A Monster Hunter fan reviews the Monster Hunter movie

Another Capcom series brought to the big screen by the visionaries of the Resident Evil Franchise? Sign me the hell up! i say sarcastically...
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Monster Hunter - Proof Of A Hero By Masato Kouda
Celeste - Climbing the Mountain By Lena Raine
Skyward Sword - Groose's song By Takeshi Hama
Cup Head - Floral Fury By Kristofer Maddigan
Beating The Clock - Deafinition
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[@achronos178]

Paul W Anderson isn't making films for the art form. Just tax write offs for him and his wife.

[@latviesulegionars8806]

Paul W Anderson here, clearly you are lying, my wife is an amazing actress can embody any role, and i like money

[@jeangreffsbp]

Its literally an excuse to put her in Latex

[@traceyjacobsen8544]

@@jeangreffsbp she didn't have latex in the movie tho If anything she wasn't really revealing honestly

[@jeangreffsbp]

@@traceyjacobsen8544 yeah tho i was talking mostly about the RE movies he did

[@fong1949]

@@jeangreffsbp why are talking about RE movie when this is under a MH movie review? It make no sense to talking about RE movie under a MH movie review video.

[@MrSamthefan]

They could have literally just adapted Monster Hunter World. The plot is already cinematic enough, and hunting Zorah Magdaros is a compelling goal. Even already have sequel bait.

[@NecrochildK]

I mean they used the biomes and characters from MHW. They juggled things around though as it's apparently the first expedition sent to the New World, but the Field Team Captain is with them instead of being born in the New World. As well as MHW's Handler being on the first fleet's ship.

[@visceraeyes525]

hunting zorah magderos was shit. no one liked that

[@julbot1]

@@visceraeyes525 Sure, fighting Zorah was kinda boring in-game, but I think it would've been more entertaining in movie form.

[@MrSamthefan]

@@visceraeyes525 What Julbot said, it's a debatably bad game mechanic, but it's an amazing story beat. Would've worked way better in movie form than in-game.

[@taigh1100]

@@NecrochildK honestly I’m more annoyed at the fact that they used old world shit for something based on the new world. Gore magala, the great desert and the desert boat is all old world. Also why are the hunters primitives who capture Artemis when in reality the hunters are incredibly advanced and help people from all walks of life?

[@Godzillakingofkaiju1]

The bug monster is supposed to be... dig this... Nerscylla.

[@TheMajesticJunkyard]

I haven't actually fought that monster so, I had to look it up and... yeah that seems way off WHERE'S THE COLOUR?!?

[@Godzillakingofkaiju1]

@@TheMajesticJunkyard Furthermore, where's its pelt!?

[@Vill-e3v]

I actually think the Nerscylla colony was done well though. That is some QUALITY nope material there.

[@Godzillakingofkaiju1]

@@Vill-e3v Except they're not supposed to be that. If they wanted a hivemind monster, they should've used Seltas.

[@Vill-e3v]

@@Godzillakingofkaiju1 True. They probably went with Nerscylla because spiders

[@kuroboticuse]

To be fair Anyone in the shower for only 20 minutes can make a better plot than the recent mh movie lol

[@Svoorhout85]

Anyone could wake up from a drunken stupor and think of a better plot. lol

[@StevyJoe]

They could have just been lazy and grabbed a main plot from one of the games and people would be way less harsh to the movie then they are currently

[@spacemegalodon5049]

The plot you made at the end is so much better than what we got.

[@Svoorhout85]

A first grader could think of a better plot.

[@spacemegalodon5049]

A random rock on the ground could think of a better plot.

[@adonicetrig8908]

A parachute made of lead could think of a better plot.

[@gamingtruble525]

Imagine that plot, but: They got the chance through the guild, because the tigrex made a small unballance. She allmost causes them to fail, retret like he said etc. They capture the tigrex with the felyne hunters, and the climax battle would be an emotionally loaded, solo arena grudge match, where she beats the living shit out of it, with a custom proof of a hero theme playing in the backround.

[@harryprasetyo1988]

mmmm...agree

[@cosmicfang1864]

You know what the crazy part is, they could have changed one aspect at the story in this movie and the entire movie would change. Picture this, instead of killing off all the soldiers, everything stays the same up until they end up getting accosted by the Diablos and instead of killing them off, they end up getting saved by Tony Jaa. He escorts them back to the Monster Hunter base where they see this thriving community of hunters, researchers, armorers and palicoes working together. Even cut in a scene of a random monster like Jyuratodus or Anjanath freshly captured and being studied vigorously. They somehow communicate that they're from another world and have no way of getting home. While there, they learn their way of life and to use a vast array of the weapons provided by Monster Hunter. They learn to hunt and wield their weapons proficiently and even go on hunts starting with smaller monsters and gradually getting to the bigger ones.

