#borderlands movie spoilers

[enigmatist17]

So I did go see the Borderlands movie this morning, and holy cannoli, it was a flaming dumpster fire of a movie. Spoilers about below just FYI

However!

Kevin Hart ended up being one of the saving graces when I thought he would be the worst of the lot! Sure, he doesn't physically embody Roland from the games, but performance and combat-wise, he was very solid! Jamie Lee Curtis as Tannis was alright as well. She nailed a lot of Tannis' mannerisms to a T, and overall, unlike Lilith and Moxxi, I didn't mind her being aged up. Kreig was great despite being pretty much silent most of the game, and looked like he'd been quite literally pulled right out of the game and dropped into the movie.

Tina was very meh, it's like they wanted her to me more unhinged but restrained themselves at the last moment, and it doesn't work in the Borderlands world. They also had this thing where she's really a clone of a supposed "Daughter of Eridium", whatever the hell that means??? I think if it had been rated R or unrated like it should have been, Tina would have made more of an impact, but she just ended up being very meh.

Lilith was...well, I'm not sure. Most of the movie kinda centers around her backstory/her mom, which tbh is not what I wanted to see from a Borderlands movie? Like seeing some twists about Pandora/her being older was fine, but to have almost everyone fawning over her/her mother got old super quick, and they waited until the end for her to be the badass siren we all know and love??? I'm not the biggest Lilith fan, but Cate did her best with a script that couldn't decide if they wanted Lilith to be an asshole or sympathetic, which for an actor who's played/loves the games, has to suck :/

Jack Black was not great, and to find out he VA'd the Claptrap lines before they started filming makes his odd detachment make so much freaking sense. It always felt like Claptrap was just slightly removed from everything, and I couldn't nail down why until I googled that midway through the movie (which btw my sister, a friend, and I were the only ones in it lol). They should have just gotten the VA for him, Jack was not it :/

The CGI was either really good or really bad, and Lilith's wig did not blend in with any of it at all lmao. The sets/Pandora/costumes, aside from Tina's, were pretty damn good, but where it really shined was the guns. I could literally point out specific guns and their manufacturers despite all the motion of combat, and to be able to do that for even a casual gamer? Loved it.

Sadly though, despite them having been credited for months leading up tot he film, Hammerlock, Wainwright, Ellie and Scooter all got cut from the movie and it's a fucking travesty. I was kind of hoping Hammerlock would kick ass, but to get to the end and find out the asshat who ruined this movie said "oh they were gone for pacing" made me SO mad.

THEY FILMED A WEDDING SCENE YOU ASSHAT, I WANT THAT FOOTAGE AND I WANT IT NOW

Overall, my score is a 1.5/10

[sightkeeper]

Went and saw the Borderlands movie! It was not good! I think the first half was good fun, lore inaccuracies and character weirdness aside. It was the nonsense I expect from a video game movie.

The second half where it tried to actually pull a heartfelt story out of its ass and have blockbuster emotional moments? Nah.

[glam-rock-space-wizard]

This was General Knoxx in borderlands 1, a side antagonist / DLC boss

He was funny in the games, but his inclusion as a romance(?) for Roland and also as a chick was... Bizarre to say the least.

saw the borderlands movie w/ my bestie and there was only two other people in the audience

Honestly? Wasn't that bad but it definitely wasn't Good either lol

I loved that Krieg was in it but he was suuuuuuper underutilized. Dude has some of the funniest one liners in bl2 and he barely has 5 lines in the entire 1hr and 47min run time. I think they relied too much on claptrap for humor when they could've easily had krieg, tiny tina, and claptrap banter.

Cate blanchett and kevin hart were.... odd choices for lilith and roland, but they did a good enough job.

Pacing was really fast and inconsistent, which lead to a lot of info dumping and kinda jarring character development??? The movie really needed at least an extra 15 minutes (tho preferably another half hour) to actually flesh out characters and actually expand on the setting/info. Had a bad habit of bringing something up (i.e. tina clone experiments, or why the psychos are the way that they are) and then never talking about it again.

