355 | Jan 7th 2021 | Universal | Jessica Chastain | Lupita Nyong'o | Penelope Cruz | Fan Bingbing | Edgar Ramirez and Sebastian Stan | They're Spies

[JWR]

Oh boy..

[JWR]

First reviews unceremoniously dropped and... they're not great. 

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_355

Edited January 6, 2022 by JWR

[AJG]

15% Rotten right now.

[clockwork]

36 minutes ago, AJG said:

15% Rotten right now.

Oh wow, first rotten movie of 2022. Thats too bad as it does have a nice cast.

[Taylor]

What did they expect hiring Kinberg?

[AJG]

58 minutes ago, AJG said:

15% Rotten right now.

It actually went down from here…

[Ozymandias]

kinda impressive how Hollywood keeps screwing up all these female ensemble pieces

[The GOAT]

This movie was created for a tax writeoff. I'm sure of it.

[grim22]

The worst thing about the reviews is that all the reviews are basically saying its mediocre instead of being truly bad. The mediocre movies are the worst - they don't strive for anything good and aren't bad enough to enjoy for their badness.

[AJG]

Straight out the gate with 69% Rotten VA. A disaster for any movie. B- or C+ cinemascore incoming. 

[Eric is Quiet]

 

[JWR]

https://twitter.com/ERCboxoffice/status/1479492902115954690?s=20

[Valonqar]

Movies from that Letterbox review were all so bad they became cult classics. This shit is just mediocre and forgettable according to reviews. So, no, there won't be any resurrection in the future. Nice try 355 plants.

[BadOlCatSylvester]

Kinberg must have some serious dirt on a bunch of Hollywood executives, because I really don't see any other reason as to why he keeps getting work after the cinematic charisma vacuum that is Dark Phoenix.

[Eric is Quiet]

38 minutes ago, Valonqar said:

Movies from that Letterbox review were all so bad they became cult classics. This shit is just mediocre and forgettable according to reviews. So, no, there won't be any resurrection in the future. Nice try 355 plants.

Dude it's a joke.

[Valonqar]

I know. I'm just sayin, those are cult classics for a reason. 

[dudalb]

21 hours ago, grim22 said:

The worst thing about the reviews is that all the reviews are basically saying its mediocre instead of being truly bad. The mediocre movies are the worst - they don't strive for anything good and aren't bad enough to enjoy for their badness.

Yeah, at least with a really bad movie you often can laugh at the incompetence,but a medicore movie is often the worst thing a movie can be....boring.

 

[dudalb]

55 minutes ago, BadOlCatSylvester said:

Kinberg must have some serious dirt on a bunch of Hollywood executives, because I really don't see any other reason as to why he keeps getting work after the cinematic charisma vacuum that is Dark Phoenix.

I think his days of living off his early sucesses are just about over. Another bomb and he will not be A list anymore.

[Maggie]

58 minutes ago, BadOlCatSylvester said:

Kinberg must have some serious dirt on a bunch of Hollywood executives, because I really don't see any other reason as to why he keeps getting work after the cinematic charisma vacuum that is Dark Phoenix.

He has friends in high places...

 

 

[Napoleon]

1 hour ago, BadOlCatSylvester said:

Kinberg must have some serious dirt on a bunch of Hollywood executives, because I really don't see any other reason as to why he keeps getting work after the cinematic charisma vacuum that is Dark Phoenix.

I think, based on an interview I saw with Jessica Chastain a while ago about this movie, she was the one who put the project together and asked Kinberg to join. Kinberg seems to be a nice person (Jennifer Lawrence would only sign on to return for Dark Phoenix if he directed it, in order to encourage him to start directing), and he must have been a competent director on the ground, delivering things on budget and on time, and also working well in colaboration with the cast. That is an important component of getting more work opportunities that we don't often take into consideration.