I think it's really good in respect to the low budget and amateur-acteurs; I've seen much worse million dollar productions! It's a fan film after all and you should be glad that there are such devoted people in this hobby. And if you don't like it stop watching it! Nobody forces you to do so! It's always easy to complain about something, without beeing able to do it better or even knowing how much effort it takes to produce such a movie...
Talon
· 4 months ago
Signed. Its a low-budget fanmovie. And for that its great. Voice acting could be better but everyone who has tried to dub something on their own will know how hard that is.
Mr Day
· 4 months ago
Seeing as it is "only" a fan made film I am staggered by the production quality. 3D effects, acting by people who actually know and understand the story and a well captured grim and dark atmosphere. Though my German is poor it is easy enough to grasp what is going on.
Hats off to them for trying, I know I couldn't do any better.
Lavoris
· 4 months ago
Eh, it is a piece of crap if you ask me. If I were GW, I'd halt any official release as well. Fan made video appearing on youtube? That's fine. W40k deserves something much better than this shameful, low budget mess.
crunchyjuice
· 4 months ago
i want a 40k movie that has a similar style to to that of 300. THAT would be badASSSSSSSSSSSSS slomo kickass etc... with stunning comicbook like scene panels... good music too, not any of that weird holy music like in DOW. if they did it right it could and should be the best action movie ever.
Mike X
· 4 months ago
"Madness? This... is... TERRA!!!"
I'm like the only person who hated "300". I was so pumped for it, then so utterly disappointed...
Supposedly GW is making a CGI movie, based on the Ultramarines, in the same quality as the Dawn of War intro videos.
klemanius
· 4 months ago
not the only one, I too was disappointed by 300.
crunchyjuice
· 4 months ago
haha well what im saying is that they could make this movie really good. and if they do, they probably would get a large reaction out of the people who dont play. however if it is as you say and the rumored movie is of the DOW quality....................... it wont be that good at all. if they dont do it the way i want it, i wont see it. in fact, they should let me direct it, because i will make sure it will be extra badass. ten times more badass. no, 100x more badass. as you can see, i would make it fairly badass.
manton
· 4 months ago
As long as Guantanamo is specially re-opened for Michael Bay during the filming of it i think it could be ok. Way to ruin transformers. douchebag!
Molochi
· 4 months ago
Are you kidding me? Transformers sucked. Michael Bay made it enjoyable. Go back and watch those shows and tell me that was quality television.
Get out of the way of progress, philistine.
Skragger
· 4 months ago
Well... they throw "movie" about like so many Gretchen.. remember the Blood Angels movie they were supposedly going to release many years ago? I, for one, dont have high hopes
Dedwrekka
· 4 months ago
BloodQuest, which wasn't really a blood angels movie. It failed because GW chose a new studio to produce it and they went down the drain (much like the original development of Warhammer Online).
Damnatus isn't bad for a fan movie, which is to say that it isn't good for a real movie, but succeeds far above what you'd expect on a small budget
PlasmaCow
· 4 months ago
umm, no, that would be the first presentation vids for the new THQ game, currently under the work-in-progress title of Ultramarine.
BrotherWill
· 4 months ago
Agreed. It looks like it was fished straight out of Nurgle's colon.
t3hBK
· 4 months ago
I'm sure it's still floating around Rapidshare/Megaupload. I saw a link to it on 4chan's /tg/ about a month back, but my connection is fail, so I wasn't able to download th gem.
BrotherAtrox
· 4 months ago
Downloaded and watched this movie. Can't say it was any good...
Norseman
· 4 months ago
Are you on "Krak" the movie was amazing. It was a little "Eurostyle" ala Dr. Who but you forget this was made for $15K this is a group of fans that made an AMAZING looking movie, not bad acting, and actually a pretty good plot. If you are comparing this to $100million movies ...Yes it will not be in the same ballpark but this movie was made by 40k fans for 40k fans. It had so many little things that you could tell these people loved the 40K universe.
Anonymous
· 4 months ago
Eh. I have to give credit to the people who made it for sticking with the movie. Other than that... meh.
SiamTiger
· 4 months ago
Thats just a leaked version, that has been around for several months.
About the critics, its a fan made movie with a small budget, what did you expect? Some people ...
Mike X
· 4 months ago
Dude, there have been fan-films made of Star Wars that are nearly identical to the official movies, or spin-offs that have the exact same high quality effects, and top-notch acting.
I'm downloading Damnatus now, but I'm not expecting anything fantastic. If I remember the trailer correctly, it looked terrible.
Bijyu
· 4 months ago
30 years of technology will do that. That speaks more about how bad the CG was back then than how easy it is to get good CG now adays.
