4:06 PM on 08.14.2007
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In the most hilarious case of sour grapes I've seen since Richard Nixon punched out a donkey during a fundraiser in 1974, Uwe Boll seems to be firing back at Wired for their negative review of Postal, his film based on a similarly titled video game. Here's a quote from the e-mail sent by Mr. Boll to Wired:
your review shows me only that you dont understand anything about movies and that you are a untalented wanna bee filmmaker with no balls and no understanding what POSTAL is. you dont see courage because you are nothing. and no go to your mum and fuck her ...because she cooks for you now since 30 years ..so she deserves it.
MEOW! This cat has CLAWS!
At this point, no one really expects Uwe's movies to be worthwhile, but it is refreshing to see him defend himself so fervently. As much as the man can't make a film worth the celluloid it was etched upon, I gain a lot of respect for a guy who has the utter insanity to swear at nearly-fictional Internet reviewers for panning a movie that -- according to common knowledge -- exists only as a clever German tax dodge. If his whole career is just one big ironic gag, I live in awe of Mr. Boll.
(Editor's Note: The picture accompanying this post is not funny. Do not look for a joke in it, as there are none. -- The Board)
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Boxing your critics and winning does not mean you're a good film maker. It only means you're good at boxing.
The fact that he responds like this to a bad review shows he doesn't deserve to be allowed behind a camera IMO.
Although, if all of my steaming piles of shit had gotten bad reviews, i'm sure i'd be pissed off too so i can see where he's coming from in that respect.
Obviously this is the first film that Uwe Boll has vested interest in (he actually cares about it), so I'm not surprised he started attacking the critics so early.
I can't believe he describes any section of his movie as 'genius'. He's comparing himself to Bunuel, Godard, Scorcese and Leone. He's the cunt that made Alone in the Dark, for fucks sake.
*deep breaths*
*and relax*
anyone with me when I say the wachowskis should just make every action movie ever?
Woh, let's not jump any guns here. I think we all saw the second two Matrix films and while they had their benefits they clearly got out of the control of the brothers (or is it siblings now) and were crushed under their need for a philosphical discussion, which was interesting but way to heavy.
That is all.
Apparently it's the critic's fault the movie sucked? I always thought that was the responsiblity of the writers/director/etc. to make sure it didn't suck... Shows what I know.
But I liked House of the Dead, I mean, it's a House of the Dead movie. All his other movies were just pure crap. I want to make Postal my guilty pleasure though, it looks so terribly deliciously stupid. I'll also take Twitch's take on movies of this kind over Wired anytime, thank you very much. As eurotrash, this is on my must-see list.
Also one of the best quotes of the year: "The MPAA understood the satire -- you not -- you dumb fuck". Calling a Wired blogger a dumb fuck because the MPAA is better? Tihi!
Actually, Twitch did a very entertaining interview the other day. Boll spews some Bollish bullshit there, like how else his movies could sell millions of dvd's if his movies were crap. Go read!
Uwe Boll is a thoroughly unlikable man who seems to think that he doesn't deserve this constant criticism. He seems to think that he's made good movies. He hacks together movies and pumps them out for Lord knows what reason. His movies do not have the camp appeal that some of Ed Wood's films did. Ed Wood was a struggling but passionate director. Uwe Boll is an obnoxious, talentless hack.
incredible!
Oh don't forget Bloodrayne II will be on dvd/internets a month from now! Without Meat Loaf having fun with 20 eastern european whores, Ben Kingsley having fun playing a vampire and Micheal Madsen walking around drunk in every scene. And without Kristinna Loken not having fun in a totally gratuitous full frontal sex scene that ended her career.
As for his flame, well, I've seen 13-year-old CS players deliver better thought out, grammatically-correct flames.
Please explain to me the logic behind that statement, would you? See, it's just that to me, that he would say stupid shit like that at all is really rather counter-indicative of intelligence, and instead puts him firmly in the moron category. Because despite how close he is to his work, any idiot can see that it's shit, and that he would say something like this, something so ignorant of that fact, is utterly moronic. And delusional!
Sorry, I didn't mean to get "serious business" on you. I have a lot of respect for Wood, and I just hate to see an obnoxious hack like Boll get thrown in the same category with him. And was that shit really full frontal? I don't remember there being that much nudity. I might have to take another look at that. :)
@Scottoid
If Boll was a decent, intelligent filmmaker, he wouldn't have retaliated like that. A good director doesn't let the critics get him down and, ideally, he would learn from his mistakes. Boll doesn't. He just stomps off in a huff and tries to lure the critics into a boxing ring so he can legally beat the shit out of them like the selfish, oversensitive little bitch he is. Real life is not the internet. Boll needs to grow up.
Not true -- Dyack made Eternal Darkness. Uwe's 0 for 6.
And about Bloodrayne: when Loken is stuck in prison with some dude, she loses her temper and gives him some sweet loving. Looking back, it seems it wasn't as full-frontal as I thought. But one guy gets to lick her boobie. Found page with nsfw vid!. Even if it looks more like ascii porn.
Dyack also did the first Blood Omen. I'm guessing that LordRegulus was referring to Dennis Dyack's attitude towards criticism, rather than the quality of his work, specifically with the whole Too Human E3 debacle.
I wouldn't post for grammar or spelling corrections, but as for the meaning of one of Aesops fables... I've gotta speak up.
uwe directed alone in the dark? now everything makes sense
No, but his reaction is one of; "You don't get it this is a great film!", when a 'sour grapes' reaction would have him almost agreeing with his critics.
Yeah, I guess it's not so good after all, maybe it's not really what I wanted/hoped/thought.
However maybe seeing the movie will enlighten me on your comment. From what you wrote though it certainly seemed to be misused.
If I was mistaken then I apologize.