Doom: The Movie

[GhostDog]

Just heard about it on a news brief..

Sarge is gonna be played by the Rock.. its Gonna be a high budget film from what I heard....

Anyone else have anything else on this

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419706/

[boney]

See my post here for another link!

http://forum.ebaumsworld.com/showpost.php?p=1099099&postcount=11

I'm hoping it will be good! The Rock has starred in some watchable films which I didn't think he would in his movie career, so hopefully this will carry on with Doom :)

[TurbulenceXM]

Better be good.

[Mr. Pelicula]

This movie's gonna suck because it's nothing more than another Hollywood attempt to use a somewhat known license in hopes of obtaining the big big money. They will not care about the script, actors, directing or anything that has anything to do with the game. Instead, they will hope for a blockbuster based on cool factor.


But I'm not falling for it.

[Kenyan]

Plot Outline: When a Special Ops squadron answers a distress call from a science lab on the planet Olduvai, their investigation reveals that a series of mutant beings are systematically killing off the population there... Planet Olduvai?? wtf, last time i played doom, it was on mars and u(someone) opened a portal to hell?

[Just Spurplin]

Planet Olduvai?? wtf, last time i played doom, it was on mars and u(someone) opened a portal to hell?

Well since when did Game-Movie transitions keep to the games storyline? They always take the basic idea, but change everything else. Likely changed the Mars thing because when Mars used to be a really cool thing everyone looked forward to, especially with all the space missions and the idea of life on their. Now, people dont really care about it, and Mars has become a crappy movie cliche.

But, i am sort of trying to stop judging movies before they come out. It rarely ever works out for me. Thought Saw would rock, hated it. Thought School of Rock would suck, loved it. Normally i would say this movie will suck with or without the Rocks awesomeness, but i am trying not to be biased. Im open to what they make of it.

[Justin]

This thread almost makes me want to vomit... only because it's reminded me that there is gonna be a Doom movie. :wtf:

God, when will this SHIT end? When will idiots stop buying into the cheap music and the cheap movies and all of that crap? There hasn't been a good movie in forever... it's awful. What is even more retarded is that from what I've heard, most people actually agree that movie sucks... but they still see it. Can't you tell? The Grudge looked retarded the moment I saw the commercial, so I haven't seen it. Everyone else saw it and boy... nevermind, I've lost sight of why I was posting this.

The bottom line is: People have got to be less retarded... Or start thinking for themselfs... Or something to that effect.

[PsiRedEye22]

The bottom line is: People have got to be less retarded... Or start thinking for themselfs... Or something to that effect.

And the wanna-be enlighteneds that proclaim to have all the answers need to exunt more shut-the-fuck-upery about open minds.

I'm hoping it'll be watchable, and not some retarded House of the Dead ripoff.

[Justin]

Hey, buddy... I'M telling you it's gonna be stupid, ya fuckhead!1


That was a joke but kudos on your post. It was quite brilliant, how you pointed out the irony in mine. :shuffle:

[h4z4rd]

I predict it will suck, because as previously mentioned, Hollywood has a knack for turning decent ideas into over-the-top productions with little regard to storyline, dialogue, and such.

[fkr2b]

hollywood is not the killer..its the stupid directors and producers...im hoping this will have a good one.

[fkr2b]

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005647/


actualy he seemes like a decent one..this mite be good.


If i was the director i would have played the game prior to filming...u know to get the feel of it. or even better get the original script writers for the game to write the script for the movie. but those are just ideas.

and there are some screenshots out there cant remmeber where but there are some.

[OLIAX]

those hollywood mofos better not fuck up my childhood it's about time they made a movie about it but it better be good or else....

[fkr2b]

hay check this out....

Dave Callaham, writer on the Doom movie, released late last year for the benefit of Doom movie fans. If read thoroughly the letter does seem to put to rest any suggestion that the movie will end up being similar to the video game:

Sometime in the last week or two, there was quite an uproar over a quote I allegedly made regarding my bravado in completely disfiguring the plot of the Doom games when I went about writing the screenplay for the film. First and foremost, allow me to state that I never made that quote. The reporting news source reported that I made that quote during an open press visit to the Doom set in Prague, during a week in which I was in fact in Los Angeles. Additionally, I want to add that I would never under any circumstances address either the press or the Doom fans with anything resembling the snide elitism that I perceive that quote to connote. In these regards, I consider the journalism involved to be nothing less than shoddy and irresponsible.

