Critical Consensus: "Man of the Year" A Weak Candidate, But At Least It Was Screened For Critics
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This week at the movies, we've got comedians in the White House ("Man of the Year," starring Robin Williams), continued creepy curses in Tokyo ("The Grudge 2, starring Amber Tamblyn and Sarah Michelle Gellar), a marine with a missing wife ("The Marine," starring John Cena), and a dramatization of the Book of Esther ("One Night with the King," starring Tiffany DuPont). What do the critics say? Back to Article
This week at the movies, we've got comedians in the White House ("Man of the Year," starring Robin Williams), continued creepy curses in Tokyo ("The Grudge 2, starring Amber Tamblyn and Sarah Michelle Gellar), a marine with a missing wife ("The Marine," starring John Cena), and a dramatization of the Book of Esther ("One Night with the King," starring Tiffany DuPont). What do the critics say? Back to Article
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on Oct 12 2006 05:53 PM Robin Williams, come on dude - you can do better. (Reply to this) |
on Oct 12 2006 06:04 PM [b]Are we doing a "Guess The Tomatometer?"[/b] I predict The Marine will get a 10%, possibly lower. The Grudge 2 will get close the the score of the original, around 38%. It'll be #1 at the box office, though. (Reply to this) |
on Oct 12 2006 06:36 PM Grudge 2- 21% The Marine- 15% (Reply to this) |
on Oct 12 2006 08:32 PM I've got Grudge 2 topping out at 16%, while The Marine will be lucky to beat 13%. ==TJ== (Reply to this) |
on Oct 13 2006 01:42 AM [b]why make grudge 2 (evrybody wants to see saw3 anyw[/b] the grudge 2 will be compared to the original and it's predecessor and it will not be able to top them and get a much lower rating then number 1. it looks better made then the wicker man and will have more scares so that will keep the figure from faling too much but in the end it will be lucky if it can keep 22%. the marine looks to be nothing special (and i think it's not intended to be tongue in cheek, like the transporter, so it will hurt the ratings a lot) and will stick to 08%. grudge 2 - 22% marine - 08% (Reply to this) |
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on Oct 13 2006 08:26 AM ok , guess the tomatometer time!!!!! The Grudge 2: 12% The Marine 20%. I think it would do bettter than the first WWE flick because it's action, so it dosen't have standards to live by, as opposed to horror movies. (Reply to this) |
on Oct 13 2006 09:08 AM The Grudge 2 10% The Marine 6% but critics will admit it was a damn funny movie. (Reply to this) |
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on Oct 13 2006 11:17 AM The Marine looked like a cheesy throwback to Cold-War era action films- I will probably see it-"Red Dawn" is still one of the funniest movies ever made Robin Williams just can not get a break in the comedy world, but then this a guy who still think OJ jokes are funny, relevent material (Reply to this) |
on Oct 13 2006 11:31 AM The Marine looks like a throwback to the 80s action movies of Stallone, Segal, Van Damme, and Carl Weathers. You can't blame them for maing it. It only cost a few million, $12 I think. So, profitable, probably. Blockbuster, not a chance. 20% and it will have a hard time reaching the top 5 for the weekend. Grudge 2, lucky to break 24% But then again, horror movies are not typically liked by critics, but they do well in box office. I mean, come on, it is Friday the 13th, why not release a horror movie. Will be number 1. (Reply to this) |
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on Oct 13 2006 12:46 PM Flags of our fathers is getting bad WOM and Bad reviews. To bad. i was looking forward to that film. I just half to see The Last king Of Scotland. It comes out wide next week. The Grudge 2 will be number until Saw 3 comes out. (Reply to this) |
on Oct 14 2006 10:57 AM In reply to this comment (#846496) I still want to see Flags of Our Fathers, and The Last King of Scotland. There is no way that The Grudge 2 will be able to beat all four new releases next week, your nuts. I don't really care about any of the new wide releases, so I think I'll just go see Texas Chainsaw for the 13th instead. (Reply to this) |
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