Borderlands MOVIE FLOPPED! - How could they mess it up this badly?

Intro Borderlands the film has came out and it is a massive massive flop let's get into it I'm bled okay let me just start by saying if you guys like what I do and love covering me covering the news and want to join us for members movie night and help join the live streams and support live streams and support everything I do consider clicking join and becoming a member and joining the Champions and the legends Squad right here and getting your name in every video and every live stream you guys make it all possible and help me keep doing this and I really appreciate it so if you want to join click join it'd be really cool but if not that's cool just hit the like anyhow The Cast um so Borderlands the film came out with a star studded cast I mean let's be honest let's just take a look at some of the people that were in this um people that I recognize k lanit Bobby Lee Jam Lee Curtis from Halloween love jimy leers um Florian monten I've seen him couple of things Kevin Hart Jack Black Haley Bennett Charles B babala babala sorry if I bet your name sir but yeah massive star studed cast um obviously beloved franchise by many um but unfortunately it flopped and I have a reason I have a feeling why why it flopped I have I think I know why it flopped because the cast the makers of the film haven't actually played the video games and don't care to play the video games let's get into it let's talk about it so um Borderlands came out came out on um August 9th August 6th um at TCL Chinese Theater it had a budget of 110 to 120 million that is a hell of a that is a hell of a budget it's only made $16 million people don't want to go out and see it people don't want to watch it it sucks it's a shame it's another beloved franchise that I've played that I used to enjoy I used to do video uh live streams with me playing on on the Nintendo switch when Borderlands came out it hurts to see beloved franchises like this fail um obviously we just heard about the new Yakuza TV show Amazon basically told the cast we don't want you guys to play the game we want you to do your own thing with it no come on give give these franchises the respect that they deserve so let's The Review read the article from Tom's guy so Borderlands review not even Kate Blan can save this mess please don't watch Borderlands don't watch it even though it's got a good cast Tom's verdict the Borderlands is both a bad adaptation to its source of its source material and a painfully unfunny unoriginal mish mash of other better movies skip it Pros cast do their best with what they've got cons hack nade cliche writing laughs don't land it's just plain boring it's just not working on out to watch and I think a lot of people have agreed with that cuz they've not went out to watch it it's made it's made $16 million it's a m it's an absolute bomb it's bombed it has bombed at the cinema in a world where we've been treated to genuinely excellent projects like The Last of Us Max on Max Netflix is Arcane and Prime videos Fallout TV series the Borderlands movie feels like one hell of a throwback to a very different kind of video game adaptation and no that is not a compliment minus the prequel I've played every one of Borderlands games for hours and end and I was desperately trying to remain optimistic that the final project might at least be okay alas my please got wheela because ell Roth's new Borderlands movie is easily one of the worst things I've watched all year instead of being the Guardians of the Galaxy adjacent en Ensemble action comedy it so clearly wants to be the Borderlands movie ends up playing out as a dull throwback to the previous era of utterly dire video game movies one which I can't in good conscious recommend you seek out whatsoever um obviously great cast that's good plot-wise the movie is cohesive enough it roles around an outlaw with a mysterious past Lilith AKA K Blanchet who heads back to her home planet of Pandora at the beest of the mostly absent from the movie villainess Atlas Corp CEO she's off defined and retrieve atlas's daughter uh Tiny Tina Ariana greenblat from Tina psycho protector c um and Roland Kevin Hart the RO Crimson L soldier that kidnapped her once they cross paths they later link up with neurotic scientist Tannis Jimmy L Curtis and robot clap track clap trap voiced by Jack Black I love Ja Jack Black arguably my biggest issue above all was the script itself Roth and his cool writer Joe cromby have delivered a painfully unfunny movie with which is a problem as an action comedy I saw it in a packed Auditorium and you could count the number of laughs loud enough to be heard over the movie on one hand um as possibly one finger aside from the genuinely good um joke at Roland's expense and his fate in the games I can't recall anything else I liked our Ensemble um attempts to be a little bit quippy mids scrap but the off elsewhere the gags do shoot for are the lowest of the low brow one of the final lines of the movie is genuinely just a premature ejaculation gag now I'm not above pure humor but when every other cheap shot is at a laugh every other cheap shot at a laugh had fallen quite so flat it left the worst Lasting Impression at least the cast is okay that's the one silver lining when it's not being unfunny the script is straighten viewers like an idiot characters come out with the most uninspired lines Lilith genuinely drops and I'm too old for the [ __ ] line early on likewise you'll see every potential reveal on Mile off either because a you know the games low better than most people who wrote the movie or B Borderlands bashes you over the head with anything it deems important or emotive I do like how they've got clap trap in it I mean that's got to be a redeeming quality right um under low points include egregious KNE drops a chaotic scrap with Cycles simply must be set to motorheads Ace of Spades obviously or just the idea of trying to turn an ultraviolent swey or crash game series into a pg-3 movie that posts Spang average action it just doesn't work Borderlands at the very least is merciful enough to move along at clip but very um when everything else is s and inspired and frankly boring it's still a SLO casting has been a hot button issue for the Borderlands movie from the GetGo and to be honest it ended up probably being the least of my Wes yes we've got a mostly absent