Frozenprince
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They don't understand professional critique on a basic level ,no.
Unless it aligns with their interest.
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Suicide Squad Review Thread: As Fresh As Green Lantern!
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Unless it aligns with their interest.
bananafactory
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I thought you guys were joking but holy shit, every site running a negative review is getting blasted in their comments and on Facebook about how the film is too smart or made for comic fans or the critics are biased/paid off
I had no idea there were this many delusional people
I had no idea there were this many delusional people
OMG at Jeremy Jahns review... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKaLy54AbWs
Well hype is being restored
Well hype is being restored
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
Welp there goes all my hype. Will watch when it comes to DVD
Frozenprince
Banned
There aren't it's more the Internet making a stupid joke and calling it "trolling" like always
MHWilliams
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I mean, I didn't say any of that, so I'm unsure what it has to do with my comment.
I'm going to see it. But at Comic-Con, she was looking rough whenever Leto was involved, so I was hoping this was going to be great.
That it's coming in just okay makes me feel for her. Yes, she got paid, but she could've gotten paid elsewhere just as well. My statement was about that, nothing more, nothing less.
Pandora012
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Glad I'm not the only one. Though my expectations have been lowered after the last couple hours.
Mega Man's Electric Sheep
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For the people bashing Rotten Tomatoes and review aggregates, even Roger Ebert followed a movie's reception on Rotten Tomatoes and he was often on the wrong side of that, but he never tried to suggest it was valueless. It is what it is, a snapshot of the reception a movie is getting critically, particularly the average score of 5.4/10.
Really annoyed by the way some of these popular youtubers edit their videos. Is it really that hard to just sit and talk about the movie for 6 minutes?
Corpsepyre
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That Jahns review is like it exists in its own universe or something.
Puck Beaverton
Banned
A superhero movie called Suicide Squad written and directed by David Ayer that features a walking crocodile dude, an Austrailian stereotype, a man who specializes in rope, 2 crazy clown people, and Will Smith being called "too smart for critics" kills me.
Frozenprince
Banned
I also wanna point out that the walking Crocodile started as a sentient Great White Shark
Take a look at the average rating.
Fantastic Mr Fox was just soooo well done though. I'm onboard with more animation from Wes.
Jason's Ultimatum
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OMG at Jeremy Jahns review... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKaLy54AbWs
Well hype is being restored
Man these gifs are killing me.
Corpsepyre
Banned
Stuckmann and Schmoes do that. Jahns has always been a little.....weird, quippy, quick and what not, in his reviews.
I like Jeremy but dude is always over the top with hyping up a movie. The few times he doesn't overhype a movie or hates it is when everyone else on the internet does too. It's hard to explain but I"ve seen his stuff alot over the years.
this is nothing against SS which could be good. He's like this always and it's something I noticed
A Link to the Past
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It almost makes me wonder, should they just re-re-re-reboot everything? Just write Batfleck as the first step to actually make something competent instead of rushing out something like BvS just to cash in on the Cinematic Universe craze?
Pop-O-Matic
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I like how one Youtube talking head gushes about the movie and people immediately get hyped despite the myriad of reviews saying the movie isn't that hot...
vasametropolis
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If this is anything like the BvS situation, 30% is way off base since that one was like a 50-60 at worst. I probably won't go see it in the theatre now, but I won't be surprised if it's fine when I watch it later.
andthebeatgoeson
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ID2 was terrible. Maybe the first was terrible, difficult to see in 1996 but Will avoided a mess. And it would have been blamed on him. I initially thought Will took the L but he actually did himself a service not being in ID2.
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JeremyEtcetera
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Will Smith, did you make Jaden your agent? You had hit after hit but After Earth must have taken something out of you.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
And 2016 becomes the year where comic book movie reviews are as subject to mass overreactions as video game reviews.
Most of them haven't even seen the movie. Why are you defending something you don't even know if you'll like?! They're some nuts out there.
I'm not saying people should cancel their tickets or anything, but why harass critics who are doing their job? It's so fucking weird.
Naw, the theatrical version of BvS was deserving of its aggregate reviews. The director's cut, while still significantly flawed, is probably closer to the 50% range.