[@roberthicks5454]

So basically, you want the game with a few American soldiers being proven how inadequate they are. Let me just begin to tell you what is wrong with this. IF they can get to that world, the monsters can get to ours, and their first duty would be to gather info and return it to high command and LET THEM make the decisions. This means from the first moment they are there they will be looking for understanding of how they got there. Then they would be looking for how to get home. THAT would be their first mission there. They might look at what weapons were used there, but they would be more likely to bring some home to see how they worked and how they could make them better at killing any of the monsters that came here. Secondly, in case you missed it, their mission was to find out what happen to the bravo team. Their mission was a success, in that they did find out what happen, but were not able to rescue any of them. A larger team was sent out to find out why both teams disappeared without a trace. They found out that the dragon was unstoppable by normal means. The captain knew that the entire planet was at risk and return as fast as possible. YOUR plot would have had the entire team betray that mission. They would have effectively gone AWOL just to help a bunch of people that already knew how to kill the monsters and had little use for them. Soldiers do not abandon their mission.

[@blightedrfs]

@@roberthicks5454 so you want it to be generic and boring?

[@roberthicks5454]

@@blightedrfs I did not find it either generic or boring. What you wanted would not appeal to the majority of movie patrons and thus would have killed the movie franchise before it could get going.

[@thenotoriousbum6950]

I have friends that got on the monster hunter series at world, and almost all of them said that if they knew they could have cats fight giant monsters with them, they would have played ages ago

[@davidthor4405]

Individuals of proper taste, I see

[@SPZ-gv2on]

The cats are what sold one of my friends honestly. Who doesn't love palicos?

[@yoshe4223]

The worst part is I can see a monster Hunter show with the Idea of being stuck in the world of monster Hunter. But instead going for a point a to b, it could’ve be where they have to “rise” up and protect a village in dire need of new hunters. And if they make anime with this mindset I’ll love it

[@LokiToxtrocity]

I see what you did there

[@garamoth97]

The saddest part of all this is that Capcom will look at this and go “no one wants a MH movie”, they would never blame their favourite director.

[@DevilFan669]

I wanted a MH movie lol 😂 and I really did enjoy the movie for what it was and I’m not a die hard fan of the games i only play MHW and barely play MHR but like I said before not a die hard fan of MH like I am with the Resident Evil games and I even enjoy the movies too with Milla Jovovich love her in those films and I don’t get the hate for those movies at all not like you haters people do but that’s just me my personal opinions bruh 😎

[@Kitchwamon]

I think the theme of invasive species and balance in ecology should be more emphasized in your plot. It can even play into Artemis's character. While hunters are about researching monsters and hunting out of necessity, Artemi's quest for revenge can cause conflict with her fellow hunters. In the plot, this revenge fixation can disturb the balance and Artemis suffers for her transgressions (she causes a fellow hunter to die or gets injured or something, idk just give her consequences for her actions). Climax can be she takes out the big bad invasive species monster the hunter way as a team and learns the responsibilities of her role as a hunter (maybe even have a native species monster help in battle, like in monster hunter stories. Would be a nod to the "baby games' of the franchise". All and all I like your ideas and great video. keep making more content.

[@Kitchwamon]

p.s. good on the youtube algorithm to leading me to this channel

[@TheMajesticJunkyard]

THAT'S WHAT I WAS MISSING!! Thank you for that. Both the idea and the loveley comment.

[@machdude3366]

Let's be honest, her entire existence as a character represents a lot about the ideology in building this movie. A hunter is someone that is designed based on a philosophy. Artemis is a representative of a completely different paradigm and is anathema to the very concept of Monster Hunter in and of itself. The game is man vs. nature, not man vs. monster. The monsters aren't important, the world itself is a challenge for the hunters.

[@Randomdudefromtheinternet]

She could actually get court martialed for something like that (the hunters even have policemen who deal with hunters who overhunt or hunt monsters that ain't listed on the quests. Lore wise at least)

[@GreenSpyro]

Add to that the necessity of letting the monster she swore revenge go away. Like killing the tigrex would cause an unbalance in the ecosystem.

[@jazf9539]

more chaotically planning out better film plots please i love this lmao (and i dont even know what monster hunter is!!))

[@TheMajesticJunkyard]

You have no idea how much fun it was to do this even if the idea was bad

[@reiniamajiki4179]

Your movie idea, while chaotic, would have been so much better than the non plot we were given. I think what they were trying to pull off was something like the final fantasy crossover they had in monster hunter world. Portals connecting lands, monsters overlapping, learning from each world to best combat each weird threat, etc. But instead you have a non plot, two monsters and a teaser at one, no meaningful dialog, barely any world building, Ron Perlman looking a wreck, game lore not used correctly, and someone having the audacity to send meowscular chef to fight with one lightning dual blade. As a mh fan I was so disappointed in how they portrayed game mechanics. It was interesting to see just how deadly these monsters are but switch axes dont shoot out a wave of fire.... ugh it was frustrating watching this movie. It's a bad movie and bad at portraying monster hunter. A waste of time for fans and non fans

[@TheMajesticJunkyard]

Thank you for your comment, and yeah I agree, there is so much wrong with this film that any positives, that I mentioned, are not enough to save it

[@NecrochildK]

I dunno. Revenge doesn't seem a proper fit for the mindset of the Monster Hunter games. Plus, a little too many montages.

