IGN seemed to like it. They gave it 3/5 stars and said it was the best videogame-to-movie adaptation yet.

Better than Double Dragon?

He was?

Screw cyberdemon. That Cyberjerk is always touching my stuff.

Well, DRAGON is better lit.

But it would have been a lot better if it weren't.

3 reviews up, all 3 positive.

I'm surprised to hear of the positive reviews this is getting. The trailer looked awful to me -- glad to hear that may not be the case.

CHUD's review mentioned that in the FPS scene . If that doesn't make you want to see this movie then I don't know what will ;)

Keep in mind, those are geek reviews. And two of them aren't exactly raves.

I think the paper/online critics of merit won't be as kind.

Of course not, but that'll be beside the point since I grew up on Doom.

It'll be a terrible movie, no doubt, but if it's fun for what it is, I'm there. I'm up for something cheesy and mindless right now.

I laughed at the trailer before Serenity. But I saw the movie last night expecting the worst, and it was actually... pretty decent. Horror/sci-fi like Resident Evil like a couple people have mentioned in this thread. FPS scene looked goofy in the trailer but worked OK in the movie. Very bloody, the F word, and some fully clothed women who must have been cold. And for the record, I played a lot of Doom years ago on the PC but haven't played the Xbox version.

For a movie like this....I think they might "matter" more than the mainstream critics.

"It's pretty clear by now that characters in sci-fi movies have never seen a sci-fi movie."
-- Marc Bernardin, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/review/...1_1_0_,00.html

That quote makes it sound like a negative review, but in reading a little more, it is actually a realatively positive one. Maybe have to give this one a chance.

I can smell what The Rock is cooking, and I'll bet it is tasty between 2 and 5 AM. I will watch this on dvd.

I saw the film this week, and if geek reviews are going to be positive, then so be it. But I would hate for anyone to mistake this for good cinema. IMO, it's junk, and not even "fun," which, shockingly, seems to be the free pass these reviews are handing to it.

That's why its an opinion, because everyone's is different. You didn't care for it....some of the early reviewers did.

And the reviews are finally coming in at RT, with 29% and 20%.

The trailers look horrible, just horrible, so I doubt that it's anything I even would consider "good" bad.

Just got in from an advance screening and wanted to toss up some
random thoughts.

It wasn't horrible, but it also wasn't close to what it wanted to be
(Aliens). The Rock was good for what he is in the film and doesn't grate
(considering he's a main character with a lot of onscreen time).

There were a few cameo type things thrown in for the game fans that
got some hoots out of the crowd, such as the film opening with the
Universal Logo revolving around Mars instead of the normal Earth.

The FPS viewpoint segment, while I wish had looked/flowed smoother,
works well where it is and for how long it lasts.

They came up with a decent explanation of the origins of the beasties
that went further than the standard generic "they came from hell", and
with that, one in particular seemed pretty cool.


Spoiler space (not sure how to apply spoiler tags) just in case











One flaw was that I felt it needed more action, especially in the 1st half
and in the form of more recognizable Doom creatures making appearances.
Oh, it also had a twist I definately didn't expect going in.

uhhh.. dude. I don't think anyone is going into it thinking it's great cinema. They are going for a cheap popcorn flick where shit blows up. How about you stop being so critical of things and just enjoy them for what they are? some people like it. You clearly don't. Then again, I don't remember anything lately you actually enjoyed that wasn't a serious piece or something to really think about. It's a fuck'm popcorn flick and should be taken as just exactly that.

Okay, that in mind I have liked some movies people here have found abysmal, such as Resident Evil, Blade:Trinity, Van Helsing, and Attack of the Clones ;) . That said, should I catch this at the late show tonight or Stay?

I might go with this one, as Universal has a pretty damn good track record when it comes to creature features.

Considering I have yet to hear anything good about STAY from anyone, I'd say go for DOOM. It seems to deliver more entertainment than anything...heck, even over at Rotten Tomatoes, Doom is at 25%, while Stay is at 18%....not that those mean much, but the online outlets I read have said Stay is a trainwreck.

MATT

Not a good release week, or hell release month, in terms of movies getting released that get good reviews. It seems October is just a time to release your cheap thrill horror flicks and blow off critics.

Just got back from seeing this. Started slow but ended up a fun movie, if you're a Rock/ DOOM fan you should enjoy this, and if you're a FPS game fan you should definitely have fun with it before it's over :).