06-29-2009, 11:40 AM
<!--quoteo(post=46988:date=Jun 29 2009, 10:35 AM:name=BT)-->QUOTE (BT @ Jun 29 2009, 10:35 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=46943:date=Jun 29 2009, 09:41 AM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Jun 29 2009, 09:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=46883:date=Jun 28 2009, 11:24 PM:name=BT)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BT @ Jun 28 2009, 11:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=46616:date=Jun 27 2009, 09:38 AM:name=Ace)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Ace @ Jun 27 2009, 09:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=46228:date=Jun 25 2009, 04:30 PM:name=BT)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BT @ Jun 25 2009, 04:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=46186:date=Jun 25 2009, 02:28 PM:name=rok)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (rok @ Jun 25 2009, 02:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I love B movies too, always have, but there is a point where a big budget movie ceases to be intentionally unintentionally funny and crosses the line into farcical corny territory. This is the problem with some of these movies. I prefer big budget spoofs (Mars Attacks) to big budget B movies (ID). It was ok and had its moments, but I think watching it one time was enough for me.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I think we've had this discussion before, but Mars Attacks actually pissed me off I hated it so much.
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You're an idiot, and worth very little.
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Yes, it's sterling "52" rating at metacritic.com shows I'm a lone wolf crying out in the darkness on this.
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52% for Mars Attacks vs 59% for Independence Day isn't such a huge difference. Plus most critics are humorless snobs, so metacritic doesn't do much for me, and neither do tomatometer ratings.
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Are you kidding me? The fact that a Roland Emmerich film did better than a Tim Burton film, WITH THE CRITICS, makes it a HUGE difference. One is a hack churning out popular entertainment for the masses, one is an artiste, supposedly making films for critics.
Besides, my point wasn't to show the ID4 was better than Mars Attacks, simply that the movie was pretty fucking unloved by quite a few people. It's not like I'm trying to explain why Citizen Kane was horribly flawed.
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Even good directors make bad movies from time to time, but this isn't one of those cases.
I still couldn't care less if the critics loved one as opposed to the other though. I know what you're trying to say, that you aren't in the minority for loving ID4, but by your same logic Mars Attacks wasn't a complete failure either if 52% of the critics out there liked it. Humor is subjective, and most critics are humorless.
I think we've had this discussion before, but Mars Attacks actually pissed me off I hated it so much.
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You're an idiot, and worth very little.
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Yes, it's sterling "52" rating at metacritic.com shows I'm a lone wolf crying out in the darkness on this.
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52% for Mars Attacks vs 59% for Independence Day isn't such a huge difference. Plus most critics are humorless snobs, so metacritic doesn't do much for me, and neither do tomatometer ratings.
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Are you kidding me? The fact that a Roland Emmerich film did better than a Tim Burton film, WITH THE CRITICS, makes it a HUGE difference. One is a hack churning out popular entertainment for the masses, one is an artiste, supposedly making films for critics.
Besides, my point wasn't to show the ID4 was better than Mars Attacks, simply that the movie was pretty fucking unloved by quite a few people. It's not like I'm trying to explain why Citizen Kane was horribly flawed.
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Even good directors make bad movies from time to time, but this isn't one of those cases.
I still couldn't care less if the critics loved one as opposed to the other though. I know what you're trying to say, that you aren't in the minority for loving ID4, but by your same logic Mars Attacks wasn't a complete failure either if 52% of the critics out there liked it. Humor is subjective, and most critics are humorless.