The screenplay I wrote DOES differ in a number of ways from the games. I want to be very honest and forthcoming in saying that, and I know that I won't make any friends amongst the fans of the game in doing so. But it should be mentioned that it was never the goal of anyone involved in this film, from myself and the producers to the studio to the guys at id, to make a direct film adaptation of the game(s). The thought process has always been to create an extension of the Doom universe that will give fans an interesting new take on the themes that they've come to enjoy in the game. Because let's be honest here: as far as a completely immersive and cinematic experience, we were never going to top Doom 3 anyway, and we all knew that. Instead, we have toyed with some elements of the game, and yes, I am pretty much solely responsible for that, since it was my pitch and my screenplay that got made. Let me assure you, though, that the themes and elements that you love about Doom are ALL represented strongly in the film...just with some new twists.


here is the site..
http://www.megagames.com/news/html/movies/doommovie-moremovieimages.shtml
and the link to the screens...
http://www.megagames.com/news/show.cgi?&idtype=movies&database=308&page=3&section=screens&

[MiKe]

The Rock!?!? THE ROCK!!!!!! WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?!!?!? He's not an actor, his other movies sucked, and he SUCKS! There's no way this movie will be good if he's in it. It won't be the first time a potentially kick-ass movie turned out to suck. Hollywood sucks like that, they always ruin a good idea. If they want this movie to be good, they should do like the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the ORIGINAL, the remake was a bad joke): Minimal story, just senseless slaughter and BFG's.

[Skiptomylue]

If read thoroughly the letter does seem to put to rest any suggestion that the movie will end up being similar to the video game

If Read... Thoroughly..

The screenplay I wrote DOES differ in a number of ways from the games. I want to be very honest and forthcoming in saying that

Motherfucker he says it clear as day!the its gonna be different in a number of ways..... you dont have to read it thoroughly... you just have to read it

[fkr2b]

yes it will be diffrent but if you read it u can see that it wil have the original "id" designers working on the film. so i dont think it will be that bad.. and its not a movie of the game its a movie from the "DOOM UNIVERSE" so its not based on the games but should have the feel of them....but all we can do now is wait and pray.

[JoMama]

I would probably see it if The Rock wasn't in it.

[drone]

I enjoyed The Rundown and rekon Rock should be the replacement of Arnold Swaltzanegger. Ive heard about this movie ages before and they said they wanted Arnold and also for Predator 3 they wanted arnold, but since hes Govenor now, The Rock is replacing him in most of his movies.
And ofcourse they can't stick to the game storylines! You don't wanna watch some dude just walking around killing stuff for 2 hours.
I rekon this movie would be awesome with all the monsters and mutants.

[Ramms+ein1088]

Jesus H Christ, are the people who make movies running outta ideas for movies that they have to use video games?

I just thought of something i wonder in the movies if Sarge(The Rock) walks to a switch but it dosent work and he'll make the *groun* noise?lol, that would be funny.....

[Mr. Pelicula]

This movie could've been something special. They shouldn't have treated it as an action flick, but more of a horror flick with, a beginning that shows the creation of the moon bases and the killing of all the marines, leaving the lone marine trying to survive these hellish monsters by collecting what he can at the moon bases. It becomes a survival, almost "Cast Away-ish" story, with lots of slaughtering of demons, ultimately leading to the grim finale when he finally gets back home, only to realize Earth has been overun as well.

That doesn't sound too bad, does it?

[PsiRedEye22]

This movie could've been something special. They shouldn't have treated it as an action flick, but more of a horror flick with, a beginning that shows the creation of the moon bases and the killing of all the marines, leaving the lone marine trying to survive these hellish monsters by collecting what he can at the moon bases. It becomes a survival, almost "Cast Away-ish" story, with lots of slaughtering of demons, ultimately leading to the grim finale when he finally gets back home, only to realize Earth has been overun as well.

That doesn't sound too bad, does it?

If I had money, I would fund your movie.

[esruC]

The Rock!?!? THE ROCK!!!!!! WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?!!?!? He's not an actor, his other movies sucked, and he SUCKS! There's no way this movie will be good if he's in it. It won't be the first time a potentially kick-ass movie turned out to suck. Hollywood sucks like that, they always ruin a good idea. If they want this movie to be good, they should do like the Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the ORIGINAL, the remake was a bad joke): Minimal story, just senseless slaughter and BFG's.


Woah, Woah, calm down! Ease up on the caffiene.....

[Just Spurplin]

The Rock!?!? THE ROCK!!!!!! WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?!!?!? He's not an actor, his other movies sucked, and he SUCKS! There's no way this movie will be good if he's in it.

Man, your a fucking retard if you still think the Rock sucks at acting. When he first announced that he was gonna act, yeah, it was ok to hate him. And maybe after The Mummy Returns you could find some reasons to hate him. But if you've seen The Rundown, you should KNOW that he is talented. Drone, i sort of agree with you, only i dont rekon he will replace Arnie, i KNOW he will replace Arnie. He is good at acting (much better then Arnie), definately has the body for it, and has more charisma then just about any other actor out there. When you saw him in that opening scene of The Rundown (even with the dumb, cliched option A or option B thing), it was almost impossible not to just love him from then on.

I guess the writer found a pretty good way to put how he made the script. Its not a movie version of any game, its a continuation of the Doom franchise. This movie cold be pretty good, but i dont know about the director. Seems like he is more of a martial arts director then a horror/action director.

[canadianbacon58]

This thread almost makes me want to vomit... only because it's reminded me that there is gonna be a Doom movie. :wtf:

God, when will this SHIT end? When will idiots stop buying into the cheap music and the cheap movies and all of that crap? There hasn't been a good movie in forever... it's awful. What is even more retarded is that from what I've heard, most people actually agree that movie sucks... but they still see it. Can't you tell? The Grudge looked retarded the moment I saw the commercial, so I haven't seen it. Everyone else saw it and boy... nevermind, I've lost sight of why I was posting this.

