I don't think this franchise is good movie material. I remember playing the games and not caring about the story at all. There is no character development or interesting plot, just shooting people and everyone acting eccentric and telling potty jokes. The movie had little substance to go off of.
That's not a diss to the game. It's fine that the game is like that, but they should have recognized it would produce pitfalls for a movie adaptation.
The cast is a whole other issue. Why would they go with Cate blanchet for this?
Disagree. It's a quippy action comedy with a unique visual style and plenty of explosions, with just enough minor social critique to keep things from being too brainless, but not enough to actually take a stance on anything, perfect summer blockbuster material.
They just didn't a do good job of....any of that.
Borderland 2 has excellent characters and story. It just doesn't slap it to your face.
The game hides the serious stuff behind humour. It's part of the universe : everything is so fucked up that people become crazy to overcome it.
It wasn't as good in the first game, but borderland 2 is a masterpiece. And the movie understand nothing of it.