Video game movies tank, nobody notices

We knew it would be ugly when neither BloodRayne, Uwe Boll's latest crapfest, nor Grandma's Boy, a comic simpleton devoted to video games, were screened for critics. Eventually, Rotten Tomatoes awarded BloodRayne an embarrassing 6% while Grandma's Boy managed to earn a relatively impressive (although still embarrassing) 13%. (We gave it an overall rating of 4/10, though it earned an unheard of 9.5/10 within the subset of movies significantly about video games.)

BloodRayne came in 19th earning just over $1 million, while Grandma's Boy managed to eke out $2.9 million. According to 1UP, Boll blamesRayne's pisspoor performance on a last minute drop in screens. "'In the last second they cancelled 1000 screens this fuckers,' he said before placing blame on his distributor. 'Romar [Entertainment] has not enough power.'"

Newsflash Mr. Boll: the sun, moon, and stars have not enough power either, buddy.

Here's the thing: most gamers didn't go see these movies for the same reason most people didn't go see these movies: because they look like crap. We didn't notice them, and the movie studios apparently don't notice us not noticing them, have you noticed?

In related news, Cinematical has a great post up of Boll, doing his best impersonation of a rabid animal, at the premiere for BloodRayne. Looking good Uwe, looking good.

[UPDATE: link for Rotten Tomatoes score fixed. Thanks, AndrewNeo]