The bottom line is: People have got to be less retarded... Or start thinking for themselfs... Or something to that effect.

I think what you're trying to say is that if people believe a movie isn't going to be good, they shouldn't see it. While I don't agree, you shouldn't be so quick to assume this isn't happening.

Ever since Star Wars Ep. 3 came out, it's been all over the news that for the 15th consecutive year, Hollywood has made less money on Summer opening weekend than the previous year. People are starting to shy away from movies, and while other sources like TiVo and movie channels are being pointed at, the possible decline in movie quality is also being looked at as a possible reason for Hollywood losing money.

[GhostDog]

This movie could've been something special. They shouldn't have treated it as an action flick, but more of a horror flick with, a beginning that shows the creation of the moon bases and the killing of all the marines, leaving the lone marine trying to survive these hellish monsters by collecting what he can at the moon bases. It becomes a survival, almost "Cast Away-ish" story, with lots of slaughtering of demons, ultimately leading to the grim finale when he finally gets back home, only to realize Earth has been overun as well.

That doesn't sound too bad, does it?


If I had money, I would fund your movie.


Damn, that sounds way better...

Ill mail you 10 dollars... how long until we can shoot?

[Mr. Pelicula]

Damn, that sounds way better...

Ill mail you 10 dollars... how long until we can shoot?


It's times like this that I wish I wasn't a high schooler....



I wouldn't mind ten dollars, though. :D

[Poco Loco]

NEW TRAILER:
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/doom.html

After watching the trailer, I'm having doubts about this movie again. Apparently some scenes of the movie were shot in first-person as if you were playing the game. It didn't look too appealing in the trailer so hopefully it will be more improved upon before it is realesed.

[JaMaiCa]

This movie could've been something special. They shouldn't have treated it as an action flick, but more of a horror flick with, a beginning that shows the creation of the moon bases and the killing of all the marines, leaving the lone marine trying to survive these hellish monsters by collecting what he can at the moon bases. It becomes a survival, almost "Cast Away-ish" story, with lots of slaughtering of demons, ultimately leading to the grim finale when he finally gets back home, only to realize Earth has been overun as well.

That doesn't sound too bad, does it?

That sounds like a great idea, I would definately watch that. Been a while since a horror film has appealed to me but one based around Doom would definately do the trick.

[ironjohn1989]

I liked it better when I was like 13 and I could like almost any movie, now I feel like with all these re-makes and $$$movies you have to make some negative comment, it sucks.

[atreyu_2020]

How does this thread continue?

Can anyone else see this besides me? If "The Rock" is in it, it's an automatic piece of shit. :lol:

[SCHWARZENEGGER]

I personally dont think anyone is able to currently replace schwarzenegger
the rock is in my mind not too good of an actor/ass kicker
the only person that stands out to me and needs more roles is jason stratham from the transporter 1 and 2, snatch, and others
I saw transporter 2 and I was impressed
but if you saw the movie
its way too unbelieveable some of the stuff his character pulls off and its just stupid because its so impossible what he does throughout the movie
I would really like to see someone make an accomplishment like arnold has in the past but honestly i'm not seeing anyone thats gonna fill in anytime soon

[BurkeWorld]

Wasn't there a rumour that there is a very intense 4 minute first person persective only in the one of the fight scenes?

I dunno, it does look watchable, have an open mind about things people.

Burkey

[MiKe]

If that^ is true, I might consider renting it in a year when it's on DVD. Wait, did I say a year? Make that 2 months.

[Joey Orion]

I can't wait for this movie. I think you guys are missing the point with this film. It's not going for best picture or any other awards. This is just meant to be a fun movie, check your brain at the door please :) There's no thinking involved, no complicated story. It's a very cliched movie all the way down to "if anything move kill it!!" lol. The Rock... I thought his movies were ok. I really liked Walking Tall. If you're going to watch this movie, just go see it for what it is... for christ's sake, how can a movie about "Space Marines" (seriously before this who do these space marines fight?) who go fight monsters on a space station possibly be good!? Of course it's gonna be bad but the point of it is just to enjoy it for what it is... a mindless action movie. People these days are spoiled with "Epics", trilogies, and movies competing to win the coveted Best Picture award that they've totally lost the love for those simple action flicks. Movies like this have been made since the idea even came about... Terminator... Aliens... Everyone seems to dig the hell out of those but they're the EXACT same thing as today's action movies people bitch and moan about. Just have fun when you see Doom, it's meant to be simple and shitty :)

[solo king]

Planet Olduvai?? wtf, last time i played doom, it was on mars and u(someone) opened a portal to hell?

yeah lol, the story of this movie makes no sense at all, has nothing to do with doom, i mean why is the main character not white? and I dont remember having pathners in the doom game, they are wearing bullet proof vests instead of the traditional clothes,this movie is just a quick attempt of making money.

