Comments on: Welcome to the club, Mr. Raimi

By: cftoto

cftoto — Sun, 31 May 2009 05:04:44 +0000

KJT — I think critics cut Allen much more slack than other filmmakers, and that’s coming from someone who grew up with – and cherished – most of his films.

I do think his spell over critics has waned in recent years. That said, I thought “Crimes and Misdemeanors” was twice the movie that “Match Point” was, but critics couldn’t wait to hail a new Allen film a masterpiece – as they did with “MP.”

But your RT scores are illuminating all the same and a welcome addition to the dialogue.

By: KJT

KJT — Sun, 31 May 2009 03:11:23 +0000

Great post, Christian, but I must take issue with you putting Woody Allen in that list of always-loved-by-the-critics. His last film, before this summer’s upcoming “Whatever Works,” was “Cassandra’s Dream,” which only has a 46% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Two films before that was “Scoop,” with a shocking 37%. Take out the one before that, “Match Point,” and you get four films below 50%. I say this as someone who thinks all these movies were underrated. Certainly, they weren’t masterpieces on par with “Match Point,” but that’s Woody Allen’s problem — when he’s really on, he’s really on, so his simply “good” movies look so much worse in comparison.

By: JohnFNWayne

JohnFNWayne — Sat, 30 May 2009 22:43:05 +0000

Heck, it’s not a sequel. That alone must earn it at least a B++++++.

By: cftoto

cftoto — Sat, 30 May 2009 20:20:25 +0000

Ent. Weekly gave the film an “A” – not an A-minus, an “A.” They very rarely do that … something is up here …

By: John Nolte

John Nolte — Sat, 30 May 2009 18:08:37 +0000

Here — freakin’ — here.

DMTH is a dud and the more I think about it, the angrier I get.

And I’m completely shocked by the reviews. I never read reviews before seeing a film, so to come out of this grade-C cable movie and see that Rotten Tomatoe rating was a bigger shock than anything in the movie.

Alison Lohman is wonderful, however.

By: JohnFNWayne

JohnFNWayne — Sat, 30 May 2009 16:34:28 +0000

Haven’t seen “Drag Me To Hell,” but did see Spider-Man 3 multiple times. I think it’s a fair shake to say the guy can direct, but can’t write a lick at this point. And that’s coming from a big fan.

By: opus

opus — Sat, 30 May 2009 15:32:14 +0000

Call me old school, but I don’t want “wickedly funny” in my horror movies.