| Zekkyou said: I went to see it on Friday and had a lot of fun with it, but I didn't enjoy it quite as much as the first. It seemed like they wanted to trade some of the scale of the first for a more personal (if slightly convoluted) story, but weren't able to make that story compelling enough to justify the trade. To the film's credit though, I did leave the cinema loving the characters even more than I did after the first, so the lacking story only impacted my enjoyment slightly. The film was also absolutely beautiful, joint with Strange for best looking film Marvel have made. Overall I'd give it 8.5, versus 9.0 for the original. The fucking pacman lol. |
It's actually a mixed bag and rotten tomatoes have certified it fresh much earlier so as to not affect the Fandango bookings/pre-sales for the big OW when it comes to fans. Can you believe former executive of Disney being the current president of Fandango had a famous quote once, "Yes, selling movie tickets is the core business, but really, we're trying to activate people's love of movies." So the studio that needs to be benefitted is also in the interest and the same entity runs Rotten Tomatoes. There is compelling stuff that can make me never rely on RT fresh certifications anymore and this needs to be given a serious thought. Ghostbusters being a clear cut example before.
The good thing for us moviegoers is Metacritic still stands as an independent entity and would not be kind to these movie thereby taking all ticket agents out of the equation. It has every chance to end up with a Metascore as low as 59 to 60 once all critics give their critiques, generally where movies are well represented when it comes to average score. Many sources have already reported the movie to be over-reliant on musical cues and lacks the fresh stuff as the original. So, yet ending up certified fresh on RT close to two weeks before its release raises so many questions.
a source worth a read to ponder over: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/fandango-movies-ratings/
