Mo' Like Green LanTURD, AMIRITE!? GUYS?!

[The Sevenshot Kid]

FUCK THIS MOVIE! I SHOULD HAVE LISTENED!

[Krylo]

Originally Posted by Archbio

Doesn't count. He didn't get any actual lines and was only in the movie as a CGI monster.

The Scorpion King Sequel was actually pretty enjoyable, despite being based on that terrible thing.

[Tev]

Originally Posted by The Sevenshot Kid

FUCK THIS MOVIE! I SHOULD HAVE LISTENED!

And now you know.

If there's a superhero movie staring Ryan Reynolds, and it's not the Deadpool movie, then it isn't worth watching.

[Lumenskir]

Critics do have entirely different expectations for movies than an average movie goer, and they watch movies in a different manner. They watch them critically, because that is their job. As a result, movies that are just 'summer fun' or whatever thing that might be honestly enjoyable even if it lacks anything 'greater' tend to be down rated pretty harshly. And of course the opposite can happen sometimes as well, where someone watching a movie critically (usually 'Oscar Bait' movies) will score it much higher than your average movie goer would do.

Maybe it's because I tend to avoid capital c Critics, but I've found the whole "Reviews of summer movies can't be trusted" thing to be pretty bunk. Most of the reviews I read judge the movie based on what it sets out to be, and the simple fact is that a lot of summer movies set out to be dumb fun and fail.

But I'm of the opinion that general consensus sites aren't really as useful as finding a handful of critics who have tastes similar to your own.

Which is why I tend to find Rotten Tomatoes a better source of reviews than most places. You can compare critical and audience scores and get a much better idea of what a movie is.

Yeah, but it's the internet, so you run the risk of, like, Atlas Shrugged getting universally derided but having enough die hards who can crank up the audience score.

FUCK THIS MOVIE! I SHOULD HAVE LISTENED!

I wanna make a word of mouth joke, but you've probably suffered enough I'm guessing.

[Krylo]

Originally Posted by Lumenskir

But I'm of the opinion that general consensus sites aren't really as useful as finding a handful of critics who have tastes similar to your own.

This is honestly probably best.

Or even just reading the full reviews, because a decent critic will still talk about the strong/weak points even if they hated it and you can make an pretty educated guess there.

I just don't think being like "Well most of the critics hated this mindless action movie, so it must be terrible" is particularly useful unless you're doing it after having actually read the hows and whys of them not liking it. Or have some other qualifier, like the promotional materials etc.

[greed]

Looking at the critics/audience split on Rotten Tomatoes can be pretty interesting. The Hangover 2 has a HUGE gap.

[Fifthfiend]

Originally Posted by The Sevenshot Kid

FUCK THIS MOVIE! I SHOULD HAVE LISTENED!

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[Marc v4.0]

I enjoyed Spiderman 3 and willingly watched the first Hulk movie.

Fucking Bring It.

[Krylo]

I also liked Spiderman 3. The piano scene was ALMOST as good as the locker scene in Spiderman 1.

[Lumenskir]

willingly watched the first Hulk movie.

I haven't seen it, but I think there's a quiet build up of support for it now that the kneejerk hatred has faded. I mean, it's 'praise' like "Nobly flawed" and the like, but better than outright disgust.