Uwe Boll Movies: Have You Seen Any? Which Ones?

You can't go 5 minutes web surfing without stumbleing on some negative comment about this director/filmmaker. I was wondering how much of this critisisim is grounded. Cause to me (i haven't seen any of his films) it seems like a bunch of people talk crap about him to make them feel better about themselves. I bet 95% of people that bash his work have never seen a single one of his movies. Any takers?

It's groundedToriko42

[QUOTE="Toriko42"]It's groundedjmartin1016

You can't go 5 minutes web surfing without stumbleing on some negative comment about this director/filmmaker. I was wondering how much of this critisisim is grounded. Cause to me (i haven't seen any of his films) it seems like a bunch of people talk crap about him to make them feel better about themselves. I bet 95% of people that bash his work have never seen a single one of his movies. Any takers?

jmartin1016

I know what you're saying, and I see your point, and on the internet, you're usually right.

But rest assured, all the bashing on this guy.. It's UNDERSTATING how bad he is. Nerds from Something Awful wouldn't have fought that tough guy in a boxing ring if his movies were just mediocre - no, those nerds were so offended by his movies they wanted to fight him. Hurt him. Hurt him as his movies hurt them, and me.

I've seen three of them, though one of them I didn't get through.

They are bad. They're so bad they don't even have the "so bad it's funny" factor.

Most of what I know of him is second-hand, read from blogs and hate threads on this site.

Though I did see a few minutes of Bloodrayne 2 as I was flipping through the channels and I almost threw up at how catastrophically awful it really was. If that is a solid example of his work, than his hatred is well deserved.

Edit: My lack of knowledge of his "pieces" is what keeps me from speaking out against him. Regardless of my views on the Bloodrayne 2 massacre.

I am extremely opinionated so I am trying out this whole thing called, "Only having opinions about things I actually know something about." I'll let you guys know how it works out. :D

Has anyone seen, "In the Name of the King". jmartin1016

[QUOTE="Toriko42"]It's groundedjmartin1016

I think he has just become a whipping boy for every person who has nothing better to do than talk crap on the internet. Also, being from Germany, I don't think he understands how much Americans really like to criticise things we know nothing about. On these forums alone there is enough under educated gibberish to make a Jar-Jar look knowledgeable. Internet forums are rarely a good source of constructive criticism.

Dude, you just said you haven't seen any of his movies so don't go saying that 95% of people who bash haven't seen them,This guy's name just goes hand in hand with bad filmaking and he even admits the only reason he can make these movies is because of a loophole he discovered that gets him almost infinite amounts of cash. Read up on it well before saying stuff like this. I am guilty of watching: House of the Dead, Bloodrayne, Alone in the Dark, and In the Name of the King and they are all probably the biggest pieces of crap ever shot on film.1_Hit_Killer

Before posting this question I read all his wiki, all the postal website, and several random articles on google. Thank you for proving my point that many would rather criticise than anything. Good Work!

I've seen a few of his movies:

Alone in the Dark, House Of The Dead, In The Name Of The King, Heart Of America, Bloodrayne 2...

Anyways, the hate is UNJUSTIFIED, completely, why? Well, it doesn't effect you personally, at at, in any way, in any capacity, and therefore, all this crap attempting to block him from spending his OWN money to make films is ridiculous.

Okay, most of his movies have sucked, don't see them, there, you are unaffected...

...Heart Of America was a good movie...

I will see Postal as well, because Dave Foley is in it, and Dave Foley is hilarious, and wouldn't be in a bad movie.

[QUOTE="1_Hit_Killer"]Dude, you just said you haven't seen any of his movies so don't go saying that 95% of people who bash haven't seen them,This guy's name just goes hand in hand with bad filmaking and he even admits the only reason he can make these movies is because of a loophole he discovered that gets him almost infinite amounts of cash. Read up on it well before saying stuff like this. I am guilty of watching: House of the Dead, Bloodrayne, Alone in the Dark, and In the Name of the King and they are all probably the biggest pieces of crap ever shot on film.jmartin1016

Before posting this question I read all his wiki, all the postal website, and several random articles on google. Thank you for proving my point that many would rather criticise than anything. Good Work!

Whoever said he's spending his own money to make these movies read up on how he gets the money unless I'm reading some false information that makes him look like a good guy. 1_Hit_Killer

Uwe Boll (pronounced [ˈuːvə bɔl]), (born June 22, 1965, Germany) is a German director, producer and screenwriter of films often adapted from video games. Unlike most directors in the United States, who receive funding from Hollywood studios, he finances his own films through his Boll KG production company.

But yeah, I copied that directly from wikopedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uwe_Boll

See, that, anyways, sure, he has investors/etc, still, doesn't affect you personally at all, in ANY way.

