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Reviews for Life (2017) starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Ryan Reynolds
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This is an accurate statement if you remove the 1 from your score
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1199712&page=1
sunshine and gasoline
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Wasn't impressed with the first trailer but the second one sold me on this movie. Glad that it is being reviewed well so far.
jack_package_200
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Now we wait for the Power Rangers reviews...
You knew BvS was going to be bad when the first review was negative and after a couple, they were still mostly negative. This is not something you ever see with other films that end up getting a decent score.
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https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/batman_v_superman_dawn_of_justice/reviews/?page=18&sort=
If we get them before release at all, haha.
KraftyKrankins
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Oh man, you broke my heart there. A shame, I was hoping it's good.
I guess only the first 3 were rotten. I thought it got to 5-6 reviews. Still, BvS was ever even in sniffing range of fresh, let alone at 100%.
Actually, I think it's the opposite. I personally despise Metacritic for movies.
The original Avengers has a 69% on Metacritic while Age of Ultron has a 66%. Everyone knows that's insane.
The original Matrix? 87% on RottenTomatoes but 73% on Metacritic. Logan? 92% on RottenTomatoes but 77% on Metacritic.
It all comes down to opinions. Logan is neither a 92% or a 77% on a factual level. But I find RottenTomaotes "thumbs up/thumbs down" system to be far more in line with how audiences end up responding to movies.
HP_Wuvcraft
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It really sucks that the latest internet commercials have been spoiling what looks like a huge plot point.
SuperStiltzkin
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The man had a good death on that movie. Looks like he's gonna get fucked up in Life though. A newborn kid on the way means he's gotta sacrifice himself so that his kid has a future.
When comparing RT with MT, you use the RT average critic rating, not the tomato score.
Logan has a 7.8 vs MT's 77, so they're about the same.
Baroquemantic
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Knew this would be great from what I saw in the trailers.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_co...oCrOD__gfAjWjZLeVcecruaXVuuQ3itL7PB_Bq5gHK8-w
The red band trailer looks alot like alien with facehugger thingy. Then mixed up with The Thing
The red band trailer looks alot like alien with facehugger thingy. Then mixed up with The Thing
I like the cut of your jib.
What did he mean by this?
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I personally despise Rotten Tomatoes for movies since people don't understand how to read it
The Illiterati
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"Life. It's literally all we have. But is it any good?"
should be the thread title.
should be the thread title.
UnemployedVillain
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Prince of Persia wasn't even bad though, and Gemma Arterton with a tan...Bruh
Between this and the woefully underwhelming Alien Covenant trailers I'm just not feeling the grim/dark sci-fi thriller which is weird as it's usually my jam.
But everything I've seen of LIFE thus far has just left me feeling cold so we'll see what happens nearer the time.
George Oscar Bluth II
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Yeah but it's White People With a Tan: The Movie. There are no Iranian people in the cast at all and all the background extras are Moroccan :/
Only if you don't understand how RT works.
UnemployedVillain
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Oh don't get me wrong, you can definitely shit on it for the blatant whitewashing. I'm just saying, purely from an actual quality/entertainment perspective, it wasn't as terrible as most VG movies are
George Oscar Bluth II
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Oh yeah, I agree.
jack_package_200
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MORE REVIEWS
Time Out - How this by-the-numbers sci-fi horror managed to blast free of the DVD bin and engage A-list stars like Jake Gyllenhaal and Ryan Reynolds is hard to figure out.
Sydney Morning Herald - A taut but puzzling space thriller.
Herald Sun (Australia) - A slick, suspenseful and stomach-churning sci-fi thriller, Life is the perfect Alien movie right now for those getting all twitchy waiting for the next Alien movie.
Independent - Daniel Espinosa's new feature provides incontrovertible proof that, well over three decades after that polyp-like succubus exploded out of John Hurt's stomach in Ridley Scott's Alien, the sci-fi horror film is alive and well.
Guardian - At the last moment, Reese and Wernick and director Daniel Espinosa hit their retro-rockets for a neat little 180-degree twist, thankfully reversing the prevailing mood of sucrose fatalism.
83% on RT
Time Out - How this by-the-numbers sci-fi horror managed to blast free of the DVD bin and engage A-list stars like Jake Gyllenhaal and Ryan Reynolds is hard to figure out.
