The thing I hate a Uwe Boll is that his movies are subsidized through German taxpayers. The movies are terrible, the audience doesn't enjoy them, and Germany is left holding the bill.
Boll is a thief.
Boll is a thief.
171: Boll Versus the World
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The Postal movie was fucking awesome. It can kick around most comedies that has been released lately. He dared to do those things that no one else does, like having children die in the movie.
One thing will I tell you about Uwe, if there ever is a dictator, he won't conform. But most of you will.
One thing will I tell you about Uwe, if there ever is a dictator, he won't conform. But most of you will.
I try to avoid complaining about movies I don't watch, but one Seltzer-Friedberg movie was enough for me to get a pretty good picture of what they do, and likewise, one Boll movie was enough for me.
Now, people who were among his most rabid critics are saying that Postal is actually watchable.
I might rent it sometime.
Now, people who were among his most rabid critics are saying that Postal is actually watchable.
I might rent it sometime.
I think that the reason he has been getting such a bum rap is that most of his movies have been adaptations of relatively-popular video games, and he didn't really try to stick to the games' plots, so he angered the fans of those games almost every time. I think now that he has stopped making video game movies, he may be able to fix his reputation.
I'm The_Oracle, and I approve the above message.Pseudonym2 post=6.73981.821010 said:
Never mind the fact that his movies could be graciously described as 'utter crap', the fact that he's basically stealing German money to fund these idiotic endeavors makes it even worse.
Let me qualify my dislike for Mr. Boll. I do not dislike him personally, nor am I adverse to 'stupid fun!' at the Box Office- I loved "Evolution" for example.
I dislike the fact he destroys perfectly good games with his ignorant and unappreciative interpretations. He produces slag, Razzy-bait, that not only drags down cinema but also Videogames as forms of art. He embodies and perpetuates the stereotype of Videogames as thick, shallow experiances. He is the enemy of anyone who has ever treasured lore, fluff, canon, fanon, or any literary backround of any sort of any game.
If he never makes a videogame movie again, i'll be happy and I and Mr. Boll can be bestest freinds.
I dislike the fact he destroys perfectly good games with his ignorant and unappreciative interpretations. He produces slag, Razzy-bait, that not only drags down cinema but also Videogames as forms of art. He embodies and perpetuates the stereotype of Videogames as thick, shallow experiances. He is the enemy of anyone who has ever treasured lore, fluff, canon, fanon, or any literary backround of any sort of any game.
If he never makes a videogame movie again, i'll be happy and I and Mr. Boll can be bestest freinds.
Lets see how Max Payne does. I won't argue with you, Videogame + Movie = Fail, the problem is Uwe Boll insisted on making MOVIE AFTER MOVIE, when it was obvious they sucked, and kept buying up properties to do movies.ReepNeep post=6.73981.823207 said:
I really want to say this. Because this is probably the closest I can get to saying how I feel about Uwe Boll (and to a lesser extent Michael Bay).TsunamiWombat post=6.73981.822592 said:
And as far as video game based movies, I'd have to say that I actually liked the Mario Brothers movie, and the original Mortal Kombat was awesome. Granted the Mario movie was a disappointing pile of crap, but it was still good in the sense that it took the concept and went in a slightly different direction. I can say the same thing about Double Dragon, actually, although the movie was more closely tied to the cartoon, I think, than the games themselves.
The problem with Uwe is as Wombat says, he disregards the details of the movie and just takes a few idea and concepts, then makes up the rest out of what he believes is popular at the time. I think.. what's the guy's name who did the Resident Evil movies? Richard Anderson? Or something.. the guy who wrote the plot in the first Resident Evil movie. Yeah, that sucked. The second was better, but I'm deviating from the topic.
I think Postal would have done better if he'd released it later, as he himself stated. And about Alone in the Dark... it wasn't the actress, it was the awful script you used and the fact that you can't direct anything properly. Don't blame the girl for your own shortcomings.
Ok, while I agree that the script of Alone in the Dark was complete drek, let's be clear on one thing - Tara Reid is a horrible actress, and she dragged that film down even further than it already was.
I actually think someone like Boll is needed, he creates diversity, he should just stay away from video game movies, or actually I would tolerate him making video game movies if he just picked some game which was bad even though it had potential.
Like Turning Point, TP is one of the worst games in the history of gaming, If Uwe took that game and made a decent WW2 movie, all power to him, cause there would be no angry fans, and no high expectations. At the very least people might say "it was better then the game"
I actually wanna see him make a hit, cause I'm kinda getting tired and bored with hearing of his failures, it's not even shocking anymore, like "OMG! that movie sucks the devils balls!" it's just "meh" or "as expected...".
