Why The Uncharted Movie Isn’t Really An Uncharted Movie

Uncharted is one of the best video games produced in the last 15 years. Fans everywhere were ecstatic when news broke they were finally adapting Uncharted to the big screen. But what we ended up getting in the Tom Holland Mark Wahlberg feature was the furthest thing from the Uncharted movie we wanted.
Uncharted Fan film: • UNCHARTED - Live Actio...
#uncharted #uncharted4 #nerdstalgic
Written by Ash MItrano
Edited by Paul Ritchey

[@tylerjones4247]

This movie felt more like a reboot of National Treasure than uncharted

[@marceabrann2166]

At least it's better than the national treasure show disney came out with

[@idanlewenhoff2295]

damn that's exactly right

[@taherr]

National treasure was better because it romanticised history and the characters revered it... Unchartered was more like oceans heist film. No reverence for it's in world history.

[@adoptedbyangelinajolie]

Yea it was really bad and didn't feel like uncharted at all. So dissapointing bc i really loved the game so much 😭

[@kluneberg8952]

@@adoptedbyangelinajolie i love the games and i had fun with the movie

[@davinci3478]

One of the main problems with almost all video game movies is they feel that they need to always make it an origin story. The games never give a background in the begin, NAte in the games is an experienced wise cracking treasure hunter. The movie waists its time having everyone meet for the first time and Nate being a newby

[@Slashercon]

@@juubilo1509 "The games never give a background in the begin," is what he said. By Uncharted 3, Drake and Sully were already established characters.

[@Sohbek]

They don't even touch Nate's origin until what, the third game? Then they expand more in the fourth? Yeah, I have to agree with you.

[@Breathe4you.]

They either do an origin story or try to remake the game in movie form. It makes more sense instead to do a whole knew story that the game didn't show. Game movies should function almost as a new dlc, rather than generic predictable origin

[@MyShiroyuki]

I bet they looked at movies similar to Uncharted, like National Treasure, and made the movies similar to that because they believed Uncharted’s story couldn’t bring in an audience or some other corporate nonsense.

[@loganbigmo]

It's pretty hip to waist time

[@sirhcgnuoy1657]

They definitely made it to safe. Felt like a Disney version.

[@Zombiesnyder13]

I blame AVI ARAD

[@ItsKomplicatedMusic]

@@Zombiesnyder13 fr fuck him

[@pablocasas5906]

Well, Sony Pictures is not that far removed from Disney in terms of varying quality between their movies. I remember how in the leaked e-mails from the 2014 Sony Hack some people in the studio felt that their movies were seen as bland and unappealing compared to their competitors. I mean Sony and Columbia Pictures earned a certain reputation for making all those awful Adam Sandler comedies, all of the meddling regarding the Amazing Spider-Man duology and how badly they treated directors and actors. They occasionally make some amazing movies like Spider-Verse and Mitchell's Against the Machines, but they also made things like The Emoji Movie, Venom 1 & 2 and Morbius

[@jeremyshepherd1700]

What did they do once they arrived at the safe?

[@bishbosh4815]

This is what they always do. I guarantee if TLOU was a movie it would be the same. They're just in it for the money, there's no passion for the game, they just want to appeal to a broad target audience, not satisfy the fans of the game

[@leejackson7724]

It devastated me when they didn’t take the Nathan Fillion short further. It was a great opportunity to follow the narrative of the forth game due to Fillions age. It should have been Nate’s daughter discovering her dad’s journal, going to look for the treasure possibly with a friend, getting into trouble and Nate and Sully teaming up to save them. It almost writes itself haha.

[@Demetrix13]

damn bro this would be so good

[@artagle_14]

That would’ve been perfect since us fans are familiar with Nate’s daughter appearing in the Uncharted 4. Either they missed a huge opportunity OR they may be planning to use that story on a new game instead 👀

[@knurdyob]

actually great idea! I always thought it's too late for Nathan Fillion to be cast as Nathan Drake but that idea actually makes a lot of sense.

[@bmsuperstar1]

​@@knurdyobYou cast him as an older, more seasoned Nathan Drake. That's all there is to it. You set your timeline a few years after the fourth game, and you're set. I don't see the problem there.

[@Kai-r6h]

Yeah that was the best fan film I had ever seen, the production quality was up there with any streaming platformed series. Sucks it was only 15 minutes long

[@roonkolos]

The fan film did it infinitely better and barely even any of the run time This one was just "look, we played the game too guys"

[@marcopoloonpollo5937]

I don't think they even played the game, based on their casting choices.

