Thursday 9 April 2015

Video games | Five Nights at Freddy's, the movie?



Google Images: Will it work? Probably not. 


I just found out about this. Personally, I think the film will just be a series of jump scares every five minutes. 
I'm skeptical as to how this would work as a movie. Lots of people are saying that FNAF didn't focus specifically on mechanics, instead focusing on claustrophobic atmosphere, looming tension and jump scares, things which they argue can easily be adapted to a movie.There are loooads of fan theories floating around about the games "hidden" story, which is uncovered subtly and gradually over the course of the three games. Hopefully the film could expand upon these theories and cement the lore into already interested fans whilst simultaneously piquing the interest of newbies. 

Speaking for myself, I think that the story in these games is so cryptic and simplistic that it doesn't at all lend itself to being a full length movie. From what I've seen online, the joy and the payoff of the video game is mostly in the endless internet theorizing. If 
FNAF were told to you in a linear fashion, it risks sucking the fun right out of the game.

People do love to play it on Youtube and I guess watching people jump is more entertaining than the games are themselves.

But one thing is for sure. The large, cultish fanbase invests a LOT of time in producing fanfiction, artwork and narratives about the animatronics, even going so far as to "ship" the critters. 
So this film will be a big deal, regardless of whether the film is good or not. 
Hopefully, Roy Lee, Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg will produce an adaptation worthy of note.


No comments:

Post a Comment