The inside of the vault was pretty cool, and the costuming and set design was amazing imo (do not @ me about krieg's weirdly pristine and cheap looking orange jumpsuit in the intro, i don't wanna have to look at it ever again)

And who tf was knox? No clue didn't get to know or care about her at all so by the time she dies no one in the audience gives a shit

All that being said it's a fun movie if you don't think about it too hard. The visuals are worth it (for the most part)

[danielsarmand]

not the borderlands movie debuting with a 0% on rotten tomatoes AND the umbrella academy apparently getting the worst final season in television history just say you want me to die

[dragonotaku-justineverything]

So I’ve been thinking about this for a month or so now, about whether or not I want to voice my opinion on this. I try to keep my personal opinions off of here as I don’t want to throw them at others who never asked and I don't want the trouble that might come from doing so. However, I’m going to say what I think anyways because I can't help but feel really strongly about this...

If any of you were thinking about seeing the Borderlands movie…

DON’T.

I will NEVER recommend it to someone who is a fan of the series. I don't really recommend it as something to watch even if you’ve never played a single game in the franchise either.

Slight spoilers below

It has very few actual gun fights (which are a staple to the Borderlands franchise). Most of the fights devolve into shaky cam fist fights. The twists are obvious and aren't subtle at all. The producers/actors absoulutely miss casted and poorly portrayed the characters and the relationships between them. It 100% feels like they spent every cent of the budget they could on hiring the biggest name actors and actresses they could to try to sell the movie and it was NOT worth it. Those are just a few of my grievences.

Jack Black voicing Claptrap was about the only decent thing in the movie as he seemed to be the only one that cared about being in the movie. Scenes with him were the only time I got a chuckle out of the film.

Overall, I agree with the ratings that it is one of the worst movies made this year, possibly one of the worst movie adaptations ever really.

Just really wanted to share this to hopefully save some other fans of the franchise some time.

[langernameohnebedeutung]

New Nisha lore ❤️❤️❤️

[angeltannis]

Honestly fuck Debt or Alive for showing me a glimpse of how good Borderlands’ writing Could be

[lilthsspacesstuff]

!Sapphic spoiler thoughts on the Borderlands Movie!

Giving Cate Blanchett Mommy issues and then making her the sweetest adoptive mum in cinema? Both full circle experience and therapeutic af. Cute little movie, had fun :)

[apocalyptic-dancehall]

i'm watching more and more of this shit and i got fucking whiplashed. the borderlands movie really said tina was an alien clone

[kasperzinfected]

the borderlands movie released today in ireland, i was able to go and watch it and oh...... oh my god..... they made claptrap sooo autistic coded.... he did the dinosaur arms... the autism stance... oh my god........

[galaxyostars]

Oh boy, the Borderlands movie. It's not great, but it's certainly not absolutely awful. I'm whelmed. Here are spoilers and thoughts.

Tiny Tina as the "daughter" of Atlas. Atlas is not a compelling villain in the slightest and the Crimson Lance are just kinda there. Not sure why Knox was really around.

Krieg really could've been Brick and nothing would've much changed. Psycho dialogue lacks.

The Heavy make their obligatory appearance in the soundtrack.

Promethea! But only briefly.

The vault keys are, like, the size of Tina's hand. It's rather comical. Lilith finds one in a toolbox and when asked how, responds quite literally with "just lucky, I guess."

Interesting application of game mechanics. Pleasantly surprised by their use. Easy to identify guns by their sound effects, and BL3 customisation heads show up. Would've liked closer looks at the guns as they are an integral part of the games, but twas not to be.

WHAT DID THEY DO TO MOXXI. MY LADY HAS BEEN BUTCHERED. WHAT IS THIS ACCENT? PRE-SEQUEL WHAT HAVE YOU DONE

Tina created with iridian blood. It's heavily implied she's a clone here, but there's no visual evidence to back up the evidence of other Tina's.

Kevin Hart is a good Roland. I'm surprised. Minimal typical Kevin Hart bullshit which is nice. He was actually a positive here. I'm so shocked I nearly swallowed my own tongue.

Lilith as an old person, acknowledged and laughed at in the movie. I just... *Sigh* this really doesn't work with the mommy issues plot.

Everything is too clean in this environment that's meant to be Pandora the trash heap.

Some special effects are unfinished. There's a shot of Lilith driving where her head clearly clips through the roll cage of the vehicle.

Jamie Lee Curtis brings a nice portrayal of Tannis' personality, but I question the story change of her being Lilith's caretaker. This Tannis has no background in common with the games Tannis outside of being a "whacky scientist". The trauma has been replaced with... whimsy, I guess.

