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  • g0d0fm15ch13f@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I mean it doesn’t look like citizen kane but it also doesn’t look that bad? A lot of people in the comments here seem to think that Borderlands has some Baldur’s Gate level story to explore when it really is just a bunch of assholes doing assholish things for video game reasons. I say this as a massive bl2 fan that has always been willing to point out and accept every shortcoming that every game has had so far.

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      9 months ago

      Yeah that’s always my biggest issue when people complain about these movies, Borderlands isn’t a masterpiece of story, it’s not hard to make an action movie based on that world.

      • PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works
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        9 months ago

        I mean, even as someone who isn’t really a fan of Borderlands, this feels immediately different in tone, and the actors all look cheap and out of place. The aethetic (esspecially in contrast to the games) kind-of reminds me of old 80s/90s direct to VHS movies where it was made by a small studio trying to make something completely out of scope, and of the writing shown, it seems slower, shallower (even by Borderlands’s low standards) and more sanitized. Borderlands doesn’t set a high bar, but this seems like it’ll struggle to meet even that.