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Post by metylerca on Jul 16, 2012 14:34:37 GMT -5
Lord, I hate the Rotten Tomatoes masses who come to the one bad review of an otherwise well-reviewed movie. When all those people bumrush the one critic who has the gall to say that Toy Story 3 or The Dark Knight Rises or The Avengers or whatever movie isn't TOTALLY PERFECT TO EVERYONE, hundreds of people just jump on his ass and flame him. Just terrible. This thread in a weird way disappointed me. If this were true, I'd actually be looking forward to the movie just to see how the hell they screwed it up so badly. As it is? Meh. Seeing it for the midnight premiere, but I'm really not feeling it. I really can't fathom the point of seeing a midnight premiere for a movie you are meh on. That means getting top-notch tickets and being like, "Who cares?" I mean, why bother seeing it so early if you don't give a s***? This sounds like negativity for the sake of negativity. Should see his reactions to upcoming PPV's and previous night's RAW episodes. ;D
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Post by mcmahonfan85 on Jul 16, 2012 14:42:23 GMT -5
Lord, I hate the Rotten Tomatoes masses who come to the one bad review of an otherwise well-reviewed movie. When all those people bumrush the one critic who has the gall to say that Toy Story 3 or The Dark Knight Rises or The Avengers or whatever movie isn't TOTALLY PERFECT TO EVERYONE, hundreds of people just jump on his ass and flame him. Just terrible. well it depends. if the critic has valid points for not liking the movie, then its wrong. however, if the " critic" gives a good film a bad review just because everyone else likes and they're wrong (or gives a bad film a good review because everyone else hates it and they're wrong), then by all means flame away
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Post by Jonathan Michaels on Jul 16, 2012 14:49:00 GMT -5
It's weird to me that as much as people seemed to love Avengers, they are DESPERATE for Batman to beat it this weekend.
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Post by salsashark on Jul 16, 2012 14:52:10 GMT -5
Lord, I hate the Rotten Tomatoes masses who come to the one bad review of an otherwise well-reviewed movie. When all those people bumrush the one critic who has the gall to say that Toy Story 3 or The Dark Knight Rises or The Avengers or whatever movie isn't TOTALLY PERFECT TO EVERYONE, hundreds of people just jump on his ass and flame him. Just terrible. well it depends. if the critic has valid points for not liking the movie, then its wrong. however, if the " critic" gives a good film a bad review just because everyone else likes and they're wrong (or gives a bad film a good review because everyone else hates it and they're wrong), then by all means flame away I think you're thinking way too highly of Rotten Tomatoes. I'm familiar with Armond White's bizarre writing, but the people on RT frankly would not care if you were making some deeply logical point about the movie while insulting it. All they know is that if you don't like the movie they like, you are a stupid asshole who should drawn, quartered, hung, set on fire, and exploded, and that's that. People only ever seem to support critics or arts writers when they agree with people's own opinions. I think it's important to add differing, fresh viewpoints to all the conversation which really doesn't make people comfortable. White spouts bullshit quite often, but he does make some interesting points and obversations, too. I'm one of those guys who likes my pre-conceived notion being challenged. Chasing Amy is one of my favorite movies, and I've heard tons of people talk about how stupid or shitty it is for this reason or that, and I don't think it's constructive or intriguing to just snap at them and say, "Well, you insulted something I like so f*** you." It's like purposely dumbing down the conversation about a movie.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2012 14:53:37 GMT -5
Just wait another 7 years or so for the next Batman reboot.
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Post by hypnoticgenes on Jul 16, 2012 14:59:17 GMT -5
I'm glad he is done with the series, but I do wonder what Nolan and his team could have done with some of the other villains in Batman's rogues gallery. I demand to see a Nolan-verse Riddler, Penguin, Killer Croc, Scar Face, and Baby Doll.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Jul 16, 2012 15:48:22 GMT -5
I'm glad he is done with the series, but I do wonder what Nolan and his team could have done with some of the other villains in Batman's rogues gallery. I demand to see a Nolan-verse Riddler, Penguin, Killer Croc, Scar Face, and Baby Doll. The only two of those I was really hoping to see this go around were Riddler and Penguin. They seem like they would REALLY fit in well in the Nolanverse. Even giving Penguin a sort of cameo as an arms dealer a la Jabba the Hutt's scene in Star Wars: ANH would have been cool.
