Bloodrayne is a terrible adaptation. Fun detail: In the scene where Rayne is used as a carnival attraction, one of the cheering extras in the audience forgot to remove his wristwatch, making a giant anachronism. And who was the forgetful extra? Uwe Boll of course. Nothing but quality from the maister of cräp.
I remember watching Bloodrayne when it was a new movie. I could have vomited in rage. It was so, bad. Not so bad it was good... no no, just plain terrible.
every adaptations from him ARE terrible. he's just like the german cousin of Micheal Bay , Brett Ratner, and Tommy Wiseau. nobody shopuld support their works.
You need to know, the rules for the funds (the "Filmförderung") were not changed out of thin air, they were changed because of Uwe Boll's awful movies. Sadly, these funds were originally meant for young filmmakers being able to finance bigger projects. Boll not even made movies that were so bad they made people genuienly angry, he really hurt the young German movie industry. Being associated with those funds is how Boll was able to secure the high class actors he worked with, too, by the way.
I appreciate this context. It's important to acknowledge he's self-serving & Boll's wealth-seeking is hurting genuine artists & muddying his country's artistic output & cinematic identity. Young filmmakers work for nothing for years to get to put out something they made, & he exploits loopholes to syphon resources away from legit directors for crass self-dealing. That'd anger me if my art community was targeted by him too. Some people ruin everything for everyone else.
So bad they took legislative steps to stop him. Awful as he may be, I have to admit there's something impressive about being the singular reason laws were passed. That is some weird version of talent the likes of which I would only expect to find on Discworld
Til Schweiger is funny in that he looks like he would have a badass low tone voice but when he actually speaks he sounds like James Franco doing a Tommy Wiseau impression.
I watched HotD with (german) commentary by Uwe himself. This commentary is quite entertaining. Especially when he talks about the boobs of the surviving girl. He says they are so big because she had a baby at that time. Then he says it was the ugliest baby he had ever seen. Classy guy.
One thing you maybe not know about Uwe Boll is that he adds scenes on demand to his movies for individual sponsors. If a financier likes sword fights, the zombie movie gets a sword fight.
I just LOVE how you pronounce Uwe. In german, it's kind of a name for a boring, slightly older guy. By replacing the german 'e' with the english 'e', you make it sound like 'Uwi', a term of endearment or pet name. But the one that costs the least creative effort to come up with. Really, you got me giggling all over this meta-pun, even if it isn't indentend in your movies. And I meant to type videos, but the hell, good old Sigmund at work.
Oh...like a German "Hugh"? Your analogy clicks bc the UK & French "Hugh" has a breathy long bit that makes it sound stuffy + older-man in a way North American "Hughs" don't; Americans almost "chew" on it & over-pronounce it, so it sounds nearer to 2-syllables. Languages are cool, that's all.
I'm German and "flabbergasted" that Schweiger ever starred in a movie by good ol' Uwe. Thank you so much for this breakdown I haven't laughed so much in a long time
@@arcotroll8530 more like he needed money for his own shitty movies. Schweiger is a pretentious, narcastic idiot who thinks the world revolves around him and him alone. Bu then again, which actor isn't? :D
Til Schweiger is like a legend in Germany right? He's a pretty decent actor imo, for someone that mainly does tv shows, seem him in a few movies as support and lead
@@sebleonard8273 hate to break it to you but he is mainly known for mumbling and playing the brute or the soft tough guy. So no, not reeeaally what you would call a legendary actor though in my honest opinion he is not a bad actor he just got cast into some stereotypes and is now stuck with them. I guess if I'd ask in my peer group the consensus would be that he's not the first who springs to mind when thinking of great german actors however it is nice to have some international representation with him since the german filmindustry is mainly focused on (television)series, sometimes films though they also tend to be aimed at the german market as are the series. Which is also another thing Schweiger became infamous for. There is this really long running crime-series called "Tatort" roughly translating to "crime scene" which due to it´s popularity became kind of a cultural thing where familys would watch it together on sunday evenings when the new episodes aired. Now the thing about Tatort is, that it tends to be more story driven and less action focused so talking about "international" series think of BBCs Sherlock Holmes and not something with exploding cars or boats like you'd see in a Michael Bay film. Anyhow... when it was first announced that there would be a Tatort starring Till Schweiger as a lead detective a lot of people were excited/ intrigued since he is not known for broody, calculating, funny or profound characters which you would expect in the lead role of a Tatort and no one thought they would deeply change the basic structure of a german crime series and make it action-laden. Especially not sth. like the Tatort. German crime series are either tongue-in-cheek funny trying to amuse the audience or try to be intense and get you to speculate together with the investigators who the culprit could be. No one thought they would make an action movie out of it, yet that is exactly what they did. They used a pretty basic hostage situation story with little to no unexpected plot-twists. So yeah, that is Till Schweiger from my POV. I obviously can't speak for every german but I'd guess at least in my friend group you would get a similar opinion.
Uwe Boll is a visionary filmmaker who is way ahead of its time! every single one of his movies is Oscar material, but the common people aint ready yet for such brilliance! his CG-effects are bad on purpose, to emphasize the fact that all his movies play in an alternate reality called... *drumroll . . . "THE UWE-VERSE"
Ha You didnt watch the video all the way through didjer? If you had youd realize you're comment is totally redundant. And I'm commenting on a comment about a bit part in the postal film making my comment redundant.
I am loving these new videos you're putting out. I found you through your Postal video with no prior knowledge of who you were and I subscribed like 10 minutes into watching it. Long-ass videos about random topics are honestly the best things on TH-cam.
never heard of the director, even as a German. but after watching this, I claim him as my biggest inspiration! his work taught me that I absolutely don't have to be good at something in order to do it. I'm an artist, and have always had high standard for myself... well, scew that! no standards at all from now on. only fun and nonsense!
First time I saw Alone in the Dark I was blind drunk and remembered enjoying the movie. A few years later out of curiosity I watched the movie sober... I couldn't figure out what I found enjoyable about the movie, even being drunk.
