{"id":17096,"date":"2016-05-15T12:55:18","date_gmt":"2016-05-15T19:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.academieduello.com\/?p=17096"},"modified":"2016-10-09T22:25:32","modified_gmt":"2016-10-09T22:25:32","slug":"trailer-ricochet-assassins-creed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/combat\/stage-combat-2\/trailer-ricochet-assassins-creed\/","title":{"rendered":"Trailer Ricochet: Assassin&#8217;s Creed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay. This is Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard in the movie adaptation of <i>Assassin&#8217;s Creed<\/i>. Let&#8217;s do this.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Assassin&#039;s Creed Official Trailer #1 (2016) - Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard Movie HD\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C2e6Oruy_fA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Is that the story of <i>Assassin&#8217;s Creed<\/i>? Also, why&#8217;s he running around? Also&#8230; I don&#8217;t understand anything that happened there.<\/p>\n<h2>Has There Been a Good Videogame Movie?<\/h2>\n<p>A comprehensive list of movies based on video games can be found on Wikipedia with their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/\">Rotten Tomatoes<\/a> ratings and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/\">Metacritic <\/a>scores:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_films_based_on_video_games\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_films_based_on_video_games<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m no data scientist, but I see that the highest rated one is <i>Angry Birds<\/i> (2016) at 63%, but it just came out on May 20th. Perhaps its score will normalize toward the rest of the list. The range is from 1% for <i>Alone in the Dark<\/i> (2005) to 44% for <i>Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within<\/i> (2001). I expect <i>Assassin&#8217;s Creed<\/i> to fare similarly.<\/p>\n<p>The star-power will probably not raise its score above the norm. Movie studios know they need at least one big star to even green-light a video game movie. This list includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <i>Resident Evil<\/i> series with Mila Jovovich<\/li>\n<li><i>Prince of Persia<\/i> with Jake Gyllenhall<\/li>\n<li><i>Doom<\/i> with Dwayne &#8220;The Rock&#8221; Johnson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Fassbender and Cotillard Again?<\/h2>\n<p>If you want to see this pair in a good movie, check out <i>Macbeth<\/i> (2015); it has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 79%. I talked about it in a previous article: <a href=\"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/combat\/stage-combat-2\/trailer-ricochet-macbeth\/\">Trailer Ricochet: <i>Macbeth<\/i><\/a>. Besides, you should watch as much Shakespeare as you can if you want to perform stage combat. The overly CG fights in <i>Assassin&#8217;s Creed<\/i> will not be as much use to you.<\/p>\n<h2>Action Score<\/h2>\n<p>The big question for PlayFighting is: <i>what can we tell about the action scenes we can expect from this movie?<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Literally half the trailer, about 1 minute, tells the framing narrative of the Animus and tells the audience about the simulated nature of the story. The game trailers leave this out almost entirely, so it&#8217;s a surprise to the player. In the case of the games, all of the marketing material focuses on the historical story, with the fighting, sneaking and parkour. Is that a better strategy? It&#8217;s certainly more colourful than grey rooms.<\/p>\n<p>When we finally get to the &#8220;gameplay&#8221;, we&#8217;ve got some promising multiple-opponent fights with different weapons that look fun. That&#8217;s marred a bit for me by the wu-shu flips and kicks. When flips and kicks are used in a Euorpean period piece, my mind always jumps to <i>The Three Musketeers<\/i> (2011).<\/p>\n<p>So I just rewatched that trailer. It&#8217;s also not a great movie (since we&#8217;re talking about Rotten Tomatoes, it&#8217;s got a 24%). If you like the flips and slow motion stuff combined with European swords, enjoy this instead of going to the new <i>Assassin&#8217;s Creed<\/i>:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Three Musketeers (2011) New HD Trailer #2 - Movie Trailer\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TYic5JxgTMc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Back to the action in the trailer in question. Obviously, when your title includes the word &#8220;Assassin&#8221;, you&#8217;re going to expect some killings. The stunt coordinator is Ben Cooke, known for his work on <i>Casino Royale<\/i> (2006) and <i>Batman Begins<\/i> (2005). So that&#8217;s a good sign. But the more I think about it, the more I expect <i>Assassin&#8217;s Creed<\/i> to follow the shape of the <i>Three Musketeers<\/i> in pace and quality. One has airships, the other has disconnecting from the Matrix. Choose your favourite jarring discontinuity.<\/p>\n<h2>You Could Play the Game Instead<\/h2>\n<p>Below is the cinematic trailer for the latest <i>Assassin&#8217;s Creed<\/i> game (IV), so it&#8217;s not the version that the film is based on. I daresay it will offer more entertainment than the movie.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Assassin\u2019s Creed Syndicate: Debut | Trailer | Ubisoft [NA]\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3kGHHMc5dqE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay. This is Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard in the movie adaptation of Assassin&#8217;s Creed. Let&#8217;s do this. Is that the story of Assassin&#8217;s Creed? Also, why&#8217;s he running around? Also&#8230; I don&#8217;t understand anything that happened there. Has There Been a Good Videogame Movie? 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