[@roonkolos]

@@marcopoloonpollo5937 damn right on that. I think Tom and Mark are decent enough actors on their own But as Nate and Sully?! Tom has nowhere near the charisma needed and Mark is Mark

[@TheFlash-rh2el]

They definitely played the game. You couldn’t avoid the tone, characters, feel and action of the games if you never played them at least once each. It took work to make this film as soulless and garbage as possible

[@user-sx4qu4dz9z]

@@TheFlash-rh2el W comment

[@roonkolos]

@@TheFlash-rh2el you almost had me I applaud you

[@birdmanjr78]

I freaking loved seeing how nate didnt know how to play crash. It always reminds us how he had a rough life and couldnt afford to sit and play always had to move and survive

[@jay.ostojic]

exactly

[@alextriguero8452]

I don’t like the uncharted crash’s controls It’s so hard 😩

[@globalist1990]

He also has very distinct interests

[@Demonai_Warrior]

The fan film with Nathan Fillion was way more true to heart than this movie was.

[@roonkolos]

From the jokes to the witty banter and even small touches like Nate's slight rambling or the one camera angle before the fire fight Whoda thunk making something with a bit of passion would make such a difference

[@Kanoog]

Fan Film was incredible! I couldn't agree more

[@craigjuniormorrison4008]

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[@co2_os]

Nathan Fillion IS Nathan Drake. He looks just like him (a bit older version of him)

[@patrickiamonfire965]

The uncharted character was based on Nathan Fillion.

[@bishbosh4815]

It's astonishing how pixels, voice actors and motion capture conveys so much more energy, emotion and life than actual live action actors. Yeah they're only as good as the script and directing, but even if it was more faithful, I just don't believe Tom and Mark couldve ever nailed the dynamic chemistry that Nathan and Sully have

[@Ceasefirerightnow]

They seriously need to remake this mess and do an hbo show out of it instead. It just doesn't work as an action blockbuster movie.

[@bishbosh4815]

@@Ceasefirerightnow even tho it basically is just an interactive action adventure movie 😂

[@BarkerVancity]

tom never even touched the games until after they started filming

[@dieserboy1601]

They have even rewritten Sams death and betrayal. His death became a claim and post-credit scene and his betrayal was done by Sully. Nathans father figure who never would backstab him. It's truly amazing how they manage to tank this story and charakteres...

[@zumabbar]

seriously sully characterization is the worst offender of the movie.

[@adoptedbyangelinajolie]

We need to do a petition to remake this movie. This time directed by neil druckmann himself

[@zumabbar]

@@adoptedbyangelinajolie meh, not so sure about that. putting aside that he is more of a writer instead of director, the least they can do is get someone who actually plays the game and watches the cutscene lol. let neil handles a way bigger plate (Part II👀) for now.

[@zack8865]

@@zumabbar they could always just Evil Dead 2 the franchise and start over. plus i think it's better as a tv series anyway

[@sergeantbigmac]

@@zack8865 Lol exactly what i was thinking. The only thing they can do is just start over, do a quick montage like the start of Evil Dead 2 "hahah remember this well it didnt happen but also it did and were doing it again" Except the problem with that is they still have the miscasting problem and big actor contracts involved. Im sure their agents negotiated for a multi picture deal. Any chance for a do over or even sequel is stuck in limbo probably forever.

[@jon-vegard8386]

Honestly, the closest you will come to the Uncharted feel in a movie is in Adventures of Tintin. It's got crazy action and a great partnership between the leads, as well as that adventure feel

[@FiFiTheFeline]

OMG I REMEMBER WATCHING THAT MOVIE SO MANY TIMES! And you're totally right too, That movie has more of a Uncharted Feel than This "Uncharted Movie" Tintin and The Captain feel more Like Nate and Sully to me Than Tom and Mark

[@chisha8415]

Dude, you are absolutely right

[@caseygudger4110]

i’ve always said this🤣 that’s crazy. tintin had a mobile game that was really good too awhile ago

[@noobidiot4628]

Comparing uncharted to tin tin came outta nowhere but im not gonna knock it 😹

[@aliminator1310]

Not just Nate and Sully. But CHLOE'S character was also changed to be flatter! In the games, she wanted to find an ancient city that her father had tried to find years prior, whereas, in the movie, her father was just a lazy drunk who pawned off an artifact that she found for drinking money!

