BAD BOYS FOR LIF3 | Jan 17 2020 | IT'S OFFICIAL: #1 DOMESTIC 2020

[Eric Atreides]

 

[JB33]

54 minutes ago, Eric Dolittle said:

 

Good to hear! As I've said before, I'm frankly surprised about how much I like the look of this. I'm definitely seeing it next weekend.

 

Plus, I love Martin Lawrence!

[Eric Atreides]

36 minutes ago, JB33 said:

Good to hear! As I've said before, I'm frankly surprised about how much I like the look of this. I'm definitely seeing it next weekend.

 

Plus, I love Martin Lawrence!

To be fair, Erik Davis likes everything

[JB33]

On 1/12/2020 at 6:13 PM, Eric Dolittle said:

To be fair, Erik Davis likes everything

You're right, but still lol, I'm enthused!

 

Also enthused by your musings in the tracking thread that this could hit $40M 3-day. That would be a pleasant surprise indeed!

[mala]

Bad boys, bad boys what you gonna do ... you gonna start with a 100% RT score

loved it

 

 

 

[Curtis1986]

Surprising start. I'm hoping it stays above 70%. Looks like getting rid of Michael Bay was a smart idea for this franchise. Even though the first one was great

[Krissykins]

2 minutes ago, Curtis1986 said:

Looks like getting rid of Michael Bay was a smart idea for this franchise. Even though the first one was great

Isn’t this just the third film? Or did they do 3 before? 

[lorddemaxus]

A lot better than I expected. I think it should have a really good opening weekend. With two breakouts this Jan, I think this year is off to a better start than last year. I think we should see more smaller breakout films throught the year compared to last year (where most of the breakout hits released in the second half of the year)

Edited January 15, 2020 by lorddemaxus

[The Futurist]

Michael Bay has been bullied, harrassed and doxed by critics his whole career and everybody was perfectly fine with it.

"It s 👌 when we do it".

 

 

Edited January 15, 2020 by The Futurist

[filmlover]

Gotta say the reviews for this are much better than I expected they would be. Pleasant surprise. This will be the first 2020 movie I'll check out.

[Jay Beezy]

10 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Gotta say the reviews for this are much better than I expected they would be. Pleasant surprise. This will be the first 2020 movie I'll check out.

Who could have expected a Bad Boys movie to get a fresh rating? 😆

 

Now I’m definitely checking this out as well.

[lorddemaxus]

Two fresh Will Smith movies on RT in a row after almost a decade of rotten movies. 

Edited January 15, 2020 by lorddemaxus

[Madhuvan]

Fantastic reviews. Can't believe it. 

[lorddemaxus]

1 hour ago, Curtis1986 said:

Surprising start. I'm hoping it stays above 70%. Looks like getting rid of Michael Bay was a smart idea for this franchise. Even though the first one was great

I doubt this movie gets anywhere close to the absurdity of the 2nd film (which I also think is better than the first one) and I doubt there will be anything as brilliant as the KKK shootout. But I guess toning it down worked for critics.

[Hatebox]

Only watched the second movie once but I recall it being almost unbearable to get through. Like a 2.5 hour hip-hop video... which I appreciate was very much the intent. 

[The Horror of Lucas Films]

We are getting two $100m+ grossers this January alone, it seems that non blockbusters movies will have a chance this year. 

[Avatree]

Guardian - 3/5 -

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jan/15/bad-boys-for-life-review-martin-lawrence-will-smith

 

Vulture - " slick, serviceable junk "

https://www.vulture.com/2020/01/bad-boys-for-life-review-new-bad-boys-movie.html

 

David Ehrlich - grade B

https://www.indiewire.com/2020/01/bad-boys-for-life-review-will-smith-martin-lawrence-sequel-1202203377/

 

Variety - " high-powered trash with a (slight) human touch. "

https://variety.com/2020/film/reviews/bad-boys-for-life-review-will-smith-martin-lawrence-1203466432/

 

 

83% on Rotten Tomatoes froim 24 reviews

 

 

[Ninenin]

1 hour ago, Curtis1986 said:

Surprising start. I'm hoping it stays above 70%. Looks like getting rid of Michael Bay was a smart idea for this franchise. Even though the first one was great

But so was the 2nd movie?  

[Ninenin]

20 minutes ago, Hatebox said:

Only watched the second movie once but I recall it being almost unbearable to get through. Like a 2.5 hour hip-hop video... which I appreciate was very much the intent. 

Bad boys 2 was loved at the time though. Its hard to believe as it was pre the Rotten tomatoes era where people actually judged movies by themselves 

[Hatebox]

2 minutes ago, Ninenin said:

Bad boys 2 was loved at the time though. Its hard to believe as it was pre the Rotten tomatoes era where people actually judged movies by themselves 

Wasn't it the opposite? It developed a cult following years later for being so unapologetically turned up to 11? I know Tarantino and Edger Wright are fans, amongst others...

 

 

Edited January 15, 2020 by Hatebox