I wouldn't underestimate him... to me it seems like his whole goal is making fun of the current structure in Hollywood, that allows for movies like his to be made, over and over again.

I think it's more that he wanted to make a lot of money with the least amount of effort possible...

I'd say that if that was really the goal, he would make better movies. He's intelligent enough to either do that or to decide that he can't and hire the people needed.

Making better movies would require more effort :P

Uwe Boll:
The second person that has Germany apologizing for his very existence.

Not really... most of us are laughing about the havoc he's raising on the other side of the pond.

I have yet to see one of his movies...are they as bad as the reviews make them to be??

Only seen two so far:
Alone in the Dark: Definitely
Postal: Tasteless, but funny as hell.

If he had a chance to go back in time and not make all of his movies but postal, he'd still be seen as a crappy director, because his cameo within Postal requires that he has had his infamous reputation.
anyway, take our word that the movies are bad, or just go watch House of the Dead, as imo that has to be the absolutely worst one.
Then for eyebleach watch Postal.

The only movie that's based on a game that didn't make me want to insert phalluses made of barbed wire into puckered orifices of everyone involved in the film was Hitman
The main reason for that was that it was made from a "generic action licence movie: just add franchise recognisable character" kit (Kind of like a GECK for movies) and they managed to not fuck it up too terribly. Sure it wasn't a great movie but it was at least adequate and they tried to make something entertaining and there was no realistic way they could please all the fans of the game and have it appeal to the "public" (AKA: Suits afraid of different things). Basically it cost me 10 bucks and after watching it I didn't want my money back so I suppose that says something.
Also Olga Kurylenko got her kit off which didn't hurt...

Uah, that one almost killed me... that's the worst kind of movie you can make:
1. Take a game that's so bad that it goes right through bad and becomes funny and entertaining instead.
2. Make a movie out of it that's just as bad, but takes itself serious..
Anyway, Silent Hill wasn't half bad. It's not a milestone either, but it is probably the one movie I can think of where they made a serious effort to recreate a game on the big screen.

I can't get more than half an hour into an Uwe Boll movie without going slightly crazy, so I turn it off if I can (normally I'm not the one to initiate such nightmare activities). Worst movie I've ever seen has to be House of the Dead.

Uwe Boll is awesome.
Period.

My friends and I love to rent a couple of bad movies and mock them relentlessly. We tried House of the Dead...within half an hour everyone was stone silent. That movie completely broke us. It's actually so bad as to be beyond humor.