News of the world Review!

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News of the world Review!

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A UK newspaper, the news of the world has reviewed the movie, giving it 4/5 stars! They say "at last, a movie adapted from a game that isnt bad"

looks like we have a winner :)

EDIT: here is what they said

"At last, after the naff nonsence that was Lara Croft, Doom and Resident Evil, a movie adapted from a computer game that isnt bad.

In fact it's pretty damn good, mainly because director Christopher Gans - the bloke behind weird french horror the brotherhood of the wolves isnt afraid to mess with the franchise. So instead of an Arnold Schwarzenegger style hero trying to save a missing child from a bunch of ghosts, you get a mother trying to track down her missing and terminally ill daughter.
The film doesnt stint on action, with mum Radha Mitchell, from Pitch Black, and cop Laurie Holden kicking some serious butt. Sean Bean also stars as the missing girls dad.
Theres plenty of gore and big scares, especially when the mum has to creep through a nightmareish hospital staffed by bandage clad killer nurses.
It's enough to make you wish you'd gone private!
4/5 stars"
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Nice. So there's a movie screening for the critiques already?
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excellent and thats a bit of a posh newspaper
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safcftm33 wrote:excellent and thats a bit of a posh newspaper
your kidding right? The news of the world is the furthest thing from posh :P
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Oohboy! Sounds good to me. So this was from an actual newspaper and not some fan-review from another forum?
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oh yeah lol im thinkin of the daily mail :lol:
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Somehow I doubt American Critics are going to be impressed, even if so they're too proud to admit it. Like what Gans said, Ebert can Fuck Off because videogames are art.
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Post by Fatal_Sims »

Great! My faith in the movie is at it's top!

This is also a very good thing for the series. Finally, it get's the attention and rating that it deserves!
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Post by Anonymous »

I have a weird feeling, that this critic haven't seen it... It's written so lame!

But anyway, 4/5 it's quite good score :).
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It sounds like they haven't I know. But you have to remember it IS the news of the world. Here's some pictures:
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I'm sure it would be illegal for a newspaper to review a film they haven't seen. :?
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Well at least the fake good review might attract more people into seeing the movie, which is a good thing I guess.
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StinkBomber wrote: Like what Gans said, Ebert can Fuck Off because videogames are art.
w00000000000000t AMEN ON THAT

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4/5 for a video game movie....... THIS MOVIE IS GOING TO BE THE NEW S#!T
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amphreded wrote:Well at least the fake good review might attract more people into seeing the movie, which is a good thing I guess.
Not if it sucks.
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Post by Chuckles »

awesome awesome awesome it is so damn cool that its been rated 4/5 from a critic :D
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I think it should deserve at least 4.5!!!!
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Post by sh#1fan »

I think it deserves 5 stars~

Even though i havent seen it ( 4 days :D ) i know it will get 10 stars when i rate it lol ( if you dont get the joke, every silent hill game you can get up to a 10 star ranking at the end )
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I think people need to lower their hopes. Regardless if it's good or bad, there are alot of people who'r going to be dissapointed because they were expecting something more.
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Redder wrote:I think people need to lower their hopes. Regardless if it's good or bad, there are alot of people who'r going to be dissapointed because they were expecting something more.
probably lol ><
but i cant get my hopes down, there already so high.
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I'm sure it would be illegal for a newspaper to review a film they haven't seen. Confused
Nope. They do it all the time. I've seen tons of reviews where the person writing it criticised the movie for elements that weren't actually there, or talked about scenes that didn't happen.
I think people need to lower their hopes. Regardless if it's good or bad, there are alot of people who'r going to be dissapointed because they were expecting something more.
If you're going in blind, maybe. But us fanboys won't be criticising the plot or the acting, we'll just be cheering every time Pyramid Head comes on screen :D
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Theres plenty of gore and big scares, especially when the mum has to creep through a nightmareish hospital staffed by bandage clad killer nurses.
So, she actually does go through a hostpital? Well that makes me happy.
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