Roids do the body good. I’m just not looking forward to his inevitable death ~52, from heart disease, as is normal from roid abusers. The human body just isn’t meant to be that large, and body builders can get the same heart damage as grossly obese people.
i was a Corpsman with the Marines for 4 years. that's not an action movie staple...that's a marines staple. we once spent 2 hours waiting in a parking lot and took turns throwing rocks over vehicles at each other. The new guy showing up just before a battalion goes on leave happens all the time. new marines (boots) do stupid things all the time. no amount of training can change the fight or flight response. Other than that your criticisms are correct
***** It's not a fun job, it's not a good job, but it's a right job. Without the military protecting us, including you, even while you sit at your computer and criticize them, they risk their lives for you, so you can be free to do what you want to do. Don't take that for granted, and show some fucking respect. Semper Fidelis isn't just a motto, it's a lifestyle, it's a law, and it's a fucking privilege.
I love when Sarge says "I'm not supposed to die" because I was like "yeah, you're not?!" It was a nice way to keep me watching and make the movie interesting!
The best thing about this movie to me is how Karl Urban manages to look like the Doom guy face at the bottom of the screen in the game. I swear he's doing exaggerated expressions to look more like the grimaces that game face makes as you take damage.
the first movie i feel at least tried to capture the feel of the game with zombies/lickers the whole Umbrella lab doing shady shit after that yeah not so much
Good review by the way :), your structure makes it always entertaining and the trivia regarding the production makes it even more enjoyable. Thanks for the hard work you put in these, they're always fun.
Finally someone who likes the movie as I do, it isn't great but it is fun and nonsense and does its own thing but the Hell part should have been in there.
I came across this site last Saturday and I have been watching everything I can. It has been very entertaining and a good change of pace from some other movie reviews I have seen. There is a growing list of movies I will be buying soon because of your opinions. Thank you!
Glad to see a level-headed review of a fun, passable sci-fi action flick. One of the biggest peeves I had with the film was that despite all the time the cast spent being trained by a member of the SAS, in order to improve their soldier image, something as basic (and critical) as muzzle awareness was ommitted from their performance. That, and a few other quirks aside, the film was pretty good. I still wish the film took a more "Event Horizon" approach instead of "Resident Evil at Mars."
It's kinda funny that I really like this movie but none of my friends do. We've all played Doom games (some more than others), so that can't be the reason. There's still a lot of wasted potential (like leaving out Hell, as you already said), but it's still entertaining. The characters are likable (to an extent), the story is fairly good for a movie like this and the effects are great. And yeah, that FPS segment nailed it 100%. I really like this movie and it's a shame not many share my opinion...
Honestly, my opinion, this is one of my all time favorite films. I was a little disappointed because they removed the Hell theme but it didn't ruin the movie for me. First half is a successful Horror/suspense/ thriller, while the second half (or perhaps last quarter) is a successful Action film. The dialogue is funny, the characters, I thought, were all *cliched* but pulled off nicely and enjoyable. Specifically, Portman. His douchebaggy attitude and perverted humor made him a fun character to watch. I find this review very accurate and very honest. People are all entitled to their own opinion, and can love it like others, including me, do, or hate it, like others do. Lastly, even though this film didn't have the Hell story they did make many mentions to it. Reaper: "We have to face our demons sometime." Bottom of the helicopter in the beginning, "R.R.T.S Hellfighters." Goat was a devout Christian character, and even in one scene Portman says, "There is a God." But only because he saw tits.
FUN FACT: It was rumored back in the mid-to-late 1990's, that they were considering Arnold Schwarzenegger to take on the role of DoomGuy (this was before the Columbine school shooting fucked up those plans)
I have a love hate relationship with this film. As a videogame adaptation, its terrible but if you look at it as just an action sci fi film, its great. I had a blast watching this movie in the theaters. Could it have been better? Of course, but its not nearly as horrible as people say it is
Yeah well thanks to uve boll the bar has been set so low that even the bad ones are good personally I think this movie falls under the cult classic variety
I totally agree on the removal of Hell spoiling the film. The whole fact that it was demons in the games is what made it so interesting. Turning it into so weird virus just made it Resident Evil in space or at best a re-tread of 'Ghosts of mars'. Doom really should have been Evil Dead meets Aliens.
The main thing they did wrong was the demon thing. I remember how angry I got when the headlines told us this when this movie game first came out. IT WAS IN AN EARLY DRAFT. They removed it because they were cowards and scared of hurting someone's feelings. I guess religious zealots. Wait...the rock KEPT the BFGs??? I love the Rock more now... PS Liked this review, might subscribe. I'll check out some more. ^^
+Vuyisile Sibeko Exactly... 07:46 sums it up.. Where is the Hell story.. the demons.. How they found the tapastry stones on mars thar explained how humanity sealed down the portals ( a hero figure involved ) and escaped to earth.. ( This is actually told in doom3 game before getting to the marsian dig site ) anyhow.. I'm so fckin pissed off how they fck up a decent concept and a story.. they sure will fck up the upcoming Warcraft movie too.. damn..
In case anyone was wondering about "how does this extra gene know if youre evil or good"? well. its more of a predisposition to psychopathy - Roanoake Gaming does a full comprehensive medical analysis on how this would theoretically work in real life
I was in high school when the Doom movie was in development hell (I graduated in the year 2000), and I remember having a discussion with a friend of mine about this film, to which he said, "It would be stupid if the Doom movie was just an FPS film, like in the game." Fast-forward to 2005, and they did exactly that. Likewise for Hardcore Henry. I also remember being disappointed because I was a fan of the '95-'96 Pocket Book series, and was hoping the film would be based on the first novel. Now that Doom 2016 is here, I can say we have a more satisfying Doom story than what could have been captured on film.
