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Watched that last night with my son- I wanted to gouge my eyes out-
Lol get lost, its Fn awesome.
Watched that last night with my son- I wanted to gouge my eyes out-
The simple fact of the matter is that a lot of theaters really do take the age requirement seriously. Hell, I still remember trying to go see Hard Target with my friends when I was 12 and not being able to get a ticket because an adult wasn't with us. We had to go see Only the Strong instead.
Video games in the mid-90s were still largely looked at as children's toys. The children of that era had not yet grown up into the adult gamers of today, so of course the movie was made in a way that kids would easily be able to go see it.
Mortal Kombat ended up making $122 million on a (extremely well-utilized) budget of only $18 million. I can guarantee you--yes, I guarantee--that it would not have come close to that box office take if it had been rated R.
I never liked it ; never understood the hypeI've legit never talked to someone who didn't like it before right now.
It's fucking awful, and it's even worse hearing someone try to shower it with praise, like they planned all along for it to be a campy, self aware sci fi spoof.
It wasn't. They wrote and produced a shit movie, and people saw it while they were still young and thought it was awesome because they had shitty taste, and refuse to realistically re-review it.
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...and that Hook score is criminal.
It's one of the worst 'I want to be Quentin Tarantino' movies out there
And there are a lot of them, so that's saying something
I think I gave it a 3.5/5 when I first saw it in theaters (that would be roughly a 7.5/10 today). Haven't really watched Hook in a long time, so I don't know how I'd react to it with my current taste/sensibilities.Also as a movie rater what do you rate 'Hook'? @Dragonlordxxxxx
I like all those movies
Critics can suck my ass. Who even becomes a critic anyway? How does one sell out to the point where they allow themselves to be such a lowlife, uncreative fuck that all they do is talk shit or heap praise on other people's work for a living.
waste of life imo
In a way I kinda get it with Home Alone. If I remove the nostalgia and heartwarming Christmas atmosphere, it is pretty weird that this movie is played straight for an hour and 10 minutes and then out of fucking no where becomes a slapstick living cartoon.
That being said fuck you if you don't like it and if that score doesn't make you feel like a child on Christmas morning then you have no heart
Side note: first time I've listened to that this "holiday season". Feels good man.
I think I gave it a 3.5/5 when I first saw it in theaters (that would be roughly a 7.5/10 today). Haven't really watched Hook in a long time, so I don't know how I'd react to it with my current taste/sensibilities.
I think it's the opposite. Having kids sorta changed my taste and exposed me to a wide variety of kids shows that I wouldn't normally watch and therefore find myself more tolerable to (and sometimes enjoy) certain aspects of family films or TV shows.Holy shit you saw it in theaters?? Seeing as how you've probably aged into a curmudgeon since then, I suspect the theme of staying young and having fantasy food fights would garner a lower score today from your old decrepit self.
Came in here expecting a bunch of GhostsofMarsLongKissGoodnight bullshit, but you're right with those movies.
Dude. . .
Oh come on, you know it was reasonable to think I might walk in here and see some wack ass list of movies.
I think it's worth giving another shot. Then go watch the documentary Overnight, about the implosion of its director Troy Duffy:
Space balls is a classic too even if it is cheesyBoondock Saints is the shit. I don't get the hate at all
Home Alone and Starship Troopers are bonafide classics too
IDC what anyone says, that movie is fucking terrible. "Oh it's trying to be terrible ironically"
Um ok, well good job I guess?