First footage of Ace Attorney film!

[haflore]

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Live action game films come in two flavors: entertainingly bad and painfully unwatchable. Why? Perhaps it’s because they can stray too far from the source, messing with the paper-thin plot of a game until it becomes even more ridiculous than the source. That’s why the first trailer for the Ace Attorney: Phoenix Wright film makes us cautiously optimistic. As you can see from the Japanese trailer, it looks like it stays pretty true to the first game’s plot…


It’s nice to get a real look at the film instead of snippets with talk show hosts screaming over it. And we love that all the characters look so accurate to their in-game selves, no matter how silly the hair styles may look on a real person. With moments from multiple cases of the first game on display (with big spoilers for those that know what they are), the Phoenix Wright film looks on track to at least be stunningly accurate. Whether it’s good or not is another question, but Takashi Miike can usually be counted on to make admirably ambitious movies even if they don’t always pay off, so it at least won’t be boring.

Spoiler: Old Quote form Gamesradar

We’re big fans of Capcom’s dramatic law and order series Ace Attorney and were excited when we first heard a films was being made based on it and that it would be helmed by gonzo director Takashi Miike (Audition, Ichi the Killer). We thought we’d have to wait till next week to see footage of the game, but we got some early. Just be prepared to listen to the loud reactions of Japanese talk show hosts.

We don’t blame you if you muted it, but it looked amazing. So many classic moments from the first Phoenix Wright game are on display, with iconic characters like Miles Edgeworth, Mia and Maya, von Karma and even Larry Butz looking spot-on. Seeing the dramatic events unfold in live action raised our pulses, and we love that everyone has all the exaggerated hair and clothes that we’ve come to love. Hopefully we’ll see even more when the official trailer is released next week, and then we’ll probably get to hear what the movie sounds like too.

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EDIT: Updated with full trailer since the old video is down. Also, without commentary. Thank to FencingFoxFTW for noticing this!

 

[gokujr1000]

Seems a lot better than I thought it would be. I still wish it was anime though.

At least it's not a Layton Live action movie.

 

[.Darky]

Fuck the haters, this doesn't look that bad.

Spoiler

An anime would've been 100 times better though...

 

[DeMoN]

I see quite a few of the cases so far, I wonder how they'll combine them all into one movie.

 

[notmeanymore]

Lame, i wish it were original stories...

@1:25 AFRO!

Also, did anyone notice a distinct lack of Gumshoe? Or was that just me?

 

[Zekrom_cool]

Why the hell isnt this an animated movie ?????????????????

 

[cocomonk22]

I'm looking forward to this movie and the Rurouni Kenshin live action movie as well.

EDIT: Slightly longer version which includes a few quick scenes (in less than 1 second) at the end:

 

[Nirraic]

Lame, i wish it were original stories...

@1:25 AFRO!

Also, did anyone notice a distinct lack of Gumshoe? Or was that just me?

it's not just you
i didn't notice the big guy in a trench coat either, i was kinda upset that they didn't show him.



EDIT: found him 0:30 it's only just a glimpse of him though

 

[notmeanymore]

Yeah! There he is! Not as goofy looking as I'd hoped, but he's more fitting than Von Karma being Japanese instead of German.

 

[Shiro09]

Lol, Edgeworth looks like himself, but Phoenix doesn't.

 

[OneUp]

It would probably look better if they got actors from the ethnic groups the game portrays them in...

 

[Jolan]

I want to see footage of the parrot.
"*SQUACK* Don't forget about DL-6!"

 

[Midna]

I'm excited now. It appears they'll be covering the first game. Mia's murder, DL-6, and the fall of Manfred von Karma.

I will watch this.

Edit: And Larry

Edit 2: You know in Gyakuten Saiban, von Karma is American, not German. They could have had an American actor playing him... >.>

 

[notmeanymore]

I'm excited now. It appears they'll be covering the first game. Mia's murder, DL-6, and the fall of Manfred von Karma.

I will watch this.

Edit: And Larry

Edit 2: You know in Gyakuten Saiban, von Karma is American, not German. They could have had an American actor playing him... >.>

Yeah that figures. This movie is gonna confuse the shit out of me unless someone corrects the subtitles to English names and lores.

 

[Midna]

Names, maybe. Lore? No.

The setting changes in Ace Attorney are completely nonsensical. It apparently takes place in Los Angeles.
...The home of tons and tons of Shinto temples.

 

[FencingFoxFTW]

I was just about to post this. oh well, here's the trailer again, since the one in OP is down:



note the director is Takashi Miike, the same director of Audition, Ichi The Killer, and more recently, 13 Assassins.

 

[haflore]

I was just about to post this. oh well, here's the trailer again, since the one in OP is down:

[media]http://www.youtube.c...h?v=-Xj9p5HsDVo[/media]

note the director is Takashi Miike, the same director of Audition, Ichi The Killer, and more recently, 13 Assassins.

Thanks man, I updated the OP with the full trailer.

 

[s4mid4re]

To be honest with you, after watching that new trailer, this is actually looking pretty darn good.

Imma look forward for this.

 

[FencingFoxFTW]

I was just about to post this. oh well, here's the trailer again, since the one in OP is down:

[media]http://www.youtube.c...h?v=-Xj9p5HsDVo[/media]

note the director is Takashi Miike, the same director of Audition, Ichi The Killer, and more recently, 13 Assassins.

Thanks man, I updated the OP with the full trailer.

no problem

if commentary was similar to that other video in the thread, damn it is annoying. I hate variety shows for that reason, no matter what country they come from.

 

[celeron53]

Manfred von Karma seems a little bit chubby for my taste...