You, my friend, are a scholar and a gentleman. Thank you for another entertaining video sprinkled with fucking hilarious commentary. They will sing songs about you throughout the ages.
Your video actually taught me something, for a long time now Ive wondered why does anyone put effort, time and money into making garbage media. tax breaks and rich people malarkey made sense out of it for me, thnks
I loved his house of the dead movie as a kid. Watched it recently, and I thought it was incredibly goofy, but so were the games, and looking back at it now, I think he captured the feel of the games pretty well
It reminded me of my youth as well. I LOVED going to ... Sega raves on ... remote islands ... and ... actually ... no. I can't remember ever doing that.
ironically, my best friend worked at the restaurant that Bol had run. It was surprisingly more successfull than his film career, until it eventually shut down in '17
You missed In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale which is absolutely the best of Boll. Jason Statham as a character named "Farmer" because he believes you should "be named what you do", etc. Pretty magical.
@@urbanarmory You could literally see Burt thinking "So this is what my life has become now!" everytime he delivered a line. Ray Liotta looked like he had fun though.
I can't believe how many well known actors are playing in Bloodrayne. If anyone is wondering, the actor of tarot reading woman in bloodrayne is also portraying the medium that the mother from Guillermo del Toros "The Orphanage" movie consults.
The Oracle? She's actually Charlie Chaplin's daughter, Geraldine Chaplin, who's had an amazing career too. (I keep forgetting people don't always know Charlie Chaplin but he was the most famous actor in silent comedy film from early Hollywood & started one of the Legacy studios with other Hollywood silent stars). I had to stop the video & check when I saw her face bc I could not believe he got CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S DAUGHTER to do a scene in his cheese-fest-exploitation flick. Billy Zane --- aka Kate's Mean Rich Fiancé in Titanic --- is Bad Wig Vampire. Billy Zane's another true talent who had to pick up a pay check. I honestly have such mixed feelings about this as someone in an arts community. On one hand I can see the trashy fun & admire the gonzo filmmaking spirit, on the other hand, real artists don't want to have to play sad dress-up for a dude scamming taxpayer arts funds their colleagues need to make their creative output, On the 3rd hand even Billy Zane may have a house mortgage or kids in college & Boll is paying crew + cast for their work, so they get to eat...I just don't know how to feel, I feel all of it lol.
The thing about Uwe Boll is that he clearly hates filmmaking for someone who claims to love it so much. Like, he clearly has nothing but contempt for his crew. He doesn’t want to take the time to get multiple takes. He doesn’t even like working with his actors. He just berates them until the take is complete. That’s why his movies are so stapled together. He gets the script, throws out half of it, then films the second half, only he doesn’t get enough coverage and the sound is awful. So, the poor editor has to try and stitch the film together with whatever is barely usable. That’s why so much of House of the Dead’s story is told through mindless ADR. As a filmmaker, it’s amazing to see.
I just watched House of the Dead like a week ago. The boat actually does have contraband on it. That’s why they take off when Simon pays them to leave. I thought the same thing as you at first but later in the movie they show them unloading whatever it is to the island of the dead. They have it stashed in a cooler with a fake top on it. I honestly don’t remember what exactly the contraband is because it’s hard to pay attention to this movie because it’s so bad but I remember the Captain telling Salish to unload it and then he opens the cooler, pulls off a fake ice and fish top and underneath is the contraband lol.
Very interesting video. I'd like to mention a few things too: Recently Boll's latest movie "Hanau", about the racist attack that happened in Hanau 2020. This movie is a different kind of one. Boll did make many movies based on real events, like "Darfur", "Auschwitz", "Heart of America" and "Max Schmeling". And now this. Of course it was controversial in Germany but he made it. At the end this movie was about 75 minutes long, with a sort of accurate recreation, without many emotions or music. It mostly showed Tobias R., the attacker, talking to someone whom he believes is watching him, makes strange messages, walks to the buildings, kills people and walks out. His victims show more emotions. After over 1 hour of movie, being filmed in his recent home town Mainz (visible by varous signs) he appears as himself, showing the real places in Hanau, talking about it in his typical way. The movie ends with a scroll featuring all victims of racists attacks in Germany from 1990 and 2020. When Uwe Boll had his 50th birthday in 2015 his movies were shown on "Tele5", a German TV station that is known for showing independent movies, B-Movies, trash etc. Their most popular show is the awesome show "SchleFaZ - the worst movies of all times", an MST3K-type show, only with more concentration on the movie. So during his birthday he was asked 50 questions on the street. And it shows that shows that Boll is a guy who, as we say in Germany, didn't fall on his mouth (aka is not shy). Some of his answers are: Worst director ever: Michael Bay Favorite film, except for your own: Apocalypse Now Star Trek or Star Wars: Star Wars Favorite Bollwerk (wordplay between Boll-Werk= a piece made by Boll or Bollwerk=German word for supporting stakes on houses): (after thinking) Rampage Worst Bollwerk: House of the dead Sharknado: The first one was funny. And with Tara Reed (whom he called "worst actress ever" and called her a "stupid B****" in an earlier question) Oh yes: When SchleFaZ premiered in the first season in 2013 Boll released a video thanking the hosts that none of his movies were shown: "That shows, you guys have good taste and my movies are awesome ones." He ended by announcing his new movie "Assault on Wall Street". During his birthday one episode of SchleFaZ began with him saying: "The worst movies of all Times - SchleFaZ. Brought to you by .... me." He also was on a "Mean Tweets"-type show where he called video game producers "poor ridiculous sausages" who "produce shit" and that he was never interested in video games. He also called actors "cheap w***es" who will play any shit if they get money. When someone wrote "I broke the Bloodrayne-DVD after I watched it - for 11 minutes" he replied "Another idiot who played for it. Thank's for the 12,99 (or whatever price he mentioned)"
For those whose memories got evoked by the song from 53:55, it's the main theme from Crysis 2. Anyhow, did Meat Loaf just cracked a Prequel Meme at 1:17:04 ?
