Assassin's Creed Movie Reaction!?
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- Опубликовано: 30 июл 2024
- Reacting to the Assassin's Creed movie that came out in 2016!
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Fun fact about this movie, Cal Lynch is the descedant of Arno Dorian, and Arno appears at 33:45 minutes.
Ngl, this movie isn’t half-bad. It’s just that it’s hard to explain the Assassin’s Creed franchise to non-video game people which I think the target audience for this movie - in just 2 hours. There’s a lot going on in the movie which didn’t get to be explained fully because then again, it’s just 2 hours. Michael Fassbender killed it in this movie.
Also, imo, this movie has a better representation of the Bleeding Effect than the games. Callum was basically re-enacting every move Aguilar made - every punches and kicks he threw, every jump, every dodge and every step he took. It just makes sense how he would adapt to Aguilar’s move-set because he literally did all the actions. It’s much better than just lying down on the bed in the games and magically all the skills and abilities of their ancestors was passed down to them.
Also, fun fact - Callum Lynch is Arno’s descendant.
I rather enjoyed the movie and even my dad who wasnt into the games said he hopes for a sequel when he watched it with me. I had to explain to him the bleeding effect to him when the past guy was fighting with the main actor. But aside from he enjoyed it.
I agree completely about the animus they used in the movie. They needed something to make sense to people who didnt play the games. Lets be real my dad never played them if he seen Callum fight like his ancestor hed be like um all he did was sleep in a chair.
The movie is incredibly boring and does nothing with the historical setting
@@1980Shadowwolf Exactly. As I said in my comment above, this movie caters more to people who haven’t played the games. They needed something to make sense for the people on how did Callum gained Aguilar’s skillset and knowledge.
@@Joeyplaysguitar1082 neither the games are 100% historical
movie was made for gamers
I’ve read somewhere the reason why they’re using the arm was because they didn’t want the animus to look similar to the matrix if Callum just sit in the chair.
Anyway there’s a deleted scene where the assassin prisoners were wearing their ancestor’s outfit, and yes you met all of them in previous games. Also not sure if you notice but Arno was there when Callum broke the arm and their ancestors were standing around him. Meaning he’s his decendant.
That makes sense! Though I haven't seen the Matrix. After playing Cyberpunk and watching John Wick 4 I'm on a Keanu kick, so maybe I need to watch it for the reaction channel.
@@MegMage The Matrix, at least the first movie, is an absolute must-watch.
Is it wrong to say I don’t mind the sequels too?
Oh you’ve gotta see the Matrix movies. When I was a kid and they came out I kinda liked them, but as time has passed and I’ve grown they’ve all only gotten better over the years. Iconic films.
@@arbington it’s because of those movies I decided to pursue being a film writer
The film is definitely style over substance.
The girl's name is Sofia Rikkin. Her father was Alan Rikkin. If you remember AC1, he was present there right in the end behind the glass, when Vidic and Lucy found where all the "treasures" were and he wanted Desmond killed but Lucy convinced him and Vidic that he might be useful to them. So in this movie they kinda killed Vidic's boss but he was so rarely brought up in the following games that very few even remember about him.
But you're right, they basically did Desmond and Lucy, but with no chemistry or interesting personalities. They were kinda emotionless. Desmond and Lucy were charming and cute, even in the first game. To me the Assassin's Creed's main strength is its characters. If you can't make them interesting, then the whole story becomes silly or boring. I would have loved to see Kristen Bell playing a live-action version of Lucy instead, if they simply adapted Desmond's story. I'm sure she wouldn't be against returning if they had a solid plan for her character for the movies and gave her a proper send-off.
The concept of "violent bloodlines" was weird, considering that the games never focused on that, it was always about Order (Tyranny) vs Chaos (Freedom) and what serves best to achieve Peace (if it's even a possibility or a Utopia). I guess they looked at the concept of the ancestors and how they were all assassins, and decided to look at it from a completely different perspective. But even still, they're making it look as if the Assassins are programmed to kill by their nature, when it fact it is always about personal choice (Nothing is True and Everything is Permitted). Maybe they just didn't do enough research.
Trivia: The chinese lady using the foot-blade was apparently the descendant of Shao Jun, but she had 0 lines so you had no way of knowing it to properly appreciate it or even care about her.