Whoever said he's spending his own money to make these movies read up on how he gets the money unless I'm reading some false information that makes him look like a good guy. Also to the TC, if you haven't seen any of his movies and just go on what you have read online then you have no right to side with anyone on the argument until you actually go through the pain that comes with watching one of his movies. It sounds like you're just trying to go against everyone's hate on him like its actually not justified.1_Hit_Killer

I wasn't talking about looking it up on wikipedia please, do some REAL research and you'll find out how he gets the cash, it involves his government and certain laws that permit him to get millions of dollas for basically nothing/ Don't come with a silly wikipedia article and claim its the facts please.1_Hit_Killer

So, I could go by the fact that his production company is fully registered, and real,
or, I could go by a few angry "we hate uwe boll" blogs? None of which are from Germany *the Country who's government he supposidely rips off*, screaming that he steals government money?
I'm going with reality, over a blog.

I have seen some of his movies, and they are some of the worst things I have ever seen.

House of the Dead was crap, it had NOTHING to do with the game (it was about college students not government agents), the effects were crap, and so was the story(it was about some colonial scientist being hanged and not dieing).

I saw 5 minutes of BloodRayne on Sci-Fi; again it had nothing to do with the games and the part I was watching had a bunch of naked women standing around some fat guy who couldn't act to save his life, I was disgusted.

Now I've seen the Postal trailers and I felt like throwing up. The 9/11 guys arguing about virgins they're getting, then deciding to call the whole thing off, only to be stopped by the passengers on the plane MY GOD!!!

I have seen some of his movies, and they are some of the worst things I have ever seen.

House of the Dead was crap, it had NOTHING to do with the game (it was about college students not government agents), the effects were crap, and so was the story(it was about some colonial scientist being hanged and not dieing).

I saw 5 minutes of BloodRayne on Sci-Fi; again it had nothing to do with the games and the part I was watching had a bunch of naked women standing around some fat guy who couldn't act to save his life, I was disgusted.

Now I've seen the Postal trailers and I felt like throwing up. The 9/11 guys arguing about virgins they're getting, then deciding to call the whole thing off, only to be stopped by the passengers on the plane MY GOD!!!

ziproy

So, I could go by the fact that his production company is fully registered, and real,
or, I could go by a few angry "we hate uwe boll" blogs? None of which are from Germany *the Country who's government he supposedly rips off*, screaming that he steals government money?
I'm going with reality, over a blog.

Andrew_Xavier

The reality of it is the German government pays movie makers money to make movies for some reason, why else do you think he can finance his movies, studios hate him and EVERY single one of his movies have been flops critically and publically

[QUOTE="Andrew_Xavier"]

So, I could go by the fact that his production company is fully registered, and real,
or, I could go by a few angry "we hate uwe boll" blogs? None of which are from Germany *the Country who's government he supposedly rips off*, screaming that he steals government money?
I'm going with reality, over a blog.

ziproy

The reality of it is the German government pays movie makers money to make movies for some reason, why else do you think he can finance his movies, studios hate him and EVERY single one of his movies have been flops critically and publically

Well, not all, Heart Of America was well received, and a good movie.

Anyways, even with the German gov't helping him out a bit to make movies, it doesn't affect anyone, it really really doesn't, the Canadian gov't does the same with tax credits and the like, no one is affected, there's still no justified reason to hate the guy.

To the TC I never said I hate the guy and if I did somewhere then it was my mistake, I just hate his movies and his ability to continue getting work even if every godamn movie he makes fails at the box office, he's also destroying the careers of many decent actors in the process. To Andrew_Xavier , I never based my opinion on any of those hate blogs because I don't consider them fact just like Wikipedia. I will admit the Uwe Boll hate sometimes goes overboard but I can understand many of the opinions that are voiced. I myself am trying to get into the movie business and believe that if people like him are permitted to continue pumping out crap in the industry then many of those actuallly decent struggling filmakers out there should be given a chance. I wish I could find where I read the whole story about his income but since I can't I'll just leave the discussion at that since I am unable to back up some of my words just like so many of those opinions.1_Hit_Killer

(i haven't seen any of his films)

jmartin1016

Why would you defend someone without doing any research?

I wasn't talking about looking it up on wikipedia please, do some REAL research and you'll find out how he gets the cash, it involves his government and certain laws that permit him to get millions of dollas for basically nothing/ Don't come with a silly wikipedia article and claim its the facts please.1_Hit_Killer

Like minority scholarships and other free money in the US?

[QUOTE="1_Hit_Killer"]I wasn't talking about looking it up on wikipedia please, do some REAL research and you'll find out how he gets the cash, it involves his government and certain laws that permit him to get millions of dollas for basically nothing/ Don't come with a silly wikipedia article and claim its the facts please.Andrew_Xavier

So, I could go by the fact that his production company is fully registered, and real,
or, I could go by a few angry "we hate uwe boll" blogs? None of which are from Germany *the Country who's government he supposidely rips off*, screaming that he steals government money?
I'm going with reality, over a blog.

Uh, you'd be wrong. Them being registered doesn't change the fact that he's using a loophole (that has since been sealed, why do you think he now makes movies in Canada).

[QUOTE="jmartin1016"]

(i haven't seen any of his films)

xbroesslerx

Why would you defend someone without doing any research?

