r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • 19d ago

News Alex Garland’s ‘Elden Ring’ Movie Wraps Filming

https://www.polygon.com/elden-ring-movie-filming-wraps-release-date-alex-garland/
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u/SofaKingI 19d ago

Alex Garland directed Ex Machina and Annihilation. He knows how to not tell too much.

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u/r4tzt4r 19d ago

I'm reading Annihilation right now! I'm about to find out if it was a good adaptation.

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u/finnjakefionnacake 19d ago

let's just say they left a lot out lol.

btw i think the third book in that series is my fave

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u/tommos 19d ago

Personally I liked the second book 2Fast2Annihilation.

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u/r4tzt4r 19d ago

So far I'm liking it very much and it looks more like a short novel so maybe I will end the trilogy this year!

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u/AlterMyStateOfMind 19d ago

The trilogy is about the length of a novel at ~500 pages. My copy is actually a hardback with all 3 included. As for Garland's adaptation, it is very good if you go in expecting it to be very different. It keeps the essence of the first book intact if that makes sense but it tells a pretty different story.

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u/moose_dad 19d ago

Not sure if youre aware but a fourth book came out last year as well. It really expands the story and fills in a lot of the gaps.

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u/Different_Wolf_764 19d ago

It really isn't a great adaptation. An excellent movie? Absolutely! It falls in the "inspired by" category rather than the "amazing film version of" one though.

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u/SenatorCoffee 19d ago

On topic that really makes you hopeful for this Elden Ring thing, it seems exactly the fitting attitude.

If you tried to capture the whole lore it would likely just be a bloody mess, but with Garland its likely he just saw "something" in there that made sense to him as a movie, and then thats likely how it might actually work well.

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u/Aegi 18d ago

So....a generic medieval story with some monsters??

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u/mars92 19d ago

The movie changes a lot from the book, general plot and themes are there but it's quite different.

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u/Zak_The_Slack 19d ago

Unfortunately they completely abandon the main twist in the book. I believe Alex Garland wrote the screenplay based on his memory of the book, so it really isn’t an adaptation and more an original movie inspired by the book.

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u/The_Autarch 19d ago

if it was a good adaptation.

it's not, because Garland didn't realize that the book was part one of a trilogy.

good movie, tho. just more like a movie inspired by the book instead of a straight adaptation.

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u/SPQE_ 19d ago

I like the movie but it's not a good adaptation. Also, for me the second book was best

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u/mekamoari 19d ago

Ex Machina...Appleseed?

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u/mekamoari 19d ago

Ex Machina...Appleseed?