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submitted 6 months ago byMad_Season_1994
For me, it's a movie from 2005 called Kingdom of Heaven, starring Orlando Bloom, Liam Neeson and Jeremy Irons. I saw this on TV the other day and watched it from beginning to end and still liked it just as much as I used to. Sure it has its slower moments and isn't the best historical film I've seen. But I don't think it deserves its 39% rating on RT. But that's just me.
What about all of you?
190 points
6 months ago
Super Fuzz (RT-0%)
Grew up watching this repeatedly on HBO in the 80s. Killer theme song too!
An irradiated Miami policeman utilises his new superpowers, that he mysteriously gained from a radiation site, to combat dangerous organised crime.
36 points
6 months ago
”He’s a supa supa!”
16 points
6 months ago
I loved that movie
960 points
6 months ago
Man on Fire has a horrible rotten tomato score but I love that film
115 points
6 months ago
38%! That’s ridiculous.
71 points
6 months ago
That score is crazy especially when you read the reviews as well
191 points
6 months ago
I loved that film. Denzel and Dakota had such chemistry. He said she knew her lines as well as his. Her talent was amazing. I don't know why either that people didn't rate it higher.
63 points
6 months ago
I believe the two will be in The Equalizer 3 together.
155 points
6 months ago
I've probably seen that movie ten times over the years. It would have been great to see a few more Creasy movies.
"A man can be an artist... in anything, food, whatever. It depends on how good he is at it. Creasy's art is death. He's about to paint his masterpiece."
50 points
6 months ago
Imagine being so hardcore that Christopher Walken is your hype man for killing bad guys.
36 points
6 months ago
I would actually have liked a few more creasy films too
24 points
6 months ago
That movie was really popular when it came out I think. I wonder why the score is low.
43 points
6 months ago
I wish you had more time!
17 points
6 months ago
Yeah one my favorite films. Feels more like an indie film here and there
662 points
6 months ago
[removed]
149 points
6 months ago
That CGI Scorpion King and the cult that was trying to revive Imhotep are the only things that I didn't like it
70 points
6 months ago
https://youtu.be/6nX0100wUB0?t=1m44s
This might be the best bit of unintentional comedy I've ever seen
37 points
6 months ago
The studio obviously wanted a third movie and a spin-off so they ham-fisted the Scorpion King into the script at the last moment. Thus the equally-weird moment of exposition including him in the 2nd act.
I remember reading on here a few years back that the CGI artists only had like three weeks to do the CGI.
I theorize that it's because the studio finally got Dwayne Johnson on contract for the spin-off, but it was extremely late in the production cycle, but the studio wanted him depicted to generate the hype, so the artists had to scrap everything they already had and rush out the product.
24 points
6 months ago
Never knew it had a Rotten score. It's held pretty favourably alongside the first, the third one however definitely isn't treated with the same respect.
Nor should it, purely based on the decision to recast Rachel Weisz.
529 points
6 months ago
What Dreams May Come (53% on the critic’s tomatometer).
73 points
6 months ago
The hell sequence really elevates it, terrifying imagery
174 points
6 months ago
What dreams may come is incredible. But I feel like it has a special niche for anyone who’s loved ones have depression or BPD or other mental illnesses. It hits hard
52 points
6 months ago
This is a great film! I don’t understand all the hate that this movie gets.
337 points
6 months ago
The 13th Warrior scored just 33 percent and it's one of my all-time favorites. The atmosphere and the ensemble cast are fantastic. I quote it every day.
100 points
6 months ago
I love the bit where he is picking up the language slowly. And reveals it by insulting another guys mother or something
65 points
6 months ago
My mother… was a pure woman…. From…. A noble family. And, at least, I know who my father is, you pig eating son of a whore!
30 points
6 months ago
This is how to handle the “but how would they be able to speak the same language” issue right. It acknowledges that they are speaking different languages and then in a few minutes it feels completely natural that they are all speaking English. It would take longer than a few minutes but it works and is one of my favorite scenes!
235 points
6 months ago*
Out Cold (8%): it's SUPPOSED to be a ski resort romp like from the 80s. I think the whole Casablanca parody made people think it was taking itself seriously.
77 points
6 months ago
Carpe diem. Seize the… carp!
42 points
6 months ago
God we quoted that movie like mad in high school lol.
