The Avengers The Avengers Critics Reviews Thread - Part 2

[Marvel]

I was over on the RT general movie boards and read this...

On a side note- I clicked over to msn's entertainment page to look at reviews, which, along with a link to metacritc's score, were overwhelmingly negative.

Ten seconds into reading the first review linked I realized some dipsh it over at msn has linked up reviews to the OTHER Avenger's flick from a years back, but still has it titled "Marvel's The Avengers."

Idiots. I have no idea how to complain though.

Sure enough...

http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie-critic-reviews/marvel%27s-the-avengers.1/

WTF? Is that intentional or are they that dumb? I responded in their "feedback" at the bottom but if anyone knows another way to report this please do. I guess more responses in that feedback section wouldn't hurt. They need to fix that fast. It's very misleading.

 

[warcam]

Not sure if this one counts, but Foxnews.com says Avengers is the "super-hero movie to end all super hero movies".

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainmen...uper-hero-movie-to-end-all-super-hero-movies/

 

[Raiden]

I was over on the RT general movie boards and read this...



Sure enough...

http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie-critic-reviews/marvel%27s-the-avengers.1/

WTF? Is that intentional or are they that dumb? I responded in their "feedback" at the bottom but if anyone knows another way to report this please do. I guess more responses in that feedback section wouldn't hurt. They need to fix that fast. It's very misleading.

Someone needs to be fired over this. That'd be like linking TDKR's review page to Batman & Robin's. It's totally inexcusable.

 

[HighFivingMF]

Someone needs to be fired over this. That'd be like linking TDKR's review page to Batman & Robin's. It's totally inexcusable.

Dude, come on. Someone should LOSE THEIR JOB because they got two movies mixed up?

 

[bonzob2000]

Someone needs to be fired over this. That'd be like linking TDKR's review page to Batman & Robin's. It's totally inexcusable.

I think it's completely excusable. The movies have an almost identical title. Easy mistake to make and to fix and not a big deal at all. Fired, really?

 

[Raiden]

Dude, come on. Someone should LOSE THEIR JOB because they got two movies mixed up?

Okay, maybe not fired, but something more than just a slap on the wrist. It just come across as rather unprofessional and extremely misleading.

 

[Chewy]

Dude, come on. Someone should LOSE THEIR JOB because they got two movies mixed up?

Right. Too lenient. They should LOSE THEIR LIFE

 

[JeetKuneDo]

Dude, come on. Someone should LOSE THEIR JOB because they got two movies mixed up?

Might depend on how many millions of dollars is lost to Disney because potential viewers got the wrong idea about their product. I think people do get fired for costing a company millions, do they not?

 

[Chewy]

Might depend on how many millions of dollars is lost to Disney because potential viewers got the wrong idea about their product. I think people do get fired for costing a company millions, do they not?

The number of millions of dollars Disney will lose because of this is 0

 

[Joeyjojo72]

I'm not saying there should be a Hulk movie. I'm saying that when the top execs get together, and they have all this data telling them that the audiences ****ing loved the Hulk in this movie, that he was the best thing about an already great movie (i havent seen it yet btw. ive heard theres good balance.), they're at least gonna REVISIT the idea.

 

[Joeyjojo72]

Not sure if this one counts, but Foxnews.com says Avengers is the "super-hero movie to end all super hero movies".

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainmen...uper-hero-movie-to-end-all-super-hero-movies/

That depends. Did the critic at any time refer to Whedon as a liberal/commie/homosexual?

If not, then yeah it counts.

 

[bonzob2000]

Take the number of people who visit MSN daily, find within that group the number of people who use it find links to metacritic instead of going directly to metacritic, then from within that group the number of people who only casually glance at the linked reviews without noticing all the references to Uma Thurman and Sean Connery. Oh, and make sure these are people who make all their moviegoing decisions based on what the critics say. If anyone is dumb enough to fit that criteria, Disney shouldn't want their money.

 

[warcam]

That depends. Did the critic at any time refer to Whedon as a liberal/commie/homosexual?

If not, then yeah it counts.

Nah. He just said it was a fun popcorn flick with homosexual undertones.

 

[ElMariachi]

That depends. Did the critic at any time refer to Whedon as a liberal/commie/homosexual?

If not, then yeah it counts.

You are mixing up Fox News with it's talk show hosts. The news part is pretty much the same as every other website/network.

 

[ElMariachi]

San Jose Mercury News/Randy Myers/Top Critic-- 3.5/4

http://www.mercurynews.com/movies-dvd/ci_20517094/review-marvels-avengers-does-it-right

 

[Joeyjojo72]

You are mixing up Fox News with it's talk show hosts. The news part is pretty much the same as every other website/network.

Whatever you say.

warcam, thanks for getting it.

 

[ElMariachi]

Jewish Journal--5/5

http://www.jewishjournal.com/twojewsonfilm/item/the_avengers_review_39120430/

 

[ElMariachi]

Whatever you say.

warcam, thanks for getting it.

It's true. The people who work at Fox aren't all conservatives and the regular news isn't really all that biased. People tend to kill the entire network for the viewpoints of it's prominent hosts.

 

[warcam]

It's true. The people who work at Fox aren't all conservatives and the regular news isn't really all that biased. People tend to kill the entire network for the viewpoints of it's prominent hosts.

He was just making a joke. It's all good.

 

[ElMariachi]

He was just making a joke. It's all good.

I know but people tend to believe that stereotype. t:

 

[eddy]

I think it's completely excusable. The movies have an almost identical title. Easy mistake to make and to fix and not a big deal at all. Fired, really?

Marvel's The Avengers.

The Avengers.


This is the moment where my dislike for the official title starts to subside. No way does this movie need to be affiliated with the Uma Thurman one.

 

[Kalonthar]

I don't know how anyone could get them confused. One is a film called The Avengers featuring a blonde actress who has dyed her hair red and is wearing a tight black leather outfit and the other is a film called The Avengers featuring a blonde actress who has dyed her hair red and is wearing a tight black leather outfit.

 

[ElMariachi]

Nobody is going to confuse these movies unless they are 60 years old. The Avengers reboot movie with Uma Thurman came out like 14 years ago and bombed. Nobody is going to remember it. Certainly nobody that's a child, teenager, or most 20 somethings.

 

[TheVileOne]

I think Mr. Beaks started the "it looks like TV" rumor .

 

[Xeno]

I think Mr. Beaks started the "it looks like TV" rumor .

Someone at AICN started that rumor, threw in "not cinematic enough" and sourced it to a possibly mythical studio exec who had seen the film. Those slams were picked up and parroted ad nauseam by the weak-minded here and elsewhere. Now that the film is out, the "TV movie" criticism has evaporated. I wonder if Beaks will acknowledge it.