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AnalogRocks
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| Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:10 am Post subject: rottentomatoes.com |
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I just saw thier review of The Chronicles of Riddick. WTF are they outta their mind? 29%??! See that's why I say movies reviewer don't have a freakin' clue as to what's good or not. 
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/chronicles_of_riddick/
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It's hard to look at the tomato meter all by itself. What you need to do is look at a smaller personal sample of reviewers you typically agree with.
The problem is some of the reviewers have certain personal biases against styles, directors, actors - even whole genres. Objectivity just isn't always the name of the game for some of them.
All that said, I haven't seen Riddick even Pitch Black - they're on the list. The wife doesn't like sci-fi like I do, so I don't get many opportunities to partake in certain films.
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Phil Smith
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The general rating includes a bunch of fairly obscure critics that are from movie websites, etc. I don't really care what those guys think. I always go by the consensus of the "cream of the crop". These are professional, well known critics. Unfortunately, they rated Riddick even lower than the general rating: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/chronicles_of_riddick/?critic=creamcrop
Personally, I don't think was a bad movie, but I certainly don't think it was a good one. I thought the "look" of the movie was good, but didn't really care for anything else about it.
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AnalogRocks
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You know Phil, once again I can tell our taste's in film's are 180 degrees opposed. Make's for some good conversation.
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Well, all a matter of taste. For me, 29 % nails it pretty well. Maybe a bit to high 
Though I really like Pitch Black!
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Phil Smith
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Analog,
Yes, everyone has different taste. You like what you like. It's not a conscience decision. You either like it or you don't. No right or wrong.
Daniel,
I don't really remember Pitch Black, but I don't think I liked it either. It did get much better revues, although it still rated average: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pitch_black/
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Bert Randolph
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Phil,
what i liked about Pitch Black was that it told it's little story, without any bigger picture. There were some characters that dealt with a situation. And then the movie was over 
Now 'chronicles' comes along and introduces a whole universe - and fails, imo, badly. But, hey, the picture quality is awesome
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| Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 1:48 pm Post subject: Re: rottentomatoes.com |
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Although I own it and use it sometimes to demo, but any measure of the art, this is NOT a good movie. I'd say that rating was pretty accurate.
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Phil Smith
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| Bert Randolph wrote: | Phil,
what i liked about Pitch Black was that it told it's little story, without any bigger picture. There were some characters that dealt with a situation. And then the movie was over
Now 'chronicles' comes along and introduces a whole universe - and fails, imo, badly. But, hey, the picture quality is awesome
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Daniel,
I remember very little about it. Only a few bits and pieces. Maybe I need to watch it again.
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| Phil Smith wrote: | | Bert Randolph wrote: | Phil,
what i liked about Pitch Black was that it told it's little story, without any bigger picture. There were some characters that dealt with a situation. And then the movie was over
Now 'chronicles' comes along and introduces a whole universe - and fails, imo, badly. But, hey, the picture quality is awesome
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Daniel,
I remember very little about it. Only a few bits and pieces. Maybe I need to watch it again. |
Wouldn't that be a first for you? Watching a movie twice
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I truly don't do it very often.
I had a bunch of movies ripped on hard drives that I had seen and enjoyed. I decided last summer that I would quit renting for a while and watch all these movies I had been saving. Out of 40 or 50, I enjoyed 1 or 2. For whatever reason, I rarely enjoy watching movies I've already seen.
I might enjoy Pitch Black because I can't really remember it. It would be like watching it for the first time.
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| Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:07 pm Post subject: Re: rottentomatoes.com |
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| Person99 wrote: | | AnalogRocks wrote: | | I just saw thier review of The Chronicles of Riddick. WTF are they outta their mind? 29%??! |
Although I own it and use it sometimes to demo, but any measure of the art, this is NOT a good movie. I'd say that rating was pretty accurate. |
I guess I'm just an SF slut, or something like that. I just love movies that are set in alternate realities, and seeing how that world plays out. TCoR was clearly B-movie schlock, but I still enjoyed it. I'd happily watch it again.
Pitch Black was different. It was more of a small, finely-honed story. They were concentrating on making it stand on its own merits instead of trying to suck life out of a previous success. It's a bad comparison but I'd say Pitch Black is more like Alien, and TCoR was more like AvP or another of those later Alien rip-offs.
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