Hmm...just watched DooM - the movie...Review

[Skippii]

Now I wanna go shoot something.
I was a bit dissapointed in some parts of this movie.
Given that I’m not really into action films, and didn’t have very high expectations to start, that doesn’t say much for it.
I had to see this film, because I’ve been addicted to the game since I got it in 1995. I still play it regularly. Doom absolutely rocks. Doom 2 was good, too…doom 3 didn’t do as much for me.

The movie doesn’t stick to the plot of the game at all…which is good, since the game had virtually no plot. There was a page in the manual explaining the story background…I’ll attach that to this post. In the movie, none of that applies…there is no Deimos or Phobus moon base at all, and the monsters are not imps from hell. I think that Doom 3 (a remake of the first game, rather than a continuation of the story) might have the same plot as the movie, but I can’t remember.
So, they decided to make a movie out of a game that had no characters except the first person shooter, no names, and no plot except to kill everything. What a great idea.

So, my main dissapointment: it’s a bit slow at times. It needs more action. It also wasn’t very bloody/gorey. I figured the movie would basically live off those two things, but they actually made an attempt at some plot development. Too much, perhaps…at least for this cast.

The music wasn’t very good, either…not really creepy music. Nothing to make you tense in the dark scenes where you know someone’s about to get eaten…just not suspensful enough.

And while there were no unicycles, there was a type of dicycle, which is about as close as we can hope to get in mainstream Hollywood.

There were some funny references to the game that most people probably won’t get (character’s named after the programmer of the original game, etc.)
Special effects were good, but not enough.
That said, there were some good moments in the movie, and despite my local theater raising ticket prices again upon the opening of this movie, I certainly don’t regret it.
Compared with some of the other action films devoid of any plot or dialog or anything other than blood (coughBlackHawkDowncough), this certainly isn’t the worst thing to come from hollywood. I just don’t see any “best screenplay” oscars coming up.
It wasn’t that it was aweful and had nothing to offer…it just needed more of what it had. More blood, guts, jokes, special effects, hot girls and chainsaw to cover up the lack of plot and especially acting.

@Original Doom Manual

The Story So Far
You’re a marine, one of Earth’s toughest, hardened in combat and trained for action. Three years ago you assaulted a superior officer for ordering his soldiers to fire upon civilians. He and his body cast were shipped to Pearl Harbor, while you were transferred to Mars, home of the Union Aerospace Corporation. The UAC is a multi-planetary conglomerate with radioactive waste facilities on Mars and its two moons, Phobos and Deimos. With no action for fifty million miles, your day consisted of suckin’ dust and watchin’ restricted flicks in the rec room.
For the last four years the military, UAC’s biggest supplier, has used the remote facilities on Phobos and Deimos to conduct various secret projects, including research on inter-dimensional space travel. So far they have been able to open gateways between Phobos and Deimos, throwing a few gadgets into one and watching them come out the other. Recently however, the Gateways have grown dangerously unstable. Military “volunteers” entering them have either disappeared or been stricken with a strange form of insanity-babbling vulgarities, bludgeoning anything that breathes, and finally suffering and untimely death of full body explosion. Matching heads with torsos to send home to the folks became a full-time job. Latest military reports state that the research is suffering a small set-back, but everything is under control.
A few hours ago, Mars received a garbled message from Phobos. “We require immediate military support. Something fraggin’ evil is coming out of the Gateways! Computer systems have gone berserk!” The rest was incoherent. Soon Afterwards, Deimos simply vanished from the sky. Since then, attempts to establish contact with either moon have been unsuccessful.
You and your buddies, the only combat troop for fifty million miles were sent up pronto to Phobos. You were ordered to secure the perimeter of the base while the rest of the team went inside. For several hours, your radio picked up the sounds of combat: guns firing, men yelling orders, screams, bones cracking, then finally, silence. Seems your buddies are dead.

It’s Up To You
Things aren’t looking too good. You’ll never navigate off the planet on your own. Plus, all the heavy weapons have been taken by the assault team leaving you with only a pistol. If only you could get your hands around a plasma rifle or even a shotgun you could take a few down on your way out. Whatever killed your buddies deserves a couple of pellets in the forehead. Securing your helmet, you exit the landing pod. Hopefully you can find more substantial fire power somewhere within the station.
As you walk through the main entrance of the base, you hear animal like growls echoing throughout the distant corridors. They know your here.
There’s no turning back now.

[jagur]

it looked like crap and now it sounds like it too.

as soon i i saw that the movie wasnt in 1st person, i knew it would suck.

was the Rock any good at all?

[Skippii]

@jagur

it looked like crap and now it sounds like it too.

as soon i i saw that the movie wasnt in 1st person, i knew it would suck.

was the Rock any good at all?

No, the rock can’t act. At all.
SPOILER as if there was a plot…
The best part of the movie is when the guy goes on a rampage and kills everything. This part is shot in First-Person shooter video game style…comeplete with the gun in the middle bottom of the screen, just like the game, with the camera work very accurately mimicing that of the game.

[evil-nick]

Was it better than the trilogy of books that came out in the mid '90s? The 1st two weren’t that bad (but not that good either) and the 3rd tried to get all metaphysical and philosophical or something (apparently humans are unique because we die?)

And they had no Rock, just rocket launchers

[dudewithasock]

As long as they have the BFG in there, I’m in.