Video game franchises create detailed worlds with engaging characters and interesting stories. You'd think they would adapt readily to films. Unfortunately, it rarely works out. Even the best video game movies (like last year's Detective Pikachu) are mediocre. But the potential is still there, and with the right hand to guide the project, a video game movie could turn out amazing. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:The Legend of Zelda andℱ its sequels have all the ingredi🐲ents to make a successful movie.
There's a ൩huge, richly realized world. Great characters. And some amazing stories. But who could helm this project to realize its full potential? Here are five 🦩directors we think could make a great film of it, and five who would ruin the franchise.
10 Shouldn't: Neil Marওshall 🎶
Neil Marshall is not a bad director, but he would be a really bad fit for a Zelda movie. He does a great job with horror, but when he gets hold of more mainstream properties, he tries to turn them too dark, with terrible results. You don't have to look any further than last year's disastrous Hellboy movie. Compared to Guillermo del Toro's versions of the franchise, Marshall tried to make the concept more hard-core, but it ended up being terrible: loud and annoying with little depth. And that's despite the involvement of popular star David Harbour in the title role𓂃.
9 🧔 Should: Charlotte Brändström
In deciding on a Legend of Zelda movie, you first have to decide which game you'd be using as the source. For our first choice, we are looking at the first game, which has a simple plot in which Link travels through various dungeons to assemble the parts of the Triforce and defeat Ganon. We need a director who could competently handle this type of story. Charlotte Brändström is a bit of an unknown, but she's been around for a long time, mostly working in television. Recently, she directed two of the best episodes of Netflix's The Witcher, which makes us think she's ready to take on a big project like this. She would be able to adapt the story with💞 complex sensitivity to make something that appealed to old and new fans.
8 Shouldn't: Tim🅷 Miller
While Tim Miller did a pretty good job with Deadpool, we don't think he would be right for a movie based on A Link to the Past. Look what he did with Terminator: Dark Fate, a huge, heavy, messy nail in the coffin of the Terminator franchis🏅🗹e.
We wouldn't want to give him a chance to do this to a brand-new Zelda movie franchise. Plus, the initial material coming out of his Sonic the Hedgehog movie is definitely worrisome (especially the weird decision to give Sonic such huge teeth). Of course, our opinion might change if Sonic the Hedgehog turns out to be a good movie after all.
7 🌌 Should:🗹 Alfonso Cuarón
Many people consider A Link to the Past as the definitive Zelda game. Its world-traveling plot made the franchise self-referential in a way that most games don't achieve until much later in their development. Plus, it's full of good puzzles that are engaging to solve. Alfonzo Cuarón might be known for heavy adult movies like Children of Men and Roma, but don't forget that he also directed Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, deftly handling the time-travel elements to make what is arguably the best movie of the franchise, both child-friendly and darkly tinged. He'd be a great choice to helm the A Link to the Past movie.
6 ܫ Shouldn't: Dean Israelite
Of course, there's another really beloved Zelda that could be the basis for a movie: . This groundbreaking game helped lay the foundation for all modern open-world games, and it had a complex plot that would have to be handled deftly. Dean Israelite would be a terrible choice for The Ocarina of Time.
He's already shown how bad he can botch a time travel movie with his regrettable Project Almanac, which suffered directly from some of his decisions, like using a tired found footage approach. Plus, he's already shown how poor he is at handling adaptations thanks to the Power Rangers movie. While this movie might not have been any worse than we'd expect, it certainly wasn't any better. If The Ocarina of Time were going to be made into a movi💫e, we'd want it to be good, not just passable.
5 🅷 Should: The Russo Brothers 🦹
But who can handle complex time-travel plots well? Anthony and Joseph Russo showed their ability to handle this kind of plot in Avengers: Endgame. The nice balance of action and humor made the movie bounce right along despite its length. And the loving reverence toward the subject matter helps, too. Of course, it might be impossible to get these guys on board for a Zelda movie, but a second good choice might be Scott Derrickson, who successfully directed Doctor Strange. Derrickson recently departed the Doctor Strange 2 project, so h𒆙e could beꩲ looking for a new direction.
4 Sꩲhouldn't: Joe Cornish
Not all of the Zelda games have great plots. A Link Between Worlds, for example, would need some help. A director who has shown he definitely can't handle this type of portal fantasy is Joe Cornish. While he handled Attack the Block well enough in 2011, last year's The Kid Who Would Be King was disastrous.
While much of the blame for this stinker should go to whoever greenlit the project, Cornish doesn't deserve any awards for his work on it. He shows that he can't elevate a project to be notable or interesting, and that's what we would need if we were to adapt A Link Between Worlds.
3 Shouldn't: James L. Conway 𝕴
What if we wanted to adapt an off-beat entry into the series like A Link Between Worlds? This strange origin story would benefit from the help of a director well versed in handling fantasy that intrudes on real-world situations. James L. Conway would be a great choice for this. Mostly known for his TV work, he's got a wide range of experience handling some of the most successful fantasy programs out there, including many of the best episodes of The Magicians, Supernatural, and even Charmed. He could definitely handle A Link Between Worlds.
2 Shouldn't: Miguel Sapochnik 𝄹
Of course, the hot Zelda property right now is 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Breath of the Wild. This amazing game is still going strong in popularity three years after its release, and it's dramatically changed the lan🃏dscape for new games. It could easily make a great movie, in the right hands. However, Miguel Sapochnik would be a terr💦ible choice for this.
A highly praised fantasy director for his work on Game of Thrones, his work on episodes like "The Battle of the Bastards," shows that he would be inclined to the epic ba๊ttle aspects of the game, sacrificing the gorgeous fantasy elements that make the game such a pleasure to play.
1 🌄 Shouldn't: Louis Leterrier
You might be tempted to condemn Louis Leterrier for his work on The Incredible Hulk or Clash of the Titans, but if you look at his most recent work, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, you'll see that he has everything it takes to make a successful Breath of the Wild movie. He handles the complex fantasy world with reverence, making an adaptation that might actually be better than the original. He uses elements from the original mythology but fleshes out the world in exciting ways. A great choice to direct a movie that would truly realize what makes The Legend of Zelda such a great game series.