Resident Evil becomes the highest rated gaming movie ever

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CaptainExplosion said:

crissindahouse said:

As long as they don't advertise the movie as adaptation of specific game xy I don't see what's wrong with a good score if the movie is good (in their opinion). The reviews should mention not to expect the movie to be close to the game franchise, though. But would be weird to say "awesome movie but has nothing to do with the games 1/10"

It's just so hypocritical of Rotten Tomatoes. Give low ratings to the Mario movies because of the many references to the source material, but give high ratings to a movie that has no characters from the games and very little nods to the games. I think Rotten Tomatoes is out of touch with what gamers want in video game movies.

There's nothing hypocritical, most critics just think Resident Evil is a better movie. And if you check Letterboxd or other sites, most "normal" people who rate movies also think so. 

That doesn't mean that people can't love the Mario movies for all the references and to be so close to the source material but that still doesn't mean they are better movies. It's really not that deep.