[@NathanDrake-h4l]

They butchered the entire film, the entire god dang thing, and I hear a second one is in production already 🤬

[@stephenreuwer1572]

I have always been a Nathan Fillion fan, and his fan film elevated that for me. If be more than fine if HBO were to pick it up as a show and cast him. The Last of Us really proved to be quality.

[@tigerwoods373]

Didn't care for the last of us HBO series. The game is one of my all time favorites but they really butchered it. They put too much social warrior garbage in it like a whole episode on bill being gay, Joel having an interracial child and tommy having an African American wife to name a few. They seemed to care too much about cramming social agendas in there.

[@twistedmetal56]

​@@tigerwoods373 ah, so you're a racist

[@Houswal]

HBOs The Last of Us is quality? Generic polished 2 dimensional adaptation with nothing what made the game a masterpiece, just like this movie. If that's what considered quality then we are doomed.

[@tigerwoods373]

@@Houswal I'm glad I'm not the one who thought the series kind of sucked.

[@adoptedbyangelinajolie]

Yess exactly what i was thinking. Turning it into an hbo series

[@Naqvioski]

This is the most important thing. You need creators who 'care' about the source material.

[@Laizikoala]

As soon as I walked out of the theater I said the following thing… “god that short in KZbin was 100 times better than this expensive movie” I’m a huge fan of the Uncharted series, I went as far as naming my first born Nathan, after of course Nathan Drake, and I absolutely hate the movie that Sony put out. Hopefully they reconsider and go the same route TLOU went.

[@ss2jesus]

Did you include Drake in their name as well 🤔

[@CoolSaver]

​@@ss2jesus he changed his last name to it

[@tiktokshorts123.8]

I love that you didn't keep these thoughts inside and just yelled them instead😂😂. I understand tho, cuz the movie was a huge disappointment and Tom Holland was just not it, there is no resemblance between him and Nathan whatsoever, they should have had a better storyline with a cast that looks similar to the characters

[@rangefreewords]

Definately had the vibe of the White Collar series with greasy New York City characters.

[@obijuankenobi3814]

I remember seeing Tom get Nate's role and everyone collectively just went "Nathan Fillion???? Literally the PERFECT REPRESENTATION???" It's nothing against Tom, he has his own great roles like Spiderman. This just wasn't it

[@Ceasefirerightnow]

The whole time while watching the movie i only saw spiderman. I just couldn't see Nathan in him.

[@VenkyBeast]

​@@Ceasefirerightnow I feel you buddy! but about Nathan Fillion...Let's find someone else. That guy is too old for this character and even for him, I couldn't see Nathan in him too.

[@Levyathyn]

6:46 My man is way too used to posing as Spider-Man

[@thombrown]

You summed it up perfectly, explaining how those involved in making the film just didn't have a love for the source material.

[@KLiPZmusic]

I honestly think Tom could have been a really good Nathan Drake… in 5-10 years from now. He’s too young now and the idea that Mark Wahlberg played Sully should have never left the casting office.

[@abdulazimnaushad]

Mark was originally going to play Nate but development hell and delays eventually made him get Sully instead as he got older. Interesting and kinda laughable

[@tarroyo]

FINALLY someone said it! Glad you addressed this, Hollywood failed us with this one.

[@AlexLopezMan]

Nathan Fillion´s fan film is perfection, in my head a perfect movie is set after U4 respecting all canon and to avoid jerks who complain that Fillion is too old, with Sam, Elena ,Cassie and Sully on a family adventure, cameos from Chloe and Charlie Cutter, epic new setpieces ala mission impossible instead of ripping from the games, Nate avoiding killing spree to be an example for Cassie but with clever funny ways to dispose them and the villain will be Eddy Raja´s long lost brother never mentioned before because why not but we got Marky Mark and Spidey-nate because he´s so hot right now

[@Carabas72]

Why do you want to stuff the film with cameos of characters that are utterly meaningless to the target audience? Just do a decent story that introduces Nathan, Elena, and Sully to the mainstream audience, and if it does well you can introduce some more characers in the sequel. What you really don't want to do is make a sequel to the latest game as your first movie that's not going to make sense to people who haven'r played those games (as in 90+% of your audience if you want to make money of this thing).

[@johntremendol]

That sounds great & believable. I’d watch that

[@lucoakanrogithe2ahashira509]

I got to meet Nolan north a few months ago and talked about his video game roles and of corse brought up his cameo in the uncharted movie. He said he would love to be a reoccurring character if more sequels are made and also that his brother was surprised to see him in the movie

[@vancityband6577]

Watching Mark Wahlberg in any video game adaption evokes maximum pain for me.

[@Snowy265]

Watching him in anything does the same for me.

