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Going postal
May. 2nd, 2009 05:24 pmTurns out maybe I should have followed my instincts yesterday and not gone to work. It was crap. But I went anyway, so...that was that. Not much to talk about in that regard, so in lieu of a life update, what say we wrap up this Video Game Movie Project, yeah? :)
The final installment of the Project, not counting the Mortal Kombat epilogue, was the late addition of another Uwe Boll movie, Postal. This one is based on a video game of the same name, which I had heard of at some point in the past, but never actually seen or played or know anything about. It turns out, apparently, that there's not much to know: you run around and shoot people. I know this description actually doesn't differentiate it from a lot of other video games, but in this case, that's apparently the whole description. From the game's Wikipedia entry: "There is no plot as such." Swell. :)
The movie improved on this premise somewhat by adding a storyline. I say "improved," but...well, I'll explain what I can.
( Postal )
In summary, I'd say this is probably the best of Uwe Boll's works that I've encountered thus far, which, as you probably know by now, is not saying a whole hell of a lot. Still, it's saying something. The movie itself is pretty much nothing except a lot of ordinary-life-turned-to-sudden-and-omnipresent-violence (which I understand is basically what the video games are about, too), with scenes of senseless death and destruction interrupted with a lot of quick-and-dirty juvenile humor, basically revolving around sex and poop. Even will all that said, I actually found myself genuinely enjoying the show, catching myself even laughing out loud at times. I definitely give the movie points for pulling off an actually fairly well-done self-parody. And I will, at this time, repeat for you those five magic words: Dave Foley full frontal nudity. I admit that it does shame me deep down, but when push comes to shove I'm going to give this movie one tentative thumb up. After all, it could have been worse.
Aaaaand, that, my friends, wraps up the Video Game Movie Project. As I said, I actually wrapped the whole thing up with repeat viewings of Mortal Kombat and Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, which of course I'd seen before and which I feel don't need much rehashing at this time. I'll limit myself to the following summations: MK1, ridiculous. MK2, fucking ridiculous. Thank you.
What's next? Who knows. What I do think is that I definitely need to take a couple steps back and a couple deep breaths. It's possible that I did myself some harm by embarking on this project. I mean...I sat back and enjoyed Postal...know what I mean? It seems like...well, it's not completely unfeasible that I haven't been warped somehow by this project. :) That said, I still found it overall enjoyable, and I hope you've enjoyed coming along on this ride with me. Peace, everybody!
The final installment of the Project, not counting the Mortal Kombat epilogue, was the late addition of another Uwe Boll movie, Postal. This one is based on a video game of the same name, which I had heard of at some point in the past, but never actually seen or played or know anything about. It turns out, apparently, that there's not much to know: you run around and shoot people. I know this description actually doesn't differentiate it from a lot of other video games, but in this case, that's apparently the whole description. From the game's Wikipedia entry: "There is no plot as such." Swell. :)
The movie improved on this premise somewhat by adding a storyline. I say "improved," but...well, I'll explain what I can.
( Postal )
In summary, I'd say this is probably the best of Uwe Boll's works that I've encountered thus far, which, as you probably know by now, is not saying a whole hell of a lot. Still, it's saying something. The movie itself is pretty much nothing except a lot of ordinary-life-turned-to-sudden-and-omnipresent-violence (which I understand is basically what the video games are about, too), with scenes of senseless death and destruction interrupted with a lot of quick-and-dirty juvenile humor, basically revolving around sex and poop. Even will all that said, I actually found myself genuinely enjoying the show, catching myself even laughing out loud at times. I definitely give the movie points for pulling off an actually fairly well-done self-parody. And I will, at this time, repeat for you those five magic words: Dave Foley full frontal nudity. I admit that it does shame me deep down, but when push comes to shove I'm going to give this movie one tentative thumb up. After all, it could have been worse.
Aaaaand, that, my friends, wraps up the Video Game Movie Project. As I said, I actually wrapped the whole thing up with repeat viewings of Mortal Kombat and Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, which of course I'd seen before and which I feel don't need much rehashing at this time. I'll limit myself to the following summations: MK1, ridiculous. MK2, fucking ridiculous. Thank you.
What's next? Who knows. What I do think is that I definitely need to take a couple steps back and a couple deep breaths. It's possible that I did myself some harm by embarking on this project. I mean...I sat back and enjoyed Postal...know what I mean? It seems like...well, it's not completely unfeasible that I haven't been warped somehow by this project. :) That said, I still found it overall enjoyable, and I hope you've enjoyed coming along on this ride with me. Peace, everybody!