0% in RT??? - Man Down (2016) Discussion

[–] poopfock 8 years ago

Rotten Tomatoes' scoring system isn't a good barometer for anything. Right now, it just means that the 8 people who have reviewed it disliked it. That doesn't mean it's a 0/10 movie; it just means that so far 8 people didn't like it. And having quickly browsed the reviews, 5 of them look like copy/paste jobs with only minor tweaking of wording, and the one from JoBlo is a 5/10.

By comparison, of the 3 reviews on IMDB, 2 people loved it and one thought it was ok. So does that mean it's a surefire 9/10? Nope. It means wait and see just like the RT "score".

Don't be in such a rush to glance at the RT score and judge. Hell, RT has Boondock Saints at 20%, Equilibrium at 38%, and Spaceballs at 50%....yet Indiana Jones & The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull is 77%, Sharknado 80%, Live Free Or Die Hard 82%, among other things. Hell, back in the day, everyone seemed to hate Blade Runner.

Wait it out if you're unsure. Read user reviews from real people, not pretentious critics only. Use your own judgement between the two.

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[–] yeejunru 8 years ago

Im just saying that its not a good start for the movie, calm down, it still might be good

And honestly, RT review is not perfect, but IMDB is also the same, interstellar got 8.7 and there are marvel movies in the top 250, so the best is watch the movie by yourself, score is just a recommendation thing

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[–] TheBeardedWonder 8 years ago

People love to say 'calm down' when someone disagrees with them. Whether or not the person actually got hyped up or not is irrelevant, it just makes the other person look better when telling someone else to calm down. I don't think either poster was that intense for the record, but it is funny to have someone present their opinion very normally and still be told to calm down.

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[–] Old_Batman_Beyonder 8 years ago

Movie Dude praised Shia's performance but said the movie had problems.
None spoiler review. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5-vbrrerQ8

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[–] goonies383 8 years ago

I won't lie and say the movie is without its problems but it is a lot better than the 9% on RT and the 27 on Metacritic. LeBouef in particular gives a good performance. No matter how much of a D-bag he is off screen he has proven himself very capable on screen. Some may find the film manipulative, some aspects may even be predictable but I found it to be an interesting take on an important subject. My biggest problem with the film is the pacing in the first 2 acts.

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