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mhadley · 06-23-2006, 03:08 AM

Filmmaker Challenges Critics to All-Out Brawl

German horror director Uwe Boll is so fed up with receiving bad reviews from movie critics he is challenging his detractors to a filmed fight. Boll, whose movies Alone In The Dark and House Of The Dead are based on video games, says he will fly his critics to meet him and will then fight them in a boxing ring. The filmmaker is incensed by an online petition which has 13,327 signatures of people asking him to stop making movies. Boll, who has also invited Roger Avary and Quentin Tarantino to join his fight, plans to air the fights on the internet. He the plans to edit clips into his latest film Postal. Boll says, "I'm fed up with people slamming my films without seeing them. Many journalists make value judgments on my films based on the opinions of one or two thousand internet voices. Half of those opinions come from people who've never watched my films. If critics want to bring Uwe Boll down, here is their chance to physically bring him down and have the entire world watch them do it."

Famous Mortimer · 06-23-2006, 03:23 AM

I'll have a go, and I'm reasonably sure I could kick his ass.

T-Greg · 06-23-2006, 09:33 AM

This all sounds like a publicity stunt to get people interested in his films by drawing attention to them. People would watch them just to see what the fuss is all about.

padre · 06-23-2006, 10:12 AM

Remember, there is no such thing as bad publicity

T-Greg · 06-23-2006, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by padre

Remember, there is no such thing as bad publicity

That's correct. The intended result is to get people to see his films...but he may get his ass kicked in the process!

TJL · 06-23-2006, 11:42 AM

Uwe boll is without a doubt the worst film director since Ed Wood. Every single bit of criticism against him is IMO competely justified. If you get a chance, please rent one of his films, like "Alone In The Dark" with tara Reid and Christian Slater. It's mind numbingly bad.

06-23-2006, 03:08 AM	#1
mhadley Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 22, 2003 Posts: 572	Wow....just wow..... Filmmaker Challenges Critics to All-Out Brawl German horror director Uwe Boll is so fed up with receiving bad reviews from movie critics he is challenging his detractors to a filmed fight. Boll, whose movies Alone In The Dark and House Of The Dead are based on video games, says he will fly his critics to meet him and will then fight them in a boxing ring. The filmmaker is incensed by an online petition which has 13,327 signatures of people asking him to stop making movies. Boll, who has also invited Roger Avary and Quentin Tarantino to join his fight, plans to air the fights on the internet. He the plans to edit clips into his latest film Postal. Boll says, "I'm fed up with people slamming my films without seeing them. Many journalists make value judgments on my films based on the opinions of one or two thousand internet voices. Half of those opinions come from people who've never watched my films. If critics want to bring Uwe Boll down, here is their chance to physically bring him down and have the entire world watch them do it."

06-23-2006, 11:42 AM	#6
TJL Suburbanite Extrordinaire Forum Star Join Date: Dec 29, 2001 Location: New Jersey - the cradle of civilization Posts: 16,588	Uwe boll is without a doubt the worst film director since Ed Wood. Every single bit of criticism against him is IMO competely justified. If you get a chance, please rent one of his films, like "Alone In The Dark" with tara Reid and Christian Slater. It's mind numbingly bad.
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06-23-2006, 03:23 AM	#2
Famous Mortimer Member Frequent Poster Join Date: May 05, 2006 Location: UK Posts: 100	I'll have a go, and I'm reasonably sure I could kick his ass.

06-23-2006, 09:33 AM	#3
T-Greg Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 17, 2003 Location: Louisiana Posts: 1,711	This all sounds like a publicity stunt to get people interested in his films by drawing attention to them. People would watch them just to see what the fuss is all about.

06-23-2006, 10:12 AM	#4
padre Cookie baker Frequent Poster Join Date: May 09, 2004 Location: Pennsylvania, US Posts: 389	Remember, there is no such thing as bad publicity