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Uwe Boll has hit out at critics for paying too much attention to films like the new Indiana Jones while ignoring his own efforts, such as the big screen version of Postal.
He was speaking after hundreds of cinemas across the US decided not to air Postal this Friday, which left just four screens to air his controversial anti-Bush creation.
"To all of you writing now about me and the fact that Postal is not getting screens: it's okay; it's fun kicking a guy non-stop who is on the ground. You are all not getting it that I'm the guy who made it against the big Hollywood system and you are busy [trying to] destroy me and finish me up," said Boll on the official Postal website.
"Postal makes some very important points, but you don't want to see that Bush used September 11 to start a war against a country that had nothing to do with Bin Laden etc. But this doesn't matter because you are all too busy thinking that Indiana Jones or Narnia are important movies, but really they are empty shells from an industry that wants to make money and keep you watching escape movies with nothing in them.
"In between they put some controversial movies out to show they can do also important movies, but these are not really critical and only support the system and don't show the big picture. And Postal shows the big picture; it nails the absurd situation with all the stupid religions, races and nations we live in. Postal is not accepting bullsh*t politics," added Boll.
Postal is an adaptation of the 2003 videogame by Running With Scissors. It was controversial because of the high levels of violence you could use to obtain one of your many goals; getting milk could be as simple as killing everyone in the shop, for example - the choice was yours.
It also contained plenty of references to Al-Qaeda, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Osama Bin Laden and lots of other terrorism-linked content - something Boll clearly picked up on for his interpretation.
The Postal film has no UK release date, but is already out in Boll's home turf, Germany.
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Hmm, let's see... if I were a cinema would I purchase a deliberately awful piece of trash at the start of summer blockbuster season? Not that I think Boll even tried to get it widely distributed. I thought the whole point of his scheme is to lose as much money as possible by producing guaranteed flops for tax writeoff purposes.
Eurogamer, you're meant to be a serious outlet so why do giving this jerk the oxygen of publicity? He is the Paris Hilton of gaming generating one pointless news item after another. He probably collects them as "proof" to the German taxman of his attempts to publicize his flops. Set an editorial policy - no more Uwe Boll stories except where they are legitimately newsworthy.
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the_dudefather
19/05/08 @ 09:08
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"Postal is an adaptation of the 2003 videogame by Running With Scissors. It was controversial because of the high levels of violence you could use to obtain one of your many goals; getting milk could be as simple as killing everyone in the shop, for example - the choice was yours."
yes yes I know how much everyone loves to say this about postal, how 'violence is only an option' and its the players choice etc, but that lasts about 10 minutes in the game before you are trapped in a church with an angry Osama army trying to kill you, its like saying killing people in half-life 2 is optional to finishing the game |
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squarejawhero
19/05/08 @ 09:16
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Apparently Postal is pretty good, as is Seed.
Writer Shinji on Eg loves it, amongst others. So shut the fark up if you're only talking about Boll on the strength of his previous movies, not this one. |
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"Shut the fark up if you're only talking about Boll on the strength of his previous movies, not this one."
Every prediction for the future is based on past evidence. That's the way the world works. Otherwise there'd be no way to predict anything. It's completely rational to predict that Postal will be shit, just like House of the Dead, Alone in the Dark and BloodRayne were shit. And yes, I have seen them if only to see how bad they really are. Yes, they are as bad as everyone says. However just because something is predicted does not make it the truth. Postal could turn out to be a really good film, just as Boll says. It's unlikely but possible. |
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CheesecakeBobby
19/05/08 @ 09:24
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From what I've heard, the film is pretty bad, but not as dire as some of his other releases. Now, I assume some of those other releases weren't straight to DVD and actually made it out into more than 4 cinemas across the United States. So the fact the film is bad can't be the reason, or at least not the only reason, why cinemas are rejecting it. Maybe if it sucked Bush's and the hollywood industry's balls more they wouldn't care that it was barely better than Bloodrayne.
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Does anyone else find it ironic that he made the choice of making his "Anti-Bush" properganda film via a video game movie about someone having a very bad day leading to a mental breakdown?