How shocking wouldn't it be to hear or read "Uwe Boll smash hit, destroys the competition!", you would be like O_O!
I wanna be like O_O!
pick a shitty game, and make a better movie. Make me go O_O! (No...not in that way)
Like Turning Point, TP is one of the worst games in the history of gaming, If Uwe took that game and made a decent WW2 movie, all power to him, cause there would be no angry fans, and no high expectations. At the very least people might say "it was better then the game"
I actually wanna see him make a hit, cause I'm kinda getting tired and bored with hearing of his failures, it's not even shocking anymore, like "OMG! that movie sucks the devils balls!" it's just "meh" or "as expected...".
How shocking wouldn't it be to hear or read "Uwe Boll smash hit, destroys the competition!", you would be like O_O!
I wanna be like O_O!
pick a shitty game, and make a better movie. Make me go O_O! (No...not in that way)
Loading, Ready, Run did an interview with Uwe [http://loadingreadyrun.com/videos/view/330/an_interview_with_uwe_boll] that actually made me rethink my opinion of the guy a bit. It's remarkably cogent and he actually sounds like a calm, respectful person.
Sure, most of his movie are still pretty terrible, but he's not the devil incarnate. Like Susan said, even if Uwe made a decent movie, most people would still deride it. In some ways, I feel a little bad for the guy. I think people sometimes forget that other people wrote the scripts for his worst films. He still hand a hand in it to be sure, but it's not as if this garbage leaps fully-formed from his Hessian mind. As someone upthread said, he seems like a modern-day Ed Wood.
Sure, most of his movie are still pretty terrible, but he's not the devil incarnate. Like Susan said, even if Uwe made a decent movie, most people would still deride it. In some ways, I feel a little bad for the guy. I think people sometimes forget that other people wrote the scripts for his worst films. He still hand a hand in it to be sure, but it's not as if this garbage leaps fully-formed from his Hessian mind. As someone upthread said, he seems like a modern-day Ed Wood.
Agreed. Tara Reid should be seen and not heard. And not seen. And certainly not allowed to attempt to act. That said, if I ever see another Uwe Boll movie, it will be by accident. Life's too short to play in the sewer.Susan Arendt post=6.73981.824888 said:
EDIT: I should add in all fairness that I have no faith the man could recognize a good actor or a good script, or fail to trash either. Nothing personal against him, I just think that as his budgets increase, so does the level of ass inevitably sucked in an Uwe Boll movie.
Well the thing that has always amazed me is that people give him permission to use their liscences.
Other than that, he needs work. I watched "Seed" and let's just say I understood it completly and didn't think it was good.
Going by the back of the DVD case and the cover art and such I was expecting a kind of campy torture-porn/fem-jep kind of movie. Call me low brow, but I figured Uwe Boll could pull that off. Honestly though it was nothing like that.
I don't know, maybe he tries too hard.
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Other than that, he needs work. I watched "Seed" and let's just say I understood it completly and didn't think it was good.
Going by the back of the DVD case and the cover art and such I was expecting a kind of campy torture-porn/fem-jep kind of movie. Call me low brow, but I figured Uwe Boll could pull that off. Honestly though it was nothing like that.
I don't know, maybe he tries too hard.
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Sure, he makes crap, but there's a valid point on Imdb's reviews for Postal, the sheer number of 1 star reviews, makes you think people have just gone 'Uwe boll? 1 star!', especially as it's been almost impossible to view the damn movie anywhere.
It'll be interesting to see if he can make another comedy better than Postal 2, its been some time since we've had a movie like that, it seems to either be gentle rom coms, or 'epic/date/scary/teen movie' all over again.
I saw Bloodrayne, and while it was obviously low budget and didnt seem to bother sticking much to the game, it was...ok for a couple of hours.
As far as I can see tho, its not like he's chosen any truly great games to make movies of?
I'd understand if he chose to make a Half Life or Halo or Warcraft movie, but it seems to all be stuff like Alone in the Dark, Dungeon Siege, House of the Dead etc, all 'mediocre to quite good' games.
It'll be interesting to see if he can make another comedy better than Postal 2, its been some time since we've had a movie like that, it seems to either be gentle rom coms, or 'epic/date/scary/teen movie' all over again.
I saw Bloodrayne, and while it was obviously low budget and didnt seem to bother sticking much to the game, it was...ok for a couple of hours.
As far as I can see tho, its not like he's chosen any truly great games to make movies of?
I'd understand if he chose to make a Half Life or Halo or Warcraft movie, but it seems to all be stuff like Alone in the Dark, Dungeon Siege, House of the Dead etc, all 'mediocre to quite good' games.
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