Ahh, I get it. Sorry, was very slow on that. It was actually pretty good!
I think I now get why you liked Edge of Tomorrow
Yeah that would work if I was the one who apparently didn't get it...
There's a difference between not liking a film and not getting it (also I realise Tom Cruise wasn't actually a time traveller, my post was rather obviously tongue-in-cheek).
I guess it's just hard to understand how someone could hate it that much if they did get it.
85% on Metacritic and 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, despite a low box office, implies the marketing was the issue, not the storyline.
As I said, tongue in cheek. I didn't bother to check its Metacritic and the 5 other people I know who have seen it were equally scathing. Was there really that much to get? I didn't particularly have a problem with the premise of the film if that's what you're referring to.
I guess it's just hard to understand how someone could hate it that much if they did get it.
85% on Metacritic and 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, despite a low box office, implies the marketing was the issue, not the storyline.
Was there really that much to get? I
For an action movie. I would say yes, there was. I think the only criticism I would have is that it it is somewhat derivative of other movies (basically Groundhog Day meets Starship Troopers), but I don't see that as a criticism.
Aside from the fact that it's a perfectly executed script, I think Lyman and Cruise had a lot of fun with the premise. For a Hollywood star of that size to be happy to have his character killed off in such a variety of ways was really refreshing (Denzel, for instance, is not only indestructible, he has to fight his own wristwatch to create tension).
I am also a sucker for silent sacrifice; the heroes who save the day do so not only without the world knowing what they did, but without even THEM knowing what they did. It's the most powerful tool in storytelling IMO.
As for a character arc, it's rare for Hollywood action movies to give the hero an arc, let alone such a complete one. Compare the Cage that first meets General Brigham to the Cage who comes back for the device. Cage becomes a Major, having started the film without ever earning it.
I think Cruise deserves a lot of credit for putting so much effort into standalone blockbusters. It's far more interesting than the rest of the comic book world (even if this was a Manga thing originally). He works brilliantly as a producer, getting the best out of the directors he works with, and he chooses scripts really carefully. I thought it was a massive shame EoT didn't perform at the box office, but I think it's at worst nuts and at best inaccurate, tongue in cheek or not, to call it a "clusterfuck."
Judging whether a film is worth a watch is what one meant to infer.
Apologies for my mistake, I did not mean to make it sound like I watch a film, then check a website to see what it was rated and then say to myself "Oh that was a good film after all" or "Oh so that's what a bad movie is".
I have amended my post in an attempt to neutralise any further confusion.
Fair enough. At the end of the day I thought it was a waste of 2 hours and that I'd probably have been better off not seeing it but you can't please all the people all of the time.
50 shades of grey- was there any mention of different shades of grey no, I was hoping for redecorating tips A walk to remember- not really much walking in that one Football Factory-nothing to do with a factory making footballs Space Jam- nothing about having or making jam in space Rat Race- was a race for people not rats
You want a film with the wrong title? OK then, I give you The Great Escape. Three men escaped, the rest were murdered or sent back to a PoW camp. I don't call that a great escape by any definition of the word escape.
The madness of King George. That was George the third fools (the play had the right name. Rumour has it they dropped the "III" so that septics didn't think it was a sequel)
The madness of King George. That was George the third fools (the play had the right name. Rumour has it they dropped the "III" so that septics didn't think it was a sequel)
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85% on Metacritic and 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, despite a low box office, implies the marketing was the issue, not the storyline.
7.9 is a good score. Shawshank 'The best film ever' only gets a 9.2 on there.
This is the top 250 as voted by the worlds population:
http://www.imdb.com/chart/top?sort=rk,asc&mode=simple&page=1
Aside from the fact that it's a perfectly executed script, I think Lyman and Cruise had a lot of fun with the premise. For a Hollywood star of that size to be happy to have his character killed off in such a variety of ways was really refreshing (Denzel, for instance, is not only indestructible, he has to fight his own wristwatch to create tension).
I am also a sucker for silent sacrifice; the heroes who save the day do so not only without the world knowing what they did, but without even THEM knowing what they did. It's the most powerful tool in storytelling IMO.
As for a character arc, it's rare for Hollywood action movies to give the hero an arc, let alone such a complete one. Compare the Cage that first meets General Brigham to the Cage who comes back for the device. Cage becomes a Major, having started the film without ever earning it.
I think Cruise deserves a lot of credit for putting so much effort into standalone blockbusters. It's far more interesting than the rest of the comic book world (even if this was a Manga thing originally). He works brilliantly as a producer, getting the best out of the directors he works with, and he chooses scripts really carefully. I thought it was a massive shame EoT didn't perform at the box office, but I think it's at worst nuts and at best inaccurate, tongue in cheek or not, to call it a "clusterfuck."
Apologies for my mistake, I did not mean to make it sound like I watch a film, then check a website to see what it was rated and then say to myself "Oh that was a good film after all" or "Oh so that's what a bad movie is".
I have amended my post in an attempt to neutralise any further confusion.
But am I alone in thinking the film Moses should have been in two parts?
(The whole, 'Parrting the Red Sea' thing?)
A walk to remember- not really much walking in that one
Football Factory-nothing to do with a factory making footballs
Space Jam- nothing about having or making jam in space
Rat Race- was a race for people not rats
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