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[RagnarokIV]

UPDATE:
Film Stories is a non-clickbait site, their review is up: https://filmstories.co.uk/reviews/gran-turismo-review-neill-blomkamps-raciest-film-yet/
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https://www.eurogamer.net/gran-turismo-film-review-a-marketing-exercise-filled-with-contrived-drama

At the start of Gran Turismo, our hero, a young man named Jann Mardenborough (Archie Madekwe), receives a package. Clearly, whatever is in the box is of Holy importance, as he actually kneels down to open it. Has he ordered a saintly relic, something to aid his evening prayers? A splinter of the True Cross, perhaps? He opens the lid, and we see the object of his worship: a steering wheel. Not an actual steering wheel, mind, but the plastic variety that you plug into a console to guide a racing game. For Jann, of course, drawing that distinction - between the virtual and the real - would be blasphemy.

As it surely would for Kazunori Yamauchi, designer of the Gran Turismo games on which this strange movie spins. At a party one night, Jann sits gloomily in the corner on his phone, watching videos of Gran Turismo 7. A young woman, Audrey (Maeve Courtier-Lilley), comes over and takes an interest, asking him about the game, to which he replies, "Technically it's not a game, it's a racing simulator."

The Guardian - 1/5
https://www.theguardian.com/film/20...racer-in-super-bland-ode-to-product-placement

Product placement has rarely been as chronic or concussive as it is in Gran Turismo, inspired by the real-life experiences of British teenager Jann Mardenborough (played here by the sweetly gauche Archie Madekwe), whose PlayStation proficiency won him the chance to compete as a real-life racing driver in GT Academy, a Nissan-sponsored promotion intended to get the public loving cars again. Before you can say “Ulez”, he is taking private jets and eating sushi (“This is amazing!”) while glamorous destinations flash by on screen: Tokyo! Dubai! Cardiff!

Rather than embrace the video-game that inspired it, the film is a simulation of cinema featuring a reliably underwhelming cameo from Geri Halliwell Horner

Top Gear
https://www.topgear.com/car-news/mo...-review-we-watched-it-so-you-really-dont-have

But in your face, Dad, because Jann wins a magical golden ticket to a computer games boot camp organised by a mad twitching Legolas and an extended montage where that gruff bloke from Stranger Things shouts abuse at teary eyed gamers from a helicopter. Ginger Spice is in the film too, playing Jann’s mum, which mostly involves reacting to news footage of her son’s races from her couch in Cardiff, like a sort of cinematic Gogglebox. Her powerhouse line in the first half of the movie is “Well, these lentils are nice”, which an actor of any calibre would be pushed to sell.

 

[Punished Miku]

At a party one night, Jann sits gloomily in the corner on his phone, watching videos of Gran Turismo 7. A young woman, Audrey (Maeve Courtier-Lilley), comes over and takes an interest, asking him about the game, to which he replies, "Technically it's not a game, it's a racing simulator."

Yeah that's how it usually goes for me at parties.

 

[mansoor1980]

so its a turd .........a vin diesel cameo would have saved this movie

 

[RagnarokIV]

Yeah that's how it usually goes for me at parties.

If the scene played out as "yeah babe, let's do this" and he starts getting jiggy with her then eurogamer would go mad anyway.

 

[supernova8]

it looked like absolute garbage from the moment they showed the first teaser, not surprised at all that it got a 1/5 from the Guardian.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Yeah that's how it usually goes for me at parties.

That reads like a fake story I’d make up to troll GameFAQs. Just needs a part where he stands up to some jock bullies and everybody stands up and claps for him at the end.

 

[Punished Miku]

That reads like a fake story I’d make up to troll GameFAQs. Just needs a part where he stands up to some jock bullies and everybody stands up and claps for him at the end.

The cherry on top is him correcting her "akshully it isn't a game."

 

[adamsapple]

I lost all hope when they showed the "from gamer to racer" tagline.

 

[DeepEnigma]

I'm going to see it. I love cars, the drone usage for shots during the races looks amazing. Also, the car sounds are going to be fantastic in IMAX.

 

[R6Rider]

People didn't like the Need For Speed movie, and I did, so I'll probably like this too.

I only care about the racing scenes really.

 

[Robb]

The only memory I will ever have of this movie is that Sony felt it was smart to cram in a trailer into an already poor State of Play presentation.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

The movie has a 60% on rotten tomatoes...so hardly the worst thing ever.

 

[cormack12]

A young woman, Audrey (Maeve Courtier-Lilley), comes over and takes an interest, asking him about the game....

They should have went for realism.....

I'm sure it will be good fun that takes itself a little too seriously. I dunno why they review these movies expecting anything else tbh.

 

[mckmas8808]

The only memory I will ever have of this movie is that Sony felt it was smart to cram in a trailer into an already poor State of Play presentation.

Edited: You caught it.

 

[Sleepwalker]

I feel it could have just been a racing movie with the gran turismo title without the whole bullshit gamer angle and it could've been really good. Something like ford vs ferrari.

Instead we get this.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

The cherry on top is him correcting her "akshully it isn't a game."

The Wizard had a good run with the most cringe scene in a video game related movie but it has finally been beaten.

 

[mitch1971]

Stick to games, Sony.

 

[Iced Arcade]

It never looked good so shouldn't really be a surprise.

