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Post by Doctor No on Feb 13, 2019 18:29:09 GMT -5
the Rock was never going to put his name to any old piece of crap. You serious...š¶ |
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Post by "Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay on Feb 13, 2019 19:09:42 GMT -5
Sonofabitch. LOVE that show! So sad there was no Garth Marenghi series 2. I wanted a movie. Or at least one of his novels. |
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Feb 13, 2019 20:01:55 GMT -5
A 90% rating on Rotten Tomatoes isn't necessarily the same thing as getting great reviews. It just means that 90% of the critics featured on RT gave the movie a positive review. However, exactly what qualifies as a "positive review" is open to interpretation. If a critic says, "The movie is decent. Check it out if you have nothing better to do," that could count as a positive review. So, in theory, if 90% of the critics give a movie a barely passing review, and 10% of the critics give it a negative review, the movie receives a 90% "fresh" rating. In this case, the average rating is 7.5 out of 10, so most critics are giving it significantly better than a passing review. Having read all the reviews on RT, almost all the positive reviews are pretty glowing. |
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Post by mrtumoursmisery on Feb 13, 2019 21:11:57 GMT -5
A 90% rating on Rotten Tomatoes isn't necessarily the same thing as getting great reviews. It just means that 90% of the critics featured on RT gave the movie a positive review. However, exactly what qualifies as a "positive review" is open to interpretation. If a critic says, "The movie is decent. Check it out if you have nothing better to do," that could count as a positive review. So, in theory, if 90% of the critics give a movie a barely passing review, and 10% of the critics give it a negative review, the movie receives a 90% "fresh" rating. In this case, the average rating is 7.5 out of 10, so most critics are giving it significantly better than a passing review. Having read all the reviews on RT, almost all the positive reviews are pretty glowing. Not all critics use the same scale to rate movies. Some critics don't offer a rating whatsoever. So, there's still a fair amount of interpretation that goes into arriving at an average rating of 7.5 out of 10. Anyway, I have nothing against "Fighting with My Family." I wish it nothing but success. I made my post because it seems like many people in general have the wrong idea about Rotten Tomatoes. Some treat it like it's a test score, as though a 90% fresh rating is the equivalent of scoring a 90 on a test. But, that's not really what it is. A movie can score a 90% rating, or even a 100% rating, without a single critic saying that it's a great movie. |
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Post by Moppy on Feb 14, 2019 4:48:54 GMT -5
the Rock was never going to put his name to any old piece of crap. You serious...š¶ Haha, I'll put it another way, he has a good eye for picking successful vehicles in 2019. |
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Post by David-Arquette was in WCW 2000 on Feb 14, 2019 6:07:31 GMT -5
Meh, as far as wrestling comedies go, I'll stick with Ready to Rumble. š
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Post by Ryushinku on Feb 14, 2019 6:42:17 GMT -5
Sonofabitch. LOVE that show! So sad there was no Garth Marenghi series 2. Or no more of that lovely chicken. |
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Post by benstudd on Feb 14, 2019 23:39:14 GMT -5
Look like something I would like to watch. BTW everytime I see the title of the movie, I think of Heath Slater.
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Feb 15, 2019 0:29:15 GMT -5
Look like something I would like to watch. BTW everytime I see the title of the movie, I think of Heath Slater. His movie would surely be called Fighting For My Family. |
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Post by BRAINFADE on Feb 15, 2019 0:37:26 GMT -5
Stephen Merchant's no fly-by-night joke either, as is often the case with a lot of WWE films. He's a genuinely good director and writer who co-created The Office (UK) with Ricky Gervais and also won BAFTA's for it. He also won an Emmy for The Office (US) as executive producer. And don't forget his involvement in "The Ricky Gervais Show", which gave the world the genius of Karl "Head Like A f***ing Orange" Pilkington. |
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Feb 15, 2019 0:44:26 GMT -5
Stephen Merchant's no fly-by-night joke either, as is often the case with a lot of WWE films. He's a genuinely good director and writer who co-created The Office (UK) with Ricky Gervais and also won BAFTA's for it. He also won an Emmy for The Office (US) as executive producer. And don't forget his involvement in "The Ricky Gervais Show", which gave the world the genius of Karl "Head Like A f***ing Orange" Pilkington. Iām one of the few who loved āMeet Ricky Gervaisā where Merchant played a seedy Producer who kept making Ricky do sexual things for his gratification. Gervais has ridiculed the show ever since but I loved it. They only made six episodes (and one wonāt ever be shown again anytime soon as itās got The Savile in it) and it's worth a look. |
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Post by Clint Bobski on Feb 18, 2019 19:35:18 GMT -5
Saw this tonight. It is a VERY idealistic view of WWE as some kind of fairytale wonderland where hard work always pays off and gains you the acceptance of your peers.
