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It'll be fine for whoever hasn't played through the games but kinda seems like they hacked up the source material and shat into its dying carcass.

Kevin Hart is playing Roland who's 5'11". Lilith is 22 being played by Cate Blanchette who's in her 50's. I guess Jamie Lee Curtis fits the aesthetic of Tannis but in the trailer doesn't exhibit the same mannerisms. And then claptrap is voiced by Jack Black but has a filter on to sound more like the goober anyways. Maybe it's the gamer-gulag in me but I'm really thinking this is gonna suck. Like they could've gotten Terry Crews for Roland, Brandon Rogers for claptrap(just someone a little unhinged and funny as hell) , some youngish, mildly attractive white chick for Lilith, I guess krieg is fine just needs to be slightly slimmer, I guess the tiny tina is ok too but there's not enough energy imo. And the rest of the cast might work but there's nothing about them in the trailer. And it feels like they just used the characters like dolls for a script they came up with set in that universe. Like why not expand upon the lore either before we meet them on the bus, or in between 1 and 2 similar to the presequel, or between 2 and 3 (I never played the tell tale games... side-eye-1 side-eye-2 ) or just really anything else. They could've followed other wacky vault hunters on other planets and could've had them interact with the main cast of 1 2 and 3, depending on when they wanted to set the story. Idk it just seems like a lack of creativity in all departments involved in the making of the movie. I might pirate it tho just to see how bad it really is.

It's just slop but it always happens to the Vidya Game movies. whywhywhywhywhy what're y'all's take on it? Am I just yells-at-cloud

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[โ€“] Dolores@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

i think a lot comes down to how charming blanchett is beyond the trailer reel, it's pretty outside her wheelhouse but she looks alright from that. i'd kind of love for a posh serious actress to have an action shlock turn shrug-outta-hecks

eli roth directing though cringe alright actor, pretty big 'presence' ig in the horror scene but i've never been a fan of his direction & he's personally a gross dude

some youngish, mildly attractive white chick for Lilith

this makes sense though, at least from my read they made her the main character, because the main character in the game is interchangable & mutable you had to pick and lead with a heavy hitter

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[โ€“] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It might be fun slop, but I'm not expecting much out of it. Obviously, they're butchering the "story" but it might at least be funny with jack black as claptrap.๐Ÿคž Tbh, at no point have i ever thought borderlands would need a movie anyway.

[โ€“] HexBeara@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I agree it never needed a movie, maybe more comics and games. Obviously now that a movie exists, I'm going to compare it relentlessly to M. N. Shamalan's ATLA and pine for a better rendition that'll never come.

[โ€“] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Lmao, fair. As someone who saw TLA in theaters opening day, if Borderlands means that much to you, you may be better off ignoring the movie even exists. Save yourself the heartache.

[โ€“] HexBeara@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's not the end all be all but it's a quirky shooter that has plenty of funny allusions and capitalist commentary in a sea of gritty war simulators that target those that the D.O.D. has declared lesser. It definitely feels like a disservice and I might still hate watch it but there's no way I'm paying to watch it.

[โ€“] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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