[Mr. Pelicula]

Movies like this have been made since the idea even came about... Terminator... Aliens... Everyone seems to dig the hell out of those but they're the EXACT same thing as today's action movies people bitch and moan about.

Umm, no. Those movies had acting, plot, characters that you actually cared about; they were good movies. I'm not saying it's not okay to just have a movie that's made to be stupid and entertaining (you're talking to a Van Helsing fan here), but like I've kinda proven earlier, it's a shame when you take a concept that can be something great, lack the effort and produce crap.

It's like the video games are a muse, and it's getting pissed at the fact that it inspires so much, yet produces so little.

[Joey Orion]

Umm, no. Those movies had acting, plot, characters that you actually cared about; they were good movies.

Ok, I'm one of the biggest Alien series fan anywhere, I even like 3 and 4 with a passion. Let's look at the parallels...

Aliens: Colony of People get eaten by monsters and have Space Marines come try and kill everything.

Doom: Colony of People get eaten by monsters and have Space Marines come try and kill everything.

But everyone's so quick to shit all over Doom. That takes away your argument about "Plot". Acting... I saw nothing award winning about the performances in Aliens... "Game Over, Man Game OVER!" from Aliens and "If anything breathes, Kill it!" from Doom. Both crap lines. So Doom's hero is The Rock, big deal it's the same thing as Arnold Scharzenegger. Aliens had what... Michael Bien?

Aliens had snotty space marines, I'm sure Doom will have the same snotty space marines. The only thing Aliens has on Doom is that it was almost 3 hours long. Doom will probably be lucky to clock in at 90 minutes.

Characters you actually cared about. How can you even make this argument provided the fact that you haven't even seen Doom? I care about The Rock's character as well as Karl Urban's. It's gonna be a fun movie. I don't care what it's based off of. Mars, or Planet X, it's still some red planet with monsters running around and ultimately that's what we came to see.

It'll be hard to fuck this one up... monsters vs. marines... but then they really messed up Aliens vs. Predator.

Doom is going to be a dumb shoot 'em up movie. That's what it's advertising to be, and for that, I think it's going to be a good movie. If you're expecting something else...then I don't know. There's not much more you can do with Doom... lol :lol:

[¤Tippmann!¤]

yeah lol, the story of this movie makes no sense at all, has nothing to do with doom, i mean why is the main character not white? and I dont remember having pathners in the doom game, they are wearing bullet proof vests instead of the traditional clothes,this movie is just a quick attempt of making money.
Originally Posted by Kenyan
Planet Olduvai?? wtf, last time i played doom, it was on mars and u(someone) opened a portal to hell?

You both are stupid... it takes place on Olduvai,mars not planet Olduvai god some people are here to just shit on a movie they havent even seen.

[Mr. Pelicula]

You both are stupid... it takes place on Olduvai,mars not planet Olduvai god some people are here to just shit on a movie they havent even seen.

Umm, I don't know what Doom game you're playing (I haven't played Doom 3), but the rest of the Doom universe has always been on Mars (it's moons, really).


And Joey Orion, I wasn't picking on Aliens in particular, but you mentioned other movies like Terminator and such, lumped the together and coincidentally chose two James Cameron movies.

But here's the thing: he set out to tell a story with those movies, not just to throw random shit at you as flashy as he can in an attempt to milk a franchise for all it's worth and scam some easy-minded movie goers out of some money. That's the difference.

You're not the biggest Aliens fan ever. You'd already know this if you were.


Now get away from here, YOU BITCH!

[Joey Orion]

Set out to tell a story? Aliens basically shit on everything that made Alien so damn awesome. Alien was a horror movie through and through. I AM a big alien series fan. Just because I'm telling you that Doom is gonna be a shitty movie and just go enjoy it for what it is, you're calling me a bitch? You're obviously a teenager, I wouldn't doubt if you were in high school or maybe even middle school. Cameron set out to do Aliens in his own vision, he wanted it to be "cool". If you can't handle the concept of a mindless halloween movie, then don't go see the fuckin thing. It's going to be BAD. That's what we all understand. It's the point of this movie. You really think the director is thinking "this movie is gonna win awards! It's going to get 4 stars!" Hell no.


Let's recap here... Doom the video game... First Person. Point of game: Kill everything and get to next door. Kill everything get to boss. Kill boss go to next level. And you're telling me Doom is some grand Idea that someone is going to fuck up into making a movie? lol That's funny. The fact that you resorted to calling me names is enough to have made my point. Respond if you want, I've already made my point :)

[Mr. Pelicula]

You lost it the moment you didn't get the obvious "Aliens" reference.

