Fan Films

 There have been many movies based on video games and especially comic books as of late.  While the comic seem to see more successes,  movie games still, by and large, are terrible.  There are some that are worth nothing (Mortal Kombat and Silent Hill come to mind), but for the most part people don't understand how to create them.  Fans however, know exactly what they are doing when making short films out of games.  Here's some examples that I have found very entertaining,  all of these can be found on youtube.  While many of these are very faithful, some take creative liberties that really pay off.  Enjoy!

Half Life

  Enter the Freeman is pretty awesome.  A perfect example of how you can take a franchise seriously.  Even Gordon saying his name, while some might think it could be cheesy, was really awesome on it's own.  Kudos for the awesome Headcrab Zombie and showing off the crowbar.  Even the suit looks spectacular and the nod to the Black Mesa Security.  This is recommended watch for any Half Life fans.  I wish game movies had this level of quality.

Left 4 Dead

  This one also does a great job setting the mood.  Although Bill is dead (sad face), they make up for it with excellent tone.  Costume and characters are spot on,  The Witch looks authentic, even the CGI special infected don't look that bad.  However,  they did lose me after the inclusion of other random video game characters.  I really wished they would have kept the dark tone throughout.  Still worth watching though.

Streets of Rage 

Part 1

Part 2

   Talk about fan service,  this 2 part series has tons of it.  I just discovered this one last night and I must say I'm blown away by the attention to detail in it.  They use nothing but sounds from Streets of Rage in it.  The moves are very accurate to the game itself.  Hell they even follow the structure of the game itself.  There's a ton of attention to detail here.  Worth the 20 minutes of watching it,  although they don't go to the end of the game.  It's still awesome either way.

Final Fantasy 7

   A short trailer for what could be a FF7 movie,  It has a certain charm and feel.  Only complaint really is Barrets look,  which he's kinda small and his machine gun arm looks weird.  That aside this is still pretty amazing.  It's only about 3 minutes long and it still does a great job of bringing the game to life.  With a good budget something like this could be really awesome.

Pac-man as a Horror Movie

   I saw this one a few months back.  I mentioned that some people in these took creative liberties in how they presented their fan films.  This is one of them,  where people are trapped in a maze with pellets.  They try to figure out how to escape while being chases by a (furry?) Pac-Man.  Another thing to notice is the names of the people and the color of clothes they are wearing.  This trailer is awesome, as it takes the spirit of the game and turns it into a violent monster film.  

Tetris

   This one is just too funny.  Whoever made this trailer must have been thinking "I wonder what type of Tetris movie Michael Bay would make?".  Well here's your answer.  This trailer very much pokes fun at how much damage Hollywood has done to video game movies.  Just under 3 minutes,  this one is worth checking out.

Legend of Zelda Hero of Time

  While this is only a trailer for it.  This is for an actual Legend of Zelda film that was released on theater for a brief time.  Nintendo stepped in and made them take it down.  The movie itself clocks in at around 2 hours and is based on Ocarina of Time.  From what I've read (and can tell from the trailer) the costumes are okay, however I review I read mentioned that the acting is great quality.  I'm sure this is what Zelda fans have wanted for years,  so the fans delivered.  I'm sure this one still exists on the internet somewhere,  worth looking for from what I've read.

So while there's plenty of other fan films out there.  This is just some I would recommend.  Some good places to check would be the Machinima channel on youtube,  or just youtube in general.  Well thanks everyone for reading!