There are lots of good comments here and I don't know where my response belongs, but I still think a good movie is possible. I know it was a commercial disaste

There are lots of good comments here and I don't know where my response belongs, but I still think a good movie is possible. I know it was a commercial disaster, but Final Fantasy is the closest we've come IMO. The series has a great aesthetic and style that doesn't feel too derivative of anything else, and it's known for having great plots and characters (by video game standards). If anything, they strayed too far from the source. Make it about a group of adventurers in a weird cyberpunk/fantasy universe with outrageous haircuts fighting an insane demigod and I think it can work. Obviously that works in the games. What you have to do is take games that have strong styles already and adapt the feeling and personality, not the mechanics.