"Do you want the movie to be more like Dead Island or House of the Dead?" Uwe Bohl: "Yes" Jokes aside,there are great b category movies(i actually like them more than hollywood blockbusters) and then there is Uwe Bohl
I met a director at a film fest that had Uwe as a producer on one of his films and he said he was the best producer he ever worked with. Knows his ways around the financing, partnerships, sales, makes sure everyone is treated right, that they have everything needed to do a good job and very hands off creatively.
I lowkey love uwe films. Postal especially is pretty damn great. Mainly carried by the fantastic postal dude portrayal. The movies are trash, but in a weird way, they are like golden trash. Except for bloodrayne and alone in the dark. Those can fuck off.
I can’t find films that are made as a cash grab, or deliberately bad, entertaining. A good B-movie is a spectacular failure even when everyone involved tried.
I could relate to the commentary at the Bloodrayne adaptation. Besides the problems of adapting something much longer and interactive into a short, non-interactable experience, I found that I actually liked quite a few adaptations I didn't know the source material of. The Far Cry movie is a good example actually - it's exactly my kind of garbage humor, so I find it pretty enjoyable. But I also don't really care about it not hitting the tone of Far Cry because I don't play those games. I also actually really liked the Hobbit movies while my father, who's a huge fan of all the Tolkien books, absolutely loathes them - it's the only time I ever saw him (in his 50s back then) blow his top akin to an angry fan online. Most of the time, adaptations like these don't feel as "for the fans" as the word adaptation seemingly often is interpreted as.
I was worried for a moment I hadn't seen any new videos from you. Thanks bro! Life is s***** but ain't it f****** great! At 22 minutes I think he says ain't love a b****. The 54 minute mark... F****** genius!
And yes, in some fantasy universes, just plain water hurts vampires. In Warhammer, running water hurts most vampires, and some very cursed just any water (as far as I'm aware, fresh water and not rain, must be a... splash) in more amount than a bucket can hurt or even stun them.
I wonder, what it would look like if Boll would make a movie based on one of those walking simulators like "What Remained Of Edith Finch" or "The Vanishing of Ethan Carter" or "Everybody's Gone To The Rapture". Or one of the deep adventure games like "Last Guardian", "Shadow of the Colossus". Or even one of those artsy games like "Journey".
House of the Dead. Clint Howard…a lot of lookalikes too. I am pretty sure that one of those guys thinks he is Ryan Reynolds. The explosion with the chick running is…stimulating. I laughed when you said that Boll was up to something there. Very nice review. I think you found a niche.
Commenting to boost you in the algorithm. This was nice to have on in the background while working. If you get the chance to see the documentary Raging Boll, you should give it a watch. I find Boll to br a very interesting person, even if his movies are terrible.
Yo Ive noticed that TH-cam has been especially difficult on you with these long format videos. They're really entertaining and I always enjoy watching them, so I hope you can rise above the system. Good luck!
19:52 Can you honestly blame anyone? That's the most interesting part of the movie Also the guy who played the MC in the Far Cry movie, Till Schweiger is one of the german acting legends. The movies he stars in are actually really good ranging from hilarious to heartbreakingly sad
Alone in the Dark always makes me sad, not the film but the games. I played I think the 2nd one, where you crash on the island, and it was actually one of the scarier games I played as a kid, Resident Evil was never scary, but Alone in the Dark actually managed to be scary with how dark it was, the character who starts with no weapon but a light, and needing to actively turn off lights to progress sometimes which then made enemies spawn. I wish we could get a good remake of that game, it had such cool ideas for the times, and I feel like it could be awesome if somebody made it properly.
In Alone in the Dark, the scene at the 41 minute mark of the video. You can see the actor (who is suppose to be dead), get about half a second before the cut. I was amazed
He actually responded to a tweet I made about Paul W. S. Anderson taking his mantle after I'd watched one of the Resi Evil films. I thought it was a troll at first 🤔🤣
The guy who played the honourable cab driver who sacrificed his life and job for the paranormal ninja is actually a great actor. He has done a bit of work with Seth Green.
Yep, I watched the whole video. You could have done a video for every movie, but you decided to do it this way, and I like it. Lots of work and effort. Good job.
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@5:30 they do actually. Captain Kirk and his mate are smuggling "Cuban cigars, among other things" that's why he than states that he would 've escaped the police even without the bribe. That's a plot point 45 minutes into the movie.
This was a great watch; hope the TH-cam debacle and few detractors don't put a bad taste in your mouth, "long form" videos aren't easy but you've got a knack for it and I'm looking forward to more! That said, Postal notwithstanding, I truly believe Boll has - one - good movie in him, buried somewhere in a video game license nobody needed an adaptation of
Nothing to be ashamed about enjoying B movies. They represent the ultimate synthesis of the zeitgeist of the times. Meant to sell on the cheap, they bring to a point a snapshot of all that cinema is when it's made. A terrible, terrible snapshot. God they're so wonderfully, awfully bad.
he handpicked the guys he would fight, to have a easy win. He challenged Seanbaby, but after hearing that he was well trained in muay Thai, he opted out. Boll is nothing more than a bully, a terrible director and a destroyer of Game adoptions
I love how fucking DUMB the whole “YOU WON’T GET ANY MORE FUNDING, until you’ve produced some results!!!” But aren’t results, the result of investment into the science? It’s always dumb
I played the original Blood royane and trust me the movie had no connection for the games ...I mean even the setting and plot are very different from each ever
The man, the myth, the legend of shite movies! It's been a really fun video to watch. Same as your analyses of the games, I'm looking forward to seeing some more cinema stuff!
Rayne is actually weak to water in the games (the opening scene has her travel through Louisiana swamps), but it makes no sense as I guess she still needs to drink right?
Also, out of the crappy movie, Bloodrayne is perhaps the most profesionally done! It was weird setting it during the 17th century. The game was set during WWII, which the 3rd movie is set.
I gotta give it to the man. He truly feeds off the hate. He's making movies still to this very day. He's doing what he loves and doesn't give a guck what people say. He also backs up what he's saying. He's not afraid to literally fight his detractors.
