Monday
12May2008
New Poster for Uwe Boll's 'Postal' May Be Worse Than the Movie
Monday, May 12, 2008 at 2:58PM
How much punishment can
Uwe Boll take? The world's worst
director - with apologies to
Brian Robbins - now has an
online petition dedicated
to stopping his career. They're trying to amass a million signatures, at which
point, Boll half-jokingly insisted he would leave the business.
And now there's even a gum company involved, saying
they'll
give away a free pack to anyone who signs up.
And just one more not to leave you with, again from IMDB.
The keywords for this film are "defecation scene, flour, boobs, hit in crotch,
sucide bombing." I think that sums it up beautifully.
Boll probably believes this is all good publicity. But it's not. And the reason it's not is despite the fact that more people are aware of him than will ever see his films, he's not exactly generating converts whenever he opens his mouth. And we can write about him all day every day, and the only thing that will happen is more people will laugh at the village idiot. But they won't pay to see his act.
His new film, something like the 42nd video game adaptation he's made, is called Postal. It's kind of a post-9/11 world spoof. That's a tough sell, even more difficult I would think than In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, the box office prowess of which even Speed Racer can mock. The $60 million epic made $4 million, meaning roughly half as many people saw his most mainstream film in years than will probably sign a petition demanding he find a new line of work. Postal won't make money, either, one suspects, although it cost about a third as much as In the Name of the King. For one thing, it looks to the mainstream eye like it's extremely insensitive. Even sensitive discussions of this subject matter fail miserably. For another, well, I'll just quote from an IMDB comment on the film:"This is Uwe Boll's best film to date. That being said, it's still crap. Abundant plot holes, crudely forced shock tactics, a shallow attempt at satire, and the worst director in the entire world are just the tip of the iceberg on why this movie blows. I hate Boll's work. I hate his belligerence. He should not be allowed near a camera."
And with that, here's the final poster for Postal, which is due in theaters on May 23rd.
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Reader Comments (1)
This will go down as The Best Movie with Dave Foley in a Defecation Scene Ever.
Well.... so far anyway.