YAY! (And Also YUCK!) UWE’s BACK!!

That's one thing that amazes everyone about Uwe Boll films - despite his reputation, he is able to sign up a few well known actors.  For example, Michael Madsen as a vampire hunter in BloodRayne, or Christian Slater as Carnby in Alone in the Dark.

 And yet The Toilet Boll has evaded Razzie "wins" each time so far (M. Night for Lady in the Water over Uwe's Bloodrayne, for example).  Meet the Spartans looks even worse than this, though, and with Jason & Aaron probably being nominated for a 2007 Razzie for Epic Movie, who is begging more??

 

M. Night stole that award! Anybody that actually saw both movies would know that Bloodrayne was complete garbage, and should have won. If Boll's new movie is as bad as people say it is, and if they release Seed and Postal this year, Uwe Boll should win a Worst Director Razzie no contest. Come on people, he's been asking for it since House of the Dead!!

 

I wonder just how much of the film's budget went toward the actors hired, because there are quite a few capable actors in the cast for such a likely misfire.

Anyway, I don't know about you guys, but I'm betting this one isn't as bad as Boll's three previous theatrical releases, mainly because he's dropped the horror content in favor of an attempt at creating an adventurous experience. The formulas for this particular fantasy genre aren't as tired as the slasher conventions Boll recycled for movies like House of the Dead, but it will be interesting to see just how badly his spin on this style of film making will be.

I'd also like to point out Liotta's most recent U.S. releases are: In the Name of the King, Revolver, Bee Movie, Wild Hogs, and Smokin' Aces. That's a mean losing streak for the someone with as much talent as he has.

Terrence Howard, another talented actor, is only doing a little better than Liotta, having appeared in Pride, The Brave One, August Rush and Awake in 2007. 

And yeah, Wild Hogs, as well as The Bee Movie, kicked over $100 million.  But if Liotta keeps it up, his name will become synonymous with second rate movies, and that would be a shame.  I'd love to see him land another Goodfellas or Field Of Dreams.  He still has plenty of talent in him! 

Did anyone see the episode of Sopranos where Christopher is trying to get Ben Kingsley to do the horror movie he's producing?  Kingsley totally blows him off, which is supposed to be funny on one level, but it's even funnier on a DIFFERENT level, because anyone that knows anything about Kingsley's filmography over the last few years knows that he'd appear in ANY movie if you asked him nicely or made him his favorite sandwich or something.  Oh, and blackmail photos.  Those must always work too.   

The theatre owners are actually letting Ooo-he Blows run a second week.  It is showing at over 1300 screens, which is a drop of just under 300 screens.  I thought it was only going to show one week and then it's gone. 

Hollywood Reporter says Uwe Boll announces that because In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale bombed at the box office, he won't be able to make any more big budget pictures.

I don't understand!  It made more money at the box office than BloodRayne! 

That's the good news.  The bad news is that he will continue to make small budget video game adaptations. 

I have one question.  Am I understanding this article correctly?  Did ITNOTK actually cost $70 million to make?!