Totem Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 I watched Tower Heist the other week expecting a good film, nothing mind blowing after reading the pretty good reviews for it.One of the most boring films I've ever watched. I think they got it wrong, if I was to guess a RT score for it after watching it I would have said something around 30% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travod Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Sucker Punch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigm10 Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 (edited) I got a lot:2012, Angels and Demons, Battle: LA, Bruno, Captain America, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Despicable Me, Due Date, Grown Ups, Indiana Jones 4, Limitless, Predators, Rango, Rise of the Apes, Super 8, Terminator Salvation, The Book of Eli, Hangover 2, The Hurt Locker, Thor, Transformers 3, Vantage Point and Wanted. Edited January 11, 2012 by bigm10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BK007 Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 (edited) ^Those look like a mix of good and bad, so I assume opposite for all? We have extremely different tastes then because I despised a lot of those films and believe they were correctly bashed by critics.I'm going with Dead Man's Chest. I absolutely love watching it. Such good fun and yet critically smashed. AWE was boring and long but DMC, IMO is the definition of what a summer blockbuster should be.edit: I couldn't help but expand:2012: Not engaging in the slightest, great set pieces but nowhere near my favourite disaster movie TDAT.A&D: Boring, better production value and performances than DVC but that's not saying much.BLA: I rate it better than critics do because it's slightly unconventional but even with aliens and at attempt at drama it can't compete with Black Hawk Down.Bruno: Never saw it, looks atrocious.CA: Ridiculously overrated movie. Competes with IM2 for worst of the current Marvel series. Falls apart after the lovely 1940s American setting.CWACOM: A good surprise in animation. Inventive, fresh and gleefully enjoyable.DM: Not as good as the rating says, but still a joyful movie.DD: Horrifically boring. Terrible characters. Too bad it still managed to cross 100m.GU: Unfunny throughout despite the entire Sandler gang being present. Disappointing.IJ4: That ending. Fuck.Limitless: Deux es machina ending but still, I loved the direction and the script and performances were generally strong.Predators: Don't know the rating but I enjoyed this as solid, brainless fun. Much better than the bullshit AVP.Rango: Slightly overrated but the last third of the movie, which people criticize, is so WIN. Love the philosophical bits.ROTA: A thinking blockbuster. Not as fun per se, but a great addition to a niche that needs to be filled more often.S8: Loved, loved, loved it. Wonderful performances and has an air of innocence and period that smears its flaws.TS: Boring, noisy, nonsensical. Could be the most disappointing flick of 09.BOE: Haven't seen it in full, but the parts I did see, didn't really flow as a movie.TH2: Haven't seen, but Hangover was so overrated if it was a remake, then I wouldn't have liked it either.THL: Not seen.Thor: Not a great superhero movie, but passable, certainly better than the turd that was Captain America.TF3: I loved TF2, let's get that out of the way, this was awful. Sagging storyline, tired performances, noisy.VP: Got worse as the movie progressed.Wanted: Doesn't hold up but for a first viewing was pretty awesome. Edited January 11, 2012 by BK007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 I can't even begin to start. Critics get most films wrong. They can't enjoy movies. They see too many of them and they are there to be critical. Plus their minds are corrupted because when they hear that "movie A is getting oscar buzz" or something of that nature, they then feel pressure to see the brilliance of it even though they might not really think it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 I'll be doing th e major blockbusters. Too high: DMC: 54% is nothing to write home about, but DMC is by far the worst of the Pirates and so utterly boring. Aside from a few scenes + Davy Jones, this film was a gigantic mess (the cannibal island sequence was appalling). It deserved somewhere around 30-40%. TPM/AoTC: They both have 61% and 65% on RT (but, thankfully, 40% each with the Top Critics). The first is one of the worst blockbusters ever made and so mind-boggingly childish and stupid. Terrible acting, horrible dialogue, and a ridiculous storyline. The latter is an improvement, but it features one of the worst acting I've ever seen on film. Plus, massive WTF at how calm Padme was and justified Anakin's actions when he murdered everyone on wherever his mother was. TPM deserved maybe 10% and AoTC around 40%. ANH: Boring, bland, and forgettable. Deserved 60%. RoTK: Trust me, I do enjoy this film, but it is pales badly when compared to its two predecessors. It's still a good film, but it didn't deserve the acclaim it got. Deserved 80%. Will continue later, but I have