[@manzac112]

There was supposed to be a fight between Gore Magala and Greater Rathalos, but they scrapped it. Even though Rathalos would get murked by Gore Magala, it would be a good moment for general fans to see a monster fight. If you wanted a powerful and larger-than-normal Rathalos, why didn't you use Silver or Dreadking, who can hold their own against elder dragons.

[@PestilentAllosaurus]

Not sure if it's completely scrapped. The Monster Hunter movie(s) are supposed to be a trilogy. And they teased Gore at the end.

[@manzac112]

@@PestilentAllosaurus It was confirmed that they completely scrapped it. They did because they thought the movie would be too long.

[@wigglerwarrior3167]

11:48 is the only glaring flaw with this plot idea because that role of invasive species belongs to Devlijho and Bazelgeuse But it took you less than four minutes to come up with a more cohesive and faithful plot than Anderson who probably took Months

[@TheMajesticJunkyard]

Yeah, i absolutely understand that; I just needed ANY reason I could come up with for Tigrex purely cause he's one of my favourites. It was purely for my sole benefit lol

[@wigglerwarrior3167]

@@TheMajesticJunkyard And it still made more sense than anything Anderson could have shat out XD

[@marcobrancorsini2479]

Well Tigrex would make sense as an invader since it can inhabit so many different environments

[@christiancinnabars1402]

Individuals of a species could feasibly play a similar role. Obviously not to the ecosystem destroying effect of the proper invader species, but they would still be unhealthy to the balance of the area. If the village was based in a tundra, and the most dangerous local predators are, say, some Khezu that eat one Kelbi a day or one Popo a week. A Tigrex coming in from another area would easily throw off the ecological balance set by that circumstance, and would need to be dealt with asap by the local hunters.

[@genesisproject1908]

add a stinger at the end - the Tigrex only invaded because an elder dragon or something drove it into the wrong region. Not too lore breaking, and you have a sequel set up too.

[@mymaskofshame]

What cheesed me off was them fighting Diablos with Bone Weapons..... Starter weapons against a late/end game boss? I love my Palico's, I got C4+ as my bomber cat and Catscan as my support/healer. Honorable mentions: Prowladdin, Clawdiator and Mewpin3rd.

[@bioboss8369]

It wasn't just Diablos, but a Black Diablos. Black Diablos are the strongest form of an already strong (non-elder dragon level) monster. Not to mention after that fight, they had the AUDACITY to say NORMAL RATHALOS; not Dreadking, Not Silver, not even Azure; was one of the strongest monsters. Idk if they've realized this, but Normal Diablos is stronger than Normal Ratholos, let alone a Black Diablos.

[@muhdsyafiq7077]

They even invite hellboy to kick rathalos ass xD

[@NecrochildK]

@@bioboss8369 Well, if you look at the size comparison, the movie Rathalos is faaaaaaaaaaaaar far larger than even a gold crown large rathalos. Chances are, while it has the coloration of a regular rathalos, it's probably on par with a dreadking if not stronger.

[@ForestX77]

Ah sleep bombing. I remember that. I also remember mh3u and that stupidly overpowered kelbi sling shot. But such is mh !

[@StevyJoe]

I love those cat names and I'm going to steal them lol

[@ashurad_fox5991]

When the trailer dropped, I was excited... Then Anderson's name came out and my heart was destroyed just like how they destroyed Leon (Jill, Ada, Claire) and reduced them to nothingness in RE Live action movies

[@MachineD3vil]

And the over glorification of Alice, a Mary Sue.

[@PoMPyroLoL]

I'd make 1 change to the story in that Artemis would be using her father's weapon(s) while this is all happening in an effort for honor/revenge. At the end, after the party faints, no scolding. She comes to the realization that she is not her father, no matter how much she wants to be, and has to grudgingly pick up another weapon to hunt Tigrex. Enter some message about honoring your father by honoring yourself or something like that, and it also would end up incorporating a big part of monster hunter which is adaptability via all the different types of weapons.

[@agentofxehanort]

They could do so much more with a MH movie. Why did they give it to the guy that ran the RE movies into a ditch?!

[@manzac112]

That Elder Dragon looking creature is called Gore Magala and it is actually not an elder dragon. That crazed beast is the master of the frenzy virus to a certain extent and he is the main boss and antagonist in Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate. Shagaru Magala is the adult form and Elder Dragon form of Gore Magala because it has pure mastery of the frenzy virus. Shagaru is ruthless and he isn't called the Fallen Angel of Light for nothing.

[@t1r1g0n]

magala Family are definitly the best monsters around. Shagaru and Chaotic look so great.

[@PiroMunkie]

I bet Anderson's intention was to splice the RE and MH franchises together with the frenzy virus.

[@manzac112]

@@PiroMunkie I hope not.