[@aveteranplayer6403]

​@@Snowy265 Mark Wahlberg is not a bad actor or whatever. But his movies, he can't really see to engage me, his most fun movie I ever saw and liked it was Ted 1 and 2. But I got tired of watching him on screen, he just doesn't fit the superb factor of acting and screenplay certain characters. He did several type, but all of them are just mediocre characters. Take for example Ted, Uncharted and that military movie he made. You can't see him what role he was born for. Like Daniel Craig smells James Bond, JK simmons is Jonah Jameson, Steve Carell is Michael Scott, Tobey Maguire is Spiderman, Johnny Depp is Jack Sparrow and etc. Mark I don't know, the main problem that I have with his movies that his acting is equivalent to a side character, when it comes to be a main one he just feel like he is rehearsing and feel like someone is told him what he should do or say and not like he is acting like he is the character himself. I never had a problem with his movies that he is a side character but making Max Payne and then Sully it feels completely off to me. His movies is just forgettable.

[@iSeeEZEkill]

@@aveteranplayer6403 the other guys is still one of my favorite movies ever. His acting is best when not taken seriously.

[@abellewis3062]

Mark Wahlberg did a good job in Ted and Ted 2. Enough said.

[@glembass]

It evokes Max Payne for me as well

[@john-tobeymaguirecena]

My wife & I decided to watch the Mummy with Brendan Fraser after not seeing it for a long time. After going through much nostalgia, I realized how perfect Brenden would play a witty Nathan Drake. He has the whole get up in the Mummy. He has the sarcasm wittiness & everything. I always felt Mark Wahlberg or Tom Cruise had the Drake vibe too.

[@jay.ostojic]

true, i could see (young) fraser play drake

[@The-Mstr-Pook]

The best uncharted movie is the Minisode that Nathan Fillion did. His humour style is a perfect Nathan Drake. I highly recommend you look it up. Edit: Oh look its mentioned in this video. 7:47 that's what happens when you comment before completing. Guess I've got to work on my premature injection.

[@Nerdstalgic]

Check out the episode and our link in description!

[@SunlightGwyn]

Yea that was the best. The fact that these clowns that made the movie ignored a PERFECT blueprint for a full movie and instead went with Spiderboy and Mark Wahlberg shows us that these people have no idea what they are doing.

[@EmilioMejia]

I worked on a bit of the short film and can confirm everybody involved cared about the source material, beginning with Nathan Fillion. We still talk about the stunt rig to get the over the shoulder shots of Nate jumping around. The feature didn't care about the characters or the fact that they came from a video game.

[@marcomoneyhernandez]

Tom Holland is a good Spiderman, there's no doubt about that. but in this movie it looked like he wasn't too much into it, his performance seemed like he was just tired, or just getting a movie out of his Sony contract out of the way. it's also hard to to see him as the MAIN character when Mark Wahlberg is right there, and didn't seem like he knew how to act out the "side character" role. this movie needed someone a little bit older, or someone who looked older to play the main characters role.

[@StormX6]

Agreed. I like Tom Holland and all, but he’s waaaaay too young to be Nathan Drake.

[@Utonian21]

"He's a good spiderman" that's debatable. I have nothing against Tom Holland, but I have a hard time seeing him as Peter Parker. Peter isn't some shy, reserved, scaredy-cat, he's an instigator, and a trash-talker, who can come off as a bit of a jerk sometimes.

[@Utonian21]

@LCThaDude In the movies, maybe. The whole point of Uncle Ben's death is that it humbled him

[@FJX2000_Productions]

This video sums it up so well. This is my favorite game franchise and I knew once they casted big name actors for the sake of popularity rather than actors that would be more true to the characters in the game, like in the case of that 2018 fan film, that we were in trouble. There is a chance that a sequel in the future if given the proper treatment could be better and more true to the source material, especially since they sort of set it up for one in the post credits scene, but I’m not holding my breath.

[@Ceasefirerightnow]

Why can't they just remake the movie but with fillion. It's never too late :(

[@srl00001]

That fan made short with Nathan fillion was the greatest uncharted tribute ever!

[@thebroken0wastaken]

In the commercials for this movie I noticed something was off, but I was still excited. It wasn't until I saw small video with Holland and Wahlberg talking up the movie where the lack of chemistry was so obvious that I decided not to pay theater prices. After hearing the reviews, I feel like I made the correct choice, and I still haven't seen it to this day

[@jedimasterren4208]

Wild! My wife and I literally just watched this movie last night and i came out feeling the exact same. Where was the relationship between Sully and Nate!

