Metal Gear Solid: Philanthropy (2009)

The Worst Film Ever

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

Metal Gear Solid: Philanthropy is a non-profit fan-made movie based on the popular Meal Gear saga. The first part has an hour runtime and is part one of the Metal Gear Solid: Philanthropy trilogy. Directed, written by and starring it is Italian film student, Giacomo Talamini as Solid Snake, the movie's premise takes the viewer into the unknown time between Metal Gear Solid and Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. It is here where he is asked to recover an American senator, Abraham Bishop (Giovanni Contessotto, voiced by Adam Behr) from Daskasan, at the request of his son. The story unfolds as Snake is partnered up with skilled, but boyish sniper, Pierre Leclerc (Lucien Dodge, voiced by Harrison Bishop) and a seemingly troubled soldier, Elizabeth Laeken (Patrizia Liccardi, voiced by Laura Post).Talamini has stated very explicitly that this movie was entirely fan-made, and came together with the aid of volunteers and amateur actors. The budget of approximately 9000 € was completely out of their own pockets and it clearly shows, both for better and for worse.The movie itself is a very well put-together production. Talamini is clearly gaining his stride in the first half of the movie, but the cinematographic quality rises above and beyond amateur direction for the second half with great filming quality and choice of scenes. The locations chosen are simply superb, and where they lack in natural scenery, the graphics department is quick to assist. Don't be fooled – this is no highschool computer science project. The CGI, of course, is not to par with any Hollywood cinematics, but it is definitely impressive.One of the most noteworthy and impressive aspects of the movie is Phillip Sacramento, the voice actor for Snake. It is probably one of the most important aspects to fans and he does a fantastic job, and does not leave fans disappointed at all. The movie also closes with a beautiful song by Aoife. Aoife is the woman who brought you the opening title song of the original Metal Gear Solid, and she volunteered her vocal talents for Metal Gear Solid: Philanthropy.The storyline however, leaves a lot to be imagined. Many mysterious concepts are introduced into the movie that are not explained. The only real qualms I have with the movie is the quality of the acting (which is slightly above average), and some of the character development. However, none of these aspects are terribly disheartening as 2 parts remain in the trilogy.If my two cents are not enough, I'm sure Hideo Kojima's certainly is. He was quoted on his twitter as saying (in response to if he had watched Metal Gear Solid: Philanthropy): "Of course I did. It's awesome. I felt like crying for their love towards Metal Gear. It's also a well made movie. I can't wait to see next part." For the devoted fan (and Hideo Kojima), Metal Gear Solid: Philanthropy is a great tribute to the gaming series that we have come to love. It will not garner new fans but will definitely impress the dedicated ones.For more information, and to watch the movie, visit the official website at http://www.mgs-philanthropy.net/

Based on Hideo Kojima's critically acclaimed stealth game series Metal Gear Solid has become a huge success selling over 20 million copies worldwide and has a huge loyal fan following.Metal Gear Solid: Philanthropy is a fan film created by the loyal fans of the MGS video games and I must say they did a very, very good job! The movie is very true to the games and for those who have played the games will be happy to know that Metal Gear Solid: Philanthropy stays in the same style and tone as the games. The CGI is very good for a fan movie and so is the acting even though it's been dubbed is still very good, Snake's voice and even his personality is exactly the same as he is in the games.Fans of the games should definitely watch Metal Gear Solid: Philanthropy as they would enjoy this movie and for non fans would probably see this as another low budget Sci-Fi flick. This is the best fan film based on a video game I have seen so far.I've only seen Part 1 of Metal Gear Solid: Philanthropy which only has a 60 minute runtime and I still look forward to part 2 and 3 when it comes.9/10

Being a big fan of the Metal Gear series of games I have always been watching out for any signs of movies, or fan productions based around the series. Watching Philanthropy brought back all the good memories of MGS: Snake was portrayed really well, and the voice acting was good as well - everything down to his movements were perfect.I was slightly put off when I saw Pierre with the DS, but I suppose it plays to the humorous side of Metal Gear Solid and the quirks. I have to say though I wasn't impressed by the lead female, she seemed to bring the whole thing down - she just felt emotionless and dead, and the voice acting didn't match up to the standard of others.Most of the CGI was very good for a budget production, but again some bits did show a few rough edges - but I don't mean any disrespect, what they have achieved here is excellent and especially as a fan production with a zero budget. I am really looking forward to the next instalments.

weak script, terrible acting, not a single believable moment.regardless that, action is sleep-inductive. By the title line, this movie is supposed to "resemble" (from the intro: based on) the metal gear universe, but it definitely doesn't.I started watching this time ago then I sadly quit after a while, then I decided to give it another try after reading (with disbelief) the positive reviews. Watching it fully didn't changed much my mind however, as the final (and only) action sequence is just plain random and definitely, on screen, non-tactical as anything in MGS-fashion should (...if) be.CG is fake, nothing visually spectacular to miss out anyway and ridiculous moments (balancing the many, "brilliant", dialogue lines) are frequent, like the final fight against the metal gear, which is ultimately tragic.through the story there are some briefing sequences focusing on some kind of vague political intrigue, which is, theoretically OK(by that, I don't necessarily mean viewing some naive windows moviemaker-made blue menu mixed with war footage spam popped out on screen into an internet spam-repertoire slideshow) but as the actual action begins nothing else is revealed or gets evolved, not a single twist until you figure out the story just turned out to be a journey-like ride and any military or politic background references are merely inconsistent. Then, characters are clearly over the edge but regardless the performance dorkiness, there's nothing interesting about to live up with the general (boring) situation.The movie runs so slow you'll beg for something to happen until the final battle which shows some production effort but the several nonsensical sequence(s) and the general randomness makes it weak on contents just as the rest of the movieOne strange thing about this I've noticed, I don't know why, (probably everything is just too messy) this is not even one of those flicks where you're pretty sure about what to expect after you've watched the first 20 minutes (if you are) from the rest of the presentation, so you can consider it as a good, artsy feature, if you feel.budget is a missing key factor here by what I've understood, so I give 3 out of 10 for the effort even something like this would deserve something below 0 on standard parameters.