Martek on 13/3/2008 at 03:50
I think Michael Keaton looks more like Max than "the Whal" does.
Scots Taffer on 13/3/2008 at 05:49
I think casting is far less of a concern as opposed to how they're going to pull of adapting a game that is a pastiche of noir detective films and hard boiled pulp fiction.
Shakey-Lo on 13/3/2008 at 08:53
yeah that is my concern as well. i'm worried they are going to focus on the violence and bullet time and forget about the noir. max payne is definitely a franchise that would be easy to screw up.
nuckinfutzcat on 14/3/2008 at 11:04
The guy from that antiques show on PBS ???
SubJeff on 14/3/2008 at 18:58
Since bullet-time has been done to death (oh lol) one would like to think that the reason for this (in a non-Boll style) is because someone has recognised how awesome the noir is. One would hope that it's not just a cop+bullet time film. But then look at the mess I am Legend was. I'm sure this will be less than it could be. Fingers crossed though.
Muzman on 14/3/2008 at 19:18
Sin City and to some extent Max Payne itself pretty much made sure any attempt at "noir" these days is only going to be over the top parody noir several degrees removed from the real thing, with some hard lighting so you know what it's supposed to be. It'd be amazing if they could drag Max Payne back into proper noir and still sell it.
SubJeff on 15/3/2008 at 01:09
But then it is taking the mick anyway so that's not so bad a thing is it? Depends on how "[predator]It couldn't see me[/predator]" they make the humour. Quentin Tarantino has made at least 3 films that whilst being deadly serious are also full of dark humour. It's possible, and has been viable and successful in the past. You've just got to question the production when the casting is so off the mark.
Scots Taffer on 15/3/2008 at 11:10
Quote Posted by Muzman
It'd be amazing if they could drag Max Payne back into proper noir and still sell it.
The thought of a Fred-McMurray style voice-over throughout an actual black and white Max Payne movie just gave me massive boner.
Marky Mark would have to drink shit whisky for about three months straight just to get into character and get the trademark cynical noir grumble sounding like an off-tune V8 engine.
ZymeAddict on 21/3/2008 at 22:18
I'm going to take a wild guess and say he gets killed around half-way through the movie.
