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But the irony, you see, is that I get slammed for posting specific reviews by others, yet here we have...

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clarkjohnsen

In Reply to: RE: 97% of the country's top critics reviewed it favorably... posted by sjb on August 08, 2007 at 18:13:55

...a review by majority decision! Of a bunch of wannabe (not "top") major critics.

And by the way, that incredible-looking "97% favorable" designation masks the reality of an 8.2 out of 10 average, i.e. four stars out of five. Not bad, but not a grand slam either.

Myself, I go for what Anthony Lane, or Ty Burr, or Duncan Shepherd, or James Verniere, say, might say -- these guys' approaches to film are already well-known to me.

Finally, I did not write it was a *bad* movie, only that it did *very efficiently* what it set out to do, which wasn't much; and there were major lapses in the plotting.

clark

PS So what did *you* think of it?

Follow Ups:

I enjoyed it. Knew what to expect and it mostly delivered. - sjb 06:31:50 08/10/07 (2)
I don't get so many critics saying it's the best of the three because for me it wasn't as emotionally engaging as the others.

I think it may be a situation where, in a summer of mostly disappointing franschise installments, the best of the lot got overblown praise.

"You can safely assume you have created God in your own image when he hates all the same people you do."
- "I enjoyed it." As did I, but more as a get-out-of-the-heat matinee. - clarkjohnsen 10:42:57 08/10/07 (1)
  It never fails to astonish me though, how writers and audiences still accept these cheats:
  
  Gotta escape? I'll just jump-start the nearest car!
  
  Gotta get inside? I'll just swipe this handy card left over from my previous adventures!
  
  Live Free or Die Hard had blessedly little of that.
  
  clark
  - RE: "I enjoyed it." As did I, but more as a get-out-of-the-heat matinee. - rico 09:36:08 08/13/07 (0)
    Not to mention Damon walking away from car crash after car crash. Anyone who's ever been in even a fender bender knows how shaken up one gets. Yet our boy Matt eschews the jaws of life and just opens the door and continues the chase.
    
    But these movies are pure fun, no matter how outrageous. And the music is simply terrific.
"But the irony, you see, is that I get slammed for posting specific reviews by others..." - Only when ... - Audiophilander 09:30:39 08/09/07 (0)
...those reviews are a substitute for your own first hand opinions. So you can put your miniature violin away and save the sad tunes for another thread.
> > > "...a review by majority decision! Of a bunch of wannabe (not "top") major critics." < < <
Baloney! The opinions of Rotten Tomatoes critics are just as credible as a few wannabe hot shot divas who think that their own prose is beyond reproach. Being a "major critic" given the context you've provided only qualifies one for a position as an elitist snob, IMO.
> > > "And by the way, that incredible-looking "97% favorable" designation masks the reality of an 8.2 out of 10 average, i.e. four stars out of five. Not bad, but not a grand slam either." < < <
It's called a consensus; what's wrong with that? BTW, there's nothing 'masked' about the averaging.
> > > "Myself, I go for what Anthony Lane, or Ty Burr, or Duncan Shepherd, or James Verniere, say, might say -- these guys' approaches to film are already well-known to me." < < <
Excuse me, do you have any Grey Poupon? ;0)
AuPh

Edits: 08/12/07

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