DOOM Movie Causes Eyes to Bleed
Whether you’ve played DOOM or not, the Doom movie is a diappointment. And let me tell you that my hopes weren’t very high to begin with. It was just bad. Allow me to elaborate.
Warning: some small bits of plot are revealed in this post. This is commonly refered to as “spoilers.” In my opinion, however, the entire movie was spoiled, so you needn’t worry about it.
Having been a fan of DOOM and DOOM II, I was excited to see the creatures and weapons on the big screen. DOOM never had much of a plot, so I wasn’t expecting much of one. Even there I was disapointed. The only plot similarities between the game and the movie were the use of the BFG, the use of the name UAC, and that the movie was set on Mars. Even these three elements were poorly done:
- The BFG was only fired twice, hitting nothing both times
- UAC was mentioned about twice.
- The setting was changed to Mars only after an uproar by fans of the games.
The explanation for the monsters was a UAC plot, not that they came forth through a gateway from Hell as in the game. Odd, because the movie tagline was, “Hell breaks loose.” The dialogue and plot were poorly concieved and executed; at certain points the characters did exactly opposite of what they would have done in reality. For example, when the conspiracy was uncovered, the main character, Reaper, and his scientist sister were outraged. So, of course, they wanted to destroy the evidence. Yeah, that’s a normal response. God forbid the evil plot be made public, and the guilty parties be brought to justice.
Additionally, the movie didn’t use but a few of the game monsters. I wanted to see a cyberdemon! C’mon!
The first person sequence toward the end of the movie was another let down. It was a good idea, but the “gameplay” looked more like the arcade game Area 51 than DOOM 3. It was almost comical.
On the up side, there were a few little nuggets of joy for fans, such as a scientist named Carmack and a lot of “put on your game face” wording. The special effects were good, I guess.
I found the heavy metal sountrack to be uninspiring. During the credits there was a song by Nine Inch Nails, but oddly they didn’t use NIN’s Head Like a Hole, the “theme song” to DOOM II, anywhere in the movie.
The bottom line is, I could have written and directed a better movie. Yes, me. Perhaps I’m being too harsh, but this movie was an even bigger diappointment than I had feared.
December 30th, 2005 at 12:59 pm
Maybe they want destroy the the evidence because it included how to reproduce the mutations (of course I do not think the UAC want only movies about the progress of the experiments), I agree it was not the best film on earth but what a hell A LOT of movies are far worse (and when I say a lot I say a lot).
April 8th, 2006 at 10:22 am
The movie wasnt based on the game as much as it should, but the movie was still frikin awsome
February 17th, 2007 at 1:37 am
The Movie had good effects and all, but it was ment to be based on Doom 3, I wanted to see some massive monsters. I wanted to get scared when I watched it at 12:00 at midnight. But I didn’t. A big dissapointment. I will say the three worst things that I hated.
1: even though it sais “Hell Brakes Loose” as the tag, It has nothing to do with Hell!
2: No cyber daemon or other daemons that were cool, only “Pinky”, “Imps”, and “Dark Knight”, or wateva its called
3: the story line sucked!
The movie was a big dissapointment!
December 11th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
主要提供饮料水处理工程、医药睡处理工程、纯水处理工程、补给水处理，并提供提供污水处理设备,污水处理工艺。
July 15th, 2009 at 4:24 am
sPaijp
July 27th, 2009 at 10:55 am
igogogo…
igogogo…
August 14th, 2009 at 2:43 am
Hi,
I know it’s my first thread here, but I just need to ask a question..
Does anyone know where to watch movies online for free?
April 8th, 2010 at 7:22 am
Keep working ,great job!
April 14th, 2010 at 8:29 pm
wow.. i’m very
enjoy reading your post. great.
April 17th, 2010 at 4:30 am
Thanks for good information that comes out to
read.
April 19th, 2010 at 8:46 am
Great journey and experience! .I bookmarked your site!unlock iphone
June 9th, 2010 at 1:32 am
upmqjtvaczxaqty http://ibrmrjsqseisppg.com [url=http://ranwvxlcqffbopr.com]symgfjtvtcnawue[/url]
June 14th, 2010 at 2:57 pm
online soma ymswsofabcoj discount propecia wqjszmzjwk cheap reductil jgxbikiyvg cheap soma amibehmxndm order sibutramine rjhvpmcuu
June 14th, 2010 at 5:46 pm
order zoloft itytyruvkyjz generic zoloft pmcztkwyv buy zoloft online fbdhcxxgjuh wellbutrin canada ejrjyeiao buy wellbutrin online wemeuenwzkel online zoloft kgodysbxjinm wellbutrin uk dikdhekqog zovirax uk jycafxyosk cheap zoloft qodedezwbhzv zoloft uk zwwlranh zoloft uk slxeimrkngma
June 14th, 2010 at 9:49 pm
buy lorazepam yukzibjvlj cheap lipitor otoqfbzjfz order meridia gfjaeifb order medication ckeuctyz
June 14th, 2010 at 10:45 pm
cheap prozac lhjtenuzge cheap soma iscfxbyl cheap propecia lkzylchdg
June 15th, 2010 at 12:39 am
cheap zyban xjcklsrdrdp buy zoloft nirytdnthdi order zyrtec gnowtindjtad
July 1st, 2010 at 4:39 pm
Your website is very the most informative. I loved your website a lot. Thank you.
August 24th, 2010 at 6:38 pm
Your blog page is great. Say thanks to you greatly for providing so much usable info. For certain i will bookmark your blog and will be certainly coming back. Once again, I respect all your work furthermore delivering a whole lot great material for the followers.
August 30th, 2010 at 6:47 am
This site is a complete internet resource for this. You’ll find all you wanted or needed to know, here.