[@LCyte88]

The KZbin version will forever be my version of Live Action Uncharted

[@allanungar2542]

Thanks for all the love guys. It continues to be appreciated.

[@mcurran6505]

Nathan Fillion was brilliant as Nathan Drake in that fan film.

[@TyMarshall007]

That's the Uncharted movie we all wanted

[@JeremyHernandez4]

Yes Nathan fillion looks like him and he played good for the role of Drake but noooo they have to choose tom Holland

[@Raul-yg5oz]

Uncharted for me is very nostalgic because I remember that uncharted was my first T rated game I remember renting it from BLOCKBUSTER and being so amazed at the graphics at the time they where out of this world and then I bought it and man waking up at 2:30 on a Friday was amazing I was so intrigued by the story

[@jamieconn6896]

When I heard the casting I think everyone knew this wasn’t going to work. Honestly thought it was going to cover his younger years set before the games.

[@jackmorgan8914]

Having Mark Wahlberg in an uncharted movie but not have him play Nathan Drake is baffling

[@srami004]

It was all about putting high celebrity status actors as opposed to recognizing heart. What makes the product special in the eyes of the fans…They want to play it safe…

[@frozenfoxgames5300]

3:14 Calling Elena "badass" is an understatement, a huge one.

[@IDyce88]

i wouldn't say elena is badass...she is sassy...and smart...and brave...but badass is more Chloe's role.

[@Zombiesnyder13]

It takes ambition to make a videogame adaptation work And AVI ARAD has none of that

[@jbcatz5]

It takes respect for the source material.

[@Zombiesnyder13]

@@jbcatz5 that's also part of ambition

[@justanamericandoggo6725]

Videogames shouldn't be made into movies, if anything Videogames are somewhat an ultimate form of art.

[@thoughtfulsoul]

Someone had to say it!!! Thank you so much for expressing what I've been thinking too since I saw the movie

[@ChaosMechanica]

It doesn't help that the script went through several iterations that seemed to only see "Among Thieves" in Uncharted 2's title and decide that the franchise must mean everyone is out to get each other at all times

[@kylesstudios1936]

I really saw what the director was trying to do. In some parts of the film, I could clearly see how they basically redid some scenes from all of the uncharted games, but redid it in a way to be put in the game and could easily have not been pointed out. For Example: 1. There was a scene where Nate And Chloe where looking up in the sewer in the movie, and had some mechanics, that looked like the scene in Uncharted 4 where the camera aimed up, at the clock tower. 2: The ending scene of the ships, reminded of the first game, where the helicopter took the statue in El Dorado up in the sky, but in this instant, it was the ships and the ships reminded of Uncharted 4 There are more comparrisions i’d share of what I thought, but i’d be too long of a paragraph, but just playing Uncharted series a million times, I know in the movie, they switched things up in a different perspective but somewhat recreated the games, tho it changed a major in characters, locations, viewpoints. I believe they are trying to recreate the whole movie as the games story, but this means a whole different perspective

[@LeonardoKlotz]

Ruben Fleischer used to be a decent director Now he's just another director for hire

[@bubblebobbler]

When I first saw a trailer for the movie, I thought Tom looked like an excellent young Nathan and looked like a good casting compared to the game...then I realized he's meant to be the modern day Nathan..

[@IgorTavern]

And this is why I avoid live action game adaptations. Animations are way better and not afraid of adapting his own thing while respecting the game. Exemple: Monster Hunter, Dragon Quest: Your Story and Advent Children. Thanks for another amazing video!

[@leonsterballe8228]

Watching the movie just makes games even BETTER

[@mihancic]

Thanks for the fan film link !!! Love Nathan Fillion.

[@djjjjj]

Could someone who has seen the film explain why Sully and Nate completely destroyed Magellan's ships? And also what was at stake at that point? I might be misremembering....but who cares if the mercenaries get the ships? Surely that's a better scenario than completely destroying them "if we can't have them, nobody can!".... I must have missed something... one minute they're on a treasure hunt, the next minute they're smashing the ships into rockfaces. I still don't get why Nate or Sully tried to prevent the mercenaries from excavating the ships by completely destroying them. Most people would have just shrugged or hid until they landed and tried to sneak away. Instead they wreck the ships when an already heavily funded mercenary group has successfully retrieved them. I dont get it. Was there any point to it,?

