We analyzed 50 screenings of the movie's opening night, and things aren't looking good.
  • doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    17·
    3 months ago

    Because the casting made it clear they aren’t even trying to make a true adaptation is the games, so they aren’t courting any Borderlands fans.

    And everyone else is asking why they made this trashy, lame mad Max ripoff.

    And it’s not really appropriate for kids, so you can’t even use it to make little Timmy shut up for 2 hours.

    And there isn’t a new game coming out (afaik) so no brand synergy.

    They haven’t given a single person a single reason to watch it except ‘Kevin Hart is allegedly funny, right?’

  • Annoyed_🦀 @monyet.ccEnglish
    11·
    3 months ago

    Good, people who doesn’t know the IP shouldn’t even touch it. Too bad Randy isn’t the one losing money though.

      • GoodEye8@lemm.eeEnglish
        13·
        3 months ago

        It’s no The Last of Us but in terms of video game adaptations it’s arguably one of the better ones on the account of it not being completely horrible with the source material.

        • distantsounds@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          3 months ago

          I agree with all that. I think TLoU being more story driven made for a great adaption. I’m sure there are many factors but videogame movies just seem to be low hanging revenue streams for the industry. It’s easier to make a parkour movie than a menus movie

      • usualsuspect191@lemmy.caEnglish
        33·
        3 months ago

        Same here… That “fight” in the second episode was just so goofy and slow. It felt like they were already padding the runtime

  • kratoz29@lemm.eeEnglish
    9·
    3 months ago

    It does have crappy marketing though.

    Doesn’t it premiere today? I just came from my local cinema and I don’t see anything about it, not even a trailer lol.

  • FinishingDutch@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    3 months ago

    I’ve got an unlimited movie pass for my local cinema so I’m basically seeing it for free this Saturday.

    My expectations are low; I imagine it’s going to be a poor representation of the game, just like most game movies are. I’m HOPING it’s going to be at least campy fun, but with ticket prices being what they are, I can understand most people not wanting to pre-buy tickets without seeing some reviews…