I just saw DOOM

[EclipseSix]

Yeap, just got back, I'll write about it while its fresh.

The acting isn't great, mainly because there isn't much opportunity for it besides hard grunts, screaming, yelling and shooting at monsters.

The Rock does a decent job in his role, couldn't expect better from anyone with the role of Sarge, however the main actor who did a really good job was Karl Urban as John Grimm. I am so tempted to throw some spoilers in, but I'll resist.

The first person weapon part is pretty **** cool, you really get pumped up and you know right when they're gonna do it, and it really reminds you of the gameplay many of us have come to love. They don't overdo it, and it works perfect forthe theme.

The storyline is kinda splattered here and there, but they did come up with a clever twist that works perfectly to explain the game a bit. You'll see what I mean.

KICK ASS MOVIE, definitely worth seeing to any DOOM fans or action/gore/shoot 'em up movie fans alike.

p.s. if anybody has any questions before or after seeing it, lemme kno and I'll see if I can answer em.

[Natoksane]

Funny how 'elite tactical marines' cant aim.

Caught me off guard when the Rock and that other guys started doing wire fu.

It felt like i'd seen the move before, something called "Resident Evil"

[claypidgeon]

They did a great job of adapting Doom to the screen. Problem with the story from the game is that it would require too much on screen time to explain the Hell part of it! And you can't make an action movie too cerebral, the people who go to see it won't get it, the people who will get it don't go to see them! I believe that is referred to as a lose lose situation.

Cheers!

[TheTaxidermist]

It's a movie based on a video game and it has the Rock in it. I smell disaster. That is why I won't be going to see it. If the Rock is the main character in the movie, it will obviously smell like fecal matter. Just look at the Scorpion King for bejeezus sake.

[Natoksane]

It's a movie based on a video game and it has the Rock in it. I smell disaster. That is why I won't be going to see it. If the Rock is the main character in the movie, it will obviously smell like fecal matter. Just look at the Scorpion King for bejeezus sake.

He isn't the main character. Some whimpy guy with child problems is the main guy.

[EclipseSix]

Whimpy? Wow you guys are dillusional. I'd like to place you shoulder to shoulder with Karl Urban and see who looks wimpy..

[John Clabo]

Yea Karl Urban did a GREAT job in this flick. The rock did a great job as well.... I thought the movie did a great job. I like how the hinted at the whole hell thing a bit here and there....Like Eclipse said.....lets not spoil the movie. Watch it!

[TheTaxidermist]

no there is no way it's any good. That's like saying the Resident Evil movie was good (no it wasn't good, cheap scares does not make a horror movie good. Not to mention the awful acting).

[EclipseSix]

no there is no way it's any good. That's like saying the Resident Evil movie was good (no it wasn't good, cheap scares does not make a horror movie good. Not to mention the awful acting).

Well thanks for pointing this out, because I'm sure others noted the fact that I didn't compare this movie to Resident Evil(the movie) in any way. Why? Because they aren't alike in many ways, besides some very miniscule plot points and action elements.

If you don't want to waste your 7.50 on the theatre, thats fine, but then I guess you should chill with the "no way this can be good" statements when you haven't even seen the movie. But in my opinion (the same opinion which thinks R.E. the movie was mediocre), this movie was good. Your loss.

[Natoksane]

Here, I'll post my short review of it *PLOT SPOILERS INCULDED*

I'm a DOOM fan, and have been for a while. I saw the trailer in theatres for this movie and thought to myself "hmm, this actually looks like it could be good, this may be the first movie derived from a video game that might not suck"

On Friday the movie is released and I rush to my theatre happy as can be, because this movie looks awesome. First off, let me get the boring and cliche characters out of the way. And trust me, this movie is full of cliches.

The Rock - He plays Sarge, he also goes whack in the end and kills some retard who really screws things up and decides to not follow orders given to him by The Rock. He also becomes and Imp in the end and fights Karl.

Karl Urban - He plays a character who has child problems. His parents died on the Mars facility he is now going to to figure out this whole ordeal that recently showed up. Oh, and to further instigate problems, his sister also works at this facility.

Two black dudes, of course, the two cliche black dudes. First black dude is the cool black dude. He's the type that is always picking up chicks, or should I say trying to pick up the ladies, and just acts like a badass.
Then there is the strong and quiet black dude who sits in the back and has a huge gun.

Some idiot young guy who cant do the job without drugs -who knows how he go into this elite squad in the first place with his instabilites.

And then the chinese guy who, oh, only speaks chinese to people because he thinks it's cool or funny. I saw this most recently in another crap movie, Domino. Except the guy spoke spanish.

The others characters are too uninteresting to describe, just know they're as cliche as your girlfriends screen name.