I think I'll go back to play BL1 again to cleanse my palette.

[carmillatism]

just finished the borderlands and??? it was actually insane. i really liked the look into faith and religion. it didn't use a lot of cheap jumpscares, but still made me scared as hell. i also loved the relationship the main two characters created and then the look into the mentalities of all the characters. the ending was a little eh just due to it being a bit overplayed and easy to see coming, but the acting was really good. freaked me out so def good lmao i love finally getting into horror movies since i never really grew up on them. (if you want to watch this movie, please look up trigger warnings before watching.)

[freddos616]

me wrestling with the insatiable, uncontrollable urge to compare alice in borderland, spiderman nwh and teen beach 2

[orphancookie69]

Now Watching: Borderlands...THE MOVIE!

Can you believe that this homebody went to the movie theatre again? Well I did. ITS FINALLY HERE! BORDERLANDS THE MOVIE!

Honestly, the movie looked like it was going to be really good before one went to the movies. I before watching it loved the cast and the visuals.

So I saw the movie opening weekend, I meant to see it the opening day but life loves to tell you when you have free time right? But loved it. That theatre should have been more packed. But seats are much more comfortable than they used to be when I was younger.

This movie got a lot of flack but I think its easy to forget to consider the target market of anything that is being sold. This was made for the fans. Cast was excellent, visuals were amazing. The borderlands universe came to life. So many easter eggs.

"10/10" - OrphanCookie69

Story was more like cinematic fan fiction. You have more of the elements of the first game but the story was in the universe but not the game story. Which opened up doors to let the story do things the game story did not. But I loved that movie. I would see it again and buy it.

There is something I usually say is the first movie of any set of movies has a lot of work to do. A movie based on the second or third game would be a killer movie, but you can't jump to movie two without doing movie one, ya know?

The other thing to consider is that, this is a movie adaptation of a video game that took 10 years to hit mainstream. This is for the fans. Before this, I recently watched the movie based on World of Warcraft and it was pretty good for a movie based on the game. It did not do well with critics, but you look at reviews and gamers loved it.

My partner's family is very into movies and they kept telling me "Your movie isnt doing well with critics" and "That movie looks bad I am not excited for it" and honestly-until you watch it-don't judge it. If you don't like it, that's cool. For someone who has tattoos from the game, I had a "first date at disneyland" goofy smile on my face. If you like the game, you will like the movie.

[bylightofdawn]

I have consumed SO MUCH MEDIA this weekend. Holy crap.

Went to see Borderlands movie on Friday and while I knew in my heart of hearts it was gonna be a flop it was so painfully mid. And not very funny. And that's a fucking crime against the franchise. I'm not going to be one of those asshole fans who whinges about them not staying true to the franchise or about all the things they got wrong.

Krieg was definitely the best part of the film...which admittedly I am a Krieg lover so I am a bit biased.

Also started and finished season 4 of the Umbrella Academy and I am...still unpacking what I feel about this season. I'm not happy with it. It felt rushed which....duh they cut down to 6 episodes. The ending is...what it is. I won't go into any real details.

But as a high note, I went and re-watched Deadpool and Wolverine in theaters last night for a second time around and I still loved it.

So I'm kinda on 60% satisfaction level. My brain also fills very full at the moment.

What happened to the days where I could binge so much content and not feel mentally exhausted??

[incorrectly-quoted-queers]

Steph's Gay Mini Movie Reviews: Boy Kills World

SPOILERS POSSIBLE SO OBVIOUSLY SO BEWARE

Boy Kills World was a decent movie, but would've been a banger 6-8 part series. Characters and emotions and the world just all needed more space to breathe to go from cool ideas to killer storytelling, especially since his relationship with his sister was such a pillar of this film. Spouse and I were thinking Mike Flanagan style (a location/arc of mission for each episode spliced with flashbacks to flesh out each major player) would've hit it out of the park.

If you like the idea of Borderlands style murder humor and corpo mixed with some Hunger Games flair and Fallout inspired drugs, you'll have fun. But it lacks the stellar world depth it *could've* had in a series setting.

Movie verdict: 7/10 probably

Gay verdict: Not very gay, but very gay headcanon-able. Basho and Benny would be such a cute couple.