Borderlands - Review

[@joeynessily]

I formally request coked-up 80’s business Dan provides a token scene synopsis on all reviews going forward. 😂

[@Yakita60]

Here, here! 👏🏾

[@ZO6Buccaneer]

Watching him at 2x doing the coked up bit is even funnier

[@evanmcclellan7267]

I second this motion.

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

I'm sorry Dan, but the character of Coked Up 80s Hollywood Executive was already perfected by Keegan-Michael Key in the Family Matters sketch. You're going to have to settle for second place.

[@CountOrlok22]

Same. Hell, if Dan wants to review all bad action movies like that, I'm in. It's annoying, hilarious, and addictive in equal levels.

[@IronicShenaniganz]

"If I had done craft services for this movie I would have wanted my name taken off of it." Great stuff Dan

[@druhealey2131]

Killed me 💀

[@jeremiesmith7782]

I didn’t even know a writer could do that

[@gxdxr]

BORDERLANDS is a small film with a big heart. People who go expecting a 7 hour Hungarian existential masterpiece will come out disappointed. But if it's a good time you want, BL delivers in spades. Turn off your brain and enjoy yourself; MOVIES CAN BE FUN!

[@IronicShenaniganz]

@@gxdxr not sure why you’re telling me. I just said a guy’s joke was funny

[@bobby5359]

@@IronicShenaniganzthat was hilarious 😂

[@Dalexwho]

James Gunn The Suicide Squad was already the perfect Borderlands movie

[@afrocut]

@@Dalexwho honestly, all that had to be done was merge that movie with mad max.

[@UnboxingAlyss]

That movie is freakin great.

[@lashier13]

"Claptrap is the most annoying character ever." Sounds game accurate to me.

[@Trlababalane]

There's the tragedy to the character that's there to make you feel bad to be annoyed by him. I think they didn't include that in the movie.

[@M6twelve]

Literally the reason I'm gonna go see it is his description of Claptrap, literally his exact purpose, to make you want to blow him up any chance you get

[@james.b.mcgill]

You either love him, hate him, or hate to love him.

[@shurik121]

Finally, an accurate game adaptation!

[@noahkahan4364]

yeah claptrap is supposed to be aggravatingly annoying. whether that works in a movie or not is another question

[@LazybonesInc]

I love it when Dan Murrell rips a movie to shreds. It doesn’t happen often but when it does, it’s so damn entertaining.

[@kadajawi2]

And usually it is justified, unlike other critics that just try to hate everything.

[@stormtraitor6545]

As if it couldn’t get worse than ‘Madame Web’ or ‘Rebel Moon Part 2’… 2024 continues to surprise.

[@kadajawi2]

@@stormtraitor6545 Madame Web wasn't great, but it wasn't bad either. It was meh. Good enough. Blue Beetle was worse (and better) IMHO. Rebel Moon... part 1 was fine as directors cut. Didn't want to see the Netflix cut, because it was obvious that was going to be terrible. It's like PG Porn. Wait... that was actually quite good. I mean, real porn edited to be PG13... Just not possible.

[@asianmalaysianable]

This was the Screen Junkies Movie Fights Champion level Dan

[@UnboxingAlyss]

I was going to say that this may the the first movie I've seen him rate this badly. I think I've only been watching him for a couple years and I don't watch all the videos, but he feels like the least bias and the most professional of all the reviewers I watch. I really respect his reviews and this one is no exception. I've never finished a Borderlands game, so I remember almost nothing of the franchise. That being said, when I saw the poster, I immediately knew it was badly miscast. While I have A_list, I'm not burning one on this.

[@KeithBelow]

The moment the trailer came out and it felt like Dollar Store GOTG, that was strike one. Then, it was announced to be PG-13. That was strike two. Then, apparently, Cate Blanchett did an interview where she said the only reason she did the movie was because she was bored from Covid. That was the final nail in the coffin to prove to me the movie was bad.

[@anthonyrodriguez4905]

Everything you said 👍 The ELO song in the trailer, the editing of the jokes and characters. Eli Roth and how they clearly wanted a James Gunn to call their own.

[@sproductionsinc]

Cate looks 🔥🔥🔥

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

This feels like a movie that got made for the tax writeoffs/credits, or so people could keep their SAG-AFTRA/WAG memberships.

