How the RE films get made...

[Bertha]

Of course there are exceptions. Not all women are gold diggers and most will marry for love, not money. Security doesn't mean a thing if you're unhappy. I only got (and stayed with) Gareth because of how I feel for him, not money or anything like that, and all the women I know only care about personality, good looks, being treated right and chemistry. Some women might find the whole nice guy thing boring, but others would love it. Me and G can chat for ages in person and make eachother laugh and just 'click'.

Very much this. And how many people here actually know Anderson and Mila personally? I doubt any of you do. He may have butchered the RE films in the eyes of most people here, but believe it or not, he probably has a life outside of those. Maybe. And Mila is a star in her own right, with her own money and fame. If anything, he would be riding on her skirt, rather than the other way around.

[Trent]

Of course there are exceptions. Not all women are gold diggers and most will marry for love, not money. Security doesn't mean a thing if you're unhappy. I only got (and stayed with) Gareth because of how I feel for him, not money or anything like that, and all the women I know only care about personality, good looks, being treated right and chemistry. Some women might find the whole nice guy thing boring, but others would love it. Me and G can chat for ages in person and make eachother laugh and just 'click'.

Still though, women would prefer a stable and secure life than anything. They're not necessarily gold diggers if they feel that way, actually they are smart if they do. Also, the money aspect makes women happy. It makes their life easier and more fun, and believe it or not, this makes them love their men (which maybe they didn't do initially).

Funny that the chemistry between two people can end over night

And Mila is a star in her own right, with her own money and fame. If anything, he would be riding on her skirt, rather than the other way around.

I disagree. Women like Mila don't let men depend on them. Look at most successful female stars, they are almost always together with directors/producers/etc. They choose men in a position better than them. Not necessarily in fame, but professionally.

[Alexia_Ashford]

No, happiness means most in a relationship, much more than money. Dunno what women you know Trent, but I sympathize with you if its made you think stability is more important than anything else and money makes women love men. Dumbass, selfish women, sure. Love is more important and any woman who's learned to "love" a man for his money doesn't really love them at all. The wedding vows "for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health" are there for a reason, because those things shouldn't matter to people who love eachother - they should work through it together.

[Darkmoon]

I'm with the 'eh to money' side. I've been merrily married for years. I'm also an utter pauper by the standards of most of you folks. Was as a kid, am now. My wife married me for me, not for the hope I was gonna inherit the secret family fortune. Taht went to Cousin Lovel.

...no, that wasn't a joke.

[Pikminister]

Some women are just glad that they're out of their parents home.

Some women marry because the whole experience its like a damn science project where they try to convince themselves that they can change their husbands into something they (not their husbands) can be happy with.

And some women simply accept whatever they end up with.

Its diversity folks. Not all of 'em are the same.

P.S. Money makes ppl have all kinds of emotions regardless of their sex, though. Its not a women thing.

[Trent]

P.S. Money makes ppl have all kinds of emotions regardless of their sex, though. Its not a women thing.

Bingo!

[Alexia_Ashford]

Well some women want to get married just because they want to commit to and be with the person they're going out with. I wouldn't want to change anything about Gareth because then he wouldn't be him. With the money side of things, I supported him for 18 months when he got made redundant because I wanted him to still maintain a quality of life and not have to scrape a living together, so I looked after him and made sure he didn't go without anything until he got his IT job in Leicester. Not once did it affect how I feel for him.

It's just a generalisation really, I could say that 'men' just want to get their end away but I know not all do want just that. We're all people at the end of the day, not different species.

[Smiley]

I used to believe that gold diggers were the key to a relationship. You need a good job, the shirt and tie, etc. Then I met my soul mate who saw me for who I really am and accepted me.

Milla sees Paul Anderson as a no talent hack that, despite all of the above, is still successful and loves her enough to keep her busy acting in the most ridiculous yet fun stuff imaginable.

Bless them if that isn't true love y'all.

[Dracarys]

Being with them for love is good and all but hypothetically I'm not gonna move into a mud hut because that is where the love of my life can afford to live.

[Trent]

^That's what I mean. By all means, there is nothing wrong with that. I mean, a girl does not need to be a "gold digger" when she tries to make a logical decision beneficial to herself. To be honest, I believe in individualism. At the end of the day, we are all looking for our own happiness, stability and security. This is my firm view today, as a young man. Our own experience in life shapes our views.

Love is temporary, happiness is eternal. ;)

[I_Am_Nemesis]

Surely if he has time to watch a playthrough of the entire game he must have time to grab a walkthrough and play them himself? unless the only recieves footage of the most important parts of the game.

I dont understand what happened to this guy. Event Horizon was a brilliant film! it was scary, had a good atmosphere, characters and story and now we get these resident evil films that while I do admit are enjoyable on occaision (except for the last film that was bloody terrible) but they dont have any of the creepy atmosphere and scares that the RE games have.

[Wrathborne]

Creepy atmosphere doesn't sell, loud music and bad action scenes that rip off the Matrix do. Sorry, that's how Hollywood is :/

[I_Am_Nemesis]

Yeah I know how hollywoods is and I agree completely with you on that. creepy atmosphere has done well for Hollywood in the past, its just the current generation (which is my generation yes) are in a big action epic stage and so Hollywood follows the trend. Luckily these films dont do as well when it comes to awards as lower budget films not made by hollywood. Look at The Kings Speech for example, or an even better example would be Hurt Locker which beat Avatar in, was it the BAFTA awards or the OSCAR's?
its a shame Paul Anderson doesn't realise this

[Wrathborne]

its a shame Paul Anderson doesn't realise this

He does, but he doesn't care. He's an action director, and I use that term loosely by the way, hes hired to direct action films that are guaranteed to make a profit.

If he knew anything about being subtitle, or artistic direction, he'd show more emphasis on that with his films.

[Trent]

It's like doing something half hearted and getting well paid for it.