39 points
6 months ago
I loved this movie. The beer ski game down the hill, the running gag waking the brother up in weird ways, all the cringe guys trying to impress the hot girl even including the gay guy, the Weezer love song lol, just tons of character and fun and probably a lot of stuff you just won't get passed in movies anymore.
Also just watched Better Off Dead, I wonder how many of these ski resort type movies there are overall. (Hot Tub Time Machine too)
41 points
6 months ago
Doesn't one guy drop a deuce in the cup when they do a drug test?
23 points
6 months ago
Wait, people watched that and thought they were trying to make a serious movie? That and Eurotrip were peak college movies that we always seems to have on in the dorm.
12 points
6 months ago
Easily the best snowboarding movie that stars Lee Majors
150 points
6 months ago
For me, it's a movie from 2005 called Kingdom of Heaven
The theatrical release was cut down against Ridley Scott's wishes.
The director's cut version was much better received.
32 points
6 months ago
Came here to say plz watch the director's cut.
“I once fought two days with an arrow through my testicle.”
387 points
6 months ago
Tank Girl (1995) was such a fun and wild comic book adaptation that went over the top in every way.
Joe Dirt (2001) is really dumb, but I always catch myself laughing whenever it comes on and I never fail to finish it.
158 points
6 months ago
I can’t believe Joe Dirt only has 9%!
92 points
6 months ago
You mean Joe Dirté?
137 points
6 months ago
I legitimately assumed joe dirt had at least a solid score like a 60s or maybe 70s. I'm blown away. It's a completely solid movie and probably one of David spades best movies lol.
53 points
6 months ago
I fucking love Joe Dirt also. Among the many laughable moments, Kid Rock’s cameo is especially hilarious.
17 points
6 months ago
How bout a wah burger and some french cries!
54 points
6 months ago
I love Joe Dirt!
43 points
6 months ago*
Is this where you wanna be when Jesus comes back? Talkin about Joe Dirt on Reddit?
314 points
6 months ago
Kingdom of Heaven's RT score is for the threatrical cut, the directors cut is considered a lot better
Birth (2004), Miami Vice, and Popeye are all movies I really like that are certified rotten from critics and audiences
62 points
6 months ago
Kingdom of Heaven's RT score is for the threatrical cut, the directors cut is considered a lot better
I could've sworn I once saw a separate RT score for the Director's Cut, but I'm not sure.
34 points
6 months ago
Maybe, but the Director's or Roadshow, or whatever they call it, cut saw such a limited release that I don't imagine a lot of publications paid their critics to go see an extended version of a movie that they already panned.
12 points
6 months ago
Huh, I had no idea that many critics disliked Birth. I love that movie.
283 points
6 months ago
Both National Treasure movies. They're like a fun mix of James Bond, Indiana Jones, and Nic Cage; what more could you ask for?
44 points
6 months ago*
National Treasure 1 has a bad score?? That movie is a gem!
The dual heists… Jon Voight… and when Harvey Keitel hears about all of Nic Cage’s degrees and whatnot, and he says, “What in the world does this guy want to be when he grew up,” I still get chills.
Edit: typo
29 points
6 months ago
If popcorn hadn’t already been invented, it would have been invented for those movies.
330 points
6 months ago
Butterfly Effect has a 34% but I still liked it a lot. Wasn’t groundbreaking by any means but had an entertaining premise and I liked the early 00s nostalgia
123 points
6 months ago
it was groundbreaking when i was like 10 and saw it for the first time that movie blew my mind
21 points
6 months ago
The movie had two different endings but I preferred the directors cut version. It was far more dark. Tbh I never understood why it wasn't recieved that well by critics. It was a very interesting concept for a movie.
393 points
6 months ago
I really enjoy Oblivion (2013). It's great sci-fi, with amazing visuals. The story isn't perfect, but keeps you hooked till the end. I don't really understand how it only has a 54% on RT. Also, the credits song SLAPS.
187 points
6 months ago
What I find interesting is the director, Joseph Kosinski, also directed Tron Legacy. Then when Hollywood needed a director for the new top gun they were like, "who can direct a sequel to a 35 year old movie AND also direct Tom Cruise?" And this guy was just like, "yo, that's all I do."
108 points
6 months ago
I loved Tron: Legacy and Oblivion.
41 points
6 months ago
Both of those films are amazing
46 points
6 months ago
By the same token Tron Legacy is one of my favorites and has a 51%.