I just want to remind everyone that Billy Zane was absolutely brilliant in Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight. Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight is also far better than anything Uwe Boll has done, if you haven't seen it yet go see it it's awesome.
Glad for vpns because fair use! This was a fun watch. I am so glad more and more people are seeing your reviews and thoughts on the other films and games you have done breakdowns on. It makes me so happy you are hopefully making enough you can do this full-time. You rock and I also love the mummy and tomb raider movies.
Watching this I realise I've seen most these on the horror channel, may god have mercy on my soul. Is this shame on me or shame on uwe? Top content. I know a guy in the US that makes a living securing funding for movies, it's all about tax breaks
The worst part of all this are that Uwe Boll has some good and decent movies, not kidding. Like the Rampage trilogy or Stoic, but oh man, the vast majority of his films, specially the ones based on videogames like the ones in the video are soooo bad. In any case, truly a strange guy. Great video!
@@dissraps You are being unnecessary here, Jr Edgelord. Normal empathetic humans don't usually drop slurs, & decent directors don't use slurs to lazily telegraph character, so you're being wrong with both fists here, Champ. Also lol you come off so un-chill we all see you're the triggered one.
Netflix's WITCHER is a faithful adaptation? It's a disaster of an adaptation. And it shouldn't be judged as a videogame adaptation since it's source material is a series of fantasy novels that were a base for the games as well.
Pretty sure the line is "ain't love a bitch," not "I love a bitch." But apparently Mr. Boll's sound direction is on par with the rest of his directing skills. His movies don't even look fun-bad. Just bad-bad. I guess he must be the Hollywood messiah. He figured out how to get paid, and famous, for producing sub-porn-quality movies.
"Are you still watching this video? Good for you buddy, because you have an outstanding attention span." Me with ADHD who has tried finishing this video for like three days now: Thanks :3
Horrible movies. Swear he’s just a very committed troll. Btw film theory. At the end of alone in the dark that mad doctor who didn’t mutate or anything is what got them at the last scene, actually did mutate after he died.
Gotta give it to Uwe, casting Jürgen Prochnow as the captain is actually hilarious. And the gun joke in Far Cry is also objectively hilarious, there's no debate about it.
Little point about Buffalo Bill, only in the comics did he wipe out the buffalo. In life he was the only person who retained a herd post 1889, and hunted about 18 a day at his peak to feed railroad workers. He wasn't involved in the eradication of the buffalo for skin.
I saw "Alone in the Dark" and I liked it, but I like any movie with Christian Slater. Just found out that they made a sequel to it "Alone in the Dark 2".
Bloodrayne is a terrible adaptation. Fun detail: In the scene where Rayne is used as a carnival attraction, one of the cheering extras in the audience forgot to remove his wristwatch, making a giant anachronism. And who was the forgetful extra? Uwe Boll of course. Nothing but quality from the maister of cräp.
Actually it's historically accurate. Uwe Boll really did travel back in time to bring us these masterpieces of cinema.
I remember watching Bloodrayne when it was a new movie. I could have vomited in rage. It was so, bad. Not so bad it was good... no no, just plain terrible.
@@misterpink8099 The third one is probably the worst. How on earth do you make a movie about vampire nazis boring?!
1:16:59 you're welcome
every adaptations from him ARE terrible. he's just like the german cousin of Micheal Bay , Brett Ratner, and Tommy Wiseau. nobody shopuld support their works.
You need to know, the rules for the funds (the "Filmförderung") were not changed out of thin air, they were changed because of Uwe Boll's awful movies. Sadly, these funds were originally meant for young filmmakers being able to finance bigger projects. Boll not even made movies that were so bad they made people genuienly angry, he really hurt the young German movie industry. Being associated with those funds is how Boll was able to secure the high class actors he worked with, too, by the way.
I appreciate this context. It's important to acknowledge he's self-serving & Boll's wealth-seeking is hurting genuine artists & muddying his country's artistic output & cinematic identity. Young filmmakers work for nothing for years to get to put out something they made, & he exploits loopholes to syphon resources away from legit directors for crass self-dealing. That'd anger me if my art community was targeted by him too. Some people ruin everything for everyone else.
Thanks for the info! 🤛
Based
So bad they took legislative steps to stop him.
Awful as he may be, I have to admit there's something impressive about being the singular reason laws were passed.
That is some weird version of talent the likes of which I would only expect to find on Discworld
Proving once again that it only takes one dumb asshole to ruin it for everyone else
Kingsley saying “ungrateful bitch” with zero expression absolutely killed me
Welcome to undeath.
lmao. It was so deadpan like he's drugged out of his eyeballs on ritaln or something hahaha.
Til Schweiger is funny in that he looks like he would have a badass low tone voice but when he actually speaks he sounds like James Franco doing a Tommy Wiseau impression.
That pretty much summs it up.
I watched HotD with (german) commentary by Uwe himself. This commentary is quite entertaining. Especially when he talks about the boobs of the surviving girl. He says they are so big because she had a baby at that time. Then he says it was the ugliest baby he had ever seen. Classy guy.
what a lad
The goat
Hahahaha classic.
His entire thing is basically shitposting with a high budget.
"He's out of line, but he's right."
One thing you maybe not know about Uwe Boll is that he adds scenes on demand to his movies for individual sponsors. If a financier likes sword fights, the zombie movie gets a sword fight.
I just LOVE how you pronounce Uwe. In german, it's kind of a name for a boring, slightly older guy. By replacing the german 'e' with the english 'e', you make it sound like 'Uwi', a term of endearment or pet name. But the one that costs the least creative effort to come up with.
Really, you got me giggling all over this meta-pun, even if it isn't indentend in your movies.
And I meant to type videos, but the hell, good old Sigmund at work.
Oh...like a German "Hugh"? Your analogy clicks bc the UK & French "Hugh" has a breathy long bit that makes it sound stuffy + older-man in a way North American "Hughs" don't; Americans almost "chew" on it & over-pronounce it, so it sounds nearer to 2-syllables. Languages are cool, that's all.
Theres something really funny about how far cry is more "alone in the dark" than alone in the dark
The Doom movie truly is the best bad film of all time
How about the Super Mario Bros movie with Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo ?
