I took no part of this "we" who apparently isn't familiar with Down With Love or Bring It On.
And one of those positive reviews is from Devin Faraci, who didn't even get it an unreserved positive review. When you're a superhero movie that can't even get Devin Faraci's wholehearted approval, you are seriously and completely fucked.
I saw the clip of Doom where he walks down a hallway just blowing people's brains out by standing close enough to them, and I thought, simultaneously, that that's far too graphic for a superhero adventure that kids are likely going to see, and that that's far too tame if they were going for a Cronenberg nod (I think A…
Pixels and Tirmynaytor Genesis were weighed down by reviews better than the ones this movie is getting.
Then just look at literally everyone else's reviews.
Fantastic Four: We couldn't even get Philip Glass to write something memorable for it.
Yes, this had the ingredients to be a good Fantastic Four movie, except it was being cooked by a hot-headed chef who is despised by the restaurant he works in.
I haven't heard anyone in any review mention it, so I ask you, Dowd, did Philip Glass at least do a good job on the score?
And they made another good Fantastic Four movie, called The Ice Storm.
I choose to believe that the reason he's stopping acting is that he's deathly afraid of the Cookie Man finding him.
I thought Rachel At the Wedding was inferior to the previously-released Margot Getting Married.
I didn't realize I was giving this a double-like with two different avatars and usernames, but I'll let it stay.
Now it can't even say it's faithful to the title, it's at 13% now.
I was expecting (and hoping) Fantastic Four to be bad, but I am positively gleeful at how awfully it's being received. It's getting worse reviews than Green Lantern or Man of Steel, and it's likely going to be worse-received than both of the Tim Story F4 movie.
Rebecca Hall deserves a much better career than the one she's got. She gets overshadowed when she's the lead in an acclaimed Woody Allen movie, she becomes part of the MCU in a nothing role, she's in fucking Transcendence, etc.
If it was truly a greatest hits Demme movie, Ray Liotta would show up in the middle to be creepy as all fuck.
Damsels in Distress is my favorite, although I think I'm alone in that regard.
It's good to hear that this isn't quite as toothless as the awful trailers made it seem like it was. And I'm always for detailed critiques of cinematography and Jonathan Demme fandom.
What if it's just 90 minutes of a baby driving a car, huh?