[@cameron2069]

And next up on Avi Arad’s hit list is The Legend of Zelda. God help us.

[@RayMcElroy50]

If Wes Ball works as a producer Then it might have a chance

[@alexmaverick6647]

Yeah Eli Roth being a dogshit director has nothing to do with it lol.

[@coolholio99]

Uve Ball?

[@RayMcElroy50]

@@alexmaverick6647 He wasn't even involved in the reshoots

[@kadajawi2]

Given how horribly this movie will bomb, ... I doubt those involved will have much of a career left.

[@matthewhunter1193]

The fact that Dan couldn't even come up with a witty description at the beginning is all you need to know regarding this movie's quality.

[@maxwelld37]

So glad that even non game people hate claptrap

[@lizk2378]

Right? What I came here is for game accuracy. Also was confident it would be a dumpster fire, and yup sounds about right.

[@coolholio99]

I'm gonna hate clap-trap? Good. That's what I wanna see.

[@piusdoe8984]

Yah? but that's not hate to the actual claptrap?

[@rageinducer2455]

@@piusdoe8984 Hate to the OG claptrap too. Twat was bloody annoying and unfunny.

[@CJKhaos]

Within 30 seconds I wanted to smash Claptrap to pieces. So great job from Jack Black. 😅

[@blanktom6049]

You're saying this movie is so bad that even Alan Smithee didn't want his name associated with it.

[@Erasureeraser]

If Alan Smithee doesn't wanna be involved, then they should've put the "Directed By Robert D Weide" meme with that song from Curb Your Enthusiasm at the end credits. That would've been way more hilarious than anything the movie offers 😂

[@ziggy8253]

LFD - Let’s F**king Don’t

[@licechrispies]

LFG Lets F**king Getouttahere

[@nshearer01]

“Don’t” - Dan Murrell’s classic review of Fifty Shades Darker.

[@Kris_AB]

​@@nshearer01 Also a title of a fake movie I hope we some day see that was a trailer in Tarantino & Rodriguez's Grindhouse double-feature. "Thanksgiving" got made, "Don't" should be next. 😃

[@alexlozn5380]

When Dan Murrell, one of the nicest and professional critics I ever seen hates and trashes a movie, I know for sure it's bad.

[@Erasureeraser]

He should've dropped at least one F word to shit on this movie. He did it with Rebel Moon Part 2 as he hated that movie as much as this 😂

[@ShaneVaughan]

Don't be sad Roger Ebert is gone, be glad because your review is a classic Ebert!

[@DanMurrellMovies]

I can only hope to measure up, thank you

[@halane4790]

He was my favourite and now you are my favourite, so for me at least, you do 💛

[@xxvimilia]

Claptrap being as annoying as jar jar binks is funnily enough lore accurate, but they made the mistake of him being a main cast member, instead of a pathetic character that hangs out in sanctuary until his time to shine as a macguffin in the final act

[@writingref]

Not just Naruto, but apparently also Zelda? Nintendo protected Zelda for so long . . . and its going to go to these people. How can we stop them?

[@zirconic9]

Dan does the exasperated sigh better than anybody.

[@asianmalaysianable]

Nobody should disappoint their father as much as Dan was disappointed in this film

[@Nato2303]

One day, Borderlands and Madame Web will be on the wheel of the Best of the Worst.

[@Coolcoolcooldude]

Those two will go toe to toe at the Razzies.

[@Erasureeraser]

Don't forget Rebel Moon Part 2 which Dan hates that movie a lot 😂

[@duckrutt]

Some bastard would have to send them copies. Can you get physical media or do I need to point a camcorder at the TV?

[@vincenthalfprice9930]

add in Rebel Moon, and we got a real "AAAAAIIIIIIIDDDDDSSSSSS Triple Feature"

[@TechWeLove]

Madame Web was way better.

[@jonalexander9312]

Cate Blanchet said she signed on to this due to going mad during the pandemic.

[@CountOrlok22]

I feel bad for Jamie Lee Curtis, since she made this right before "Everything Everywhere All at Once". It's kind of a gutter to the stars story, only because of delays, it's a stars to the gutter story.