Mike X
· 4 months ago
I was referring to the fan-made Star Wars: Episode III movie that was put online roughly 6 months before the official movie was released in theaters. It made big buzz in the news, even had anchors comparing scenes from the fan-film to the real Lucas movie.
But, anyway, I just gave Damnatus a quick scan, it seemed pretty good with effects, quality, and acting... though the lack of subtitles ruined it for me. Gotta give them kudos though, they did a great job overall.
PlasmaCow
· 4 months ago
if you look in the right places, you can get a version of Damnatus with full english subtitles
BrotherAtrox
· 4 months ago
Better acting?
Sorien
· 4 months ago
It's been on torrents for a while, with subtitles (mostly, they missed a few scenes especially late in the movie)
I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Jared
· 4 months ago
Slowpoke. Its been released into the ecology of the internet since december.
I liked it. It was okay. not great, but okay. I managed to get the subtitles to work, and the acting was competent, the effects surprisingly good, and the writing had high points. It wasnt Dorkness Rising, but it was okay.
heartbit
· 4 months ago
Yeah, and full quality with english/german subs. BTW...Good for you. I never get the subs working.. sniff
Slicksauce
· 4 months ago
Indeed, for what it is, it's good. If anyone of the critics can do better with the same budget than go for it. Otherwise...
Scott
· 4 months ago
For a fan project this really is truely stunning, even with my limited grasp or german the creators seemed to capture every aspect of the 40k universe, much more so then certain other failed film projects created by GW. but yea can we get anyone in here to subtitle this thing?
CmdrBone
· 4 months ago
Luckily, german is my native language, so no problem there... I'm at minute 35, and not that bad, actually. Captures the gritty atmosphere of 40K quite well, but the acting is... well...
Tim
· 4 months ago
Its a fanfilm. Nothing more and nothing less. Its not the worst movie ever, not Uwe Boll but also not Oscar worthy. Its a bit like "Mutant Chronicles".
sincerely
Word_Bearer
· 4 months ago
No, heresy, nothing could be as bad as mutant chronicles was take it back!
I heart grimdark
· 4 months ago
Nothing says grimdark like nu-metal.
Sathos
· 4 months ago
nah...some good death metal would work well for any chaos action scenes ;)
Sam
· 4 months ago
I love the way in ALL fan made films, without exception, no one makes sudden, realistic movements. Everything is done slowly and deliberately. Also horrible camera dierction
Asymmetrical Xeno
· 4 months ago
I thought Damnatus was "ok", I mean its pretty decent for a fan-film, but still has a cheesiness to it that kinda ruined it for me. Still, I couldnt do better and I respect their efforts. The main crit I had was the godawful music choice, did they have to use a cheesey tame genre like death/black metal ? they should of used some dark electro-industrial like Allied Vision or even better...death-robot, that would of crushed our souls in the most grimdark way!
Ridicule
· 4 months ago
Just watched it, can't compare it to ordinary movies. As a fan-film I found it fairly entertaining. It seems to have been quite the ambitious project.
Heresy Online
· 4 months ago
This is old news guys.
The film came out on Torrent December last year.
It sucks too. Good call by GW I say.
JFX
· 4 months ago
Sir, it is a fan production. As a Multimedia Specialist it was good for a fan production done on a limited budget. The acting was not all that great but there were a few gems in it that really shown bright.
If this had been a multimillion dollar film, then I would agree with you.
QBall78
· 4 months ago
Sorry, but i don't believe "Good call" fits here.
Funny thing is, that GW hasn't prevented the movie from being published because of the quality (they actually never referred to that). The reason was german copyright law, wich only allows economic rights for the movie beeing transfered to GW. Intellectual property of the movie always belongs to the artist and can't be transferred (that's how I understood it).
So GW banned the movie because they where affraid of loosing control over W40K.
The ending is pretty good but it was very long and needlessly drawn out. But i guess there so much to cover in the 40k background that it's be hard to make a movie true to the game keep it entertaining all the way through.
Bung
· 4 months ago
Its all envy cause germans did it :P Im german and watched it months ago. As others said its a fanfilm, live with it or do it better. If you want more battles and fights and actions go watch transformers or starship troopers or some b-movie warmovies from the 80es. I think an inqisition story fits better for 40k movie for peopl knowing nothing about 40k than sensless violence like the most warmovies.
ps: 300 the movie sucked only the comicbok is pretty nice
Miggidy_Mack
· 4 months ago
If I spoke german I'd do a fan dub! As it stands now I'll probably have to get 3 guys together and just make stuff up :)
RealGenius
· 4 months ago
Isn't it "on the lam"? Or is there some livestock fascination over at BoLS? :)
Happy 4th Bigred!
