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SgtSixkilla wrote:It's not nitpicking when everything from the tiniest sound to the overall story/plot/script is so wide off the mark that it seems the makers haven't even read the space marine codex.

It IS nitpicking if you watch a crappy youtube rogue copy and then complain about picture/sound quality and the low budget of the movie.

This movie certainly is not the best and the script an almost exact copy of Aliens (dissappointing when you hire Abnett), but a good start if you know that the budget was smaller than for a Dawn of War trailer. I want to see more of them or of the even more promising "Lord Inquisitor" project: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/367665.page .

But if you strip away all the things that people are saying you 'shouldn't' complain about legitimately because this was a small independent company (so things like sound effect, graphics etc) and focus solely on those things which should be done correctly such as plot, adherence to source material, logic then the movie falls flat on its face. I'm sorry to say but I thought it was utter garbage. I watched it with the wife on DVD and she fell asleep within half an hour. The plot is so full of holes as to be laughable (something I find surprising given it is an Abnett screenplay) and there are some massive logical flaws, some of which have been mentioned here but including so-called veterans CSM of the heresy behaving without a shred of tactical nous and flinging themselves on swordpoint mindlessly.

A shame really because it shouldn't have to be dire - there is a wealth of background and material for an enterprising studio to delve into. IMO, the creators of the movie spent too much time worrying about getting a couple of big name voice talents rather than focussing on getting the story right.

Brother SRM wrote:

TrollPie wrote:I just watched the trailer, and all the fighting I saw involved the Ultra's curbstomping Chaos marines. Where the hell was their armour saves?

Space Marines are only as tough as the story needs them to be.

I know, but the CSM were wearing power armour yet chainswords and bolts were going through it like it wasn't even there. That's really bending the fluff.

Nothing beats the Chaplain with the special crozius, armored with his faith in the emperor and armed with a Care Bear stare!!

Kroothawk wrote:

SgtSixkilla wrote:It's not nitpicking when everything from the tiniest sound to the overall story/plot/script is so wide off the mark that it seems the makers haven't even read the space marine codex.

It IS nitpicking if you watch a crappy youtube rogue copy and then complain about picture/sound quality and the low budget of the movie.

I watched an official release. Anyway, it's not picture/sound quality I complain about. It's straight up bad animation/3d modeling. I know people on my local design forum who could have done a better job. Plus, when you think of all the cheap rendering services online, it's not even a good argument to mention that it's expensive to compile. The sound, too, is bad. I'm not talking overall sound-quality. The sound effects and music is badly made.

Kroothawk wrote:
This movie certainly is not the best and the script an almost exact copy of Aliens (dissappointing when you hire Abnett), but a good start if you know that the budget was smaller than for a Dawn of War trailer. I want to see more of them or of the even more promising "Lord Inquisitor" project: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/367665.page .

Yes, of course. Considering the budget, the movie is not too bad. But I don't watch a movie with that in mind. I watch a movie. I didn't even know it was a low budget movie when I watched it. If they wanted people to only compare the movie with other crap movies, they should have had a disclaimer at the start telling people the budget and that they should lower their expectations.

Plus, there's a whole lot of issues about the movie which has nothing to do with budget. Stuff like tactical considerations, dialogue, direction and editing.

There were a few good points about the movie. I remember thinking it when I saw the movie, but I can't remember any of them right now.


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I had a look at the page for that Lord Inquisitor short animation, and it looks to be 100 times higher standard than the Ultramarines movie. And it's made by one guy, with no budget? That just goes to show what can be done.

I agree with Filbert- the plot and direction were weak, and that has very little to do with budget. The pacing was really all over the place.

@ Kroot - The youtube version I watched was pretty good quality. I'm not advocating this approach to watching the film, but having discovered a few posts into this thread that it was only a very release, this seemed the only option open to me without a load of hassle or expenditure of more cash than I cared to.

Generally speaking, there was the odd spark of potential (the Thunderhawk flybys or the defilement of the Imperial Fists bodies), but these were outweighed heavily by the daftness, like marines displaying eldar levels of agility together with the aformentioned poor scripting.