The Movie wasn't that Bad! I Enjoyed it and It's Actually one of the Better Video Game Movies, Wish we got a Sequel!
agreed!!
Man, I actually loved this movie so much. My only 2 issues were that 1. the action sequences featuring the animus were a bit odd, going back and forth between the past and the Animus, and 2. There was too little screentime with the Assassin of the past, and too much screentime in the present. But aside from that, I genuinely loved most of it
Haha kind of similar to my problems as well! We need more Aguilar!
It seems interesting to say that I saw this movie in theaters with my cousin who is a fan of AC games and we bond on the amount of Easter eggs we can spot in the movie 😄 as it seems to carry some aspects from the video games, comics and more media out there that bring some sights in future games. So I hoping this movie insight your AC journey more and branch more story out there.
I will never forgive whoever thought it was a good idea to spend 85% of this movie in the present day
@@LitheniusI wasn't opposed to present day being in the movie. Another film actually did this better. A film called Source Code which is about a man, hooked up to a machine that goes back in time to relive someone's memories to try and find a certain object of interest.
Sound familiar? That film was pretty good and proved you can balance the past and modern day story well, but that film had it almost half and half as to where this film was a 85/15% split.
Yeah... just get rid of all the modern scene like the way they did with the novel... I think it would make this movie 10x better
@@Mr.Z737 yh the problem is trying to fit stuff that’s usually featured in 8 to 10 hour games in to a 2 and half hour movie. What they should of done i think is have this movie completely focus on the past stuff to set up Aguilar as a character coz in this movie he is just a plot device and then maybe have an after credit scene showing Callum waking up in the animus and then in the sequel have a bit more of the modern day.
@@rhyslightning3037 dude... If you just cut the gameplay and just combine all the cutscene from the game, it only has 3-4 hour main story... I'm sure they also can make it 2 or 3 hour long movie from it
@@Mr.Z737 oh im sure they could. The problem you have is video game movies are usually made on a much smaller time frame than normal movies. Also there are just some things that wont translate well when adapting from a game to a movie, and this is true to any adaptation. Im sure if you got the right people behind it they could do it. I personally think they would be better off doing a series
The novel actually had more backstory for the side characters on the modern day.
Emir, the guy who died opening the door for them are Yusuf Tazim's descendant. the Turkish mentor in AC Revelations
Ling, the woman who used shoe-blade are Shao-Jun's descendant. The Shao Jun from AC Chronicles China
Moussa, the guy who says he's a voodoo practitioner is Baptiste's descendant, one of the boss from AC Liberation, The one who had no arm. Baptiste is an assassin turned-Templar, like Shay
Nathan, the guy who died fighting the guards are Duncan Walpole Descendant. The same Duncan Walpole that Edward Kenway stole his outfit from on the first Black Flag mission
If I'm not mistaken, ezio has lost the apple to the monk a year previous. He's may be wrapping up the events of assassin's creed discovery, the Nintendo ds game that actually takes place in Spain. So ezio and aquilar are probably in opposite ends of the same country at the same time 😅
The arm was essentially allowing him to move freely in the memories without the physical environment of the past which also allowed those around him to kind of see what was happening. Kind of like a fully immersive VR.
It’s a really well directed film the action scenes and the cinematography the set designs and costumes are brilliant the director also directed both fastbender and Marion cotillard in a very good Macbeth film in 2015 a year previous to this film coming out.
I feel like the reason they did the robotic arm animus is because it’s more “cinematic” than the video game animus chair which is very heavily matrix inspired and I think they wanted to avoid that comparison so they tried something new unfortunately they did too many cuts back to the robotic animus scenes rather than letting the period scenes play out. It’s easily one of the better video game movies on a pure artistic and film making level.
The movie wasnt as bad as people say in my view i enjoyed it and played most the games. By most i didnt touch Odyssey or Valhalla. My dad didnt know about Assassins Creed but he wanted to see that movie. So i had to lore dump a few times with dad but he too enjoyed the action. I like to think the arm was simply to be a support so the user wouldnt get injured from falls and what not. I mean lets be real its a movie and most people would of been like why is main character asleep in a chair if they never played the games. Dad still says he wishes there was a sequel.
