David Jaffe pleased with Bratner helming God of War film

by Ludwig Kietzmann { Oct 1st 2008 at 1:15PM }

Having recently confirmed his involvement with God of War's assuredly violent journey to the big (albeit considerably less interactive) screen, film director Brett Ratner is all set to combine his particular track record with the games-to-movie stigma and create the internet's greatest bitchfest. Not everyone's predicting a Greek tragedy, however, with God of War's creator, David Jaffe, earnestly informing us (via video, embedded after the break) that while the adaptation "could be shit," he's nevertheless satisfied with the pedigree of the director, as well as the producer (from Batman Begins!) and the writer, who penned the screenplay for Road to Perdition.

Mind you, he also says he liked X-Men 3, so perhaps he's just pulling our leg on the whole thing. That Jaffe is a rascal, we tell you!

Source -- Brett Ratner confirmation
Source -- David Jaffe video

Tags: Agree-to-Disagree, Brett-Ratner, David-Jaffe, Game-to-Film, God-of-War, GoW

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Blank-Mage @ Oct 1st 2008 1:22PM

Deja vu?

wiredknight @ Oct 1st 2008 1:23PM

It's got potential, but I'm not holding my breath.

Blank-Mage @ Oct 1st 2008 2:08PM

Well, GoW 2 is looking good (better) plot wise, but if this movie is based solely on GoW 1, we're gonna run into problems. It had, maybe 6 characters, 5 of whom were stereotypical bad-asses with large weapons who spent most (all) of their time yelling, shooting, and bleeding. (Ooh, wait, there was that one guy! The one dumb enough to wear a helmet. You're not Master Chief. If we can't see your face, you're probably expendable.) Anyway, not much in terms of character development, ya know?

Hyams @ Oct 1st 2008 2:09PM

**GOD** of War, dude, not Gears.

moog @ Oct 1st 2008 3:26PM

GoFAIL

Blank-Mage @ Oct 2nd 2008 12:27AM

Oops. I'll go poke holes in parts of me that didn't have holes before.

Blank-Mage @ Oct 2nd 2008 12:28AM

Although my comment can be adjusted. ONE stereotypical yelling guy, then.

Megadanxzero @ Oct 1st 2008 1:26PM

What was wrong with X-men 3? I mean yeah, Gambit wasn't in it AGAIN, depite them promising he'd be in the 2nd one and then promising he'd be in the 3rd one when he wasn't in the 2nd, and half the bloody characters died, but it wasn't that bad...

arkweld @ Oct 1st 2008 1:40PM

I thought it had some good moments as well. I particularly like the end scenes with Magneto and Xavier.

GoW will be a crap film. Not because Ratner is directing but because it's based on a video game. If the script is crap, the actors are crap and the rating is crap, Ratner won't matter.

Blank-Mage @ Oct 1st 2008 1:58PM

My favorite part was when Fraiser did the pole dance.

Vcize @ Oct 1st 2008 3:16PM

There was just too much wrong with X-mean 3 to break it down point by point. It's not that it was one of the worst movies I've ever seen or anything, just that it was set up to be 100 kinds of awesome and it ended up just being a mediocre or below average flick. There was so much cool stuff they could've done with the way they were set up at the end of X-men 2 and the general premise they had for X-men 3. The execution was just poor.

zuburi @ Oct 1st 2008 3:22PM

What was wrong with X-Men 3? Start with the Power Ranger costumes and go from there. It'll snowball.

Erluti @ Oct 1st 2008 3:27PM

My biggest beef with X-Men 3 was that it was called "X-Men 3". If they had called it "Mutants" I would have that it was awesome. But to start with so much fan service and then end up being so far from the comics was very off-putting.

Batzarro @ Oct 1st 2008 9:23PM

X3's main problem is that they stuck every X-character in there, then did very little with them, plus amalgamated two stories that had no point being blended(Phoenix Saga + The Cure) Sure, part of that was writting, but they DID have Rogue kicked to the curb and cured.

xx Beta Max xx @ Oct 1st 2008 1:28PM

Maybe Ratner will make a Calling All Cars Movie staring Louie Anderson as ALLLLL OFFF THE CARRRRSS.

cranium @ Oct 1st 2008 1:29PM

didn't David Jaffe agree to stop voicing his opinions on the internet??

kbomb1upc @ Oct 1st 2008 1:32PM

Before this becomes an I hate Brett Ratner for screwing up X-Men 3 thread, let me say that everyone hated on Michael Bay before Transformers and now everyone loves him and Transformer. Yes I'm mad that he screwed up X-Men 3 but give the man a chance.
He has also done some pretty good movies Red Dragon, Rush Hour 1&2 not 3 and Money Talks (you my not like it but I did). If he misses up God of War then you can hate him forever.