[@RayMcElroy50]

I knew how this movie was gonna play out when I saw that AVI ARAD was involved

[@chr1998is]

Nathan Fillion got absolutely shafted being ousted after putting that amazing short together with his own money. Sony’s Uncharted movie is a perfect example of trying make as much money as possible at the expense of the source material.

[@marlaballard1155]

In my head canon, Sahara with Matthew McConnaghey is the movie adaptation of Uncharted.

[@DaminionC]

It could have been a trilogy of movies staring a young Tom holland as a young Nathan drake in flash backs. With an actor at least 12 years older playing Nathan drake in the present.

[@shauncollinson4393]

Nate and sully cracking jokes of past adventurers or even ones we went on with them is always a favourite little moment. I don't think the people who made the movie actually played through all the games and they should have. The relationship sully and Nate have or even sam and sully have is incredible it's obvious how long though have known each other and the movie makes it out like its just some guy he met as a adult and decided to work with because he mentioned his brother's name. Sully in the games knows about Sam prior to you getting him back in the 4th game and that's accurate because sully knew about Sam since he first met Nate but in the movie they make it out as they used the be freinds and they worded together.

[@coolboy9979]

I just dont understand why they dont get the writers of the game into the movie production, or even be main directors of it with the help of movie directors

[@manleeman5212]

Let me put ot this way, i enjoyed this ten minute video more overall and probably for a longer duration of time than everything I liked in the movie combined.

[@TheGEARGUY123]

I love Uncharted (literally have a tattoo referencing the games) I refuse to see the movie, one of the critiques I heard was “it could have been titled National Treasure 3 and it would’ve done the same thing” and I’ve never been more disappointed

[@izumi4188]

Oh, there’s no one here yet. I caught it the second it came out. The Perks of sleeping in lol

[@Nerdstalgic]

👋

[@kas1680]

Cheers!

[@KillerMoth_Stumpy]

Nice

[@kjdee140]

This movie feels more like a promotion for the games than an actual adaptation.

[@planescaped]

Man, Nathan Fillion was a perfect casting for Nathan Drake.

[@daizenmarcurio]

As a kid before i even played uncharted (started playing it now in my adult years) i akways thought tom cruise would be a perfect fit. But i guess he's too old now

[@Brendan-Grant]

This was so spot on. Exactly how I remember feeling when leaving the theater. The characters were vapid and one dimensional and had none of their charm or charisma from the games. I remember being really disappointed at the dynamic between Nate and Sully. They didn't trust each other the whole movie, yet in the games, Nate trusts Sully more than anyone.

[@stapuft]

THING IS it IS though..... it tells its story EXACTLUY how the games do, they start you off in the middle of crazy action only for something dramatic to happen that causes a flashback, to the actual begining of the story, and then the whole story is told up to and including the part we already saw/played, only for it to keep going and progress to the third and final act of the story. NO OTHER GAME MOVIE has even TRIED to tell their stories in the same way the games do, and that ALONE makes it feel more like uncharted than anything else they could have done. including but not limited to forcing markey mark to grow a mustache.

[@spellxthief]

man, this whole video just makes me want more nathan fillion in general

[@NTWoo95]

I think Tom Cruise would actually be a good Nathan Drake if they started making the movies 10 years ago. I think in the Mission Impossible series he really sells the “making the most of out of a no-win situation” that Drake showcases time and time again

[@zack8865]

Tom just doesn't have the cynical but also silly personality that Drake has

[@RiCH_926]

I just got done playing the game today uncharted 4 on the PS5 and it is beautiful what an amazing game I can only imagine if they made the game directly for PS5 from scratch how amazingly beautiful would be the mechanics and all that I hope they do make a uncharted 5

[@kevinmcgovern5388]

It was missing one thing. Nolan’s heart and soul.

[@sxeptomaniac]

I think the movie's whole thing gets summed up by the way a guy gets his throat slit on-screen and there was zero blood. It was an illusion of violence and danger, but a body with no blood or wounds.

[@ryans413]

It’s Pg-13 my guy they can’t show blood and it’s geared more towards being family friendly. Plus there was no blood in any of the uncharted games

[@Davidparty3]

@@ryans413 That is not true, there has always been blood in the uncharted videogames.

[@ryans413]

@@Davidparty3 yea in cutscenes and only little there’s no blood when you kill all the bad guys is what I’m saying. The director in the movie actually talked about that scene. Originally they showed his throat being slit but later decided not too show it because they thought it was too dark for an Uncharted movie. It’s not a big deal what you are complaining about.