[Joey Orion]

I did get it, it's just hard to even assume that's what you meant when everyone else on this board seems to just start calling people names. Anyway, the end of this is... you like what you like and I respect it and I like what I like. There are people who are going to shit all over Doom and there are people who are going to see it 30 times. Either way, arguing about it is silly, we're silly haha :)

Oh yeah, I'll be seeing Doom opening night yay! lol

[blank_109]

Man, your a fucking retard if you still think the Rock sucks at acting. When he first announced that he was gonna act, yeah, it was ok to hate him. And maybe after The Mummy Returns you could find some reasons to hate him. But if you've seen The Rundown, you should KNOW that he is talented. Drone, i sort of agree with you, only i dont rekon he will replace Arnie, i KNOW he will replace Arnie. He is good at acting (much better then Arnie), definately has the body for it, and has more charisma then just about any other actor out there. When you saw him in that opening scene of The Rundown (even with the dumb, cliched option A or option B thing), it was almost impossible not to just love him from then on.

I guess the writer found a pretty good way to put how he made the script. Its not a movie version of any game, its a continuation of the Doom franchise. This movie cold be pretty good, but i dont know about the director. Seems like he is more of a martial arts director then a horror/action director.

I agree with you.

[Kruddie]

After listening to the actors and people from id software talk about the movie, I still have hopes that it will be good.

I remember one movie a while back that I totally dogged on because of the trailer, the matrix.... yep, remember the trailer to that? It sucked, but the movie turned out great! At this point in time, after Lord of the Rings, I don't think Karl Urban would take a step backwards in his career. I think this movie might be a hit in the making.

[Contra[SS]]

I rather not pay $10 to watch a no talent muscle head "re-enact Sarge" like in the video game... Rather just play it myself.

That is all.

[justplainTerror]

This movie is going to suck very badly, but the fact that it's a Doom movie will have me watching it.

[Smokey McGoo]

Pelicula, to add to your own idea of what the movie SHOULD (and ultimately will not) be like:

Sam Raimi (Evil Dead movies) should direct it to give the main character a paranoid, over the top kind of guy to keep things more interesting, with the lack of... good guys and all. Matter of fact, Bruce Campbell should play the role, fuck the Rock.

Ash is cool. He has a chainsaw on his arm.

[Systeria]

Let's recap here... Doom the video game... First Person. Point of game: Kill everything and get to next door. Kill everything get to boss. Kill boss go to next level. And you're telling me Doom is some grand Idea that someone is going to fuck up into making a movie? lol That's funny. The fact that you resorted to calling me names is enough to have made my point. Respond if you want, I've already made my point :)

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/ref=br_ss_hs/002-7230084-0166443?platform=gurupa&url=index%3Dblended&field-keywords=doom&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&Go=Go

4 books, great story in the Doom universe, would've made a great movie.

Knee Deep in the Dead
Infernal Sky
Hell on Earth
Endgame

(Pretty sure it's in the right order)

Check 'em out.

[Memin Pinguin]

this movie looks like a steaming pile of shit! its going to rank down there with AVP and Serenity!

[Springer07]

Dude, doom is gonna f-ing rock, im 16 now and ive been playin the games since i was about 6? give or take a year.

[Kenyan]

^^ you registered just to say that?!

Doom looks like its gonna be a unitantionly very funny movie.

Will wait for my friend to burn it, after it comes out on dvd.

[HydeBlitz]

Ill see it but not right away wait till I hear what people think

[Strados]

I remember a while ago...after DOOM and DOOM II came out (those were glorious days), there was talk of a DOOM movie. So it's not a new idea. I believe they were talking about getting Schwarzenegger to do it, but I think his aspiring political career put a kabash on it. I can't source this, but I do remember all the hearsay. So this movie has been in the works for a while, or the idea of it has. I think it will be good. The Rock looks like he's shaping up to be the next Ahnold. And let me tell you, old Arny couldn't even speak whole sentences when he started acting, so the Rock is off to a good start. But that's my own rambling opinion.

[Supermintyfresh]

Has anyone dowloaded this movie yet or anything? I wanna know if it's even any good.

anyways I watched a few clips from the movie and got pretty judgemental of it. It seems like reisdent evil all over again....Same stupid techno music...Same stupid kinf of acting...hoohah.

[darkomemento]

. . .to make a direct film adaptation of the game(s). The thought process has always been to create an extension of the Doom universe that will give fans an interesting new take on the themes that they've come to enjoy in the game.

You know right away when they say that it means... "ahhh, why... why... why.''
Now, I'm not a huge DOOM nut. I've played it before, but it wasn't one of those rites of passage for me as a younger teen. But, in judging how remakes/video game adaptations turn out... They generally suck. And that mentality of "an interesting new take on..." is exactly what ruins it. Think-Resident Evil. think Final Fantasy, think... Street Fighter (although the game never really had much of a plot. Still, that movie sucked.) What has me worried is Silent Hill. Thematically that game is amazing. Honestly you could just turn the game straight into a movie. But I'm sure with the "hollywood" version and a "new take" on SH, the movie's going to come of as some cliche already been done before b or c-rate horror movie.

[camjoe87]

Geeze..I saw a review for this in my local newspaper and it got a 3/4. Said it was actually pretty good. Then again, this same paper gave Resident Evil a 3/4 too. meh.

[Caricature]

Someone call me tonight at 7:30 ish and I'll leave my cell on so you can listen to it ;]

[Demianu27]

I just got back from the theaters........ OMG DOOM ROCKED!