[@Erasureeraser]

She made this and Tar during the pandemic, so I guess we all know which one she's more passionate about and which one she's just losing her mind in order to get that paycheck 😂

[@Skeletal33]

In an interview, she said she signed on to work with JLC

[@SheldonAdama17]

My favorite part was when Lilith said “it’s time to border these lands” then drew borders around all the lands. Then everyone clapped, truly a moment.

[@Excellor64]

Man, I felt that sigh in my soul. Even from the trailers, I kept saying that this just feels off. I hate that an IP I really like is treated this badly. It really feels like someone asked for characters and places, and then just forgot to add story to it.

[@spacewooly]

I called this from the trailer. I told my friends, "this looks like an early 2000s Uwe Boll videogame movie"

[@vonniestewart4416]

“If i did craft services on this movie id want my name taken off” bwahahaha

[@ExtraMichael]

You did Mr. Ebert justice, Dan. The whole video I was thinking “this is as good as a Roger Ebert bad review.” I absolutely adore his book “I hated hated hated that movie“ and I absolutely relish this vitriolic review

[@Zombiesnyder13]

AVI ARAD has ruined so far... * Borderlands * Daredevil (2003) * The Punisher (2004) * Elektra (2005) * Fantastic Four (2005) * X-Men: The Last Stand * Spider-Man 3 * Bratz (2007) * Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance * The Amazing Spider-Man 2 * Ghost in the Shell (2017) * Venom: Let There Be Carnage * Uncharted (2022) * Morbius And now he's gonna ruin... * Kraven the Hunter * Venom: Last Dance * Legend of Zelda * Naruto As long Arad lives, there's no hope

[@KathyClysm]

A part of me thinks Avi Arad is also a pseudonym used by producers who know they've fucked it, because I refuse to believe one singular human can generate this much waste

[@waywardmind]

+

[@Nato2303]

Avi Arad is the new Uwe Boll, producer edition.

[@licechrispies]

Kraven never stood a chance

[@CountOrlok22]

"Daredevil" really doesn't deserve to be on this list (especially the director's cut). Yeah, bad CGI, bad wirework, and questionable and dated nu-metal soundtrack, but there are some nice moments in there and the screenplay was actually solid.

[@flixandclips]

Dan describing the movie sounded like Michael Bay describing his movies when he was portrayed on South Park!!

[@Jack-sy8mr]

When I saw the trailer, and Claptrap turns to the camera and tells you to go see the movie, twice, and the release date was in about two weeks, and I was just then learning the movie existed I knew we were in for disaster. This reminds me of the episode of _Community_ when they tried to make a sci fi movie over a weekend

[@AT-sd9qq]

I'm actually in shock that major film studios still give big budgets to guys like Eli Roth and Robert Rodriquez. Being BFF with Quentin Tarantino should not get you carte blanche in Hollywood.

[@Davidsworldtravels]

They’ve been bad for so long I don’t get how they keep working. At least Rodriguez tries though. Roth made Hostel which got a following for freaking people out but that’s about all he ever did decent.

[@Erasureeraser]

Okay but Robert Rodriguez still has a decent track record especially with the help of James Cameron in making the Alita movie. Roth just through everything under the bus

[@RichardDavidLive]

It's so bad that Chris Stuckmann probably won't review it.

[@Davidsworldtravels]

Hahaha classic. That’s probably funnier than anything in the movie.

[@Fluffypro]

He will probably do an essay on the current state of film. That’s what he did for Madame Web and Marvels.

[@michaelgreene4816]

I'll be checking.

[@renardramonfoxx]

I thought the same as well

[@Dex2024]

Chris Cuckman

[@darrickbeitinger7664]

Man, I didn’t know how much I needed a Dan roast of a movie until I got one 😂😂

[@rafraf5054]

The trailer made it clear that it will be a flop. The casting was all wrong

[@DJC-YTVideos]

He said "how did they get the cast they did" and the real question is WHY.

[@pnut3844able]

Yup

[@DiamondPugs]

The cast was wrong, the writing was wrong, the visuals were wrong...

[@UnboxingAlyss]

I got to the movies every Wednesday, yet I didn't see a single trailer for the movie. I was honestly turned off by the poster. I barely made it through any of the games, so I remember nothing about the characters, but even I could tell that the casting was shit.

[@garrettcarter5622]

It’s fascinating how much Avi Arad has REFUSED to evolve as a producer after 20 years.

