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The Lone Ranger
Howard_Casto:
Pretty much, yeah.
I'll gladly admit that I was excited when that film came out... mainly because the franchise hadn't done anything good in 10 years or so. After a couple of months I went back and re-watched it realizing that it wasn't all that good, border lining on awful... and then the sequel came out and I was done with it.
Also bad critic's reviews are bad, so that woman doesn't count. On top of that she's a woman... I sincerely doubt she was into transformers growing up. That's kind of the problem, younger/broader audiences don't remember the original material so they don't understand how awful the new version is. Like that (now thankfully dying) trend of remaking the slasher movies. New Line would have made a ton more money just re-releasing the old Nightmare on Elm Street films at the theatre.
danny_galaga:
It tends to be that most movies I go to see are ones I'm interested in. So the scores will TEND to be fair. To explain though, a 2.5/5 is about where I want my money back. People may not realise this, but movie critics are compelled to watch everything whether they are interested or not. They have a list of things they tick off (I assume after the movie, bit hard to see during it ;D ) . Did it have this, this, this and this? Does it have three acts- a beginning, a middle and an end? Yes, yes, no, yes, yes. Add up a score and there's your review. Just add some flowery twaddle to make it seem like you were straight assessing the artistic merit of it. It must suck being a critic because you can't just relax and have fun.
It's quite telling that if you look at Rotten Tomatoes, the reviewers aggregate is 25%, and the audiences is 68%. The average score being 3.6/5- not a million miles off from my own score. Poles up asses if you ask me ;D Movies are made for audiences, not reviewers, no? I don't normally look at review sites, because I don't want to be pre-empted one way or the other. This feels a bit like a combination of pretentiousness, and a sort of emperors new clothes where the reviewers are afraid to admit a movie can be fun.
Not to say I'm right and they're all wrong mind you. And you are right, I do seem to be rating movies higher than I used to. Maybe I'm learning to just enjoy stuff more without thinking about it too much. If I'm looking for some philosophy, I generally don't turn to Hollywood. Hollywood is about entertainment. I was entertained (",)
Mind you, I'm not TOTALLY relaxed about every movie. Even I found The Hangover III to be a turd ;D
kahlid74:
It was too long and Johnny Depp has been playing the same character in every movies he's been in for the last 10+ years. It's Captain Sparrow, no wait it's Tonto, no wait, it's just a dude acting drunk.
It was blah IMO.
hypernova:
--- Quote from: danny_galaga on July 09, 2013, 04:51:20 am ---Poles up asses if you ask me ;D Movies are made for audiences, not reviewers, no? I don't normally look at review sites, because I don't want to be pre-empted one way or the other. This feels a bit like a combination of pretentiousness, and a sort of emperors new clothes where the reviewers are afraid to admit a movie can be fun.
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In a fairly decent local paper, prior to the release of a movie, the reviewer said he would "wait until the reviews came out" (and that is almost verbatim) before going to see a movie. At that point, I KNEW critics were full of ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- and just echoed what someone before them said. I had always had my suspicions, but that confirmed it. I think many of them are afraid to speak their own mind.
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That said, what is up with Disney spending enormous wads of cash on movies that don't have a foot in the door yet? John Carter and now this? Apparently this cost some 250 million to produce.
Well Fed Games:
--- Quote from: kahlid74 on July 09, 2013, 10:11:13 am ---It was too long and Johnny Depp has been playing the same character in every movies he's been in for the last 10+ years.
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Haven't seen it, but this is what I was afraid of... growing tired of his shtick. Depp does it well, he just does it a lot.
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