Ultramarines Movie - My review

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**The Night Stalker**

Manchu reminds you: Posting spam is against DakkaDakka rules.

**Ouze**

CT GAMER wrote:I can't decide which thread contains more whine, this one or the StormRaven thread...

The response is similar because the situations are similar: in both cases a promising product with high hopes was smashed by poor execution. The Stormraven was such an awesome concept, and the actual model "kinda sucks" at best - the homebrew kitbashes are nearly all better. In many cases, a great deal better.

At the time of you post, it appeared that the Ultramarines movie would have very little distribution (no amazon, netflix et al) - if that were true, it would be cause for concern, which was expressed. It does not appear that is true, however.

**TheSecretSquig**

Well thanks for posting this, its made me register and order the deluxe copy of the DVD from the site. Unfortunatley I'm posted in the Middle East at the moment, and won't be back in the UK to watch it until January.

Really looking forward to it. Been in the hobby +20yrs and from the trailer, I know its going to be good. I'm happy to pass my 26 GBP onto the guys if it supports future developments into bringing the 40k universe to film.

I think this will be a great thing for the hobby, and as a shareholder in GW, I also think this will reinvigorate future sales. My 9yr old nephew is just starting in the hobby, and surprise surprise, painting Ultramarines. This is gowing to blow him away!

**darthmatty**

Am really looking forward to getting my copy, but then always have been. from the review it sounds like the film is what it is, afilm for the fans. my guess would be that if the film does well the next will be better and so on. Has anyone heard the audio books? the first one was quite bland just the narrator reading, but as they have gone on they have got better and better, with more sound effects, music and the likes. This sounds like a toe in the water affair. Onwards and upwards eh!

**Sturmtruppe**

I actually bought the "Inquisitor" VHS at Games Day years ago (either 98 or 2000) and I'll probably buy this one as well. Thank you for the review and information on it.

**reds8n**

http://www.heyuguys.co.uk/2010/11/18/ultramarines-a-warhammer-40000-movie-world-exclusive-clip/

A new clip for your entertainment there.

**jonolikespie**

...
Wow, that was kinda disappointing. The story looks really good but the more i see of the animation the worse it gets.

**reds8n**

**MajorTom11**

40k Radio has posted a quite positive review on their latest podcast. During the same podcast they also announced that the movie had become a sponsor for the whole year too... lol, takes a bit of credibility away. BUT, they do sound genuinely enthused, and were commenting on many little details that really made the movie for them.

**reds8n**

We have ten pairs of tickets to give away to a preview screening of the Ultramarines movie in Central London on Sunday November 28th at 11am.

If you would like to see the movie on a big screen, ahead of the release date, simply email moviepreview@ultramarinesthemovie.com with your name, address and contact number, and BLOG in the subject line, by 6pm GMT Tuesday November 23rd.

Ten winners will be drawn at random by an independent party, and notified by email on Wednesday November 24th.

ULTRAMARINES has been rated as 15 Certificate in the UK and rated R in the US.

..get sending then folks !

**Gitsplitta**

Thanks for sticking your neck out to do the review. I am cautiously optimistic... which is saying something. And MajorTom is right, expecting perfection in a low-budget, niche market genre film is neither rational or reasonable. Good story and acting are more than I would have hoped for, and with them, I'll gladly enjoy the movie in spite of less-than-Avatar quality animation.

**notprop**

I stopped watching that clip half way through.

Not I might add because I thought that the animation was sub par but because this has really got me excited about receiving my pre order. It actually looks good especially when compared to akk the pre-showing whinging.

Roll on delivery day!

**Ifurita**

Very nice write up and review. Thanks.

**KamikazeCanuck**

I think you've convinced me to actually buy this movie OP and I never buy movies but basically your saying this is an independant film made about my favorite universe. How many of us have dreamed about doing something like this? They deserve some support.

**whatwhat**

reds8n wrote:

That clip was ace.

**doghouse**

I really didn't like the clips, I cringed all the way through both of them. I was pretty disappointed given the positive things people have been saying but I thought the voice acting was terrible and the animation was pretty bad. :(

**dreadanant**

i have an off topic question, any one know if it will be released in aus, i had a look on the web site but couldnt see anything and noticed it was only in uk/us format, but back on topic the review has got me excited, i thought the trailers were good enough lol

**Bryce-2-Good87**

If there is a chance for more... I will not look for torrents... My order has now been placed!

**Kurgash**

Seems....intriguing. I'll hold my judgment for now.

**George Spiggott**

StraightSilver wrote:The Hollywood producers always ask how they can get a love interest in there and of course that isn't something we necessarily want to see (well not most if us anyway!).

When most of the women on your fluff are nuns this can be difficult.

**BrookM**

This is what Hollywood wants..

**AlexHolker**

George Spiggott wrote:
StraightSilver wrote:The Hollywood producers always ask how they can get a love interest in there and of course that isn't something we necessarily want to see (well not most if us anyway!).
When most of the women on your fluff are nuns this can be difficult.

Good thing we've got Sandy Mitchell around, then. Make a series of Ciaphas Cain movies and not only would you get a variety of female characters (more than a few of whom have been in a relationship with Cain), but also confirmation that Sisters of Battle don't share an extinct, unrelated religion's requirement for celibacy and even *gasp* a same sex couple.

**George Spiggott**

BrookM wrote:This is what Hollywood wants..

This is full of win!

**Wolfstan**

Being into 3d and CGI, the idea of having a CGI 40k movie really appealed to me. Especially when you see the intro stuff from Dawn of War, Gears of War and COD. Bloody awesome stuff. However...

The graphics aren't the best, but they're by no means awful, and to be honest nothing grates too much apart from the walk cycles in places (going up stairs or walking through desert - there seems to be no mass and the legs look a bit floaty). Some of the dialogue is a bit cheesey but is generally better than most movies, but the voice cast do a great job and the characters are nicely realised.

... gets my goat. You either do this properly or you stay away from it. Gearing it up for the GW fans, and pricing it in a GW way just means you are limiting your market and likely to die a death. They should of made this film with the intention of making it appeal to Sci Fi fans in general. It would give them a bigger return, with the likely hood of being able to make a sequal.

**yakface**

Rather than post yet another thread in News & Rumors about my review of the Ultramarines movie, I figured I'd just post a notice here in this lovely thread on the topic.

Mine's in the Dakka articles section of the site and you can read it here:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/yakface_Reviews_the_Ultramarines_Movie

I also wanted to give a shout out to StraightSilver for his great review. I had committed to writing one and then I read yours and realized you had already said most of what I was going to write! But I went ahead and wrote it anyway, trying to add a bit of my perspective. Hopefully it isn't *too* much like reading a re-hash of you already wrote.

Thanks again for taking the time to write it up!

**Grotzooka**

reds8n wrote:
ULTRAMARINES has been rated as 15 Certificate in the UK and rated R in the US.

Rated R?
That's gonna make a lot of people happy. I seem to recall that many people were worrying that it would be too toned down.

Apparently not.

**Nurglitch**

Order placed: looks good enough for support and we need to prove there's a market so that they make more and better.

Incidentally the notion of old-looking Marines really gels with the notion of Veteran life-spans being in the hundreds of years. I like it.

**Rhich**

I'll be camping out by my mailbox !!!!!

**mattyrm**

Pre ordered, even if it sucks i want to support these guys. I think anyone that loves the hobby should do the same.

**reds8n**

Big thanks to the producers for the cinema showing this coming Sunday, I'm looking forwards to it immensely.