The Borderlands movie tried to split the difference between a PG-13 rating and original story appealing to a more general audience. But they were not interested

The Borderlands movie tried to split the difference between a PG-13 rating and original story appealing to a more general audience. But they were not interested

  • frickineh@lemmy.worldEnglish
    47·
    1 month ago

    I was talking to my mom about that last night. She’s never played the games, but I showed her a couple of pictures of Roland and Lilith and then told her who they cast and even she said, “what the fuck?” Kevin Hart is terrible in pretty much everything, but casting him as Roland made it immediately clear that no one involved in this movie cared at all about the games. And I love Cate Blanchett but she’s also about 20 years too old to play Lilith.

    I just can’t figure out why they thought anyone who didn’t love the games would care about the movie, but that seemed to be the audience they tried to attract.

    • aasatru@kbin.earth
      28·
      1 month ago

      It’s also just sad. Roles like these could mean a lot to actors in earlier stages of their career, who might actually fit the roles they are supposed to be playing. Instead it ends up being an embarrassing footnote in the careers of established Hollywood millionaires because the soulless producers wanted to create a cash grab.

      I’m happy I don’t care about this IP. It must suck for those who do.

      • taiyang@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        1 month ago

        I mean, I like the IP but it was clear from the get go it was going to be a typical video game movie. The IP was at it’s best with BL2, though. I don’t think anyone expected it to be any good.