Watch Things first, before drawing that conclusion.
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The rock one or the lame boring one?
im agreat fan of the postal film , its trash the game is trashy i just love it
I'm German and "flabbergasted" that Schweiger ever starred in a movie by good ol' Uwe. Thank you so much for this breakdown I haven't laughed so much in a long time
Maybe he needed a quick paycheck for a new roof or something.
@@arcotroll8530 more like he needed money for his own shitty movies. Schweiger is a pretentious, narcastic idiot who thinks the world revolves around him and him alone. Bu then again, which actor isn't? :D
Til Schweiger is like a legend in Germany right?
He's a pretty decent actor imo, for someone that mainly does tv shows, seem him in a few movies as support and lead
@@sebleonard8273 hate to break it to you but he is mainly known for mumbling and playing the brute or the soft tough guy. So no, not reeeaally what you would call a legendary actor though in my honest opinion he is not a bad actor he just got cast into some stereotypes and is now stuck with them. I guess if I'd ask in my peer group the consensus would be that he's not the first who springs to mind when thinking of great german actors however it is nice to have some international representation with him since the german filmindustry is mainly focused on (television)series, sometimes films though they also tend to be aimed at the german market as are the series. Which is also another thing Schweiger became infamous for.
There is this really long running crime-series called "Tatort" roughly translating to "crime scene" which due to it´s popularity became kind of a cultural thing where familys would watch it together on sunday evenings when the new episodes aired. Now the thing about Tatort is, that it tends to be more story driven and less action focused so talking about "international" series think of BBCs Sherlock Holmes and not something with exploding cars or boats like you'd see in a Michael Bay film. Anyhow... when it was first announced that there would be a Tatort starring Till Schweiger as a lead detective a lot of people were excited/ intrigued since he is not known for broody, calculating, funny or profound characters which you would expect in the lead role of a Tatort and no one thought they would deeply change the basic structure of a german crime series and make it action-laden. Especially not sth. like the Tatort. German crime series are either tongue-in-cheek funny trying to amuse the audience or try to be intense and get you to speculate together with the investigators who the culprit could be. No one thought they would make an action movie out of it, yet that is exactly what they did. They used a pretty basic hostage situation story with little to no unexpected plot-twists.
So yeah, that is Till Schweiger from my POV. I obviously can't speak for every german but I'd guess at least in my friend group you would get a similar opinion.
i saw that Far Cry movie with Schweiger once randomly on Belgian tv, didn't even know there was ever a Far Cry movie made
Uwe Boll is a visionary filmmaker who is way ahead of its time!
every single one of his movies is Oscar material, but the common people aint ready yet for such brilliance!
his CG-effects are bad on purpose, to emphasize the fact that all his movies play in an alternate reality called...
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"THE UWE-VERSE"
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Is he the new Jesus? The one, qho will eraese us from all sins?
that dude is execrable at best. if only he gort the Covid
I completely agree i have all hims movie
Fun fact: JK Simmons had a small role in the Postal movie
Isn’t that the same guy who voiced Omni-Man from Invincible?
@@HankJWimbleton-v1m Yes. He has been everywhere
@@HankJWimbleton-v1m the guy who is also the face of triple J
@@HankJWimbleton-v1m He also REALLY wants pictures of Spider-Man.
Ha
You didnt watch the video all the way through didjer?
If you had youd realize you're comment is totally redundant.
And I'm commenting on a comment about a bit part in the postal film making my comment redundant.
I am loving these new videos you're putting out. I found you through your Postal video with no prior knowledge of who you were and I subscribed like 10 minutes into watching it. Long-ass videos about random topics are honestly the best things on TH-cam.
never heard of the director, even as a German. but after watching this, I claim him as my biggest inspiration!
his work taught me that I absolutely don't have to be good at something in order to do it. I'm an artist, and have always had high standard for myself... well, scew that! no standards at all from now on. only fun and nonsense!
First time I saw Alone in the Dark I was blind drunk and remembered enjoying the movie. A few years later out of curiosity I watched the movie sober... I couldn't figure out what I found enjoyable about the movie, even being drunk.
You, my friend, are a scholar and a gentleman. Thank you for another entertaining video sprinkled with fucking hilarious commentary. They will sing songs about you throughout the ages.
Your video actually taught me something, for a long time now Ive wondered why does anyone put effort, time and money into making garbage media. tax breaks and rich people malarkey made sense out of it for me, thnks
I loved his house of the dead movie as a kid. Watched it recently, and I thought it was incredibly goofy, but so were the games, and looking back at it now, I think he captured the feel of the games pretty well
“Da Loife Cyaecle” -President Goldman
I had same thoughts on Far Cry movie when I was a kid
The movie had nothing to do with any of the games, what were you smoking when watching it?
@@unverifiedbiotic this movie reminds me more of Dead Island then House of the dead
It reminded me of my youth as well. I LOVED going to ... Sega raves on ... remote islands ... and ... actually ... no. I can't remember ever doing that.
Let's not forget that Uwe Boll also made the BEST videogame adaptation of all time, POSTAL.
ironically, my best friend worked at the restaurant that Bol had run. It was surprisingly more successfull than his film career, until it eventually shut down in '17
Oh I want those stories. How did no reality show hop on that "Uwe Boll turns restauranteur" wagon?
You missed In The Name Of The King: A Dungeon Siege Tale which is absolutely the best of Boll. Jason Statham as a character named "Farmer" because he believes you should "be named what you do", etc. Pretty magical.
Stupid Lord Of The Rings never had Burt Reynolds as a medieval king. No wonder Bolls magnum opus is so superior. 😂
@@Dustemikkel_Rev Burt sleepwalking through lines about sowing a field with fish is a bit of perfection I will never forget
@@urbanarmory You could literally see Burt thinking "So this is what my life has become now!" everytime he delivered a line. Ray Liotta looked like he had fun though.
@@Dustemikkel_Rev so did John Rhys-Davies for that matter. It was pretty fascinating
Even his son call him Farmer.