I remember seeing this in the theater and thinking the first-person bit was hands down the best part of the movie. It was a solid action movie, but honestly I kind of hope it gets a reboot. I played the first Doom game a bunch growing up and would have loved to see this done properly, especially the BFG actually killing something.
I saw this in the cinema and loved it I laughed at the past where sarge is being dragged away he says something like "but I'm not supposed to die" great stuff.
Finally some critic who agreed with me that Doom movie is awesome and a blast! They should do a sequel, this time with the Hell's element. I really like this movie when it first released, although turning The Rock into villain was a shocking and disappointing for me because I didn't knew who Karl Urban was at that time. And finally, THE FPS SECTION ROCKS!! THEY SHOULD MAKE THE SECTION LONGER!
no need at all. i'm just appreciative to have like-minded critic on this movie. lastly, i love your videos and the issues you bring up on the videos. THUMBS!
I come from the future. here in 2016 the 4th Doom game has come out. it's kind of a reboot and it's fucking AMAZING. also, people are still laughing at this awful movie.
I never played the game so it didn't hurt me watching this film.Is it flawed?Yes but Karl Urban is really solid in this film.I also enjoyed him in The Lord of the rings sequels,Dredd,and the first Red movie.He is a capable actor who does his best in nearly everything.Not a fan of Rosamund Pike but at least she is not in the whole film.
I'm so glad you did this one! I discovered this movie through my love of Karl Urban born from Priest, Star Trek, and Almost Human, and I thought it was a fun little dark action film. I had no idea about the hell aspect having never played the game though, and now I kinda wish they had gone there.
GoodBadFlicks Me too. Though, as a chick, I really wish they'd cheat a little and find a way to get that damn helmet off him! The man is gorgeous. Stupid helmet.
My expectations were low when I saw _Doom_ on video many years ago, but I enjoyed it. And it was on TV again recently and I enjoyed it again. Surprisingly good!
I never understood why this movie gets such bad rep. I think its a good movie. The characters have good chemistry. Well acted, good special effects and while its not a very deep thought provoking film, i like its simple approach. The cohesion of the team. The premise behind the story, human experimention gone wrong but that the reason it happens was because they had like an evil gene or were predisposed to evil turns you into a monster is a cool premise. Portmans humor is good too. Monster designs are kind meh but what always stays with me and the highlight of the film is the Rock's performance and the actor playing Reaper giving a very serious almost stoic no nonsense personality. The best parts were by far the first person shootout sections, the Rock's character slow descent into madness and evil and the badass fight of the searge vs reaper.
The POV level clearing shot really was the best part of this movie, and saved the entire movie from being deleted from my memory. If they'd tried a bit harder, or a bit less hard, and had started with a really polished script, but kept that POV sequence, this movie really could have been something. But that's true of all bad movies. Still....that POV sequence though...
Having watched my brother play MOST of Doom 3 (he chickened out before the last Sarge fight and I SUCK at shooter games) I still have to say I LOVE Doom! I had no interest in seeing it at first (don't like horror/gore too much) and only got it because I'm a Karl Urban fan, I ended up really really liking the movie and i still watch it all the time.
That part where Goat comes back and slams his head into the glass, and the sister lets out a ridiculously hilarious, cringeworthy scream each time... It's Amazing that more people don't pick up on this, and how she's still working🤣
Doom was tons of fun to watch as a kid...it was always entertaining, and never had a dull moment....I used to go crazy over the UNIVERSAL LOGO being across Mars...that was too dope😄👍
Just watched the film and then saw this. I totally agree that it's a real shame that they didn't go with the original Hell storyline and there's no epic battle with the Cyberdemon, although it was good that some of the other monsters appeared being the Imp, the Hell Knight and of course the Pinky Demon. Overall despite not being quite like the games, I actually found it to be quite entertaining, Doom is definitely one of those "It's so bad it's good" movies.
RocketeerRaccoon it could have been much better but it definitely wasn't bad. I hope that one day they do just a faithful adaptation and have 1 soldier on Mars vs helldemons. That would be fantastic.
GoodBadFlicks Yep, I agree too that Doom deserves a proper faithful adaptation. It's got to have a much greater budget, a solid cast, a very well written story and script and most importantly an experienced director. This bad video game to movies thing has really got to stop, it's not good that this genre of movies has gain a nasty reputation, it's because of scum directors like Uwe Boll that ruin everything. As long as a movie is in the right hands then we can have gold rather than an overwhelming amounts of films that are junk.
I think you missed the point that it was based off the games, just happened to be based off Doom 3, which came out around the same time. Everything is the same, down to the Mars base, the company involved in colonizing mars, and even the guns. People say it's not based on the games because it's not based on the first two. But it is very accurate to the third game. Can't blame them for tying it into the most recent adaption.
I thought this movie was good. I didn't think it was bad. But it wasn't the same as the games where it's literally about a hell invasion as opposed to a metaphorical hell. This was one good resident evil movie lol. I hope they make a sequel. I wanna see the cyberdemon do some pwnage.
Yeah. I think it might be better if Machinima reboots it for youtube. They did Mortal Kombat and did an amazing job. Why not just copy that success and production over to the realm of doom. Im sure they can do it. Just Sayin
Finally, someone else but me that doesn't think this movie is complete dog shit. Honestly the biggest problem with this movie is the fact that it's an adaptation. If this movie was just a sci-fi action/horror set on mars, I really think that it would have been much more well received. But when you make an adaptation, fans of the original source material go in expecting a lot, and in my opinion, that's what really hurt this movie.
