Borderlands movie bombs

[JRPGfan]

pokoko said:

Lilith in the first game was 22 years old. In the movie, she is played by 55 year old Cate Blanchett. Tannis is in her 30's but is played by 63 year old Jamie Lee Curtis. Moxxi, the literal sex symbol of the game world, is played by 63 year old Gina Gershon.

Roland, who is stoic and serious to a fault, as well as being a massive powerhouse, is played by Kevin Hart. Read that sentence over again.

These are the characters from the games in name only. If they simply wanted to cash in on the fad of movies staring a bunch of over the hill actors then they should have made them completely new characters.

Take Two and Gearbox got freaking swindled.

apparently the plot and characters are altered from the games as well.
If you adapt a game just don't mess with the characters or story line too much.

If people go watch a borderlands movie, they expect the characters to match the game, and the storyline to do the same imo.

curl-6 said:

Yeah the casting here was fucking horrible.
Cate Blanchett is an amazing actress, but she's way too old for this role, same goes for Jamie Lee Curtis.
I get that they wanted some big names, but are there really no younger actors who have name draw?

This is what happens when you don't respect the source material.

^ this.