The public ratings on sites like that are not terribly revealing. The Last Airbender got 642 ratings of "B" or higher which was 53% of the total vote. Pretty often, the only people who vote on those sites are those who already have preconceived bias towards a movie, or simply don't want to admit that they paid their hard earned money for a movie they really didn't like very much.
Nine times out of ten, in art as in life, there is no truth to be discovered, only an error to be exposed.--H.L. Menken
This first Johnny English did poorly in the U.S., but it was a huge hit in other markets - that's why they did this sequel. And Johnny English Reborn is doing the exact same (it's already made 100 million oversees). Of course, I still don't see why they needed to release it here.
I also find it funny that 70 users at Box office mojo gave this film a B-
I think this could be a contender. It's just like Cats and Dogs 2; it's been so long since the original mediocre installment that a new one isn't worth it at all.
Since HeadRAZZBerry inadvertently locked the entire Forum Member Discussion of 2011 Releases, I'll speak right here. Apparently, the reviews for In Time are turning out extremely negative so far. Losing 0 to 4 at Rotten T (1 more negative review for a 0%), and the only review on Metacritic gives it 16%. In Time, starring Tustin Jimberlake, is turning out about as badly as Abduction. Alas, I'm used to dystopian sci-fi movies with such strange concepts getting panned by critics.
RESPONSE from Head RAZZberry: OOPS! Thanks for letting me know -- It was indeed "inadvertent" that the Member Feedback on 2011 Titles was locked. When I went to update the list over the weekend, the size of the list had become so huge that the entire file nearly crashed, and I wound up spending a frantic few hours scrambling in an effort to keep from losing it altogether. With the help of our Tech Maven I was able to restore the list and get it working again -- But as part of the process, I apparently hit the "Lock Forum" button on our Admin settings. I have, in response to this posting, gone back in and "un-locked" it. So I guess things are back to what passes for "normal" around here...
RAZZIE Dirty Dozen: Battlefield Earth, F G Fingered, Pluto Nash, A Sound of Thunder, Alone in the Dark, Dirty Love, Rise Silver Srfr, Daddy Day Camp, IKWKM, The Love Guru, All About Steve, Airbender
What about PUSS IN BOOTS? It most likely won't be a contender, but the same can be said about SHREK 4, which did get a forum. I think it's better than nothing.
RESPONSE from Head RAZZberry: PUSS IN BOOTS was under consideration as the Worst of the Weak pick, but early reviews (it's at 80% Positive on RT with more than 2 dozen reviews in as I write this) suggest it's not "One of Ours." As for SHREK 4, it was rated "Rotten" at RT, though just barely (LINK) and, compared to the previous delightful 3 films in the franchise, was arguably a clunker...
Originally posted by Head RAZZberry
This is our "Leftover" Worst of the Weak choice for this coming Friday (Oct. 28) as nothing new opening that date is even a remotely likely contender.
As for BEASTLY and I AM NUMBER FOUR, they both got similarly bad reviews to ENGLISH REBORN, but that is only one element of how RAZZIE® Forum topics are selected. Both of those films did far better at the U.S. box office (BEASTLY doing nearly $28 million and NUMBER FOUR topping $55 million) than ENGLISH REBORN is likely to do -- and neither of them were sequels to an 8-year-old movie that no one liked in the first place. "Demand" satisfied??
Well, one of them was made by some kid in this assembly line company owned by this guy who wrote A Million Little Pieces. The other one was a raping of Beauty and the Beast. Not to mention both were made to cash in on Twilight.
PS: HeadRazz, you seem to flip-flop sometimes, because you're perfecally fine with giving Transformers a forum knowing it will make a ton of money, while you say Number Four and Beastly don't deserve a forum because they made back their budget?
RESPONSE from Head RAZZberry: So now I'm the Mitt Romney of the RAZZIES®?? How embarrassing to be the Mitt Romney of anything!
If you'll re-read the posting you copied-and-pasted above, you'll see that I did not site box office prospects as the only reason ENGLISH REBORN was "elevated" to a full-fledged Forum topic -- I mentioned that it is also an an 8-years-later sequel to a film no one liked in the first place...
Elizabeth Hartman and Judith Barsi are much more talented and beautiful than Scarlett Johansson and Chloe Grace Moretz. Fact.
Now I demand an answer from HeadRAZZ: Why weren't Beastly and I Am Number Four upgraded to official forums this past winter?
This has a marginal approval rating at Rotten T, and below average reviews at Metacritic. On top of that, no-one saw this. Thereby I conclude that up-grading this one could've been a mistake provided HeadRAZZ's commentary doesn't prove otherwise.
RESPONSE from Head RAZZberry: You "demand"?!? Seems rather strong/defensive language to me. This is our "Leftover" Worst of the Weak choice for this coming Friday (Oct. 28) as nothing new opening that date is even a remotely likely contender.
As for BEASTLY and I AM NUMBER FOUR, they both got similarly bad reviews to ENGLISH REBORN, but that is only one element of how RAZZIE® Forum topics are selected. Both of those films did far better at the U.S. box office (BEASTLY doing nearly $28 million and NUMBER FOUR topping $55 million) than ENGLISH REBORN is likely to do -- and neither of them were sequels to an 8-year-old movie that no one liked in the first place. "Demand" satisfied??
RAZZIE Dirty Dozen: Battlefield Earth, F G Fingered, Pluto Nash, A Sound of Thunder, Alone in the Dark, Dirty Love, Rise Silver Srfr, Daddy Day Camp, IKWKM, The Love Guru, All About Steve, Airbender
R.T. gave this 35-40%*: "Arguably a marginal improvement on its mostly-forgotten predecessor, the movie nonetheless remains mired in broad, tired spy spoofing that wastes Rowan Atkinson's once considerable comedic talents."
I've always enjoyed Atkinson in the Mr. Bean character in the half hour series, but I find that a little of him goes a long way. When you try to expand the character into a full length movie, he gets annoying pretty fast -- Especially since Atkinson apparently has no new ideas. All he does is reprise gimmicks and jokes lifted from the series.
Originally posted by leohoughton
I thought the movie was pretty hilarious. :) However, I still prefer him in Mr. Bean's role in Mr. Bean Series.
Nine times out of ten, in art as in life, there is no truth to be discovered, only an error to be exposed.--H.L. Menken
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