villain and yes the costumes have a distinctly average cosplay feel I mean in all fairness it does look like really shitty cosplay um actors themselves are trying Black's cap clap track CL clap trap is serviceably irritating heart's valiant heart viant tries to prove he can play against typ as it can play against typ as a stone cold hero green blats a decent Tiny Tina approximation and flori and monos injects a hint of much needed physicality until otherwise in their fights BL predictably is the best of the bunch but she's cast as such a one note douber roll even she can't do much Beyond Grumble and point pistols I mean you can't hype up two time Oscar winning actress Kate blad you know something's gone horribly wrong um in someone else's hand Borderlands could have been a fun disposable Sci-Fi Action comedy the Borderlands Universe has a lot of charm but this adaptation has instead decided to shoot for a dire mix of Aging pop culture Rifts bad jokes and Bland action that isn't even so bad it's good for her um even so bad it's good for her all in all it plays it like a bad Borderland parody it was always going to be a bold choice to turn a series of games that primarily function as lutter Shooters first and story second and what we've been shown proves this was a bad idea from the get-go the head of gearbox Randy Pittsford Randy Pittsford obviously has been basically blocking a bunch of people on X um because even people that he's met in person for being dicks and criticizing the film obviously a lot of people um you know a lot of these heads of you know game development Studios um have obviously had played a big part or a big role or tried to have played a big role in you know transferring that you know the game Universe over to Hollywood and a lot of them have done a great job I mean look at the the head of Bethesda you know he played a big role we had um a lot of the head head of Xbox Ville Spencer you know Take A Part in building out the The Fallout series on TV and they did a fantastic job like a really great bloody job uh obviously Randy pitch for is just a lot of bit peeved off that obviously that wasn't his experience people don't seem to like his film even though he's put a lot of heart and soul into it um and he's basically said this which I thought sums it up pretty well um so what you're saying is so he's basically accepted to the fact that nobody likes this movie um and they like what they've done with the games a little bit more he says so what you're seeing is you you like what my friends and I do with our Borderlands video games even more than you like what some of the biggest and best cast and crew of filmmakers on the planet have done I'm super flattered we're working extra hard for you on what's next um yesterday I BL bunch I blocked a bunch of truly nasty accounts but in the process I accidentally blocked at least three good accounts including at least one person I like and I've actually met in person I'm so sorry sincerely I mistakenly blocked you no excuses let me know and then later on he s of pulls that back and says oh except for that PA tassy guy it was pointed out to me that I blocked him too so far I think I accidentally blocked three people not Paul tassi I thought he was being a dick and so him I blocked on purpose I unblocked him but I might block him again um let's see what else he said is this a sentiment anyone else shares should the movie have just done a one to1 retailing of the Borderlands one story the platform lets someone like me hear from someone like you which is cool thanks in advance for your helpful constructive feedback little gas mask says for the Borderland movie I feel they should have just done a retailing of bl1 with more depth in the game I don't know why they dis disregarded the source material so much just to have it so non Borderlands players could be confused watching it that's a fair point um it's not all bad mangaloo cosplay says so I cried twice doing the Borderland movie because it made me remember everything I love about Borderlands the World building the chaotic plot the humor all the time I spent in game with playing with friends and family and the memories I made with border fam Community obviously Randy pictured like that cuz it was one of the few positive reviews I legit loved it better than most of the movies I've seen in a while it fell short in a couple of areas but I'd love to go see it in the theaters again tomorrow because it was a lot of fun and there were a crapload of subtle Easter eggs and someone obviously give him a little bit of shade for acting like a deranged fool Paul I'm guessing the writer who wrote the terrible review on fors well the good review about the terrible movie he says it's literally his job nobody has ever gotten a Vibe he's obsessed with you it sounds like you've got the main character syndrome he Randy P says must be some new usage of the word derange fool you're using I got the f is obsessed with Borderlands not me I'd be quite content for dude to never think of me again cheers he also says it's my opinion that you enjoy talking [ __ ] at my expense your comment here further reinforces my opinion it's super strange giving you seem to love something I also love and brought into the world I'm just trying to make entertainment I'm glad some of it has really um some of f is really engaged you I'm glad some of it's really engaged you I'm sorry everything we do doesn't hit for you I get you're doing your gig but why be a jerk about Outro it anyways guys let me know what you think about the Borderlands movie have you been out to see it are you planning on going out to see it what do you think of the backlash um obviously I don't think I'm going to go see now I'll probably watch it when it comes out in digital I do like the cast jamy Lee Curtis is a win for me Jack Black as clap trap is another win I'm getting a little bit tired of Kevin Hart not going to lie but we'll see I'll give it a watch when it comes out digitally anyways guys let me know what you think in the comments do you play Borderlands are you excited for the new Borderlands game and are you watching this film let me know in the comments and if you want to sub and I do click join get your name in every video and every live stream I'll see you in the next one peace out guys take care love you guys bye pleas Cas sign off like subscribe click the Bell bye [Music]