First things first let me admit that I have only seen one of his films which was In the name of the King. Secondly, I enjoyed the film and now i'm thinking that the hate for him is the result of sheep, most of whom haven't even seen any of his films. In the name of the King was a good film, it had a great cast, good acting, a good story and good action sequences. There was nothing horrible about the film at all. It was enjoyable to watch. I'm not saying that it was amazing or anything, i'm just saying that it was good. Better than a lot of mindless hollywood films that somehow get a stupid amount of praise. Overall i'd probably give the film a 6/10. Tunnel Rats looks good aswell.

Thoughts?

I like Uwe. His BloodRayne film was awesome.

In the Name of the King sucked ass. It moved slow, the story was shit, the acting was horrible and the action, if you could call it action... ugh.

Though, when I watched it I didn't know it was a Boll film. Now that I know, I feel like there was good reason behind the atrocity of this film.

I have refused to see any of his other works. My friend told me BloodRayne looked like it was one of those "made for TV" films.

His work is super cringe worthy imo

I'd say that when you actually have people signing a petition againts you, you most likely deserve the hatred. :(

house of the dead (the movie that made me hate boll) was a CATASTROPHE. it ruined the good name of the HOTD saga.

bloodrayne... loken looked good in terminator 3, but in this one they overdid it.
the film was atrocious.

alone in the dark: can you make a movie even less related to the franchise its based on? (inb4 super mario bros, that one was more related than aitd will ever be)

postal, however, was good IMO, it made me lol a lot.

havent seen any other of his films

I've seen most of him movies, just to say I have, and they suck.

Poor adaptions, and just overall lame vibe.

If you don't think it's well deserved, go watch "Bloodrayne" after playing both games.
Jesus I wanted to skull freek that idiot with a sawed off shotgun

I gave his movies a chance...

Man, do I ever regret that decision.

Well I guess most of you feel it is deserved. Tunnel rats (his new film) looks good though.

I like how he blames his bad films on everything but himself.

And how he just calls every critic that hates him a retard.

dumbass

Alone in the dark is THE worst movie ever made. If u don't believe me check out the reviews (some of which are pretty funny). I have to admit postal was one of those "so bad it's funny" ones though. Dungeon Siege is over 2 and a half hours long....if i watched more than half an hour i'm pretty sure my eyes would have started bleeding.

And no, I would never pay to watch these movies, just got them from friends while procrastinating in college...but in the end, these just made me wanna go back to studying.

I like watching movies BASED on video games. B A S E D on. That would mean following the game but NOT following the game. So Uwe's films are pretty cool in my opinion.

I never thought I'd see the day when Uwe Boll was defended on this forum. Idiotic fanboys, I can take. People whose idea of spellchecking is looking to see how many more letters they can remove from words, I can almost tolerate. But this... FFS may never recover.

I never thought I'd see the day when Uwe Boll was defended on this forum. Idiotic fanboys, I can take. People whose idea of spellchecking is looking to see how many more letters they can remove from words, I can almost tolerate. But this... FFS may never recover.

1. It's an opinion.
2. I've only seen one of his films, his others might suck, I don't know.
3. It was just a question.
4. I never said he was awesome, I said that In the name of the king was an enjoyable film.

Do you see anything in that post singling you out, Harkus? Of course not. You were definitely lumped into it, but I wasn't addressing you specifically.

Your opinion is retarded though, as anyone who knows anything about what makes a good film can attest. Personal enjoyment != quality.

Do you see anything in that post singling you out, Harkus? Of course not. You were definitely lumped into it, but I wasn't addressing you specifically.

You didn't single me out but I felt I should defend myself.


Your opinion is retarded though, as anyone who knows anything about what makes a good film can attest. Personal enjoyment != quality.

Liking a film that you don't makes my opinion retarded?

Enjoyment is the most important thing a film can offer.

Good god, after reading his wiki, I can safely say I detest Uwe Boll and wish him a very gruesome death.

How can anyone think this man is unfairly treated?

ROFL:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=WWqCNmfJ1hY&feature=related

i lol'd.
he compares to michael bay?
bay's movies are at least WATCHABLE AND ENTERTAINING!

I never thought I'd see the day when Uwe Boll was defended on this forum. Idiotic fanboys, I can take. People whose idea of spellchecking is looking to see how many more letters they can remove from words, I can almost tolerate. But this... FFS may never recover.