Bigdogsteel
· 4 months ago
Like the film so far. German just adds to the darkness, but I would love to know what is being said.
rahveel
· 4 months ago
I enjoyed it, especilly the end.
acting was nothing to shout about, but then, I dont speak a lick of german, so maybe it was great, who knows? :P
still, it was fun to watch, low quality and all.
Word_Bearer
· 4 months ago
Well this was pretty much exactly what I was expecting quality wise, and I rather enjoyed it. The ending really surprised me, although I can't think of any more melodramatic of a way for the various characters to all die off, that was my primary disappointment. Also the fact that the daemonhost did not mutate at all, they just used those annoying camera effects for FAR too long. Still, it was definitely entertaining.
M
· 4 months ago
First off it's in german with no subtitles so how the hell is everyone else supposed to enjoy it. Second, the quality is trash so even if I understood german how the hell can I enjoy it. Fail!
Skylifter
· 4 months ago
I quite liked the ending. For a fan-made movie with a low budget, this thing is awesome, and the story is perfect. It does suffer from the acting style, though. At some points, you get the distinct impression of watching a live action roleplay session instead of a movie, which destroys the suspension of disbelief.
The ending does make it work again, though.
Chris
· 4 months ago
funny, almost every comment here that 'it sucks' does not have anything to show in comparison.
for every one of you. where are your submissions so you can be judged? 10 out of 10 for darkness and suggested theme. as for content i can't understand the lingo mugh to Oma's attempts at getting me to learn.
MEP
· 4 months ago
"sitting out on Google Videos (which I'm stunned is still up and running in the wake of Youtube)."
You do know that Google owns YouTube right? They operate both sites.
mike
· 4 months ago
I really want to give them credit. And I do. The priest looks great some effects are well done, and for a fan film they put a ton of time, effort, and love into it.
But saying that I just watched it, and it wasn't much good... at all (bear in mind this is from a guy who hates Dr. Who). Corny hear and there line delivery wasn't believable. Everything camera related seems very amateur. Also everything was a "Hey we're a fan movie, with Easter eggs for the fans" and all at the same time coming off corny and forced.
Again I give credit where credit is due. Yet the fact that this movie exists, is more of a plus than the film itself.
BrassScorpion
· 4 months ago
It's a valiant effort I'm sure from fans with a low budget to recreate the stiflingly dark atmoshphere and look of 40K. However, the film has some major problems from a pure film-making standpoint. There are too many endlessly long, ponderous shots and lengthy walking sequences used to pad out the film, reminiscent of the films of one Robert L. Lippert. There's more walking in this movie frame for frame than if you combined the walking scenes in King Dinosaur with the rock climbing scenes from Lost Continent (any Mystery Science Theater 3000 fans out there?). It takes more than 20 minutes before nearly anything actually happens, and that doesn't last long before we're back to more ponderous shots and walking sequences. If it wasn't for the fact that this film is a rare 40K related effort, I never would have stuck with it for more than 5 minutes. That said, I admire the effort and energy that went into the project by what appear to be fans and purely amateur film makers.
Jason
· 4 months ago
It's the movie - I got lucky enough to see a screener of it last year. It's really pretty good, and I hate that Vu and the guys weren't able to market it out like they wanted (it was gonna be free anyway!). One of the best fan movies I've seen.
Nuadhu
· 4 months ago
Hey, heresy online, you like to repeat yourself, don't you?
I was one of the guys working on Damnatus over 8 years ago. Back then all of us were amateurs in film making (now most of us have taken a degree in different branches of media studies or film making), just loving the fluff and feel, and so we based the film's look on John Blanche's red-dominated artwork. When criticizing the film, remember that the technology that came to use had to be affordable for the students we were and is now almost nine years old, too. We didn't want to create something groundbreaking in terms of effects or technology, we just wanted to show our love for the 40k universe and perhaps get people into it who don't know anything about it.
Looking at it now we all know it could have been better if we'd make it now in terms of film making, but it is a fact that dispite all the struggle with GW it was fun to make it, to be part of it, and to get to know a lot of other hobbyists over the course of production sharing the same love. And it is a shame it can never be released properly for a broader audience.
Because in the end we have to be aware of one fact: after this film has been banned, all efforts by other creative people to do similar or better fan projects have been brought to a halt. Forever. Interaction with GW and their fans on the basis of the awesome fluff they created is practically non-existent, now that GW have proven that they don't put any trust in their fans who want to pay tribute to the fluff. I'm shure that an agreement could have been reached, if GW had been willing to do so.
All Comments
It's a fan film after all and you should be glad that there are such devoted people in this hobby. And if you don't like it stop watching it! Nobody forces you to do so!
It's always easy to complain about something, without beeing able to do it better or even knowing how much effort it takes to produce such a movie...
Hats off to them for trying, I know I couldn't do any better.