NaeemTHM @ Oct 1st 2008 1:43PM

I must have missed the memo that said it was ok to like Michael Bay. He's still a giant douche bag in my book. And Transformers sucked.

I had no idea what was happening on screen for half the film. All the robots looked like a giant mess of scrap metal.

Blank-Mage @ Oct 1st 2008 1:59PM

I never hated Bay to begin with, and when Bonecrusher ripped through a bus, I wondered why anyone would.

baby sea tuna @ Oct 1st 2008 2:06PM

Yeah, while Transformers was marginally better than Xmen 3, it was still pretty effin bad.

Immortal Technique PSN: johnnynumber5 @ Oct 1st 2008 2:07PM

Transformers couldn't have been any more perfect. Incredible movie. IMO it's only topped by the newest Batman movie and the latest Die Hard movie in terms of sheer summer action & popcorn flick.

baby sea tuna @ Oct 1st 2008 2:17PM

Summer popcorn indeed. So much so, in fact, that it seemed like they just took Generic Action Movie Script 3763524735, wrote in some robots, and turned on the money hose.

FSK405K @ Oct 1st 2008 2:27PM

Wow, Immortal, I wish I had your power of sarcasm.

Erluti @ Oct 1st 2008 3:31PM

No seriously, Transformers was great. If anyone thought it could have been more than it was, you're an idiot. (See: Robojocks) No one will ever take a series based on selling toys and turn it into the next Godfather.

AwesomeTown @ Oct 1st 2008 3:36PM

I just like Michael Bay's FIOS commercial.

Vidikron @ Oct 1st 2008 3:42PM

I liked Transformers too. Seriously, are any of you guysold enough to remember the 80's cartoon? If not, or if you just haven't seen it recently, go watch it again. Cheesy as hell. I really enjoyed it as a kid, but now that I'm older it's nearly unwatchable. So with that in mind, the movie translation could have been oh so much worse. Yeah, it was still cheesy in parts, but it's no where near as bad as the cartoon was.

LeadBoxx @ Oct 1st 2008 3:54PM

I liked Rush Hour 1 & 2 but 3 was a bunch of shite!

Jason @ Oct 1st 2008 1:35PM

Man, what is with all the X-Men 3 bashing? I absolutely loved that movie. Seriously, I really loved that movie! What specifically do people hate about it?

dark_inchworm @ Oct 1st 2008 1:53PM

They forgot Poland.

Blank-Mage @ Oct 1st 2008 2:00PM

Well, Patrick Stewart exploded. That's a con.

xx Beta Max xx @ Oct 1st 2008 2:06PM

We all hated how much you honestly liked it.

baby sea tuna @ Oct 1st 2008 2:12PM

Also, there was the part where they basically ignored like 40 years worth of character and continuity while simultaneously trying to hamhandedly cram it all into the last 45 minutes of the film.

ronald.raygun @ Oct 1st 2008 4:38PM

because xmen 2 was so good, then brett ratner pooped in a film can. also he really pissed off the internet when he said something about the plot or story doesn't matter just film some dudes in costumes, something to that effect.

Superstar90 @ Oct 1st 2008 5:05PM

People who loved it are those who saw it a long time ago and are probably confusing it with the infinitely superior X2 and largely superior X-Men.

3 was just so godawful... and they completely butchered my pretty much butchered all the new characters... I mean come on? FRASIER IS BEAST!?!

Maverick Saturn @ Oct 1st 2008 2:22PM

Micheal bay didn't write the script for X-men 3, marvel insisted they do it, blame them if it sucked the same way Spiderman, Daredevil, the punisher, fantastic four and hulk did, need I continue?

God of war has lots of potential, I'm picturing a 300-esque movie, or gladiator-esque movie, expect the emporer replaced with gods and the lions etc replaced with titans and monsters.

God of war could go down in my good books if it follows in the footsteps of Gladiator or 300, if it goes else where however, I may be tempted to hit everyone involved with a bat for spoiling what could have been the best if not one of the best game movies to release ever. I mean, its got that much potential, and what is the competition? Silent hill?

Erluti @ Oct 1st 2008 3:33PM

Hopefully Gladiator and not 300.

j.howlett @ Oct 1st 2008 2:31PM

i like bratner and most of his movies. i liked x3 for what it was, it suffered from the common mistake of people trying to retell a story that has an already rooted history. the director of the first two wasn't a big fan of x-men and did a good job, he was a big fan of the super man movies i hear and you see how his turn with that turned out.

Well Fed Troll @ Oct 1st 2008 2:33PM

IMO Transformer wasnt all that bad...

IMO X Men (1-3) are lack luster for one reason: " The PG-13ness" of them all.