[@themanwhowouldbebrick]

@@ryans413 pg-13 movies can show blood, look at the jurassic park movies

[@sxeptomaniac]

@@ryans413 That's part of my point. They specifically acted and shot the scene in such an incongruous way, given the target audience. They were trying to make the tone of the scene brutal and violent, but with none of the results of violence.

[@erikwebber6038]

The casting was all wrong. I hope Hollywood gets that they can't just cast an actor/actress in ANY role, just because they're trending.

[@JerryFlowersIII]

The part that I CAN'T get over is how bad that first chase scene with Nate and Chloe went. Tom was giving his all to the camera and pulled off some decent looking moves, while Chloe had a basic run and would clumsily get by simple obstacles. It was laughably bad to see them cut back to back like that.

[@pyrokatarina]

They couldn't get a better athletic woman for the scene😂

[@williamjeffries5074]

Nathan and Sully’s first meeting in game is so much like the dynamic between a young Indiana Jones and the treasure hunter who gives Indy his hat in The Last Crusade.

[@connormatthews522]

Man I'd probably pay pretty handsomely for a short, well-made live action show with the crew from the short film

[@Lightning_Wolf567]

I remember when this movie was in the making and I said probably one of the best casting options for Nathan Drake was Zac Efron, he's around the right age and has that look, but then I said "they'll probably just go with the popular route and cast like Tom Holland" .........I never hated hated being right so much

[@blairmcauley2497]

I’m a big fan of the uncharted franchise I was excited for this movie when I saw the movie I thought it was cool but it could be a lot better I agree this isn’t a true uncharted film hopefully the second film will be better and introduce Elena fisher

[@Zephyrione]

Honestly there's nothing Nathan Fillion cant do better than others. The man is a legit pure talent on camera.

[@countrytime2121]

The fact that Nathan Fillion wasn’t cast as drake for the movie is an actual crime

[@linkage432]

Ironic how video games can feel like movies at times but movies very rarely know how to translate what made the video games so great to the screen.

[@Jim222001]

Yeah and Wahlberg didn’t even try to look and act like Sully until the credits scene. Had to show off his muscles in tank tops as usual. That’s not Sully.

[@M.W.H_MUSIC]

Massive fan of the games, I found this film really good, I think it was a great opener in my eyes so ready for the sequels, too many people want everything all at once these days with cinema, something's just require a build across a few movies

[@theawemazingcrew9702]

I liked the movie, it was a solid enough adventure story. It wasn't an uncharted movie though. I had to watch it pretending it was just an adventure movie

[@loganrutherford9388]

I think 2 casting people made a bet on who could make a worse casting for this movie. First guy got Tom holland as Nathan and the second guy had to get someone really bad for Sully

[@chriswhitley1535]

Thats why alot of times video game movies are so flawed..you spend 15+ hrs in a game with a character…(over the span of 4 games i might add)..vs a movie which i think tried to fit 4 or the first 3 movies into a 2hr runtime. Btw id love to see a show adaptation for hitman (agent 47)

[@workoutfanatic7873]

As a firefly fan, I always knew in the back of my mind they co-opted Fillion’s face for Drake.

[@KangaRooTube]

I think they should of done it motion capture like 2011 Tintin movie. You could of had the original voice actors and had much better action sequences. Also had a new cannon story so Uncharted Game fans could enjoy it with new fans aswell. Its such a shame no one makes films using the technology used in the 2011 tintin movie. An Uncharted movie done like this would of been perfect.

[@imamangoo8632]

If didn't spend 50% time parkouring and rest 30% shooting Its not uncharted and its a facts

[@Lyoko42o]

If we got an Uncharted HBO series that would of been awesome ngl. 4 seasons tops going from Uncharted 3 and 4's backstory of teen nate all the way to the end of uncharted 4 in chronological order? Dope

[@donnydutchmen1284]

Having Tom Holland as Nathan was the biggest mistake. But these producers always want to assert themselves by consciously making a different choice than the obvious choices. Because they want to put their stamp on it. Producers who consider themselves more important than the material they work on are a very bad investment anyway. A blueprint for disaster. You have to come from very good houses if you want to be able to shape this realistically. And then I talk about the Steven Spielbergs and James Camerons of this world. When I heard that Tom Holland had been cast as Nathan Drake, I knew right away... This is going to be a huge shitdump of a movie.

[@matthiasneidenberger9471]

Imagine if they got Ted Lavine to play Sully. We’d have guy who we know can pull off a mustache, has a similar face, actually smokes cigars, is around the same age and even sounds like him.

[@jasonmarin8187]

I could already tell that this movie was going to bomb just by the fact that they got the wrong person to play Drake.

