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How many people legimitely like this movie?

posted 5 years ago by TaRaNRoD (1579)
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Not just like ''the least mediocre Uwe Boll movie'' or ''fun garbage'', but like really a decent movie? I seem to be the only one among people I'm close to. Most people seem to say that is awful but somehow enjoyable, while I think it's actually a pleasant satire which possess pretty much every single element of polical incorectness.

I see it, somehow, like Uwe Boll who makes a parody of himself deliberately. It's quite obvious to me with the way it wants to offend everyone as much as possible, the cameo from the director which is like an auto-derision and this totally ridiculous plot which obviously didn't want to be taken seriously.

All in all, I think it kinda works for the subject matter. Plus, I'd also say that I didn't hate how everything in the movie simply looks... so fake. It's like if it's happening in another world. I don't say that this makes Uwe Boll a ''creative genius'' who creats an unique atmoshphere in his movies in the likes of David Lynch or Tim Burton. I simply mean that there is something appealing in that to me because it reminds me that this movie is not made to be loved, but more to hate and because of that... I kinda love it.

I don't say to troll. Believe me, if I would I would say way more obviously exaggerated statments like ''it's the greatest masterpiece of all times'' or ''anyone who doesn't like simply doesn't understand it'' or any of this bullshit which has ''bait'' written all over it. No, I'm siply curious if others actually enjoy this movie like me?

[–] Tommy711 (134) 3 months ago

The 10 or so times I found it funny, it was VERY funny - I haven't laughed like that in a while (tears streaming). It's refreshing to watch a movie in this day and age that isn't so woke and PC - and obviously it's all only joking, but there's no way you could get away with a movie like this nowadays, and that's a real shame. The world is way too serious and PC nowadays, and unfortunately has been like that for many years.

I gotta say, I love how Uwe's movies have very realistic guns, blood splatter etc. Not sure how they did it back in the day but nowadays most movies have really bad CGI gun barrel explosions (not sure what the correct terminology is, but when the ball of flame comes out of the end of the gun when someone shoots the gun). And there's no recoil on ANY gun, which is just stupid. And you don't see any blood splatter on impact with people nowadays; boring. This movie really nails the effects.

I gave it a very solid 6/10, a movie that didn't take itself seriously, had some very, very funny moments, and great effects. Downsides were it was quite random at times, some moments that tried to be funny but fell flat (especially the terrorists and George Dubya, they weren't very funny), ending could have been better.

But yes, solid 6/10.