[@Trlababalane]

Saddest thing about this IP being so misshandled is that we live in the world where Deadpool movies exists - I read in another review that they tried to do GotG, and failed. The games were extremely violent and rude, full of pop culture references... see where i I'm going with this?

[@luvsp1464]

Dan you should have just ended the review part and went straight to the sponsor 😂 That “SIGH” was all we needed ❤❤❤

[@thedarkemissary]

The game setting is about how greedy entrepreneurs and corporations have exploited space and this world of Pandora. So, funnily enough, this movie is the kind of empty cash-grab that you would see in-game. In fact, I believe it's in the 2nd game that this occurs when the main villain attempts to defame the heroes in a corporate advertising propagmda campaign.

[@Zombiesnyder13]

Avi Arad is the real threat

[@Miepasie]

For anyone that isn't familiar with the Borderlands games, the games essentially take place in a world where there is no government, just large gun manufacturing companies, cults and bandit outposts that rule certain planets or sections of planets. Everything revolves around guns, everything revolves around fighting for survival and the reason the planet Pandora is so special is because it houses a vault, a collection of ancient alien relics that can either be incredibly powerful creatures, artifacts or you guessed it guns. The tone of the game is very tongue and cheek, sort of toilet humour a little bit of "le random", but it's all punctuated by like, a pretty gratuitous amount of violence and murder. And it seems like that tone and potential for like, really cool fights with unique weapons and powers was completely lost on the film makers. Taking a franchise known for violent and gorey murder and toilet humour and reducing it to the most marketable and safe version of it. The funniest part though is that it seems like every character in the game was aged up significantly in the movie, lilith is supposed to be in her early twenties and is played by 55 year old Kate Blanchet.

[@vincenthalfprice9930]

so, the Borderlands games take place in Florida?

[@Miepasie]

@@vincenthalfprice9930 It's like Florida if it was also irradiated

[@Ronariverah]

That's so cool they aged it up.

[@awr2217]

Hi, Your tribute to the great film critic Roger Ebert was wonderful. I'm 60, and I watched Siskel & Ebert on PBS in the 1970's when their show was called 'Sneak Previews'. And to this day, I watch vintage episodes of 'Sneak Previews' and 'At The Movies' on KZbin. Thanks

[@DYrahcaz91]

4:21 when do we get Dan's review of every new movie that comes out in this awesome, epic caricature?

[@Ductos]

"...pump out something to exploit the brand name..." - yeah...that sounds like a Randy move, alright. Hopefully he doesn't leave more USB sticks around.

[@TheSirAzzur]

Shhhh, you don't want Hilary to add our names to her growing list.

[@kranchProductions]

This sounds so bad at this point, it's making me want to watch it

[@richiep3520]

Same. One of my favourite games of all time and I know the movie pure trash but I still want to see it. Maybe I'm a masochist and don't know it yet 😂

[@nickkrasny1562]

Don’t do it lol don’t support the movie because it’s being produced by Avi Arad who’s gearing up to produce a ZELDA movie 💀

[@CenterTenor10]

Please, for all of us, only watch it if you can do so without giving a single cent to the production company.

[@firefly4f4]

I heard that a couple of riggers who worked on Claptrap didn't get credited in the movie.

[@rageinducer2455]

*Snort*....Riggers.

[@davidsykes6584]

Never played the games so I didn't have a pony in this race, but I feel bad for people who were genuinely looking forward to it. I'm waiting for next week to see Alien: Romulus. Sure I'll probably be disappointed, but I can always be pleasantly surprised, especially with my expectations so tempered.

[@fightinostrich_]

Loved the games when they came out. Was intrigued when they announced a movie. But every single casting announcement and trailer added to the ominous feeling that the creatives behind the movie had NO IDEA what the Borderlands games are. This review is unsurprising - this was an IP grab with no heart, passion, or creative vision behind it whatsoever.

[@BirbalBonifaceMusoba]

The sigh at the beginning killed me 😂 Zambia 🇿🇲 loves you

[@m1r993]

When Cate Blanchett started narrating about the world that was against a black screen at the beginning, I got irrationally mad that I wasn’t watching the far superior film that begins with Cate Blanchett narrating about the world that was against a black screen… Low expectations for this movie somehow not met…

[@monsG165]

Avi Arad ladies and gentlemen.

