It’s not just poorly written, it’s poorly cast, directed, shot, and edited.
Continuity between shots is abysmal, rapid cut away for a second or two meaning no gravity is given to anything, action scenes completely unplanned to the point nothing seems to connect and no one seems to be aiming the right directions (spatial continuity), Kevin Hart cast as the straight guy, reshoots to remove an R rating with actors aging and from scene to scene, dialogue quips dubbed in, a plot lacking character narrative and development, actors looking bored and likely given no direction or motivation to connect with their character, quotes from the games the actors have no context for and deliver boringly, opening with dull narration, dull narration in the middle, dull narration at the end…
I could go on. Crap writing can be saved if the thing is decent to look at (e.g. the Avatar series) or cut well (e.g. Quantum of Solace) but Borderlands had nothing redeeming about it.
It’s less a “money” thing and more a “Randy Pitchford fucked him over hard and he now wants nothing to do with anything with the name Borderlands on it” thing.
I didn’t see it because fuck Pitchford and TakeTwo. Also, Claptrap’s voice is all wrong from what I remember of the trailer.
They were never going to get the original VA for Claptrap for the movie. But I agree, the original Claptrap is just too good.
The movie sucked because it was poorly written and featured Kevin Hart.
It’s not just poorly written, it’s poorly cast, directed, shot, and edited.
Continuity between shots is abysmal, rapid cut away for a second or two meaning no gravity is given to anything, action scenes completely unplanned to the point nothing seems to connect and no one seems to be aiming the right directions (spatial continuity), Kevin Hart cast as the straight guy, reshoots to remove an R rating with actors aging and from scene to scene, dialogue quips dubbed in, a plot lacking character narrative and development, actors looking bored and likely given no direction or motivation to connect with their character, quotes from the games the actors have no context for and deliver boringly, opening with dull narration, dull narration in the middle, dull narration at the end…
I could go on. Crap writing can be saved if the thing is decent to look at (e.g. the Avatar series) or cut well (e.g. Quantum of Solace) but Borderlands had nothing redeeming about it.
Surely they would have been cheaper than Jack Black.
…Then again, JB might do a gig for an 1/8th of weed considering what he’s been in over the years. 🤔
It’s less a “money” thing and more a “Randy Pitchford fucked him over hard and he now wants nothing to do with anything with the name Borderlands on it” thing.
Ahhh. God damn Randy.