Last Friday, I posted a link from
Kotaku, about Mark Wahlberg taking the helms as Nathan Drake in the upcoming Uncharted movie. I was the happiest 25 year old kid in town. This is a guy who has received his share of Oscar nods, and he's familiar with video game adaptations (Max Payne).
However, A LOT has changed in the past seven days. Earlier, I came across an article that threw me into a livid fit of nerd rage:
LA Times Article On Uncharted Movie
I have numerous objections as to why this movie should not be made. For starters, NATHAN DRAKE DOES NOT HAVE A FAMILY!!!! Nor should he have one. I was more appreciative of Nathan being an unconventional ladies man and juggling between the woman of his dreams and the dangerous woman of her dreams. Loner by nature. It really upset me when I heard that now Nathan has a family of "Indiana Jones-esque" treasure hunters for the sake of, adding "character and heart." Not a fan at all ladies and gentlemen. Uncharted 2 was full of character development and heart by the load.
I also can't help but to point out that Nathan Drake is an exact copy of Lara Croft, only more developed of a character. So how come we can't repeat this same method? It feels like the producers are taking a great game, great story, and tarnish the hard work writers and the good people at PlayStation work so hard to make. I'm done nerd raging, for now, but seriously can we at least try to make a movie exactly like its video game counter-part?
I know there are some people that are reading this that have played the Uncharted series that feel the same way. Let me know guys. Please tell me I need to calm down on the coffee and I am over reacting.
Until then this is on my "Movies To Ignore"