 

[Chittagong]

so its a turd .........a vin diesel cameo would have saved this movie

probably too close to due date now

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

I'll wait for the audience score on rotten tomatoes. Critic scores on movies is pointless imo.
Basically the opposite of how critic/user scores are like on video games.

 

[Deft Beck]

This movie is a waste of Neil Blomkamp and an ad for the games more than anything else.

 

[Kilau]

Yeah that's how it usually goes for me at parties.

 

[Unknown?]

Stick to games, Sony.

You want Sony Pictures to start making games?

 

[FalsettoVibe]

 

[MDSLKTR]

Go watch this if you want a Wipeout movie.

 

[Fbh]

Yeah that's how it usually goes for me at parties.

"What game is that"
"Technically it's not a game, it's a FPS; hobby-grade coop campaign; genre blended, multi-mode competitive e-sports; meta-growth, choice + epic Battleborn heroes!"

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Stick to games, Sony.

Uncharted was a hit, TLOU was a big hit and one of the biggest tv shows this year so far, Twisted Metal had great reviews and reception, plus it brought in some nice numbers apparently.
This one seems hardly a terrible movie (60 on rotten tomatoes is actually a good score for a videogame adaptation).

So...why?

 

[clarky]

This movie is a waste of Neil Blomkamp and an ad for the games more than anything else.

Blomkamps been dropping turds as regularly as me, and im very regular.

 

[crackajack]

So it's more like Driven and Speed Racer than Rush or Ford vs Ferrari. Not really surprised, the trailer did nothing for me, but I also don't like the very succesful Fast & Furios movies so whatever.

 

[Majormaxxx]

it looked like absolute garbage from the moment they showed the first teaser, not surprised at all that it got a 1/5 from the Guardian.

I read and watched very positive reviews.

A 1/5 is ridiculous.

This reviewer is an ugly loser (edit) and hater. 20% really?

 

[Majormaxxx]

Uncharted was a hit, TLOU was a big hit and one of the biggest tv shows this year so far, Twisted Metal had great reviews and reception, plus it brought in some nice numbers apparently.
This one seems hardly a terrible movie (60 on rotten tomatoes is actually a good score for a videogame adaptation).

So...why?

Uncharted sucked

 

[DeepEnigma]

Uncharted sucked

It was still a hit and made money.

 

[supernova8]

I read and watched very positive reviews.

A 1/5 is ridiculous.

This reviewer is an ugly loser (edit) and hater. 20% really?

I mean we could call it 2/5 if that makes you feel better.

I just watch the trailers again and... come on.... it looks like a well-funded fan movie, but still a fan movie. I'll caveat that by saying the director, production team, and cast seem to have done well given what they had to work with - namely a shit plot.

 

[supernova8]

Go watch this if you want a Wipeout movie.

Personally would love a Wipeout movie, plus it would play to Blomkamp's strengths, which is extremely heavy use of CGI. I'd give it at least a 3/5 if the movie included copious amounts of PS1-era jungle music.

 

[Slicker than your average]

so its a turd .........a vin diesel cameo would have saved this movie

Family turismo

 

[Interfectum]

It was still a hit and made money.

$120 million budget (before marketing) and landed around $400 million WW. Decent chunk of change but pretty big risk to try again with Uncharted 2. We'll see if it ever happens.

 

[GetInTheRobot]

Yeah that's how it usually goes for me at parties.

 

[ArtHands]

 

[Certinty]

41 MC at the moment but it seems every non-critic who's already seen it has said it's pretty good?

Something ain't adding up.

 

[DragoonKain]

Do the cars in the movie take damage?

 

[acm2000]

the trailer looked like a bucket of fetid donkey piss so 1/5 is hardly surprising.

 

[JaksGhost]

$120 million budget (before marketing) and landed around $400 million WW. Decent chunk of change but pretty big risk to try again with Uncharted 2. We'll see if it ever happens.

Considering this forum thought it would do absolutely dog shit, that's a success no matter how you want to spin it into a negative again.

 

[Aenima]

Not every videogame adaptation made by Sony will be a hit. Uncharted did pretty well and TLOU show broke reccords for HBO. Videogame adaptations to movies usually end up being pretty bad. Sony and Nintendo has made already some pretty good stuff for the cinema in recent years.

As a corporation that have a movie and TV, music and videogame division, it makes perfect sense to keep adapting some more videogame IPs to the big screen.

I still think the story choice was the best they could make for a movie about Gran Turismo. Movies about racing are just not that appealing to mainstream audience. Fast and Furious is an example of being more and more an action movie about crazy action setpieces performed by big action actors, and much less about racing culture like the 1st movie.

 

[AJUMP23]

I assume review scores will keep dropping lower the more people that see this.

 

[Diddy X]

Classic videogame movie.

 

[Dacvak]

There's a gran turismo movie?

 

[DeepEnigma]

$120 million budget (before marketing) and landed around $400 million WW. Decent chunk of change but pretty big risk to try again with Uncharted 2. We'll see if it ever happens.

They will make a sequel. Mr. Whiskers needs his time to shine.

 

[TitanNut88]

I love the game but there are tons of games that could/should become a movie before Gran Turismo, honestly. I did never understand the reason of it…

 

[Draugoth]

Rotten Tomato Score: 61%, 28 Reviews

MetaCritic: 41/100 - 10 reviews

 

[CGNoire]

..and Now Comes District 10.