I don't like his movies at all, but as a person I think he's alright. I mean, the guy is doing what he wants despite many people who want him to stop. Though, I never understood that stance. If you don't like his films, don't watch them. It's not like he's ruined any good franchises.
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I can understand if you don't like his films. It just means he blows dick as a director. But as a person, I'm sure he's pretty chill.

I don't like his movies at all, but as a person I think he's alright. I mean, the guy is doing what he wants despite many people who want him to stop. Though, I never understood that stance. If you don't like his films, don't watch them. It's not like he's ruined any good franchises.
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I can understand if you don't like his films. It just means he blows dick as a director. But as a person, I'm sure he's pretty chill.

That's sorta how I feel about it (except I like In the name of the king), he's doing what he loves and if people don't like it it's fine but they shouldn't start a petition to stop him, that's cruel. He does seem like a nice guy, i've heard that he keeps most of the same crew for all his films and he hates that newcomers are never given a chance in the film industry.

As for the Michael bay comment. Michael bays films are more about how many cars he can make explode than story, although I do find them entertaining.

EDIT: Just saw this interview on youtube with Uwe Boll http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OACox7QHXGk&feature=related (Interview)

He says himself that Bloodrayne was a bad movie and was just for entertainment.

I felt sorry for him when he says that everyone hates his movie.

Uwe Boll is definitely not a good guy off the set. Decent people do not claim to be misunderstood geniuses when they get criticized instead of taking their detractors seriously and trying to improve. They also do not challenge critics to boxing matches (and fight mercilessly in them, even against rank amateurs) to get even for bad reviews.

Uwe Boll is definitely not a good guy off the set. Decent people do not claim to be misunderstood geniuses when they get criticized instead of taking their detractors seriously and trying to improve. They also do not challenge critics to boxing matches (and fight mercilessly in them, even against rank amateurs) to get even for bad reviews.

It could be an act. He could be a real life troll.

In all seriousness, I still commend him for doing what he enjoys without giving in to pressure. (If anyone is going to reply to this, don't bring up rapists, murderers and the like... that's just silly)

They also do not challenge critics to boxing matches (and fight mercilessly in them, even against rank amateurs) to get even for bad reviews.

This has to be every movie directers dream though. :P

I've been wanting to see a Boll film for quite some time, having read a lot of his strong critics and about him himself and his wiki page. I always can never help myself if I hear so much anti-hype.

But someone tell me though, would I hate him as much if I haven't played any of the games?

The boxing thing was probably a weak attempt at being funny resulting in failure.

He makes shitty movies from shitty games.

It's a no-risk situation, really. Well, besides the bad film making.

Uwe Boll is a bad director. He makes bad movies.
Uwe Boll is also a bad person, as Prak says. He didn't box professional critics. He picked fights with pubescent teenagers on some forum, and beat the shit out of them after denying them any training or preparation.

I was vaguely interested in seeing Postal, but I'm not sure if it'll see the light of day after 200 people walked out of a free screening.
And to any of his fans...you need to develop your cinematic aesthetics.

Uwe Boll is a bad director. He makes bad movies.
Uwe Boll is also a bad person, as Prak says. He didn't box professional critics. He picked fights with pubescent teenagers on some forum, and beat the shit out of them after denying them any training or preparation.

I was vaguely interested in seeing Postal, but I'm not sure if it'll see the light of day after 200 people walked out of a free screening.
And to any of his fans...you need to develop your cinematic aesthetics.

One of the people he boxed ended up working on Far Cry. Also I've seen one of his fight on youtube and at the end he pats the guy on the back.

Doesn't change the fact that he denied them training that he promised them and proceeded to beat the shit out of guys half his age and body weight.

there is a note i found that one of the critics that WANTED to fight boll was a, ex-boxer, and boll did not want to fight him.

he is a bad director,writter AND a coward

I suppose Boll thinks his movies are good now because he beat up a couple critics.

Infact don't be surprised if he joins the forum and challenges us too.

i can box.
i bet he wont fight me because i CAN box.
none of his critics knew boxing.

"I knew Atari were idiots when they let Uwe Boll make a god-awful action movie out of the franchise; but I never thought they were big enough idiots to use that film as inspiration."

-Yahtzee Croshaw.

So damn true.

i can box.
i bet he wont fight me because i CAN box.
none of his critics knew boxing.

Challenge him if you want lol. Just say his films suck and say you want to box him.

Is Uwe Boll unfairly hated? Well......OF COURSE HE IS!!!

Out of his films, I have only seen Alone In The Dark (which was mediocre), and House Of The Dead (which was so bad, it makes Alone In The Dark look spectacular).