[@theresonly1teamnmelb]

Sounds like the only thing they got right is Claptrap being annoying!!

[@jcmighty7028]

Watching Dan rein-act the movie is how I want to watch movies now!

[@JDotWill]

I need Dan to do more “80s coke head” impressions 😂

[@markskarr2257]

That Tiny Tina wasn't Ashley Burch is a crime against movies.

[@bobbysmith8095]

I acturally like her in the movie. I think she did her best with the awful script. They didn't expain her backstory well (I am still confuse if she human, robot, his daughter in anyway, or what is she???) didn;t do justice to her storyline with Cate character, or really give her character any direction. If they fix this, I think everyone would give her prop for being a great actress and playing this character really well.

[@brinta2868]

Ashly Burch is too old to play Tiny Tina on camera.

[@fakeplastictree1000]

​@@bobbysmith8095 too bad the movie sucked.

[@TheSirAzzur]

@@brinta2868 I DIDDDDD click thumbs up... But... What of Cate Blanchett and JLC.... ummm are they NOT too old to play THEIR roles?... so... Ashley would have been PERFECT by that metric and matched the "Geriatric" Version of characters they ended up smearing to film. I just feel for no one for this mess. Sonic and Mario, though aimed at a very much younger audience, YET similarly rated, did MUCH better at the box office than this will achieve. I think ALL the blame needs to be directed at Randy the Hypocrite Pitchford, DESPITE it being his addled mind that perhaps blessed us with Borderlands 1-2... the others are less critically well received... but Randy in a behind the scenes interview with Eli Roth on cam too, SHOOTS down Eli Roth, when he is trying to make it sound like his film, and instead just TALKS OVER his chosen director, saying that they will want ALL the family, young and old to come enjoy the film. I mean... WTF.. ALARM bells, the Games were NOT for ALL the family. They WERE R rated games. But you know.... These days its about destroying family, not healing the family model.

[@mrbing3239]

This was a thing of beauty Dan. And seriously consider doing more 80’s Coked Up Exec speed reviews, you could clean up in the TikTok/YT Shorts sphere

[@alexgruel9932]

My ticket sales service lists as its big movies this week offered me "It Ends with Us" and "Deadpool & Wolverine". Probably not a good sign for a new big budget release.

[@elsamatos2581]

Really enjoyed this review and Dan’s indignation! 😊 Thank you for protecting us from harm, Dan! Funny enough, I was laughing out today for a Mark Kermode review of “Sex and the City 2”! Just gold!

[@pattheplanter]

I just binged that review followed by Rebel Moon II and Caligula Ultimate. Rounding it off with a Dan rant was just what I needed.

[@Dangerdangerwillrobinson]

When Mark Kermode goes on a rant, there’s nothing better. You may already know this, but his recent Sex and the City 2 review is his second go at it. His first was in 2010 and he is absolutely brutal, and very funny. I highly recommend you go and find it, along with his rant about the Entourage TV show movie spin-off and Pain & Gain.

[@aliali-ce3yf]

is Cate Blanchett in some financial trouble? or maybe has a kid that is a fan of the game? that's the only explanation for her involvement

[@Mary_Puppins]

She saw the orginal R-rated script by Craig Mazin which was apparently very good but then Eli Roth came onto the project and ruined everything

[@NA1c158]

Tens of millions will go a long way for retirement. Honestly, that's my guess. Cate and her agent aren't dumb. Looks at the track record. Some roles are phoned in or taken on bad projects because they have bills, too

[@travisbickle4360]

​@@Mary_PuppinsEven then she is horribly miscast. Lilith is suppose to be in her early 20s. Her casting alone was a big red flag

[@mohdamerulaidilbinrazisahm7317]

She was so bored during the pandemic.

[@Skeletal33]

Wouldnt you work on this movie for 3 months to get paid 5-10$ million?

[@carly7522]

I got two theories for Cate Blanchett being here. 1. She thinks shes middle class. 2. Shes trying to pull a Nic Cage. But seriously, she likes having fun and rhis should have been fun to film

[@uosdwiSrdewoH]

There's nothing quite like Dan when he's reviewing a trainwreck of a movie. Always a good time.

[@bradleybrietzke5944]

I love the Michael Bay impression Dan

[@theresonly1teamnmelb]

I'm so sorry you had to sit through the movie Dan, my heart goes out to you especially after watching your introduction.