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Post by psychokiller on Jul 16, 2012 15:51:37 GMT -5
This is one of the only movies I'm going to see in the theater this year. I usually just wait for most stuff to go on cable or blu-ray, but this I have to see in the theater.
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Post by The OP on Jul 16, 2012 16:45:59 GMT -5
Lord, I hate the Rotten Tomatoes masses who come to the one bad review of an otherwise well-reviewed movie. When all those people bumrush the one critic who has the gall to say that Toy Story 3 or The Dark Knight Rises or The Avengers or whatever movie isn't TOTALLY PERFECT TO EVERYONE, hundreds of people just jump on his ass and flame him. Just terrible. This thread in a weird way disappointed me. If this were true, I'd actually be looking forward to the movie just to see how the hell they screwed it up so badly. As it is? Meh. Seeing it for the midnight premiere, but I'm really not feeling it. I really can't fathom the point of seeing a midnight premiere for a movie you are meh on. That means getting top-notch tickets and being like, "Who cares?" I mean, why bother seeing it so early if you don't give a s***? This sounds like negativity for the sake of negativity. Well, we wouldn't want to appreciate our good fortune or have too good of a time now would we? I honestly have no idea what to expect from this movie in the way of quality, but I always go see Batman movies and this one I'm sure will be no exception.
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Post by "Cane Dewey" Johnson on Jul 16, 2012 17:03:12 GMT -5
This thread in a weird way disappointed me. If this were true, I'd actually be looking forward to the movie just to see how the hell they screwed it up so badly. As it is? Meh. Seeing it for the midnight premiere, but I'm really not feeling it. I really can't fathom the point of seeing a midnight premiere for a movie you are meh on. That means getting top-notch tickets and being like, "Who cares?" I mean, why bother seeing it so early if you don't give a s***? This sounds like negativity for the sake of negativity. I have midnight tickets, but I wasn't keen on "The Dark Knight" despite warming up to it in recent years, and while I liked "Inception" more on first-blush, re-watching it produces diminishing returns. I'm going into "TDKR" apprehensively because Nolan's 50/50 with me when it comes to Batman, and I hope he's not as dialogue/exposition-happy like he was with "Inception." I'm more excited for going to my first midnight screening ever period and that I get to hang out with one of my friends whom I haven't seen that much this summer while seeing it than for the film itself. It's not far-fetched really for someone to go see a midnight screening of a movie but not be pumped for it. Being excited for a movie doesn't mean it's a prerequisite to actually go see one.
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Post by salsashark on Jul 16, 2012 17:24:07 GMT -5
I really can't fathom the point of seeing a midnight premiere for a movie you are meh on. That means getting top-notch tickets and being like, "Who cares?" I mean, why bother seeing it so early if you don't give a s***? This sounds like negativity for the sake of negativity. I have midnight tickets, but I wasn't keen on "The Dark Knight" despite warming up to it in recent years, and while I liked "Inception" more on first-blush, re-watching it produces diminishing returns. I'm going into "TDKR" apprehensively because Nolan's 50/50 with me when it comes to Batman, and I hope he's not as dialogue/exposition-happy like he was with "Inception." I'm more excited for going to my first midnight screening ever period and that I get to hang out with one of my friends whom I haven't seen that much this summer while seeing it than for the film itself. It's not far-fetched really for someone to go see a midnight screening of a movie but not be pumped for it. Being excited for a movie doesn't mean it's a prerequisite to actually go see one. To a point, I do understand what you mean--I, too, have seen midnight showings without being super-ultra-crazy-hyped-this-will-be-the-best-movie-ever about the subject--but that post really rubbed me the wrong way, as in the poster will almost surely not be moved or care to be moved by what they're going to see in the first place. Pre-conceived notions and all. You have to have at least a modicum of excitement for the film in the circumstances. Normally, this wouldn't be a big thing (I see movies all the time I'm not 100% percent jazzed for; did it just the past weekend with Ted), but the midnight premiere--the absolutely very first shows available--tends to imply that you should have some sort of anticipation to go with the screening. I definitely understand the going with a friend thing in your case, but he did not mention that in his post either. I mean, this isn't like buying WrestleMania tickets a year in advance when you don't know what the card is going to be at all and then finding out it's something crappy. Dark Knight Rises has been in development for years and generated enough interviews, rumors, news, etc. so that it's not tough to tell what the tone of the movie will be. The tone of the post felt super-entitled, as in he just wants to see the movie first so he can be one of the first to write it off. I mean, he says as much that he would have preferred this movie to fail or be some weird bomb rather than see what it is. He's not obligated to go see this movie if it looks like it is not worth his time or if he thinks this hype is some dumb pop cultural fad. Also, apologies, Lizuka, if you intend none of this. This was just my reading of the post and the vibe it gave me.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Jul 16, 2012 17:45:59 GMT -5
Just regarding Armond "Evil Uncle Phil" White: while the personal attacks are obviously never acceptable, the reason most people jump his ass isn't so much his disliking movies the general public does and praising critical flops (lord knows I'm guilty of both), but because he rarely ever gives a comphrensive reason as to where the movie went wrong.