I liked this movie. And I like that there was no forced romance. A guy saving his sister was grand. My criticism would have been more locations and screen time for the supporting cast. I was hoping for a sequel of some sort, but apparently it was a no go.
I think that Event Horizon is a better "Doom" film than this, heck, it even got the "hell on space" part right, but yeah, beyond that, I absolutely agree that the first person part was fantastic, especially with the Pinky section (notwithstanding massive plot holes), and to my understanding, the "good guy turns into a super soldier" part, and this is entirely a guess on my part, maybe was an analogy to the "invencibility" item from Doom that turns your eyes yellow, also known as "IDDQD". Or maybe the film just pulled that right out of it's arse to revive Reaper with a MacGuffin.
Funny how when I watch the movie I didn't believe the part about you have to be bad to turn to a monster because to me the sergeant had a valid point. It was too risky to let the contagion spread to the populous and they had no way to tell who was or was not infected.
This was an unnecessary masterpiece of a film. I don't think many people were clammering for a "Doom" movie. But this really made me wanna see more. I love the cast and pretty much everything about it. Problem is though. The source material was never film worthy for it's lack of story. I think this was a good base though and i'm surprised of how close there were to the games. The loyalty is absolutely commendable. Just don't understand why Dwayne hates the movie now. Many people criticized the flick and said it was a dumb film. But i think those people aren't even fan of the games and are just ignorant to the fact that this movie was made for the fans. "Doom", "Silent hill", "Mortal Kombat" and the first 2 "Resident Evil" films. Are what video game movies should be like.
Near the end when sarge and reaper or whoever are fighting, there was a second where sarge jumps up over some railing and you can clearly see his bungie harness clear as day, no shaky cam or nothing just full frame Dwayne Johnson strapped between some bungie cords. It looked hilarious. They must have edited that part out for the dvd release because I hadn't seen it since.
If they based some of the action and the main character on the Doom comic, I think this movie would have been more funny than anything. "You are huge! You must have huge guts!" "I'm probably radioactive now! That can't be good!" Unveiling the BFG 9000 was also something they did wrong. They should have saved it for last and made it do more than jack all. Like in the comic, Karl Urban should have picked it up and been moved to tears by finding such a thing of beauty. :B
@GoodBadFlicks: since you mentioned the C24 injection, that was actually based on the Berserk power-up from the original games, where it heals you upon picking it up, but it also gives you superhuman strength in the process
@@GoodBadFlicks it's a pretty good movie, not sure why it was unfairly hated on when it first released. i'd say it's probably my 2nd favorite video game movie, next to "Mortal Kombat" and "Silent Hill" both tied for the No.1 spot
the thing they did best (and this is often sadly missed) is adding the camera to the guns, explaining why the guns were always held in the middle of the screen in the game
They did EVERYTHING wrong: -the whole point on every doom ghame is that all the squad gets killed but the protagonist was left behind, so he was ok, hell, in Doom 3 there is no squad other than bravo, that its just a convinient plot point to advance the story until they get killed -with the exception of the pinky (which is based on the doom 3 design) all the monsters looked like generic monsters or zombies, even the atempted hellknight looks like a bigger version of the other monsters. -why are they aliens? in doom 3 they explain that they thought they were an extinct civilization, but its to a virus what makes monsters apear, the zombies are possed people (the zombie guards can even use guns and riot shields) and the imps (the monster that carmack was supposed to be) along with the rest of the monsters are clearly demons that get spawned from hell. -why did the base had no gurds or police or some shit, like in D3, its private company after all, not gouverment project or something. -why the fuck do guns talk, in D3 some of them had little screens that showed how many bullets you had left, like in aliens. -a lot of things were never fully explained, like you sayed -were the fuck is the shotgun, the iconic fucking shotgun and why does the bfg looks and functions like a plasma gun -how the fuck does the virus work? -for the love of god, those sets look so bland. sorry but i just hate this movie, not even the unrated cut had a lot different, hell they didnt even got the logo right, which without the blue and yellow looks just as bland as the sets. thank you for making this great review anyways.
the drastic change to pinky was to Easter Egg in the Doom3 version of the Pinky monster (most who played the game, knew exactly what he was going to look like/be the second you saw his "wheelchair" and heard he was called "Pinky")
Great review, however you mentioned Doug Jones, but not Brian Steele who played not only the hell knight, but also Curtis Stahl, the man who gets turned into the hell knight on the tape. Again, great review.
+GoodBadFlicks just curious which version do they show where Pinky other half ends up cause i don't remember it being in my Unrated Extended Edition DVD?
Fun film. I saw this in the theater and thought the FPS section was the worst part. It came out of nowhere and it made me nauseous (and I don't usually get that way from POV shots or movies).
2017!!!! I love this movie...can't beat the cast. And yeah, love it more than all the Resident Evil movies EXCEPT MAYBE the first one. ;-) thanks for the video!
You'll be surprised how much DOOM has gone from the grandfather of FPS games to a FPS survival horror game and now it's a high octane demon slaughter game where you can quite literally rip demons and zombies apart with your bare hands
Doom deserved so much better than this silly movie. It'd be cool if they made some kind of TV series like on Netflix or something. I'm sure someone could do it justice.
The FPS scene is so well done but I never understood why the monsters didn't come from Hell, The idea of the portal was that it opened the gateway to Hell itself, But in this just to Mars, And I found it strange why people changed into monsters like the IMP through a virus and it would determined what you would changed into, either good or bad.. I wish they just kept to the story that was set in the franchise, The story was weak and the Rock looked ridiculous once he changed into the evil sarge
You forgot the music! While it was a traditional orchestral score for the most part, there were some killer heavy metal tracks during some of the action in line with the games. Clint Mansell did very good on that front.