It is indeed fun to kick a guy while he's down if that guy talks out his rear so much that its now starting to get him into trouble but i guess he can't take the hint yet. |
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The problem with Uwe Boll is that he thinks someone else is responsible for everything that happens to him. Granted, he is the laughing stock the entire gaming industry, and pretty much of the movie industry as well. But he has done it all to himself.
Maybe he's mutated into an interesting film-maker somehow, I don't know. But after years and years of zombie trash, I have no interest in this director at all. And he has himself to thank for that. Would Postal do well if someone else directed it? I seriously doubt it, and I have zero interest in finding out. RIP, Boll. |
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Muddtallica
19/05/08 @ 09:40
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Postal is an important movie that shows the big picture, is it? The same Postal that features Verne Troyer from Austin Powers being raped to death by chimps? If that's "the big picture", I'll stick with the small one, thanks.
Oh, and yes, Uwe, it is fun kicking a guy while he's down, especially when that guy is you.
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reality_cheque
19/05/08 @ 10:16
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I would actually prefer news articles on Paris Hilton. At least she's got a game out (even if she forgot what it was called)
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bloodflowers
19/05/08 @ 10:29
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Hope it gets a UK release, I actually wanted to see this one - some reviewers have said it's pretty funny in places.
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"Postal makes some very important points, but you don't want to see that Bush used September 11 to start a war against a country that had nothing to do with Bin Laden etc."
yeah right, cos you're the first person ever to make that point uwe... we're all just scared of your deep political insight... |
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It's not that I think he is right exactly, but it's hard to deny he also has a fair point about the industry on the whole. What did he expect though?
All the same I do really want to see this film. As a massive Postal 2 fan (one who can use grammar at that!) I really have no interest in the track record of Herr Boll and in fact have not seen any of his previous outings, they do not interest me. Postal, though, is all about being absurd and I crave it. |
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RazorObsession
19/05/08 @ 11:31
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@nailerr: all due respect to you dude for accomplishing that, and lord knows i tried and failed, but jeez, that must have been boring as hell.
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MisterFalseName
19/05/08 @ 12:18
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Am I wrong, or was it Postal 2 that was released in 2003? I think the original Postal was in the 90s, right?
Didn't play either, but that description sounded like the second. |
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Would I rather see Postal than Iron Man or Indiana Jones 4? Yes, without question.
I'm not fascinated with special effects and comic book stories, that puts Iron Man out of my spectrum of interest. And since I love Indiana Jones 1, 2 & 3 so much I have little intention of watching it get ruined in 4. Postal I at least expect to be somewhat amusing, and that makes it my choice. |
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stoopidgreg
19/05/08 @ 12:59
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"Postal makes some very important points, but you don't want to see that Bush used September 11 to start a war against a country that had nothing to do with Bin Laden etc"
wow are you serious?? why was i not informed?! |
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The film has opened in two countries. It opened at number 27 in the German box office, taking in $79,353 from 48 screens and has banked $133,568 as of November 11. In Austria it ended its box office run after two weeks with $5,165. As of December 9, the worldwide gross stands at $141,783.
even the Germans don't like it, and they're not bushes biggest mates |
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This is pretty much a business decision by cinemas I reckon, in the US House of the Dead grossed $10m, Alone in the Dark grossed $5m, Bloodrayne only managed $2.4m, Dungeon Siege only managed $4.5m. Looking at these figures why would cinemas want to put Postal on screens when its pretty much guaranteed to flop, it would only be a wasted screen in which they could show Indiana Jones (one of the biggest films of the year) and fill more seats.
Its his own fault. Simple as. |
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MightyMouse
19/05/08 @ 18:59
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The problem with using the lack of success of his previous films to say that this will be bad, is that those films weren't really shown anywhere so of course they weren't going to gross much. Not saying he's great, but he is pretty much correct about the film industry.
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captain-future
19/05/08 @ 20:00
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I saw POSTAL a few months back and I've to say the movie does what Boll promises, it PISSES EVERYBODY OFF... so if you can stand this kind of absolutely trash-funny-as-hell-really-trashy-something you're invited.
I cannot recommend this movie to anyone, probably nobody should see... just like South Park. ^^ |
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