The Avengers The Avengers Critics Reviews Thread - Part 2

[ElMariachi]

That guy from the Miami paper mentioned positive reviews from other critics. Proof to me these critics enjoy the attention of contrarians.

 

[Suzanne78]

So he dislikes the film because RDJ is a republican?...

It sounds like that's one of his qualms that he. Just. Cannot. Get. Over.

What that has anything to do with the quality of the film I don't even know.

I think I'm more upset about a review like this than the others, because if this guy can't get over an actor's personal life or beliefs to review a movie on its merits, that's not someone I want to be reviewing any movies at all.

 

[ElMariachi]

I love how all the negative reviews have obvious biases. The Movieline one was fair but not all that negative really. The rest are all essentially people hating on popular things.

 

[T"Challa]

Um, Jeff Wells... what in the actual ****?!?!



I. Cannot. Even. In a friggin' film review. Is this guy on RT?


http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2012/05/avengers_submis_1.php

what the...i don't even...

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

He's an idiot who has been crying about RDJ forever.

I love RDJ and don't care what his politics are one way or the other. I don't watch actors for their politics and won't be boycotting films just because an actor doesn't believe what I believe. I would never watch anything if I had that silly standard. The funny thing is, people like him stand up for sleaze like Roman Polanski but have trouble with watching films with Republicans?

I'm pretty freakin left leaning and I just don't care about what RDJ believes one way or the other and other people shouldn't and don't care either.

 

[marcvader]

11-0 with top critics.

 

[Suzanne78]

He's an idiot who has been crying about RDJ forever.

I love RDJ and don't care what his politics are one way or the other. I don't watch actors for their politics and won't be boycotting films just because an actor doesn't believe what I believe. I would never watch anything if I had that silly standard. The funny thing is, people like him stand up for sleaze like Roman Polanski but have trouble with watching films with Republicans?

I'm pretty freakin left leaning and I just don't care about what RDJ believes one way or the other and other people shouldn't and don't care either.

Same here. I'm a total progressive. I read somewhere that Gary Oldman was a conservative (right around the time The Contender was released). Do I consider him one of my favorite actors of all time? Absolutely. Will I be there opening night for TDKR. You betcha!

Politics and personal beliefs won't get in my way of objectively enjoying a performance of my favorite actors or my favorite musicians. I love Beck and Tom Cruise, even though they're Scientologists.

Any critic who is petty enough to let stuff like that interfere with their job has no business being a film critic.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Same here. I'm a total progressive. I read somewhere that Gary Oldman was a conservative (right around the time The Contender was released). Do I consider him one of my favorite actors of all time? Absolutely. Will I be there opening night for TDKR. You betcha!

Politics and personal beliefs won't get in my way of objectively enjoying a performance of my favorite actors or my favorite musicians. I love Beck and Tom Cruise, even though they're Scientologists.

Any critic who is petty enough to let stuff like that interfere with their job has no business being a film critic.

Arnold is a Republican and I still love em and will be seeing The Expendables 2 with bells on.

I love the political game but you just can't let it run your life. He's not even a critic though, he's a cranky ******* who is obsessed with talking about who in Hollywood is right wing and who is left wing. It's tiresome and foolish.

 

[Tony Stark]

RDJ is pretty private with his politics, which is how I wish most people in Hollywood would be. Hollywood is nearly 90% liberal so why does this nutjob care about one guy who stands out from the rest?

 

[McNulty]

Has anyone seen an advert in a newspaper or magazine with reviews on yet? I remember there being full page ads for Captain America with critics' ratings and comments last year here in the UK.

 

[J.Howlett]

RDJ is pretty private with his politics, which is how I wish most people in Hollywood would be. Hollywood is nearly 90% liberal so why does this nutjob care about one guy who stands out from the rest?

He wasn't private with it in Iron Man 2. There's a very telling line in the first act that struck me as always odd, considering it had no bearing in the conversation he and Pepper were having....

 

[Smashlilman]

What does any of this matter Ruffalo is liberal and an Anti-fracking advocate. I hate when politics invades where it doesn't belong. Most people don't think like.

 

[Son of Coul]

What line?

edit: Ah, I think I got it.

 

[El Payaso]

So he dislikes the film because RDJ is a republican?...

WHAT???

 

[Smashlilman]

WHAT???

It's freaking ******ed!

I don't get this. Why bring politics into this. It's BS.

(4) Robert Downey, Jr.'s Tony Stark/Iron Man has the best quips...surprise! But he's still a Republican, and I just couldn't shake that as I watched. "Tony Stark is a Republican who probably supports Romney," etc. Over and over and over in my head.

 

[thalidomide]

I'm not into politics, but from what I have read, this is personal why do they let this kind of people work in their company?

 

[spider-neil]

my favorite two reviewers on youtube have given avengers top marks


half asian reviews
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tom chatalbash
[YT]h9aW4m4e2fA&feature=g-all-u[/YT]

 

[Whiskey Tango]

But I don't think The Avengers is important enough to warrant an in-depth review, especially given my general loathing of comic-book superhero movies

Then maybe you shouldn't be writing movie reviews at all you ****ing halfwit.

 

[Iceman]

Then maybe you shouldn't be writing movie reviews at all you ****ing halfwit.

It's going to be hilarious if Marvel (& DC) can create a persistent film universe and keep turning out films perpetually. Make him repeat this discrediting statement enough and he'll be found out eventually.

 

[Raiden]

Then maybe you shouldn't be writing movie reviews at all you ****ing halfwit.

This guy seems extremely unprofessional, and I wonder who in their right mind actually hired him and pay him salary to come up with turd of a review like this one. Unfortunately, his lousily-written review will probably show up in RT and ended up shaving another .5 percentage off TA's fresh rating.

 

[shinlyle]

Then maybe you shouldn't be writing movie reviews at all you ****ing halfwit.

QUOTED FOR TRUTH!!

Honestly, I lean right, and it's kind of cool that RDJ is Republican. You know what? Sam Jackson isn't. MOST of Hollywood isn't. If you boycott everyone who doesn't share your opinion, then you need to live in a cabin in the woods (Also from Joss Whedon) and leave the world alone.

Doesn't warrant a review....his review doesn't warrant any further acknowledgement from me. How's that?!

 

[Whiskey Tango]

Seriously. I didn't really care about the Nicholson one, she doesn't like action flicks, fine. The Bathe one was insulting and just an attempt to generate hits for his crappy site, whatever. But this Jeff Well's is just pure garbage from the first word. **** that guy.

 

[Flemm]

This guy seems extremely unprofessional, and I wonder who in their right mind actually hired him and pay him salary to come up with turd of a review like this one. Unfortunately, his lousily-written review will probably show up in RT and ended up shaving another .5 percentage off TA's fresh rating.

It's mildly irritating until I think about the ridiculous amount of bank this film will rake in and the sequels we will be getting

 

[Whiskey Tango]

This guy seems extremely unprofessional, and I wonder who in their right mind actually hired him and pay him salary to come up with turd of a review like this one. Unfortunately, his lousily-written review will probably show up in RT and ended up shaving another .5 percentage off TA's fresh rating.

It looks like it's his own blog so the answer is probably "he doesn't get paid" and for damn good reason.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

It's mildly irritating until I think about the ridiculous amount of bank this film will rake in and the sequels we will be getting

That's a bit soothing, yeah. *basks*