Idk, the only monsters that looked like they were from the game, was the zombie type monsters and pinky. The hell nights didn't have any horns or hoofs so they had no resemblance to a demon and no revenants! Great video tho! Wish they would make a remake!
they should've made the whole movie a hardcore action movie, sure DOOM is kind-of scary with the whole hell thing, but when it came to DOOM 3, the biggest problem people had with it was it focused too much on the horror element, DOOM is an action thing no matter what the medium and should be treated that way, when in comes to movies don't ditch the story line, (and this goes against any other movie) but DOOM should always be about the action period. That's a reason why movies based on games almost never work, or are hard to pull off, DOOM is a power fantasy, and the only time it can convey that is with the controller in your hand, they cant use it in a movie like this!
I think this was the first movie I saw karl urban, I really liked how he acts and m SO happy he got he role of DREDD. I'm sad we will never get a sequel to DOOM tho. Also some people brought up the same argument as a complain with the movie not using "hell" as main story line which I find stupid, DOOM movie has a way more believable scenario then the original story of the video game.
Awesome job Cecil I did grow up playing ''DOOM'' on my PC wasn't the biggest fan of ''DOOM 3'' as for this film never was a fan of it when I first seen it back in 2005 but I'll be willing to give it another shot sometime in the future?
Thanks! If you can find the unrated cut, it is the better version. Also, if you have a bluray player, they brightened up the dark scenes so they are much clearer.
Should have used the story line from the Doom Comic, how ridiculously funny and awesome would It have been to hear the Rock Yell, RIP'N TEAR, RIP'N YA CUTS OUT!!!
Back in the day when the rock looked liked a human being instead of a genetically modified hulk embryo
Timur Dzhambinov So true m8 lol
He's still hot I don't care
Roids do the body good.
I’m just not looking forward to his inevitable death ~52, from heart disease, as is normal from roid abusers.
The human body just isn’t meant to be that large, and body builders can get the same heart damage as grossly obese people.
i was a Corpsman with the Marines for 4 years. that's not an action movie staple...that's a marines staple. we once spent 2 hours waiting in a parking lot and took turns throwing rocks over vehicles at each other. The new guy showing up just before a battalion goes on leave happens all the time. new marines (boots) do stupid things all the time. no amount of training can change the fight or flight response. Other than that your criticisms are correct
SirGeeeO Thank you for your service sir
***** they didn't ask me before making me go there. i mostly tried to keep people alive which left little time for rape
***** It's not a fun job, it's not a good job, but it's a right job. Without the military protecting us, including you, even while you sit at your computer and criticize them, they risk their lives for you, so you can be free to do what you want to do. Don't take that for granted, and show some fucking respect. Semper Fidelis isn't just a motto, it's a lifestyle, it's a law, and it's a fucking privilege.
***** so are you a troll? Because you sound like a troll
'Rah Doc. "Throwing rocks... at each other" - that's how I know you're not lying.
How seamlessly the roles of Sarge and Reaper interchanged was I think one of the best parts of the movie.
"Samantha is trying to reason with the guy who is eating AN ARM!" haha made my laugh big time.
jacobson084 :)
I love when Sarge says "I'm not supposed to die" because I was like "yeah, you're not?!" It was a nice way to keep me watching and make the movie interesting!
Yeah 😄 I loved that part.
Karl Urban vs. The Rock What more could you ask for.
+Ben Davis A good movie lol...
lol...as in what more could you ask for
+DooM Guy 83 lmao my thoughts exactly
Good directing.
Judge Dredd vs a Lifeguard.
That just doesn’t seem fair to me.
The best thing about this movie to me is how Karl Urban manages to look like the Doom guy face at the bottom of the screen in the game. I swear he's doing exaggerated expressions to look more like the grimaces that game face makes as you take damage.
Doom totally works for what it is, and your review shows that. Thanks for all the hard work that you put into all of these, lots of us appreciate it.
BeardedMovieGuy Thank you, I always appreciate hearing it. Makes the long hours worth it
I played Doom for too many hours. Was still happy with this iteration, had fun!
Spot on review. Yes the film wasn't perfect but it was enjoyable, and it is much better than the Resident Evil films.
Andrew Ziegler thanks!
doom movie was bad, resident evil movies are lame. There you go.
the first movie i feel at least tried to capture the feel of the game with zombies/lickers the whole Umbrella lab doing shady shit after that yeah not so much
Agreed. It was much much better than i thought it was going to be. It's just fun to watch as you said. RE films suck indeed.
@MrDjBigZ lol noooohoho, re movies are awful except the first one.
Good review by the way :), your structure makes it always entertaining and the trivia regarding the production makes it even more enjoyable.
Thanks for the hard work you put in these, they're always fun.
Thanks, after all the hours that go into these I always appreciate hearing this. It makes it worthwhile. :)
What is the 2005 remake of this movie about
Finally someone who likes the movie as I do, it isn't great but it is fun and nonsense and does its own thing but the Hell part should have been in there.
+TilleyMedia Tilley I like the movie too.
Liking your picture mate
TilleyMedia Tilley I also like your profile pic.
Yes, when I first saw this film, in the theater, I was surprised to see The Rock turn into such a villain in the second half of the movie.
3*
+TilleyMedia Tilley I love the Doom movie it was very good
I came across this site last Saturday and I have been watching everything I can. It has been very entertaining and a good change of pace from some other movie reviews I have seen. There is a growing list of movies I will be buying soon because of your opinions. Thank you!