The first person scene was like 10 mins long and it was kinda far-fetched, but I loved it and I think it's going to start a revolution in special effects like matrix did.

People that were really into the video game are doing to be dissapointed because the game's always more fun to play then watch.

The movie did a good job with the story, and the action scenes were sucky until the last half hour of the movie.

It defenitly had me on the edge of my seat, and omg the BFG!!!!!!!

EDIT

I forgot to add that after the first person view scene, they kept going back into first person view so just because there was only a couple mins of a first person scene doesn't mean they didn't show first person view for a couple seconds at a time.

[Liberator13]

I plan on seeing it tomorrow.... any other testimonials?

[rerat]

I saw it about 3 hours ago, and loved it. The first person scene is amazing. Heh. i was giddy.

[Demianu27]

I saw it about 3 hours ago, and loved it. The first person scene is amazing. Heh. i was giddy.

Yeah when that scene started and the music started blasting... i got out of my seat and started cheering.

[Kruddie]

I just got done seeing the movie, wow what a ride! The acting was decent, and it kept you interested through the whole movie. I can see where this movie has a gap between regular movie go'ers and the fans. Alot of things have been left in for the fans, while other people just don't get it. To me, that is AWESOME. It gets you excited to tell people about this great game series, and I know some people will probably jump out and get doom3 or the older games just to play them for the first time.

1st person sequence was very cool! I love to see new things like that in movies, just like what the matrix did in bullet times. Finally ORIGINAL material in movies again! Now watch like 50 other movies copy D00M. My only complaint about Doom is the bad dialog, but after years of hearing that in movies, I totally ignore it. Go see it on the big screen... its a blast

[Whodi86]

Wow...just saw Doom and my heart is still beating so fast. I thought the first hour or so was the scariest, what with all the creatures lurking in the dark, I'm sad to say I even jumped when that jesus dude knocked over the can down the stairs in the very beginning. The only real question I have is with the BFG(Big FUcking Gun):Why would they have a gun that eats through walls when they're on a planet without oxygen?

[moose]

I did stand up and yell boom headshot and then yelled go FPS DOUG!!! when he scoped that zombie in the fps view

[Demianu27]

I did stand up and yell boom headshot and then yelled go FPS DOUG!!! when he scoped that zombie in the fps view

bahaha yeah that was sweet.

[hanluc69]

I did stand up and yell boom headshot and then yelled go FPS DOUG!!! when he scoped that zombie in the fps view

If people are yelling rediculous shit during the movie maybe I should just wait till it's been out for a while. I can not stand it when movie viewers decide to interact with my $8 movie ticket.

Is this a common occurance for other viewers who have scene this movie?

[Demianu27]

If people are yelling rediculous shit during the movie maybe I should just wait till it's been out for a while. I can not stand it when movie viewers decide to interact with my $8 movie ticket.

Is this a common occurance for other viewers who have scene this movie?

only $5 over here for college students :D

[Caricature]

7-10 Stars

This looked like a high budget movie although the acting directing and camera work weren't the best.

It is predictable in every bump or scream. It is alot like Resident Evil and the costumes weren't convincing.

Some good parts including the fight choreohgraphy at the end and that is about it...

Overall in entertainment I give it 7 out of 10 stars. Nice try HollyWood ;)

[Spank666]

I dont care who you are, that first person scene was incredible. The dude just went insane on everyone. That was amazing.

[moose]

If people are yelling rediculous shit during the movie maybe I should just wait till it's been out for a while. I can not stand it when movie viewers decide to interact with my $8 movie ticket.

Is this a common occurance for other viewers who have scene this movie?


I was the only one that said anything during the whole movie besides the part when goat killed himself by bashing his face into a wall, that made someone yell out something....but no one laughed and anyone that knew what i was talking about laughed

[Demianu27]

The FPS view is a good enough reason for everyone to go see this movie.

[PotIsYourFriend]

Is the chainsaw part good, is there more? I seen like 2 seconds of it in the trailer...

[Kazimierz]

DOOM was a shitty fucking movie.

First of all, i thought it was going to be based on the original Doom game, so that didn't help my mood. Why would anyone make a movie on the third sequel of a game? I never expected this movie to be very good, but i did give it a little benefit of the doubt for being Doom, which i loved as a kid, and which scared the shit out of me. Even the CGI was shitty. Anyone see that elevator in the beginning? Wow.

There was a lot of violence, so if you're under the age of 13, or have a similar mental capacity, you'll love it. If you played the old Doom as a kid, you wont.

The FPS part is only one part of the movie, and only lasts a few minutes. And thank God, because it can make you ralph. It would have been a lot better if it was done in small amounts throughout the movie.

Semper Fi motherfucker? Jesus.

[Demianu27]

Is the chainsaw part good, is there more? I seen like 2 seconds of it in the trailer...

He has the chainsaw for 2 mins during the fps view.

[Supermintyfresh]

First of all, i thought it was going to be based on the original Doom game, so that didn't help my mood. Why would anyone make a movie on the third sequel of a game? I never expected this movie to be very good, but i did give it a little benefit of the doubt for being Doom, which i loved as a kid, and which scared the shit out of me. Even the CGI was shitty. Anyone see that elevator in the beginning? Wow.