[@LARKXHIN]

Love the idea that a movie heaven would be playing Borderlands some how.

[@JosephGambit]

If anyone of you want a compelling story set in this universe, I recommend TellTales game Tales from the Borderlands. Its phenomenal.

[@RyanAggabao]

Honestly I'm more looking forward to the $20ish Borderlands collection for the Nintendo Switch that includes Tales of The Borderlands.

[@Oceanz08]

Hey Hollywood, stop casting Kevin Hart in movies

[@Erasureeraser]

The thing is, I would've love to see Kevin Hart playing an against type role instead of being typecast as this egotistic loud character. The Netflix/Sony film, "Fatherhood" was such a breath of fresh air where Hart was brave enough to be cast against type in a dramatic role and it worked. I honestly wish comedians would take their acting role a lot more serious. It's weird how the funniest people in movies right now are the ones who aren't even comedians to begin with

[@nickkrasny1562]

The intro of this video honestly acts as a bite-sized review it’s so perfect.

[@SylviusTheMad]

Thanks, Dan. You just managed to explain why I liked Madame Web. It gave me nostalgia for movies like Tank Girl (which I recognize isn't good, but I have fond memories of it).

[@kewl0210]

I was on the edge of my seat wondering what the final rating was gonna be I just couldn't tell I felt like it could go either way based on the commentary for the first 10 minutes.

[@robertraymiller]

"They must have done the reshoots to make the movie worse." I shot water out of my nose laughing so hard at that one.

[@seanfahey3600]

Luckily my daughter wanted to see Cuckoo instead of Borderlands.

[@al.109]

4:14 Stoner Dan is something I'd never thought I would love

[@rohanb9335]

Cate Blanchette admitted that she took the role largley cause she was bored in lockdown and happend to have worked with Roth before. So yeah...

[@Erasureeraser]

Well just after Borderlands, she shot Todd Field's Tar so clearly we know which one she's more passionate about and which one is just her losing her mind 😂

[@MsZeeZed]

“A Constant Insult!” that one’s going on the poster!

[@lordofthereels6790]

Eli Roth making an anthology of horror flicks from his local Mass could be interesting. Have him beef up new talent being in the spotlight for that while stepping away from the creative spotlight for a bit. Like Romero did with Tales from The Darkside before coming back to the spotlight strong with Day of The Dead, The Dark Half & Monkey Shines.

[@athenajaxon2397]

I go to the theater 2 or 3 times a month and I've never seen a single ad for this movie Now I know why

[@zirconic9]

I saw a trailer about a month ago and it was bad. They would have been better not showing it.

[@ajames3062]

Aparantly the entire film was shot before Cate Blanchette even received her Oscar nomination for Tar. It was so bad and unreleasable they had to have the entire cast back for reshoots. Aparantly Ariana Greenblat is 14 in the original takes and then 16 in the reshoots.

[@BoringAngler]

@4:01 waiting for this movie to arrive on free/already paid subscription streaming service, fast forward to the credits and find out who did craft services.

[@Fluffypro]

Before you mentioned Rodger Ebert, your review reminded me of him. It had a wonderful mix of humor and insight. The movie maybe something to stay away from, but this review was one of your best. Thanks for keeping the spirit of Rodger alive Dan.

[@JohnBainbridge0]

What I want to know is, who cast this movie? Borderlands appeals to a pretty young crowd - edgy teens and 20-somethings. I love Jamie Lee, but she's 65! Half of the main cast is over 50. This is the most, "How do you do, fellow kids" movie possible.

[@stevenmackay8053]

The short Stormtrooper gag at the start made me sink into my seat. By the halfway ark I was checking election news alerts on my phone.

[@Valkyrie77]

4:20 the absolute best part of the review! You need to start doing recap/reviews like that! 😂

[@Yakita60]

It has the bad Camp vibes of the late 90s/early 2000s. Perfect descriptor, I’ll pass. Why should we regress back to that time? 😂

[@Xayjohns]

I so agree with you about wondering what good ol' Roger Ebert would have to say about this. He and Gene would melt this down. And on the note, I think I'm gonna watch some Siskel and Ebert now.