[@Hazearil]

Isn't Gore Magala just an Elder Dragon? The games listed it as an unknown type at first (which means no category is ruled out really), the Hunter's Encyclopedia 4 apparently lists it as Elder Dragon, and more importantly; if its mature form is an Elder Dragon, then that settles it. The species is an Elder Dragon or isn't, and the mature form is still the same species as the younglings.

[@manzac112]

@@Hazearil The reason why Gore Magala isn't a full Elder Dragon is because that it doesn't truly control the frenzy virus and you can actually capture it. It can still be sporadic and fall victim to its own power. Shagaru Magala can truly master the frenzy virus to its full potential; so, that's why it's considered a full Elder Dragon.

[@leachlurker3569]

this is a really nice small channel i am happy i found this was a great video to watch keep making shit i am sure your gonna blow up someday i love monster hunter to

[@TheMajesticJunkyard]

You have no idea how much this means to me, thank you 💖💓💗

[@leachlurker3569]

@@TheMajesticJunkyard great, keep making videos ill be watching (:

[@Randomdudefromtheinternet]

I never understood why she went for dual blades, with her military background she would've been a nice Light or Heavy Bowgun main.

[@SPZ-gv2on]

Good point actually. A military person can choose from a bunch of weapons and for some reason choose awkward swords over a big gun.

[@user-dh8nv6el2r]

I heard that they didn't even use Rathalos' theme at battle scene. Didn't they use any music from games??

[@TheMajesticJunkyard]

Not to my knowledge, no. Not even the main theme

[@ZeroTooL88]

Haaated this movie. Old school MH fan. Why did we establish that modern guns did nothing early into into film only to have a second "monster killing army guys" montage an hour in? Also I was so hyped when they SPOILER: gathered materials for the poison arrow and successfully trapped the Diablos and put it to sleep... but then it immediately woke up. Womp womp.

[@horsebox5138]

-Celeste music -Spiderverse poster This guy gets it

[@patronofsaints2062]

That was a great rundown of your movie

[@tydoesnothing7521]

All I wanted was the lead killing Rathalos trying to get a plate and never getting for 1.5 hours, only to tease that she *may* get it in the sequal.

[@SPZ-gv2on]

Here's the plot I was looking for. The hunter raging after beating rathalos upside the head 12 times and then popping off when they finally got the gem.

[@kadachinova5302]

@@SPZ-gv2on Better idea: It was an Anjanath Gem from some random Anjanath that got in the middle of it.

[@bradwilkinson518]

I have asked this question before on other videos without really getting an answer, but I will ask it again. Don't you have to be born a Hunter? No average schmuck can just train to be able to pick up swords and hammers and gun lances that weigh more than they do. I remember learning that all Hunters are descendants of the genetically modified super-soldiers of the Ancient Civilization. So how in the hell was Artemis, a well-trained but still standard human from Earth, expected to be able to just automatically be as good as literal superhumans with just a bit of training?

[@Johannsus]

You wrote a 50x better story in a few minutes then actual movie makers made in a year... Bravo my good sir, you have done monster hunter well

[@Chamonecory]

When the theme for Niko from Wind Waker plays in the background you know something is a joke lol

[@jontysherlock1804]

It’s a little embarrassing to say but I was a kid and monster Hunter stories was my first game and I later played generations as my first main game experience and soon after 4U then I went and played some older games and then played Gen Ultimate then World and now I have 40 hours in rise already and have finished it

[@SPZ-gv2on]

Stories seems like a good game tbh. Haven't played it myself but I don't see any problems with it.

[@statesminds]

Most lore accurate part of movie is when Cephalos come out of the desert sand and jump scare the hell out of you and take your last bit of health lol

[@samsonspin3256]

Ikr. That scene was the best part. Lmfao. Rest was like bare minimum. And they didn’t even get a lot of the bare minimum. Not a single quest or anything mentioned in the whole movie. LMAO. They should’ve just made it a movie about a motivated person wanting to become a g rank hunter to honor someone of their past . And you see them in the barracks with other hunters in like a training program like attack on titan and they train in arenas with weapons and do the harvesting quests in their early stages and we see them progress to larger monsters and have difficulty but perserverence. And by the end show to have true potential as a hunter after soloing a difficult monster that knocked down the other squad members. That’s how I would write the movie. Sort of the rough idea.

