The Official Suicide Squad Rotten Tomatoes Thread

[writer0327]

tbf the marketing was awful for Edge of Tomorrow.

I barely knew it was released until it was almost out of the theaters. But it's a pretty awesome movie.

 

[ManWithNoName18]

I remember fanboys loving Pacific Rim and critics giving it good scores. But it Struggled with NA auadiences and got saved barely by China. I recall people being angry Grown Ups 2 beat it opening weekend.

WB became really unsure for a while if they where going to do a sequel or not until recently.

 

[Brother Jack]

It's easier to believe that a massive conspiracy is the engine driving these disparate reviewers to dislike something you like or have a preexisting inclination towards. It's harder to accept that each (good) reviewer comes to their conclusion through a reasoned and individual process of critique. These are people who love and study movies. The only bias they should have is being against bad movies. Of course, the delineation between a good and bad movie is not always so clear cut but it's insane to think anyone would have a grudge against DC itself, let alone so many.

Also, the oft-used director's excuse that they "didn't make it for critics" is garbage. Movies, especially tent pole blockbusters, are made with the hopes that as many people will like them as possible, regardless of education or job title.

 

[Greenlite]

That's usually for art house films. Which recent blockbuster has that happened with?

That movie where 4 girls catch ghosts and Thor plays a nerd =P

 

[Eden]

Amazing RT score considering Ghostbusters (2016) is up over 70... And that was a movie that literally angered me whilst watching it with how utterly pointless it was.

 

[smashmode]

I could care less about the RT score. People should judge the film on its own merits rather than be influenced so heavily by critics IMO.

I'm not saying fire the critics or anything crazy, but their opinions really should not count any more than each of ours.

I think it's fair for people to use review aggregates to determine if they want to spend $$$ and time to go to a movie that for a good portion of critics did not like. We definitely use review sites to decide what movies we go see in theatres or watch at home.

 

[Greenlite]

I remember fanboys loving Pacific Rim and critics giving it good scores. But it Struggled with NA auadiences and got saved barely by China. I recall people being angry Grown Ups 2 beat it opening weekend.

WB became really unsure for a while if they where going to do a sequel or not until recently.

WB had a shocking play that year, letting MOS get sandwitched by WWZ and MU in the second weekend, while letting PR have the rest of summer with a late July release. PR also has good RT score with really poor acting, is acting not a criteria now?

 

[writer0327]

It's easier to believe that a massive conspiracy is the engine driving these disparate reviewers to dislike something you like or have a preexisting inclination towards. It's harder to accept that each (good) reviewer comes to their conclusion through a reasoned and individual process of critique. These are people who love and study movies. The only bias they should have is being against bad movies. Of course, the delineation between a good and bad movie is not always so clear cut but it's insane to think anyone would have a grudge against DC itself, let alone so many.

Also, the oft-used director's excuse that they "didn't make it for critics" is garbage. Movies, especially tent pole blockbusters, are made with the hopes that as many people will like them as possible, regardless of education or job title.

I don't understand this line of thinking either. RT is just a collection of reviews from different people. Why would a slew of reviewers want to see a movie or a movie studio fail? I can maybe see one or two or maybe even ten, but hundreds?

And for those thinking Marvel and Disney are paying for bad reviews, it actually benefits all comic book movies when DC does well. Every success means more risks can be taken with these properties, but every failure could be an indication of comic book movie fatigue. I don't think either Marvel or DC wants that.

 

[ManWithNoName18]

WB had a shocking play that year, letting MOS get sandwitched by WWZ and MU in the second weekend, while letting PR have the rest of summer with a late July release. PR also has good RT score with really poor acting, is acting not a criteria now?

To be fair with all the behind the scenes drama a lot of people thought WWZ was gonna be a flop

 

[AlluAllu]

Rotten Tomatoes does matter. It made me decide not to see this movie in theaters. Of course the movie could be great imo, but more likely it wont be worth of the ticket. I can use that money somewhere else. I'll watch the movie someday on Netflix or something.

I'd consider myself to be a superhero fan, but I'm actually not very interested in a movie with bad guys as main characters.

 

[chicagodave]

Exactly right ive actually changed my mind i wont be seing this in theater ill wait till theres a good copy online or just wait till it shows up on cable or what not. Im sure im not the only one either these ratings do influence especially with ticket prices as high as they have ever been.

 

[ManWithNoName18]

Rotten Tomatoes does matter. It made me decide not to see this movie in theaters. Of course the movie could be great imo, but more likely it wont be worth of the ticket. I can use that money somewhere else. I'll watch the movie someday on Netflix or something.

I'd consider myself to be a superhero fan, but I'm actually not very interested in a movie with bad guys as main characters.

This is why critics and quality matter
Ticket prices are at an all time high, and waiting for Netflix/Amazon/HBO/Torrents/etc is becoming a bigger thing for people. Not to mention television has steadily been increasing in quality and also starting to bridge the gap in special effects like GOT.

You really need to convince people to go to the theatre these days

 

[ManWithNoName18]

Anecdotal but my Dad prefers to wait for stuff to come on demand now days. He only made an exception for Force Awakens

 

[TheVileOne]

Yup, to ban Rotten Tomatoes, the site that doesnt review movies, the site that just compiles the reviews.....

They are going to send Rotten Tomatoes a petition to ban itself? Seriously?

Change.org is stupid, and internet petitions are stupid.

 

[harlequinade]

Exactly right ive actually changed my mind i wont be seing this in theater ill wait till theres a good copy online or just wait till it shows up on cable or what not. Im sure im not the only one either these ratings do influence especially with ticket prices as high as they have ever been.

All RT did was made me book tickets for two showings, actually. I'm there to support the cast.

 

[TheVileOne]

All RT did was made me book tickets for two showings, actually. I'm there to support the cast.

The cast will be OK.

 

[stephaniegraine]

Suicide squad have potential but the movie and the comics plot, characters and everything is quite not that similar.. A down fall to the movie.. Some actions are good.

 

[harlequinade]

The cast will be OK.

I know But I'm a fan and I wanna do my part

 

[Timebomb]

Exactly right ive actually changed my mind i wont be seing this in theater ill wait till theres a good copy online or just wait till it shows up on cable or what not. Im sure im not the only one either these ratings do influence especially with ticket prices as high as they have ever been.

Just wait another 3 months for Suicide Squad Extended Edition with even more Joker. It will be the version that should have been released in theaters. The DCEU should be called the DCDDEEU. DC digital download extended edition universe

 

[ManWithNoName18]

The cast will be OK.

I think even if they opt out of SS 2, we could see

Deadshot/Harley/joker/Katanna/croc could pop up in Batman
Boomerang in the Flash as a Rogue member
Flagg/Waller in JL or any other DC movie


That Harley Quinn movie might be up in the air depending how she's recieved by the audiences

 

[CapedCrusader14]

Can't wait for the jokes about the Director's Cut Cinematic Universe.

 

[Timebomb]

Can't wait for the jokes about the Director's Cut Cinematic Universe.

Was that too soon? It was, wasn't it? Sorry. I'll wait until the news is released.

 

[CapedCrusader14]

Was that too soon? It was, wasn't it? Sorry. I'll wait until the news is released.

Nah I'm on board with the jokes myself

 

[TheVileOne]

There are a lot of editing problems in this movie. Parts of the first act are chopped to hell and I had no idea what was going on.

 

[CapedCrusader14]

There are a lot of editing problems in this movie. Parts of the first act are chopped to hell and I had no idea what was going on.

When the third act hits it feels like a whole different movie in terms of pacing.