HORROR MOVIES 101

Uwe Boll

I was just reading on the SpoutBlog (here's the link to the article) about director Uwe Boll.  If you haven't heard of him, he's the guy who directed such gems as House of the Dead and Bloodrayne.  Apparently, there is a petition out to stop Boll from making any more movies.  But, Boll said that it would take a million signatures to get him to stop filmmaking.  The petition now has about 60,000 blog signatures.

Okay.  The SpoutBlog makes a good point that if you aren't going to see the movies anyway, why should you bother saying they suck in the first place?  Well, here's a good reason:  if you've seen House of the Dead, you know that it sucks.  Really.  Really.  Hard.  It sucks SO much, that when I, personally, heard that Boll directed Bloodrayne, I crossed it off my "to see" list.  He also directed Alone in the Dark which, wasn't necessarily horrible, but it weren't good neither.  All the movies he makes, by the way, are usually based on video games, in case you didn't catch that. 

I have a friend who absolutely HATES Uwe Boll.  I'm not a hating kind of person.  But, I must say, he does suck.  I like the picture of him giving the finger, though.  That earned him a couple points in my book.  Anyway, what do yous all think?  Should Boll stop directing?  Or should everyone stop whining and bitching and just go see Postal?  And Far Cry?  And Bloodrayne 3?

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FroggyBaBe15876:

I was just reading on the SpoutBlog (here's the link to the article) about director Uwe Boll.  If you haven't heard of him, he's the guy who directed such gems as House of the Dead and Bloodrayne.  Apparently, there is a petition out to stop Boll from making any more movies.  But, Boll said that it would take a million signatures to get him to stop filmmaking.  The petition now has about 60,000 blog signatures.

Okay.  The SpoutBlog makes a good point that if you aren't going to see the movies anyway, why should you bother saying they suck in the first place?  Well, here's a good reason:  if you've seen House of the Dead, you know that it sucks.  Really.  Really.  Hard.  It sucks SO much, that when I, personally, heard that Boll directed Bloodrayne, I crossed it off my "to see" list.  He also directed Alone in the Dark which, wasn't necessarily horrible, but it weren't good neither.  All the movies he makes, by the way, are usually based on video games, in case you didn't catch that. 

I have a friend who absolutely HATES Uwe Boll.  I'm not a hating kind of person.  But, I must say, he does suck.  I like the picture of him giving the finger, though.  That earned him a couple points in my book.  Anyway, what do yous all think?  Should Boll stop directing?  Or should everyone stop whining and bitching and just go see Postal?  And Far Cry?  And Bloodrayne 3?

I think it's a rather moot point. There are always going to be "good" directors and "bad" directors, "good" screenplays and "bad" screenplays, et. al. It may not be any kind of majority, but some people do like his films and I think he serves a purpose (however inane it may be).

Personally, I had wanted to see Bloodrayne when I found out that Guinevere Turner was scripting it (I liked Go Fish and The Notorious Bettie Page and loved American Pyscho) and was completely horrified when I had seen the final product. Interestingly, I was able to talk with Guinevere in L.A. through a friend of mine that was friends with her friends or some weird six degrees of separation like that. Anyways, I wanted to talk to her about Bloodrayne and when I barely finished speaking the word she rolled her eyes and made a look of disgust on her face that pretty much explained everything. She briefly mentioned fighting with Boll and his people over the script and how most of it was taken out of her hands because he had final approval and by the end she decided to not take her name off the film because she was getting a decent paycheck out of it.

Hearing all that was a big wakeup call for me about the real Hollywood and the practices that go on and so on. It also shed some light on why his films seem so singular: because he's a Nazi with every aspect of production of the them.

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mercurial:

FroggyBaBe15876:

Hearing all that was a big wakeup call for me about the real Hollywood and the practices that go on and so on. It also shed some light on why his films seem so singular: because he's a Nazi with every aspect of production of the them.

 

Huh. It seems to me that you could take that statement, and make it a compliment. Look at it out of context, and imagine you're speaking about Stanley Kubrick or David Lynch. Not to defend Uwe Boll, but it seems to me taking a hands on approach to filmmaking is something we usually want directors to do more often.

And as for that petition, I've decided not to sign it. I've never seen a Uwe Boll film. I hear their horrible, and I have no doubt they are, but I've just never felt like actively watching one. So, what does it matter to me if they suck? And even if I did subject myself to House of the Dead or Alone in the Dark, I don't think I'd want to sign the petition. I can always choose not to watch them.

