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The film is a huge disaster, grossing less than $10 million in its opening weekend on a $120 million budget and with a 9% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. - The film suffered from production problems, and went through several directors and writers before it was released on the big screen.
- The characters don't match up with fan favorites, and the plot mimics
Guardians of the Galaxy
and technical flaws hinder an enjoyable viewing experience.
Less than a week after its release, it's undeniable – Border areas This movie is one of the biggest disasters of the summer of 2024. It's unfortunate that it comes at the worst time, as video game adaptations have only recently started to gain street cred, as evidenced by the decent reviews and massive box office success of Super Mario Bros. Movie Great reviews and success awards. Our lastUnfortunately, Border areas I feel like I'm going back to the dark ages.bringing us back to an era where movies based on video games were very shy of the source material.
Reviews have been harsh; as of this writing, the film has an embarrassing 9% on Rotten Tomatoes, and on its opening weekend it grossed less than $10 million on a $120 million budget. Madam Web This was a huge financial disaster. Worst of all, the negative buzz was well deserved; Border areas Top to bottom is badWhile other films this year may have had more success, mistakeIt's hard to think of many people who have had this little. rightIt's time to delve into the question that gaming enthusiasts and newcomers alike are asking – where Border areas Did I go wrong?
Borderlands was plagued by production issues.
Border areas
2.5/5
- release date
- August 9, 2024
- exit
- Eli Roth
- Runtime
- 102 minutes
- Main type
- Science fiction
It's no secret at this point – Border areas The road to the big screen was very difficult.The film was first announced in 2015, and is based on the popular video game franchise, which served as a Diablo– Action RPG Mad MaxAt first, it was Lee Whannell (who would later do this) The Invisible Man) He was chosen to write and direct the film, but he quickly dropped out, and the film became stuck in development hell, going through three different directors and ten different writers.
finally, hostelEli Roth took over the job, with Craig Mazin (Chernobyl and Our last) The script was written, and finally production progressed. Believe it or not, the bulk of the film was shot in 2021, and after the project was wrapped, an eerie silence prevailed. Border areas The film was shelved for two years before it was announced in January 2023 that the film would undergo a two-week reshoot. Eli Roth had already moved on to filming. Thanksgiving DaySo, dead poolTim Miller has taken over as interim manager.
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Most tellingly, Mazen's name was removed from the project, and replaced by Joe Crombie. Rumors about bad test results began to spread widely.Onlookers suspected that Lionsgate was on the verge of disaster. Of course, production hell is not necessarily a harbinger of doom, as evidenced by World War Z It proved to be a surprise box office success. End of the world now It is considered one of the greatest films ever made.
But the sad truth is that the film appears to have been reworked as rumors have suggested. The Marvel-style snarky comments from the characters seem to have been dubbed in after filming, and expository narration is used to skip the action scenes entirely. The reshoot was embarrassingly obvious.As evidenced by how Ariana Greenblatt's character visibly ages from scene to scene, the film seems to be limited to the absolute essentials, without any of the story or character fabric needed to make anything matter. Border areas It reeks of extensive post-production rework and a last-ditch attempt to save the film from disaster.
Borderlands was probably always going to be bad.
To be completely fair Border areas, Troubled production is not like Clear on screen as well Suicide Squad Or 2015 The Fantastic Four (Which means it's still pretty clear.) But like those movies, the coherent morsels on display suggest a project that was likely always going to be bad even before it was chopped up into pieces. Let's start, It's a baffling decision to take a video game franchise so beloved for its over-the-top violence and make a PG-13-rated movie adaptation of it. It's a very puzzling decision to give Eli Roth those duties, given that on paper he seems like a perfect fit for an R-rated movie. Border areas.
Worse still, the characters don’t resemble the heroes that the franchise’s fans grew up loving. Fan favorites like Mordecai and Brick are nowhere to be found, while others like Lilith and Tanis have aged a few full decades. In fact, a third of the cast looks visibly bored on screen (before the film even comes out).tar While the third act of the movie doesn't look good (why would anyone think Kevin Hart could play Han Solo?), the final third act has nothing to do with the movie (Jamie Lee Curtis in particular). Jack Black, the voice of Claptrap, seems to be the only one who doesn't do his job well. He is trying To capture the character from the games, but even he can't laugh at the horrible material presented to him.
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All this before getting into how the plot is an almost direct and blatant imitation of Guardians of the GalaxyDespite Eli Roth's insistence to the contrary. If anything, Border areas It's easy to admire the tonal balance James Gunn achieved in his trilogy. While he knew how to convey action and jokes, he also truly loved his characters and their flaws. This is not the case with Border areasas the closest thing to acting out Jean's feelings comes when Ariana Greenblatt's Tini remembers her dark past before dropping it mid-scene and never returning to it again.
Even the movie lacks technical level.The action sequences are edited in a way that prioritizes fast cutting over spatial continuity, likely to mask the fact that Eli Roth may not have the ability to handle large-scale scenes. While some of the production and costume design He could In theory, they should have made the film more elegant and beautiful. And because Roth shoots the entire film so clearly, it always feels like we're watching actors in Halloween costumes lost in front of a green screen.
Borderlands gets almost nothing right.
The question is not “What went wrong?” Border areas“As it happened” right “It’s a very messy film, steeped in obvious corruption that afflicts almost every element on display, from the craft to the story, writing, direction, and acting. Most of all, it’s not fun at all; it feels like a film that no one involved had any enthusiasm for other than capitalizing on known intellectual property several years after the time was right.
If Eli Roth and company have any real passion for the film, it's not evident on screen, and this indifference affects the entire proceedings, essentially causing the film to fail. Border areas Even before we notice the visual post-production nightmares, it's safe to assume that their planned cinematic universe won't be coming any time soon. Border areas Now showing in theaters.