I can't believe how many well known actors are playing in Bloodrayne. If anyone is wondering, the actor of tarot reading woman in bloodrayne is also portraying the medium that the mother from Guillermo del Toros "The Orphanage" movie consults.
The Oracle? She's actually Charlie Chaplin's daughter, Geraldine Chaplin, who's had an amazing career too. (I keep forgetting people don't always know Charlie Chaplin but he was the most famous actor in silent comedy film from early Hollywood & started one of the Legacy studios with other Hollywood silent stars). I had to stop the video & check when I saw her face bc I could not believe he got CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S DAUGHTER to do a scene in his cheese-fest-exploitation flick.
Billy Zane --- aka Kate's Mean Rich Fiancé in Titanic --- is Bad Wig Vampire. Billy Zane's another true talent who had to pick up a pay check. I honestly have such mixed feelings about this as someone in an arts community. On one hand I can see the trashy fun & admire the gonzo filmmaking spirit, on the other hand, real artists don't want to have to play sad dress-up for a dude scamming taxpayer arts funds their colleagues need to make their creative output, On the 3rd hand even Billy Zane may have a house mortgage or kids in college & Boll is paying crew + cast for their work, so they get to eat...I just don't know how to feel, I feel all of it lol.
The thing about Uwe Boll is that he clearly hates filmmaking for someone who claims to love it so much.
Like, he clearly has nothing but contempt for his crew. He doesn’t want to take the time to get multiple takes. He doesn’t even like working with his actors. He just berates them until the take is complete.
That’s why his movies are so stapled together. He gets the script, throws out half of it, then films the second half, only he doesn’t get enough coverage and the sound is awful. So, the poor editor has to try and stitch the film together with whatever is barely usable. That’s why so much of House of the Dead’s story is told through mindless ADR.
As a filmmaker, it’s amazing to see.
01:01:55 Fun Fact:
That's German actor Ralf Moeller who had a cameo as one of the Arkham Asylum guards in Batman and Robin 1997.
And a side role in Gladiator. He was also Conan in that ultra cheezy 90's series.
I just watched House of the Dead like a week ago. The boat actually does have contraband on it. That’s why they take off when Simon pays them to leave. I thought the same thing as you at first but later in the movie they show them unloading whatever it is to the island of the dead. They have it stashed in a cooler with a fake top on it. I honestly don’t remember what exactly the contraband is because it’s hard to pay attention to this movie because it’s so bad but I remember the Captain telling Salish to unload it and then he opens the cooler, pulls off a fake ice and fish top and underneath is the contraband lol.
I love these movie-length documentaries, especially when humorous and well-done like yours.
Very interesting video. I'd like to mention a few things too: Recently Boll's latest movie "Hanau", about the racist attack that happened in Hanau 2020. This movie is a different kind of one. Boll did make many movies based on real events, like "Darfur", "Auschwitz", "Heart of America" and "Max Schmeling". And now this. Of course it was controversial in Germany but he made it. At the end this movie was about 75 minutes long, with a sort of accurate recreation, without many emotions or music. It mostly showed Tobias R., the attacker, talking to someone whom he believes is watching him, makes strange messages, walks to the buildings, kills people and walks out. His victims show more emotions. After over 1 hour of movie, being filmed in his recent home town Mainz (visible by varous signs) he appears as himself, showing the real places in Hanau, talking about it in his typical way. The movie ends with a scroll featuring all victims of racists attacks in Germany from 1990 and 2020.
When Uwe Boll had his 50th birthday in 2015 his movies were shown on "Tele5", a German TV station that is known for showing independent movies, B-Movies, trash etc. Their most popular show is the awesome show "SchleFaZ - the worst movies of all times", an MST3K-type show, only with more concentration on the movie. So during his birthday he was asked 50 questions on the street. And it shows that shows that Boll is a guy who, as we say in Germany, didn't fall on his mouth (aka is not shy). Some of his answers are:
Worst director ever: Michael Bay
Favorite film, except for your own: Apocalypse Now
Star Trek or Star Wars: Star Wars
Favorite Bollwerk (wordplay between Boll-Werk= a piece made by Boll or Bollwerk=German word for supporting stakes on houses): (after thinking) Rampage
Worst Bollwerk: House of the dead
Sharknado: The first one was funny. And with Tara Reed (whom he called "worst actress ever" and called her a "stupid B****" in an earlier question)
Oh yes: When SchleFaZ premiered in the first season in 2013 Boll released a video thanking the hosts that none of his movies were shown: "That shows, you guys have good taste and my movies are awesome ones." He ended by announcing his new movie "Assault on Wall Street". During his birthday one episode of SchleFaZ began with him saying: "The worst movies of all Times - SchleFaZ. Brought to you by .... me."
He also was on a "Mean Tweets"-type show where he called video game producers "poor ridiculous sausages" who "produce shit" and that he was never interested in video games. He also called actors "cheap w***es" who will play any shit if they get money. When someone wrote "I broke the Bloodrayne-DVD after I watched it - for 11 minutes" he replied "Another idiot who played for it. Thank's for the 12,99 (or whatever price he mentioned)"
Man the praise for witcher sadly did not age well... At least Dune and TR still hold up!
No sir, it did not
@@TotallyPointlessTV you're still replying? damn respectable
Ah yes, our german new age pride of art
why am I one of the first commenters to a random youtuber I've never watched talking about a director who's movies I've never watched
For those whose memories got evoked by the song from 53:55, it's the main theme from Crysis 2. Anyhow, did Meat Loaf just cracked a Prequel Meme at 1:17:04 ?
"Do you want the movie to be more like Dead Island or House of the Dead?"
Uwe Bohl: "Yes"
Jokes aside,there are great b category movies(i actually like them more than hollywood blockbusters) and then there is Uwe Bohl
Damn, when Uwe Boll says you're a shit actor...
I met a director at a film fest that had Uwe as a producer on one of his films and he said he was the best producer he ever worked with. Knows his ways around the financing, partnerships, sales, makes sure everyone is treated right, that they have everything needed to do a good job and very hands off creatively.
