Inspired by the linked XKCD. Using 60% instead of 50% because that’s an easy filter to apply on rottentomatoes.
I’ll go first: I think “Sherlock Holmes: A game of Shadows” was awesome, from the plot to the characters ,and especially how they used screen-play to highlight how Sherlocks head works in these absurd ways.
The Super Mario Bros movie. It was really good but for some reason has a 59% rating on the tomato-meter, despite a 95% audience score. Very strange and it’s why I just don’t trust Rotten Tomatoes.
Rotten Tomatoes reviews always remind me of that South Park episode where Randy is a Yelp reviewer. It feels like they take themselves way to serious and forget to just enjoy the movie they are watching.
The plot was pretty straightforward (though often rushed). I see why critics would roll their eyes at another kids movie that plays it safe like that. It’s not anywhere near the level of a Paddington or Fantastic Mr. Fox.
That said, it wasn’t really trying to be that, and was all I wanted in a Mario movie: show me you respect the franchise, add in a bunch of easter eggs and references, and be at least moderately entertaining. I just hope the eventual sequels and spinoffs aim a tad bit higher.
Absurdist and slapstick comedies are often a good answer to this question. I would argue that movies like Step Brothers and Wet Hot American Summer have some comic actors doing some of their best work. But people who aren’t a fan of the genre are going to shit on those movies.
I’m gonna have to go with Reckless Kelly over Young Einstein, but both are great. They don’t pass the “came out in my adult life” criterion, but Yahoo Serious was so good. Kind of a shame he seemed to just disappear.
I like the Han Solo Movie. They fucking NAILED the character, and they took a LOT of inspiration from legends, and it shows! I think the only reason people dislike the movie is because Han Solo himself wasn’t played by Harrison Ford, which uh, duh, of course he wasn’t. He doesn’t even like the character!
I mostly liked it, but it did one thing I dislike in prequel movies: attempt to explain everything. It isn’t quite as bad as the train chase from Indiana Jones and the last crusade which tries to explain all of Indy’s quirks and wardrobe choices in a 10 minute scene… But that felt like the gist of the movie to me.
I didn’t like it because I wanted Rogue One to be a heist movie, and it wasn’t, so then I wanted this to be a heist movie, and it wasn’t and now I’m kinda thinking I’m never getting a Star Wars heist movie. 😔
I had friends saying things like the movie had ho reason to exist be abuse it wasn’t advancing the overarching story of the franchise. I really enjoyed Solo and loved the ending, showing Han is a cold mf and definitely shot first
Adam Sandler’s The Week Of. 26% from critics, 34% audience score, and I thought it was great. Really helped to watch it BEFORE looking up reviews - I bet if I had gone in expecting a 3/10 movie I would have felt like it was worse.
Dude I loved that movie so much as a kid, so much so that I made Van Helsing themed Sims 2 custom content 😂 My cousins made fun of me relentlessly for loving the movie. Then I re-watched it my first year in university and… It didn’t quite hold up but I still love the movie haha
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