[@MonkeyDPickle]

Been playing since Monster Hunter Freedom release. Probably clocked a few thousand hours by now with MHF-MHFU-Generations-tri-4-world- next Rise

[@christiancinnabars1402]

An issue that irks me that a lot of reviewers tend to glance over is how badly the movie undersells the power of the MHverse, especially the hunters. In Monster Hunter, you can fall down mountains without any damage, tank direct hits from monsters, and slice through hide that is stated to be stronger than metal. And I know some people are going to say: "But Geralt noted how he didn't take fall damage either in World, so that's just the verse being weird with gravity," and to that I respond with: that's non-canon, and if you do take it as canon, then you have a Behemoth sized power influx into the verse, which makes the situation _even worse._ Then in the movie, Artemis is keeping up with the hunters. Despite being a normal human from the real world. That precident makes _everything_ in the Monster Hunter world suddenly drab and unimpressive. Hunters have to run around monsters and struggle to not get hit, making the concept of fighting them with melee weapons completely dumb. The world is seen as this uninhabitable hellhole where people have to always be on alert before a common monster randomly appears and kills everyone, in complete contrast with the world seen in the games where people goof around _a lot_ and only get mildly annoyed by monsters any weaker than the Raths. The monsters are seen as violent, malicious demons instead of animals living out their everyday life. That one precident ruins everything that is set up in the games, all just so some random shmuck can come in and fight stuff(and people). But she doesn't _need_ to fight. She can help around with literally anything else, and be the PoV for the audience that is awed at the hunters and monsters alongside them. Or if you _really_ want her to fight, give her a bowgun. She's part of the military. She's skilled with guns. So, give her a gun. Simple logic. No one from the real world with our ~6,000 LB back lift soft limit should be touching the toes of _any_ hunter in Monster Hunter.

[@anyhow8174]

Instead of making a story about a normal hunter in a majestic, wide and wonderful fantasy world where dragons and fuckin' devils called vespoids exist, they makes a movie about a military squad got transported into another world, where they strive and tries to survive. Anderson literally only saw the title "Monster Hunter" and thought its just some game where you try to survive from monsters invading your world. No, its not. Monster Hunter is not a horror-thriller game (except when you fight against that saiyan chimpanzee) where you tries to survive, while avoiding monsters and running away from it. Monster Hunter is a game, where you, as a NATIVE in that world, works as a normal hunter who is good at doing their job. Its a game where you, as a hunter, doesnt escape from a dragon with twin horns, but instead wrestles with it. Its a game, where you, as a person who lives in that world, was protecting the ecosystem, while taking what you need to live, like us, here, on Earth. Just, please. Keep Anderson away from any games. Please.

[@iMuffinz]

This video takes me back to old school youtube

[@bandicootsauce4569]

"No! That's not what I said or implied, you numpty!" My experience with KZbin comment sections summed up in ten words.

[@palebloodoni3558]

Another Freedom Unite brother!! :D Don't see many of those! We're ACE/veterans ;) maybe even retired!

[@TheMajesticJunkyard]

Oh mate, it has been a LOOONG time, but i still have the memories... both good and bad

[@t1r1g0n]

​@ I started with Freedom 1 and played all of them that got a eu/na release (so no MH Portable 3rd) and I also played 3 for Wii (before getting the Ultimate Version for the 3DS.), but I still consider 4u as the best portable Monster Hunter so far. But I also really love Rise so far. Yes it's unfinished and lacked content at the moment, but with the inclusion of new monsters as free updates (and hopefully an G-Rank DLC) it could become my new favourite. But back to topic: MH 3 released 10 years ago and 4U six years ago. So I would definitely say that people who started with these games can be called veterans. Yes we Fredoom/Fredom 2 plebs play and love the franchise since almost 15 years now, but even 6 years of dedication to a franchise are nothing to sneeze at.

[@nazrulnadziruddin9641]

So a ranger is better than a monster hunter who wields giant weapons on daily basis and spent years honing their skills to hunt giant monsters? Wow, that is pushing the isekai troupe too much. Seriously, anyone who played MH will know that rangers and monster hunters are worlds apart. Just curious, between this and Terminator Dark Fate, which one takes the cake?

[@georgeplayz5098]

I love the groose theme from skyward sword in the background

[@DevilFan669]

I remember seeing this movie at that theater with my mom and it’s the same day I got my PlayStation 5 for Christmas and that’s the day I saw Monster Hunter and I will never forget that day at all good memories too for me back then

[@bandicootsauce4569]

I'm honestly just glad that the movie included a Palico in any sense.

[@RedEyedModok]

Nicely Done. My favorite part was the love note on the chalkboard. Off the rails is a good name for a channel. Yah at first I was like oh spoilers....wait a minute....what spoilers? Shhhhh the secrets in the title. Yep this was never going to win an Oscar for Best Drama. You never know like you said there's good stuff to observe you just have to sift through some garbage to get to it.

[@TheMajesticJunkyard]

My GF appreciates you liking the love note

[@RedEyedModok]

@@TheMajesticJunkyard well I'm a horror game lover from wayback so I was just trying to establish clues in case later on the murderer/ murderers removed key pieces of evidence. Old habits ....die...hard.

[@RedEyedModok]

@@TheMajesticJunkyard shes claiming her stake. Shes establishing her Territory. Warning of all other female claimants. This is deep psychoanalsis. I'm to wrapped up in video Games, movies, and anime.

[@bandicootsauce4569]

"Because I want to see that featherless f*cking bird die." I'll drink to that. Lol!