Sydney Morning Herald - A taut but puzzling space thriller.
Herald Sun (Australia) - A slick, suspenseful and stomach-churning sci-fi thriller, Life is the perfect Alien movie right now for those getting all twitchy waiting for the next Alien movie.
Independent - Daniel Espinosa's new feature provides incontrovertible proof that, well over three decades after that polyp-like succubus exploded out of John Hurt's stomach in Ridley Scott's Alien, the sci-fi horror film is alive and well.
Guardian - At the last moment, Reese and Wernick and director Daniel Espinosa hit their retro-rockets for a neat little 180-degree twist, thankfully reversing the prevailing mood of sucrose fatalism.
83% on RT
chalkitdown1
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More_Badass
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They have such great chemistry. They need to do a Shane Black film
Samurai G0SU
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Excellent. Cant wait to see this
in 4k bluray lol
Escape Goat
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How did they rate Passengers though?
Saw it. Just an expensive-looking B-movie that was promising for the first third. All the big name actors are wasted with the cardboard thin script.
Maybe it's because I love The Thing and seen tons of B-horror inspired it but Life felt derivative as hell.
The worst part is that the plot hinges totally on the fact that the crew doesn't act rationally. They're supposed to be experts but the moment things start going wrong they start screeching and waving their arms in panic. The creature only goes on rampage because these dumbasses enable it constantly.
I wish this budget thad been spent on something like that indie Thing clone where space tardigrades attack the fishing boat. That had charm.
Maybe it's because I love The Thing and seen tons of B-horror inspired it but Life felt derivative as hell.
The worst part is that the plot hinges totally on the fact that the crew doesn't act rationally. They're supposed to be experts but the moment things start going wrong they start screeching and waving their arms in panic. The creature only goes on rampage because these dumbasses enable it constantly.
I wish this budget thad been spent on something like that indie Thing clone where space tardigrades attack the fishing boat. That had charm.
Discotheque
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not like either movie looks particularly good. they both come across as generic in the trailers might as well go for the one that might have some laughs.
Cheesewheel
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Saw the film, agree with this.
Plays out like some executives went "alien is hot right now, we gotta get in on some of that scifi horror cash quick" and this is what came out.
Basically a straight to dvd alien clone with a completely generic scifi-horror script to match.
Would not recommend.
Saw it last night:
Massive spoilers.
Massive spoilers.
The black guy won't die first! Actually the first one is Deadpool, which I didn't think would happen. His death is quite horrible.
The ending is that they use the escape pods (two people left, Jake G and a woman), one escape pod can carry on person so Jake as the hero jumps in and lure the thing into his pod and set of to deep space while the other navigate towards earth, during take of one of the pod is hit from debris since the station has been struck and semi destroyed from a capsule that docked and tries to send the whole station into space (this was a security measure).
So during navigation towards deep space the thing does something horrible to Jake, like really fucked up.
The other capsule lands in some ocean where fishermen sees it and goes for the rescue THE END
WRONG
the capsule that got struck was the the capsule with the women and she is sent into other space, inevitable horrible death.
The other pod is of course Jakes and you can see him through a looking glass where tentacles has penetrated him everywhere... like through his brain and whatnot... but he is still alive. The fishermen open the door although Jake screams NOOO... zooms out, THE END... of earth.
The ending is that they use the escape pods (two people left, Jake G and a woman), one escape pod can carry on person so Jake as the hero jumps in and lure the thing into his pod and set of to deep space while the other navigate towards earth, during take of one of the pod is hit from debris since the station has been struck and semi destroyed from a capsule that docked and tries to send the whole station into space (this was a security measure).
So during navigation towards deep space the thing does something horrible to Jake, like really fucked up.
The other capsule lands in some ocean where fishermen sees it and goes for the rescue THE END
WRONG
the capsule that got struck was the the capsule with the women and she is sent into other space, inevitable horrible death.
The other pod is of course Jakes and you can see him through a looking glass where tentacles has penetrated him everywhere... like through his brain and whatnot... but he is still alive. The fishermen open the door although Jake screams NOOO... zooms out, THE END... of earth.
WeirdoStalkerJr
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Oh man, I totally forgot this was coming out!! EEEK! I am excited!
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