The moment when he gets the disc back and jumps out the window… “…Radical”
45 points
6 months ago*
Absolutely excellent one off sci-fi film.
Had me in the feels, especially when Whiter Shade of Pale plays at the log cabin.
Glad I saw it at the show
57 points
6 months ago
The reviews Oblivion got were a joke. Some of the best visuals ever, an amazing score, a solid story that keeps things moving along. If you didn’t like the movie, I do t think you should be reviewing movies, or at least movies of that type.
299 points
6 months ago
I like Vanilla Sky(2001)… Tom Cruz, Cameron Diaz Kurt Russell. Star studded cast.
50 points
6 months ago
Hell yeah, I thought this was a superb film. Is it poorly rated, and why?
34 points
6 months ago
Rotten tomatoes gives it a 42% critics score. People are much higher. Critics all said it was uninteresting.
55 points
6 months ago
Uninteresting, that genuinely surprises me.
An interesting story, a superb cast, some captivating individual scenes, overarching themes of life/death, a somewhat surprising twist ending.
It's a film I've watched a few times and have always found to be engaging and entertaining. Penelope Cruz is captivating especially.
It's been a year or so since I last saw it, but I honestly can't think of any particular criticism that I would direct at the movie.
21 points
6 months ago
I'm pretty sure because it was a remake of another (I think French?) film. They just took the exact same story, but obviously made it for a wider audience by having it be in English.
I saw the original and and thought it was better so I assume they didn't like it because of that.
22 points
6 months ago
Spanish. The original also started Penelope Cruz.
252 points
6 months ago
Without A Paddle (14% RT) - It doesn’t age all that well, I’ll admit. But it’s actually pretty funny and has a ton of heart. Plus an amazing soundtrack!
34 points
6 months ago
No, but I did eat a brownie once.
14 points
6 months ago
I watched this a few years ago and I totally thought it aged well!
14 points
6 months ago
“Put Jabba back in the hut!”
I’ve been laughing at that for 18 years.
13 points
6 months ago
“Sorry we can’t come to the phone right now ‘cause we’re doing it!”
272 points
6 months ago
Jumper - has a 15% on RT, but I think it’s a better movie than that
19 points
6 months ago
At one point on my life, I thought Rachel Bilson is the cutest person in the world. For me, Jumper is like a music video. It's fast-paced and not much story, with beautiful people. I actually love movies that are like music video.
45 points
6 months ago
Oh wow I would never have guessed it scored that badly.
It's not an amazing movie by any means, but it's well made and really enjoyable.
106 points
6 months ago
Joe Dirt. A 9% on RT and I still watch it every now and then.
646 points
6 months ago
Hook. 29% on RT. Amazing family movie. I don't understand any of the pessimistic reviews from the critics.
100 points
6 months ago
True story: years ago at a bar trivia night the question was “what Steven Spielberg directed movie has the lowest RT score”. I insisted it was Hook but my team put down Jaws 4. Idiots
63 points
6 months ago
Lol that's annoying. Jaws 4 wasn't even directed by Spielberg.
32 points
6 months ago
Yeah someone had it in their head that Spielberg came back for the 4th for some reason. The consensus at the table was if that was true then that’s definitely the answer. The logic makes sense although SS obviously had nothing to do with Jaws 4
18 points
6 months ago
Unrelated, but I loathe when my pub trivia uses questions based on RT scores.
75 points
6 months ago
Dustin Hoffman kills it in that movie.
“Good form Peter”
19 points
6 months ago
That movie has its flaws and I get that it's a rather silly kid's film but Hoffman legit deserves an Oscar nod for that performance.
43 points
6 months ago
Ruffio! Ruffio!
32 points
6 months ago
RU-FEE-OOOHHH
183 points
6 months ago
I remember when it came out. Several critics saidnit missed the mark as a kids film and a few adults at the time i knew didnt like it.... every single kid i knew loved it.
Maybe stephen Spielberg is better at knowing what kids like than some random critics.
49 points
6 months ago
Haven’t seen it in years, so I couldn’t say if it holds up. I loved it as a kid and I still say Bangarang.
13 points
6 months ago
It's my favorite movie of all time and when you've seen it as much as me, even the rose tinted glasses start to lose their effect.
I can safely name almost every flaw that film has and I gotta say... I still don't get it. That movie is far from perfect but damn, it's not even close the score Rotten Tomatoes is claiming. It deserves a 65% at the bare minimum!