When will a lucrative producer, director or film company, fund the money for an "R" rated version of a decent comic/ game?

Hence my mediocre response to films such as X-Men.
Wolverine when going "berserk" is a pretty gruesome character. Watching him give the middle finger with "a claw" is pretty meh....cute...

If its money the "companies" want they should really consider. Look at the latest Batman, and that was PG-13.
Ninja Turtles was butchered with cowabunga compared to the indy comic and graphic novels i fell in love with. ( Albeit they made a killing financially with the Cartoons, toys etc...)

zuburi @ Oct 1st 2008 3:26PM

I thought the second one was great. The first one was good at the time, but only because it was a super hero movie that didn't absolutely suck (see: the Resident Evil and Mortal Kombat movie phenomenon).

Erluti @ Oct 1st 2008 3:35PM

Because the average "R" film makes less money?

Well Fed Troll @ Oct 1st 2008 3:40PM

@ Erluti

I was thinking that as well, but R rated films rake in as much cash if not more, it all depends. ("300" R rated.)

Im thinking, since the franchise branched out into cartoons and toys before the movie, they know children will be drawn to it.
So i guess its a fear of bad press like a GTA4...

But im not calling for a SAW3 (X Men edition) just more mature in relating to the comic.

Blank-Mage @ Oct 2nd 2008 12:34AM

"Eragon" was PG, and I've never been so furious in, um, ever. They had an alternate ending where love saves the day. And they took out about 5 important characters. And took out the gore/immolation. And cast John Malkovich as the king.I should stop before I hurt my bwain. Bwain? Oh God; i]n 2 latte#$%

pacman420 @ Oct 1st 2008 4:34PM

....in the END, *THERE WILL BE ONLY CHAOS*!!!

Waiting patiently for more Kratos news wearing my Sparta garb and chains.

TheAzureKnight @ Oct 1st 2008 4:39PM

X-Men 3 = Mediocre

Transformers = THA SHIT!

And no I've never hated Bay or any of his movies. In fact I like most of his work.

As for Brett I agree that X-Men 3 was royally screwed. The promos made it look so promising but the final product was a collolasal failure.

I mean I expected huge fight scenes between Sentinels and the X-Men.

I expected the FULL X-Men team to be assembled. I expected and wanted some damn Jubilee and Gambit! Was that really too much to ask for?

And really the whole "lets kill off every single important X-Men character" was just retarded. Within 2 of my favorite characters are dead and to make it even worse they were killed by my precious Jean Grey....

God now I'm depressed. Thanks Joystiq for reminding me about X-Men 3...

Good thing God of War is a sony franchise. I'm sure he'll screw that up even worse...lol.

John @ Oct 2nd 2008 2:23AM

The only thing I liked about xmen 3 is they killed the 2 most annoying characters.

Transformers was shit though. or should I say Crappy Generic Teenage Love Story; with special guest stars: some transforming robots, brought to you by your friends at GM, panasonic and apple.

Bubbameister33 @ Oct 1st 2008 7:09PM

@ Well Fed Troll

I remember back in the day there was a shit load of Robocop and Terminator toys and those movies where R-rated.

Deadpool @ Oct 1st 2008 8:28PM

Well if X-Men 3 didn't have "The Cure" with "The Phoenix" story line it would have been better. In fact "The Cure" story wasn't even needed! They had the freakin Phoenix there! That's some Alien/StarWars space stuff going on in that story. But what? They just had her stand in the background doing nothing?!!!! NOTHING!!! NOTHING!!!!!!!!!
There where problems throughout the entire series.

P.S.
Iceman = Boring. I mean 3 seconds of "Full Iceman"? That sucks.

Rogue = Southern for the first appearance and then...not southern.

Cyclops = Just right! Too short.

Wolverine = Just right! Too tall.

Pro X = Perfect choice.

Magneto = He just looked to old for a man who has 2 kids. Scarlet Witch / Quicksilver

Juggernaut = So you're an mutant now...and not Professor X's step brother. Right...Gotcha.

Jubilee = She's there...just look in the background.

Storm = Pretty face. But her acting is so bad she couldn't even keep the African accent the entire movie.

Jean Grey = So she's really a pyschicly bandaided mental case and not embodied by a powerful cosmic alien force. I'd date her. :)

Beast = Why so blue? Ohh...I see.

Gambit = See look! Theres his name on the computer screen!

Mystique = She was blue and naked. Perfect!

Toad = Cool, but what does happen to a toad that gets electricuted? Well...you get a horribly written line!

Sabertooth = Nice dental work...I can see the shiny caps on your teeth.

Nightcrawler = We're gonna have to write you out of X-Men 3...sorry we can't have 2 blue characters at the same time! But don't worry! We'll put you in a crappy videogame tie-in!