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Post by thisguy4000 on Dec 24, 2018 5:12:11 GMT
Baby steps I suppose. Iโm guessing Shazam! might be more their cup of tea.
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Post by Tristan's Journal on Dec 24, 2018 11:25:43 GMT
rotten or fresh on RT, what's the consequence? I would not lose to much sleep over that. Opinions, opinions. As has been been remarked by Scorsese and Co, the best novel art and entertainment are typically divisive, not pandering. Even Star Wars was originally barely in the fresh, and widely misunderstood as trash destroying serious filmmaking. screenrant.com/worst-original-reviews-star-wars-a-new-hope/The Tomatometer is a pretty random metric anyway, eg the CW DC-shows are in the 90%, Black lightning is at 93 and 96 respectively. Good yes, but that good? Or why is Bumblebee in the high 90s? It's a pretty derivative film without unique scenes or world building? I tell you a trade secret: 1. Insert a young model-hot nerd girl instead of a boy. 2. She can do everything like a nerd boy including mechanics 3. The male lead is a (bumbling) black guy 4. They have a harmless-sweet biracial "romance" 5. Remove toxic Bay-asian juvenilia 6. Introduce PC-graded SJW-ism 7. Include a lot of 80s nostalgia and massive amounts of pop songs 8. Remove most of the cacophonous action noise with sentimentality and teen angst 9. Include a lot of childish family-friendly humor 10. Rip off MASSIVELY plot beats of ET/Short Circuit Joh-Hughes style... (and grease the wheel via paid promotion and events) ^^^Save-Harbor Formula for Critics Approval - I note that Bumblebee is still the only watchable Transformers entry in a abysmal cacophony of mech-turd.
Aquaman is a derivative action adventure a la KingArthur/MoS too, but it got outstanding cinematography, action and world building. It's unique as it's the first film that managed to pull off the underwater worldbuilding believably (including dialogue). In a few years people will likely barely talk about Bumblebee, but Aquaqman will be discussed for the reasons above.
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Post by James on Dec 24, 2018 18:03:12 GMT
But if itโs rotten, does that mean itโs truly rotten?
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Post by havenless on Dec 25, 2018 13:43:21 GMT
rotten or fresh on RT, what's the consequence? I would not lose to much sleep over that. It can be proven that critic reviews have a substantial effect on box office. That directly effects the studioโs motivation for sequels, expanding the shared universe, how they perceive James Wan, Jason Momoa, even Aquaman himself. Not in every instance do reviews translate into immediate box office boon, but the sequel will feel the weight of its success. Batman Begins didnโt single handledly save Batmanโs reputation at the box office, but it did get people interested in Dark Knight. Bumblebee will do the same for the next one. Granted, you should never form your own personal opinion on Rotten Tomatoes, but you canโt deny the extraordinary impact they can have on a franchise.
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Post by Jedan Archer on Dec 25, 2018 16:09:16 GMT
Fresh on aggregator-sites like RT is good as long as the audience likes it too. Film got a CinemaScore of A- and maybe even better in foreign. So target audiences seem to like it. Which is key to getting an Atlantean trilogy.
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Dec 26, 2018 18:11:09 GMT
Here's why I don't really care about RT scores. A movie could get a perfect 100% and if people DONT want to see it they just WONT.
However if the movie gets a 65% everyone screams "See?! That means the movie sucks!" but still tons of people will go see that movie, if that's the movie people want to see.
Aquaman is a fine example. Not the best RT score it could have gotten, but it handily beat a movie with a 94% score in Bumblebee, and 97% in Spiderverse, movies that are in similar wheelhouses.
RT score in reality doesn't mean too much. Its just an aggregate.
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Post by havenless on Dec 27, 2018 22:11:57 GMT
โSometimes good enough is good enough.โ
A step out the door technically means the door is now open, however you spin it.
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