Assassin's Creed - Part 1

[Kahran Ramsus]

The budget is even more absurd because only about 30% of the movie is set in the past. Why they needed to spend that much money on a film thats 70% set in the Abstergo bunker is a question Id really like an answer to.

Wait what? Only 30% is in the past? I've completely lost all interest in this film then. That's the part of the games I like. I only play through the limited present day segments to get to the good stuff in the past.

 

[Marvolo]

Wait what? Only 30% is in the past? I've completely lost all interest in this film then. That's the part of the games I like. I only play through the limited present day segments to get to the good stuff in the past.

Its actually 35%.

Assassin's Creed Movie is "65% Present Day 35% Past"

The Assassin's Creed movie's executive producer has revealed the proportion of time spent in the film's two time periods - and they're not necessarily what people expected.

Speaking to IGN on a recent set visit, EP Pat Crowley said that the video game adaptation would be set 65% in the present day and 35% in the film's Animus-assisted 15th Century Spain.

http://m.ign.com/articles/2016/05/16/assassins-creed-movie-is-65-present-day-35-past

 

[MadVillainy]

Lol that's not much better

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

Lol that's not much better

No kidding. I don't even like the present day storyline in the games. I'm not going to bother going if that is the focus of the movie.

95% of the games take place in the past, so let's make 65% of the movie take place in the present. This is why video game movies always fail.

 

[GR8GODZILLAGOD]

The present day stuff is pretty much unanimously considered the least interesting part of the franchise. Why make that the majority of the film?

 

[MadVillainy]

Hollywood...what a town

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

In the games, the future stuff is little more than a framing story/excuse plot to explain why they need to do all the cool stuff in the past. That's it.

What they are doing is like making The Princess Bride except 65% of the movie is about Peter Falk and Fred Savage.

 

[MadVillainy]

Admittedly I only played part of the first game and small bits of subsequent ones, but they shouldve done like Tron. Have the first act in the real world then the next 2 acts in the animus or whatever the hell. Maybe have brief cuts back to the real world.

Hope this turns out good but they really have made some very major bone head moves so far if the 35% in the past/200 mill budget thing is true

 

[Marvolo]

No kidding. I don't even like the present day storyline in the games. I'm not going to bother going if that is the focus of the movie.

95% of the games take place in the past, so let's make 65% of the movie take place in the present. This is why video game movies always fail.

The present day stuff in the games is bad because it is underdeveloped, poorly developed, doesnt have a good plot, good actors, or anything all that compelling. The movie's present day stuff hopefully wont have those same issues. The people writing and making the movie arent the people that write and make the film so I wouldnt write off the present day stuff in the movie just because that stuff is bad in the game.

And this movie isnt an adaption of the stories in the games so the present day storyline in the games isnt going to be in the movie.

 

[MadVillainy]

But isnt the whole appeal of Assassin's Creed seeing the stealth assassin's operate around historical events/in the past.

Even if the present day stuff has a decent plot I feel like people will be tapping their fingers until they get back to the meat of what they like of the premise.

 

[Marvolo]

But isnt the whole appeal of Assassin's Creed seeing the stealth assassin's operate around historical events/in the past.

Even if the present day stuff has a decent plot I feel like people will be tapping their fingers until they get back to the meat of what they like of the premise.

Its definitely the main draw of the games but if the present day stuff was worth a damn in the games I doubt many players would be opposed to having stealth assassin missions in the present day parts of the games.

There is no reason to assume the movie cant offer interesting moments and settings and stealth and action in the present day scenes.

Im thinking and hoping that the climax of the movie will be Fass's character and possibly other modern day assassins tearing **** up and escaping Abstergo.

 

[guitarsingerguy]

Well, the point of going into their past lives wasn't just to find the artifacts, but they were also hoping the bleed over effect would take place. I assume they'll be exploring more of that in the film.

 

[MadVillainy]

Im not assuming that the movie cant offer those interesting stuff in the present day scenes.

I'm saying that people go to Assassin's Creed for the stuff in the past. In fact, that's what they've been selling it on.

I can imagine people aren't going to like not being in the past as much as they are in the present even if the present stuff is interesting

 

[Paradox1]

I have to agree the present day in AC sucks because you can't do anything. At the end AC II I was hyped to see Desmond become this super assassin with all the memories of Atlair and Ezio. Two of the greatest in the history of the order, and that did not go anywhere. I love the past, it's really cool, but seeing how the assassins work in the present would be maybe more awesome.

