Well, criticism isn't everything.
I have been watching the Fast and Furious franchise, and one thing I noticed about the reviews was that they were very negative for the first three movies, with a persistent complaint about unrealistic plots... but as the series went crazier, the critics suddenly started loving it all. Meanwhile, viewers consistently liked these movies.
That sort of critical turnaround and hypocrisy makes me not take them as seriously.
Hope shines brightest in the darkest timesI don't know if that makes sense. Aside from the fact critics aren't a monolith, the first three Fast and Furious movies took themselves significantly more seriously so the outlandish plots were just laughable. Critics generally started being kinder on the series once the films stopped giving a shit and started wearing the batshit insanity of itself on its sleeve in a very self-aware, audience-winking manner.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."Per this article
, Warner Bros. replaced original director Terence Nance because they wanted someone with more experience to helm the movie. They gave Malcolm D. Lee only four days to meet the cast and crew, review the VFX department and work, storyboards and animatics, and watch the first film before shooting started.
All of that, in just four days.
WB gonna WB.
Edited by Mario1995 on Jul 15th 2021 at 6:36:05 AM
"The devil's got all the good gear. What's God got? The Inspiral Carpets and nuns. Fuck that." - Liam GallagherThe audience reactions aren't much better either. It currently has 3.7/10 on IMDb based on 1841 votes. For reference, that's worse than the likes of The Last Airbender, Fifty Shades of Grey, and Catwoman (2004). Granted, those three films have more votes, but things don't seem good for Space Jam 2 if audiences are rejecting it to such an extent.
Edited by magnumtropus on Jul 16th 2021 at 3:00:08 AM
Reading The Independent’s review
, and WHAT?? The film has cameos from A Clockwork Orange and The Devils?!?!?
IMDB audience scores mean nothing because they're easily subject to dipshit reviewbombing, and for some reason I've seen a lot of people really wanting this film to fail. Ultimately, we will see if the movie was successful or not when the box office numbers start rolling in. That's the only tried-and-true test.
"I like girls, but now, it's about justice."
x4: Yeah, the IMDB page has been hit with a severe review bombing phase since July 13
, to the point the slate had to clean because it was clear majority didn't actually receive early access to the film.
It's stuff like that which forces sites like Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic to timelock reviews until on release.
Edited by XMenMutant22 on Jul 16th 2021 at 7:35:42 AM
Regardless of your opinions on certain choices, can we as a people agree that the biggest contribution Space Jam made to modern basketball was getting Jordan ready for his second NBA run? Say what you will about the film and the intensely competitive man, he pretty much buried his attempts at playing baseball and credited the film for getting him into shape to win more titles. For a film that was essentially Character Shilling, that is an intense amount of humility.
Edited by Beatman1 on Jul 16th 2021 at 8:40:48 AM
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It kind of is by design when he's the only one who can save the day and the entire sport of basketball. Chuck Jones utterly despised the film for that reason, because he felt it rendered the Looney Tunes impotent at the altar of His Airness.
It's actually why I find his portrayal as completely incompetent in baseball to be so interesting. The film frames it as something he thought about because his father liked it, and he can't hit the ball even when the opposing team's catcher tells him what ball is coming.
Edited by Beatman1 on Jul 16th 2021 at 9:16:03 AM
I have to imagine there's going to be lots of double standard accusations against critics when they were soft on Ralph Breaks the Internet's shameless Disney IP plugs.
"The devil's got all the good gear. What's God got? The Inspiral Carpets and nuns. Fuck that." - Liam Gallagher

On the whole, predictable.
Wake me up at your own risk.