Just like all German "Futurama" fans know,dubbing can totally ruin any film.I guess this movie simply can't be dubbed into any other language.If you're however German and know the actors, this movie is utterly funny.You can compare it to Juan of the Dead, and it's even funnier.Thanks to everyone involved in this movie for lighting in a candle in the horrible German movie landscape.
... View More"Kartoffelsalat" (Potato Salad) is the worst movie I have ever seen (and probably will ever see). I had hopes, that after Ashens had been able to produce a feature film on a small budget, Torge Oelrich (who had a 1M / 1.1M $ budget) could come up with another decent movie to show that YouTube is serious business. These hopes were crushed."Kartoffelsalat" starts out on some slapstick gags and puns that could have been in Airplane! or the Naked Gun. One or two of those gags are decent, but then you realize that this is the only thing this movie has to offer. Pun after pun after pun, none of which catches you off-guard or is even remotely funny. The plot remains unaffected by these lousy jokes, but as it is just a (sub-)standard zombie-movie-plot, there's really not much to talk about. But it's not even the bad acting, partially bad editing, unprofessional audio, out of focus/blurry images, and stupid-as-hell plot that annoy me the most. It's the audacity. The audacity to promote this movie with tons of German YouTubers' names, only to lure their fans into watching this. 90% of these YouTubers have cameos where they get to say one or two lines of dialogue and that's it. I actually feel sorry for those teens who thought they could see their idol on the big screen, but only got their money taken right out of their pockets. "Kartoffelsalat" has nothing to offer as a movie, and the more context you know, the worse it gets.
... View MoreIt is a pity that people had to pay money to see this. The opening shot already gave away that it would not be a good movie but it could have been fun to watch anyway. Unfortunately it was not. It was not funny and the only enjoyable thing about it were the Breaking Bad references. You could not even watch it and have some fun making fun of it because it was just too bad for that.Apart from the the camera work being amateurish and the sets being full of clichés within the first ten minutes you see numerous completely random and not funny jokes. Random jokes can be funny but these just leave you scratching your head and asking yourself why someone thought this would be a good or a funny idea. Also countless clichés are used to make weird and random jokes like when there all of the sudden is someone being executed in a German police station just so a goofy joke can be made. It just doesn't work. It does not fit.This is the movie to watch if you want to know how not to make a movie. Otherwise: don't watch it. It's a waste of money and even more it's a waste of time.
... View MoreKartoffelsalat" planned to change the German cinema. The first German movie, produced by and with German YouTubers. The idea stems from the German YouTuber Torge Oelrich, who worked together with Otto, a famous German comedian from the 90s. That might sound like the wet dream of the 2012 German YouTube community, but the movie already disappointed with its trailer.Why did I gave the movie just 1 Point? The main reason for it, is the mindless story, the bad humor and the incredible awful screen play of the actors. Even the other German comedians, who came to aid Otto, disappointed. Everything they where able to accomplish , was to warm up old jokes from the 90s. The humor of the movie remembers me, at the uncle at family reunions, who annoys everyone with his bad jokes. The movie also got big technical issues. You can clearly see, that the lightning was done poorly, also the post-production is way behind the standard. All in one, the movie is clearly made fort he fans of the involved German YouTubers. The whole marketing for the movie points that out. I can't really recommend that movie, even if you like trash movies, Kartoffelsalat" will properly disappoint you.
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