Iron Man 2 The Critics review Iron Man 2

[kedrell]

I don't hate it, but it's just a resource and should be treated as such. It is hardly the final arbiter of a movie's quality. Nor is MetaCritic.

 

[BlackLantern]

yea but with some posters here on the Hype you'd swear a movie is an "abject failure" if a movie isn't pulling in a specific number

 

[kedrell]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1228705/board/thread/161773178

This guy is ahead of the curve. (If it really matters to any of you- I can't say I care all that much but...)

120 Positive 28 Negative reviews

Thanks. So that would mean about an 81.8%(basically 82%) fresh rate. The thing is, I'm not sure all of those reviewers count on RT.

 

[kedrell]

yea but with some posters here on the Hype you'd swear a movie is an "abject failure" if a movie isn't pulling in a specific number

And they are welcome to that opinion.....















....even if it is extremely ******ed horse-s**t.

 

[RoboAmish]

Peter Travers (highly respected film critic) at Rolling Stone likes Iron Man 2. Here's an excerpt:



Not sure how many stars he gives to IM2, though.

he gave it 3/4

I like Travers, other than Ebert and the guys at Empire, he's probably the critic I most agree with it

 

[BlackLantern]

I read a review a couple days ago from a female critic...she didn't really like the film but also admits to having very little knowledge of the "super hero culture"

 

[kedrell]

I like Roeper more and he gave it an A-(not sure what that equates to in stars).

 

[RoboAmish]

I like Roeper more and he gave it an A-(not sure what that equates to in stars).

good point, I knew I was forgetting someone. Him and the guys from Spill of course

 

[kedrell]

I love the guys from Spill. Carlyle already said he gives it a strong full price.

 

[kedrell]

damn DP.

 

[RoboAmish]

I'm pretty sure they'll give it a Full Price all round

 

[Raiden]

I like Roeper more and he gave it an A-(not sure what that equates to in stars).

So Roeper, Ebert, Travers, and Moriarty all like IM2? These are the critics that I respect so it's nice to see them giving positive reviews for this movie.

 

[S.A.A.D.]

RT

fresh:74
rotten:39

113 reviews in total as of now,this isn't looking good for the meter since the rotten reviews are very much close to the 75 fresh ones.

65% http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/iro...tby=fresh&name_order=asc&view=#contentReviews

 

[BlackLantern]

and that means what exactly??

O M G moV is a FAilz!!! RT sez so!!!111!!! ROFLCOPTOR

 

[S.A.A.D.]

and that means what exactly??

O M G moV is a FAilz!!! RT sez so!!!111!!! ROFLCOPTOR

To be honest,it's very worrying imo when it's in the 60's and lower than what Spiderman 3 got on RT. Spiderman 3...

 

[Tony Stark]

RT

fresh:74
rotten:39

113 reviews in total as of now,this isn't looking good for the meter since the rotten reviews are very much close to the 75 fresh ones.

65% http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/iro...tby=fresh&name_order=asc&view=#contentReviews

There is still more than 100 reveiws or more yet to be published. They certified it fresh, because they know the final tally.

If it doesn't finish at at least 75%, I will never trust RT again. You meant to tell me that SR should get a higher rating than IM2!!!??? That's scandelous.

 

[BlackLantern]

heh. well it hasn't seen its wide release yet and RT is becoming more and more "skewed" these days as more and more people are just giving a movie a "rotten" just for the hell of it

I really don't think Marvel is too concerned as it has already raked in 100+ mil internationally and most the theaters in my area are sold out for all of friday and the early saturday shows

 

[Hannibal King]

You meant to tell me that SR should get a higher rating than IM2!!!??? That's scandelous.

Lol, I was about to say the same thing and I liked SR.

 

[Tony Stark]

To be honest,it's very worrying imo when it's in the 60's and lower than what Spiderman 3 got on RT. Spiderman 3...

And Spiderman 3 as flawed as it was, was 10 times better than Superman Returns which got 74%.

And if it makes you feel better, Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper, who are the two critics I tend to agree with most, both gave Spider-man 3 a splat, and gave glowing reviews of Iron Man 2.

 

[hatebox]

With RT it's not really useful to say 'if movie X got this amount then IM2 should get higher than that'. It's just a snapshot of what critics thought of it at the time. While 65% seems low, it does seem to be more in line with what the broad concensus is.

 

[S.A.A.D.]

There is still more than 100 reveiws or more yet to be published. They certified it fresh, because they know the final tally.

If it doesn't finish at at least 75%, I will never trust RT again. You meant to tell me that SR should get a higher rating than IM2!!!??? That's scandelous.

SR doesn't deserve a higher rating than Ironman 2 at all. It's baffling that it doe's.

 

[S.A.A.D.]

With RT it's not really useful to say 'if movie X got this amount then IM2 should get higher than that'. It's just a snapshot of what critics thought of it at the time. While 65% seems low, it does seem to be more in line with what the broad concensus is.

I agree,it's way more in line,anything beyond that is a tad too generous from the sounds of it imo.

 

[kaijunexus]

Why is it that IM2's rating keeps dropping? Should we expect a climb as more critics see it over the weekend, or a further drop into oblivion?

I really want this movie to excel, and though I'm sure I'll love it, and I'm trying not to care about what the critics say, it still is concerning.

I'll see what happens tonight when I go to the midnight show...

 

[S.A.A.D.]

And Spiderman 3 as flawed as it was, was 10 times better than Superman Returns which got 74%.

And if it makes you feel better, Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper, who are the two critics I tend to agree with most, both gave Spider-man 3 a splat, and gave glowing reviews of Iron Man 2.

As much as I hate Spiderman 3,I will give it major props for two things,the fact that it actually had some action,and two,the fact that Spiderman fought a super villain.

 

[topdog1]

I like Roeper more and he gave it an A-(not sure what that equates to in stars).

Here's the youtube of him raving about the film. I didn't see it posted.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWUccR7rntA

"I really love this movie."

To me, this proves that word of mouth is going to be great among average movie goers. Fanboys will debate and crunch numbers until the cows come home but it really doesn't matter in the end.