Originally Posted By leemac <<One of which was mostly positive..>> Just goes to show how subjective these things can be - RT seems to agree with me that it was a "rotten" review. I thought it was largely negative although certainly not as bad as the THR review. I'll wager that AO Scott in the Times won't like it at all.
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>Wow - really? I had absolutely no idea what was going on in that mess at all. I could have driven a bus through the plot holes. I didn't believe it was possible to create some a car wreck with $250m before.<<< Yes, I really liked it and I own it even on DVD. I admit that there are many better movies, but the movie exceeded my low expactations and it turned out to be a nice popcorn movie. I don't know what reviews Prince of Persia got, but that was a pretty bad and boring movie.
Originally Posted By Manfried John Carter was a totally flat boring who cares movie. Oz is not in the same bad league as John Carter.
Originally Posted By leemac <<John Carter was a totally flat boring who cares movie>> That is precisely how I described it to people. You had absolutely no empathy for any of the characters. I honestly can't ever remember seeing a film with such unforgettable characters and incoherent plot - I had no idea what was happening and why.
Originally Posted By dagobert I guess I have a strange taste when it comes to movies . However most of the really good movies are not from Disney.
Originally Posted By mawnck <------ Liked Wreck-It Ralph, didn't care much for the Tim Burton Alice in Wonderland, and didn't go see John Carter because I just wasn't interested. And I'm still not. Also, am growing increasingly baffled at what the point to all this is. What I'm hearing is a lot of people saying "I think I'm going to love Oz because I have consistently lousy taste in movies". I'm sure that's not the message you're going for, but that's what's coming across. My only constructive input here is, once again, to point out that Rotten Tomatoes sucks because of their binary method of assigning the percentage - fresh or rotten, with nothing in between (and MOST movie reviews are in between). That's no way to run a railroad. Metacritic = much better, since they actually assign a numerical percentage to each review. Current rating for Oz, 53 out of 100, based on only 5 reviews (IE not enough to really matter), 4 of which are scored as "mixed".
Originally Posted By doombuggy I thought Avatar was over hyped, I saw nothing special with the CGI, the story was lame and couldn't have cared less about the characters. Lord of the rings bored me to tears as well. 3 hours 3 movies fight,get ring back,run away...lather rinse repeat. And talk about plot holes you could drive thru.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 <<What I'm hearing is a lot of people saying "I think I'm going to love Oz because I have consistently lousy taste in movies". I'm sure that's not the message you're going for, but that's what's coming across.>> I don't think so, I think people just have varying taste in what they like. I thought Alice in Wonderland was a terrible film. I thought John Carter was a good film. Will I like the Oz, hard to say. People have varying taste when it comes to film. I never really cared for the Wizard of Oz, 2001 or Gone with the Wind. By that same token I love Sunset Boulevard, Bonnie and Clyde and Casablanca. Or modern film for every Dark Knight, Skyfall or Avengers, we get too many Battleships and Cowboys and Aliens. And the non-blockbusters can produce a dud like the Master but give us a great discovery like Safety Not Guaranteed.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA ^^^interesting, I've heard only great things about 'The Master.'
Originally Posted By Manfried Maybe Disney should do a Marvel/Baum mashup. Think of the possibilities. "The Avenger of IronOz."
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 Leemac is desperate for this movie to be bad IMO, not sure why but based on his posts regarding this movie he has shown an obvious bias against it. Luckily I am not a lemming and reviews do nothing to change my mind to see or not see a film....
Originally Posted By mawnck >>Luckily I am not a lemming and reviews do nothing to change my mind to see or not see a film.<< I fearlessly ignore stoplights, "beware of the dog" signs, and the "poison" warnings on the sides of bottles too. Down with conformity, man! ;-)
Originally Posted By ecdc >>Luckily I am not a lemming and reviews do nothing to change my mind to see or not see a film.<< Yes, you are not at all persuaded by advertising, trailers, existing property appeal, star draw, etc. You make up you own mind about what to see
Originally Posted By dagobert It's interesting that European critics aren't that bad. Empire UK gives four out of five stars. <a href="http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=137178" target="_blank">http://www.empireonline.com/re...D=137178</a> German and Austrian critics are also not bad and many even like the movie for what it is, an entertaining good looking picture. One even wrote, that when people were able to like Avatar, they must love this one. When it comes to Avatar, I have to agree, one of the most disappointing movies. I'm one of the few who didn't like it at all.
