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The endless debate about whether or not G.I. JOE is going to suck has been raging for quite some time now. First, everyone thought the idea was terrible. Then people liked the trailer. Then there were rumors it tested horribly. Then early reviews started being positive. But the latest front of the war? G.I. JOE isn’t being screened for critics. Not en masse anyways.
Though a few have seen the film already (our own JimmyO included), the film is being kept secret from almost everyone else. The decision to keep critics in the dark is usually a move to squelch bad reviews, and Slashfilm came up with this handy chart (click to enlarge) to demonstrate just how true this is.
It’s the sixteen movies over the past twelve months that weren’t screened for critics, and their subsequent Tomatometer ratings. As you can see, only two of them breached 40%, CRANK: HIGH VOLTAGE and a Tyler Perry production. Everything else ranges from mediocre (UNDERWORLD 3, THE COLLECTOR) to the abysmal (THE LEGEND OF CHUN-LI, DISASTER MOVIE). But trying to be the exception to the rule, G.I. JOE is currently sitting at 91% and you have to wonder if this critic blackout was a bit of PR blunder.
Source: Slashfilm
Extra Tidbit: Really, CRANK 2 has a 62%? I mean, it’s good at what it does, but for reference, 300 only managed a 60%.
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The Transformers 2 "critic war" did nothing to undermine their credibility. A movie's gross does not speak for its quality - most of the time the two have very little correlation.
And summer movies don’t get a free pass just because they are spectacles....
The Transformers 2 "critic war" did nothing to undermine their credibility. A movie's gross does not speak for its quality - most of the time the two have very little correlation.
And summer movies don’t get a free pass just because they are spectacles. Spider Man 2 is a vastly superior film to say, X-Men 3, and critics are right when they distinguish between the two.
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Not saying that's a bad thing, as critics are way too stuck up when reviewing films anyway. Making a "fun" movie isn't for critics, it needs to be...
Not saying that's a bad thing, as critics are way too stuck up when reviewing films anyway. Making a "fun" movie isn't for critics, it needs to be "well crafted". I'm also not saying its a good thing, cause I still think the movie looks like shit, even with the positive reviews from the geek sites.
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Personally, I really don't buy that critics are out of touch wiith the public, aside from Transformers 2 the films that have made the most money this year (Star Trek, Up, The Hangover) have gott...
Personally, I really don't buy that critics are out of touch wiith the public, aside from Transformers 2 the films that have made the most money this year (Star Trek, Up, The Hangover) have gotten pretty good reviews. The same can be said with last year, TDK and Iron Man were two of the biggest films of the summer and two of the best reviewed movies of the year.
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Anyway...GI JOE probably be around 50% when it's all said and done.
Anyway...GI JOE probably be around 50% when it's all said and done.
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G.I. Joe is a movie I would predict critics would give thumbs down to so I think even though it seems to be doing well from early screenings, once the majority had their...
G.I. Joe is a movie I would predict critics would give thumbs down to so I think even though it seems to be doing well from early screenings, once the majority had their say, it would probably be voted rotten.
But, I definitely think whether a movie is rated fresh or rotten has absolutely no accuracy in determining what my actual opinion of the quality of the movie will be.
I like to read the reviews on joblo or arrow in the head because you guys seem like you have ACTUAL opinions and don't conform to what the sheep are saying. In other words, if you like a movie, you aren't afraid to say it, even if it's getting bad reviews. And you also aren't afraid to say you don't like a movie, even if it's being praised by other critics.
Ebert is like that too, but I guess since he's the most popular critic ever, he doesn't feel the need to conform either.