Glad to see a level-headed review of a fun, passable sci-fi action flick. One of the biggest peeves I had with the film was that despite all the time the cast spent being trained by a member of the SAS, in order to improve their soldier image, something as basic (and critical) as muzzle awareness was ommitted from their performance. That, and a few other quirks aside, the film was pretty good. I still wish the film took a more "Event Horizon" approach instead of "Resident Evil at Mars."
It's kinda funny that I really like this movie but none of my friends do. We've all played Doom games (some more than others), so that can't be the reason.
There's still a lot of wasted potential (like leaving out Hell, as you already said), but it's still entertaining. The characters are likable (to an extent), the story is fairly good for a movie like this and the effects are great. And yeah, that FPS segment nailed it 100%. I really like this movie and it's a shame not many share my opinion...
Doom Annihilation makes this look like a masterpiece
Honestly, my opinion, this is one of my all time favorite films. I was a little disappointed because they removed the Hell theme but it didn't ruin the movie for me. First half is a successful Horror/suspense/ thriller, while the second half (or perhaps last quarter) is a successful Action film. The dialogue is funny, the characters, I thought, were all *cliched* but pulled off nicely and enjoyable. Specifically, Portman. His douchebaggy attitude and perverted humor made him a fun character to watch. I find this review very accurate and very honest. People are all entitled to their own opinion, and can love it like others, including me, do, or hate it, like others do. Lastly, even though this film didn't have the Hell story they did make many mentions to it. Reaper: "We have to face our demons sometime." Bottom of the helicopter in the beginning, "R.R.T.S Hellfighters." Goat was a devout Christian character, and even in one scene Portman says, "There is a God." But only because he saw tits.
I can't believe dwayne got to keep both bfg's that's such a good work bonus.
I don't blame him, I would have done the same
GoodBadFlicks
Who wodent. Everybody knows ,that BFG's are the best chick magnets. ;)
StrikeTeam7 i wonder if he still has them
Interesting seeing as how he hates guns. I guess it's fine if they're just toys.
FUN FACT:
It was rumored back in the mid-to-late 1990's, that they were considering Arnold Schwarzenegger to take on the role of DoomGuy (this was before the Columbine school shooting fucked up those plans)
I have a love hate relationship with this film. As a videogame adaptation, its terrible but if you look at it as just an action sci fi film, its great. I had a blast watching this movie in the theaters. Could it have been better? Of course, but its not nearly as horrible as people say it is
Yeah well thanks to uve boll the bar has been set so low that even the bad ones are good personally I think this movie falls under the cult classic variety
+natedoggcata still better than most videogame adapted movies.
+natedoggcata 1. Are you ther same bloke on TRMK, 2. Totally agree.
what makes it a terrible adaptation? the fact that they removed Hell? other than that I can't really think of much, the basics are there
+natedoggcata agree 100%
I totally agree on the removal of Hell spoiling the film. The whole fact that it was demons in the games is what made it so interesting. Turning it into so weird virus just made it Resident Evil in space or at best a re-tread of 'Ghosts of mars'. Doom really should have been Evil Dead meets Aliens.
Cybopath I think they panicked and didn't want to offend the Catholics. That's the only reason I can think of for dropping the Hell angle
GoodBadFlicks If that were the case no horror films would be made. And isn't science more offensive to Christians most of the time? lol.
Space zombie virus was more along the lines of Dead Space.
The main thing they did wrong was the demon thing.
I remember how angry I got when the headlines told us this when this movie game first came out.
IT WAS IN AN EARLY DRAFT. They removed it because they were cowards and scared of hurting someone's feelings. I guess religious zealots.
Wait...the rock KEPT the BFGs???
I love the Rock more now...
PS Liked this review, might subscribe.
I'll check out some more. ^^
Vuyisile Sibeko Thanks!
Vuyisile Sibeko A sequel with Karl Urban would be nice still...
Vuyisile Sibeko Is there a copy of an Early Hell Draft available out there?
+Vuyisile Sibeko I know! Getting rid of the demons from Hell and replacing it with the whole chromosome thing? What were they thinking???? GAH!!!!!!!!
+Vuyisile Sibeko Exactly... 07:46 sums it up.. Where is the Hell story.. the demons.. How they found the tapastry stones on mars thar explained how humanity sealed down the portals ( a hero figure involved ) and escaped to earth.. ( This is actually told in doom3 game before getting to the marsian dig site ) anyhow.. I'm so fckin pissed off how they fck up a decent concept and a story.. they sure will fck up the upcoming Warcraft movie too.. damn..
In case anyone was wondering about "how does this extra gene know if youre evil or good"? well. its more of a predisposition to psychopathy - Roanoake Gaming does a full comprehensive medical analysis on how this would theoretically work in real life
I was in high school when the Doom movie was in development hell (I graduated in the year 2000), and I remember having a discussion with a friend of mine about this film, to which he said, "It would be stupid if the Doom movie was just an FPS film, like in the game." Fast-forward to 2005, and they did exactly that. Likewise for Hardcore Henry. I also remember being disappointed because I was a fan of the '95-'96 Pocket Book series, and was hoping the film would be based on the first novel. Now that Doom 2016 is here, I can say we have a more satisfying Doom story than what could have been captured on film.
I kind of wish they did the whole movie in first-person.
+Casey Goddard we'll see if it works when Hardcore Henry is out next month
I totally agree dude...add the hellish demon elements to it and there you go
+GoodBadFlicks Hardcore Henry was a fun movie but there is no real connection to Henry which would have happened in Doom if they did it the same way.