Doom 3 has been receiving the most attention out of all doom games so it's no wonder the movie is "loosely" based off the third one.

[Kazimierz]

Doom 3 has been receiving the most attention out of all doom games so it's no wonder the movie is "loosely" based off the third one.

You're saying that Doom 3 received more attention than the first one? The only reason Doom 3 received attention was because of the groundbreaking original.

[PsiRedEye22]

You're saying that Doom 3 received more attention than the first one? The only reason Doom 3 received attention was because of the groundbreaking original.

That is very true. When Doom 1 came out, people everywhere regarded is as a God-send. id made millions and millions off of that tiny ass DOS game, and it is still regarded today as one of the best FPS games of all time.

Doom 3 is a watered down nothing-special FPS with pretty graphics.

[Supermintyfresh]

Doom 3 is main-stream right now. At the moment, more people have probably played Doom 3 than the original doom. Yeah the times have changed, the orginal is still respected among many, but Doom 3 is what's in right now.

And that's what hollywood producers look for..."What's in"

[Zach]

DOOM was a shitty fucking movie.

First of all, i thought it was going to be based on the original Doom game, so that didn't help my mood. Why would anyone make a movie on the third sequel of a game? I never expected this movie to be very good, but i did give it a little benefit of the doubt for being Doom, which i loved as a kid, and which scared the shit out of me. Even the CGI was shitty. Anyone see that elevator in the beginning? Wow.

There was a lot of violence, so if you're under the age of 13, or have a similar mental capacity, you'll love it. If you played the old Doom as a kid, you wont.

The FPS part is only one part of the movie, and only lasts a few minutes. And thank God, because it can make you ralph. It would have been a lot better if it was done in small amounts throughout the movie.

Semper Fi motherfucker? Jesus.

EXACTLY. The movie was terrible. Granted, the 1st hour of it was pretty damn freaky and I enjoyed that, but then Sarge started being a fucktard and the movie went downhill from there. There were so many parts of that movie that made no sense whatsoever:

The characters in the movie are stupid. "Ok, I, a trained Marine, am going to leave you, an unarmed doctor, alone in here with 3 "dead" people that I consciously know are zombie-creatures that WILL come back to life at some point in the near future, with the intent of killing you."

OR

"Ok, I, a trained Marine, am going to leave you, a wheelchair bound desk clerk, with a pistol and 3 grenades that, if you use them, will not only destroy the monster, but also yourself and the only means of transportation out of this god-forsaken rock, because that's the smart thing to do."

And the ending sucked. Plain and simple. Like I said, Sarge becomes a dickhead and ruins the end of the movie. There's a reason why everyone's rating this movie with only 1 star: because they have to give each movie at least 1 star.

[Demianu27]

EXACTLY. The movie was terrible. Granted, the 1st hour of it was pretty damn freaky and I enjoyed that, but then Sarge started being a fucktard and the movie went downhill from there. There were so many parts of that movie that made no sense whatsoever:

The characters in the movie are stupid. "Ok, I, a trained Marine, am going to leave you, an unarmed doctor, alone in here with 3 "dead" people that I consciously know are zombie-creatures that WILL come back to life at some point in the near future, with the intent of killing you."

OR

"Ok, I, a trained Marine, am going to leave you, a wheelchair bound desk clerk, with a pistol and 3 grenades that, if you use them, will not only destroy the monster, but also yourself and the only means of transportation out of this god-forsaken rock, because that's the smart thing to do."

And the ending sucked. Plain and simple. Like I said, Sarge becomes a dickhead and ruins the end of the movie. There's a reason why everyone's rating this movie with only 1 star: because they have to give each movie at least 1 star.

Well you shouldn't have expected Shakespeare from a video game movie.

[PsiRedEye22]

Doom 3 is main-stream right now. At the moment, more people have probably played Doom 3 than the original doom. Yeah the times have changed, the orginal is still respected among many, but Doom 3 is what's in right now.

And that's what hollywood producers look for..."What's in"

That's just simply not true. This generation AND our moms and dads played Doom classic. Doom 3 belongs to the generation of nubcakes.

[Liberator13]

The original Doom was soo much better than Doom 3. I don't know how its even comparable, I'd take the original over the third any day.

[Lost__Cause]

I just finished seeing it. The movie kind of sucked epecially after the Sarge and Kid incident, it had some funny parts in the first half though. Glad, I did not pay to see it.:D

[Supermintyfresh]

That's just simply not true. This generation AND our moms and dads played Doom classic. Doom 3 belongs to the generation of nubcakes.


....And who inhabbits most of the America today? Nubcakes do....That's why it's mainstream. I'm not talking about little kids in general, but like 15 year olds and shit. Producers and shit too, I doubt most of the hollywood producers prefer the orignal doom over doom 3. Why? Look at their movies, they're all about high-tech effects and what not. So is doom 3, they're a perfect match.

