by MouthForWar » Sun Feb 17, 2013 12:37 pm
I agree that the more "negative" review was honest and well thought out, even if it didn't elaborate on all of its points enough. But I also don't feel like it described a bad movie. I just saw the new Die Hard. THAT is a bad movie.
For me personally, as long as I get enough monster/robot action and decent enough human drama, I'll be fine.
My standards for monster flicks are admittedly fairly low. I mean, I give stuff like the Heisei movies, GFW and Prometheus a pass, despite being flawed as f*ck. I'm not expecting the best thing ever, just a decent monster/robot mashup.
I think a lot of people are setting themselves up for disappointment if they think this is going to be the next Star Wars or even the next Avatar. I was the one telling everyone that Prometheus, despite being an Alien prequel directed by Ridley Scott, was still going to be a prequel to a long running out-of-gas series and was being made by someone who hadn't made a good movie in well over a decade and not to get their hopes up... and sure enough, I was the guy that dug it.
I think the way movie marketing is in the internet age, movies are hyped up way more than they ever should be and unfortunately, a lot of people fall for it.
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