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    Posted: July 06 2010 at 9:10pm
Yeah, I'm a jinx -- because Eclipse surely got hundreds of negative reviews, along with The Crazies and The Karate Kid. I've been accurate with my critics' predictions this year.   

Originally posted by BurnHollywoodBurn

Hey, congratulations ... you just jinxed the movie, like you always do whenever you say how great the first 10 reviews are ... which are than followed by 100 negative reviews! You really need to stop doing that, it really doesn't help your arguement.
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Oh yeah, you were right TWO times out of the, what, 2 DOZEN times you did it? Can't you wait until a Friday or Saturday to make the big annoucement about what critics think? We know the REAL reason why you do it is because you're looking for any excuse to see the movie, which you already had your mind set on doing the entire time anyway. 
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RE: MWG's photo link -- Oh yeah, way to copy and paste a scene right out of the original! And people here still wonder why I hate remakes and reboots ... 

PS: Ar-nold still looked more bad-ass. Brody just looks like he fell in some mud and has a desperate need to take a s***.
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Yeah, I said the first Predator was an entertaining action movie, not a masterpiece of film (and spoiler alert: this new movie won't be either). But if it is as bad as you claim it is ... then why is the new movie copying and pasting from it? Oh right, they are "paying homage" to it ... "homage" being a fancy French word for "rip-off!"  
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Umm...no. actually, BHB, I predicted great reviews for only Crazies, Eclipse, and Karate Kid, not "2 dozen" movies.  And no, I'm actually going to watch "Despicable Me" instead next week. Stop judging me, because it makes you look pathetic.  

You completely change the subject, and then you judge the entire film on one picture? Are you kidding me? You said Brody doesn't look tough in this film so I posted a picture in which he does, indeed, look buff. I'm wasn't saying anything about how it "rips off" from the original.  

Originally posted by BurnHollywoodBurn

Oh yes, way to copy and paste a scene right out of the original! And people here still wonder why I hate remakes and reboots ...
PS: Ar-nold still looked more badass. Brody just looks like he fell in some mud and is in desperate need to take a s***.
 
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Oh yes, I am so pathetic for asking you to please NOT jump the gun and declare the movie is great because all of EIGHT critics liked it so far, even though there's still 100+ more reviews to go before we get a better idea of how well-liked it is. 

How can you judge any movie from only 8 reviews? Granted, Brody looks pretty toned up, but let's face it, the real reason why you approve of him being in this role is because he starred in one of your hero, Mister M. Night's movies. But what I'm saying is that they are copying and pasting the scene from the original in which Arnold covers himself in mud to stay out of the Predator's heat vision. And this is what I don't like abour remakes/reboots. They can't leave well enough alone and have to just rehash from the original because they can't think of anything better.
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Gee-Wiz, MWG, could you please stop talking -- whether you admit it or not, you do have this mysterious ability to over-hype movies, gush over the praise of only a few critics, and then jinx them. As a huge fan of the original Predator, I actually want this to be good. So please, take  some Zanax or something and calm down.  

And BHB, I do have to respectfully disagree to some extent with the paying homage/ripping off thing. When a film pays homage it means they are giving a show of respect to the source material, and it usually amounts to maybe 5% of he actual movie, which is not the same as ripping off. Ripping off would be more like what The Island did with Parts: The Clonus Horror.
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What makes you believe I am over hyping this film? I'm about as over-hyped as a person who's sleeping (that's the best I could come up with). You make me sound like a drug addict, or someone who has overdosed in sugar.
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Can't believe this film still has a fresh rating on RT, as well as a positive critic "consensus," despite the average score being below a six.

RT should really learn to wait until they have at least 100 reviews before making a consensus.

Also, I was shocked to see Adrian Brody and Laurence Fishburne in this. I thought it would be mostly consist of no-namers a la Alien vs. Predators.  I guess Robert Rodriguez still has lots of respect among big names.
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MWG: I think you're "over-hyping" it because you always seem like you're ready to jump through your roof at the announcement of the first few reviews, and then claim that they are proof the movie will be the best ever of the summer -- if not the year. 
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I'm amazed by this film's reviews, too.  I would have thought sticking Adrian Brody in the umpteenth film about Predators was a perfect recipe for Razzie purée.  Currently, there's 72 reviews, 70% of them being fresh and 50% of the top critics rating it fresh.  Completely unexpected!    

RESPONSE from Head RAZZberry: I am curious why everyone is referring to this film's RT Numbers, and not bothering to check its rating at the other review site we link to, MetaCritic -- Whose numbers I actually find more credible than those at RT. While PREDATORS is hardly in the same range at MetaCritic as, say, LAST AIRBENDER, it's current MetaCritic rating is a fair-to-middling 50% Approval (LINK). And I notice that score does not include the negative review PREDATORS got in this morning's L.A. Times (LINK). So it may not be a contender come January, but it is still indicative of Hollywood's current malaise when it comes to doing anything truly original any more...
 
Since Predators apparently isn't bad enough, can we have a forum for last week's Love Ranch  instead (RT rating 14%/10%)?  

RESPONSE from Head RAZZberry: The reviews on LOVE RANCH have been surprisingly negative, especially for something co-starring two respected Oscar® winners. But our Forum tends to focus on films audiences across the country have the opportunity to see, and LOVE RANCH, while it technically qualifies for our consideration, seems unlikely to ever play on more than maybe 3 dozen screens before it goes to DVD. If you feel strongly about it, cvcjr13, you are certainly free to start a Forum about it yourself...  
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I never claimed this movie to be best anything ever. Stop shoving words into my mouth, BHB.  

Originally posted by BurnHollywoodBurn

MWG: I think you're "over-hyping" it because you always seem like you're ready to jump through your roof at the announcement of the first few reviews, and then claim that they are proof the movie will be the best ever of the summer -- if not the year. 
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Okay, but you come across as making it sound like this is going to be the best movie of the summer, if not the year. Is that more to your liking?
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No, that's even worse. Maybe it would be better if you just stop talking...  
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If R.T. posts a concensus early, it's because they many critics thought the same about the movie.   

Originally posted by thomsonmg2000

Can't believe this film still has a fresh rating on RT, as well as a positive critic "consensus," despite the average score being below a six.

RT should really learn to wait until they have at least 100 reviews before making a consensus.
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MWG - Maybe you should just stop defending bad movies. Trying to win us over and get us to agree with you is as likely as Barack Obama winning over the KKK or Neo-Nazis. Not going to happen.
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