I mean...I am all in favor of it. This would be my dream connected universe, if done correctly. At this point though, they seem to be all in, no matter what.
God damn dude, your avatar just made me laugh out loud.
Mega Man's Electric Sheep
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Well the average score is 5.4 out of 10, which is right in line with your expectations. That's the score that gives you the most info about how the movie's being received.
BvS minus Lois and Lex/Essienberg would've probably been 70%
Broken Joystick
At least you can talk. Who are you?
Well he didn't like BvS, so he seems pretty accurate
Puck Beaverton
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Despite me not being big on superhero movies, the DCCU, or Affleck as a director, I would be really sad to not see the Batfleck movie happen. Let us at least get to that movie before you scrap this whole thing.
FunkyPajamas
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omg somebody please do the spaniard/paella meme thing with Suicide Squad hype/scores. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDiB4rtp1qw
Strangelove77
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The first step is denial, second is anger, after that comes fear, then bargaining, and finally, acceptance.
People still not understanding how Rotten Tomatoes works in review threads.
old manatee
Banned
This really doens't have anything to do with his comicbook movie reviews this is just his reviews of everything in general. No middle ground just extremely hot or cold.
timetokill
Banned
Tomorrow, Nolan is going to find a cartoon style sack of money on his front porch with a crudely scrawled "PLEASE" on a DC-branded letterhead
Freeza Under The Shower
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Yeah. Who knew going away from using TAS as a guideline (bordering on benevolent plagiarism) and letting directors do whatever would make movies potentially terrible?
Though if they had just made The Dark Returns or The Death of Superman after Man of Steel that would at least worked. But they didn't, and this is what you get.
amiablepercy
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Jmood
I hardly was saying it like it was profound. I came into a review thread to join a conversation and get feedback from peeps who actually saw the movie.
My comment was on aggregates. Grow up.
I hardly was saying it like it was profound. I came into a review thread to join a conversation and get feedback from peeps who actually saw the movie.
My comment was on aggregates. Grow up.
Yea saw an advance screening for this.
Yea...
I'll say this. I like this more than Batman v Superman. It's at least more enjoyable. There's always something off with the pacing and story of these recent DC films. I don't think it's bad but it's not great either.
My advice, similar to BvS and if you can take the good of that film and ignore its flaws...I think you'll be fine with Suicide Squad. To me, it's a solid 6/10. If you decide to pick it apart, you'll never enjoy this film.
I mean I enjoy it, I think any comic book movie fans or DC fans should check it out. Expect a fun enjoyable movie and don't expect a masterpiece.
Yea...
I'll say this. I like this more than Batman v Superman. It's at least more enjoyable. There's always something off with the pacing and story of these recent DC films. I don't think it's bad but it's not great either.
My advice, similar to BvS and if you can take the good of that film and ignore its flaws...I think you'll be fine with Suicide Squad. To me, it's a solid 6/10. If you decide to pick it apart, you'll never enjoy this film.
I mean I enjoy it, I think any comic book movie fans or DC fans should check it out. Expect a fun enjoyable movie and don't expect a masterpiece.
Can someone fill me in on this-WB wanted Nolan to tie his movies into a cinematic universe right? He just didn't want to?
How much creative input did he have with Man of Steel?
Can kind of say the opposite, in that people are rising t bash the film because its getting a crazy tomatoes score. People will just decide with their wallet if they want to see the movie or not, even with the reviews.
Nope...just longer and thus more painful
Frozenprince
Banned
You comment misses the entire point of an aggregate.
All it's doing is showing that critical consensus sways one way or another. That's it. That's literally all they do.
vasametropolis
Member
I do know. It's pass/fail and if it's below a score threshold it's rotten even if the score itself wasn't that low. It still doesn't invalidate that BvS was more like a "60 percenter (give or take X percent)" and I'm betting this one is in the same boat. It really sucks because it makes a movie look worse than it actually is.
It sucks for me as a moviegoer because now I can't remotely tell if it's literal dogshit or if the reviewers are on crack or if it got the short end stick identically to the last DC film, which in itself even seems unlikely, but whatever.
He was a writer and producer on Man of Steel, and Executive Producer on BvS. It's not like he's not still attached to these projects.
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