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Ugh, I know I watched the first one and went back and watched the trailer just to make sure I remember the plot and whatnot, cuz I'm going to download OG2 for my plane ride tomorrow. Bummed to hear it was "flat" but it'll fit the bill of 2 hour time-waster.
I love the book it is based on, but it did not move me as much as I was expecting going in. I was excited for it,, but was having trouble really getting into it too. Maybe the cinematography was to blame.
Sure, they are often looking for different things out of the experience too.
Remake of the remake with Washington and Hawke. I only watched 30 mins or so - it was getting late and its just what popped on the streaming service after True Grit.
I'm probably in the minority but I like the remake (Washington & Hawke). Just rewatched it a few weeks ago. Fun little timewaster, I'm not looking for cinematic artistry from that cast.
Prey is really good, think you will like it
Nahhh I mean there’s lots of movies critics appreciate way more than “the average person” but I don’t think critics inherently hate popular movies. If you look up Sinners, F1, Superman, Maverick, Oppenheimer, Barbie, Avatars, Dunes, Avengers, etc. you know the crazy high grossing super successful movies of recent years I think you will generally find positive Rotten Tomato scores.
Imo its also important to find a good "critic" or two and look for their stuff. Some can be snobby and not bother with more fun stuff no matter how well crafted it is.
I kinda did that already. This is a fun challenge. We could make it a top 300 and i would struggle with what movies i have to cut that i really like.
I think Siskel & Ebert made it ok to love popular films and not feel like an idiot for doing so. I think many movie critics nowadays take each offering on its own terms instead of the - when I was a kid - pipe smoking blowhards that compared everything to Citizen Kane.
I know critics don't literally hate everything but on a lot of movies there's a large divide between critics and plebs like me. Using Bullet Train as an example, it's generally positive at 7.3/76% while it's only 53% for critics.
Be honest though- are you surprised?
not really. It's a fun movie and I like Pitt. Made me laugh a few times and critics hate fun and laughter!
I think you are giving me a little too much credit on the snobbery scale. Yes, i gravitate to dark dramas and classics - those i side with the critics on more for sure. Critics stink on genre fare and at least for horror i am likely to side with the crowd. I pretty much watch everything but don't like a ton of action movies now that they rely on GCI too much.
I thought it was a stinker.
True there are certain types of movies that critics tend to not get behind. You really have 4 quadrants:
Critics are actually too kind sometimes IMO right now. The big studious have weaponized access to kind of force better reviews or at least not overly negative ones. There are more fanboy critics than ever. Lots of people who are really influences more than critics or experts on film, film history. I am not complaining, it is what it is. Everyone is trying to make their living but I appreciate a critic who will really hate something and explain why, even if I don't totally agree with them.
Lol. Yes, all that for starters.
My problem is that I am usually trailer-phobic and don't like watching them because I have too many movies ruined from them (especially horror). I am guessing I saw this one before Maverick? I saw it in the theater, regardless.
Great breakdown and examples. IMO unjustly critics only get though of for Category B and the crowds category D.
Great points in here too. I was going to bring up the point that also IMO "critic" doesn't mean the same thing anymore. Too often when I look through ratings I see random internet person. I am not sure what the criteria is to fit in that column anymore. Maybe it's no more than it used to be, but I think there was at least the illusion that who you were reading in the main papers had some film background and more importantly some writing classes.
Please don’t list Howard the Duck with the rest of that crap
Yes. It belongs on its own list...of crap.
I think a lot of us like that stuff too but "quality" is still pretty subjective. "New ground" is pretty iffy since even "new" movies seem to borrow heavily from other films. A movie is not a book or tv show. For myself and I think most of us commoners, we don't need to know exhaustive back stories for minor or even major characters. A lot of this will come out in the course of the film anyways. I've never really liked criticizing a 1 1/2-2 hour movie for not having as much CD as a book or a tv show. But hey, if exposition is your thing knock yourself out.
Remake - Dredd (only because there haven't been many good ones and it's way better than the Stallone version)
Remake - True Grit / Ocean’s 11 close
These are 3 that came to mind as well. Not my real answers, but a couple that came to mind tonight:
i think those are a little too old...
I did like the ring though.
Missed the last 25 year part. Yeah waaaay too old lol.
Just got done watching it. I think it would have been better if stuck with its core concept of a dramedy about a frustrated novelist rather than switching between that and a family drama. The ending didn't really do it for me as well. I know it's a "comedy" and I did smile a few times but the tone felt semi serious so the pure comedic ending was just off to me, imho. Pretty good and I think IMDB and Metacritic have it right. 7.5
Yes. I did a gut reaction top 20, and there are 4 or 5 that are in that would qualify for this week. It is part of the reason why i am torn about the trend- there are gems to be found and some of my favorite movies are sequels and remakes.I did like the ring though.
Are your real answers going to be revealed in the countdown?
The summer this movie came out was "The Summer of ALL Movies" for me and my best pal at the time. I think we saw pretty much every movie that came out that summer. And it was easy to "theater jump" back then. I think we watched Howard the Duck (albeit not in its entirety each time) about 10-15 times that summer.