I watched this movie twice when it came out, have seen 5 vids on it, and still don’t remember anything about it
People on here already answered the practical reason for the robotic arm, but in-universe, that Animus was an experimental model that was going off of the theory that, if the person hooked into the Animus were able to mimicking the movements of the ancestor at the same time they were experiencing the memory, it would help synchronization with the target memory faster and more efficiently than just sitting in a chair and viewing a VR simulation. So it had a justification in the actual lore.
Hey there Meg. Glad to see you react to this! But just thought I’d say that this movie does “kinda” tie Into the games as Callum Lynch on top of being a descendent of Aguilar is also a descendent of Arno Dorian (AC UNITY)
I love that!!!!
“I’m not relating to this guy. Demond was a bartender.”
He’s a murderer. I’d be worried if you did…
I related to him😊 i was in prison aguilar got frame with the murders of his mom he did not do it!
I related to him i was in prison
You mentioned that it's beautifully shot, the director and DP are the same from 2015s Macbeth, Justin Kurzel and Adam Arkapaw, which is in my opinion one of the most beautiful films ever shot.
The robotic arm makes sense both from a movie stand point and for plot, seeing a dude in a chair being static isn't very entertaining and it has been made already in The Matrix, and in this version of the animus both your body and brain are being stimulated and the bleeding effect makes more sense this way than the videogame animus, and he isn't running or grabbing anything, that's what the arm is for, don't know why you were so put off by it to be honest, I don't personally have a preference but it's more believable.
I have no problem with how the Animus is portrayed in this movie. I actually felt like the Animus in the game didn’t make sense.
after going back and playing these games, looking at the costumes, I now realize that his costume are in some the games as well. I was so confused til i saw the time period scenes again lol
Really glad you watched this. It's a part of Assassin's Creed and has its positives. The historical parts were very much a highlight. I think most responded to the 'arm' in a similar way to you. Your reaction was a lot of fun.
One of the ancestors from the end of the movie was Arno from unity
If we got a Sequel, I would have Called it Assassin's Creed Cold War!
So my thoughts on the arm were they tapped it right into the spinal column so it could make his body feel the resistance of t=his ancestors moves which made him picking up the skills a bit more plausible of the regular Animus. It does loo ridiculously goofy though.
Although it looks kinda goofy it is also way more cinematic than the normal Animus. In the games you sit down and learn the skills without moving at least with the arm you see him moving in real time
By the way, there are a lot of little easter eggs and bits of trivia present in the movie like the animus chair you noticed, some of the set dressing, the ancestors to the modern Assassins and towards the end when Cal sees the other Assassins in the Animus, you may recognise some of them.
I honestly enjoyed it thought even though it was a bit mixed. hope you are well!
I watched it in theaters and didn't like it very much. I watched it again recently and thought it was great.
"Somehow, the Animus returned..."
I LIKED THE MOVIE! For Anyone that Doesn't follow the Games or Know the Lore will probably Enjoy the Movie!
I have not watched this movie, but there is one scene in particular that I have seen for one particular reason. The Assassin ancestor you see from 33:46 to 33:48 is Arno Dorian, meaning he is an ancestor of Cal. Also making him the only protagonist of the games to have a live action cameo (I'm pretty sure).
I just think the arm is to help explain the bleeding effect
I think you didn't care was because you were looking forward to seeing Desmond so much. The arm was a device for folks who didn't play the game.
I wouldn't say I loved the arm, but I also didn't fixate on it every single time it showed up.
The ''templars'' in this movie are definitely not smart enough
What, you didn't like them naming their headquarters the Great Templer Hall? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@MegMage or keeping deadly weapons right in the open and giving the real hidden blades for the session in the Animus :D
Make sure you read your emails in Assassin's Creed Origins.
I actually really love this movie, still rewatch it till date
I ENJOYED THE MOVIE!
1:13 funny enough Star Wars as been doing this since 1977 where basically everything from novels, cartoons, and games are regarded as canonical. Of course theres some games that dont line up perfectly or gdt retconed by future media but for the most part its all interconnected.
But yeah with AC you can easily benefit from coming up with a whole new assassin allowing the film to be canonical without having much connection to the story of the games. Ubisoft of course have there own little connected universe going on with Assassins Creed, Watch Dogs, Far Cry etc.