So why do I feel he is unfairly hated? Simple... he is not Paul W.S Anderson... that's why. Uwe Boll did not make Resident Evil Apocalypse or Resident Evil Exinction. That is why Uwe Boll is unfairly hated.

So Uwe Boll ruined House Of The Dead: a game with actors who can't act and a medocre story, transformed into a movie with actors who can't act and a terrible story. Big Deal. But Paul W.S Anderson ruined Resident Evil: one of the most popular and influential video games of all tine. THAT is unforgivable.

Uwe Boll is unfairly hated because his name is on this topic in the first place. We SHOULD be discussing if Paul W.S Anderson is unfairly hated or not.

Christ, RE wasn't that bad...........................

So Paul W. S. Anderson is worse than Uwe Boll because Boll merely took a game with bad acting and a mediocre story and made a bad movie with bad acting and a bad story out of it, while Anderson took a series of games with bad acting and an atrocious story and made bad movies out of it? :rolleyes:

Please don't get the wrong idea... I am saying that Uwe Boll is not the worst filmmaker I have seen (personally), and therefore he should not be the highlight of such subjects. Making mention of Paul W.S Anderson was my way of setting an example for filmmakers who are worst than Boll in my opinion (therefore hinting that Boll is unfairly hated). However the rest of you feel about Uwe Boll or Paul W.S Anderson is your opinion and I respect it.

Yes! Resident Evil WAS that bad. Have you seen Extinction? Anderson practically wrote the book on cheesiness. But that's another discussion, for another topic, for another time.

Ultra... the Resident Evil series does not have bad acting. The original Resident Evil has bad acting (and maybe a few of the spinoffs that I haven't played).

Bump

Don't bump threads. This is a forum, not a fucking chat room. And yes, Resident Evil games have always had terrible voice acting and even worse writing. This is not exactly a matter that can be credibly disputed. But that's not the topic at hand.

What was the point of that bump?

Please don't get the wrong idea... I am saying that Uwe Boll is not the worst filmmaker I have seen (personally), and therefore he should not be the highlight of such subjects. Making mention of Paul W.S Anderson was my way of setting an example for filmmakers who are worst than Boll in my opinion (therefore hinting that Boll is unfairly hated). However the rest of you feel about Uwe Boll or Paul W.S Anderson is your opinion and I respect it.

Yes! Resident Evil WAS that bad. Have you seen Extinction? Anderson practically wrote the book on cheesiness. But that's another discussion, for another topic, for another time.

You're shitting me, right? I won't say the RE films are a work of art, because they aren't. But to say that they are below the shitfests that are Boll films is borderline insanity.


What was the point of that bump?

What was the point of that post, TM? If you're gonna post something stupid and unnecessary, do it in fucking GD with your buddy Mooglemage.

Don't bump threads. This is a forum, not a fucking chat room. And yes, Resident Evil games have always had terrible voice acting and even worse writing. This is not exactly a matter that can be credibly disputed. But that's not the topic at hand.

Well well... I apologize for getting you so steamed that we are completely off topic now. At least we agree, RE games and movies: discussion for another time.

You're shitting me, right? I won't say the RE films are a work of art, because they aren't. But to say that they are below the shitfests that are Boll films is borderline insanity.

I'll say it once again... I personally believe Boll is not the worst I have seen. Anderson is an example of someone who I believe is worst than Boll. If YOU think that all of Boll's films are one big shitfest, then that's okay. I am not arguing that point.

Is Boll unfairly hated? It all comes down to one thought: is he REALLY the worst filmmaker you've seen? Or is there perhaps one other person who is worst than he is? If so, then we have your answer.

I'll say it once again... I personally believe Boll is not the worst I have seen. Anderson is an example of someone who I believe is worst than Boll. If YOU think that all of Boll's films are one big shitfest, then that's okay. I am not arguing that point.

Is Boll unfairly hated? It all comes down to one thought: is he REALLY the worst filmmaker you've seen? Or is there perhaps one other person who is worst than he is? If so, then we have your answer.

First off, when comparing two people or objects, the term is "worse."

Second, Uwe Boll can be fairly hated and not be the worst director ever. I seriously don't know how far up your ass you're pulling this from, but please, put it back.

Yes, you're right. Now go point out everyone's spelling and grammar errors in this thread. Make a list. That would be more amusing than this already is. Secondly... damn. You're so smart.

Of course Boll is fairly hated. Anderson is not that bad. I just threw another name in question to see what people would say about the comparison. :D As to answer your original question, yes I was shitting you.