Found footage inside of a brain.
everyone does
I remember seeing this in the theater and thinking the first-person bit was hands down the best part of the movie. It was a solid action movie, but honestly I kind of hope it gets a reboot. I played the first Doom game a bunch growing up and would have loved to see this done properly, especially the BFG actually killing something.
I saw this in the cinema and loved it I laughed at the past where sarge is being dragged away he says something like "but I'm not supposed to die" great stuff.
Finally some critic who agreed with me that Doom movie is awesome and a blast! They should do a sequel, this time with the Hell's element. I really like this movie when it first released, although turning The Rock into villain was a shocking and disappointing for me because I didn't knew who Karl Urban was at that time.
And finally, THE FPS SECTION ROCKS!! THEY SHOULD MAKE THE SECTION LONGER!
Afiq Azman thanks!
no need at all. i'm just appreciative to have like-minded critic on this movie. lastly, i love your videos and the issues you bring up on the videos. THUMBS!
I come from the future. here in 2016 the 4th Doom game has come out. it's kind of a reboot and it's fucking AMAZING. also, people are still laughing at this awful movie.
Also, Doom and Doom 2 still hold up as great games.
Future man I have a question
theres a new and AWESOME DOOM
Newish Wolfenstein
but
is there a new Commander Keen
Mr. Brand New Show There should be.
since your from the furture I have to ask has half life 3 been annoced yet?
+Mr. Brand New Show Is there a new Marathon also?
"It's 2026 and this guy is still playing a game from 1981?!", I can relate, I still play Double Dragon on a 90's gameboy when I'm on the subway. :P
I never played the game so it didn't hurt me watching this film.Is it flawed?Yes but Karl Urban is really solid in this film.I also enjoyed him in The Lord of the rings sequels,Dredd,and the first Red movie.He is a capable actor who does his best in nearly everything.Not a fan of Rosamund Pike but at least she is not in the whole film.
I couldn't believe this movie got bad reviews it's one of my favorite movies of all time. I loved this movie!
Lol @ 4:25. BOOOOONESAAAAAAAWW!!!!!
I'm so glad you did this one! I discovered this movie through my love of Karl Urban born from Priest, Star Trek, and Almost Human, and I thought it was a fun little dark action film. I had no idea about the hell aspect having never played the game though, and now I kinda wish they had gone there.
Karl Urban is great, I really hope he gets to do Dredd 2.
Thanks!
GoodBadFlicks Me too. Though, as a chick, I really wish they'd cheat a little and find a way to get that damn helmet off him! The man is gorgeous. Stupid helmet.
1:16, uh well it's 2014 and I'm still playing a game from 1993.
My expectations were low when I saw _Doom_ on video many years ago, but I enjoyed it. And it was on TV again recently and I enjoyed it again. Surprisingly good!
I never understood why this movie gets such bad rep. I think its a good movie. The characters have good chemistry. Well acted, good special effects and while its not a very deep thought provoking film, i like its simple approach. The cohesion of the team. The premise behind the story, human experimention gone wrong but that the reason it happens was because they had like an evil gene or were predisposed to evil turns you into a monster is a cool premise. Portmans humor is good too.
Monster designs are kind meh but what always stays with me and the highlight of the film is the Rock's performance and the actor playing Reaper giving a very serious almost stoic no nonsense personality. The best parts were by far the first person shootout sections, the Rock's character slow descent into madness and evil and the badass fight of the searge vs reaper.
The POV level clearing shot really was the best part of this movie, and saved the entire movie from being deleted from my memory. If they'd tried a bit harder, or a bit less hard, and had started with a really polished script, but kept that POV sequence, this movie really could have been something. But that's true of all bad movies. Still....that POV sequence though...
Having watched my brother play MOST of Doom 3 (he chickened out before the last Sarge fight and I SUCK at shooter games) I still have to say I LOVE Doom! I had no interest in seeing it at first (don't like horror/gore too much) and only got it because I'm a Karl Urban fan, I ended up really really liking the movie and i still watch it all the time.
Heather Montford Karl Urban is wonderful. He is getting more and more popular these days and I'm really happy for him.
Great review... and yeah, very underrated film. I enjoyed it in theaters for everything they got right, problems and all.
That part where Goat comes back and slams his head into the glass, and the sister lets out a ridiculously hilarious, cringeworthy scream each time... It's Amazing that more people don't pick up on this, and how she's still working🤣
I liked Doom for what it was. There were alot of neat references to the games.
Absolutely love this film, I really don't understand why so many people hate this film!
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Doom was tons of fun to watch as a kid...it was always entertaining, and never had a dull moment....I used to go crazy over the UNIVERSAL LOGO being across Mars...that was too dope😄👍
Loved this review. It provided additionally information for me as well. I will definitely be watching more of your videos.
I was waiting so long for this thanks dude!
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Just watched the film and then saw this. I totally agree that it's a real shame that they didn't go with the original Hell storyline and there's no epic battle with the Cyberdemon, although it was good that some of the other monsters appeared being the Imp, the Hell Knight and of course the Pinky Demon. Overall despite not being quite like the games, I actually found it to be quite entertaining, Doom is definitely one of those "It's so bad it's good" movies.
RocketeerRaccoon it could have been much better but it definitely wasn't bad. I hope that one day they do just a faithful adaptation and have 1 soldier on Mars vs helldemons. That would be fantastic.
GoodBadFlicks Yep, I agree too that Doom deserves a proper faithful adaptation. It's got to have a much greater budget, a solid cast, a very well written story and script and most importantly an experienced director. This bad video game to movies thing has really got to stop, it's not good that this genre of movies has gain a nasty reputation, it's because of scum directors like Uwe Boll that ruin everything. As long as a movie is in the right hands then we can have gold rather than an overwhelming amounts of films that are junk.
