Well... lets just get this over with. I'll start by saying that I love Warhammer 40,000. I love Space Marines, and I like the Ultramarines as long as I am allowed to ignore Ward's fluff. So I came into this movie pretty optimistic.
Its started good with that action sequence. And then I heard the Ultramarines' new catchphrase, "We march for Macragge and we shall know no fear!". Yeah, whatever happened to "courage and honor"? That was a perfectly good battle cry. Also, why do the marines act like fresh recruits? They've been scouts for more than fifty years. But ok, thats fine, lets move on. Lets follow the movie through the plot.
So the Imperial Fists are guarding a shrine. I can see that, they are great defenders and fortifiers. So how many marines are there, ten? Twenty? The whole Fifth Company? Are they kidding me? Ok thats fine. So there is a lot of walking through dust. I can understand that because the people had virtually no money. Its looking ok right now.
The land speeder was awesome. I loved every second of it. Then we get to the first action sequence. I enjoyed it. The bolters, while not sounding as well as they do in Dawn of War, sound ok. There is also a good amount of blood. The chaos space marine that Verenor killed also seemed pretty threatening, taking almost 10 bolt rounds to down. Then the marines cross the wooden bridge. The wooden bridge. The 800 pound space marines cross a wooden bridge. Ok movie, a crane couldn't suspend my disbelief.
The shrine was cool and everything in it. The chaplain was my favorite character and at this point I was looking forward to the main fight. That is where the problems start. I understand the lack of budget, but they can't expect me to believe that the Ultramarines are going to stand in the open while the World Eaters, excuse me, Black Legion, charges them. But fine. These Black Legion are stupid; maybe they are new, weaker marines that go down in one shot. But they don't even get a chance to kill an Ultramarine in close combat!
So now we move into the end of the movie. I'm not going to spoil anything. But I'm going to say that it looked stupid. Completely fucking stupid. It didn't look cool in the slightest.
Despite its flaws, I was still happy to have a Warhammer movie. Just make a better one next time.
Whatever happened to courage and honor?
Well... lets just get this over with. I'll start by saying that I love Warhammer 40,000. I love Space Marines, and I like the Ultramarines as long as I am allowed to ignore Ward's fluff. So I came into this movie pretty optimistic.
Its started good with that action sequence. And then I heard the Ultramarines' new catchphrase, "We march for Macragge and we shall know no fear!". Yeah, whatever happened to "courage and honor"? That was a perfectly good battle cry. Also, why do the marines act like fresh recruits? They've been scouts for more than fifty years. But ok, thats fine, lets move on. Lets follow the movie through the plot.
So the Imperial Fists are guarding a shrine. I can see that, they are great defenders and fortifiers. So how many marines are there, ten? Twenty? The whole Fifth Company? Are they kidding me? Ok thats fine. So there is a lot of walking through dust. I can understand that because the people had virtually no money. Its looking ok right now.
The land speeder was awesome. I loved every second of it. Then we get to the first action sequence. I enjoyed it. The bolters, while not sounding as well as they do in Dawn of War, sound ok. There is also a good amount of blood. The chaos space marine that Verenor killed also seemed pretty threatening, taking almost 10 bolt rounds to down. Then the marines cross the wooden bridge. The wooden bridge. The 800 pound space marines cross a wooden bridge. Ok movie, a crane couldn't suspend my disbelief.
The shrine was cool and everything in it. The chaplain was my favorite character and at this point I was looking forward to the main fight. That is where the problems start. I understand the lack of budget, but they can't expect me to believe that the Ultramarines are going to stand in the open while the World Eaters, excuse me, Black Legion, charges them. But fine. These Black Legion are stupid; maybe they are new, weaker marines that go down in one shot. But they don't even get a chance to kill an Ultramarine in close combat!
So now we move into the end of the movie. I'm not going to spoil anything. But I'm going to say that it looked stupid. Completely fucking stupid. It didn't look cool in the slightest.
Despite its flaws, I was still happy to have a Warhammer movie. Just make a better one next time.