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priteshmodi on 24 November 2010
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themanwithnoname said:
priteshmodi said:

I think the time of a Halo movie has come and passed. The best time would've been between Halo 2 and 3 (closer to the launch of Halo 3) which is the time period where I feel the Halo franchise was strongest. With the absolutely explosive success of Halo 2 and the incredible hype and anticipation of the first "next-gen" Halo, and names like Peter Jackson tied to the project, the movie would've been an almost guaranteed box office success.

Now that District 9 has been made (by the same director chosen for the Halo movie), the human-covenant conflict and relationship in a Halo movie would seem mundane and boring in comparison to the brilliance of District 9. Plus the style of direction in District 9 would've set Halo apart from all the other video game movies and really made it stand out. Now that it has been done it'll just seem like it's piggy backing on the success of District 9 as a sci-fi/action movie.


What are you talking about? I fail to see how the two are similar other than they both involve aliens and the fact that the Halo movie would've been directed by the same director. Everything else is a stretch and that's putting it mildly, imo.

It's not just that they involve aliens. A ton of stories involve aliens but not many give the aliens an explained motive or show them as being individual conscious beings. Halo and District 9 both did this. In Halo the Covenant are a collective group of different races and they don't all see eye to eye and an internal conflict is present. Throw in the flood and the forerunner lore and the humans have an interesting role in all of it as well. If the movie were not to explore that it would make the Halo movie a generic "us against them" situation done countless times. If it does (which no doubt Neil Bloomkamp would've explored as he had in District 9) then it will just seem like it's riding on the coat tails of District 9's success. And if a poor job is done in the exploration of these elements the movie will flat out suck.

As per the style of direction, having watched the shorts produced by Neil and the similarly toned trailers for ODST and Reach there's no denying that the directing style used in District 9 fits Halo like the white glove fits O.J. Simpson.

I'm not trying to say no matter what the movie will suck. I'd for sure be one of the first in line on opening night to see it. But it just seems like a) the brand is not as strong as it was pre-Halo 3 and b) the movie is going to draw comparisons due to its past production ties, which will only hurt its image.