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Critic Scores - Explain Please?

posted 11 years ago by alexaw9
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According to Rottentomatoes:

FD - 33%
FD 2 - 48%
FD 3 - 43%
FD 4 - 29%
FD 5 - 61%

I mean, I like the movies regardless of ratings, but this makes no sense to me. All the others, around the same, and in my opinion, what they deserve (except the first one should be higher) but the last one, with such forgettable characters and plot - 61? A positive score? Is it purely because of the fact that it winds up in the last 60 seconds to be a prequel and ends on Flight 180? If so, that is pretty pathetic.

[–] IrinaOma 11 years ago

Don't mind those ratings. Smart ppl know that FD and FD 2 are 10000x better than cheesy GGI FD 5!

[–] zxcvbnmasdfghjqwertyu 10 years ago

That's horribly elitist. If you view the first two films as the superior installments of the series, then fine, but insinuating others who have diffeent opinions is completely gratuitious (and rude).

[–] Doc110894 11 years ago

The critics thoroughly underrated the original.

5:

There's that whole "Kill or be killed" thing, but they don't really do much with it.

Mostly listless performances.

Largely the same paint-by-numbers formula.

61% has to be for that ending.

[–] alexaw9 11 years ago

Yeah, I didn't find the deaths as great as the ones in 2 and 3, either. Funny if it's for the ending, since the ending relates it to the original, which they apparently hated! I guess just because it's "original" now it's better. I like the new fun, gory ones better -- the original had more story, but wasn't that smart, in my opinion -- but I still can't believe the original only got 4% above the fourth, horrible one! That was an hour and 16 minutes without credits, but dragged on and onnnnnn. Glad others agree with me about the critic scores somewhat, though. :-)

[–] Doc110894 11 years ago

The first one is not perfect, but I think it's the freshest and the scariest.

[–] JohnnyWeissmuller 11 years ago

I agree. The first is fresh, self-aware and comes with a knowledge of the horror genre that's nodded to throughout, particularly in some of the characters names. And although the premise isn't entirely, new given that The Abominable Dr. Phibes had been in this territory thirty years prior, it mostly works as a new conceit. Heightened as it may be. I'm much less fond of the sequels. But with regards to critics, I'd much rather invest in the opinion and thoughts of a few intelligent, cinema-loving and genre appreciative critics than put much stock in percentages that factor in tabloid hacks. They're ten-a-penny, but smart and articulate film journalism is always refreshing and enlightening.

NOW TARZAN MAKE WAR!

[–] ThatNiceGuy_Jay 11 years ago

I believe the high rating wasn't for the story, or the acting, but the production team behind the cameras that the critics appreciated, they didn't throw this together with no attempt at making an entertaining movie, they gave someone new a chance to give "new life" (pun intended) to the franchise. The critics say numerous times that the formula is still formuliac, but the 3-D was extremely well executed, the story was darkly witty and fun, and you could tell they really wanted to treat the audience with good humor. That's why if has the highst rating.

FD1 probably has a low rating because at the time of it's release, I'm sure critics weren't used to this type of story, quickly giving it a negative review (just like the original Texas Chainsaw) but over time warming up to it, and now it stands as a classic.

FD2 has a negative rating because critics compared it to the original without rating it on it's own (which is what critics do waaaay too often)

FD3 of course seemed a little juvenile compared to the last entry, plus it didn't add anything new right? Critics slap a negative review on it.

FD4, we all know why it was rated so poorly, bad acting, story, and horribly unlikable, believable, and forgettable characters.

[–] Laszkin_Revenov 10 years ago

FD had a rating above 40% before FD5 released. They may have rewatched previous films and confused FD with TFD (FD4).

Honestly, the ratings are always retarded when it comes to horror films. Self-proclaimed critics will always be biased between Drama and Horror films.