I think you missed the point that it was based off the games, just happened to be based off Doom 3, which came out around the same time. Everything is the same, down to the Mars base, the company involved in colonizing mars, and even the guns.
People say it's not based on the games because it's not based on the first two. But it is very accurate to the third game. Can't blame them for tying it into the most recent adaption.
WOO HOOO! Another Video! Good Job Cecil on this one. Actually, all of your videos are awesome.
Thank you! :)
Anytime.
Reaper: It was his first mission
The Rock: And its not going to be my last. I need soldiers. I don't need anybody else, but soldiers!
I thought this movie was good. I didn't think it was bad. But it wasn't the same as the games where it's literally about a hell invasion as opposed to a metaphorical hell. This was one good resident evil movie lol. I hope they make a sequel. I wanna see the cyberdemon do some pwnage.
TheLuisberg Top Commentor I'd like another one but at this point, they probably would just reboot it
Yeah. I think it might be better if Machinima reboots it for youtube. They did Mortal Kombat and did an amazing job. Why not just copy that success and production over to the realm of doom. Im sure they can do it. Just Sayin
The "doing something stupid" bit is actual truth with all the military i have worked with so far
Finally, someone else but me that doesn't think this movie is complete dog shit. Honestly the biggest problem with this movie is the fact that it's an adaptation. If this movie was just a sci-fi action/horror set on mars, I really think that it would have been much more well received. But when you make an adaptation, fans of the original source material go in expecting a lot, and in my opinion, that's what really hurt this movie.
Yeah, I don't think it's complete dog shit... it's a steaming rank dog fart, but not steaming dog shit. Almost, but not quite.
Definitely one of my favorite bad movies. Almost always watch it when it comes on tv. Especially when it's near the final act.
great video, im a bit sad you didn't mention the "I'm Not Supposed to Die!" part tho.
The First Person segment is just so damned good man :D
I liked this movie. And I like that there was no forced romance. A guy saving his sister was grand.
My criticism would have been more locations and screen time for the supporting cast. I was hoping for a sequel of some sort, but apparently it was a no go.
What a treat seeing this in my feed!
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I think that Event Horizon is a better "Doom" film than this, heck, it even got the "hell on space" part right, but yeah, beyond that, I absolutely agree that the first person part was fantastic, especially with the Pinky section (notwithstanding massive plot holes), and to my understanding, the "good guy turns into a super soldier" part, and this is entirely a guess on my part, maybe was an analogy to the "invencibility" item from Doom that turns your eyes yellow, also known as "IDDQD". Or maybe the film just pulled that right out of it's arse to revive Reaper with a MacGuffin.
Doom is on my list for most underrated movies. Thank you
Funny how when I watch the movie I didn't believe the part about you have to be bad to turn to a monster because to me the sergeant had a valid point. It was too risky to let the contagion spread to the populous and they had no way to tell who was or was not infected.
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I thought Doom was pretty fun and entertaining, plus it has Karl Urban. What else do you need?
YCKFides a puke bag
This was an unnecessary masterpiece of a film. I don't think many people were clammering for a "Doom" movie. But this really made me wanna see more. I love the cast and pretty much everything about it. Problem is though. The source material was never film worthy for it's lack of story. I think this was a good base though and i'm surprised of how close there were to the games. The loyalty is absolutely commendable. Just don't understand why Dwayne hates the movie now. Many people criticized the flick and said it was a dumb film. But i think those people aren't even fan of the games and are just ignorant to the fact that this movie was made for the fans. "Doom", "Silent hill", "Mortal Kombat" and the first 2 "Resident Evil" films. Are what video game movies should be like.
You kinda sounded like cinema sins, but apart from that, best review ever
Lord Abaddon I've been getting a lot of that lately
Near the end when sarge and reaper or whoever are fighting, there was a second where sarge jumps up over some railing and you can clearly see his bungie harness clear as day, no shaky cam or nothing just full frame Dwayne Johnson strapped between some bungie cords. It looked hilarious. They must have edited that part out for the dvd release because I hadn't seen it since.
Dwayne is good in every thing he does. I saw this for him, but loved the movie afterwards!!
If they based some of the action and the main character on the Doom comic, I think this movie would have been more funny than anything.
"You are huge! You must have huge guts!"
"I'm probably radioactive now! That can't be good!"
Unveiling the BFG 9000 was also something they did wrong. They should have saved it for last and made it do more than jack all. Like in the comic, Karl Urban should have picked it up and been moved to tears by finding such a thing of beauty. :B
@GoodBadFlicks: since you mentioned the C24 injection, that was actually based on the Berserk power-up from the original games, where it heals you upon picking it up, but it also gives you superhuman strength in the process
I really need to revisit this. I just talked about it on Overhated
@@GoodBadFlicks it's a pretty good movie, not sure why it was unfairly hated on when it first released. i'd say it's probably my 2nd favorite video game movie, next to "Mortal Kombat" and "Silent Hill" both tied for the No.1 spot
the thing they did best (and this is often sadly missed) is adding the camera to the guns, explaining why the guns were always held in the middle of the screen in the game
My favorite part of your videos is how they just end out of nowhere, no notes.
I loved this movie for what it was: a fun shoot them up action with creatures. I am always there for it.
You should do "Dude Where's My Car" it is one of my favorite movies of all time! :)
very funny movie
They did EVERYTHING wrong:
-the whole point on every doom ghame is that all the squad gets killed but the protagonist was left behind, so he was ok, hell, in Doom 3 there is no squad other than bravo, that its just a convinient plot point to advance the story until they get killed
-with the exception of the pinky (which is based on the doom 3 design) all the monsters looked like generic monsters or zombies, even the atempted hellknight looks like a bigger version of the other monsters.