 

[Guts]

The present day story line in the games lost my interest after 3.

 

[TheVileOne]

''It is a lot more a marketing thing, it is also good for the image of the brand. Although we will make some money, it is not the purpose of this movie. The purpose is to bring Assassin’s Creed to more people.''

That's a damage control answer if I've ever heard one. That's basically a way of excusing the movie and saying "We expect it to bomb hard."

 

[TheVileOne]

The present day story line in the games lost my interest after 3.

Because it's not going anywhere. The third one ended on a pretty big cliffhanger in what was in store for the world of the games, but they went absolutely nowhere with it.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

Its actually 35%.

Assassin's Creed Movie is "65% Present Day 35% Past"

 

[Paradox1]

That's a damage control answer if I've ever heard one. That's basically a way of excusing the movie and saying "We expect it to bomb hard."

They can afford it, AC franchise in 2014 sold 83 million copies. The amount of money they made is mind boggling.

 

[TheVileOne]

They can afford it, AC franchise in 2014 sold 83 million copies. The amount of money they made is mind boggling.

Of course they can afford it. They didn't finance the movie.

 

[dark_b]

i never played the game. but from what i understand based on the trailers. the present day is the story. the past is used for action sequences that will also promote the gameplay.
If you set up the script so that the story is in present day ,then you can not have more than 35% of action in past . but there will also be action inside the prison .

since i dont know the game. the question is if the story in the game set in the past is interesting enough to be the main story. because i have a feeling that some fans want the past only for the action scenes.

p.s.: i think my biggest problem will be how the animus works. i hope he uses the knowledge from his ancestor to break out of the prison.

 

[Paradox1]

Of course they can afford it. They didn't finance the movie.

You mean they didn't finance the entire movie cause I'd find it hard to believe that between New Regency, Fox and Ubisoft studios. That Ubisoft was the only one who didn't have to put some money into this.

 

[MadVillainy]

i never played the game. but from what i understand based on the trailers. the present day is the story. the past is used for action sequences that will also promote the gameplay.
If you set up the script so that the story is in present day ,then you can not have more than 35% of action in past . but there will also be action inside the prison .

since i dont know the game. the question is if the story in the game set in the past is interesting enough to be the main story. because i have a feeling that some fans want the past only for the action scenes.

p.s.: i think my biggest problem will be how the animus works. i hope he uses the knowledge from his ancestor to break out of the prison.

Yeah you can/couldve. As I said they couldve done like Tron or even the Matrix (I wonder what the percentage of time is actually spent in the Matrix in the first movie) but I just think people are going to feel jipped when the movie barely takes place in the past when that is the whole cool thing about the series

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

i never played the game. but from what i understand based on the trailers. the present day is the story. the past is used for action sequences that will also promote the gameplay.
If you set up the script so that the story is in present day ,then you can not have more than 35% of action in past . but there will also be action inside the prison .

since i dont know the game. the question is if the story in the game set in the past is interesting enough to be the main story. because i have a feeling that some fans want the past only for the action scenes.

p.s.: i think my biggest problem will be how the animus works. i hope he uses the knowledge from his ancestor to break out of the prison.

In the games the bulk of the story is in the past and is far more interesting than the present day stuff. There isn't much story in the present timeline at all. Basically just an excuse plot to get them in the past/animus.

Now, that doesn't mean that they can't make the present day story in the film more exciting than being a nameless game designer wandering around a building in Montreal, but it still defeats the appeal of the concept. Assassin's Creed is about going back to the past and exploring the lives of these assassins as they interact with famous locations, events, and historical figures. That is what it is about. Spending the majority of the time in the present kills that. It is like making Harry Potter and 65% of the movie is spent with Harry back at home with the Dursleys and 35% at Hogwarts.

 

[BlueLanternKal]

It can't be exactly like the games though. Assassin's Creed isn't about parkour in a historical setting. That's "gameplay". Assassin's Creed is about how Templars want to control the world. And the Assassin's who fight them from the shadows to ensure that ideas like Freedom and Choice don't become illusions.

The games focus on that conflict in a historical setting. The films will focus on that conflict today.

It's a great way of differentiating the film from the games while also making sure they both fit in the same universe.

I'm not gonna lie and say I'm not mad that the bulk of the film isn't taking place in Moorish Spain (I wanted this as a game for so long), but I also see the potential in a contemporary setting.

We don't know much about the modern Assassin Brotherhood other than they're losing... badly.