Guardians of the Galaxy The Official Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Rotten Tomatoes/Critic Reaction Thread

[Xeno]

It matters to me before I see it, in the same way as other people's views and reviews on the Hype matter, just because these guys have already seen the film and can talk from reality rather than speculation on how the film is. Hype views and critic views have proven to be a strong indicator for me, more so than for eg twitter reactions. If the reviewers saw the film after me they would be irrelevant.

I get what you're saying. Back when The Avengers came out I went to one of the fan screenings that were held two weeks ahead of its US debut. Critics didn't get t see the film until after that, so fans who saw it early had already formed their opinions before we read any reviews.

Now I don't really read many reviews until after I've seen films myself. It's more interesting to go into a film without having other peoples' opinions in mind. The only review I have read is by Peter Travers in Rolling Stone. He is one of the few who can articulate his opinions without giving a blow-by-blow rundown of every plot point. There is nothing I hate more than critics who go into minute detail when a review doesn't need that. (The ones who spoil movies are the worst.)

 

[First Avenger]

So it's probably staying in the 75-85 range.

 

[Web-Head]

I get what you're saying. Back when The Avengers came out I went to one of the fan screenings that were held two weeks ahead of its US debut. Critics didn't get t see the film until after that, so fans who saw it early had already formed their opinions before we read any reviews.

Now I don't really read many reviews until after I've seen films myself. It's more interesting to go into a film without having other peoples' opinions in mind. The only review I have read is by Peter Travers in Rolling Stone. He is one of the few who can articulate his opinions without giving a blow-by-blow rundown of every plot point. There is nothing I hate more than critics who go into minute detail when a review doesn't need that. (The ones who spoil movies are the worst.)

Exactly. Which is why I, along with others, use Rotten Tomatoes. It's a good way to judge whether or not a film is getting good reviews without it getting spoiled.

Especially after reading a couple reviews for other films recently and having stuff get spoiled.

 

[HammerDown]

TOMATOMETER
85%
Average Rating: 7/10
Reviews Counted: 122
Fresh: 104
Rotten: 18

 

[C-3PO]

Saw it a second time yesterday. Think I'd rate it somewhere between 7 and 7.5 out of 10.

A lot of the humour just didn't work for me, the editing seemed off in places (some shots and scenes dragged a bit), some of the visuals were just a bit too noisy for my taste, and there's one big plot hole I can't get over.

Spoiler

How can a god be killed by a bomb?

Puny god.

 

[Iceman]

I get what you're saying. Back when The Avengers came out I went to one of the fan screenings that were held two weeks ahead of its US debut. Critics didn't get t see the film until after that, so fans who saw it early had already formed their opinions before we read any reviews.

Now I don't really read many reviews until after I've seen films myself. It's more interesting to go into a film without having other peoples' opinions in mind. The only review I have read is by Peter Travers in Rolling Stone. He is one of the few who can articulate his opinions without giving a blow-by-blow rundown of every plot point. There is nothing I hate more than critics who go into minute detail when a review doesn't need that. (The ones who spoil movies are the worst.)

That all makes sense and I think the above is the majority view. I'm a bit of a weird one as I love getting spoiled on everything except for major character deaths and Sixth Sense style overriding plot twists. So for me reading critic and fan reviews (read almost all of them in the days of LotR) is all part of the anticipation and build up and at least when a film is a disappointment I can still say I enjoyed the 3 year or so ride beforehand and I also feel like I've massively mssed out when a franchise CBM film is really good and I've not been part of it beforehand. As I said I'm a weird one. t:

 

[InCali]

So it's probably staying in the 75-85 range.

At this point, there's very little chance it goes below 80%. I see it "maybe" going up or down a couple of points. More likely down than up, but there are close to half of the ratings in. To hit 75%, it would have to be down in the 65% range from here on out. Not happening IMO.

 

[fancyarcher]

At this point, there's very little chance it goes below 80%. I see it "maybe" going up or down a couple of points. More likely down than up, but there are close to half of the ratings in. To hit 75%, it would have to be down in the 65% range from here on out. Not happening IMO.

