Went to see Doom on Friday with Mokie and his friend Chris. We all grew up playing the games, though Mokie and Chris have played quite a bit more of Doom 3 than I have, since my video card is unable to support Doom 3. Or something. Maybe it’s the emulator.
All in all, it was an entertaining movie. Lots of explosions, gunfire, shouting, cursing, and blood. Something you can take your kids to see.
I know many people were worried that the 1st person perspective a la the gameplay of the 3 games would interfere with the movie. The director only uses the 1st person perspective one time, and it’s only for a few minutes toward the end of the movie. It’s not artsy, or inspired or anything like that. It’s just kind of cool. If you spent a few hours playing these game sin the past, it should whip you into a frenzy as it did us. We were laughing and cheering. It was fun.
In the end, I imagine the movie is going to be exactly as you think it’s going to be. There are really no surprises here. But if it makes any difference to you at all, I didn’t feel fleeced of my time, or my money.
