it’s funny that he’s so pally with the rock because they’re exactly the same in the sense that they can only play 1 character and it’s an exaggerated version of their own personality
Epic movie would be a main character at on old age showcasing some kid the many crazy weapons they collected in their lifetime telling some short anecdotes with flashbacks (both biographical/exposition parts and just plain fun bombastic action clips that show the crazy gameplay and world), then after 20/30 minutes of showing the Borderlands universe and narrative setting, the kid could ask a final question leading to Lillith being mentioned CUE the main story line of the 4 already in full swing, atlas, story progressing fast through the advanced narrative and the ability to jump forward a bit through voice over narration of old man protagonist. Epic final, room to end on a powerful quote of the narrator - that would also be a great structure to link to a prequel/sequel or even spin off series.
That was definitely what made me lose faith completely. Terrible Casting and making it look like a lesser GOTG was very close to it but making it PG-13 was the deal breaker
That's not an issue, R rating just mean you can't show red blood, extremely sexual material or excessive swearing. You can push to 8/10 and still be PG-13.
Seeing an almost 60 year old Cate Blanchet being cast as a late 20s/early 30s Lilith, was the 1st red flag for me. Getting a short and funny Kevin Hart to play a serious and tall Roland was the 2nd smh
Once i saw Kevin heart and the cast for lilith.. The trailers showed a different story... I said to myself.. This people really like to throw money away
Ding ding ding ding. You nailed it with this comment. I remember seeing the trailer the first time in the theater and going this movie is going to be really bad just based on the cast. And turns out I couldn’t be more correct
That's not true. I know because I haven't played the games and knew it would be complete trash when I saw the preview before watching Deadpool/Wolverine.
It’s so odd that they decided to make Lilith of all people the sort of parental figure to Tina when in the games, it was Roland who found and took Tina under his wing after what happened with her and Hyperion. Goes to show that the production studio didn’t really care much more for the project beyond surface value 🤦🏽♂️
To be fair, I can't imagine Hart was playing Roland with the maturity, grit, and stoic kindness that Roland had in the games. It made sense in the games, but if they've got him being slapstick comedic relief, it could be a hard sell. ...And heck, since Lilith is old enough to be her grandmother, I guess making her a parental figure was a logical conclusion. --The whole thing is a Hyperion train wreck anyway, but at least there's some kind of "logic" within the stupidity of their horrible adaptation. ...Sigh...
The best borderlands content that was ever produced was probably "Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep." It not only fleshed out and humanized an otherwise shallow and annoying character, but emotionally grew the entire cast and made them feel like a real "family of misfits." Its final scene was probably the most respectful mourning for a dead character I've seen in modern media. Tiny Tina's love for Roland as a father figure, who lives on in her mind as an ideal that she begs to be allowed to keep, is one of the most powerful emotional hooks in the Borderlands franchise, and they completely disposed of it because "we need more girl power," as if Borderlands isn't already packed to the gills with that. So shallow.
@@bluedistortions Agreed. TTAoDK was also one of the funnier patches of content in the series, which made the increasingly emotional scenes towards the end more poignant. It really did redeem Tina as a character, and made the Vault Hunters much more relatable and...human. Hard to keep humanity on Pandora, but that just made it clear they've still got it. And they disposed of it? I didn't bother with anything after the Pre-Sequels, so fortunately I wasn't aware that they'd done anything to reverse that. ...Until now. ...Sigh...
So, just to recap, things that most people associate with Borderlands, even if you haven't played it/ don't like it: - A Bazillion Guns - 9000% more WUP WUP - Handsome Jack is not only basically the only well written character in the franchise, but elevated the whole damn thing because his performance was so amazing - Horrific gore and violence - Foul language and disturbing jokes - the fact that Borderlands 1 while great in it's own way, is kinda bland and boring, especially the characters - people care mainly about the Borderlands 2 cast - opinions on how annoying Tiny Tina is may wary - Claptrap DEFINITELY gets annoying when he's around too much - The whole Vault at the end of B1 was a giant letdown And what the movie did, was ignore ALL OF THAT? Like, I am aware that Borderlands is no lyrical Masterpiece and I don't blame anyone that doesn't love it. But in the very least it has it's own identity. A vibe. You can show people clips from it and it's recognisable. Turning it into home made Guardians of the Galaxy just seems like a crime. Hell, when the trailer came out and there was neither Dubstep, nor "No rest for the Wicked"? We should have already known this was doomed...
honestly, screw all of that. Borderlands is known for being THE game with Cell Shading. WHY ON EARTH is this live action, instead of an animated movie in the first place??? Castlevania and Arcane have proved that adult audiences still LOVE animated shows /movies?!? What were they thinking?
theres plenty of weapons working like in game including infinity, maggie, tk wave, boom stick, typhoon, bane, bone shredder, evil smasher and mordecai corinthian yeah you have not watched movie so keep crying haha
The thing I assciate most with Borderlands is having to go back to the same area 5 times to complete all side quests but I suppose that wouldn't have helped this movie anyway
It’s oddly comforting that after the boom of really well made adaptions of video game content there still are Hollywood executives and producers that know how to take the exact wrong lessons
Tina is Atlas' daughter. Tannis is only there to exposite. Lilith is an eridian. Not part eridian. Just an eridian. This was made by people who do not consider gamers human beings. Just like the days of old comic book movies with the executives declaring "we're not making this for the nerds. They don't matter."
Oh thank goodness I watched Deadpool Wolverine instead of this bootlegged Guardians of the Galaxy mad Max type of borderlands video game adaptation that should be sent to hell.
The casting of this film was what turned me off. Love Kevin Hart, he is not Roland. Casting Jamie Lee Curtis as Tanith goes completely against the character, especially since they have Jamie's more senior look very clear. Also, why is Krieg with Roland and Lillith? Amd why is Tina a teenager and not the little girl? It's clear producers and execs just looked at popular characters and threw them in without regard for timeline
All valid questions. All the main characters were supposed to be under 30; Tina was supposed to be 13. Where are they trying to go with a story by just mashing together characters from different games?
This is shockingly expected, I saw some PR stuff where the Gearbox dude was on sets nd talking bout how much he is involved, a small part of me was like maybe, just maybe something to enjoy would be here. But I guess the idiotic stories that have come out about Randy(checked his name jus now) was all he will be known for, since its clear his decisions had nothing to do with Borderlands 1 and 2 being as good as it was, This Movie sounds more like Borderlands 3 in humor and tone and it has turned the small amount of interest I had to negative interest.
Every single casting decision is bafflingly bad. I'm such a fan of this gaming franchise but I doubt that I will ever be able to bring myself to watch this.
@@Juzkhain He got lucky with cabin fever because it was unintentionally funny. Other than that Eli Roth movies are horrible. But we all know why he gets to keep making them...
The moment they announced Kevin Hart as Roland it was clear their lack of understanding of the entire IP. Also Jack Black as CL4P-TP instead of Marcus? Simply outrageous.
In an interview Hart said he's purposefully taking Roland in the opposite direction to what fans wanted. So why make a popular IP? The fans won't watch it, the non fans won't watch it.
