Yeah I just saw that it's expected to break the record set by Furious 7 for most money made in China from an American movie. It's doing ridiculously poor here though. I really don't understand how only 30% of critics on Rotten Tomatoes think it's a decent movie.
You said something similar about Batman v. Superman. Just curious, are there any well reviewed movies where you don't agree with the high rating? Maybe I am mistaken, but I think I remember you mentioning that you were going through a list of classic films, are there any on there that you don't care for? I find that I usually agree with critics, but for some of my favorite genres I'll go watch them anyway.
Good question. I think a part of it is that I enjoy a very high percentage of the movies I watch, because if they don't interest me at all I don't watch them. I kinda slowed down on the classics and I can't really think of any that I didn't like. I guess maybe Lawrence of Arabia.. It wasn't bad but it was incredibly boring to me. A well reviewed movie from last year that I didn't like at all was Carol. I didn't enjoy that one on any level. I guess I also usually agree with critics and maybe it is my love for the genres blinding me, but I legitimately don't think BvS or Warcraft are anywhere near as bad as their RT ratings would suggest. I do admit I came out way too hot for BvS, I was trying to counteract all the negative reviews calling it complete garbage. I think Warcraft is better than BvS.
I'll just say that John Goodman was really good in it, almost Oscar worthy if it wasn't that type of movie.
I have a system with RT. If a movie of a genre I generally like gets a 30-50 percent I actually read the reviews because tons of the negative ones are stuff like "Well done..superb acting but nothing new or groundbreaking" Then I'll check the user ratings. If a movie gets 50 percent of critics and 80 percent or so of users I know there is a good chance I will like it. A movie can get plenty of overall positive reviews where the critic just doesn't quite like it enough to give it a good rating and it skews the numbers. If it gets 9 percent and 20 percent user reviews I don't generally watch it.
He was great. Heavier than I thought he was lately but he was just about perfect. I can't think of anyone who would have been better.
I recently watched and enjoyed Bone Tomahawk. It is a new western with Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, and Richard Jenkins. Here's the storyline from imdb.com: After an outlaw unknowingly leads a band of cannibalistic Troglodytes into the peaceful western town of Bright Hope, the monsters kidnap several settlers, including the wife of a local rancher. Despite his injured leg the rancher joins a small rescue party with the sheriff, his aging deputy and a strong-willed gunslinger. What follows is a journey into hell on earth as the posse comes to realize it is up against a foe whose savagery knows no bounds. The film takes place in the mid 1800's around the border of what is now Texas and New Mexico.
There is a good "Western" on Netflix called Dark Valley, but this Western plays out in Austria. I'd recommend it.