[@HighQualityLeftover]

Trying to see positives in this is like saying "You know... not all of this piece of shit smells horrible! If you stand in the direction of the wind, you can barely smell the bad parts, while only getting this slight sweet savory smell without the nauseating part" But then 2 seconds later the wind changes again

[@nanduboy1313]

Loved your video Just thought the background music was too loud But keep up the good work!

[@Ksavputin]

i like how every single mh fan (including me) comes up with a better plot structure that's sounds semi similar (except, i would adapt the original monster hunter story, where the big bad is fatalis ) 1.protagonist is a child in a village 2.big bad happens 3.protagonist becomes hunter 4.monster hunter shenanigans 5.protagonist deals with big bad 6.the end It's "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" (and also mh:stories) ! It's classic! And you can do so much with this simple structure! Make a dumb fun movie about hunters breaking monsters left and right, make a film about enviromentalism, ecology and the circle of life, make a film about the nature of revenge, make a film about the conflict between humans and nature and that's just from the top of my head! I love monster hunter very much, and whenever i remember what a wastefull disgrace this fucking film, it makes my blood boil

[@shamanrauger9040]

The plot sounds great. The tigrex could be forced out of its natural habitat by an elder dragon setting a tie in for a sequel, moving the focus onto 1 main person with 3 supporting characters allows for 4 person hunts to be written in, and even better make it a show. I would watch a “monster of the week” show about 4 rookie hunters learning the ropes and battling monsters. That would allow more monsters to be present in the shows run time, allow even development between the 4 characters, flesh out a hunter’s training, and allow a overarching plot line of figuring out what this mysterious monster that is forcing other monsters into a frenzy (Gore Magala). Fuck that would be so good.

[@kadachinova5302]

A show would be better imo. Shagaru being the 'final boss', is a good choice. _if we can have a tobi hunt that they fail to. instant 10/10._

[@PiroMunkie]

I thought the opening scene of this movie was pretty fun, outside of treating Diablos like sandsharks. If they just focused on the actual world of Monster Hunter instead of immediately cutting to the real world and making those people the main characters, then it could have been a much better movie. Also there were so many cuts in fight scenes with Tony Jaa, instead of just letting him shine as the martial artist he is.

[@omen1121]

I would 100% watch the movie pitch he gave

[@franciscocorreia8640]

About the tigrex invasive species tigrex you could use gormagala as a catalyst for this mass migration tigrex/other monsters.

[@frankylam6954]

Bro you nail it, you fuxking nail if you are the writer I pretty sure the movie will be a block buster .

[@lewa3910]

This movie rlly should've been a mix of jurassic park meets detective pikachu

[@sussybaka3648]

They did not do my boy Gore Magala justice

[@michaeldodd6181]

Good to see a take on this movie from an actual fan of the game series.

[@joelrobinson5457]

Replace tigrex with deviljho and that's a good storyline, they're invasive, cause mass extinctions and are unpredictable enough to take out even the more experienced hunters if they slip up. It also could come out of nowhere kill the tigrex or whatever they think killed the father and then the realise, it was this cucumber. On the flip side you did amazing and deserve way more subs

[@SPZ-gv2on]

It could even be that he was expecting a deviljho but it was actually the first discovery of savage deviljho and he wasn't prepared for how much stronger it was.

[@artie6551]

I would add "when the Tigrex is down... The town is in danger because of the Lao-Shang Lung"

[@traceyjacobsen8544]

Intro: *"sips tea* ..........i fucking *love* monster hunter" Fucking earnt a like instantly XD Im just imagining him thinking about monster hunter and then going on a rant in his room all by himself with nobody actually there

[@TheMajesticJunkyard]

That is absoLUTELY what happened

[@codydeshayes9051]

Dude I think you would be the perfect director for the next monster hunter movie!.

[@VicenteTorresAliasVits]

It seems like producer/writer/director Paul W.S. Anderson wanted to recreate the experience of watching the RESIDENT EVIL series, since the setting, the atmosphere and the cast would change from time to time... except that he crammed it all into 1 movie. The end result is MONSTER HUNTER which, despite being so disjointed, is consistently boring and unimaginative. I've never played the video games it's based on, so I watched gameplays on KZbin in preparation. While I don't know the entire lore (not only did I only choose videos about the mainline installments, but I also only chose videos that last between 15 and 50 minutes), I got the gist of it. The player must go to certain areas to collect raw meat for their village. Since "monster" has a negative connotation, I was shocked when I noticed that a lot of them don't attack you if you don't attack first. Some don't do anything at all to defend themselves! It's cruel! And don't tell me that's how it is in real life too. Hunters make sure they only have to shoot once. They don't swing a bladed weapon repeatedly. To be fair, maybe in the subsequent levels, the player encounters creatures that *are* evil by nature. Either way, the scenery and the music score had a light-hearted epic fantasy vibe, which the movie doesn't even try to recreate. I won't spoil the ending, but I will say that it's one of the worst sequel baits I've ever seen! "Oh, let me guess, Vits: The conflict is resolved, the heroes celebrate and then another story is set up in a tacked on way, right?" No, it's worse! The set-up isn't for another story; it's for the rest of the current story! There's no resolution! Look, even if you don't want your heroes to achieve their main goal until the final chapter, they still need to accomplish something. Just because there's a big baddie for the entire franchise, it doesn't mean each installment can't have an antagonist that the heroes can defeat. It's important to show an epilogue where the heroes reflect on what they've been through, so the viewer can feel that it's the end of a part of their journey. Or that the real journey is about to begin. The details are up to the storytellers. Just don't pump the breaks out of nowhere! 3/10