Anyways, dont fret about seeing this movie, if you're a gamer, chances are you've already seen it. It is called "Resident Evil"

The whole plot is about this 24th chromosome people were testing with on the facility --Yes that's right, these demons arent actually from hell, nor is there even a hell portal--

And as always, when you drastically change something about a humans body in a movie, it has to get screwed up, so, it screws up! How? Well, if you're good, you'll become a super human, if you're bad, you turn into and ugly Imp. How it happens is based on your soul! Yes, I know, pretty corny, but I'm not lying to you.

10% of the brain is yet to be mapped, supposedly people belive it is the soul, if you have a good soul, you become super human, if you're bad, you kill people.

Well, turns out, the rock gets bit by an Imp, he has a bad soul.
Karl gets injected with the chromosome, he has a good soul.

Enter a random wire-fu fight!( if you're unfamiliar with wire-fu, think "The Matrix" and you're dead on) Not to mention does is this totally random, it doens't even fit in with the rest of the movie. This isn't a kungfu Jet Li flick, this isn't The Matrix, it is a zombie shooting gore fest! So please, STICK WITH THE FORUMULA! It is like they got bored at the end of this movie and just said "what the hell, let's have some fun with wires and have these two bouncing around hitting each other"

It is pretty cool, but doesn't belong in this movie.


The Rock and Karl have a show down and of course, Karl wins! He throws the rock through a teleportation device then throws a grenade through too, this kills the rock.

One thing I kept wondering while watching this movie was, how on earth can this group of elite marines have such bad aim? I mean, anything they shoot at, they miss! Unless it is running in a straight line directly toward them, then they can shoot it.

This movie gets a 4/10.

Why a 4? It stays true to DOOM, I'll give it that much. The monsters were well recreated and went great on screen. They remained very close to the research facility look, and, the movie had a dumb, unthoughtful plot, just like the games do!

If you like the games, you'll like this movie. If you go to movies to see something good, or are unfamiliar with the games, dont see this.

[D3TON8R]

Thanks for the spoiler, no need to watch it now.....:P

[DeMenTeD]

i scrolled past it and i found a working torrent *cough* btw who ever said that Resident evil was a horror flick? it was a scifi drama.

[EclipseSix]

^ Where was the drama, I must've missed it, except when the good cop who everyone thinks is going to live unscathed through the flick gets scratched at the end, boo hoo.

The reasons I thought DOOM deserved better then 4/10 was because of the direction and cinematography. It was a very unique movie which stayed close to the gameplay, especially in the first person scenes.

The problem with people giving it bad reviews is expectations. Here's what you need to say to yourself. You're spending 8 bucks or whatever ticket prices are by you, to go see a movie BASED ON A VIDEOGAME. This movie is tailored for the young kids who just finished playing DOOM 3. Its NOT tailored for the avid movie-goer who is looking for originality and to be blown away by the movie.

If you go into it expecting a good action flick with some interesting and fun cues towards the video game, then you'll be pleasantly surprised. If you go into it expecting some Academy Award winning flick, then obviously you're going to think, well, that sucked.

Good flick, blows resident evil out of the water. At least they stayed true to the video gaming experience, where as RE was jus another zombie shoot em up movie.


(p.s. yes, the fact that they can't hit much of anything is pretty glaring in this movie, but that keeps the plot moving along my friends)

(p.p.s. The wire kung-fu scene fit into their background of being Marines, who are trained in martial arts. The reason it isn't traditional kung fu is because, if you happened to forget, both these characters are no longer human. Why would superhumans and monsters fight with traditional techniques, and why would a punch NOT send them flying across the room.....think about it folks )

[CUatTHEFINISH]

Okay, my turn to come from the shadows and give my L337 review. (Wrote for the L337 pwnz0rs)

FIRST THOUGH A MUST SEE: http://cantstopthebfg.ytmnd.com/

MAJOR L337ness spolirs! (Highlight to read)

So like okay, this 0ne smrt d00d he was liek OMG! Teh uber l337 zombers! And he wasn't liek you know, a team player. So liek all teh other nubs on his team where liek OMFG! And they liek got pwned by the other team. So the smrt d00d was liek I need teh HAXZORS!!! And teh crzy hackr d00d was liek KILL THEM ALL! And he sucks at leding gr0ups you know, so liek a lot of team get pwned, and he's like WTF, mate? Then his haxz0rs stared making him liek even more crzy. And he was like BOOM GHEADSHOT! and the guy was liek.. You TK'ER!1!!211onesixty-two!!@!@#@ And he was liek all ninja and stuff you know? And he was liek turn on his uber hackz0rs too, be he's liek the good hackz0rs, liek a cool admin. And he pwned the other teamed, and liek pwned the bad hackz0rs. And was liek PWNED, and liek exited the map as ranked #1 on the servr.

