Aquaman's Critical Reception Thread (Rotten Tomato and Metacritic)

[Prettyricky]

haha yeah i feel you! people just like hearing themselves talk and like or hate be true to yourself and clearly articulate what you thought and why--- those are the critics i like most. I will give them some slack though, cuz it's a spoiler free review.

I love Grace's review-- it's very encouraging. Just hate that she says if people don't like it they're haters-- i hate critics and people who think if others don't think like them they or wrong or have ulterior motives, that's annoying.

But for the most part everyone agrees it's a visual masterpiece and long...lol

Yeah but i just hate wasting time on video reviews especially long ones just to not get a yes or no. Siskel and ebert had 5 minutes and afrer 5 minutes you knew where they stood. When dan said he wasnt going to give a recommendation of yes or no then he should t be doing a review.

 

[Prettyricky]

This need to attack anyone who doesnt like a film needs to end. I might disagree with say the EW guy or someone else in how they review the film, but there is nothing wrong with them not liking the same thing I do.

Or critics like dan couldnt just man up and say he liked it overall or not and not fear of fan backlash online.

 

[dennis_3107]

I share you guys’ sentiments. I could give a rat ass about what the critics think.

Just that, having had to see people rip on MoS and BvS almost everywhere, and I am not as confrontational as some of us on here, we just wish that some of our movies can be liked by the majority. And that is sometimes driven a lot by RT scores, surprise surprise.

Still, I think aquaman will be fine at this point.

 

[HammerDown]

TOMATOMETER
79%
Average Rating: 6.2/10
Reviews Counted: 47
Fresh: 37
Rotten: 10

That average rating isn't good.

 

[Prettyricky]

I share you guys’ sentiments. I could give a rat ass about what the critics think.

Just that, having had to see people rip on MoS and BvS almost everywhere, and I am not as confrontational as some of us on here, we just wish that some of our movies can be liked by the majority. And that is sometimes driven a lot by RT scores, surprise surprise.

Still, I think aquaman will be fine at this point.

I dont like to subscribe to conspiracy theories about rottentomatoes but I do believe in marvel after 10 years of solid films has conditioned a good portion of movie goers to like there type of films and only leave room for the occasional deadpool or venom that still has that marvel logo in front of it but be more edgy.

 

[Prettyricky]

TOMATOMETER
79%
Average Rating: 6.2/10
Reviews Counted: 47
Fresh: 37
Rotten: 10

That average rating isn't good.

I think as long as the actual percentage is high in the end this movie will have a better chance then ones in the past did

 

[dhandler01]

Or critics like dan couldnt just man up and say he liked it overall or not and not fear of fan backlash online.

Maybe...but even last night any time someone tweeted something negative people ripped other movies they like or accuse them of bias...they might just not like the film.

 

[dhandler01]

TOMATOMETER
79%
Average Rating: 6.2/10
Reviews Counted: 47
Fresh: 37
Rotten: 10

That average rating isn't good.

No but most people dont even notice that. They see the big number and make their assumptions that way.

 

[Gothamsknight]

Regardless, Im even more excited to see the film now. I'm expecting something fun, and enjoyable. not perfect, but fun

 

[Mjolnir Reborn]

I think critics are worth listening to as one of the things we use to judge which films to see. Of course our own opinions are what matter when we've seen something, but we can't see every film, TV-show, etc, that comes out so at some point we need things to inform our decisions.

Of course a superhero fan might see every superhero movie as there aren't an overwhelming amount of them, but in general we need to pick and choose based on information.

So neither put too much or too little importance on reviews, just take them for what they are. They are nothing but information on which to base our decisions whether to watch something, and we have to learn which critics that correspond to our own tastes.

 

[Prettyricky]

Maybe...but even last night any time someone tweeted something negative people ripped other movies they like or accuse them of bias...they might just not like the film.

Yeah I dont like that because with any reviewer you can always disagree at some point but the critic should always give a final verdict on each film. Theres always gonna be crazies on the internet for this stuff.

 

[Juan1193]

TOMATOMETER
79%
Average Rating: 6.2/10
Reviews Counted: 47
Fresh: 37
Rotten: 10

That average rating isn't good.

Nobody pays attention to the average rating lol. People just see the percentage. Looks promising to me. Aquaman about to squash Bumblebee and Poppins world wide

 

[Beatnation]

Hahahaha many around here were expecting Marvel like scores, DC is not Marvel, even the less biased critic is biased, that's because even the less biased human being is biased. Just enjoy the ride.

