The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Rotten Tomatoes score? - Part 4

[Angryfantasyfan]

Oh sure, but as I said, it hasn't been that detailed, nobodies really gone THAT in depth as to why the characters were weak, or the story didn't work thematically, or the themes themselves weren't great.

A lot of the people who didn't like it gave detailed reasons in the user review and general discussion threads.

 

[LizardMan07]

For example? (Not as a "I bet you haven't", kind of thing, but I genuinely haven't much in depth stuff as of late)

 

[The Joker]

I agree, and it's even more frustrating right now than it was back in 1997, because the average quality of comic book films in the late 90's was really poor (Spawn and Steel, anyone?). Right now, we're living in a time where movies like Spider-Man 2, The Avengers, The Dark Knight, Iron Man 1, The Winter Soldier, and X-Men: Days of Future Past are making their marks and setting the standards for audiences. To watch a perfunctory product like this for a superhero that was once at the top of his genre only 10 years ago is infuriating to me.

I mean, I know there are some who really enjoyed this movie. Good for them if they got something out of it. For me, though, the more I think about this movie, the more my hatred grows for it. And I don't like that feeling at all, especially for a Spider-Man movie!

I think the best thing right now would be for Spidey to take a long break, but that's obviously not in Sony's playbook right now (and it can't be in their playbook if they plan to keep their rights and milk this dry cow even more). Ignoring future films in this franchise right now is in my playbook, though. Hopefully it's in other people's plans as well, so Sony gets an even clearer message in the future.

Well said

 

[A Necessary Evil]

I still haven't seen that yet. I hear so many mixed things about. Some friends tell me it's really good and I should go and see it, others tell me it was dull and boring.

If you shell out money for TASM2, but not Godzilla, then

I agree, and it's even more frustrating right now than it was back in 1997, because the average quality of comic book films in the late 90's was really poor (Spawn and Steel, anyone?). Right now, we're living in a time where movies like Spider-Man 2, The Avengers, The Dark Knight, Iron Man 1, The Winter Soldier, and X-Men: Days of Future Past are making their marks and setting the standards for audiences. To watch a perfunctory product like this for a superhero that was once at the top of his genre only 10 years ago is infuriating to me.

I mean, I know there are some who really enjoyed this movie. Good for them if they got something out of it. For me, though, the more I think about this movie, the more my hatred grows for it. And I don't like that feeling at all, especially for a Spider-Man movie!

I think the best thing right now would be for Spidey to take a long break, but that's obviously not in Sony's playbook right now (and it can't be in their playbook if they plan to keep their rights and milk this dry cow even more). Ignoring future films in this franchise right now is in my playbook, though. Hopefully it's in other people's plans as well, so Sony gets an even clearer message in the future.

Agreed.

Never, ever thought I would go around throwing such vitriol at a Spider-Man movie, and that saddens me.

 

[Frodo]

Oh sure, but as I said, it hasn't been that detailed, nobodies really gone THAT in depth as to why the characters were weak, or the story didn't work thematically, or the themes themselves weren't great. I feel the negativety on these boards has made it so that we aren't getting a discourse back and forth as the to real, core reasons why the film didn't work, and it makes me kind of sad.

I wasn't invalidating the claims, I was saying that I hadn't seen how the logic behind some of the complaints intertwines together to somehow deem the film a failure. That's my perspective however.

Well , it depends on what you consider going in depth. In terms of a full explanation as to why someone didn't like it ,i'm not sure its really that necessary and really doesn't need that great of analysis. Its a taste issue and if you do or don't like something you don't need to give that great of an argument or explanation as to why imo As far as in depth about what the flaws of a film might be , I've heard and seen a ton of them all over the internet from critics reviews, youtube discussion videos, round table podcasts and some here as well. Alot of them go pretty in depth analysis so I wouldn't say that there hasn't been in-depth explanations or logically cogent arguments as to why people don't like the film. Maybe not so much here, but its not hard to find other places.

I'd recommend the Modern Myth Podcast, The AMC movie talk roundtable,Screenrant, The Whattheflick review, and the Geekvolution roundtable just to name a few which have a pretty good analysis in terms of complaints and strengths about the characters , stories and the film.

 

[spider-neil]

Well , it depends on what you consider going in depth. In terms of a full explanation as to why someone didn't like it ,i'm not sure its really that necessary and really doesn't need that great of analysis. Its a taste issue and if you do or don't like something you don't need to give that great of an argument or explanation as to why imo As far as in depth about what the flaws of a film might be , I've heard and seen a ton of them all over the internet from critics reviews, youtube discussion videos, round table podcasts and some here as well. Alot of them go pretty in depth analysis so I wouldn't say that there hasn't been in-depth explanations or logically cogent arguments as to why people don't like the film. Maybe not so much here, but its not hard to find other places.

I'd recommend the Modern Myth Podcast, The AMC movie talk roundtable,Screenrant, The Whattheflick review, and the Geekvolution roundtable just to name a few which have a pretty good analysis in terms of complaints and strengths about the characters , stories and the film.

I can recommend a ton of critics who like the movie like 'movie night', 'now playing podcast' and 'nostalgia critic'.

 

[Skrilla31]

You don't need someone else's opinion to validate your own.

I loved ASM2 but the critics hated it.
I hated DOFP but the critics loved it.

Who cares.

Alll that matters is what you think.

 

[Frodo]

You don't need someone else's opinion to validate your own.

I loved ASM2 but the critics hated it.
I hated DOFP but the critics loved it.

Who cares.

Alll that matters is what you think.

Ultimately that's all that really matters. I thought MOS was a great fresh approach to Superman but most fanboys and critics think its an abomination to the character . That doesn't change how I feel about it , and it won't change how I feel about it. Its a matter of taste.

 

[chaseter]

When tickets are $15+....it matters what critics say to me. Everything else can wait until Redbox. Bad movies don't get my money. If I like it at Redbox, then I will purchase the bluray.

 

[AnneFan]

You don't need someone else's opinion to validate your own.

I loved ASM2 but the critics hated it.
I hated DOFP but the critics loved it.

Who cares.

Alll that matters is what you think.

Yes, agreed. It's all down to individual movie-goers and their own thoughts.

To expand upon your concept:

TASM2 is sitting on 71% audience reaction.
Godzilla is sitting on 72% audience reaction.

I thought Godzilla was boring rubbish, yet others loved it. And that's fine. Some people think TASM2 is the worst thing evah, and that's fine too.

 

[Streetlight]

I'm still hoping that there will be a rush of very late reviews that will hopefully push this to the high 70s

 

[Visualiza]

I'm still hoping that there will be a rush of very late reviews that will hopefully push this to the high 70s

Why? What purpose would that serve?

 

[Caboose]

I'm still hoping that there will be a rush of very late reviews that will hopefully push this to the high 70s

 

[LizardMan07]

I think he was joking

 

[Streetlight]

I think he was joking

I was

Pretty much copy and pasted one of my posts from a few weeks ago, not that I'm going to let the score dictate my love for the movie anyways.