Damn, that movie is going to be awful.
Based on these images?
Based on it being a live action movie of a video game, which historically never do very well, and are never written very well, and the fact that the 2 characters in these images are wearing outfits from different generations of games?
I would say it’s a good bet the movie won’t be great.
Edit: she has also never used a normal bow & arrows in any game, pretty much exclusively summoning a bow made from magic and using enchanted light arrows, or using a rapier instead. Not saying she couldn’t use a regular bow and arrows, just that she hasn’t.
Also I swear, if there is a Link x Zelda romance plot I’m going to riot - Link taps monster girls only in any instance he isn’t ace.
Little known fact: You can determine the quality of an entire movie franchise from untouched principle photography. See how Mr. Zelda sort of looks like if a young Hayden Christensen and Leonardo Dicaprio had a baby? That’s all you need to know.
“Well ex-cuuuuuuse me, princess!”
I sincerely hope he says that line in the movie
Live action is a mistake.
Yeah, we need studio Ghibli to do it!
Given the rest of the comments in this thread, here’s a controversial opinion: Imma reserve my judgement instead of judging a book by its cover.
I find it hard to tell if a movie - especially its plot - is good or bad based on just 3 images.
The only thing about this so far that I dislike is that they didn’t find a fully blond guy to play Link. The fake blond look is not a great fit.
They should have dyed it pink.
He really ought to be bare-legged and in a super-short tunic as well
why blond? Links hair can be Brown, Blonde or even Pink.
IMHO his hair should have been Pink or Brown.
His hair is brown in many early incarnations, and went brown-blonde before full blonde. Personally think this colour in the image is peak OoT link hair shade.
His hair looks like this to you?
Yes, that colour.
That’s the lighting making some parts darker than others. Not blond hair with brown roots
Tripling down on this sure makes this obsession seem suspect
Um… That’s a drawing… there is no light.
This is what it feels like sometimes.
I have zero hopes they can pull this off. Links game personality doesn’t translate well to film. Nits just gonna be a teenage fantasy romance.
Probably 10-15 years ago I found a project from a bunch of high schoolers called Legend of Link. I always felt like the very self-aware, tongue-in-cheek tone translates really well. But I don’t think an official project could pull that off as well.
It’s very rare for Zelda to have actual romance, it’s only been Skyward Sword and BotW / TotK. I’m sure Miyamoto and Aonuma would rip some hearts out if someone tried to steer this movie too far from the games like that.
Using the Mario movie for reference, this will be a very targeted release.
This movie is made for the BotW/TotK crowd. There is a nearly zero chance that this movie has reference to any other console Links. It will be a fantasy played straightforward because Nintendo doesn’t do memes or references unless it’s to an existing game that does, like Smash.
This seems like the most plausible take.
He gets an implied kiss at the end of Link’s Adventure, so there’s that :P
Does Link have dialogue?
Hep! Hut! Hyyy-Yah!!
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He only repeats one line over and over: “Well ex-cuuuuuuse me, princess!”
That would actually get my butt to the cinema bench. Especially if he “flies” by jumping on bomb blasts with his shield
I’d also accept if he was essentially Beavis ala The Legend of Beavis which is one of the funniest things on YouTube.
That was pure art
I think I’ve seen this. He just says “As you wish.”
He’s less of a talker and more of a “Hey, Listen!” er.
There is a 62% chance of this happening, master.
The trailer hopefully will show:
- Jack Black as a Goron king wincing saying “ooo right in the dekus!” after Link gets hit in the groin by a slingshot and crosses his eyes before falling backwards
- The Rock as Ganondorf doing the eyebrow raise, and saying, “can you smell what the 'dorf is cooking?”
- James Bautista sneaking into a Gerudu camp wearing a lacy tube top, face covering, and flowing pants
- Link’s horse making a suggestive whinny and pushing Link closer to Zelda played by Zendaya
WHO LET THE DOGS OUT
sommmmeBODY ONCE TOLD ME
The Rock as Ganondorf doing the eyebrow raise, and saying, “can you smell what the 'dorf is cooking?”
You say this as a joke, but Dwayne Johnson would be a fantastic Ganondorf.
I didn’t know I needed more Jack black after his last few movies (god borderlands was awful)
But this would be hilarious.
It would be bad, but funny.
If they wanted to make a parody movie about Zelda then definitely and I’d watch it and have a good time, but too many movies parody themselves and it’s not to my taste.
I like my parodies funny and my action dramas serious. No need to wink at the camera after every lame joke
This would be better than what the real movie will be
Looks absolutely horrible
it’s literally three static images
Graphics hasn’t been Nintendo’s strength for many years.
If you told me this was season 3 of Wheel of Time, I would believe you.
Look like couple cosplaying. Can’t wait for the mostly cgi trailer. This didn’t need to be made.
Link is not nearly femboy enough. I give it a 1 out of 10.
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They really cast the best looking actor for Link’s role. He really looks like the most recent iteration of the character in the video game.
Those two look perfect for the role. I don’t think I have seen him in anything but I saw her in King and Conqueror and she is great
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Neither of these people are ethnically elfish. Immersion absolutely ruined. FFS, Mr. Zelda looks downright Norwegian. Not a drop of Hyrulean blood in his veins. I’m boycotting this movie. I’m boycotting it!
The background is going to be out of focus the whole movie, I guarantee it.