[Whodi86]

EXACTLY. The movie was terrible. Granted, the 1st hour of it was pretty damn freaky and I enjoyed that, but then Sarge started being a fucktard and the movie went downhill from there. There were so many parts of that movie that made no sense whatsoever:

And the ending sucked. Plain and simple. Like I said, Sarge becomes a dickhead and ruins the end of the movie.

I couldn't agree more with you on these two points.
I loved the first hour or so, and with the sound in the theaters very high, it was scary. But after that, it just turned into any other zombie movie.
Also, at the end, how could that scientist make it all the way to the elevator when 24-chromosomes boy battles hordes of creatures every step of the way?

[Demianu27]

Also, at the end, how could that scientist make it all the way to the elevator when 24-chromosomes boy battles hordes of creatures every step of the way?

That's a good question... but I wanna know why the hell she was on the floor!

[Zach]

Yeah, there were SO MANY gaps in the plot. The zombies in the medical place just get up and go without attacking the doctor; the doctor on the floor is another good point; why did they ignore John Grimm when he was just lying on the floor? Even if he was dead, he would have come back to life anyway if they'd have zombified him...whatever.

And wtf happens at the end? They just leave, assuming everyone's dead or simply not going to come through the Ark? There's so much they left out and should have added into the movie, it just doesn't make any sense.

[Kazimierz]

....And who inhabbits most of the America today? Nubcakes do....That's why it's mainstream. I'm not talking about little kids in general, but like 15 year olds and shit.

15 year olds "inhabbit" most of America? Us classic Doom players aren't exactly dying out yet...

Producers and shit too, I doubt most of the hollywood producers prefer the orignal doom over doom 3. Why? Look at their movies, they're all about high-tech effects and what not. So is doom 3, they're a perfect match.

You could make Doom 1 with re-vamped graphics. If Doom 3 was the only Doom game made, it wouldnt be worthy of a movie. The only reason this movie even got funding was because of the original Doom. When advertising it, they knew very well that people were going to expect Doom 1, and then they turn around and fuck you and your 8 dollars in the ass. They added The Rock and his "acting" to solidify it.

[MiKe]

I saw it yesterday. I was a little dissappointed. Not enough monsters, too much storyline, and that hotass blonde never got naked. Decent movie overall, but it could've been MUCH MUCH better.

[theC]

I saw it last night. I knew it was going to be terrible from the trailers alone. Then when I read about the plot I was really annoyed that they didn't stay true to the video game at all. There were no deamons, it was all stupid genetic engineering crap. The only part that I jumped at was when a dog jumped up suddenly and barked. Other than that the movie was boring and predictable and not 'freaky' or 'cool' at all. Not only that but you'd expect a movie set 50 years in the future to at least look somewhat futuristic...maybe I'm too picky...

[clutch-monkey]

^^ so there are no demons? basically its just zombies then? that blows

[Strados]

I saw it last night. I knew it was going to be terrible from the trailers alone. Then when I read about the plot I was really annoyed that they didn't stay true to the video game at all. There were no deamons, it was all stupid genetic engineering crap. The only part that I jumped at was when a dog jumped up suddenly and barked. Other than that the movie was boring and predictable and not 'freaky' or 'cool' at all. Not only that but you'd expect a movie set 50 years in the future to at least look somewhat futuristic...maybe I'm too picky...


To be a devil's advocate...we are 50 years in the future from the 1950's, and we're not that much different from how we were then. Especially in comparison with how their movies portrayed how we would live now. Think "Space Odyssey 2001"

[Whodi86]

I saw it yesterday. I was a little dissappointed. Not enough monsters, too much storyline, and that hotass blonde never got naked. Decent movie overall, but it could've been MUCH MUCH better.


Whoa, hold up, the movie had a storyline?

[BigS]

I was a little dissapointed in no tit action from that hot blonde, but other then that, it was an alright movie. Needless violence was the name of the game. No storyline at all, and could have used a LOT more action, but I considered it ok.

[unearth]

If they had only gone with the story of Doom III, this movie would have kicked major ass. Instead, they had to stroke the Rock's ego and make it a movie revolving around him. The story made no sense, it didn't have anything to do with the game (besides the fact that it was on Mars). I won't give it away in case anyone hasn't seen it yet, but I'll just say that I was really looking forward to this movie and I walked away very disappointed. Yes the FPS scene was awesome but the movie as a whole was crap.

It seems to be protocol in Hollywood that if a movie is going to be made from a game, that they have to change everything completely. I was really hoping they would have stuck with the story from the game but nope.

[thehitmandani]

ummm I saw it.

reminded me of the game.

it was about the people on mars with the extra chromosome who went nuts.
C24... there were zombies,demons,pyscho people. and the rock went nuts


I dont know, I was please throughout the entire movie. Thats just me =/

[RustyShakleford]

VERY predictable. I knew everything that was going to happen.
Very cliche.
Very cheesy.
Very bad actng, or over-acting.
Very pointless plot.

Very, very, bad movie.

One of the guys I went with had seen it already, high. He said it was awesome. Then he went sober, and completely hated it.

Doom sucked.

[clutch-monkey]

it was basically resident evil with a different title. and mars.