I lowkey love uwe films. Postal especially is pretty damn great. Mainly carried by the fantastic postal dude portrayal.
The movies are trash, but in a weird way, they are like golden trash. Except for bloodrayne and alone in the dark. Those can fuck off.
I can’t find films that are made as a cash grab, or deliberately bad, entertaining. A good B-movie is a spectacular failure even when everyone involved tried.
I could relate to the commentary at the Bloodrayne adaptation. Besides the problems of adapting something much longer and interactive into a short, non-interactable experience, I found that I actually liked quite a few adaptations I didn't know the source material of. The Far Cry movie is a good example actually - it's exactly my kind of garbage humor, so I find it pretty enjoyable. But I also don't really care about it not hitting the tone of Far Cry because I don't play those games. I also actually really liked the Hobbit movies while my father, who's a huge fan of all the Tolkien books, absolutely loathes them - it's the only time I ever saw him (in his 50s back then) blow his top akin to an angry fan online.
Most of the time, adaptations like these don't feel as "for the fans" as the word adaptation seemingly often is interpreted as.
His videogame adaptation about Postal is actually very accurate, its just the people who don't play the game that bashed the movie.
"... You... created the.... serum, so you could be imortal...why?"
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TO LIVE.....FOREVER!!!
I was worried for a moment I hadn't seen any new videos from you. Thanks bro! Life is s***** but ain't it f****** great! At 22 minutes I think he says ain't love a b****. The 54 minute mark... F****** genius!
I love how shitty those sword props are in Bloodrayne
And yes, in some fantasy universes, just plain water hurts vampires. In Warhammer, running water hurts most vampires, and some very cursed just any water (as far as I'm aware, fresh water and not rain, must be a... splash) in more amount than a bucket can hurt or even stun them.
I wonder, what it would look like if Boll would make a movie based on one of those walking simulators like "What Remained Of Edith Finch" or "The Vanishing of Ethan Carter" or "Everybody's Gone To The Rapture". Or one of the deep adventure games like "Last Guardian", "Shadow of the Colossus". Or even one of those artsy games like "Journey".
I involuntarily gasped at the thought of a Boll Shadow of the Colossus you evil-genius, you! lol you bring the real shudders.
House of the Dead. Clint Howard…a lot of lookalikes too. I am pretty sure that one of those guys thinks he is Ryan Reynolds. The explosion with the chick running is…stimulating. I laughed when you said that Boll was up to something there.
Very nice review. I think you found a niche.
He'll always be "Cy from Apollo 13" in my heart.
I feel like i (a native german) am legally bound to apologize for having set Uwe Boll free on the earth, so uh sorry
Commenting to boost you in the algorithm. This was nice to have on in the background while working. If you get the chance to see the documentary Raging Boll, you should give it a watch. I find Boll to br a very interesting person, even if his movies are terrible.
Uwe Boll is gonna fight you IRL for this. LOL.
and win
Yo Ive noticed that TH-cam has been especially difficult on you with these long format videos. They're really entertaining and I always enjoy watching them, so I hope you can rise above the system. Good luck!
19:52
Can you honestly blame anyone? That's the most interesting part of the movie
Also the guy who played the MC in the Far Cry movie, Till Schweiger is one of the german acting legends. The movies he stars in are actually really good ranging from hilarious to heartbreakingly sad
So you're claiming house of the dead is "really good"
Man... Almost an hour and a half long. I can imagine the thickness of your script for this one. Great dedication 👏
Alone in the Dark always makes me sad, not the film but the games. I played I think the 2nd one, where you crash on the island, and it was actually one of the scarier games I played as a kid, Resident Evil was never scary, but Alone in the Dark actually managed to be scary with how dark it was, the character who starts with no weapon but a light, and needing to actively turn off lights to progress sometimes which then made enemies spawn.
I wish we could get a good remake of that game, it had such cool ideas for the times, and I feel like it could be awesome if somebody made it properly.
You should probably give Silent Hill a try.
@@ThatDjinn played the originals and loved them as well. Not had a good one of them in awhile though either
Yeah AITD was really creepy, pretty good game
In Alone in the Dark, the scene at the 41 minute mark of the video. You can see the actor (who is suppose to be dead), get about half a second before the cut. I was amazed
idk what you're on about, there's nothing like that at the 41 minute mark.
He actually responded to a tweet I made about Paul W. S. Anderson taking his mantle after I'd watched one of the Resi Evil films. I thought it was a troll at first 🤔🤣
they are smuggling stuff, the guns the captain digs get out of the box implies that I thought maybe im wrong
I love how you increase the sense of "tf I'm watching??" for every scene somehow 😂
Finally the tease in your postal vid is real. NOW TIME TO GET THE MANHUNT ONE
The guy who played the honourable cab driver who sacrificed his life and job for the paranormal ninja is actually a great actor. He has done a bit of work with Seth Green.
He also plays the main guy in the Rampage films
The Orphanage house is right down the street from me. It’s been abandoned since. It really looks like a horror movie now.
Yep, I watched the whole video. You could have done a video for every movie, but you decided to do it this way, and I like it. Lots of work and effort. Good job.
@5:30 they do actually. Captain Kirk and his mate are smuggling "Cuban cigars, among other things" that's why he than states that he would 've escaped the police even without the bribe. That's a plot point 45 minutes into the movie.
This was a great watch; hope the TH-cam debacle and few detractors don't put a bad taste in your mouth, "long form" videos aren't easy but you've got a knack for it and I'm looking forward to more!
That said, Postal notwithstanding, I truly believe Boll has - one - good movie in him, buried somewhere in a video game license nobody needed an adaptation of
The guy who plays Krieger in the Far Cry film is Udo Kier. He is most well known for playing Yuri in Command & Conquer Red Alert 2.
Haha this is brilliant mate, such a great effort put into this video, keep the good stuff coming 😀
Nothing to be ashamed about enjoying B movies. They represent the ultimate synthesis of the zeitgeist of the times. Meant to sell on the cheap, they bring to a point a snapshot of all that cinema is when it's made.
