The Glade 4.0

I enjoyed this movie very much.

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There's currently a massive disconnect between viewer ratings and critic reviews of this movie. The viewers overwhelmingly love it, the critics mostly hate it. I always find it interesting when there is such a difference in opinion between the critics and the moviegoing public. All I can figure out is that the moviemakers understood their target demographic, and they aren't the critics. (The original star wars trilogy falls into this category, too.)

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Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves, Scheherezade had a thousand tales
But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves you got a brand of magic never fails...
...Mister Aladdin, sir, What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order, Jot it down -You ain't never had a friend like me
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It was okay. It didn't have the originality and verve of the first one, but it wasn't weighed down by some characters whose interest was waning, or by an overly convoluted plot like many complained of the sequels.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

This guy... he didn't like it.

http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2011/05/a-fountain-of-maggots-rob-marshalls-pirates-of-the-caribbean-on-stranger-tides/

(stolen from roger ebert's twitter feed)

I've never seen someone say so little with such a long-winded review.

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Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves, Scheherezade had a thousand tales
But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves you got a brand of magic never fails...
...Mister Aladdin, sir, What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order, Jot it down -You ain't never had a friend like me
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He claims it isn't a review...it's more of a "Stop paying for **** I don't like so I don't have to see it anymore! If you disagree with me, you are a piece of **** and deserve to die!" kind of thing.

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Los Angeles Kings 2014 Stanley Cup Champions

"I love this **** team right here."
-Jonathan Quick

Though he's obviously not muslim, he appears to come from an islamic background. Isn't that pretty much the culture's motto?

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Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves, Scheherezade had a thousand tales
But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves you got a brand of magic never fails...
...Mister Aladdin, sir, What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order, Jot it down -You ain't never had a friend like me
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They aren't unique to that philosophy.

Spanish Inquisition anyone?

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

Just got back. Really enjoyed it. Not as good as the first one, but better than the first two sequels, I thought. Best quote of the movie, once again, goes to Captain Jack:

"I support the Missonary's Position!"

LMAO. Priceless.

Also,

Penélope Cruz is frakin' hot!

Of course, I knew that before seeing this movie, but it's nice to have it reaffirmed, and all.

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"I Live, I Love, I Slay, and I Am Content."
- Conan the Barbarian

Sounds like he'd fit in great in Hellfire.

Oh, come on... That's pretty much everyone here's motto.

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Ezekiel 23:19-20 

Can't wait to see this next weekend!

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Dream as if you'll live forever...
...Live as if you'll die tomorrow

Vivere Senza Rimpianti

Want to see the numbers in the morning. Box office > critics.

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I prefer to think of them as "Fighting evil in another dimension"

It was what I wanted - Captain Jack, some sword fights, and a fantasy element. Perfect 10 in my book!


No, Im not very picky

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Yeah. "Home Alone" showed those guys!

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Les Zombis et les Loups-Garous!

Saw with the bug yesterday and we enjoyed it. I admit I missed a few of the "regular" characters but it was a good movie and the new folks were ok. Depp just does such and outstanding job with that character that it doesn't matter who you put around him.

On a side note, the new Transformers trailer was really cool. I'm hyped up for that one.

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"It is true that democracy undermines freedom when voters believe they can live off of others' productivity, when they modify the commandment: 'Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote.' The politics of plunder is no doubt destructive of both morality and the division of labor."

my theater did not show a transformers 3 trailer... anyone got a link to it?

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Home Alone is not a good movie. I like it when I was a kid, yeah, but I liked a lot of stupid **** when I was a kid. I like a lot of stupid **** now...

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"...the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?" -Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Enjoyable, lacked the spark of the series though.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

Box office cash does not a good movie make. At least we got home alone 2 and 3 to teach us our lesson!

Home Alone (1) was a fine movie for its target audience, much like "Spy Kids" or other children's faire. Not every children's movie is designed to hold up to adult tastes, this isn't a flaw in the movie. We've been spoiled by the likes of Pixar making movies with universal appeal.

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Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves, Scheherezade had a thousand tales
But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves you got a brand of magic never fails...
...Mister Aladdin, sir, What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order, Jot it down -You ain't never had a friend like me
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Basically yes. Professional critics, IMO belong to another era. The average movie goer has far better tools their disposal these days. I don't see very many movies in first run, but it's been a long time since I've been outright disappointed.

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I prefer to think of them as "Fighting evil in another dimension"

Well...not really. Their tools just give them access to more critics. And generally, if there is a wide consensus about a movie, I tend to agree with them. The highest rated movies tend to be very good, and the lowest rated ones very bad. It's when the ratings are in the middle that the critics opinions are useless.

Looking more deeply at the ratings on Rottentomatoes, for example, On Stranger Tides actually does qualify as being "in the middle," despite a current 33% rating. Rotten Tomatoes considers any rating below 60% to be "rotten" or "bad." It's percentage is not an average review score, but rather the percentage of reviewers who gave it 6/10 or higher. They do list an average of all ratings below the fresh/rotten score, and for On Stranger Tides, it's at 5/10 -- dead middle of the pack. Which means a lot of the reviewers are giving it scores in the dead center.

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Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves, Scheherezade had a thousand tales
But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves you got a brand of magic never fails...
...Mister Aladdin, sir, What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order, Jot it down -You ain't never had a friend like me
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This is true. I wonder who Transformers 3 is marketed towards...

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"...the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?" -Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Having now seen this movie, I do not understand the critical prejudice against it. I would rank it 4 stars out of 5 (with Curse of the Black Pearl getting 5/5, Dead Man's Chest getting 2.5/5, and At World's End getting 3/5.)

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Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves, Scheherezade had a thousand tales
But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves you got a brand of magic never fails...
...Mister Aladdin, sir, What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order, Jot it down -You ain't never had a friend like me
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