Not really, pre Star Wars Disney the expanded universe wasn't techincally canon, tho it did had continuity between itself. Lucasfilms had two different departments: A continuity one that made sure that new media didn't contradict past media, and a canon department that esentially managed the official canon, which was: The six movies and the Clone Wars tv show.
Pre Disney canon was really convoluted.
It even had tiers of canon with the films and clone wars show regarded as G-Canon which were the highest tier. Basically what George himself only saw as canon.
I've heard about it but haven't seen it and is it exactly like the game it might
have some changes here and there
but I thought it was okay Thanks Meg.
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Her laughing and not understanding the point of the arm ruined it for me.
I’m with you on that 😭😭
no you're so valid their animus is super silly and ruins immersion but i'm really to forgive them for very stylish period sequences
Micheal is definitely a better Magneto than Assassin. But I don't blame him honestly as the direction and script he was given was pretty weak, love the outfit though.
Michael Fassbender is an amazing actor, unfortunately this film didn't really show that at all. This film released in 2016 the same year as X-Men: Apocalypse and the quality between both his characters are night and day.
I like that it was attempted. Not bad for a first time AC film. But not great. I do remember being excited about it though.
Maybe someday well het a proper AC film series. Theres plenty if games and lore to pull from.
Honestly it was cool, it's true that I had already seen it when it came out I really liked it no honestly it was great❤️😍
I thought the arm thing for the animus was way better than the chair
Between the arm and the chair I would have preferred a sensory deprivation tank with high-tech glasses and helmet. He would have enough room to move and for his muscles to learn. But not with his eyes opened in present day. Also I wouldn't have over used the whole jump back and forth during action sequences. The whole beauty of the franchise is the immersion in the visited time period and culture.
Your reaction is so much more fun than this very bad movie.
Yes, Marion Cotillard is very pretty!
The Castlevania shows and the Lords of Shadow games are 🔥 should check em out
I love the movie
I was not a fan of how they switched to Spanish when in the animus
Discussed this on Patreon, but a little of the arm goes a long way. The idea for a good movie was there and clearly between the cinematography and costume work, the seeds were there. But yeah, hard to not feel anything but disappointment.
Now, I’m hungry.
Care for an apple?
@@MegMage “I’m going to eat it.”
For me, I think this film has an interesting story, cool ideas and fun characters. However, the exucution of those ideas, themes and what have you is, at best, weird and, at worst, just plain bad
Also, I'm glad you agree that Robot Arm Animus is just bad! XD
I recommend this movie to everyone who has played the games, however, this is pretty much my face during the entirely of it: 9:30
This movie is such a weird trip.
The movie felt far too short and rushed. While I did enjoy it for what it was, there was just far too much to cramp in an hour and forty minutes. It would’ve been better off as one of those three hour films or even better, be turned into a series.
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Ngl I fell asleep watching this movie at the cinema.
If you go back through some of your recordings of Black Flag, you should see references to Alan Rikkin should show up in some of the current day exploration you were doing at Abstergo. I vaguely remember Sophia, his daughter, being referenced at some point in the storyline as well, so neither her, nor her father, directly appear in the games. I suppose it's possible that Sophia Rikkin and Warren Vidic were each working on a version of the animus in parallel and while Warren's was mostly an internal experience, perhaps Sophia felt that the external, more animated experience would produce better results somehow. Who knows...just spit-balling ideas. I also remember references to multiple Apples of Eden in the games, so perhaps the one found with Columbus in the movie was simply one of the many that seem to be floating around out there.
I'll admit that when I went to the theater to watch this, I had reasonably high hopes and while maybe it didn't live up to what many of us diehard AC fans may have hoped for, I still appreciated it as a reasonably good interpretation of what we grew accustomed to in the video games. Then again, I tend to approach these crossover movies with a measure of skepticism anyway... Looking forward to seeing you dive into Origins!
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I really wish we got to see more of the past rather than the present day in the movie
You are definitely not alone on the robot arm Animus. It is WAY too overdone. It would’ve made more sense if it just shown his body reacting in the chair Animus and the Abstergo guys looking at a computer, like the games.
I hated this movie so much. Michael Fassbender is amazing, as well as a huge chunk of this cast. But my god the movie had NO plot.
This movie was such a butcher of Assassin's Creed lore. 🤦