Andrew Xavier - It affects the industry and that I believe warrants the hate from every person who loves movies or wants to be a part of them. To the TC , House of the Dead is probably the worst movie I've ever seen and I have seen a looot of movies. In the Name of the King is actually hilarious if you go into it knowing it's gonna suck like I did.1_Hit_Killer

Also my intention with this topic is not to take sidesjmartin1016

But it was, you came out right away and said 95% of people are just jerks who have nothing better to do, which implies the movies are good, which they most certainly are not.

Bloodrayne is more than enough proof.

[QUOTE="xbroesslerx"][QUOTE="jmartin1016"]

(i haven't seen any of his films)

jmartin1016

Why would you defend someone without doing any research?

How can you call it unjustified critisizm when you haven't even seen any of his movies? And how is it unjustified when they bring up true points?

How can you call it unjustified critisizm when you haven't even seen any of his movies? And how is it unjustified when they bring up true points?

PiNwOrM

thank you

Here, professional reviews of his movies on a scene by scene basis. Also by a guy who's hilarious

Bloodrayne:

http://www.spoonyexperiment.com/rants/Bloodrayne

Bloodrayne 2:

http://www.spoonyexperiment.com/rants/Bloodrayne2/

Alone in the Dark:

http://www.spoonyexperiment.com/rants/AloneInTheDark

House of the Dead

http://www.spoonyexperiment.com/rants/HouseOfTheDead

Andrew Xavier - It affects the industry and that I believe warrants the hate from every person who loves movies or wants to be a part of them. To the TC , House of the Dead is probably the worst movie I've ever seen and I have seen a looot of movies. In the Name of the King is actually hilarious if you go into it knowing it's gonna suck like I did.1_Hit_Killer

Okay, so, a guy making indie films affects the entire film industry? Interesting, I mean, Lady In The Water was mega hyped...and yet, people still go to see films in record numbers:? So...wait...you mean...bad movies don't destroy or affect the industry in the slightest??!?!?! Wow.

[QUOTE="1_Hit_Killer"]Andrew Xavier - It affects the industry and that I believe warrants the hate from every person who loves movies or wants to be a part of them. To the TC , House of the Dead is probably the worst movie I've ever seen and I have seen a looot of movies. In the Name of the King is actually hilarious if you go into it knowing it's gonna suck like I did.Andrew_Xavier

Okay, so, a guy making indie films affects the entire film industry? Interesting, I mean, Lady In The Water was mega hyped...and yet, people still go to see films in record numbers:? So...wait...you mean...bad movies don't destroy or affect the industry in the slightest??!?!?! Wow.

Yeah, and that bad game ET had no effect on the gaming industry, either..

In the Name of the King

Alone in the Dark

Those are the only two I've seen in their entirety. They're campy-awful in the way I remember some of those 80's made-for-tv D&D-esque movies were.

Speaking of D&D, Boll's films were no worse than Dungeons & Dragons: The Movie. So Boll doesn't hold the monopoly on bad movies.

[QUOTE="Andrew_Xavier"]

[QUOTE="1_Hit_Killer"]Andrew Xavier - It affects the industry and that I believe warrants the hate from every person who loves movies or wants to be a part of them. To the TC , House of the Dead is probably the worst movie I've ever seen and I have seen a looot of movies. In the Name of the King is actually hilarious if you go into it knowing it's gonna suck like I did.PiNwOrM

Okay, so, a guy making indie films affects the entire film industry? Interesting, I mean, Lady In The Water was mega hyped...and yet, people still go to see films in record numbers:? So...wait...you mean...bad movies don't destroy or affect the industry in the slightest??!?!?! Wow.

Yeah, and that bad game ET had no effect on the gaming industry, either..

It sure didn't, the sudden influx of far too many companies, and static decline in gaming quality due to the suddenly over-competitive nature of the industry itself did though.

You know what's odd? I could have sworn that vampire rain released before gta iv's massive sales, maybe I'm wrong?

I don't think all of it is grounded. I couldn't finish watching "In the Name of the King" even though I'm a Statham fan, same with "House of the Dead" which was downright terrible, but Bloodrayne was decent enough and I really liked "Alone in the Dark". Someone who can say that is Uwe Boll's worst movie obviously hasn't seen his other films.MyopicCanadian

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Why?

Hate is never justified.jmartin1016

You are right. Hitler Shmitler, no biggy eh?

[QUOTE="jmartin1016"] Hate is never justified.GSU28

You are right. Hitler Shmitler, no biggy eh?

Yeah, because comparing uwe boll to hitler is fair and all...

WTF?!?

[QUOTE="GSU28"]

[QUOTE="jmartin1016"] Hate is never justified.Andrew_Xavier

You are right. Hitler Shmitler, no biggy eh?

Yeah, because comparing uwe boll to hitler is fair and all...

WTF?!?

That was a joke...

This is a slight deviation from course, but on the same topic. There is also a lot of hate for Paul WS Anderson.

I am not saying he is Riddley Scott, but I actually thought Resident Evil was a good movie. Alien Vs. Predator also wasn't too bad of a mindless summer action movie. It wasn't as good as any of the Alien or Predator movies, but it was decent. I am not sure all of his hate is justifiable.