[TheTaxidermist]

that review actually made me wanna see it...

[EclipseSix]

That review was classic. I could actually follow it with the real movie events, lol.

[CUatTHEFINISH]

My job here is done :)

[Jon]

I thoroughly(sp) enjoyed Doom when I saw it opening day with my cousin...

The plot was interesting, the action was cool and the acting wasn't bad.

It was better than Resident Evil, and I really enjoyed myself throughout the whole movie...And that's what movies are about, having a good time...

I left with a smile on my face, and the satisfaction of a good investment..

I can't see why so many people hated it... :(

[John Clabo]

I thoroughly(sp) enjoyed Doom when I saw it opening day with my cousin...

The plot was interesting, the action was cool and the acting wasn't bad.

It was better than Resident Evil, and I really enjoyed myself throughout the whole movie...And that's what movies are about, having a good time...

I left with a smile on my face, and the satisfaction of a good investment..

I can't see why so many people hated it... :(

I saw it on opening day as well and liked it. Oh well ;)

[Fito]

Resident Evil was bad, but Doom was absolutley terrible, granted, it was doomed because of it's small budget. Wow, what a pun. Here's why so many people hated it.

-They didn't fall for that stupid FPS scene like some gamers did.

-It's an 85 minute movie, and nothing happened for the first 40 or so minutes. And, I'm not just talking action wise. It would've been one thing if there was some decent development during that time, but sitting through 40 minutes of of badly written dialogue and acting made me want to throw my chair through the screen and yell, "just ****ing die already!"

-Several badly failed attempts at charcter development/sideplots.

-When there finally was action, it was almost as boring as the first 40 minutes.

-The FPS scene was just absolutely stupid. Maybe people thought it was good because the rest of the movie was so bad.

-I have plenty more reasons why Doom sucked, I'm just to lazy right now.

[noobman]

Resident Evil was bad, but Doom was absolutley terrible, granted, it was doomed because of it's small budget. Wow, what a pun. Here's why so many people hated it.

-They didn't fall for that stupid FPS scene like some gamers did.

-It's an 85 minute movie, and nothing happened for the first 40 or so minutes. And, I'm not just talking action wise. It would've been one thing if there was some decent development during that time, but sitting through 40 minutes of of badly written dialogue and acting made me want to throw my chair through the screen and yell, "just ****ing die already!"

-Several badly failed attempts at charcter development/sideplots.

-When there finally was action, it was almost as boring as the first 40 minutes.

-The FPS scene was just absolutely stupid. Maybe people thought it was good because the rest of the movie was so bad.

-I have plenty more reasons why Doom sucked, I'm just to lazy right now.
To be honest, I liked the Doom movie a lot more than I did Doom 3. I think the storyline for that movie would have made a pretty decent videogame, but it wasn't too bad as a movie either.

Resident Evil wasn't too bad either. The first one was iffy, but I really liked the second one

[dooganking]

i thought that "FPS scene" (if you think about it its really a FPP scene, first person perspective scene, but now i'm rambling...) was actually kinda neat. I didn't particularly enjoy the movie that much but since the first person perspective kinda limits the view it kinda gives things a somewhat realistic approach. The problem with it was that the movie doesn't lend itself to realism in any way, shape or form (duh... its set in the future...).

[noobman]

i thought that "FPS scene" (if you think about it its really a FPP scene, first person perspective scene, but now i'm rambling...) was actually kinda neat. I didn't particularly enjoy the movie that much but since the first person perspective kinda limits the view it kinda gives things a somewhat realistic approach. The problem with it was that the movie doesn't lend itself to realism in any way, shape or form (duh... its set in the future...).
Well the fact that the FPS scene, with all it's hype, only made up 5 minutes of the movie (if that) was kind of irritating to me.

[Fito]

Wow, I apologize for being a huge prick with that post. I guess that's what happens when I post at 6AM after play Oblvion for 11ish hours straight without sleeping or generally, moving at all. However, I can still say that I really thought the movie was very bad. I've been studying a lot of film over the past few years with screenwriting etc. and I guess I'm just to into what's under the surface of movies. That's doesn't mean that I don't enjoy a great action flick, because I do; it means that I have a more strict level of acceptance than most people.

[Not_My_Style]

DOOM was probably one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Terrible in all aspects. The only good part was the video game like first person scene at the end of the movie. I'd rather take a 2 hour dump than see that movie again.

[dooganking]

DOOM was probably one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Terrible in all aspects. The only good part was the video game like first person scene at the end of the movie. I'd rather take a 2 hour dump than see that movie again.


i've done that... you feel alot better after that than after watching doom let me tell ya...