[@terrymcginnis01]

Now it makes sense why Jamie Lee Curtis was apologizing to Marvel. How did she agree to be in this movie?

[@AaronNetsky]

Well before Dan mentioned Roger Ebert, I was thinking to myself, this reminds me of watching Roger Ebert go off on movies he loathed in the late 90s/early 2000s, so I feel like I already saw Ebert's reaction to this movie.

[@drakenfist]

The "sigh" at the beginning tells us all we need to know!.

[@oksobasicallyimmonky]

At least Madame Web actually took place in the early 2000s so that lends to the vibe

[@cjc363636]

Borderlands exists now, after being in a vault for 2 years, plus the reshoots, with people getting their names taken off the film due to its known awfulness. Meanwhile, WB/Discovery/whatever-the-hell corporate monster they are this week, kills a nearly completed Batgirl movie a year ago for the tax credit. I hate Hollywood sometimes....

[@Ladykyra101]

Aw, Siskel and Ebert, man, nostalgia moment. 🥰

[@ValgardDerithos]

4:20 From what you describe, it sounds like the kind of craziness that the Borderlands franchise wants to sell. I've only played the 2nd game, but I know exactly what you mean and why it doesn't work as a movie.

[@geeninebee]

Dan, you were so funny doing the impression 🤣 You should start a series of movies reviews for worst movies, and instead of your normal tone, you should do the coked-up impression... it would be hilarious.

[@adamherne2348]

I often find it weird when a critic or really anyone seems personally offended by a movie that was just trying to entertain. Like seriously people just relax it's a movie not that big of a deal.

[@ericng7015]

Looks like Hollywood have giving too much pass for Avi Arad to keep producing an (objectively) bad movie, there are still many movies based on video game/ anime-manga after this that in production with him as the producer😢

[@halane4790]

Cate Blanchet in this sounds like Helen Mirren in FF but without the fun 😂

[@RayMcElroy50]

LEGEND OF ZELDA will only stand a chance if Wes Ball works as a producer It's the only way he can save it from AVI ARAD That's why SPIDER-VERSE worked

[@pattheplanter]

Avi Arad is 75. Nature may save the anime and game film industry.

[@ChumbynKnopa]

I miss this energy from Dan. HTC energy. Makes me miss the OG HT boys more. 😢

[@yavoth5850]

Finally a classic Dan rant again! Almost makes me wish for more bad movies XD

[@jonathanortega753]

I could hear Dwayne Johnson's laugh for Kevin Hart's biggest flops.

[@justaduck1652]

If you’re wondering why the movie has such a stacked cast It’s because they were attracted to the project by the supposedly fantastic Craig Mazin script that Eli Roth then completely re-wrote and seemingly made it far worse

[@resoluteraver]

As a naruto fan, the news of this live action horrifies me.

[@travisbickle4360]

Its being made by Shang Chi and Short Term 12 director. It never gonna be bad. At worst Average

[@pattheplanter]

They will be hoping to do 100 or so sequels, presumably.

[@mohdamerulaidilbinrazisahm7317]

​@@travisbickle4360until the producer came in and destroy the whole movie

[@kozzArt]

Blanchett filmed Tár after this one. So that was her trying to balance her karma or something.

[@Noirlore]

Dan you kinda went on a tangent about the actors and director, do you mind making a follow up video discussing whether you actually liked it or not

[@Noirlore]

😊

[@orlock20]

From the trailers this looked like any of the MCU movies which is why I have seen so few MCU projects. From my perspective, this looks like a cross between Tank Girl and Ocean Eleven. The Borderlands series sold 77 million copies and at $60 a pop (about the cost of a big budget video game), that would be $4.62 billion or $1.54 billion per game. That's why this movie was made. However, at $15 a movie ticket, that comes out to $385 million which is slightly above its break even point.

[@obredaanps3]

Borderlands, Madame Webb, Trap and Rebel Moon director's cuts are not only the worst films of 2024 but some of the worst movies ever made. What a year to be alive.

[@Erasureeraser]

Trap is dumb but it's at least entertaining and watchable enough only for the first and second acts. The other three movies are just stupid and ridiculous from start to finish basically with no redeeming quality whatsoever

[@johndavis48076]

Just like Dan I sometimes what wonder what Roger and Gene Siskel would think of some current movies. I think somewhere Roger is proud of Dan’s review.