Movies blaming games for poor box offices?

Mr Pink · **Posted:** October 16th, 2007, 1:20 am

http://us.i1.yimg.com/videogames.yahoo. ... ke-/534234

I am sure there would be much more people who would see another Ben Stiller comedy even if Halo 3 didn't came out that week :roll:

Adbot · **Posted:** October 16th, 2007, 1:20 am

Anubis · **Posted:** October 16th, 2007, 1:32 am

Next they'll be blaming the war on Iraq on video games. :roll:

Could it be that Ben Stiller's films just suck?

CreepyPirate · **Posted:** October 16th, 2007, 1:33 am

Good. It's about time video games get recognized and have affects like that. They are after all just as good as films but for years have been seen as lesser.

Also, IMO films have been so terribly CRAP over the past few years a bit of extra competition would do them good.

gost302 · **Posted:** October 16th, 2007, 3:50 am

no it hasnt got things related because everyone in thw rold doesnt have an xbox 3660 so there will still be peeps it might just be down to the films anyone fort bout that?????

Steven · **Posted:** October 16th, 2007, 6:49 am

Let's blame annother thing on videogames, why don't we?! Yeah that's a great idea!

Leave the games alone. Halo 3 defenately would've made people dissapear for a while if it came out right before a movie.

Rynne528 · **Posted:** October 16th, 2007, 7:32 am

People have got to stop blaming video games for everything. Like Anubis said, maybe Ben Stiller's movie might not be that great of a movie.

Adbot · **Posted:** October 16th, 2007, 7:32 am

Dokter Bob · **Posted:** October 16th, 2007, 2:43 pm

Short, sweet, and to the point, Video Games pwn movies.

Mushroom Queen · **Posted:** October 16th, 2007, 7:00 pm

Lmfao, talk about a slow news day. I don't think anyone is really blaming anyone. Some writer was just wanted to put forth a completely bogus "What if?" idea that just doesn't make sense. People aren't going to see a film if it sucks. Ben Stiller's films suck. Full stop.

CreepyPirate · **Posted:** October 17th, 2007, 6:44 am

So am i the only one that believes halo 3 really did have an affect on it?

I honestly think it hit Hollywood and i think there spot on.

Ask yourself - when was the last time a film wow'ed you? When was the last time you went into a film and was completely blown away by it? WHEN was the last time you was watching a film and was literally tense and on the edge of your seat cause of it?

I really couldn't answer that. Cause i really don't remember. I know Halo wow'ed me, when those two scarabs dropped down and the huge fight was going on, with the music playing. That was a wow moment.

I know in bioshock when Atlas family was in the sub i was on the edge of my seat urgently trying to help and then being wow'ed by what happened next.

Films just don't cut it, they don't have the..it's hard to explain, they just don't shock or surprise you anymore. SOMEONE needs to come in and shake things up, there far to dull compared to video games right now.

ryan1 · **Posted:** October 17th, 2007, 8:56 pm

Videogames are becoming everyone's scapegoat these days...

Next we'll be seeing headlines like:

"New cause found for global warming - Heat put off from the Xbox360 is actually a greenhouse gas." :roll:

Ryan · **Posted:** October 18th, 2007, 12:00 pm

CreepyPirate wrote:

So am i the only one that believes halo 3 really did have an affect on it?

I honestly think it hit Hollywood and i think there spot on.

Ask yourself - when was the last time a film wow'ed you? When was the last time you went into a film and was completely blown away by it? WHEN was the last time you was watching a film and was literally tense and on the edge of your seat cause of it?

I really couldn't answer that. Cause i really don't remember. I know Halo wow'ed me, when those two scarabs dropped down and the huge fight was going on, with the music playing. That was a wow moment.

I know in bioshock when Atlas family was in the sub i was on the edge of my seat urgently trying to help and then being wow'ed by what happened next.

Films just don't cut it, they don't have the..it's hard to explain, they just don't shock or surprise you anymore. SOMEONE needs to come in and shake things up, there far to dull compared to video games right now.

Absolutely ******* spot on. Video games nowadays are just so tense and scary, they'll leave you hanging on for more. Movies nowadays are just repeats of old movies or just plain crap.

Mushroom Queen · **Posted:** October 18th, 2007, 7:13 pm

CreepyPirate wrote:

So am i the only one that believes halo 3 really did have an affect on it?

I honestly think it hit Hollywood and i think there spot on.

Ask yourself - when was the last time a film wow'ed you? When was the last time you went into a film and was completely blown away by it? WHEN was the last time you was watching a film and was literally tense and on the edge of your seat cause of it?

I really couldn't answer that. Cause i really don't remember. I know Halo wow'ed me, when those two scarabs dropped down and the huge fight was going on, with the music playing. That was a wow moment.

I know in bioshock when Atlas family was in the sub i was on the edge of my seat urgently trying to help and then being wow'ed by what happened next.

Films just don't cut it, they don't have the..it's hard to explain, they just don't shock or surprise you anymore. SOMEONE needs to come in and shake things up, there far to dull compared to video games right now.

It's a completely larger problem that I don't think is greatly impacted by video games. People overall just don't go out to see a film. Why? Because it's expensive, you might not even like it, and you could get it readily off of any BitTorrent site. Sure, I also find video games to be more compelling but the majority of the movie revenue losses aren't due to a bunch of kids sitting at home playing Halo 3. It's caused by a mass amount of people who don't want anymore of the crap that the movie industry is shovelling to them.