Flashman wrote:@ Kroot - The youtube version I watched was pretty good quality. I'm not advocating this approach to watching the film, but having discovered a few posts into this thread that it was only a very release, this seemed the only option open to me without a load of hassle or expenditure of more cash than I cared to.

Generally speaking, there was the odd spark of potential (the Thunderhawk flybys or the defilement of the Imperial Fists bodies), but these were outweighed heavily by the daftness, like marines displaying eldar levels of agility together with the aformentioned poor scripting.

The marine move rarely felt "right". They either lumbered like terminators or hopped around like little children with springs in the boots.

The problem with releasing the "standard edition" of the movie so late is that everyone that cared about the movie has already seen it secondhand.

I watched a copy of the movie who my friend borrowed from his friend. One "Special Edition" DVD entertained a grand 20 or so of us. I'd imagine some weren't as patient and watched the movie on YouTube or whatever and that one "special edition" DVD copy has entertained hundreds.

Codex Pictures refusing to release a regular edition over a year after the movie's completion is a terrible mistake on their part. I waited until the movie was released in its standard edition and it took so long I stopped caring and ended up getting invited to a showing third-hand.

Had they actually released a regular edition for a standard DVD price, I would have considered buying it.
Now, if they release the movie in its rightful standard edition, I won't care. It's too late to make any difference.

Blame whoever's business decision it was to pull a GW and overprice their movie. If they made a standard $14 edition, I'd buy it. If they made an economy $5 DVD in a paper sleeve available on the main GW website and hobby shops, pretty much everyone that plays 40k would at least consider it.

Indeed, it was a monumentally daft way to release a film aimed at a community that spends the a lot of its time on the internet

Blimey is it December 2010 again?

Will everyone stop complaining about Ultramarines the Movie, you are making be feel bad about spending 26 quid on it all over again!

Flashman wrote: Indeed, it was a monumentally daft way to release a film aimed at a community that spends the a lot of its time on the internet and complaining about the minutist detail

There, got that one for you.

The movie was made on a very limited budget. They were clear about that going in. I felt that I got what I wanted out of the movie, and what I expected. It wasn't an oscar-winning film, but it wasn't terrible either. A good first step on what I would hope would be many more movies, increasing in quality. I thought the voice work was pretty solid, and while there were moments that were, to be frank, awful, they were also some moments that were pretty sweet and on the whole, it was an average movie.

Unfortunately I'm not sure how they could afford to do this again when apparently most people just get a copy off a torrent site or whatever. I'm not a RIAA shill or anything but FFS they're a small independent studio so maybe support the HHHobby a little.


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Flashman wrote:@ Kroot - The youtube version I watched was pretty good quality. I'm not advocating this approach to watching the film, but having discovered a few posts into this thread that it was only a very release, this seemed the only option open to me without a load of hassle or expenditure of more cash than I cared to.

Advocating this method is exactly what you're doing. You decided you didn't want to pay for it, so you didn't. Don't rationalize it. Call a spade a spade.

Ouze wrote:

Flashman wrote:@ Kroot - The youtube version I watched was pretty good quality. I'm not advocating this approach to watching the film, but having discovered a few posts into this thread that it was only a very release, this seemed the only option open to me without a load of hassle or expenditure of more cash than I cared to.

Advocating this method is exactly what you're doing. You decided you didn't want to pay for it, so you didn't. Don't rationalize it. Call a spade a spade.

Well maybe I am advocating it in this particular instance, but had the film been released normally at a reasonable price, I would have rented or bought it. I don't (usually) watch pirate DVDs or internet downloads because a) I enjoy the cinema experience more and b) I'm not that clever at finding and downloading things either. However, even I can type the title of something into the Youtube search engine.

SgtSixkilla wrote:Personally, I can't see how it can be illegal to download a movie that it's not possible to buy, even if one would want to. Then again. Copyright laws aren't exactly logical or even the slightest bit rational.

Er... It is available to buy. But whether it is or not, that's up the whoever owns it. It doesn't suddenly become legal to copy it just because it's not currently available.


Since the original question appears to have been answered, and this thread really doesn't appear to be serving any purpose other than to encourage movie piracy, I think we're done here.