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[StreetsofBeige]

The setting is supposed to be a bit grungy and dusty, the cast goes through action scenes, yet sure seems their clothes are perfectly dry cleaned every second.

 

[FeralEcho]

The Beatles of cinema.

 

[Hawking Radiation]

 

[Puscifer]

I figured I'd be curious about it and see it in IMAX when I got back to Sacramento tomorrow but turns out it was pulled already from every theater within 100 miles after opening night.

 

[Gtafans93]

Studio Should of kept it R rated.

 

[FunkMiller]

Amazing.

A truly incredible performance. This deserves to be remembered throughout the rest of human history.

Well done Pitchfork!

 

[StueyDuck]

Why on earth did this movie have such a budget .

You get eli roth to helm the movie should've been like 20 mil most

 

[Small John McCarthy]

Imagine comparing this pos movie to the beatles...

The vast majority of Beatles singles were hits. Every one of their albums was a commercial success… and then sold for decades. So, yeah Randy - it’s just the same as the utter dross based on your IP.

 

[VitoNotVito]

They managed to make a film that’s even more boring than the game itself.

 

[SJRB]

Eli Roth has friends in high places and is on a secret mission to burn as much Hollywood money as humanly possible and do his part to destroy it from the inside, and you can't convince me otherwise.

 

[mansoor1980]

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Eli Roth has friends in high places and is on a secret mission to burn as much Hollywood money as humanly possible and do his part to destroy it from the inside, and you can't convince me otherwise.

eli roth needs to be replaced by spock

 

[Alebrije]

It's an average movie and if You are a Borderlands fan it is enjojable. Yea it has lame dialogs and some bland action scenes but it has a Lot of stuff from the videogames.

At least it's not like te crap live movies about Dragón Ball and Power Rangers. It's better than the recent Grand Turismo one.

 

[Sushi_Combo]

Kinda sucks because Thanksgiving was actually a solid Eli Roth movie lmao. Will still probably try watching this at some point.

 

[Needlecrash]

Randy Pitchford having a meltdown

Randy comparing Borderlands to The Beatles is a MASSIVE fucking stretch. FUCK OUTTA HERE.

 

[MayauMiao]

Look at this art and tell me what is appealing about it:

Nothing. Everything about it is offputting. There is nothing nice to say. It is a wretched thing.

They all look so clean and clothes looks so cheap, you wonder if they are cosplayers from comic con.

 

[RyRy93]

This is what happens when you make a film nobody is asking for

 

[WhamBamThankYouMaam]

Source​

Is that image really the look from the movie?

 

[cinnamonandgravy]

Randy Pitchford having a meltdown

"It seems about half the people who actually see the movie seem to like it. And half the people who see it don't like it. That's cool."

 

[AJUMP23]

I never saw marketing or anything about this movie other than a tweet or two. I knew it got delayed, but the movie looked bad around every corner. I cannot even remember the trailer.

 

[winjer]

 

[ResilientBanana]

Just like games, don't make bad movies.

 

[ResilientBanana]

Randy Pitchford having a meltdown

By that logic, 50% of the people that actually saw this trainwreck and liked it is still a failure. The people that ended up liking it also have shitty taste in movies and probably listen to every Nickelback album cover to cover.

 

[phant0m]

Randy Pitchford having a meltdown

wanted to have his own Druckmann moment and got slapped down hard. in his defense creating an award winning live action screenplay in the universe & humor of Borderlands was a TALL order compared to the source material from TLoU

 

[Neon Xenon]

Randy Pitchford having a meltdown

This tweet is essentially Randy Pitchford being Randy Pitchford again, so you can safely dismiss his opinion, like always, if you haven't already. Maybe Randy should have tried a magic trick to help make the movie not shitty.

When people attempt to defend an objectively bad piece of media, or just one that others are taking turns dunking on, there's always a few who try and bring up the very obvious fact of "there's a crew who worked very hard on this".

The biggest problem with making that statement in this instance is that if you can acknowledge the fact that a crew of human beings worked on this movie, then it's totally fair game to also acknowledge that said crew's work and efforts were being wasted on a fucking Borderlands live action movie.

 

[Knightime_X]

She should have been Tiny tina.

 

[Holammer]

The internet heartthrob and media sensation Rich Evans should have been included in this review. He could explain and give context to a lot of stuff those hack frauds did not understand.

 

[SJRB]

I appreciate how they didn't just go "this movie is dogshit" and lol for 30 minutes like they sometimes do but genuinely tried to figure out what went wrong.

Ultimately it seems it's a competently made movie but with a super barebones script and terrible casting choices and set design.

