Well, no. Most video games suck because the studios don't try hard enough to adapt a game's narrative into a cohesive linear film. That and usually the script and screenplay sucks.
I don't really think it has anything to do with the popularity of the actors involved, sure, the star power usually makes studios even more complacent, but it's only a small factor of many. Actually, few video game movies have big names attached to them. Angelina Jolie is a big star, and it probably helped the Tomb Raider movie bring in big bucks even though it was mediocre, but the problem with that movie was it's inherent generic action movie-ness. Can you tell me many other video game movies with big stars attached?
One of the few video game movies I enjoyed was Silent Hill, and that movie admittedly wasn't technically good and it had no real "big" actors to draw in people.
It's not the big stars that are or are not attached to it that make or break a movie, it's the Mentality that hollywood has that leads them to go with more big named stars over others that ruins films. A movie should have a good enough story to be able to stand on it's own regardless of who is in the film. Take for example, the first star wars film.
Another proble, is Hollyweird's choice of actors that are not great for a role, but seem to be deemed "good enough".
Say what you want about him, and while I agree that unless Hideo took a "my way, or no way" approach to a metal gear movie, and FORCED producers, directers and the studio to use Hayter, it would not happen, You're not going to find ANYONE whould would be a better Solid Snake. Why? He's been the character for 10 years. He knows the character, his manerisims, his personality, etc. He's had 10 YEARS of practice as solid snake, you're not going to find another actor to be him, it simply wouldn't work. CGI character or not, He IS Solid Snake.
I know it's a little different, but try to imagine if In the 4th indy move, someone else had been selected to Play Indiana Jones?
Or a new ghostbusters move, with someone Other than Bill Muray as Peter Venkman?
While it might be good, it still WOULDN'T be the same character. something would be missing.
I'm not saying that someone elses potrayal wouldn't be good, but it wouldn't be Solid snake.
The problem is the fact that 90% of the time Holywood is a little full of itself, and has several preconcieved notions about what does, and what dosn't work. and it's that elietist mentality that gives us such crap like the Doom movie, the upcomming GI Joe film, and other trainwrecks.
I guess what I'm getting at is simply thus.
If it aint broke, why "fix" it?