     

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FroggyBaBe15876:

I was just reading on the SpoutBlog (here's the link to the article) about director Uwe Boll.  If you haven't heard of him, he's the guy who directed such gems as House of the Dead and Bloodrayne.  Apparently, there is a petition out to stop Boll from making any more movies.  But, Boll said that it would take a million signatures to get him to stop filmmaking.  The petition now has about 60,000 blog signatures.

Okay.  The SpoutBlog makes a good point that if you aren't going to see the movies anyway, why should you bother saying they suck in the first place?  Well, here's a good reason:  if you've seen House of the Dead, you know that it sucks.  Really.  Really.  Hard.  It sucks SO much, that when I, personally, heard that Boll directed Bloodrayne, I crossed it off my "to see" list.  He also directed Alone in the Dark which, wasn't necessarily horrible, but it weren't good neither.  All the movies he makes, by the way, are usually based on video games, in case you didn't catch that. 

I have a friend who absolutely HATES Uwe Boll.  I'm not a hating kind of person.  But, I must say, he does suck.  I like the picture of him giving the finger, though.  That earned him a couple points in my book.  Anyway, what do yous all think?  Should Boll stop directing?  Or should everyone stop whining and bitching and just go see Postal?  And Far Cry?  And Bloodrayne 3?

   Ok.... I don't think ANYONE should be 'banned' from making movies, no matter how bad they suck...   I have seen  'House Of The Dead' and it truly sucks...   this is probably the WORST movie I have  ever seen!   (and that is saying a LOT!) ...  but it is STILL a Horror Movie and it is better than the best romantic comedy...  So where does that leave us...   I hate it because it is terrible and yet I still love it...

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...but it is STILL a Horror Movie and it is better than the best romantic comedy...  So where does that leave us...   I hate it because it is terrible and yet I still love it...

I have to say something here, because I seriously don't think it's fair to say Alone in the Dark is better than, say, It Happened One Night, or As Good As It Gets, or any Billy Wilder film.

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TheWorkingDead:

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...but it is STILL a Horror Movie and it is better than the best romantic comedy...  So where does that leave us...   I hate it because it is terrible and yet I still love it...

I have to say something here, because I seriously don't think it's fair to say Alone in the Dark is better than, say, It Happened One Night, or As Good As It Gets, or any Billy Wilder film.

To you though. Everything is relative. It's undoubtedly my education getting in the way but who's to say anything is better than something else. Gor loves his gore and that is awesome. Not to dissuade further discussion because I think it's fundamental to this site and everything, but blanket statements like that are rather inconsequential since everyone has their own independent thoughts about movies. Obviously As Good As It Gets is a pile of shit to some portion of the population compared to Alone In The Dark. It's completely unfair to question anything that says otherwise.

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mercurial:

Obviously As Good As It Gets is a pile of shit to some portion of the population compared to Alone In The Dark. It's completely unfair to question anything that says otherwise.

I would just like to point, Gor, that Mercurial here might have just referred to you as a 'thing'. 

 Ha Ha.

Okay, childishness aside, I don't see how my blanket statement was any more disagreeable than Gor's blanket statement, but I'll try and defend my point.

The cinematic output of any single genre is going to be so vast, so varied, that saying one shitty movie is better than an entire genre is going to unfairly dismiss some pretty decent films. I'll agree with Gor on this point, if given a choice between a craptastic monster movie I'm almost guaranteed to hate and your average romantic comedy, I'd choose the monster movie. But seriously, As Good As It Gets kicks ass.

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TheWorkingDead:

mercurial:

Obviously As Good As It Gets is a pile of shit to some portion of the population compared to Alone In The Dark. It's completely unfair to question anything that says otherwise.

 

I would just like to point, Gor, that Mercurial here might have just referred to you as a 'thing'. 

 Ha Ha.

   I don't think that is what he meant by that...   but it doesn't matter, I've been called a lot worse...

   I was just talking about how I feel about Horror Movies...  they are my passion...   Just in case any of you haven't figured that out by now...

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Hmmm...I distinctly remember posting something about Uwe Boll...and now you guys are arguing about "blanket statements."  See, this is why I rarely talk in on this website anymore.  Because of stupid shit like this.  How old are you guys?  I'm gonna guess not a day over 12 because you argue like my siblings do over a Monopoly game.  Albeit you do use richer and prettier language to get your "points" across, but you're still a bunch of fucking 7th graders.  Yay for growing up.