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Why is this movie so hated? Its not THAT bad.

posted 4 months ago by AndyAce83 (73)
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I saw it in theater as a fan of the games. I knew it had bad reviews and me and my friends laughed at it. Saying we better have low expectations. And we did.

So when we finished watching it we all agreed, it wasnt that bad. 4 people all agreed; it wasnt that bad.

So let me give a short list of some postive things:

1) Cate Blanchett is a good character actor
- Is she too old for this role? I think: Whatever. They even made fun of it at the start. I got over it.
2) Jayme Lee Curtis is a good actor. Is she too old to play Tannis? To be honest I always thought of Tannis as old. Kind of like Moxxie. But again, it didnt bother me.
3) I thought Kevin Hart would be a lot more annoying. But he dialed it back somewhat.
4) It looked like the games more or less.
5) Claptrap was claptrap
6) The plot was a dumb as the plot of the first game (the plot of the first game was dumb)

I am sure I can find more positives, but I just find it fascinating, but also a bit annoying and ahistorical to say this movie is the WORST game adaptation in history. Worse than Mortal Kombat 2? Worse than Super Mario Bros? Outside Xbox made this the number one worst game-movie .Everyone is hating on it. And it feels... hivemindish. People just say it. I dont think its true.

So if I may also post my video review of the movie here: https://youtu.be/CWSKtn03i3g

Why is this movie so hated? Its not THAT bad.

[–] Pete314 (3039) 4 months ago

No, no, it's not bad. It just makes Battlefield Earth look like a masterpiece... 😏

[–] AndyAce83 (73) 4 months ago

Hyperbole and groupthink.

[–] Burk48917 (11386) 3 months ago

no, that was an accurate assessment.

[–] BuckleBilly (1318) 3 months ago

I don't hate or love it. I just won't watch it. The trailers were loud, obnoxious, and they looked gaudy. The music used follows the same trend as all the modern trailers. The costumes look cartoonish like Speed Racer. Most people I know wouldn't waste the time and money to see this in theaters because of the trailer.

As for the lovers and haters, that's just Fandom. For the normies, we weren't willing to lose the money and time on this. BTW, the cast doesn't matter when a trailer was that bad.

[–] AndyAce83 (73) 3 months ago

Again, the movie wasnt that bad and if one is a fan of something doesn't one usually watch ALL the things? The good and the bad?

Ive seen all the resident evil movies even though 6 out of 7 sucked. Also Borderlands original game (especially the ending) was also kind of bad. They even made fun of it in Borderlands 2.

[–] BuckleBilly (1318) 3 months ago

"the movie wasnt that bad"

You realize that this phrase means it's still bad right?

No, I won't be wasting my time on it. The trailer was terrible and you're confirming it's was bad, just not the absolute worst.

[–] AndyAce83 (73) 3 months ago

"wasnt that bad", means it wasnt that good. its questioning negativity. But as Ive stated it was okay and okay is good enough.

All 4 who watched it with me said "it was fine". And that is the thing that annoys me. Why a "it was fine" gets hate when so many movies are so much worse.

[–] BuckleBilly (1318) 3 months ago

Ah... I still don't care to see it.

[–] AndyAce83 (73) 3 months ago

But you care enough to debate it with me.

[–] BuckleBilly (1318) 3 months ago

Don't got your hopes up. I was bored.

[–] LanceDance (1314) 3 months ago

if one is a fan of something doesn't one usually watch ALL the things? The good and the bad?

Not if you have standards, no. The trailer looked terrible, the characters were miscast, and the movie isn't even rated R. That's all we need to know. Fans are under no obligation to waste their time and money on something like this.

[–] 4Freedom (183) 3 months ago

If you were a fan of the games, you would know that these characters behaved nowhere near what they were supposed to. Watching this was painful.

It NEEDED to be rated-R lunacy, a balls to the wall insane symphony of uncensored violence and comedy. It was boring instead.

[–] AndyAce83 (73) 3 months ago

I dont agree. They actors did an okay job.

As for the violence. That is what is most weird. I talk about it in the video I made too. Elon Roth is famous for his violence. Who did he make a PG-13? It seems there were production reasons. It was originally meant to be more violent.

I dont feel the need to defend this movie all that much but I just find it annoying to watch people hate on something in a hivemind like way.

I feel the need to go against the grain sometimes. We have now this flood of people arguing against "woke" movies.

Was this movie woke? I would say no. In fact I think it far LESS woke than the sequel games (Borderlands 3 and Wonderlands have lots of wokeness). Then if people dont like woke, shouldnt they watch a mid movie (it was average, not bad) to support non-woke movies?

[–] Kowalski (76257) 3 months ago

IT WAS PRETTY BAD.

[–] AndyAce83 (73) 3 months ago

Worse than Super Mario Bros (1993)?
Worse than Resident Evil - Welcome to Racoon City?
Worse than Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997)?
Worse than Alone in the Dark (2005)?

That is the thing I am arguing against. The unreasonable negativity. It was OKAY. Not bad, not good. Okay. And in my opinion good is extremely rare now. Most are downright sh... And so this was refreshingly non toxic.

[–] calvinice (7) 2 months ago

Here with you.

I was told that the last Hellboy was bad.... and it was bad.

But Borderlands, without being particularly good, accomplishes its goal of entertaining.

By the way, Jack Black as Claptrap was the best!

[–] AndyAce83 (73) 2 months ago

Yeah. Claptrap was fine :-)