That this guy is what capitalism rewards should be the last word on the subject.

I'm going to be in a very extreme minority here, but I adore Boll's films. Not in a technical, storytelling, visual, thematic, or artistic sense... but an endlessly entertaining one.

I always hear people that say things to the effect of "great movies make you think", and Uwe's movies do just that. Even if what you are thinking is "Haha! Holy shit what was he thinking?" or "Why on earth would he splice decades old video game footage into the middle of a gunfight?"

Many of his films are so bad that I am left in awe... they are awful in the most literal sense. But not for a second have I considered turning one of them off.

House of the Dead is one of the most genuinely enjoyable films ever made, if "good" isn't one of the criteria you require from a movie. I watch it a handful of times a year, and will do so until I die. Jurgen Prochnow chews the fuck out of the scenery. It's god damned amazing and he still can't keep up with Clint Howard's brilliance. Those two performances alone make it worth a watch.

In contrast, Requiem for a Dream is one of the greatest movies I have ever seen, and I will never watch it again.

So, that said (poorly), this sort of breaks my heart that he is finally done with film. He got to make way more than anyone of his caliber had any right too, and I was absolutely fine with that. A lot of bad movies are made every year, but there was something genuinely special about Boll's many failures.

Sucks he got into the restaurant business though, because while there are people like me who truly enjoy terrible films, the same can't really be said for food.

Postal was better Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

Postal is available to watch on the youtubes, free for nothing:
Postal film Full [ENG]

Too expensive.

I've never seen one of his films, but I guess there's something to be said for one person's vision, undliuted by committee or even financial concerns. Good or bad, there's something pure about that.

Ha, 'art' is stretching it.

His restaurant is really good. Crazy pricey for dinner but lunch is within reason and very, very tasty.

I take it Germany closed those tax code loopholes for filmmakers, then?

Every time someone shows any actual emotional investment in a rant against Uwe Boll's films I always want to ask the following:

If you could get away with the things Uwe Boll has done (playing movie director, working with recognized movie stars as often as not and making money doing it) wouldn't you run with it?

Now be honest.

That's a good point, and also makes his retirement rant seem especially whiny.

Sure, the most important part of a run of luck is to quietly get the hell out of town when it's over before anyone asks for their money back.