I don't understand why they didn't just adapt the first game, bring in Brick, Mordecai, Roland and Lilith, easy set up, 4 vault hunters, looking for a huge treasure in something called a "Vault" on a planet called Pandora, boom, there's the plot, make it Rated-R, add in iconic lines from the game's, make the cast AGE APPROPRIATE, maybe casting little or unknown actors in the roles, (that are either actually gamers, are fans of the world, or, have at least played through it once and knows the characters well), bring in the VA from the game's for Claptrap, and you have yourself a hit. They could do the Pre-Sequel next if they so choose, as a film adaption, maybe even Tales from The Borderlands somewhere in the mix of these films too. The 2nd main film could bring in Zero, Maya, and the other VH's from BL2, meeting Tiny Tina for the first time, adding the DLC stories as side adventures within the film, (no reason to have any "fluff" or trying to "make up things for the characters to do between plot beats"), and ending the 2nd film after Fight for Sanctuary. So much potential, squandered by people who not only didn't care about any accuracy at all with characters, (including Randy Pitchford, head of Gearbox, he clearly didn't care that this film was being butchered), but had zero knowledge of what the heart of the game's and this world means to us gamers who love playing the Borderlands games to this day, I'll give it maybe 5-8 years, maybe they'll try again, have it done right, and then I can look forward to going to the movies to see this. 🤷🏾♂️
I'd have watched it for sure, bought a ticket day one, hopefully we Borderlands fans can get a good adaptation one day, like TLOU, Sonic The Hedgehog and Super Mario Bros.@@linooliva3965
@@linooliva3965wdym, the borderlands games are still very much in touch with the current generation. Would actually be something you could watch with your friends and you'd all enjoy it
Borderlands had such powerful scenes they could pull from. Like Tiny Tina begging to be allowed to keep Roland functioning in her mind as an ideal. Angel sacrificing herself so strangers can kill her dad, who himself only sees himself in a delusional psychosis as keeping order and safety. Handsome jack being betrayed and becoming the villain. Claptrap protecting his own ego by rewriting his own memories. Whoever wrote borderlands 2 and the pre sequel should have been in charge of this project, they are able to turn simple wacky characters into relatable and deep character study epics.
The casting director deserves to be fired. The casting has been horribly wrong since it was first announced in 2015 and everyone knew the choices were bad.
I mean...Cate Blanchett is great n all...but definitely the wrong fit for this role... In BL2, I think Lillith is 27..28? And in BL3 she's like 34.. Such strange cast choices! 🧐
what kills me is how in the final push they brought in multiple high profile cosplayers and influencers for the GAME and they all said "its a quirky interpretation" like did you need to sell your soul that hard? and the director saying he basically didnt like this IP but had to use it to make a movie is just wild
The trailer made it look like a disaster... So naturally, it was going to be a disaster. Firehawk and Tanis look like they are 60... I have one question.. Why?
Cate looks so horribly caked in makeup to even slightly make her seem "young". and tanis was hella young in the games as well, think in the first one she was just under 30 iirc. so casting those two shoulda been off the table from the start.
@@therealdaemion9094 god imagine if they made the movie more akin to a broadway show, I think that's the only way a movie could be done right, but even then this movie is such a fucking travesty if it is that bad
I feel like I saw tiny Tina and that was it for me. She didn’t have the presence of the Tina in the game at all. It was all just off. Lilith was not a good pick. Claptrap’s voice was a terrible option and don’t get me started about Kevin hart !!! It was all wrong
Kevin Hart allowed himself to be typecasted. He is a comedian first, actor second. He’s trying to break his goofy image and Borderlands wasn’t the place for him to be serious if that makes sense. Borderlands is a dark, morbid humor kinda deal. He’s fighting the current essentially.
@@proudbeanerii3810 I understand that he was serious. However, majority of the world doesn’t know him for serious. So it’s putting people off. Doesn’t matter if he killed it for you. He’s always gonna be known for goofy. This can affect the movie overall because people are waiting for something funny to happen with him, even if it won’t happen.
Kevin Hart was blatantly cast to play the stereotypical "slightly cowardly comic relief black character". So, the exact opposite of calm collected paladin Roland, the man of few words. Also, casting a guy who is only 1.65m tall and thus is noticably _smaller_ than the two female leads (who are 1.70m and 1.74m tall respectively) to play Roland, who was _tall,_ serious, brave and charismatic, is a terrible choice. (Granted, Roland was not as tall as lanky Krieg and Mordecai and the giant Brick, but then, no-one is as huge as Brick!)
I remember a few months back getting so much hate from the main borderlands Facebook group for openly stating and predicting this movie would be a huge flop🤔
The team behind the first Sonic film concocted a brilliant 5th generation marketing strategy: release an early trailer with a purposefully awful looking character, so they could "listen" to the fans and "fix" it for them. Instantly people felt "heard" and it created a weird (and false) sense of ownership over making the movie "better," which translated into lots of ticket sales.
Even tho this has the head of the studio that makes the games as a producer, this IS NOT what us the fans wanted in a movie version... the ENIRE cast of characters is miscast, and even if they got good fits for each character they changed the characters back stories entirely from the source material... All we really wanted was for them to turn borderlands 2 into a movie, it would have been perfect, great story, great characters, and an actually menacing bad guy
That is the trend these days. Avoid referencing the source material to avoid letting that "taint" your new and improved vision of the IP. "Take the logo, then make it yours!"
If i wrote a borderlands movie, id have the cast from the first game and focus on a character arc for each. Roland could learn to take and make jokes after being constantly stoic and deadpan while teaching strategy. Brick could learn to be less brutish and more intelligent (maybe he kills bandits early on before getting crucial information from them and everyone scolds him to mybe think first). Lillith would be focusing on learning her siren abilities and about other sirens while eager to prove herself since she's the youngest. For Mordecai, maybe focus on his drinking problem and that he doesn't need it to be a good shot. and maybe learning to trust others since it was just him and bloodwing for a long time.
they made some weird statements where they "removed some elements for the movie" so they took out characters from the first game, added characters from the second game, for the movie based on the first game. BUSINESS LOGIC
@@ostentatious_patronizer Umm sorry to break it to you but almost every character has either been implied or confirmed as either gay or bi. Anthony Burch the writer of Borderlands 2 confirmed Tiny Tina as a lesbian. Moxxi is clearly at least bi cause she flirts with everyone (and mentioned dating Motor Momma at one point in the Underdome Riot DLC). Hammerlock got married to a dude in the third game. Athena and Janey Springs were confirmed as being together in Tales from the Borderlands. Axton is implied to be bi. Since I could go on basically forever I'll just end with how it was implied Tannis and Moxxi hooked up sometime before the events of Borderlands 3 and Zane from Borderlands 3 has been confirmed by one of the writers to be Pansexual. Also you had one job dude Mordecai isn't even gay he dated Moxxi and mentioned still having a thing for her in Borderlands 2.
Movie producers still havent figured out. You can only make a good movie game if it appeals to the fans of the games. This put way too little effort into doing that. What sucks is stuff like this never gets a do over, so we'll never get an actually good Borderlands movie. Best to just pretend it didn't happen like i had to with the Artemis Fowl movie. What a let down. At least they're pretty consistent so when something good happens its surprising
AVI ARAD has ruined so far... * Borderlands * Daredevil (2003) * The Punisher (2004) * Elektra (2005) * Fantastic Four (2005) * X-Men: The Last Stand * Spider-Man 3 * Bratz (2007) * Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance * The Amazing Spider-Man 2 * Ghost in the Shell (2017) * Venom: Let There Be Carnage * Uncharted (2022) * Morbius And now he's gonna ruin... * Kraven the Hunter * Venom: The Last Dance * Legend of Zelda * Naruto As long Arad lives, there's no hope
This is somewhat cherry picked. He is also a part of ALL the Toby Maguire Spiderman movies, the animated Spider verse movies, the OG Xmen movies, etc. He's a producer. He probably doesn't deserve much credit or blame for much of any of it all.