 

[JayK47]

Borderlands 4 cancelled confirmed.

 

[Krathoon]

Imagine comparing this pos movie to the beatles...

Yeah. Randy sure is something sometimes. Way to put a positive spin on it.

 

[Neon Xenon]

The movie can't be as bad as Tank Girl.

I'd rather watch Tank Girl. Dead serious.

That's not even to dunk on Tank Girl. I would genuinely get more enjoyment out of that movie (which I will definitely call a bad movie) than Borderlands.

 

[Evil Calvin]

They should have cancelled it and try to get a tax write off.
Maybe that way, they would not lose this much money.

I don't understand how that works. Company spends $100+ million on making a movie and determines it sucks or they want to back out. How can they get a tax write off for a big chunk of that? Just because they sucked at writing, casting. producing, managing money.....the government steps in and says 'oh....you tried.....here's $75 million back. Thanks for trying!! " Huh?

 

[SCB3]

I'm in the minority but I kinda enjoyed it... Sure it wasn't amazing but it was watchable enough, at least it was free for me lol

 

[Frwrd]

Nintendo's actual reaction...

That shit was fire ...literally

 

[Frwrd]

I think we're asking the wrong questions. Why does he keep getting work? Who does he have dirt on? Does he have an unassailable, secure copy of the Epstein flight logs?

That MF must have the whole black box

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

She should have been Tiny tina.

100% this. I thought she was when I first saw the teaser trailer a while back...then we got...well...

Spoiler

whatever the bunny ear clone turned out to be

 

[mayham2199]

It's better than the recent Grand Turismo one.

I thought GT was a pretty good movie so I have a hard time believing this. Every single rating site has Gran Turismo rated much higher. Now you personally might not have enjoyed GT as much but I just don't think this would be the majority opinion overall.

 

[YeulEmeralda]

Instead of all the games with good stories that could be used for a movie they chose Borderlands instead.

 

[Krathoon]

They should have had Tiny Tina when she was older and played by Ashley Burch.

That would have been an idea. Have a Borderlands set in the future.

 

[Sorcerer]

Jamie Lee Curtis really needs to play to her strengths:

A movie where she defeats Michael Myers with Activa. She can lay a trap by spreading the probiotic yogurt on the ground and Michael will trip and break his neck.

I mean Laurie Strode died in a Halloween movie and came back for 3 sequels. Anything is possible nowadays!!!

Paul Rudd needs to stop the Halloween denial. He needs to be stalked by Michael Myers in every movie he is in. Even if it's a rom-com.

 

[Rodolink]

that's what they get for a movie nobody asked for

 

[ManaByte]

 

[Kurotri]

..and you just *know* the people responsible for making this disaster will somehow continue to keep their jobs and make more shit movies

 

[Methos#1975]

Is this on streaming yet lol

 

[winjer]

Hot dam. When even Uwe Boll makes fun of your movie, you know it's bad.

 

[sono]

I haven't seen any advertising for this in the UK but for Gaf I would not have known it existed

 

[Mithos]

Studio Should of kept it R rated.

R stands for Retirement? Right?

 

[Duchess]

Perhaps some years down the line, Tales from the Borderlands will be adapted as a TV series.

 

[winjer]

Perhaps some years down the line, Tales from the Borderlands will be adapted as a TV series.

The original Tales from the Borderlands was pretty good. But the New tales from the Borderlands was terrible and a financial flop.
If a TV show is to be made, I hope it follows the original game.

 

[Physiognomonics]

Randy Pitchford having a meltdown

Half the people who bought tickets for this movie didn't like it? This is awful meaning the movie must be terribad for that.

 

[Giallo Corsa]

Hot dam. When even Uwe Boll makes fun of your movie, you know it's bad.

Win, brother, let's be honest for a sec here, no matter how awful Borderlands is, I'm pretty G'damn sure that it's not as awful as the diarrhea, vomit inducing Uwe-made "films".

While the typical 'Murican MCU/IP franchise may lead to the now infamous brain rot®, his movies are even worse than that since they've always been uninteresting, badly filmed, awfully directed, badly cast pieces of G'damned shite with no redeeming qualities whatsoever - they're not even in the "so bad they're good" category like, say, pieces of shit movies like the Miami connection/Samurai Cop etc etc - with those at least you can have some giggles here and there due to their whole campiness/awfulness, Uwe boll films are so terribly fucking bad, soulless and devoid of any character that you just turn off your TV in disgust.

Absolutely bloody horrible "director".
He shouldn't be one to talk, then again, he's just trolling with that message most probably thinking that "all PR is good PR"...