Agreed. They are definitely the best open world survival (lite) games I have played but I also dislike survival games. Overall they are probably my 7th and 8th favourite Zelda games while removing the survival and crafting elements would push them in to my top 5.
This is the second time I have heard about this film, the last time being the release of the first teaser trailer. Studios love to spend 70 million marketing budgets on broadcast TV advertising and completely missing their target audience. In the case of sci-fi, most of us are more responsive to online marketing campaigns and this film has the online presence of an Amish priest.