I meam tbf to the announced GoW project, that is a gonna be a tv show and be based on the first of the norse games. So it'll have more breathing room, and be more character focused at least
@@raiden_c1 honestly none of that makes me feel better. I guarantee that they won't be faithful to the game which is one of my favorite games. I know it line by line. And if they wanted to do it justice they would start at the beginning because despite what people think God of war 2018 is not really a soft reboot you need all of the backstory to have the full understanding of the gravity of every moment in the game
@@jwhitely7 Yah they called it a soft reboot but God of War 2018 is literally just God of War 4, you still need to have the backstory of the old games to understand who Kratos is as a person, why he does what he does, the references they make to past events, and the full weight of his decisions it just isn't nearly as powerful if you haven't played the other games. I'm gonna call it now if the show is based on God of War 2018 it's gonna have like a billion flashbacks to events that happened in the first 3 games (and prequels) and it's gonna get convoluted and confusing realllllll fast cause just so damn much happens and you need that context.
Kidz bop borderlands is the perfect comparison also how do you make the casting choice of picking one of the shortest comedians to play the tallest serious character in the entire series
Cate Blanchett is great. Lilith is great. "I'm too old for this" trope can be great. But these things should not all be the same thing. Lilith in Borderlands 1 wasn't a "too old for this" sort at all.
@@patrickriarchy6054I believe she was around 22 years old in the first game, 27 in the second, and 34 in the third. She's presumably somewhere around 25 in the pre-sequel but her age would vary between her appearance in the story as told by Athena and the parts where she's seen interrogating Athena
@@thereseemstobeenanerror1219 Of course not, I'm talking about the generic Atlas CEO villain from the movie. Handsome Jack is a top all-time villain and should have been the villain of the movie.
Rule 1: M-rated game? Keep it like that, don't sanitize it to PG-13 or lower. Rule 2: Follow source Material. Rule 3: Actually get actors that can PLAY the roles of the characters, instead of just getting a random cast. Rule 4: Actually know the lore, and work with it. Borderlands? Rule 1: Nope Rule 2: Loosely at best Rule 3: Did they even know the characters they were trying to cast? Rule 4: So loose, it might fall out. You actually have to WORK to get a Rotten Tomatoes score of 0. Congrats, here comes the Rassy Award. I'm a Borderlands fan, this movie is just insulting. Thank you, for wasting our time.
I love borderlands 1 and 2, and most of tiny Tina's wonderlands. Literally 100s of hours, but everyone was miscast they went so far off the game story and no one should be surprised this is absolute trash. I can't wait for the list of bad video games movies in updated form lol.
I really hope this is a wake up call for Gearbox. The last 5 years have all been flops (except for wonderlands base game) -Tiny Tina’s one shot adventure is just straight ripped from BL2, no QOL, no testing out BL3 engine. -Wonderlands lukewarm reception and the insultingly bad “PLC” that followed -New tales complete departure from what gave borderlands charm in the first place -now this horrible movie I’m sure gearbox is losing so much money from this film that some sort of internal restructuring will have to happen. Hopefully they get Randy Pitchford out of there and replace him with someone who actually knows what fans want.
Even though created by a team he hired, everything gearbox does is coated in a film of Randy Pitchford’s slime. And I know none of us are surprised by good actors doing a piece like this when none of them are gamers. If they were really gamers I do not believe they’d have done it. So disappointed to see Eli involved though because he is a gamer, very pleased to see him disassociate himself after he learned what an unbelievable creep Randy is and what a compromised project it was.
Imagine being Cate Blanchett or Jamie Lee Curtis and adding this turd to your oeuvre. I assume they owe a substantial amount of money to the mob and had to get paid quickly.
This movie was a bad idea from the start, and trying to kiddify it, was the worst mistake ever. I feel bad for Jack Black winding up the voice of Claptrap.
Why would they think it's best to turn a Mature-rated game series that has it's origins in early 2008 into a movie catered towards teens 16 years after it's initial release? The target audience was only just born when these games were in the height of their popularity, it's not meant for them. It would have been more successful if there were more adult appeal, more abstract humor, more old-school references, and more irreverent bullshit. This isn't a Borderlands movie, it's a Tiny Tina movie.
We all knew this was going to be bad, but when Josh says having Claptrap "Floss" along with Skibidi Toilet references would have been *better* than what's there, you know they screwed up.
I feel like the way they are describing how derivative the drivel of a story is, is exactly how I feel about every major movie Hollywood has put out in the last I don't know 15 years at least. I feel like 99.9% of recent movies telegraph every single joke and plot point so much you would have to be in a coma to not catch it. Trust me I'm not that smart so there's no way I should be able to call every joke and plot point but I always seem to
The behind the scenes hell for this movie is far more interesting than the actual movie. Apparently Craig Mazin wrote the original script for the movie and was highly praised. But at some point they decided to change it and the original director for the movie left, and they replaced him with Eli Roth. Eli also changed the script so much that Craig ask them to take out his name from this train-wreck.
This is what happens if you steal the recipe for a James Gunn superhero (Guardians of the Galaxy, The Suicide Squad) and Dungeons and Dragons Honor Among Thieves but forget to add the proper cast, heart, humor, and jokes.
Can we please remake this with : Colman Domingo as Roland, (Dave Bautista as Brick), Alan Ritchson as Krieg, Hera Hilmar as Lilith, Rachel McAdams as Tannis, Margot Robbie as Moxxi and a Claptrap voiced by Ryan Reynolds ? ^^
The casting was a punchline in itself, the trailers made it looks like no one used lights during filming, and they made it PG-13 because they were too scared to commit to the audience the way Deadpool did. It would have been a shock if it was a success.
Just thinking about this reminds me how funny BL2 was. Handsome Jack, Tannis had some amazing stories. The firehawk storyline with Matchstick, Sir Hammerlock etc. Mostly Handsome Jack though.
No one asked for a Borderlands movie. Is there material there to make a movie? Sure. But BL isnt really anything Id even care to see as a popcorn movie
You're missing a bit of the context on the vault from the games. The vault hunters were manipulated into pursuing the vault by Angel with the promise of treasure, riches, and power. But her real motives were for the vault hunters to stop the Destroyer from being unleashed on Pandora. It was a bit of a let down gameplay wise but it 100% does work within the lore of the series.
The saddest part is that we're so jaded, so accustomed to movie studios pissing all over our most beloved IPs, we now expect these movies to be terrible. And we're right...every single time.
Cate Blanchet should never be in a video game movie. No one with an Oscar nomination should be anywhere near it. You need 20 actors of the Bruce Campbell level, or Seth MacFarland, It should be a B movie, and all the money saved should go into gore and scriptwriting.
I knew this would be a travesty when I saw the casting. Blanchett and Hart are absolutely wrong for their roles. Where are Brick and Mordecai? Why did they decide this should be a comedy? Burn, Hollywood. Burn.
Absurd casting choices, finished filming three year ago, still needed reshoots, and the co-writer removed his name from the credits. How could it have possibly been bad?!?
..jack black would have been perfect as Marcus. Imagine, the movie starts with a timeless fade in. To a pencil sketched story book. Then jack black begins narrating the history of the heros for the waste land. The vault hunters..god i could have used this game at least doing as well as an occult classic, but this aint no place for no heros.
Also...the voice actor for clap trap..should've voiced clap trap.....I actually a an easier time than most. With tolerating his character. Due to know his full back story..which is a megalomaniac intellect hell bent on galactic destruction. Reduced to the iq befitting a chat gpt squirrel.
No, and this is what people don't seem to understand. A movie like this needs either very good character actors or unknown actors. Any time I hear Jack Black or see Kevin Hart I'm reminded this isn't Borderlands. And while Cate Blanchet was horribly miscast, at least she's a great actress who believably pulls off Mommy Lilith.