to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 I don't know if a critic has ever been "wrong" But times I disagreed with critics are - The Transformers movies, the Pirates movies, that last Indy movie, Starship Troopers, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, a couple of the Harry Potter films, Rio, Seven Pounds, the list could go on for ages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieGuyKyle16 Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Recently I gotta say Hugo really disappointed me I loved everything about the movie except for one tiny little detail...The MOVIE was really boring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder / Operator Shawn Robbins Posted January 11, 2012 Founder / Operator Share Posted January 11, 2012 Dead Man's Chest and Transformers stand out for me immediately. Two of the best summer popcorn flicks of the last decade, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 (edited) I can't even begin to start. Critics get most films wrong. They can't enjoy movies. They see too many of them and they are there to be critical. Plus their minds are corrupted because when they hear that "movie A is getting oscar buzz" or something of that nature, they then feel pressure to see the brilliance of it even though they might not really think it.If critics couldn't "enjoy" movies then wouldn't they review all of them negatively? I mean, yeah, I disagree with critics sometimes but I don't think they're some evil collective out to trash some specific movie or praise another one.Anyway, my list:UnknownThe Road to El DoradoPocahontasDolphin TaleHannaFirst Transformers (2nd and 3rd deserve slightly higher T-Meters, but not above rotten)Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyStar Wars Eps 1 and 2Super 8Iron Man 2 (enjoyed it at first, but yeah, it's really a chore to watch on repeat viewings. Maybe that's why it got such a high T-meter)I'm sure there's more I can't think of right now Edited January 11, 2012 by tribefan695 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAR Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Fight Club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 (edited) The Blair Witch ProjectBattle Los Angeles (It's 35% score is too damn high! )28 Days LaterSpider-Man 3I won't list the Transformers movies because the first one actually was somewhat well-received (68% on top critics is fine by me) and while I enjoy the sequels I can easily see why they would dislike them. Edited January 11, 2012 by C00k13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 (edited) I can't even begin to start. Critics get most films wrong. They can't enjoy movies. They see too many of them and they are there to be critical. Plus their minds are corrupted because when they hear that "movie A is getting oscar buzz" or something of that nature, they then feel pressure to see the brilliance of it even though they might not really think it. Got to agree with you mighty Baumer, a film has to have a reason for being good other than silly fun for them, which has always irked me. Edited January 11, 2012 by Schumacher FTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockNrollaDIM Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Yeah... They're desensitized to film IMO, because that's literally all they do. They're expected to be harsh on them so they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab276 Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 (edited) I can't even begin to start. Critics get most films wrong. They can't enjoy movies. They see too many of them and they are there to be critical. Plus their minds are corrupted because when they hear that "movie A is getting oscar buzz" or something of that nature, they then feel pressure to see the brilliance of it even though they might not really think it.I have to disagree with you, I find that they get it right most of the time. Edited January 11, 2012 by lab276 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 (edited) Got to agree with you mighty Baumer, a film has to have a reason for being good other than silly fun for them, which has always irked me.Yeah, like Star Trek, Iron Man, and MI4And Baumer's hated a few films this year that I would consider "silly fun". What do you call Captain America and Thor? Edited January 11, 2012 by tribefan695 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 I mean that they always find a flaw in a film that makes no sense to any person that actually intends to pay for the movie. My silly fun example was poor, but can you see where i'm coming from though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lab276 Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 No, actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Fair enough, my brain not think good normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 They see too many of them and they are there to be critical.Isn't that the point of being a movie critic? Their entire work is based around watching movies from every genre and for every demographic while analyzing them professionally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