The best performance is actually that of the guy playing her brother, who has a real story arc and develops as a character throughout.
Nick Frost plays Nick frost with a mohawk and a beard - and while Lena Headey is good, she never really gets out of second gear.
Florence Pugh is really good as Paige, but lots of her story post arrival in the US is dramatised or just flat out skipped over (like her winning the NXT Women's Championship).
If it were a fictional account of a young female wrestler overcoming the odds and everything ending happily ever after, it would be passable, but you can't help think WWE have adapted history slightly to make both themselves and the story look better.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Feb 18, 2019 19:40:30 GMT -5
Saw this tonight. It is a VERY idealistic view of WWE as some kind of fairytale wonderland where hard work always pays off and gains you the acceptance of your peers. The best performance is actually that of the guy playing her brother, who has a real story arc and develops as a character throughout. Nick Frost plays Nick frost with a mohawk and a beard - and while Lena Headey is good, she never really gets out of second gear. Florence Pugh is really good as Paige, but lots of her story post arrival in the US is dramatised or just flat out skipped over (like her winning the NXT Women's Championship). If it were a fictional account of a young female wrestler overcoming the odds and everything ending happily ever after, it would be passable, but you can't help think WWE have adapted history slightly to make both themselves and the story look better. Well what did you think was gonna happen? |
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Post by Manute Bol on Feb 18, 2019 22:56:16 GMT -5
Saw this tonight. It is a VERY idealistic view of WWE as some kind of fairytale wonderland where hard work always pays off and gains you the acceptance of your peers. The best performance is actually that of the guy playing her brother, who has a real story arc and develops as a character throughout. Nick Frost plays Nick frost with a mohawk and a beard - and while Lena Headey is good, she never really gets out of second gear. Florence Pugh is really good as Paige, but lots of her story post arrival in the US is dramatised or just flat out skipped over (like her winning the NXT Women's Championship). If it were a fictional account of a young female wrestler overcoming the odds and everything ending happily ever after, it would be passable, but you can't help think WWE have adapted history slightly to make both themselves and the story look better. I saw the movie on Saturday and really enjoyed it. Every bio-pic takes creative license so itās to be expected. Bohemian Rhapsody, Straight Outta Compton, Walk the Line, Selena...sometimes minor changes are necessary in order to tell a coherent story. The movie made it seem like Paige went straight from NXT training to Monday Night RAW. Itās really a minor point that only nitpicking wrestling fans will be bothered by. For the average movie goer who doesnāt know the ins and outs of the WWE, showing her succeed in NXT would totally take the emotion out of the movieās climax when she debuts on RAW. Very forgivable and not a big deal really. Doesnāt hurt the quality of the acting/story at all. |
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Post by ayumidah on Feb 18, 2019 23:18:41 GMT -5
I get a free movie ticket for my birthday from my theater in a couple weeks. I may go see it.
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Post by Ishmeal Loves Kaseyhausen on Feb 18, 2019 23:20:54 GMT -5
Dumb question : is it getting a nationwide release?
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Feb 19, 2019 0:39:51 GMT -5
Dumb question : is it getting a nationwide release? Yes. It releases nationwide on Friday. |
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Post by Lance Uppercut on Feb 19, 2019 0:43:16 GMT -5
Aside from Fake Pete Dunne and āAJā, any other wacky cameos from wrestlers playing themselves or played by actors ?
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Feb 19, 2019 9:14:12 GMT -5
Aside from Fake Pete Dunne and āAJā, any other wacky cameos from wrestlers playing themselves or played by actors ? I think a few of the NXT UK wrestlers play background wrestlers during the pre-WWE scenes. |
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Post by Push R Truth on Feb 19, 2019 9:57:27 GMT -5
I'm trying to think of how to explain this...
When I see an ad for the movie on WWE TV I groan because it looks shitty and desperate/pandering.
When I see an ad for the movie outside of WWE TV it looks fairly good and I want to see it.
Basically from my point of the view the WWE Machine is actively worse than the "standard marketing"
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