Comments on: Uwe Boll Hates First Sunday

By: ALEX

ALEX — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:49:57 +0000

i go to the muvico palace down here in florida as do many other ppl the place is amlost always packed and they had a huge dungeon siege poster blocking an entire wall in the hall way. im sure alot of ppl saw that and still didnt see this movie, i now advertising is a big factor in how movies do, but unless uwe can remove himself from his movies all together than their always gonna bomb.

By: Darren J Seeley

Darren J Seeley — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:34:33 +0000

I’m sure Uwe’s a nice guy, but just once…just once…could he possibly take responsibility for a film that underperforms? He has blamed investors, editors, producers, video game companies, gives out whiny, crybaby responses to critics of his work such as he did with “Wired”

http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/08/you-dumb-fck-uw.html

Well, shit on a brick and make it stick.

What’s gonna happen when those German tax breaks go south? Is he going to whine about the evil politicians and bearucrats? Wouldn’t be shocking.

Uwe is best when he gets his butt away from video games- oh, that’s right, what’s In The Name Of The King based on again? Now…I’m not commenting on how good or bad his latest film is. I actually even liked a little of Bloodrayne (a little!) and I have heard good things about Postal .

Maybe he needs to do lower budget exploitation films, take a page out of Roger Corman’s mantra. He also needs to stop his bitching. THIS is what I hate about Boll. It isn’t that he makes a bad film or that he might get screwed by the video game companies. It’s the fact that he comes off as a whining bitch.

By: cib3k

cib3k — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:37:59 +0000

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but Uwe’s right.

@Kevin C
There is no studio to force. HE is the studio. He finances his own movies and he can’t spend too much money in advertising.

Juno and Little Miss were indeed good in finding their audience over time; however, Uwe mostly complains about the opening weekend and first weeks. And independent titles are indeed losers from this perspective – Juno debuted at 17 before climbing up. The truth is that Americans go see a lot of shitty movies based only on their marketing – just look at this weekend’s top 10 and basically any weekend before that. Even some movie fans (Kristina?) don’t go see a movie sometimes because “the marketing was terrible”. Uwe simply complains about the fact that people don’t go see HIS movies instead of other crappy ones – and he’s right about it. He also seems to believe that they’re actually better, but that’s not the point. He’s got a big fantasy movie, with big names in it, and in theory more people should have gone see it, no matter how bad the movie is. With few exceptions, most fantasy movies since LOTR were quite mediocre but they still managed to make a lot of money. What’s different in this case is indeed the marketing.

By: Mozzerino

Mozzerino — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:05:48 +0000

Uwe is a hack who is full of shit.
His movies just suck and I am 100% sure his new one is no exception. His movies bomb because they suck, not because they don’t get studio support.
There are many Indie-films out there who make more than their costs back and bring in decent numbers.
Look at JUNO. Look at LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE.
Movies who are good find their audience, even if it takes time.
Movies who are big bags of horseshit (Yes Uwe, I’m looking at you!) don’t get good word of mouth and get filtered down to the 5-Dollar bins very quick.
It baffles me how this douche always makes up some bullshit excuses why his awful movies bomb.
You are responsible Uwe and no one else!

By: pete

pete — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:12:30 +0000

ya the trailer i saw was trash honestly tracy morgan is funny in anything and Uwe’s movie looked like shit

By: Christian

Christian — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:32:44 +0000

He just needed a better trailer. lol. You can make the crappiest movie look good in a trailer/tv spot.

Once I heard that line, “…tend to your wounds.” I said to myself, “Now I know what I’m NOT watching this weekend.”

But I am willing to at least rent the film on DVD. I’m weird that way.

By: Kevin C

Kevin C — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:26:58 +0000

Why doesnt Uwe just FORCE the studio to market his film better. Threten to tear them limb from limb and offer them as a burnt sacrifice to the god of poor movies if they dont.

By: Kristina

Kristina — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:15:12 +0000

Honestly, if I had to choose between a Uwe Boll movie and an Ice Cube comedy, I’d take the Cube.

Then again, that’s like asking if I’d like to drown or burn at the stake……..