What was the point of that post, TM? If you're gonna post something stupid and unnecessary, do it in fucking GD with your buddy Mooglemage.

Comming from someone who flames Harkus for asking a simple question.

Comming from someone who flames Harkus for asking a simple question.

You bet your prepubescent ass. Those flames came from valid reasons.

But at least I don't just pop in and say "What was that post for?" That's right on the level of Mooglemage's "erm? huh?" faggotry. TM, I think it'd be best that you stopped posting until your balls dropped.

Right, because asking questions on a forum is such a heinous crime and clearly is a valid reason to flame someone.

I added my thoughts earlier in the thread, I had nothing more to add and decided to question someones odd behaviour, if you think it's stupid you can go fuck yourself, you glob of shit.

When it's a stupid question, it is.

None of the FAQs on gamefaqs say how to get him but I know 100% that you can recruit him, aswell as Penelo and Al Cid. Does anyone here know how to get them?


And this is stupid because?

I added my thoughts earlier in the thread, I had nothing more to add and decided to question someones odd behaviour, if you think it's stupid you can go fuck yourself, you glob of shit.

If you have nothing more to add, kindly shut the fuck up. It's cute though, how that half witted insult comes into play. I believe someone owes me a dollar.~


And this is stupid because?

Because the answer can be, and was, found through a simple google search, you mook.

Because the answer can be, and was, found through a simple google search, you mook.

and yet the answer was wrong.

and yet the answer was wrong.

Had I actually clicked the webpage and read through it, instead of reading the preview text, I would have found the answer. But since I didn't care enough about your problem, I didn't.

Ah, now I understand!

I mean, I thought partly why forums existed were to ask questions, mainly on what the forum was based on. Harkus decided to ask a quesion about final fantasy on a final fantasy forum. I thought that if he would rather do that rather then using a search forum, then it's his call. I mean what harm is he doing in doing so? Surely we could just answer the question?

Of course, this is a load of bullshit, seriously what a dumb prick Harkus is! And how stupid is everyone else who has ever asked a question on any forum in the history of mankind!



and yet the answer was wrong.


JUST FUCKING GOOGLE IT YOU FUCKING CUNT JESUS CHRIST YOU'RE SOO STUPID!

No, TM, you don't understand.

I realise your brain is still developing though, so I'll cut you some slack.

Behold the power of a bump!

oh, just go and google it.

Of course, this is a load of bullshit, seriously what a dumb prick Harkus is! And how stupid is everyone else who has every asked a question on any forum in the history of mankind!





JUST FUCKING GOOGLE IT YOU FUCKING CUNT JESUS CHRIST YOU'RE SOO STUPID!

Haha, this just made my day.

Bloodrayne was decent but everything was poop. The part in Postal where the game creator came out to start a fight with Uwe Boll(and Uwe getting killed later after the scene and his last words:" I hate video games!") was pretty amusing. :laugh:

In a word... to answer the original question.. no.

I, myself really liked Postal, was the funniest film I've seen this year. Some of Boll's others were pretty ok, not the best, but ok. Hopefully, he can keep doing better.

I think the major problem with Boll's movies are that he takes concepts of games and makes them to his definition "Hollywood".

In other words, he turns the movies into spiritual successors of Street Fighter: The Movie (the one with Jean-Claude Van Damme), just about. He's also notorius for getting furious with script writers and producers for not having certain elements, like car chases.

I haven't liked one of Boll's movies to date. They always have that "D movie" aura around them...

Unfairly hated? Perhaps if we lived in a bizzare dimesion where utterly horrid trash movies were good - yea. But we live her. In this reality. Where logic and reason rule supreme and his movies truly are abominations.

Uwe Boll is quite possibly the worst director of our time. I give you one example, and that is House of the Dead. I think the best thing about that film was the damn trailer. Alone In The Dark was atrocious as well. So, in short, no, he's not treated unfairly. Maybe he should stop making horrible movies.

Postal was the only remotely good thing he's ever made, and even that was pretty awful.

I think the major problem with Boll's movies are that he takes concepts of games and makes them to his definition "Hollywood".

In other words, he turns the movies into spiritual successors of Street Fighter: The Movie (the one with Jean-Claude Van Damme), just about. He's also notorius for getting furious with script writers and producers for not having certain elements, like car chases.

LMAO, I can see it now. "No, damn it. Assassin's Creed is not about assassins! It's about car chases! Now give that woman a low cut top so we can film out slow motion scene while she runs! I got a fever, people, and the only cure is more car chasing!"