The thing is I would absolutely enjoy a borderlands wacky adventure of how the crimson raiders came to be leading up to the presequel - bl 2 - and 3 But they didnt', they ignored every rule when adapting a video game movie. Especially the golden rule. That rule being "RESPECT THE LORE" if you're going to add stuff make sure you don't spit on the lore.
They should have had writers and a director that actually know what this series is, who are also mega fans of the series. This was just a Hollywood cash grab trying to cosplay as a Borderlands movie. It's disgusting. Imagine if the team had been fans and brought us some crazy Handsome Jack film with Borderlands humor, lore, etc. -- that would have been great. Instead we got whatever the heck this movie is trying to be. Tbh, it's so offensive to the franchise and fanbase, that I wouldn't be surprised if Gearbox looks into taking them to court. The movies are supposed to bring in new fans to the game, and generate revenue for future movie and TV projects, but this...dead in the water.
What happened to Lilith & Tannis? They both occupied the hot chick roll in the game. Lilith in particular was a ringer for Warehouse 13's Allison Sgaglotti during her red hair phase. Heck a Scag was even one of the first beasties you run into. They finished shooting this film in 2021. You're really saying they ran out of time to do CGI and post production?
I wish the cast would have been all up-and-coming actors or unknowns, except with Jack Black still as Claptrap (with better writing of course). I cannot wrap my head around the Cate Blanchett as Lilith casting, it bothers me... and that red hair is honestly awful
Kevin Hart as Roland is a level of terrible casting on par with Tom Holland as Nathan Drake. Hollywood seriously needs to clean house with their casting agents.
At least Tom Holland's Nathan Drake was *a* character. He was nothing like Nathan Drake was supposed to be, but he was believable as a character. Kevin Hart is just Kevin Hart reading lines meant for someone else.
It really hurts me that Hollywood had a PERFECT opportunity to leverage this property to bring something unique to the masses and OF COURSE they bumbled it.
I hate the fact Kevin Hart is Roland. It's such a bad casting choice for the fact he doesn't fit Roland's character at all.
it’s funny that he’s so pally with the rock because they’re exactly the same in the sense that they can only play 1 character and it’s an exaggerated version of their own personality
@@celtic69 I am surprised they didnt make The Rock into Brick with Kevin Hart being Roland
@@CorruptionAura That might actually be an improvement on this dumpster fire.
The casting is so bad, my friends and I joke that this movie started as an SNL sketch and they just took it too far
I agree I think Lance Reddick would have fitted the role...but you know... unfortunately
A true Borderlands movie would just be someone sorting through 1000 guns.
Or blowing themselves up from explosive weapons
And yelling “CATCH A RIDE! CATCH A RIDE!!!”
@Cardzer true! The movie would be a 10/10 if Lilith kept blowing herself up and getting the last stand over and over!
Epic movie would be a main character at on old age showcasing some kid the many crazy weapons they collected in their lifetime telling some short anecdotes with flashbacks (both biographical/exposition parts and just plain fun bombastic action clips that show the crazy gameplay and world), then after 20/30 minutes of showing the Borderlands universe and narrative setting, the kid could ask a final question leading to Lillith being mentioned CUE the main story line of the 4 already in full swing, atlas, story progressing fast through the advanced narrative and the ability to jump forward a bit through voice over narration of old man protagonist. Epic final, room to end on a powerful quote of the narrator - that would also be a great structure to link to a prequel/sequel or even spin off series.
@@nonyabuzznus2017 or farming for the conference call lol
Rule 1 for making video game movies: Don't take an M rated game and make the movie PG13.
That was definitely what made me lose faith completely. Terrible Casting and making it look like a lesser GOTG was very close to it but making it PG-13 was the deal breaker
That is a stupid rule. There are many M rated games that work as a PG13 film.
When are they going to learn not to dumb down mature source material for a "wider audience" PG-13 Nonsense.
@@NeilRussellTanyou should name them otherwise you sound like a shill or bot possibly
That's not an issue, R rating just mean you can't show red blood, extremely sexual material or excessive swearing. You can push to 8/10 and still be PG-13.
Seeing an almost 60 year old Cate Blanchet being cast as a late 20s/early 30s Lilith, was the 1st red flag for me. Getting a short and funny Kevin Hart to play a serious and tall Roland was the 2nd smh
“Funny”
Anyone who actually played the games knew this would be a dumpster fire from the trailer and continued production purgatory.
Once i saw Kevin heart and the cast for lilith..
The trailers showed a different story...
I said to myself.. This people really like to throw money away
Ding ding ding ding. You nailed it with this comment. I remember seeing the trailer the first time in the theater and going this movie is going to be really bad just based on the cast. And turns out I couldn’t be more correct
@@loganolson3968 i immediately remembered officer Tenpenny from gta san andreas when you said that
That's not true. I know because I haven't played the games and knew it would be complete trash when I saw the preview before watching Deadpool/Wolverine.
@@CompaDeArranke that doesn't make OP's comment untrue, it just means that's not necessary to know it would be bad.
It’s so odd that they decided to make Lilith of all people the sort of parental figure to Tina when in the games, it was Roland who found and took Tina under his wing after what happened with her and Hyperion. Goes to show that the production studio didn’t really care much more for the project beyond surface value 🤦🏽♂️
To be fair, I can't imagine Hart was playing Roland with the maturity, grit, and stoic kindness that Roland had in the games. It made sense in the games, but if they've got him being slapstick comedic relief, it could be a hard sell. ...And heck, since Lilith is old enough to be her grandmother, I guess making her a parental figure was a logical conclusion. --The whole thing is a Hyperion train wreck anyway, but at least there's some kind of "logic" within the stupidity of their horrible adaptation. ...Sigh...
@@schwaaard Hence why he was a bad casting for Roland to begin with. But hey funny movie need funny man to make movie funny I guess 🤷🏽♂️
The best borderlands content that was ever produced was probably "Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep." It not only fleshed out and humanized an otherwise shallow and annoying character, but emotionally grew the entire cast and made them feel like a real "family of misfits." Its final scene was probably the most respectful mourning for a dead character I've seen in modern media.
Tiny Tina's love for Roland as a father figure, who lives on in her mind as an ideal that she begs to be allowed to keep, is one of the most powerful emotional hooks in the Borderlands franchise, and they completely disposed of it because "we need more girl power," as if Borderlands isn't already packed to the gills with that. So shallow.
@@angriestjoker have you seen movie ?
@@bluedistortions Agreed. TTAoDK was also one of the funnier patches of content in the series, which made the increasingly emotional scenes towards the end more poignant. It really did redeem Tina as a character, and made the Vault Hunters much more relatable and...human. Hard to keep humanity on Pandora, but that just made it clear they've still got it.
And they disposed of it? I didn't bother with anything after the Pre-Sequels, so fortunately I wasn't aware that they'd done anything to reverse that. ...Until now. ...Sigh...
As soon as I saw Kevin Hart as ROLAND I knew what was coming
As soon as I saw live action Lilith I did
Like damn i get shes an adult but not THAT ADULT @gaminggoof1542
@@sniperfity2327 Exactly. Cast someone younger. Maybe an up and coming actress.
When tiny Tina opens her mouth that's all I needed to know
Kevin nailed this role, fit perfectly with Roland humour.
