I am current watching a movie and started thinking why not start a thread on movies that have been interesting in the aspect of possibly creating a game (obviously we leave out movies based off of games lol - tomb raider - hitman - prince of persia... etc)
And also list movies we think actually are worth watching, not because they are popular or "cool" but because the quality of the filming or storyline was worth the time finding them and watching them.
So if you saw a movie that you think gave you an idea for a game (you dont have to tell us the idea that spun off it, but just tell us the name of the movie and a hint of the aspect maybe) then list it here, and also if you saw a good and well made film with worth watching credentials mention them here... I am hoping to see more low udget films listed here than the obvious garbage...
Also perhaps a link to the IMDB (or even the official website) site if you can be bothered ^^ or just post the year it was released so we dont confuse movies of the same name
Dont forget you can also mention anime too, but not series only the movie versions.
average rating means the average rating around the world... a movie given a rating of 15 in one country may have an 18 rating in another, just so that you know why I say average and not just rating.
heres my first few entries
WORLD CINEMA-
SHIRI (also known as SWIRI) (1999) - South Korea (average rating 18)
great action and fantastic moving/touching story really brings you into the movie and features a great soundtrack by Carol Kidd.
Could inspire an action game if you saw the action scene at the end.
Three Seasons (1999) - American made Vietnam based (average rating 15)
One of my personal best I went out of my way to buy it on ebay, came across it once on tv and immediately fell in love with it, great filming, great perfomances from the cast and a superb envisioning of a country torn apart by war yet managing to show its beautiful sides.
Game wise, the stear beauty of the environments can be recreated and some scenes can also be recreated for nice environments in your games.
The Chaser (2008) - South Korea (average rating 18)
If you like mystery then this is your movie, it really does drive your mind over the edge, you WILL find yourself shouting at the TV... I did... and just a reminder this is not for the feint hearted it is a slight bit gruesome and bloody... you have been cautioned, but verall its a movie you will strangely want to watch at least twice.
Game wise some of the environments might be useful to design game environments.
HITMAN (Sat sau ji wong) (1998) - Hong Kong (average rating 18)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0163818/ (might not link as it doesnt end in .html or something)
man I have watched this movie a million times, and have it on dvd yay, you should watch this movie as its comic characterising will have you in a giggle and also the filming quality was actually one of its best for Hong Kong at the time.
Game wise, some of the scenes are great to help setup a fight scene environment.
WESTERN CINEMA-
Shanghai Kiss (2007) - American made (average rating 15)
(I dont want to mention that silly H word here)
A fun and cute movie with a great underline, who are you really? and what will you do for others when you have the opportunity to help? ... its worth watching and was clearly a low budget story, does get you laughing often.
Game wise, you could probably replicate the story to be honest.
Three Kings (1999) - American made (average rating 15)
for those who have not seen this movie... you HAVE to see this one, its fun, thrilling and moving in its own way. I think a fun game can be made from this movie, however with slightly different happenings in the story.
TITAN A.E. (2000) (CG 2D & 3D MIX ANIMATED FILM) - American made (average rating PG yellow)
Man when i think back at it.. I wathed a movie before this movie we can not remember which movie it was because this movie blew out minds away im suspecting the movie before it was star wars ep1? anyway as soon as we finished watching that movie we walked out and there were people handing out tickets for a PREVIEW 15 min showing lol time was late and buses werent leaving often, and we said ok 15 mins aint bad, almost 90 minutes later lol and WOW amazing movie, but moving on, this movie had a great design a lot of thoughtand if you watch the making of videos on the dvd you will be inspired to do better your own games.
Just a note haha in case the above notes on the films sound too not original I did write them
EDIT added bolding highlights for titles
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