Dungeon Siege movie in box office basement

[cinderboy]

Dungeon Siege movie in box office basement



Uwe Boll has done it again. Like House of the Dead, Alone in the Dark, and BloodRayne, the latest game-based film from the outspoken--but never outpunched--German director, In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, has bombed critically and commercially.

After reviewers got medieval on the RPG-inspired fantasy/adventure, audiences shunned it like the Bubonic Plague. From Friday, January 11 to Sunday, January 13, In the Name of the King took in only $3.3 million in US theaters, averaging just $2,002 on each of its 1,600 screens. The not-so-princely sum wasn't even enough to put the film in the top 10, which was capped by the Jack Nicholson/Morgan Freeman cancer comedy The Bucket List.

Though Boll is no stranger to criticism and weak grosses, In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale's failure will be especially painful on two levels. First, it is unlikely that given its estimated $60 million budget, the would-be epic will become profitable via international and video sales, as Boll insists his past projects have been. Secondly, the film featured a higher-profile ensemble cast than other Boll projects, starring Jason Statham, Ray Liotta, Burt Reynolds, John Rhys-Davies, Ron Perlman, Matthew Lillard, and Kristanna Loken.

Boll's upcoming game-to-film projects include the unstarted Far Cry adaptation and Postal, set for release in February.

[Deimos]

this guy pisses me off more than mel gibson, which is no small feat.

i swear i could direct a better movie than him.

[Raiyne]

There was a movie for Alone in the Dark and House of the dead?!

[TheJESTERJ]

There was a movie for Alone in the Dark and House of the dead?!

Yeah. They sucked ass. That's why this guy is an asshole.

[shadowsworn]

Other than that one penny arcade comic (http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/02/25), I'd never heard anything about this movie at all.

Also, I don't think there are many games less suited to being made into a film than Dungeon Siege.

[ncyphe]

Other than that one penny arcade comic (http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/02/25), I'd never heard anything about this movie at all.

Also, I don't think there are many games less suited to being made into a film than Dungeon Siege.

That's because a trailer was placed onto the Internet 1.5 years ago and it was taken down the next day sue to the horrible comments left. They dropped their released date and redid a lot of it.

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Now, the movie's not as bad as some of his other films, but it is still pretty corny. The odd thing was, the auditorium my theater had it in pretty much kept the thing sold a 3/4ths capacity; although, it was in a meagerly 102 seat house.

Now, as a projectionist, I can tell you of some more common annoyances. The major of which is they spent too little time on the development of the movies backup analog soundtrack (aka Stereo). Many theaters still use Sony's outdated SDDS surround sound processors, which is ok and all except considering where the soundtrack is printed on the film has the bad tendancy to get striped off by the projectors. My theater was running the movie in horrible Stereo sound the first day, and it sounded like they just through all of the surround tracks into the left right track with out bothering to properly level the sound (a common problem with many publishers)
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Good info:
--The enviornment and scenery is highly detailed, most of which accurately mimics the buildings, weapons, and armor in the game. The houses of the heroes home village should be the most notable if you played the game.

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Anyway, only see the film for fun, cause that's all Uwe Boll makes, fun films. Remember, not all films are expected to be big hits or top sellers, just to provide a little bit of happiness to your life. Most people mistake this and expect too much from and are too serious with films these days.

Take note:
Postal next month, while will be extremely corny, should provide an "interesting" experience. In short, I want to see the terrorists in the van . . . blowing their own roof off with AK's.

[Bacn]

When will people learn?

[CabooseNation]

When will people learn?

This guy sure doesn't. His history of directing is terrible...

[12ayy92]

helooks lik ea nice guy =]

[Attila]

With those $60 million, he could have made a nice kick ass CGI movie...

[Fullmetal]

Even though it sucks,I still want to see it.
I'm not too picky when it comes to movies (Or games,for that matter)