The Thor: Ragnarok Rotten Tomatoes/Critic's Reaction Thread

[Filmfan93]

Going up in the % actually happens very rarely.

So happy!

 

[Webfoot Hero]

Still keep expecting a bunch of rottens to come in but it's nice seeing it stay in the upper 90s.

 

[HammerDown]

99%
Average Rating: 7.8/10
Reviews Counted: 69
Fresh: 68
Rotten: 1

God of Thunder fights his villainous [BLACKOUT]sister[/BLACKOUT] to defend Asgard in a splashy, joke-filled Marvel outing.

Daniel Eagan
Film Journal International

 

[Finarfiniel]

Another genius critic putting a damn spoiler in the title of their article.

 

[Web-Head]

Up to 99%

 

[Surfer]

99%
Average Rating: 7.8/10
Reviews Counted: 69
Fresh: 68
Rotten: 1

Just needs 12 more consecutive positive reviews and it can be Certified Fresh at 99%.

Surfer

 

[Venom 1988]

While I'm expecting it to drop, I'm kind of surprised that's its so high with almost 70 reviews. That's pretty good.

 

[Surfer]

Next up!...100%!

Well if it made it to 200 reviews with no more negatives then it would round up to 100%, but that is really a tall order. I would be very happy if it just makes Certification at 99% and stays like that for a little bit to help it's numbers.

Surfer

 

[Matchstick]

Well if it made it to 200 reviews with no more negatives then it would round up to 100%, but that is really a tall order. I would be very happy if it just makes Certification at 99% and stays like that for a little bit to help it's numbers.

I'm pretty sure that 100% is the one number that Rotten Tomatoes won't actually round up to. (This may have happened recently with Get Out for a while, if I remember correctly.)

I assume they want to keep 100% films as one that actually have a perfect fresh score.

 

[samsnee]

How many movies in a row is this now for Marvel with this high a score? I think it beats Pixar’s streak.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

How many movies in a row is this now for Marvel with this high a score? I think it beats Pixar’s streak.

Pixar's hot streak was 11 straight movies before Cars 2 was considered their bad apple. While MCU's critical reception is on point (Fresh on RT) for 17 movies in a row with their lowest ones being [TDW - 66% (6.2) and TIH - 67% (6.2)].

 

[HammerDown]

Spotted a few more reviews since then, updated the list:

Fresh:
Jake Wilson (Sydney Morning Herald) (3/5)
Ben Skipper (International Business Times) (3.5/5)
James Hunt (DenofGeek) (3/5)
Sarah Watt (Stuff.co.nz) (3.5/5)
Siena Yates (New Zealand Herald) (4.5/5)
Peter Travers (Rolling Stone) (3/4)
Rafer Guzmán (Newsday) (3/4)
Graeme Tuckett (Stuff.co.nz) (4.5/5)

Mixed(both seem to lean more towards fresh, not sure though):
Nigel Andrews (Financial Times) (3/5)
Kyle Smith (National Review) (no rating)

Rotten:
Stephanie Zacharek (TIME Magazine) (no rating)

Spoiler

I was bored, ok? Don't judge me

I kind of lost track of which ones of these have been added or not but i found another 2 fresh ones from Vanity Fair - Richard Lawson and David Edelstein.

 

[Iceman]

I'm pretty sure that 100% is the one number that Rotten Tomatoes won't actually round up to. (This may have happened recently with Get Out for a while, if I remember correctly.)

I assume they want to keep 100% films as one that actually have a perfect fresh score.

Hmmm, that makes sense I guess.

 

[iEquinox]

I'm pretty sure that 100% is the one number that Rotten Tomatoes won't actually round up to. (This may have happened recently with Get Out for a while, if I remember correctly.)

I assume they want to keep 100% films as one that actually have a perfect fresh score.

Yeah, Get Out had over 200 reviews with just one rotten for a couple months, but the score stayed at 99%. 100% is reserved for movies with 0 rotten reviews.

How many movies in a row is this now for Marvel with this high a score? I think it beats Pixar’s streak.

Depends on what you mean with "this high" a score. Like Blitzkrieg said, Pixar had 11 fresh movies in a row, while Ragnarok makes it 17 for the MCU.

Looking at the steak of "Certified Fresh" movies though, Pixar had 11 in a row, and Ragnarok will extend the current streak to 9 for the MCU.

I kind of lost track of which ones of these have been added or not but i found another 2 fresh ones from Vanity Fair - Richard Lawson and David Edelstein.

The ones by Jake Wilson and Graeme Tuckett have been added. Also found another one by David 'Mad Dog' Bradley. And yes, that is actually his full name on Rotten Tomatoes lol

 

[samsnee]

Yes I meant certified fresh. I think they can match Pixar since the next two are BP and IW.

 

[Iceman]

Another genius critic putting a damn spoiler in the title of their article.

It was completely unnecessary too.

 

[iEquinox]

99%
Average Rating: 7.7/10
Reviews Counted: 71
Fresh: 70
Rotten: 1

It's good to see Ruffalo liberated from the more masochistic portrait in Avengers: The Age of Ultron, and with a fresh partner in Tessa Thompson.

Start grouchy and you may hate it. Stick a smile on your face and it will stay there.
Rating: 3/5

 

[HammerDown]

9 fresh reviews left for the Certified Fresh badge.

 

[Iceman]

The 100 mark doesn't seem so far away now. What's the max amount of negatives likely from here out of 29 reviews?

 

[Playco Armboy]

The 100 mark doesn't seem so far away now. What's the max amount of negatives likely from here out of 29 reviews?

Probably another two at most.

97% at 100 reviews is nothing to sneeze at.

I am a little miffed that the average rating's sunk a tad, though.

 

[Saitou Hajime]

What's the fresh-to-rotten ratio for WW and Logan before their scores took a hit from a batch of rottens?

 

[BigThor]

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[InCali]

I'm pretty sure that 100% is the one number that Rotten Tomatoes won't actually round up to. (This may have happened recently with Get Out for a while, if I remember correctly.)

I assume they want to keep 100% films as one that actually have a perfect fresh score.

While that may be true, it's a rather stupid, capricious way of rating movies. "We do it consistently except when we decide it's different". If there are 500 reviews, for the sake of argument, and one rotten review, is that less impressive than 100 with no rotten? The bottom line is that one stupid, arrogant, limited, etc. person will exist in a large pool of people.

If RT reserves 100% for no rotten reviews, they need to wake up.

This ain't about a Thor movie, it's about common sense.

 

[Mjölnir]

Is there any film with 200+ reviews and only 1 rotten? I doubt it, so I wouldn't make any statements on whether RT rounds up or not (it makes sense that they round the same everywhere, instead of putting in extra limitations on the formula).

What I do know is that there's no 100% film on RT that is near 200 reviews.

 

[Surfer]

I kind of lost track of which ones of these have been added or not but i found another 2 fresh ones from Vanity Fair - Richard Lawson and David Edelstein.

So, is the one from Time Magazine Rotten? I saw on Meta Critic they gave it a 40 just like Variety did. So, are we just waiting for this one to land or is it not going to be Rotten for some reason.

Surfer