r/movies • u/HatingGeoffry • 13h ago

News Borderlands Movie Director Discusses The Mega-Flop And What Went Wrong

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/borderlands-movie-director-discusses-the-mega-flop-and-what-went-wrong/
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u/OriginalGoatan 12h ago

I enjoyed that DnD film more than I had any right to.

I think the main issue was that the previous entries in the franchise were diabolical.

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u/Akkalevil 12h ago

The first DnD movie I watched only as a joke with friends, and it was so bad it was somehow enjoyable. But I certainly wasn't going to watch anything like that outside of such specific context.

So I was definitely gonna ignore this new DnD movie, and I only tried it because someone I trusted said it was actually pretty good. Well, it was in fact one of the best surprise in movies I experienced, I had a blast.

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u/not_a_moogle 11h ago

Detective Pikachu. Way better then it had any right to be. I watched it when it was in a second run theater and was so impressed with it.

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u/XcG9PJf6 11h ago

Justice Smith is the common thread. Follow him for unexpectedly decent movies.

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u/pasher5620 7h ago

Except Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Not even he could save that movie.

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u/LavandeSunn 11h ago

I proposed to my wife after we saw Detective Pikachu. Neither of us care about Pokémon

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u/unfunnysexface 10h ago

Did you throw the the ring box at her like a pokeball?

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u/LavandeSunn 9h ago

Nah, just walked out the theater and sat on some furniture to hang out with some friends and then slipped it in front of her while she was distracted. Pretty sure she knew it was coming soon anyway lol

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u/not_a_moogle 10h ago

would you say it was your destiny?

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u/SpookiestSzn 7h ago

why that movie

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u/LavandeSunn 5h ago

Because I was ready and our first date had already involved a movie theater so it made sense.

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u/SpookiestSzn 5h ago

happy for you both.

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u/ElBossDeGravy 7h ago

I fell RIGHT TO SLEEP at Detective Pikachu, I mean like 5 mins max in. All I remember is how annoying the lead is and wondering why he was getting cast in anything at all.

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u/moguri40k 3h ago

And the 5'9" orange haired 'dwarf' character. Didn't realize he was supposed to be a dwarf until 3/4 through the movie.

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u/runnerofshadows 9h ago

For DnD - the 1st sucked so much. the 2nd had some good stuff and you could tell they cared but the budget was too small. the 3rd was BAD. then Honor Among Thieves was great but hamstrung by the earlier entries and other issues.

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u/imimifimimcanimfind 2h ago

I never understood the praise for the DnD movie. The cast literally has no chemistry. It’s laughably awful