He fills his reviews with inexplicable comparisons to other films and judges scenes and interpretations solely based on his own ideology- which all of us do at least sometimes, but White doesn't bother with any insights outside of that. He's more or less the perfect symbol of a critic trying to show off how smart and witty he is as opposed to making a real recommendation.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Jul 16, 2012 18:10:17 GMT -5
Just regarding Armond "Evil Uncle Phil" White: while the personal attacks are obviously never acceptable, the reason most people jump his ass isn't so much his disliking movies the general public does and praising critical flops (lord knows I'm guilty of both), but because he rarely ever gives a comphrensive reason as to where the movie went wrong. He fills his reviews with inexplicable comparisons to other films and judges scenes and interpretations solely based on his own ideology- which all of us do at least sometimes, but White doesn't bother with any insights outside of that. He's more or less the perfect symbol of a critic trying to show off how smart and witty he is as opposed to making a real recommendation. You could have just said "He's a troll" Roger Ebert has said as much about him.
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Post by Blindkarevik on Jul 16, 2012 18:47:55 GMT -5
Well, I had assumed the very existence of this movie was supposed to cure the world of all its troubles. Women would become spontaneously pregnant when its name is spoken,... so in a way, slaughtered kinda fits.
It's just a badass movie, nothing more.
.. and my back still hurts.
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Jul 16, 2012 18:55:45 GMT -5
This movie....man, this movie is gonna tear the internet in two, isn't it? Me personally, I'm still not sure where I stand on it. I enjoyed the hell out of Dark Knight, and Begins was okay, but.....MAN, it's gonna have a hard time beating out Avengers in my head. Avengers was so much fun, and I just don't know if DKR is gonna get to that level of "Oh, man, this is AWESOME!" for me.
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Post by Starshine on Jul 16, 2012 19:04:13 GMT -5
Man, Batman could take on the Avengers and Spiderman in a handicap match and still win, he's that badass.
And this movie will kick their asses too.
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Post by Cela on Jul 16, 2012 19:09:01 GMT -5
It's weird to me that as much as people seemed to love Avengers, they are DESPERATE for Batman to beat it this weekend. Eh, people just like the race. Kind of like how every Olympic cycle, we want people to beat the records we cheered on the last time.
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Post by mo on Jul 16, 2012 19:16:24 GMT -5
Yeah The Avengers was a fun little movie, but my anticipation for this one is on another galaxy compared to that.
Nolan's serious Batman world was a-ok by me, and I'm gonna be sad to see it end. The next Bat-franchise will have some big shoes to fill as far as I'm concerned.
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Post by celticjobber on Jul 16, 2012 19:16:32 GMT -5
I've never been a fan of the Avengers comics, and Hulk & Iron Man's movies were borefests to me -- so I skipped it.
I liked Amazing Spider-Man (though I preferred Raimi's flicks aside from part 3), but I'm sorta looking forward to DKR.
The only problem is that I still hate the idea of Anne Hathaway as Catwoman. She just doesn't seem right for the part, and I've never been impressed by her acting skills.
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Post by mizerable on Jul 16, 2012 19:19:18 GMT -5
I'm amazed at the amount of people that are "happy this series is over".
Why the hell are you happy? Are you insinuating that whoever takes the realm next is going to do a better job...or is going to give it a supernatural feel? How do we even know WB is going to want to go in that direction, let alone reboot it right away? If anything, if it continues to pull the kind of money that it has pulled already, there's absolutely no way they're going to say "well, that's cool and all, but since a few people are complaining about it being a crime movie, we better give them a CGI Clayface and some super fast crazy action scenes". It's not going to happen!
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