So, just to recap, things that most people associate with Borderlands, even if you haven't played it/ don't like it:
- A Bazillion Guns
- 9000% more WUP WUP
- Handsome Jack is not only basically the only well written character in the franchise, but elevated the whole damn thing because his performance was so amazing
- Horrific gore and violence
- Foul language and disturbing jokes
- the fact that Borderlands 1 while great in it's own way, is kinda bland and boring, especially the characters
- people care mainly about the Borderlands 2 cast
- opinions on how annoying Tiny Tina is may wary
- Claptrap DEFINITELY gets annoying when he's around too much
- The whole Vault at the end of B1 was a giant letdown
And what the movie did, was ignore ALL OF THAT?
Like, I am aware that Borderlands is no lyrical Masterpiece and I don't blame anyone that doesn't love it.
But in the very least it has it's own identity. A vibe. You can show people clips from it and it's recognisable.
Turning it into home made Guardians of the Galaxy just seems like a crime.
Hell, when the trailer came out and there was neither Dubstep, nor "No rest for the Wicked"? We should have already known this was doomed...
honestly, screw all of that.
Borderlands is known for being THE game with Cell Shading.
WHY ON EARTH is this live action, instead of an animated movie in the first place???
Castlevania and Arcane have proved that adult audiences still LOVE animated shows /movies?!?
What were they thinking?
main protagonist speaks and acts like handsome jack
have u even watched movie ?
theres plenty of weapons working like in game including infinity, maggie, tk wave, boom stick, typhoon, bane, bone shredder, evil smasher and mordecai corinthian
yeah you have not watched movie so keep crying haha
The thing I assciate most with Borderlands is having to go back to the same area 5 times to complete all side quests but I suppose that wouldn't have helped this movie anyway
Handsome Jack was that one villain you love to hate, and I loved it, very well written villain imo.
It’s oddly comforting that after the boom of really well made adaptions of video game content there still are Hollywood executives and producers that know how to take the exact wrong lessons
Why is inadequacy comforting?
😆
Well, this movie was filmed like..4 to 5 years ago?
@@wladimir.QuirozAlso one that was in developmental hell and those never turn out good when they do make it past that.
The word is "adaptation".
Also, whose "brilliant" idea was it to make a fucking movie about BORDERLANDS?!?!
Tina is Atlas' daughter. Tannis is only there to exposite. Lilith is an eridian. Not part eridian. Just an eridian.
This was made by people who do not consider gamers human beings. Just like the days of old comic book movies with the executives declaring "we're not making this for the nerds. They don't matter."
Tannis wasn't old. Lilith wasnt old. Roland wasn't a manlet.
I didn't even realize that's who Jamie Lee was supposed to be 💀
He's the same height as Tiny Tina!
Tannis is also supposed to be nuts, not just socially unaware
Hey, I’m a manlet 😂 but yeah you’re right.
@@merlinsteele6840
Same
Is anyone actually surprised?
Honestly forgot it even existed
NOPE. I knew this was going to be dogshit from the first trailer.
Honestly no I'm not I knew it was coming.
Oh thank goodness I watched Deadpool Wolverine instead of this bootlegged Guardians of the Galaxy mad Max type of borderlands video game adaptation that should be sent to hell.
That's what I was about to say
The casting of this film was what turned me off. Love Kevin Hart, he is not Roland. Casting Jamie Lee Curtis as Tanith goes completely against the character, especially since they have Jamie's more senior look very clear. Also, why is Krieg with Roland and Lillith? Amd why is Tina a teenager and not the little girl?
It's clear producers and execs just looked at popular characters and threw them in without regard for timeline
All valid questions. All the main characters were supposed to be under 30; Tina was supposed to be 13. Where are they trying to go with a story by just mashing together characters from different games?
Agreed..I don't think they bothered playing the games or doing basic research
This is shockingly expected, I saw some PR stuff where the Gearbox dude was on sets nd talking bout how much he is involved, a small part of me was like maybe, just maybe something to enjoy would be here.
But I guess the idiotic stories that have come out about Randy(checked his name jus now) was all he will be known for, since its clear his decisions had nothing to do with Borderlands 1 and 2 being as good as it was,
This Movie sounds more like Borderlands 3 in humor and tone and it has turned the small amount of interest I had to negative interest.
Tannis being old really turned me off
She's a bit too old now, but Chloe Grace woulda been a great Tina about a decade ago.
A HUGE change that should've been done from THE VERY START? Make it a CEL SHADED ANIMATED MOVIE!!!!! It would be much closer to the games!
Just get Studio Trigger on it.
@@kontankariteI second this
People wouldn’t have watched it
@@linooliva3965
No one is going to watch this.
Film it sorta like A Scanner Darkly
Every single casting decision is bafflingly bad. I'm such a fan of this gaming franchise but I doubt that I will ever be able to bring myself to watch this.
Are we absolutely sure that Uwe Boll didn't have something to do with this movie? Really feels like a Uwe Boll type movie.
How dare you, that is an insult...to Uwe Boll.
His movies are better then this
Eli Roth is kind of the American Uwe Boll
It's PG-13 and there was no over the top edgelord "Jokes" so it definitely wasn't a Uwe Boll movie.
@@Juzkhain He got lucky with cabin fever because it was unintentionally funny. Other than that Eli Roth movies are horrible. But we all know why he gets to keep making them...
The moment I saw Roland wearing his *military* beret like he was a French mime, I knew...I knew...
The moment they announced Kevin Hart as Roland it was clear their lack of understanding of the entire IP.
Also Jack Black as CL4P-TP instead of Marcus? Simply outrageous.
The moment they said Kevin Hart, I knew it was trash.
yeah they been laughing at his beret in borderlands 1, calling him french mime with his glassy turret, literally haha
In an interview Hart said he's purposefully taking Roland in the opposite direction to what fans wanted.
So why make a popular IP? The fans won't watch it, the non fans won't watch it.
I don't understand why they didn't just adapt the first game, bring in Brick, Mordecai, Roland and Lilith, easy set up, 4 vault hunters, looking for a huge treasure in something called a "Vault" on a planet called Pandora, boom, there's the plot, make it Rated-R, add in iconic lines from the game's, make the cast AGE APPROPRIATE, maybe casting little or unknown actors in the roles, (that are either actually gamers, are fans of the world, or, have at least played through it once and knows the characters well), bring in the VA from the game's for Claptrap, and you have yourself a hit.
They could do the Pre-Sequel next if they so choose, as a film adaption, maybe even Tales from The Borderlands somewhere in the mix of these films too.
The 2nd main film could bring in Zero, Maya, and the other VH's from BL2, meeting Tiny Tina for the first time, adding the DLC stories as side adventures within the film, (no reason to have any "fluff" or trying to "make up things for the characters to do between plot beats"), and ending the 2nd film after Fight for Sanctuary.
So much potential, squandered by people who not only didn't care about any accuracy at all with characters, (including Randy Pitchford, head of Gearbox, he clearly didn't care that this film was being butchered), but had zero knowledge of what the heart of the game's and this world means to us gamers who love playing the Borderlands games to this day, I'll give it maybe 5-8 years, maybe they'll try again, have it done right, and then I can look forward to going to the movies to see this. 🤷🏾♂️
Because no one would watch it you wouldn’t even watch it like come one man what was the last movie you saw in theaters aside Deadpool and Wolverine
@@linooliva3965and you definitely wouldn’t watch it either 😂
I'd have watched it for sure, bought a ticket day one, hopefully we Borderlands fans can get a good adaptation one day, like TLOU, Sonic The Hedgehog and Super Mario Bros.@@linooliva3965
@@linooliva3965wdym, the borderlands games are still very much in touch with the current generation. Would actually be something you could watch with your friends and you'd all enjoy it
Borderlands had such powerful scenes they could pull from. Like Tiny Tina begging to be allowed to keep Roland functioning in her mind as an ideal. Angel sacrificing herself so strangers can kill her dad, who himself only sees himself in a delusional psychosis as keeping order and safety. Handsome jack being betrayed and becoming the villain. Claptrap protecting his own ego by rewriting his own memories.
