Resident Evil: Extinction

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What did you guys think, at least anyone who's seen RE1 and Apocalypse?

I know Yahoo rated it B+, I watched it Friday and while I enjoyed it I'd have a very difficult time making a clear call on it just because - the storyboards seemed to connect almost too abstractly and you couldn't stay in a comfortable rut long enough to really gage what was to be expected, what wasn't, and what was hugely creatively different.

Then again I kinda doubt that's what the movie was really shooting for, its not some Stanley Kubric artcore film, its a zombie movie for godsakes. As far as what I thought of the overall story; can't say it was too bad but then again I really imagine that if they took the movie more seriously they could have done a lot better (almost like they felt they'd really proven themselves with RE: Apocalypse and wouldn't have to try so hard this time around).

Thoughts?

I saw all 3 of them, I'm HUGE resident evil fan! Saw it the day it came out! We played all the games and everything, I kinda like grew up with resident evil haha. I love zombie movies, including dawn of the dead! I thought it was reall good, I was so excited during the whole movie, the only thing I really hated was that there wasn't enough fighting scenes in this one rather then the other two. The end guy didn't last long either, which disappointed me, and my favorite guy Carlos didn't make it either, which made me sad, Other then that I loved it! I can't wait for the 4th one to come out!

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Yeah, but for some odd reason I have this magic way of running into triggers. I'll get to a point, realize I have to redo something that I missed, and then going back I'll get stuck somewhere else because I didn't grab something in the right order.

RE4 I actually finished maybe 3 times over just because I loved it as a game, also didn't have those lame stuck views where if your face to face with an enemy on a side to side basis you don't have to worry that your wasting bullets shooting 4 feet to the right of em. RE:5 looks like its gonna be pretty crazy too, even more improvements to the play engine plus I kinda like the idea of taking it to Africa - we've capitalized on US horror, Japanese Horror, Korean, I think Africa's loaded with ideas that just haven't been tapped yet.

Hmm, I actually think I got the remake of the original for Game Cube but it was just that (the one where you have the Shark, the Japanese hornets, the plant, etc.?). I think when that generation of Resident Evil did originally start coming out, PS1 and all that, I was in a phase where I was purely just working on music - had stopped playing video games to a large extent (was still on a hiatus that started in 8th grade) and aside form Golden Eye and Perfect Dark with my friends I wasn't really doing much. I think the time when I actually started buying RE's was when Code Veronica came out, that was the first one that I played through. As for chasing down the cheats - I liked the games but I can't say I was that about it.

For me I think my allegiance is kinda split as well on these games, I tend to like the Silent Hills a bit more just because they are as abstract and keep me guessing since you can't rule anything out (can barely put them down once I start em either). On the other side the RE's have been kinda hit and miss with me, they're awesome games don't get me wrong but for some reason when I hit a snag (almost like playing Final Fantasy) its almost too easy to just get up and walk away from. What I really did like about RE4 was the change of scheme, getting away from the T Virus and going more toward something that twisted reality to a greater extent.

I thought that the first one was s**t. Passed on the second. The third I may rent just to laugh at how bad it is--the trailer looked hilarious. The infected crows were so friggin' silly looking. BAD CGI ALERT!

If they make a Resident Evil 4, and have it actually be inspired by the Resident Evil 4 game ('cept with Alice instead of Leon), it'd be interesting if it was actually true to the game series for once, especially since the game of Resident Evil 4 was so similar to the film "Dagon." (Dude, there's even a guy who looks a lot like the merchant in it!)

I thought this one was by far the best because of the direction, and definitely the visuals and improved character development and acting, but the plot was a little less focused than RE or RE:A, but still better in every department.

I got a kick out of that little subplot about the whole Carlos/Claire/LJ smoking situation. Was pretty funny.