I usually don't bother too much with what people think, and I sometimes find it interesting to check out what the consensus on a film is. I do read reviews (mostly 'cos good ones of bad films are hilarious ) and I do not go to films I know I won't like anymore.
I'm interested in people's furthest divergences from both the Critics and the Audience scores, especially for films you love.
So far, mine is 'Sideways' (Critics: 96%, Audience: 78%). I love this movie and so diverge from the audience here.
u.
Tho' all the maps of blood and flesh
Are posted on the door,
There's no one who has told us yet
What Boogie Street is for.
My hatred for Silver Linings Playbook is well-documented.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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Tom Cruise War of the Worlds HATED it. Rotten Tomatoes gave it 74. The one thing that might have redeemed it is if that screaming little brat Dakota Fanning had been used for fertilizer early in the film.
Man on Fire - Denzel Washington. Liked it a whole lot DESPITE Dakota Fanning. I think it was one of Denzel's best performances. Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 39.
Prometheus hated hated it for a million reasons. Stupid film. RT gave it a 73.
want more? I have tons.
The loudest truth I ever heard was the softest sound.
lorin wrote:Man on Fire - Denzel Washington. Liked it a whole lot DESPITE Dakota Fanning. I think it was one of Denzel's best performances. Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 39.
Wow! I would have thought that your first mistake was even watching that film I took one look at the trailers and thought 'Avoid!'. I have the same feelings in relation to those Liam Neeson vehicles - it's the 'lets put a quality actor into an action movie and rake in the cash' tactic. Still I'm obviously missing something as it has an Audience score of 90% on RT. 90%!!!! The Critics' score is 39%. Is that some kind of record? A 50% difference.
lorin wrote:Tom Cruise War of the Worlds HATED it. Rotten Tomatoes gave it 74. The one thing that might have redeemed it is if that screaming little brat Dakota Fanning had been used for fertilizer early in the film...
Prometheus hated hated it for a million reasons. Stupid film. RT gave it a 73.
I thought both of these were okay, if lacking anything that interesting or novel. (I will watch any sci-fi movie though (except those with Vin Diesel in them. He sucks!))
u.
Tho' all the maps of blood and flesh
Are posted on the door,
There's no one who has told us yet
What Boogie Street is for.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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lorin wrote:Man on Fire - Denzel Washington. Liked it a whole lot DESPITE Dakota Fanning. I think it was one of Denzel's best performances. Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 39.
Wow! I would have thought that your first mistake was even watching that film I took one look at the trailers and thought 'Avoid!'. I have the same feelings in relation to those Liam Neeson vehicles - it's the 'lets put a quality actor into an action movie and rake in the cash' tactic. Still I'm obviously missing something as it has an Audience score of 90% on RT. 90%!!!! The Critics' score is 39%. Is that some kind of record? A 50% difference.
lorin wrote:Tom Cruise War of the Worlds HATED it. Rotten Tomatoes gave it 74. The one thing that might have redeemed it is if that screaming little brat Dakota Fanning had been used for fertilizer early in the film...
Prometheus hated hated it for a million reasons. Stupid film. RT gave it a 73.
I thought both of these were okay, if lacking anything that interesting or novel. (I will watch any sci-fi movie though (except those with Vin Diesel in them. He sucks!))
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I wasn't much for the story in Man on Fire, although there is a big 'revenge' thing going on inside me (to my shame). I also thought his performance and the unusual filming gave it something special.
btw - Vin Diesel ..........."I am Groot" He really nailed it.
The loudest truth I ever heard was the softest sound.
Get that. I feel the same way about films like 'Old School' (and just about anything with Vince Vaughan in it), which I find unbelievably insulting in their depiction of men as borderline infants
u.
Tho' all the maps of blood and flesh
Are posted on the door,
There's no one who has told us yet
What Boogie Street is for.
Man on Fire I think I completely agree with the critics. Just didn't appeal to me at all and I don't really remember the ending as I think I started reading a book while it was on (my father-in-law was visiting and he was watching it)
But as for disagreeing, I think there are a lot. One that I have noticed not doing so well is Christmas Vaction (64% on rottentomatoes), which we watch pretty much every Christmas.
For me, it was the Vanishing. It was touted as one of the best psychological thrillers of the year! Edge of your seat suspense.
I have never been so bored in my life. Might (and I stress the "Might not" part of that statement) have made an OK short story. But two hours of reading Dutch for this was just not worth it.
That was the day I told my friend that she was never allowed to choose a film again. Never....
Doc
(And for the record, I loved reading Pans Labyrinth, La vita e bella, other films and most operas I see, so it isn't the super-titles...it was the wretched piece of dreck...UGH!!!!)
Just looked up another one - Blair Witch Project. It has an 87% score but I thought it was the biggest piece of crap I had seen in years and failed abysmally at living up to the hype.
I was so bored during the first 30 minutes when absolutely nothing happened, and the rest of it didn't really get much better.
michaelm wrote:Just looked up another one - Blair Witch Project. It has an 87% score but I thought it was the biggest piece of crap I had seen in years and failed abysmally at living up to the hype.
That movie scared the crap out of me, even though I knew the story. It got under my skin somehow and kept on going. I saw it when I was in my early thirties and I had nightmares for two days afterwards
u.
Tho' all the maps of blood and flesh
Are posted on the door,
There's no one who has told us yet
What Boogie Street is for.
michaelm wrote:Just looked up another one - Blair Witch Project. It has an 87% score but I thought it was the biggest piece of crap I had seen in years and failed abysmally at living up to the hype.
That movie scared the crap out of me, even though I knew the story. It got under my skin somehow and kept on going. I saw it when I was in my early thirties and I had nightmares for two days afterwards
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Same here. I saw it with a friend and we literally stood by the car and shook for a good 5 minutes before we were able to drive away from the theater (to a pub, where we got knackered).
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
_____________
"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
_____________
"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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I understood the intent of Blair Witch, but didn't find any of it scary. I generally like implied terror rather than the hack and slash gore horror movies, but it all seemed to be so directionless and almost without plot.
4 of us went to see it, one fell asleep during the first 30 minutes and the other 3 of us really had a feeling of "meh" after seeing it.
) and I do not go to films I know I won't like anymore.
I took one look at the trailers and thought 'Avoid!'. I have the same feelings in relation to those Liam Neeson vehicles - it's the 'lets put a quality actor into an action movie and rake in the cash' tactic. Still I'm obviously missing something as it has an Audience score of 90% on RT. 90%!!!! The Critics' score is 39%. Is that some kind of record? A 50% difference.