Whoever wrote borderlands 2 and the pre sequel should have been in charge of this project, they are able to turn simple wacky characters into relatable and deep character study epics.
The casting director deserves to be fired. The casting has been horribly wrong since it was first announced in 2015 and everyone knew the choices were bad.
Why is Lilith an old woman 🤨
Cate Blanchett is timeless, thank you.
@@maturin1919 still. doesnt work for the character
I mean...Cate Blanchett is great n all...but definitely the wrong fit for this role...
In BL2, I think Lillith is 27..28?
And in BL3 she's like 34..
Such strange cast choices! 🧐
@@maturin1919Yeah, the person not the character
@@vikingwar-beargaming8843 don’t forget Tannis is young in the in the borderlands games. She shouldn’t be old in the movie.
what kills me is how in the final push they brought in multiple high profile cosplayers and influencers for the GAME and they all said "its a quirky interpretation" like did you need to sell your soul that hard?
and the director saying he basically didnt like this IP but had to use it to make a movie is just wild
hollywood's been having a MAJOR issue with that last bit.
The trailer made it look like a disaster... So naturally, it was going to be a disaster. Firehawk and Tanis look like they are 60... I have one question.. Why?
Close. Jamie Lee Curtis is 65, Cate Blanchet is 55. Nothing wrong with that in itself, but horribly miscast here.
@@demopemI love Catte Blanchett and she's stunning but seems quite off as Lilith
Cate looks so horribly caked in makeup to even slightly make her seem "young". and tanis was hella young in the games as well, think in the first one she was just under 30 iirc. so casting those two shoulda been off the table from the start.
@@therealdaemion9094 god imagine if they made the movie more akin to a broadway show, I think that's the only way a movie could be done right, but even then this movie is such a fucking travesty if it is that bad
I feel like I saw tiny Tina and that was it for me. She didn’t have the presence of the Tina in the game at all. It was all just off. Lilith was not a good pick. Claptrap’s voice was a terrible option and don’t get me started about Kevin hart !!! It was all wrong
Randy Pitchford stole the whole budget to the movie... Just like how he stole $2m of employee's bonuses for Borderlands 2
Kevin Hart allowed himself to be typecasted. He is a comedian first, actor second.
He’s trying to break his goofy image and Borderlands wasn’t the place for him to be serious if that makes sense.
Borderlands is a dark, morbid humor kinda deal. He’s fighting the current essentially.
Roland wasn't funny or comedic . So Kevin hart being dry in the movie actually suited him .
@@proudbeanerii3810 I understand that he was serious. However, majority of the world doesn’t know him for serious.
So it’s putting people off. Doesn’t matter if he killed it for you. He’s always gonna be known for goofy. This can affect the movie overall because people are waiting for something funny to happen with him, even if it won’t happen.
Can we call Kevin hart a comedian if he's not really funny though? 🤔
I've seen him in serious roles, and with the right script he's pretty good, probably not here though.
Kevin Hart was blatantly cast to play the stereotypical "slightly cowardly comic relief black character". So, the exact opposite of calm collected paladin Roland, the man of few words. Also, casting a guy who is only 1.65m tall and thus is noticably _smaller_ than the two female leads (who are 1.70m and 1.74m tall respectively) to play Roland, who was _tall,_ serious, brave and charismatic, is a terrible choice.
(Granted, Roland was not as tall as lanky Krieg and Mordecai and the giant Brick, but then, no-one is as huge as Brick!)
As soon as I saw Kevin Hart as Roland and Jack Black as clap trap, I was like yeah I’m not gonna waste my time
I remember a few months back getting so much hate from the main borderlands Facebook group for openly stating and predicting this movie would be a huge flop🤔
Borderlands: "We need to get the broader audience. What does marketing say?"
1st version of Sonic: "First time?"
The team behind the first Sonic film concocted a brilliant 5th generation marketing strategy: release an early trailer with a purposefully awful looking character, so they could "listen" to the fans and "fix" it for them. Instantly people felt "heard" and it created a weird (and false) sense of ownership over making the movie "better," which translated into lots of ticket sales.
@@niveketihw1897 100% it was diabolical.
More like 1997’s Mortal Kombat Annihilation saying: “First Time?”
Huh?
@@maxmazzotti6651 never stopped someone from making MK Konquest that is a prequel to the original live action MK movie.
Even tho this has the head of the studio that makes the games as a producer, this IS NOT what us the fans wanted in a movie version... the ENIRE cast of characters is miscast, and even if they got good fits for each character they changed the characters back stories entirely from the source material...
All we really wanted was for them to turn borderlands 2 into a movie, it would have been perfect, great story, great characters, and an actually menacing bad guy
i'm willing to bet that less than 5% of the people involved in this movie even bothered playing the original game, big oof
That is the trend these days. Avoid referencing the source material to avoid letting that "taint" your new and improved vision of the IP. "Take the logo, then make it yours!"
If i wrote a borderlands movie, id have the cast from the first game and focus on a character arc for each. Roland could learn to take and make jokes after being constantly stoic and deadpan while teaching strategy. Brick could learn to be less brutish and more intelligent (maybe he kills bandits early on before getting crucial information from them and everyone scolds him to mybe think first). Lillith would be focusing on learning her siren abilities and about other sirens while eager to prove herself since she's the youngest. For Mordecai, maybe focus on his drinking problem and that he doesn't need it to be a good shot. and maybe learning to trust others since it was just him and bloodwing for a long time.
Wing Commander: I'm the worst video game adaptation!
Borderlands: hold my beer.
*Alone in the Dark enters the chat*
The original Super Mario Brothers movie would like a word
@@mikeosredkar8804Yes, but at least that movie was entertaining in a "so bad, it's good " kind of way. At least, I thought so.
@@supercode2825(coughs) house of the dead (coughs)
@@mikeosredkar8804 yea it's a good movie that uses parts from a video game. Bad for the game but still a good romp.
Borderlands: how do you do fellow kids.
This August on VHS
The Borderlands movie, bad?! Who could have predicted this?!
Where the heck is Brick and Mordecai??
they made some weird statements where they "removed some elements for the movie" so they took out characters from the first game, added characters from the second game, for the movie based on the first game. BUSINESS LOGIC
They had to erase the only gay character (Mordecai) so we can't even blame how bad it is on wokeness...
@@ostentatious_patronizer Umm sorry to break it to you but almost every character has either been implied or confirmed as either gay or bi.
Anthony Burch the writer of Borderlands 2 confirmed Tiny Tina as a lesbian.
Moxxi is clearly at least bi cause she flirts with everyone (and mentioned dating Motor Momma at one point in the Underdome Riot DLC).
Hammerlock got married to a dude in the third game.
Athena and Janey Springs were confirmed as being together in Tales from the Borderlands.
Axton is implied to be bi.
Since I could go on basically forever I'll just end with how it was implied Tannis and Moxxi hooked up sometime before the events of Borderlands 3 and Zane from Borderlands 3 has been confirmed by one of the writers to be Pansexual.
Also you had one job dude Mordecai isn't even gay he dated Moxxi and mentioned still having a thing for her in Borderlands 2.
@@theninjamaster67 everybody dated Moxxi, that doesn't mean anything.
@@ostentatious_patronizer Apart from Scooter, obviously.