W40k deserves something much better than this shameful, low budget mess.
slomo kickass etc... with stunning comicbook like scene panels... good music too, not any of that weird holy music like in DOW. if they did it right it could and should be the best action movie ever.
I'm like the only person who hated "300". I was so pumped for it, then so utterly disappointed...
Supposedly GW is making a CGI movie, based on the Ultramarines, in the same quality as the Dawn of War intro videos.
Way to ruin transformers. douchebag!
Get out of the way of progress, philistine.
Damnatus isn't bad for a fan movie, which is to say that it isn't good for a real movie, but succeeds far above what you'd expect on a small budget
About the critics, its a fan made movie with a small budget, what did you expect? Some people ...
I'm downloading Damnatus now, but I'm not expecting anything fantastic. If I remember the trailer correctly, it looked terrible.
But, anyway, I just gave Damnatus a quick scan, it seemed pretty good with effects, quality, and acting... though the lack of subtitles ruined it for me. Gotta give them kudos though, they did a great job overall.
I thoroughly enjoyed it.
I liked it. It was okay. not great, but okay. I managed to get the subtitles to work, and the acting was competent, the effects surprisingly good, and the writing had high points. It wasnt Dorkness Rising, but it was okay.
BTW...Good for you. I never get the subs working.. sniff
Nothing more and nothing less. Its not the worst movie ever, not Uwe Boll but also not Oscar worthy.
Its a bit like "Mutant Chronicles".
sincerely
The film came out on Torrent December last year.
It sucks too. Good call by GW I say.
If this had been a multimillion dollar film, then I would agree with you.
Funny thing is, that GW hasn't prevented the movie from being published because of the quality (they actually never referred to that). The reason was german copyright law, wich only allows economic rights for the movie beeing transfered to GW. Intellectual property of the movie always belongs to the artist and can't be transferred (that's how I understood it).
So GW banned the movie because they where affraid of loosing control over W40K.
Heres the link to the BBC-interviev with Andy Jones about the Damnatus-topic
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7010484.stm
http://www.warez-bb.org/viewtopic.php?p=1465903...
The ending is pretty good but it was very long and needlessly drawn out. But i guess there so much to cover in the 40k background that it's be hard to make a movie true to the game keep it entertaining all the way through.
Im german and watched it months ago.
As others said its a fanfilm, live with it or do it better.
If you want more battles and fights and actions go watch transformers or starship troopers or some b-movie warmovies from the 80es.
I think an inqisition story fits better for 40k movie for peopl knowing nothing about 40k than sensless violence like the most warmovies.
ps: 300 the movie sucked only the comicbok is pretty nice
Happy 4th Bigred!
acting was nothing to shout about, but then, I dont speak a lick of german, so maybe it was great, who knows? :P
still, it was fun to watch, low quality and all.
It does suffer from the acting style, though. At some points, you get the distinct impression of watching a live action roleplay session instead of a movie, which destroys the suspension of disbelief.
The ending does make it work again, though.
for every one of you. where are your submissions so you can be judged? 10 out of 10 for darkness and suggested theme. as for content i can't understand the lingo mugh to Oma's attempts at getting me to learn.
You do know that Google owns YouTube right? They operate both sites.
But saying that I just watched it, and it wasn't much good... at all (bear in mind this is from a guy who hates Dr. Who). Corny hear and there line delivery wasn't believable. Everything camera related seems very amateur. Also everything was a "Hey we're a fan movie, with Easter eggs for the fans" and all at the same time coming off corny and forced.
Again I give credit where credit is due. Yet the fact that this movie exists, is more of a plus than the film itself.
I was one of the guys working on Damnatus over 8 years ago. Back then all of us were amateurs in film making (now most of us have taken a degree in different branches of media studies or film making), just loving the fluff and feel, and so we based the film's look on John Blanche's red-dominated artwork.
When criticizing the film, remember that the technology that came to use had to be affordable for the students we were and is now almost nine years old, too.
We didn't want to create something groundbreaking in terms of effects or technology, we just wanted to show our love for the 40k universe and perhaps get people into it who don't know anything about it.
Looking at it now we all know it could have been better if we'd make it now in terms of film making, but it is a fact that dispite all the struggle with GW it was fun to make it, to be part of it, and to get to know a lot of other hobbyists over the course of production sharing the same love.
And it is a shame it can never be released properly for a broader audience.
Because in the end we have to be aware of one fact: after this film has been banned, all efforts by other creative people to do similar or better fan projects have been brought to a halt. Forever. Interaction with GW and their fans on the basis of the awesome fluff they created is practically non-existent, now that GW have proven that they don't put any trust in their fans who want to pay tribute to the fluff. I'm shure that an agreement could have been reached, if GW had been willing to do so.