 

[HammerDown]

Well i care about the average score. By the looks of it seems like a fairly average movie.
Interestingly enough it has the same average rating as Thor: The Dark World.

Most people called it "fun". Which i guess is not a forbidden word anymore.

 

[Mjolnir Reborn]

Hahahaha many around here were expecting Marvel like scores, DC is not Marvel, even the less biased critic is biased, that's because even the less biased human being is biased. Just enjoy the ride.

So the critics just got confused and thought Marvel made the TDKT and Wonder Woman?

79% is a good score though, nothing to be pessimistic about if one is interested in the film.

 

[JOE]

Nobody pays attention to the average rating lol. People just see the percentage. Looks promising to me. Aquaman about to squash Bumblebee and Poppins world wide

79% is just the percentage of critics who thought the film was a 6/10 or better. The average rating is a more accurate representation of a movie's overall quality. Refer to the greats like TDK with an average rating of 8.6. Or Spider-Man 2 at 8.3. Even the "Into the Spider-Verse" movie has an average rating of 9.0. To say nobody pays attention to the average rating isn't true.

 

[Frodo]

The real question is whether it remains in the 79% range by the 20th or if it falls into rotten land. If it can stay in the 70s into opening weekend, I think that'll be enough for members of the GA to give it a shot and see it in theaters.

If not , than I wouldn't be confident of its chances as far as non fanboys go. There's always the Venom and Bohemian Rhapsody examples in which audiences basically said, "screw the critics", so it could sustain regardless of reviews.

However, it is a DCEU film, and given the rep of those films outside of WW, another so-so to bad word of mouth from critics won't help it with GA. Again though, that's assuming the reviews fall into the 50s or low 60s.

Like Venom, The Aquaman character doesn't have hug preconceived notions with the GA, so it'll get a pass if its fun and entertaining even if its not The Dark Knight or Wonder Woman in terms of quality.

 

[dhandler01]

79% is just the percentage of critics who thought the film was a 6/10 or better. The average rating is a more accurate representation of a movie's overall quality. Refer to the greats like TDK with an average rating of 8.6. Or Spider-Man 2 at 8.3. Even the "Into the Spider-Verse" movie has an average rating of 9.0. To say nobody pays attention to the average rating isn't true.

The general public doesnt. They just say "hey look Aquaman has 79% on RT" and go from there. They also look at the consensus.

 

[geosphere]

79% is just the percentage of critics who thought the film was a 6/10 or better. The average rating is a more accurate representation of a movie's overall quality. Refer to the greats like TDK with an average rating of 8.6. Or Spider-Man 2 at 8.3. Even the "Into the Spider-Verse" movie has an average rating of 9.0. To say nobody pays attention to the average rating isn't true.

I think he is meaning the average moviegoer and I would agree with him on that.

 

[dhandler01]

The real question is whether it remains in the 79% range by the 20th or if it falls into rotten land. If it can stay in the 70s into opening weekend, I think that'll be enough for members of the GA to give it a shot and see it in theaters.

If not , than I wouldn't be confident of its chances as far as non fanboys go. There's always the Venom and Bohemian Rhapsody examples in which audiences basically said, "screw the critics", so it could sustain regardless of reviews.

However, it is a DCEU film, and given the rep of those films outside of WW, another so-so to bad word of mouth from critics won't help it with GA. Again though, that's assuming the reviews fall into the 50s or low 60s.

Like Venom, The Aquaman character doesn't have hug preconceived notions with the GA, so it'll get a pass if its fun and entertaining even if its not The Dark Knight or Wonder Woman in terms of quality.

Well, to be fair, it is already selling pretty well on Fandango so I think it should be fine either way. Plus who knows what the China BO will be by then...

 

[HammerDown]

Metacritic
53
Based on 24 critics

 

[geosphere]

apparently, @Beatnation forgot about Ironman 2 and 3 not to mention the other MCU films that faired much worse around and before that time. Let's keep it classy bro.

 

[dhandler01]

Lets leave all MCU talk out of this.

 

[JOE]

apparently, @Beatnation forgot about Ironman 2 and 3 not to mention the other MCU films that faired much worse around and before that time. Let's keep it classy bro.

Says to keep it classy yet throws stones at the MCU, classic. Let it go bro, couldn't post without retaliating?... Incoming "he started it" post.

 

[shinlyle]

Glad to see the reviews are pretty positive for this one. My family kind of wants to see this (so long as we see Spider-Verse first, because...well...Spider-man), and I'd like to go in and enjoy it. I'm "meh" on Aquaman, but I hope it does well.