Movie producers still havent figured out. You can only make a good movie game if it appeals to the fans of the games. This put way too little effort into doing that. What sucks is stuff like this never gets a do over, so we'll never get an actually good Borderlands movie. Best to just pretend it didn't happen like i had to with the Artemis Fowl movie. What a let down. At least they're pretty consistent so when something good happens its surprising
AVI ARAD has ruined so far...
* Borderlands
* Daredevil (2003)
* The Punisher (2004)
* Elektra (2005)
* Fantastic Four (2005)
* X-Men: The Last Stand
* Spider-Man 3
* Bratz (2007)
* Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
* The Amazing Spider-Man 2
* Ghost in the Shell (2017)
* Venom: Let There Be Carnage
* Uncharted (2022)
* Morbius
And now he's gonna ruin...
* Kraven the Hunter
* Venom: The Last Dance
* Legend of Zelda
* Naruto
As long Arad lives, there's no hope
Dear God, I hope those last two are a joke, and not a "the joke's on you" kind of joke.
Avi Arad is producing Naruto live action? Oh hell nah
Uncharted maybe would’ve been decent had it actually looked like a Uncharted movie and not some generic action adventure movie with Tom Holland
I can't wait....
This is somewhat cherry picked.
He is also a part of ALL the Toby Maguire Spiderman movies, the animated Spider verse movies, the OG Xmen movies, etc.
He's a producer. He probably doesn't deserve much credit or blame for much of any of it all.
Called it from America to the other side of the water. I knew this was going to be trash.
I was convinced once I heard this existed that it was physically impossible for Hollywood to actually make this film anything but trash.
This is exactly why I have absolutely no faith in making a God of war movie. I can already guarantee it's going to be a mockery
I meam tbf to the announced GoW project, that is a gonna be a tv show and be based on the first of the norse games. So it'll have more breathing room, and be more character focused at least
@@raiden_c1 honestly none of that makes me feel better. I guarantee that they won't be faithful to the game which is one of my favorite games. I know it line by line. And if they wanted to do it justice they would start at the beginning because despite what people think God of war 2018 is not really a soft reboot you need all of the backstory to have the full understanding of the gravity of every moment in the game
@@jwhitely7 Yah they called it a soft reboot but God of War 2018 is literally just God of War 4, you still need to have the backstory of the old games to understand who Kratos is as a person, why he does what he does, the references they make to past events, and the full weight of his decisions it just isn't nearly as powerful if you haven't played the other games.
I'm gonna call it now if the show is based on God of War 2018 it's gonna have like a billion flashbacks to events that happened in the first 3 games (and prequels) and it's gonna get convoluted and confusing realllllll fast cause just so damn much happens and you need that context.
It'll be fine, Anne Hathaway will be great as Kratos.
In a world with Bobby Lashley and you pick kevin Heart to play Roland smh
Have you heard Lashley’s promos? Oof, dude has a look but could never act, he’s terrible at it
@@robdurfee6861 Have him dubbed over with the voice actor, problem solved.
Yo what about Wesley Snipes
Terry Crews. Huge like Roland, and already an actor
Terry Crews still too old and frankly too buff. Roland is big but he isn't Mr Universe levels of buff.
Kein Hart as Roland is a big wtf. What the hell were they thinking?
Probably put actor they put in anything in movie make money.
Kidz bop borderlands is the perfect comparison also how do you make the casting choice of picking one of the shortest comedians to play the tallest serious character in the entire series
KIDS BOP BORDERLANDS 😂😂😂
Cate Blanchett is great. Lilith is great. "I'm too old for this" trope can be great.
But these things should not all be the same thing. Lilith in Borderlands 1 wasn't a "too old for this" sort at all.
I think she was barely in her 20s in the first game.
Yeah she looks about 15-20 years too old for that role
@@patrickriarchy6054I believe she was around 22 years old in the first game, 27 in the second, and 34 in the third. She's presumably somewhere around 25 in the pre-sequel but her age would vary between her appearance in the story as told by Athena and the parts where she's seen interrogating Athena
When Lilith is 27 in the games and they hire a 55 year old woman to play her you know what kinda movie this will be.
For your sacrifice, we thank you Scott and Josh
Movie tickets are far too expensive to waste on crap like this.
seen the trailer, passed immediately. it does not even exist to me
The casting was terrible and not making it R rated was a huge mistake.
Kevin hart is starring in it and you thought it would be good?
This looks like something the cringe twins from 3 would make as a parody movie
Still more compelling as villains than Generic Evil CEO Man.
@@jaiclary8423
You best not be talking about Handsome Jack.
@@thereseemstobeenanerror1219 Of course not, I'm talking about the generic Atlas CEO villain from the movie. Handsome Jack is a top all-time villain and should have been the villain of the movie.
Rule 1: M-rated game? Keep it like that, don't sanitize it to PG-13 or lower.
Rule 2: Follow source Material.
Rule 3: Actually get actors that can PLAY the roles of the characters, instead of just getting a random cast.
Rule 4: Actually know the lore, and work with it.
Borderlands?
Rule 1: Nope
Rule 2: Loosely at best
Rule 3: Did they even know the characters they were trying to cast?
Rule 4: So loose, it might fall out.
You actually have to WORK to get a Rotten Tomatoes score of 0. Congrats, here comes the Rassy Award.
I'm a Borderlands fan, this movie is just insulting. Thank you, for wasting our time.
Who could have seen this happening? It was entirely unpredictable and this is a total shock to everyone.
People were expecting it to be bad , but not THAT bad, it looked like a mid movie
Lilith is 27 in Borderlands 1, how tf is she "too old for this" by the time she meets Tina
Not sure if it was a mistake but 27 is her age in BL2. She was only 22 in the first game
@@RëD_ïs_SüS That makes it even worse. That doesn't help. LOL
I love borderlands 1 and 2, and most of tiny Tina's wonderlands. Literally 100s of hours, but everyone was miscast they went so far off the game story and no one should be surprised this is absolute trash. I can't wait for the list of bad video games movies in updated form lol.
I really hope this is a wake up call for Gearbox. The last 5 years have all been flops (except for wonderlands base game)
-Tiny Tina’s one shot adventure is just straight ripped from BL2, no QOL, no testing out BL3 engine.
-Wonderlands lukewarm reception and the insultingly bad “PLC” that followed
-New tales complete departure from what gave borderlands charm in the first place
-now this horrible movie
I’m sure gearbox is losing so much money from this film that some sort of internal restructuring will have to happen. Hopefully they get Randy Pitchford out of there and replace him with someone who actually knows what fans want.
I genuinely can't understand why he still works for them. He had 2 good games thats it.
I love the cast, in other things! In this, holy crap! This might be the most miscast movies in a LONG time.
Even though created by a team he hired, everything gearbox does is coated in a film of Randy Pitchford’s slime.
And I know none of us are surprised by good actors doing a piece like this when none of them are gamers.
If they were really gamers I do not believe they’d have done it.
So disappointed to see Eli involved though because he is a gamer, very pleased to see him disassociate himself after he learned what an unbelievable creep Randy is and what a compromised project it was.
You are a genius, cast a gamer. Henry Cavil as Brick.
Imagine being Cate Blanchett or Jamie Lee Curtis and adding this turd to your oeuvre. I assume they owe a substantial amount of money to the mob and had to get paid quickly.
Apparently Blanchett signed up because the original script was great but it was massively changed by Eli Roth and it ended up completely different
Can someone tell me why Curtis is in this movie? God she has kind of fallen off.
This movie was a bad idea from the start, and trying to kiddify it, was the worst mistake ever. I feel bad for Jack Black winding up the voice of Claptrap.