[@DoooBeeDoooBeeDooo]

Have to give some credit. It was the best Tintin movie we could hope for.

[@reecesebestyen2519]

Plane scene in game Nate says: Thanks for flying with us Plane scene in movie Nate says: Im so sorry

[@WhilzNuas]

Not to mention that the "Magellan's Treasure" plot of Nathan Fillion's Uncharted Fan FIlm was stolen and used in Uncharted. I was actually happy with Tom Holland taking the mantle because he at least resembles young Nate in Uncharted 3 and 4 in the flashback chapters which I thought they were going to use. Instead, like what you said, went FLAT. They could have used both Tom Holland as the young Nate, stories being told by the older wiser Nate cast as Nathan Fillion telling his daughter Cassie as if it was the postlude of Uncharted 4. Come on, Nathan Fillion freaking nails it as Nathan Drake! The intelligent nerd mumblings and gigglings over historical myths, he definitely brought Nate to life.

[@caseyarmitage2862]

Honestly, the recent-ish Tintin movie is probably the best Uncharted movie there is.

[@farmerlalande]

As someone who's played both game twice, I enjoyed the movie and it's new perspective on the characters, The only part I was disappointed with was the absence of the villains looking for money and not a way to get more powerful in history and dominate the world. Like the resin of Shambala or the poison of the desert oasis.

[@renegilramos3661]

How to make an Uncharted movie; 1) Take Uncharted 4 2) Take out the gameplay 3) release to theaters = profit!

[@Batman-ps4om]

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[@PlatinumPace]

Rebuttal: They drew on the already established relationships from the game to advance the movie. While the acting may have fallen a little flat, it may have felt a little rushed, as an Uncharted fan I loved seeing it brought to life. But yeah, maybe they can do it a little better next time. Uncharted is both action sequences AND character development

[@elijahe7612]

This is a bit more harsh than I would've said, but I absolutely agree with just about all of this. I'm a huge fan of the Uncharted games and I was overall disappointed with this adaptation. I still relatively enjoyed it, the action was pretty good and the humor had its moments, but I was definitely bummed out that it wasn't nearly as good as it could've been. This video very well sums up the major reasons why the games worked from a story perspective and why this movie failed in comparison.

[@wasabi-in-my-eye3134]

A round of applause to the uncharted video game crew. The magic you guys n gals did a decade ago still reign supreme.

[@diablejambe3460]

U could just tell that there was no real love put into it. Climbing is such a huge part of the gaming franchise, so how about while climbing, a stone that nate is grabbing onto starts to fall apart and so he has to move on quickly? Or while climbing, the thing just breaks off immediately and he falls down? These r small things u couldve added cuz its part of the franchise but nope. But what really really pissed me off was what they did to sully. In the games, its clear that sully would never betray nate and would give his life for him (elena mentions this too in the third game i believe). In the film at one point, tom holland asks if mark walhberg was really just gon leave with the treasure/let him die or straight up betray him (dont remember what the exact scenario was), and mark walhbergs sully just goes "yeah". Like its the complete opposite of what game sully is like. He would never ever betray him and would do anything for him, and here he just casually admits that he was ready to abandon/betray him like its nothing. Theres "doing things slightly different from the source material" and then theres this, which is called "to hell with the source material and what the character stands for, lets just butcher it".

[@diablejambe3460]

Also, where were the puzzles? I know there was that one really shitty one. The game studio could come up with multiple fun and smart and interesting puzzles for each game but a big ass film studio couldnt even come up with one? Again, just a complete lack of love.

[@TheShaneGuy]

I agree with most of the synopsis of the uncharted movie. It was more like national treasure and forgot the character dynamics betweenKey characters. However the opening was trying to open the way the 2nd game did on the train and gradually introduce different levels of the story and character which worked for the game brilliantly but wasn't written well for a movie narrative as they had no game mechanics or tutorials to introduce.

[@iustininfinite6841]

The thing that killed this movie for me and probably everyone is Nathan Drake's actor. Why tf did they decided to cast Tom Holland? They literally casted Spider-Man as Nathan Drake. His voice doesn't even match Nathan's voice. Also, Mark Cuban is the last person I would personally cast as Sully. He doesn't even have Sully's famous mustache. There's no emotion, lack of feeling, and lack of narative, that bring this movie down from an S rank to a C.

[@bec7440]

Uncharted is one of my favorite series. I had low expectations especially bc it has DCKIGN M*RK W*LLBERG… and it still was worse than I could have ever expected