-why are they aliens? in doom 3 they explain that they thought they were an extinct civilization, but its to a virus what makes monsters apear, the zombies are possed people (the zombie guards can even use guns and riot shields) and the imps (the monster that carmack was supposed to be) along with the rest of the monsters are clearly demons that get spawned from hell.
-why did the base had no gurds or police or some shit, like in D3, its private company after all, not gouverment project or something.
-why the fuck do guns talk, in D3 some of them had little screens that showed how many bullets you had left, like in aliens.
-a lot of things were never fully explained, like you sayed
-were the fuck is the shotgun, the iconic fucking shotgun and why does the bfg looks and functions like a plasma gun
-how the fuck does the virus work?
-for the love of god, those sets look so bland.
sorry but i just hate this movie, not even the unrated cut had a lot different, hell they didnt even got the logo right, which without the blue and yellow looks just as bland as the sets.
thank you for making this great review anyways.
Still better than the shitshow of a new doom film
Your right about the fps section at the end, its really the reason to watch the movie.
It's too bad the rest of the movie, wasn't.
The first person section from this and all of Hardcore Henry are great fun with a VR headset, for those with the option.
"this thing looks like it's been seasoned" killed me
the drastic change to pinky was to Easter Egg in the Doom3 version of the Pinky monster (most who played the game, knew exactly what he was going to look like/be the second you saw his "wheelchair" and heard he was called "Pinky")
Great review, however you mentioned Doug Jones, but not Brian Steele who played not only the hell knight, but also Curtis Stahl, the man who gets turned into the hell knight on the tape. Again, great review.
+Jacob Kruger Thanks!
+GoodBadFlicks just curious which version do they show where Pinky other half ends up cause i don't remember it being in my Unrated Extended Edition DVD?
+Shawn Cobb I've never seen it either
Jeffrey314159 i know right
Jeffrey314159 well "extended edition" kind of implies that the deleted scenes were reinserted into the movie lol
A rare recording of a time when the Rock was an actor, and willing to play a role that didn't conflict with his carefully crafted public image
Fun film. I saw this in the theater and thought the FPS section was the worst part. It came out of nowhere and it made me nauseous (and I don't usually get that way from POV shots or movies).
this just made my day
Love your reviews!
Joseph WaltersJosephW Thanks!
2017!!!! I love this movie...can't beat the cast. And yeah, love it more than all the Resident Evil movies EXCEPT MAYBE the first one. ;-) thanks for the video!
You'll be surprised how much DOOM has gone from the grandfather of FPS games to a FPS survival horror game and now it's a high octane demon slaughter game where you can quite literally rip demons and zombies apart with your bare hands
Doom deserved so much better than this silly movie. It'd be cool if they made some kind of TV series like on Netflix or something. I'm sure someone could do it justice.
The FPS scene is so well done but I never understood why the monsters didn't come from Hell, The idea of the portal was that it opened the gateway to Hell itself, But in this just to Mars, And I found it strange why people changed into monsters like the IMP through a virus and it would determined what you would changed into, either good or bad..
I wish they just kept to the story that was set in the franchise, The story was weak and the Rock looked ridiculous once he changed into the evil sarge
You forgot the music! While it was a traditional orchestral score for the most part, there were some killer heavy metal tracks during some of the action in line with the games. Clint Mansell did very good on that front.
I liked this movie! Only played bits and pieces of the original game!
I too liked this movie for going full R-rated!
Great analysis of this movie. I couldn't agree more!
i really liked doom. great movie. its funny when sarge gets pulled and yells im not supposed to die
best quote in the movie: "I gotta take a dump"
Idk, the only monsters that looked like they were from the game, was the zombie type monsters and pinky. The hell nights didn't have any horns or hoofs so they had no resemblance to a demon and no revenants! Great video tho! Wish they would make a remake!
I was worried you were going to completely bash this movie judging from how the video started but I think you gave it a fair shake. Well done.
I mean, it's not as bad as the new movie. And that's saying something
they should've made the whole movie a hardcore action movie, sure DOOM is kind-of scary with the whole hell thing, but when it came to DOOM 3, the biggest problem people had with it was it focused too much on the horror element, DOOM is an action thing no matter what the medium and should be treated that way, when in comes to movies don't ditch the story line, (and this goes against any other movie) but DOOM should always be about the action period. That's a reason why movies based on games almost never work, or are hard to pull off, DOOM is a power fantasy, and the only time it can convey that is with the controller in your hand, they cant use it in a movie like this!
I think this was the first movie I saw karl urban, I really liked how he acts and m SO happy he got he role of DREDD. I'm sad we will never get a sequel to DOOM tho.
Also some people brought up the same argument as a complain with the movie not using "hell" as main story line which I find stupid, DOOM movie has a way more believable scenario then the original story of the video game.
Still better than whatever DOOM: Annihilation is.
Awesome job Cecil I did grow up playing ''DOOM'' on my PC wasn't the biggest fan of ''DOOM 3'' as for this film never was a fan of it when I first seen it back in 2005 but I'll be willing to give it another shot sometime in the future?
Thanks! If you can find the unrated cut, it is the better version. Also, if you have a bluray player, they brightened up the dark scenes so they are much clearer.
Thanks for the heads up I'll do that bro!
loved the spiderman bit =D #1 childhood movie
Should have used the story line from the Doom Comic, how ridiculously funny and awesome would It have been to hear the Rock Yell, RIP'N TEAR, RIP'N YA CUTS OUT!!!