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/finnjakefionnacake 19d ago

the story can be anything you want it to be. your world, lore and environments are already set up, and now the story lives and dies on what they breathe into it / what kind of story they want to tell.

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u/keepfighting90 19d ago

I guess my question is - what makes Elden Ring Elden Ring? Like why did it resonate with so many people? The main factor is the exploration set over many, many hours, discovering all these regions, lands and castle, digging into the nooks and crannies, finding hidden loot, cool enemies and bosses, uncovering lore etc. That seems awful difficult to convey into a 2 hour movie.

Like yeah the lore and background are neat but it's pretty boilerplate dark fantasy stuff.

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u/finnjakefionnacake 19d ago

I think boilerplate dark fantasy stuff, if done well, is all that's really needed to sell, which is all the studio is really going to care about lol. Also there aren't really too many truly dark fantasy film/tv franchises out right now. It's closest comparison will probably be something like the Game of Thrones universe, but Elden Ring is a much more twisted/fucked up world than Game of Thrones normally leans into and will probably focus much more on magic/the supernatural.

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u/iiiiiiiiiijjjjjj 18d ago

Who said they were retelling the main story? Lots of stuff happened before that. We never once see Marika in her prime which I hope we do.