Why would they think it's best to turn a Mature-rated game series that has it's origins in early 2008 into a movie catered towards teens 16 years after it's initial release? The target audience was only just born when these games were in the height of their popularity, it's not meant for them. It would have been more successful if there were more adult appeal, more abstract humor, more old-school references, and more irreverent bullshit. This isn't a Borderlands movie, it's a Tiny Tina movie.
DAMN YOU RANDY PITCHFORD!!!
I've been screaming that ever since Aliens: Colonial Marines.
That asshat has to do with this? I shouldn’t be surprised.
@@psbox362you and me both
An ensemble cast film pretending to be based on a super-sci-fi Mad Max parody, what could go wrong?
We all knew this was going to be bad, but when Josh says having Claptrap "Floss" along with Skibidi Toilet references would have been *better* than what's there, you know they screwed up.
I feel like the way they are describing how derivative the drivel of a story is, is exactly how I feel about every major movie Hollywood has put out in the last I don't know 15 years at least. I feel like 99.9% of recent movies telegraph every single joke and plot point so much you would have to be in a coma to not catch it. Trust me I'm not that smart so there's no way I should be able to call every joke and plot point but I always seem to
The behind the scenes hell for this movie is far more interesting than the actual movie. Apparently Craig Mazin wrote the original script for the movie and was highly praised. But at some point they decided to change it and the original director for the movie left, and they replaced him with Eli Roth. Eli also changed the script so much that Craig ask them to take out his name from this train-wreck.
Not all games should get a full fledge movie, some games like borderlands could work way better as a show
This is what happens if you steal the recipe for a James Gunn superhero (Guardians of the Galaxy, The Suicide Squad) and Dungeons and Dragons Honor Among Thieves but forget to add the proper cast, heart, humor, and jokes.
Lilithh was on Pandora with her mom, researching spiders just before she died.
You can't spoil something that's already rotten.
Damn. Well said.
Can we please remake this with : Colman Domingo as Roland, (Dave Bautista as Brick), Alan Ritchson as Krieg, Hera Hilmar as Lilith, Rachel McAdams as Tannis, Margot Robbie as Moxxi and a Claptrap voiced by Ryan Reynolds ? ^^
Dont worry I'm sure it'll get a second chance in about 10 years when Hollywood decides to reboot it and turn it into a tv show
The casting was a punchline in itself, the trailers made it looks like no one used lights during filming, and they made it PG-13 because they were too scared to commit to the audience the way Deadpool did. It would have been a shock if it was a success.
It was supposed to be R rated, but Randy Pitchford wanted it to be pg 13
Of course that Dipshit wanted it to be PG-13 😂
Just thinking about this reminds me how funny BL2 was. Handsome Jack, Tannis had some amazing stories. The firehawk storyline with Matchstick, Sir Hammerlock etc. Mostly Handsome Jack though.
No one asked for a Borderlands movie. Is there material there to make a movie? Sure. But BL isnt really anything Id even care to see as a popcorn movie
You're missing a bit of the context on the vault from the games. The vault hunters were manipulated into pursuing the vault by Angel with the promise of treasure, riches, and power. But her real motives were for the vault hunters to stop the Destroyer from being unleashed on Pandora. It was a bit of a let down gameplay wise but it 100% does work within the lore of the series.
Thank you! Idk how many times I've said that and felt like it just went over people's heads
Jaime Lee Curtis Had NO business being in this !!!
The saddest part is that we're so jaded, so accustomed to movie studios pissing all over our most beloved IPs, we now expect these movies to be terrible.
And we're right...every single time.
where the hell is Mordecai?
If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times, Kevin Hart was NEVER the right choice to play Roland.
I feel like Idris Elba would have been a much better fit
I figured this was gonna suck :(
Cate Blanchet should never be in a video game movie. No one with an Oscar nomination should be anywhere near it. You need 20 actors of the Bruce Campbell level, or Seth MacFarland, It should be a B movie, and all the money saved should go into gore and scriptwriting.
8:39 that’s why he’s always paired with the rock…keep up guys
I knew this would be a travesty when I saw the casting. Blanchett and Hart are absolutely wrong for their roles. Where are Brick and Mordecai? Why did they decide this should be a comedy? Burn, Hollywood. Burn.
Surprising absolutely no one!
Absurd casting choices, finished filming three year ago, still needed reshoots, and the co-writer removed his name from the credits. How could it have possibly been bad?!?
..jack black would have been perfect as Marcus. Imagine, the movie starts with a timeless fade in. To a pencil sketched story book. Then jack black begins narrating the history of the heros for the waste land. The vault hunters..god i could have used this game at least doing as well as an occult classic, but this aint no place for no heros.
Also...the voice actor for clap trap..should've voiced clap trap.....I actually a an easier time than most. With tolerating his character. Due to know his full back story..which is a megalomaniac intellect hell bent on galactic destruction. Reduced to the iq befitting a chat gpt squirrel.
No, and this is what people don't seem to understand. A movie like this needs either very good character actors or unknown actors. Any time I hear Jack Black or see Kevin Hart I'm reminded this isn't Borderlands. And while Cate Blanchet was horribly miscast, at least she's a great actress who believably pulls off Mommy Lilith.
The thing is I would absolutely enjoy a borderlands wacky adventure of how the crimson raiders came to be leading up to the presequel - bl 2 - and 3
But they didnt', they ignored every rule when adapting a video game movie. Especially the golden rule. That rule being "RESPECT THE LORE" if you're going to add stuff make sure you don't spit on the lore.
Anything with Kevin Hart in it is trash.
They should have had writers and a director that actually know what this series is, who are also mega fans of the series. This was just a Hollywood cash grab trying to cosplay as a Borderlands movie. It's disgusting. Imagine if the team had been fans and brought us some crazy Handsome Jack film with Borderlands humor, lore, etc. -- that would have been great. Instead we got whatever the heck this movie is trying to be. Tbh, it's so offensive to the franchise and fanbase, that I wouldn't be surprised if Gearbox looks into taking them to court. The movies are supposed to bring in new fans to the game, and generate revenue for future movie and TV projects, but this...dead in the water.
What happened to Lilith & Tannis? They both occupied the hot chick roll in the game. Lilith in particular was a ringer for Warehouse 13's Allison Sgaglotti during her red hair phase. Heck a Scag was even one of the first beasties you run into.
They finished shooting this film in 2021. You're really saying they ran out of time to do CGI and post production?
Jamie Lee Curtis as Tannis? Inconceivable…… 25 years ago, yeah. Damn.
When Edgy Eli Roth tryinna emulate James Gunn. They never learn. James Gunn is a genius, you can't emulate genius.
I wish the cast would have been all up-and-coming actors or unknowns, except with Jack Black still as Claptrap (with better writing of course). I cannot wrap my head around the Cate Blanchett as Lilith casting, it bothers me... and that red hair is honestly awful
It's pretty obvious that they cast for the actors and not the characters. It's just another movie where selling it was more important than making it.
2 directors, 5 writers and 1 Randy Pitchford. This was always going to be a disaster.
Kevin Hart as Roland is a level of terrible casting on par with Tom Holland as Nathan Drake. Hollywood seriously needs to clean house with their casting agents.
At least Tom Holland's Nathan Drake was *a* character. He was nothing like Nathan Drake was supposed to be, but he was believable as a character. Kevin Hart is just Kevin Hart reading lines meant for someone else.
@@jaiclary8423 Well said.
"To the warriors who opened it, the Vault was just a container of tentacles and disappointment."
It really hurts me that Hollywood had a PERFECT opportunity to leverage this property to bring something unique to the masses and OF COURSE they bumbled it.