Is Uwe Boll really that bad?

[the27thvoice]

Now, I'm asking because I want to know why people hate him so much. I've only ever seen one of his movies, In the Name of the King (which seems universally agreed to be his worst one), and I just can't see why people hate the movie or the director. Effects are a bit low budget, the film jumps the Lord of the Rings bandwagon and nothing looks incredibly polished, but neither action, pacing or characterization really sucked and all in all it was an enjoyable experience?
Is it because I haven't played the Dungeon Siege games?
Does he really make that terrible movies? Is it because he's sort of an obnoxious guy? Is it that he uses the German tax system to make money off of even the flops so you can't defeat him? Did you lose the boxing match? Or do you compare the movies to the games he takes names from and keep counting flaws?

I'm not claiming the guy is a great director, but are his movies so bad they warrant this kind of hatred?

 

[Thaluikhain]

Well, I don't like that he's made a career of bad movies.

I mean, if you consistently fail at your job, you should up your game or be fired. Why should they get a third rate director to do stuff, when there's so many second rate ones available?

 

[Smooth Operator]

Low standards are cool, you get to enjoy everything that comes your way.

Some of us however were not blessed with such a gift.

 

[WickedSkin]

I liked Postal, it was good.

 

[Jazoni89]

His movies rate from so bad it's good, to it's just bad, really bad.

One of his bad films have got to be House of the Dead, that film just did so much wrong that I can't really justify it's terribleness in typing. However, I have wanted to see Postal, and Bloodraine 3 for some time now, if only for the campy factor of those two films.

 

[BonsaiK]

Uwe Boll is great. Not only does he make some seriously entertaining films, he's a great guy who has the right attitude toward what he's doing. Really rare in film directors to see someone who is so down-to-earth and also has balls of steel. He's Ed Wood for the Internet generation and in 70 years your grandchildren will be watching House Of The Dead at their cool house parties and laughing their asses off at their boring grandparents who never understood the appeal.

 

[Hoplon]

Uwe Boll is great. Not only does he make some seriously entertaining films, he's a great guy who has the right attitude toward what he's doing. Really rare in film directors to see someone who is so down-to-earth and also has balls of steel. He's Ed Wood for the Internet generation and in 70 years your grandchildren will be watching House Of The Dead at their cool house parties and laughing their asses off at their boring grandparents who never understood the appeal.

This is the greatest troll of all time, congratulations.

 

[BonsaiK]

Uwe Boll is great. Not only does he make some seriously entertaining films, he's a great guy who has the right attitude toward what he's doing. Really rare in film directors to see someone who is so down-to-earth and also has balls of steel. He's Ed Wood for the Internet generation and in 70 years your grandchildren will be watching House Of The Dead at their cool house parties and laughing their asses off at their boring grandparents who never understood the appeal.

This is the greatest troll of all time, congratulations.

Except I'm completely serious.

 

[Hoplon]

Uwe Boll is great. Not only does he make some seriously entertaining films, he's a great guy who has the right attitude toward what he's doing. Really rare in film directors to see someone who is so down-to-earth and also has balls of steel. He's Ed Wood for the Internet generation and in 70 years your grandchildren will be watching House Of The Dead at their cool house parties and laughing their asses off at their boring grandparents who never understood the appeal.

This is the greatest troll of all time, congratulations.

Except I'm completely serious.

That's what makes it so completely brilliant. Truly a masterpiece.

 

[Smokej]

Uwe is one of the most entertaining characters in the whole movie industry.Of course alot of his smack talk is for promotionial purposes and besides his videogame / action stuff he has directed several good movies (Darfur, Rampage).

You should always watch his commentary on the dvd's where he talks about everything that is on his mind right now, funny as hell. A lot of people underestimate him because of his loud and straightforward attitude against the hollywood clique, but this guy has a docterate in Literature (from a real university not some backwater college or actor school). That guy exactly knows what he's doing and in contrast to the endless pool of talented filmmakers who will never be remembered, he always achieves it to get attention for himself and his projects...

 

[Mr.Tophat]

I don't know the guy or anything about him, and I don't care.

But what I do know is that I have seen 3 of his movies, two of them against my will. And they were bad, incomparably unequivocally bad.

So. So bad.

So bad. So bad that only the most silly of hipsters could ever claim they are good.

 

[Liquid Ocelot]

Uwe Boll is great. Not only does he make some seriously entertaining films, he's a great guy who has the right attitude toward what he's doing. Really rare in film directors to see someone who is so down-to-earth and also has balls of steel. He's Ed Wood for the Internet generation and in 70 years your grandchildren will be watching House Of The Dead at their cool house parties and laughing their asses off at their boring grandparents who never understood the appeal.

This is the greatest troll of all time, congratulations.

Except I'm completely serious.

That's what makes it so completely brilliant. Truly a masterpiece.

Bravo gentleman, you made me laugh at a time that could be considered way too fucking early in the morning.

OT: While I have never seen any of Uwe Boll's stuff, I have heard enough, and seen enough trailers to want to avoid that shit like the plague.

 

[Lerasai]

His movies are bad and he should feel bad.

Honestly, though, I don't feel very strongly on this subject. He's probably an alright guy and I don't remember any of his movies that I've seen well enough to say whether they're as terrible as people say. Either they're pretty forgettable or so awful my mind is protecting me from the horror.

 

[JohnnyDelRay]

He's a total douche and he's wrecked movies that were made from epic games and turned them into complete and utter trash. Far Cry is probably among the worst, next to Bloodrayne. But then again, in all fairness, almost any game that has made it to Hollywood has been either a disaster (Hitman) to average (Max Payne). I could list oh-so-many more.

[please note very opinionated post was written only in poster's opinion]

 

[TheAceTheOne]

Far Cry is probably among the worst

Holy sh.... a Far Cry movie? I... I'm scared... Hold me...

 

[redisforever]

Well, he works with Udo Keir, who I love...and he lives in my town...and, he seems like a good guy, so nah, not really. Really, they're big budget (comparatively) fan films on YouTube.

 

[Saelune]

Because when you have the content right there for you to ismply turn into film and STILL FUCK IT UP, you just suck. If you want to be creative, make your own shit. If you are adapting a game, then you already said fuck it to creativity, so why do you need to change anything?

 

[Fasckira]

I think its more because he continually gets hold of game titles then rapes them for some quick cash. That aside though, I quite liked Postal - I think he actually nailed the Postal humour pretty well on that one.

 

[Mullahgrrl]

Well, he is good at what he chooses to do.

Wich just happens to be getting funding for bad movies.