History YMMV / Rampage2018

* VideoGameMoviesSuck: Downplayed. The film has garnered a 52% "rotten" rating, which is higher than most films on the ([[Administrivia/ExampleSectionectomy now removed]]) list. (Dwayne Johnson even tweeted about breaking "the dreaded video game curse.") [[CriticalDissonance The audience]], meanwhile, has been a lot warmer to the film, with an 79% rating. This doesn't even mention critics like [[Creator/BobChipman MovieBob]], who gave the film glowing reviews and have even called it "the best video game movie ever made". [[DamnedByFaintPraise That's a low bar to clear]], [[Film/PokemonDetectivePikachu and (arguably) no longer true]], but still.

* VideoGameMoviesSuck: Downplayed. The film has garnered a 52% "rotten" rating, which is higher than most films on the ([[Administrivia/ExampleSectionectomy now removed]]) list. (Dwayne Johnson even tweeted about breaking "the dreaded video game curse.") [[CriticalDissonance The audience]] meanwhile, has been a lot warmer to the film, with an 79% rating. This doesn't even mention critics like [[Creator/BobChipman MovieBob,]] who gave the film glowing reviews and have even called it "the best video game movie ever made". [[DamnedByFaintPraise That's a low bar to clear,]] [[Film/DetectivePikachu and (arguably) no longer true,]] but still.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Surprisingly, this movie has a lot of shocking R rated style violence tucked behind a PG-13 rating, including implements, people getting crushed or eaten to death, and glorious monster on monster fighting.

* NarmCharm: as cliched as the story is, going from the tongue-in-cheek script and performances that show the actors are having fun with it, its clear the film [[ItsNotSupposedToWinOscars isn't meant to be taken very seriously in the first place]] and is just meant to be a fun popcorn flick. Given the tone of the games its based on, which likewise do not take themselves seriously in any way.

* WTHCostumingDepartment: Some fans have taken notice that Dwayne Johnson seems to be wearing the exact [[https://twitter.com/alecfa/status/931409950340915200 same shirt]] in this movie that he is in ''Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle''.

* NarmCharm: as cliched as the story is, going from the tongue-in-cheek script and performances that show the actors are having fun with it, its clear the film [[ItsNotSupposedToWinOscars isn't meant to be taken very seriously in the first place]] and is just meant to be a fun popcorn flick.

* ViewerSpeciesConfusion: Lizzie's mutations make it difficult to tell if she started as a crocodile or an alligator. Her teeth stick out when her jaws are shut, which is a fast way to identify a crocodile, but of course she's been mutating like crazy, and so she has shark-like rows of teeth that make this distinguishing technique questionable. Given that the United States has a mere 2,000 crocodiles in the very tip of Florida, while 5 million alligators roam the south-east states as the indigenous reptile, she's most likely an alligator. However, taking into account the fact that Lizzie has [[GreenGator green scales]] as opposed to the black scales sported by American alligators, and in the MissingTrailerScene, Davis explicitly identifies her as a giant crocodile. That should make it pretty clear what she is.

* ViewerSpeciesConfusion: Lizzie's mutations make it difficult to tell if she started as a crocodile or an alligator. Her teeth stick out when her jaws are shut, which is a fast way to identify a crocodile, but of course she's been mutating like crazy, and so she has shark-like rows of teeth that make this distinguishing technique questionable. Given that the United States has a mere 2,000 crocodiles in the very tip of Florida, while 5 million alligators roam the south-east states as the indigenous reptile, she's most likely an alligator. However, taking into account the fact that Lizzie has green scales (GreenGator for a crocodile), as opposed to the black scales sported by American alligators, and in the MissingTrailerScene, Davis explicitly identifies her as a giant crocodile. That should make it pretty clear what she is.

* ViewerSpeciesConfusion: Lizzie's mutations make it difficult to tell if she started as a crocodile or an alligator. Her teeth stick out when her jaws are shut, which is a fast way to identify a crocodile, but of course she's been mutating like crazy, and so she has shark-like rows of teeth that make this distinguishing technique questionable. Given that the United States has a mere 2,000 crocodiles in the very tip of Florida, while 5 million alligators roam the south-east states as the indigenous reptile, she's most likely an alligator. However, taking into account the fact that Lizzie has green scales (TypicalCartoonAnimalColors for a crocodile), as opposed to the black scales sported by American alligators, and in the MissingTrailerScene, Davis explicitly identifies her as a giant crocodile. That should make it pretty clear what she is.

* UncannyValley: When Ralph [[spoiler:[[WingPull reveals his flight membranes]] and glides through the air]], he just looks... off. Possibly intentional.

* ClicheStorm: The entire film is a shameless checklist of every giant monster movie cliche you can think of (with a truckload of action movie cliches sandwiched in with it) and going from the tongue-in-cheek script and performances that show the actors are having fun with it, its clear the film [[ItsNotSupposedToWinOscars isn't meant to be taken very seriously in the first place]] and is just meant to be a fun popcorn flick.