A terrible, terrible snapshot. God they're so wonderfully, awfully bad.
Idk man, you gotta give respect to the guy who boxes critics, who actually showed up to fight him, and won.
he handpicked the guys he would fight, to have a easy win.
He challenged Seanbaby, but after hearing that he was well trained in muay Thai, he opted out.
Boll is nothing more than a bully, a terrible director and a destroyer of Game adoptions
I love how fucking DUMB the whole “YOU WON’T GET ANY MORE FUNDING, until you’ve produced some results!!!” But aren’t results, the result of investment into the science? It’s always dumb
I played the original Blood royane and trust me the movie had no connection for the games ...I mean even the setting and plot are very different from each ever
Great video and you should def play the now tragically forgotten but amazing original Bloodrayne and/or Nocturne
The man, the myth, the legend of shite movies! It's been a really fun video to watch. Same as your analyses of the games, I'm looking forward to seeing some more cinema stuff!
I feel like I should highlight as well that the "creature in spine" thing was probably ripped off from The Tingler film with Vincent Price.
1:16:59 uhhhm shhh TH-cam doesn't know
Rayne is actually weak to water in the games (the opening scene has her travel through Louisiana swamps), but it makes no sense as I guess she still needs to drink right?
Also, out of the crappy movie, Bloodrayne is perhaps the most profesionally done! It was weird setting it during the 17th century. The game was set during WWII, which the 3rd movie is set.
I gotta give it to the man. He truly feeds off the hate. He's making movies still to this very day. He's doing what he loves and doesn't give a guck what people say. He also backs up what he's saying. He's not afraid to literally fight his detractors.
He definitely loves making money, but does he really care about or love his movies? Maybe he really is that delusional, but I don't buy it.
He is the best excellent guy.
he doesnt love the movies, he loves the taxes hes dodging and the money hes laundering
I just want to remind everyone that Billy Zane was absolutely brilliant in Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight. Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight is also far better than anything Uwe Boll has done, if you haven't seen it yet go see it it's awesome.
1:16:59
Yuuuup thats youtube yellow sign incoming
Do you know that Uwe Boll made a video gmae titled "President Evil Outwoke" and i'm not joking.
Uwe boll films where some of my most fun terrible horror movie nights. Also the soundtrack for alone in the dark was a banger.
Glad for vpns because fair use! This was a fun watch. I am so glad more and more people are seeing your reviews and thoughts on the other films and games you have done breakdowns on.
It makes me so happy you are hopefully making enough you can do this full-time.
You rock and I also love the mummy and tomb raider movies.
Yes to BLubberella. Bloodrayne is the only one of these I've made it through, and it's a decent "straight to video" B movie.
Watching this I realise I've seen most these on the horror channel, may god have mercy on my soul. Is this shame on me or shame on uwe? Top content. I know a guy in the US that makes a living securing funding for movies, it's all about tax breaks
Since we're at it, what do you guys think about the toxic avenger series, or the poultrygeist movie? 😂
The worst part of all this are that Uwe Boll has some good and decent movies, not kidding. Like the Rampage trilogy or Stoic, but oh man, the vast majority of his films, specially the ones based on videogames like the ones in the video are soooo bad. In any case, truly a strange guy. Great video!
when he started slinging around the r slur like his life depended on it i knew this guy was gonna be such a nice person
Oh no are you ok?!?! Hopefully you managed to heal your feelings
@@dissraps You are being unnecessary here, Jr Edgelord. Normal empathetic humans don't usually drop slurs, & decent directors don't use slurs to lazily telegraph character, so you're being wrong with both fists here, Champ. Also lol you come off so un-chill we all see you're the triggered one.
@@picahudsoniaunflocked5426 rick and morty fan
Netflix's WITCHER is a faithful adaptation? It's a disaster of an adaptation. And it shouldn't be judged as a videogame adaptation since it's source material is a series of fantasy novels that were a base for the games as well.
I don't love his films, but I love him.
This channel is my new obsession , i love watching your content while i edit.
Pretty sure the line is "ain't love a bitch," not "I love a bitch." But apparently Mr. Boll's sound direction is on par with the rest of his directing skills.
His movies don't even look fun-bad. Just bad-bad.
I guess he must be the Hollywood messiah. He figured out how to get paid, and famous, for producing sub-porn-quality movies.
"Are you still watching this video? Good for you buddy, because you have an outstanding attention span."
Me with ADHD who has tried finishing this video for like three days now: Thanks :3
A movie length totally pointless vid? Has Christmas come early?
I laughed out loud at the "ranked game of Siege" line. Well done.
The Witcher is a faithful adaptation? Really?
"It looks like it was built a millenia ago" "Simon, centuries." I wonder how long Uwe thinks a millenia is. As long as a parsec I'm guessing.
My brother in christ, don't ever say Witcher is a faithful adaptation ever again. Please.
Horrible movies. Swear he’s just a very committed troll. Btw film theory. At the end of alone in the dark that mad doctor who didn’t mutate or anything is what got them at the last scene, actually did mutate after he died.
Gotta give it to Uwe, casting Jürgen Prochnow as the captain is actually hilarious. And the gun joke in Far Cry is also objectively hilarious, there's no debate about it.
not only that, but also Name him Cpt Kirk. 😂
Little point about Buffalo Bill, only in the comics did he wipe out the buffalo. In life he was the only person who retained a herd post 1889, and hunted about 18 a day at his peak to feed railroad workers. He wasn't involved in the eradication of the buffalo for skin.
I don’t get why these crappy directors don’t get they can have scenes in movies without music and also how properly balancing music is important
most bad movie directors make these movies as tax writeoffs so they could care less about audio balancing or thematic music
I saw "Alone in the Dark" and I liked it, but I like any movie with Christian Slater. Just found out that they made a sequel to it "Alone in the Dark 2".
Yeah I only watched it for slater and now I’m tossed down the rabbit hole of uwe bowl movies, it’s kinda scary
LOL, I remember watching the Far Cry movie and it's bloody awful 🤣
Gotta give the man respect. Not everyone can whoop ass in a ring against multiple critics.