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10/06/09
Scary movie that scares. What else do you want from it? And the hype is part of the experience. It's like all the kids in your small town saying a particular house is haunted. Wouldn't be too scary if you thought it was a normal house, would it? So yeah..(puckers lips and spouts a raspberry)...it's a good movie and I look forward to Area 51 putting me into an institution.
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Tell me, Ms. Woerner, where did you study grammar? Was it at the generic Brooklyn gangster school of style?
2.Someone please tell Oren Peli that it is impossible to approach Area 51 without being shot to death by security.
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09/22/09
It took me like 3 viewings spread out over a decade, but I came around to liking it..
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he made apoint a the internet ,no matter the subject is 90% negative . No matter what it is .
I`ll see avatar opening day , and theres 95% positive that I`ll enjoy it .
08/02/09
James Cameron is not THAT great that adding his name to the movie's title guarantees anything but a well-produced, albeit quite default Hollywood blockbuster.. he's not Kubrick.
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08/03/09
Don't forget Terminator 2: Judgement Day!
(The film that's brought up most often for "How To Do A Sequel Right 101".
Of course, Piranha 2 we also show as "You Have To Fail Sometimes To Succeed Later 101" too. XD )
08/02/09
For example, when Transformers came out, I remember seeing consistent reviews of 90% or higher, and a little while later, "Yeah, it was all sunsets and explosions, too much Michael Bay, blargh". Live Free or Die Hard was, for a short time, a worthy addition to the franchise; and then it was a bit of an embarrassment that tried too hard with its technobabble.
And now I see this quote about The Dark Knight-- "the structure of the movie and the machismo nihilism... both frustrating".
'sup wit' dat?
08/02/09
I think some geeks are so anxious to nitpick that they are impossible to please. In many cases, they become determined to dislike things before they ever see them. Discussing how terrible x, y, or z will be is some weird bonding ritual where they moan and whine to each other, consigning the movie to the flames before it's even in production. There was never a chance that that segment of people would be happy with anything, no matter what.
In other cases, this same segment likes something until it becomes more popular in the mainstream. Then it's immediately crap. I think that's the case with the Dark Knight.
This puts geek movie critics in a bad spot. Say they saw the Dark Knight and they judged it on its own merits and called it good. The vocal minority of haters who can never be pleased has a cow. The critic ends up being dubbed a sell-out who fellates the mass media if he or she liked that Warner Bros drivel. So, he or she retroactively applies a bunch of derogatory big words to a second review of the movie to sound edgy and independent. People like you and me are like, "dude, what does that even mean?" The haters are like, "RIGHT ON, you're legit again. Fight the man!"
That's my theory, anyway.
08/02/09
And Die Hard 4 was pretty much ONLY enjoyed by people who in fact, didn't see Die Hard 1 or 2. The franchise fans hated die hard 4. Critics didn't mind it though. From what I remember, it did well enough.
I don't know what you're basing this on, other than maybe you're just talking to your friends, and then assuming that your friends represent the whole of society?
08/02/09
As a quick, non-scientific experiment, I looked at the first 3 and last 3 pages of Rotten Tomatoes reviews for Transformers and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Lo and behold, both films had more positive reviews shortly after release than they do more recently.
08/03/09
And besides, all those reviews come in within days of each other. Each of those reviewers has come to a totally separate opinion of the movie. It's not like Roger Ebert is waiting 3 months to post his review of transformers.
08/02/09
Total B.S. Star Wars was and is a hit because it was a good movie. Dark Knight was a hit because it was a good movie, not because it was serious, Srar Trek was a hit because it was a good movie, not because it was upbeat instead of dark and serious.
08/02/09