[@crystaltriforce64]

you know this movie is bad when you're the ONLY person in multiple friend groups that isn't a HARD core MH fan and honestly forgot the movie existed from the fact that no one talks about it

[@alexcano9450]

This guy: makes an example of how to tell an acceptable story Hollywood: write that down! write that down!

[@juanchoguerrero9143]

The bug monster you mentioned is not a bug it is a spider called nerscylla

[@Tigerwolf102onYoutube]

As someone who is a noob at MHW, the script you gave is super easy to follow without having to know much about the Monster Hunter lore.

[@jasonpypsaeris4643]

Exactly monster hunter has a great story and lore already built in.

[@justletmeuseyoutube213]

Bro no one is going to tell you to give this movie slack when we got detective pikachu which has probably set the standard for videogames movies which still isn't that high

[@dragonslaya5792]

yeah idk how movie companies can go "lets make a movie on this game" and have zero understanding of the fucking game or wven how to write a not garbage story

[@matalvis]

I think Monster Hunter would be a better Anime then a movie. Hunter starts from nothing, learns, gets "Okay" enough to make a living, tragedy happens, (plesioth hip check kills someone cause they underestimated it.) time skip, Rookie is no longer Rookie, crisis happens like a gore magala starting shit with frenzy virus. Have someone start from nothing and basically become the Goblin Slayer in that world. (BTW G-Slayer is a SnS Maine, fight me.) No major bad guy, maybe a poacher here or there. (Poachers trophy hunting outside the guild get hunted like animals btw, check the lore.) Basically a guy, or girl, contributing their part to society and keeping towns safe. We would kind of be just watching hunters pick up missions, do the research, and then prepping before the big hunt. Hunter would learn from past hunts and eventually be what we consider G-rank.

[@TheChocoboKid]

In that story of yours... I think it would be great if the hunters are struggling with Blangonga. But Tigrex mops the floor with it easily.

[@lyriancheamish8602]

I completely agree with you. Nice video sir. By the way, is the dragon at the end supposed to be Gore Magala?? I hope not, they already ruined one of my favourite monsters (Nerscylla).

[@SPZ-gv2on]

The end monster was supposed to be gore yeah. Not sure why it had a beard. I just hope this movie did badly enough to scrap the sequel.

[@AustralianGrizzly]

So I am pretty sure that your idea of the Tirgrex being invasive is actually the Village Quest plot of "Monster Hunter Freedom Unite" as Pokke Village Elder does talk about how its uncontested on the mountain when it arrives at games beginning. Its arrival though meant that something was going down blah blah blah game happening. But Village Quest 4* ends with you taking down the Tirgrex...

[@kyo3290]

basically the best part about the movie was seeing these monsters in CGI and that alone just gives it a 7/10 and all they had to do was dump the isekai, make it start, stay and end in the New World. Keep the tower and misinformation, i dont care

[@lucentjad2941]

Been playing since freedom unite and when I saw the announcement for a movie man I was hyped... and then instead of a monster hunter movie we got Paul Anderson 2 Electric Boogaloo

[@Heftyhamster137]

It’s basically Monster Hunter with the plot from the movie Enemy Mine.

[@ZephyrusAsmodeus]

What kind of Monster Hunter fan dosent know what Gore Magala is, especially one who started back in MHFU jk jk

[@Arod40]

One that started with world.

[@sterlinga.5410]

The tigrex lore he made up is actually kinda accurate if you think about it...

[@mikem2849]

I don't blame you for expecting to have fun. I mean, he also made the Resident Evil movies which, yes, had dick-all to do with the games plot-wise, but were at least *fun movies.* This movie was kind of just... all over the place. And basically a slap in the face to Monster Hunter fans. (Rathalos is almost impossible to kill? Seriously? That thing isn't even G-rank!)

