So Uwe Boll is making an Auschwitz Film

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If you're not familiar with his oeuvre, he's the guy responsible for cinematic gems like House of the Dead, Bloodrayne, Postal, and essentially every horrible video game-to-screen adaptation ever.

The odd thing, though, is that I find the opening and closing shots of this trailer somewhat compelling. The middle is typical Uwe Boll horeshit, because he seems to equate screaming "OMG THIS REALLY HAPPENED SO I'M NOT EXPLOITING ANYTHING" with being an artist.

It's apparently not on youtube anymore for being too controversial. So check it out here:

http://www.reelmovienews.com/2010/09/uwe-boll-returns-with-auschwitz/

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If you want to see a Uwe Boll movie that's not only watchable but pretty good see "Rampage."

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_eNdLeSs_MiKe_ wrote:
If you want to see a Uwe Boll movie that's not only watchable but pretty good see "Rampage."

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Or check out Tunnel Rats. His latest films have seen a suspiring leap in quality. I hear is that he no longer writes any of the dialogue and just lets the actors improvise all the lines themselves, and he also gets no-name actors to play the role. Focusing exclusively on the visual aspect of the film made him a capable director.

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I've always kind of respected him. He makes a ton of crap, but from what I've read, he has never made a movie that lost money. He knows how to make an independently financed film on a shoe-string budget. They might be trash more often than not, but you know what? He's making movies for a living. Something he presumably likes to do. What are you doing with your life? Chances are, you're holding down a shit job you hate working for people you can't stand.

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Kirk wrote:
I've always kind of respected him. He makes a ton of crap, but from what I've read, he has never made a movie that lost money. He knows how to make an independently financed film on a shoe-string budget. They might be trash more often than not, but you know what? He's making movies for a living. Something he presumably likes to do. What are you doing with your life? Chances are, you're holding down a shit job you hate working for people you can't stand.

Sounds like a good enough reason to despise the guy to me.
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Well look at it thins way; Ed Wood only did so much.

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I want to see it.

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you think this will be like his "Inglorious Basterds" and at the end he'll have the jews rise up and slaughter the hell out of their captors?

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No. Uwe's just about violence and a dash of social commentary. There will be no hope.

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^^^ I think I agree. The artsiest he'll ever get is displaying historical violence. Although I've never seen Rampage, going by the trailer it looks like a needlessly more action-y version of Falling Down, with a much, much less relatable protagonist (antagonist? idk).

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What I found interesting about the trailer is the lack of soundtrack, instead the whole thing has the background noise of lots of people hammering the walls of these gas chambers. I don't know about you guys but that seemed very powerful to me and really grabbed my attention.

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Coming This Summer!
Uwe Boll's Passion Of The Christ

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Tuffy wrote:

Coming This Summer!
Uwe Boll's Passion Of The Christ

The sad part is, it most likely be better than Gibson's.

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Interesting stuff. I may need to get onboard with this. Although it's odd that he listed Postal in there with his "great" films. I will Netflix Darfur and go from there...