• When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Age of Ultron getting Bad Reviews

Started by Vger7,

64 posts in this topic

Vger7

Vger7

Posted
Posted

I realize that reviews are subjective but in order to better enjoy the movie, I think it's better to walking into the theater without the high expectations that first movie helped to set.

 

No spoilers in this review but it's not pretty:

 

http://movies.about.com/od/newmoviesandreviews/fl/Review-Avengers-Age-of-Ultron.htm?utm_source=zergnet&utm_medium=tcg&utm_campaign=zergnet-test-509670

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Revol

Revol

Posted
Posted

The reviewer also says that the first Avengers movie wasn't very good. So maybe his opinion shouldn't really be trusted.

 

I loved AOU, and that's all that matters to me :grin:

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Gem_Mint

Gem_Mint

Posted
Posted

Easter eggs, nods to past movies, and set ups to future movies is what I LIKE about Marvel movies.

 

I notice a lot of reviews stating this as a bad thing.

 

I feel all warm and fuzzy inside when I get a reference or foresee a setup....

 

Maybe I'm just a fanboy,

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Jeffro.

Jeffro.

Posted
Posted

meh

I avoid reviews. How can someone else influence me on what I will or will not like? There are great movies I don't like and bad movies that I do like. Everyone should take movie reviews with a grain of salt.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Revol

Revol

Posted
Posted
meh

I avoid reviews. How can someone else influence me on what I will or will not like? There are great movies I don't like and bad movies that I do like. Everyone should take movie reviews with a grain of salt.

 

Exactly. I hate reading reviews too. Or listening to people give me their reviews. The last time I went to the cinema with a bunch of co-workers was to see Star Trek: Into Darkness, I loved the movie, but then as we left the cinema I had to listen to various co-workers tell me that the film I just watched, and loved, was not very good, and here are their reasons why... :eyeroll: That was the last time I've gone to the cinema with a group of people. Ugh.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
bane

bane

Posted
Posted
meh

I avoid reviews. How can someone else influence me on what I will or will not like? There are great movies I don't like and bad movies that I do like. Everyone should take movie reviews with a grain of salt.

 

Exactly. I hate reading reviews too. Or listening to people give me their reviews. The last time I went to the cinema with a bunch of co-workers was to see Star Trek: Into Darkness, I loved the movie, but then as we left the cinema I had to listen to various co-workers tell me that the film I just watched, and loved, was not very good, and here are their reasons why... :eyeroll: That was the last time I've gone to the cinema with a group of people. Ugh.

 

So what your saying is no one should give you their opinion if it clashes with yours?

 

That's the beauty of opinions! If we all liked the same stuff the world would be a boring place.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Revol

Revol

Posted
Posted
meh

I avoid reviews. How can someone else influence me on what I will or will not like? There are great movies I don't like and bad movies that I do like. Everyone should take movie reviews with a grain of salt.

 

Exactly. I hate reading reviews too. Or listening to people give me their reviews. The last time I went to the cinema with a bunch of co-workers was to see Star Trek: Into Darkness, I loved the movie, but then as we left the cinema I had to listen to various co-workers tell me that the film I just watched, and loved, was not very good, and here are their reasons why... :eyeroll: That was the last time I've gone to the cinema with a group of people. Ugh.

 

So what your saying is no one should give you their opinion if it clashes with yours?

 

That's the beauty of opinions! If we all liked the same stuff the world would be a boring place.

 

Oh they can give me their opinion all they want, and they did, trust me. What I'm saying is I just choose not to listen to it, or engage with it, because if I liked something, I'm pretty sure I liked it. I don't really have to be told by someone that the movie I just enjoyed, shouldn't have been enjoyed, and here are a list of reasons why.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Broke as a Joke

Broke as a Joke

Posted
Posted

Wouldn't we all be happier if the movie was getting rave reviews though? A bad movie review wont deter me from seeing a movie or enjoying a movie, but eventually enough of these bad reviews get embedded into the public consciousness to effect future "superhero" genre movies where it hurts most -- the box office.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Jeffro.

Jeffro.

Posted
Posted
Wouldn't we all be happier if the movie was getting rave reviews though? A bad movie review wont deter me from seeing a movie or enjoying a movie, but eventually enough of these bad reviews get embedded into the public consciousness to effect future "superhero" genre movies where it hurts most -- the box office.

 

Sadly true. Too many people let others do their thinking for them

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Meeklo

Meeklo

Posted
Posted
Sucks that we don't have a movie subforum for something like this. Oh, wait...

 

Or even an Age of Ultron thread that we use to talk about anything involving Age of Ultron.

 

Are we gotta by to be slammed by 20 different threads about AoU and people's opinions and reviews?

 

Just post them in the AoU thread!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Petey's Wheatcake

Petey's Wheatcake

Posted
Posted

Age of Ultron is sitting at 73% positive on Rotten Tomatoes right now. It has basically the same average as Interstellar(72%), American Sniper(73%), Kingsman(74%), and Pacific Rim(72%).

 

I'm sure there are many varying opinions about those films on these boards, which only reinforces my personal viewpoint that unless we are talking Paul Blart 2 levels of negativity, it's best to see the movie for yourself or consult someone whose opinion you really trust. One random review proves nothing.

 

The title of this thread would be much more accurate if it read "Age of Ultron is getting many more positive reviews than negative ones".

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Crimebuster

Crimebuster

Posted
Posted

Almost every movie gets some bad reviews. So what.

 

Age of Ultron currently has a 67 on Metacritic, which aggregates scores from reviewers and is a much more reliable barometer of reviews than Rotten Tomatoes, which simply gives everything a yes or no. Anything above 60 on Metacritic is in the positive, so while there are obviously some mediocre and bad reviews weighing the average down, overall the reviews are actually positive.

 

To be more precise, of the 39 professional published reviews referenced by Metacritic, 29 of them gave Age of Ultron a 60 or better on a scale of 1 to 100. 9 reviewers gave it a mediocre score - meaning 40-60 - while only one reviewer actually gave it a bad review with a score below 40.

 

So I guess this thread should really be called "One Guy gave Age of Ultron a Bad Review."

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
nearmint

nearmint

Posted
Posted
Age of Ultron is sitting at 73% positive on Rotten Tomatoes right now. It has basically the same average as Interstellar(72%), American Sniper(73%), Kingsman(74%), and Pacific Rim(72%).

 

 

And it's at 67% on Metacritic. Those are pretty strong numbers. I don't think many here will be disappointed with the movie.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Go to topic listing