic/hopeful. In the end, I absolutely agree that at the core the writers/producers/whoever, didnt understand what made the narrative of the games so endearing and captivating and important to its audience. I think I enjoyed the film at an extremely surface level of omg game i love has been adapted to a film, but when it comes to comparing it to the narrative and world building of the games, it definitely feels like a slap in the face towards the sincerity and humanity of the well-written (though not without flaws) character driven universe of the uncharted game series.
if they would have just waited a few years Tom holland would actually be a great casting for Rafe bc they look similar even Tom's hair cut looks so much like Rafe than Nathan but whatever God help this movie. plus it would be good for Tom to play a villain to show his talent as an actor since he always plays the good guy
Damn bro this movie was a banger my favorite part when _____ did _____ and _____ made the __________ ____. Idk I don't remember what happened in this movie.
To be honest, Uncharted doesn't need a movie It's a movie in it of itself, a playable one And you gain more by playing it Hell just watch a no commentary playthrough and you have an amazing movie
I saw this film in theaters and when that scene where that girl sneaks up on mark wall berg the guy behind me screamed like it was a jump-scare I almost bursted out laughing
now looking at hbo's adaptation of the last of us we can really see how amazing a naughty dog game, known for its story/characters/dialogue, could have been with uncharted. they nailed the essence of the video game while making it original enough it still feels new. image we got the same level of dedication in an uncharted adaptation!
Filmento did a great video that talked about this, in part. I think it was his Sonic 2 video, but he compares where and how that movie succeeded to how a number of other video game movies handled the same things. One of the best points about Uncharted was that it just took a bunch of set pieces that we can see from playing the game, and better executed, and tried pitifully to "recreate" them.
When a fan film from 2018 on RU-vid is leagues better than the 2022 official film, you know you messed up big time. Nathan Fillion is THE live action Nathan Drake.
What a great analysis of the flaws of the movie. Like I think this is one of your best works around. I love the passion that you show while blasting off the horrible parts of the “adaptation”.
I was thinking abou how i'd make the uncharted film better 1.get really good actors to play as the respected charecters (Basically recast them) 2.re-introduce the charecters to newcommers who has never played the games before and also get them intrested to pick up the games 3.have the film start out with nathan and sam as kids sam (or nathan) Have been split up but as adults even though time has changed sam and nathan still care about each other This is where we get the scene you brought up where nathan was coping about sam.
I immediately disagreed with Tom Holland being cast when I heard it. His demeanor is too different, and he is WAY WAY too small to play a 6'2 200lb character like Drake.
