Uwe Boll Versus the Internet

by Tippi Blevins April 18, 2008 10:27 AM
Uwe Boll Versus the Internet

If you've been online for more than two days in your entire life, you've probably come across (or been part of) chat room discussions that go a little something like this:
Studlychip1982: I didn't really like the movie. Too long and drawn out.
moviesRluv: yeah well what do u no? the movie rocked and u sux!!!

A few posts later, there's an out-of-nowhere comparison to Nazis and/or reference to gun control, general expressions of paranoia, lashing out at uninvolved parties, and suddenly you've got a name-calling internet shouting party that has little to do with the starting discussion. Uwe Boll seems to have taken this phenomenon to heart: When his own movies are criticized, he unleashes a tirade against other directors. Does he address the comments about his movies? Not really. Does he shrug off criticism as one of the slings and arrows a professional endures? Does he quietly go about his work and improve his craft? No, and no. When internet movie fans start up a petition to put an end to Boll's movie career, he points out how much Michael Bay sucks.

A lot of people might agree with him about Bay, but what's that got to do with Boll's widely panned film adaptations of video games like Bloodrayne and Alone in the Dark? Nothing, really. Boll fancies himself a movie maker, but behaves more like an internet troll. If he wants to be a professional, he should act like one, and quietly badmouth other directors in private or start a secret collection of voodoo dolls or something. Don't indulge in that would make all but the most volatile and grammatically challenged of hotheads cringe in embarrassment.

Uwe Boll says he'd make a better movie than Michael Bay, given the same budget. Maybe he would, maybe he wouldn't. He's unlikely to ever find out if he keeps up his current habits. Would yougive a cool 150 mil to the angry guy who shows up in the movie chat room?

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November 19, 2008 4:40 PM
cliff
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glad to see this issue will not go away

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