Not to mention there's over a hundred reviews now, so it'll take a whole slew of negative reviews for its percentage to drop significantly.

 

[InCali]

Not to mention there's over a hundred reviews now, so it'll take a whole slew of negative reviews for its percentage to drop significantly.

That's my point. We're almost halfway so the first half would have to be a big outlier to change dramatically. Statistically speaking, that isn't very likely; possible, but unlikely.

Just rounded up to 86%. It's not going far from where it is IMO.

 

[Iceman]

Wonder if it will be able to hang onto the 7/10 average rating. That will probably be tougher.

 

[HammerDown]

TOMATOMETER
86%
Average Rating: 7/10
Reviews Counted: 143
Fresh: 123
Rotten: 20

 

[Batmannerism]

86 % is highly respectable, Inception has 86% on RT

Personally, I think it's at least a 92% but that's just me. Loved that film, looking forward to seeing it again.

 

[Iceman]

Still hasn't started going down after 143 reviews. Looking more likely that it won't at this point.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Think it deserves a little higher myself but 85/6% is nothing to sniff at.

 

[HammerDown]

TOMATOMETER
85%
Average Rating: 7.1/10
Reviews Counted: 170
Fresh: 145
Rotten: 25

 

[Smurphftw]

There's no way it drops below 80 now. It's probably gonna stay in the mid 80's.

 

[Iceman]

The average rating has actually gone up! This thing is pretty much staying where it is.

 

[InCali]

There's no way it drops below 80 now. It's probably gonna stay in the mid 80's.

In order for it to drop to 79% and assuming 300 reviews, it would have to get about 70% from here on out. Given that it's been solidly in the mid 80s, that is a very, VERY unlikely scenario. The only explanation would be the mid 80s reviews are an outlier because it hasn't been rated from most of the viewers in the US/Canada and they are somehow less inclined to like GotG. That is very far fetched.

 

[Smurphftw]

In order for it to drop to 79% and assuming 300 reviews, it would have to get about 70% from here on out. Given that it's been solidly in the mid 80s, that is a very, VERY unlikely scenario. The only explanation would be the mid 80s reviews are an outlier because it hasn't been rated from most of the viewers in the US/Canada and they are somehow less inclined to like GotG. That is very far fetched.

Agree 100%

 

[Webfoot Hero]

Down to 84% with just over 200 reviews in. The first GOTG had over 280 reviews so there's still quite a few possibly out there, although I doubt there's going to be so many that the score changes all that much.

 

[Raiden]

Down to 84% with just over 200 reviews in. The first GOTG had over 280 reviews so there's still quite a few possibly out there, although I doubt there's going to be so many that the score changes all that much.

Hopefully those American critics won't drag the score down too much.

 

[BaelaTargaryen]

TOMATOMETER

83%
Average Rating: 7.1/10
Reviews Counted: 205
Fresh: 170
Rotten: 35

 

[Webfoot Hero]

Hopefully those American critics won't drag the score down too much.

They probably will. Think this one barely ends up staying in the 80s, especially with there being likely another 60-80 reviews to recorded. Just seems the movie just isn't as well done or new as the first one. Common complaints from both the positive and negative reviews seem to be it's overly long, has a somewhat weak story, tries a little too hard with some of the jokes and lacks focus but is saved by the visuals, characters, and fun action.

 

[InCali]

Some real numbers so people can get a better view of the weighting at this point. If you assume 280 reviews, that leaves about 66 reviews. For it to drop under 80% at this point, 1 out of 3 would have to be rotten (about 66%). Since yesterday when it was just under 83%, the reviews are running about 1/4 rotten (about 75%), so unless that trend dips dramatically, 80% is pretty much a lock (given 280 reviews).

Thank you very much....

EDIT: The current trend has it ending up at 81%.

 

[NJCaliboy]

So it's probably staying in the 75-85 range.

Since it's never once been in the 70's and is very unlikely to ever get that low a better range to say it will fall between would be:

80-90 range with it falling in the lower end (80- 85)