[@videonmode8649]

Ron Perlman and the Rag-tag Monster Crew

[@eltonjuan1172]

Well tigrex is actually an invader. Because it goes wherever the hell it wants. But it especially thrives in frigid and arid environments

[@ThrillerKiller96]

Got mad ptsd when I heard the cup head sunflower boss music

[@deathdiamond15]

I like the idea of your plot much more than the actual movie's plot, but instead of the Tigrex, maybe something stronger like an elder dragon could be the cause (although its pretty cliché and its basically the plot for most of the games, it works). As a monster hunter fan, it gives more of an impact because they are significantly stronger than the normal monsters and are often noticeably different from just your normal monsters to hunt. And for those who aren't fans, it could also be helpful for them to understand, by having the elder dragon be visually distinct like its size, maybe going with a monster like Zorah Magdaros or Dalamadur. Having the big threat being an elder dragon can also help with the lack of its appearance between the death of Artemis's father and her seeing it again, since they are rare occurrences and treated as cataclysms (via lore in the games)

[@TheMajesticJunkyard]

I was kinda working on the idea of, if there would be sequels, kinda deal? So having elder dragons would be later down the line to amp up the stakes

[@deathdiamond15]

@@TheMajesticJunkyard Ah, that makes more sense. You could porbably tell, but my thought process was a 1 movie deal

[@deathdiamond15]

@@TheMajesticJunkyard The more I think about it, if they made a movie in the style of the monster hunter cutscenes, your idea fits great with the MH4U opening scene.

[@wamengxiong0409]

You mean "remobra", not "cephalos" -Paul WS Anderson

[@juanchoguerrero9143]

That elder dragon is called gore magala

[@megnugget2631]

That intro had the same energy as "I love refrigerators"

[@mariomestre9939]

you look like a young Joseph Gordon-Levitt

[@TheMajesticJunkyard]

We also share the same birthday lol

[@woot12598]

"Why are we following U.S. soldiers?" Because you get more funding, from the U.S. military, for making a military propaganda movie.

[@spinosaurusstriker]

So we are, like, guardians of the galaxy now? Someone wrote that. Also whats with the monsters trying to cross to the human world now? One would think in a certain point the army would just have equipement to gun down most of them when they discover there is a portal that spawns creatures time to time,i mean the super duper rathalos never got shot and the diablos got a horn broken by an explosive.

[@AnnaCurser]

the tigrex would be an invasive species if it was pushed out of its habitat by an elder dragon. so that checks out

[@RhiffRhaff]

While my friends and I were watching the movie one made the comment when she first passes out from the spider they should of had palicos cart her off and it would have been great, but yeah that didnt happen, made us laugh our asses off though.

[@Nennecatgirl]

They don't play Proof of a hero ONCE. The music score was 8-bit and unlike anything Monster Hunter

[@Nennecatgirl]

not that 8 bit is bad, just really unfitting.

[@Nennecatgirl]

I now realize i forgot mention something about said music, it was dogshit

[@muhdsyafiq7077]

Lmao in that mh movie they fighting a fire monster using fire element weapon! Not just that they even use low rank weapon to fight a high rank monster lmao

[@renno2679]

Thing about video game films: can't be centred around the gameplay. It didn't even have to be about hunting. It could've just been about learning the balance of the ecosystem - but then that would've turned into Avatar. But we got a shit action film director, so we got this piece of crap.

[@yoyoip2946]

I would prefer a Monster Hunter movie directed by Michael Bay, Starring Megan Fox as the hunter and she spent the entire movie fighting Bazelgeuse and Brachydios.

[@peekachomp2078]

Gormagala at the end was so badass

[@The_BagMan_]

I mean we got the big sand whale and the smaller monsters but still i understand what you mean but from someone who has done alot of indepth lore and stuff i enjoy the movie alot because i think it was a good introduction to a maybe good series i mean its just a starting movie and intro

[@Frameerex]

You should honestly make the Next movie, i'd watch that 100%

[@jeremygong9410]

Beginning was kinda dull, until it hits the 2/3 of the video. Some real thoughts and opinions and that portion of review is real entertaining.

[@GeauxHounds074]

I usually hate it when people start off by saying this and then “reviewing” a movie… but I haven’t watched this movie yet. I refuse to pay money to watch this movie simply based on Paul WS Anderson’s previous work. I’ve seen enough of the Resident Evil movies, played hundreds of hours of Monster Hunter, and watched enough of the MH movie trailers to know that he got this movie completely wrong. Without even watching the movie, I feel that I can safely assume that what you described as your ideal MH movie is 100% more appropriate and satisfying than what Anderson did. I do plan on watching this movie, but not until I get it for free, because I refuse to pay money toward this man’s continued shoddy adaptation career.

[@fong1949]

I love the movie.The storyline that is not good just like the game. Showing off the monsters the correct way and using the right name for the monster and showing off most of the weapon and showing off the armor correctly. Tony Jaa is wearing the lower lvl armor. Yes the main character can go solo, but she can also go with a party. Which you can do in the game and it a lot more fun if you go in a party. As for the portal or teleporting to a new world. Monster Hunter do have it. It how we were able to get a lot of cross over games in Monster Hunter World and they did that correct. So I don't understand why people dislike or hate the movie when they got everything right.

[@DevilFan669]

I am a causal fan of the Monter Hunter game I only played Monster Hunter World and that’s it I played and I did also played Monster Hunter Rise for a little bit but I play more of MHW more than MHR and I really did enjoyed the movie for what it was and I really did love Milla Jovovich in that movie and she was really good in the Resident Evil movies too and I’m a huge fan of the games of that franchise and I don’t get the hate for the movies at all but that’s just my honestly opinions bro 😎