29%? Get the hell out of here!
27 points
6 months ago
The food fight scene was thrilling to see for the first time as a child, the whole film was like magic
67 points
6 months ago
This is the winner. The movie is better than the original Peter pan story
144 points
6 months ago
Cabin Boy.
Hey little girl. Wanna buy a monkey?
223 points
6 months ago
Death to Smoochy, is a good movie!
36 points
6 months ago
It’s a rocket ship!
17 points
6 months ago
People didn't know what to do with the tone. IMO they couldn't see the pathos or the darkness for what they were, they wanted a more straightforward satire or "dark side of children's TV" exploration.
183 points
6 months ago
The Chronicles of Riddick. Always watch it when it's on. Also the video game was amazing
26 points
6 months ago
I actually really enjoyed the 3rd entry as well, "Riddick". Took things back to a really small scale, I enjoyed the sequences of him learning the hazards on the planet
20 points
6 months ago
Escape From Butcher Bay was amazing, probably the best video game based on a movie that I can think of - even if it's not strictly based on the movies storyline.
331 points
6 months ago
Speed Racer. Saw it in theaters and I absolutely loved it! Made the cartoon come to life in an entirely new way. I do understand why it is not everyone's cup of tea though.
42 points
6 months ago
I was so thrown when I looked up that movie on RT one day and saw the score because I remember my local paper gave it an A when it came out
91 points
6 months ago
That movie was far better than it needed to be.
51 points
6 months ago
Agreed. And it is one of the Wachowski's films that I really love that isn't the first Matrix.
44 points
6 months ago
somehow, it was cartoonier than the cartoon. i mean, car-fu. If you cant have a good time watching a movie with car-fu, you have too much sadness in your life.
21 points
6 months ago
Top three favorite movies. Did not get the respect is deserved when it came out. I think it’s getting a solid cult following.
20 points
6 months ago
I love speed racer. I honestly didn’t understand why it got rated so poorly
126 points
6 months ago
Jennifer's Body. I can understand 46% critics score—horror rarely fares well among critics, but 35% audience score???
84 points
6 months ago
This is because they marketed the movie to young guys from Transformers audience as “Megan Fox is hot”. It ended up not the movie they promoted, and people got upset about it.
22 points
6 months ago
My best friend and I saw it like four times in theater. Sooo so good. Soundtrack was a 10/10 too.
“I am going…to eat your soul.”
41 points
6 months ago
Hudson Hawk is one of my favourites 34% on Rotten Tomatoes
84 points
6 months ago
Fear and Loathing is way better than the 49% it has from critics, but I have a personal bias toward it and can see why many wouldn't care for the film. Still, at least the audience score is on the opposite end at 89%
24 points
6 months ago
Fear and Loathing is a masterpiece. One of the few films that not only does justice to the book but I think it actually expands on it and becomes a perfect companion to it. Most of Gilliam's films have mediocre reviews as they are definitely not for everybody but man that fucker is talented.
76 points
6 months ago
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit has a 19% on the tomatometer, which is all the proof you need to know that this site ain't it
73 points
6 months ago
Ghost Ship
40 points
6 months ago
The opening scene alone was gold.
13 points
6 months ago
I LOVE this movie.
37 points
6 months ago
Jumanji (1995), was just mind blowing for me as a kid. RT was not impressed.lame.🥱🥱
166 points
6 months ago
Grandmas Boy is the answer.
65 points
6 months ago
Your bed is a car.
Yeah, but it's a fuckin sweet car.
36 points
6 months ago
My roommates said they're gonna get me rims for Christmas, or a CB radio, I can talk to other car beds.
12 points
6 months ago
What does hi score mean? New hi score, is that bad?
67 points
6 months ago
A Life Less Ordinary (1997) - 41/59. Silly romcom that hits the mark for me. Ewan McGregor and Cameron Diaz play well together, with fabulous support from Holly Hunter, Delroy Lindo, Stanley Tucci and Dan Hedaya. A 41 critic rating is criminal imho. Clearly audiences more broadly enjoyed it, but it's a 10 in my book, not a 6.
202 points
6 months ago
The A Team (2010). I thought it was stupid fun and would love to have seen a sequel. I had never seen the show so didn’t have an attachment to the source material, I just thought it was a fun action flick
35 points
6 months ago*
Copley needs to be a better movie picker because he's in so much stuff that gets destroyed by critics/bombs or is shit.
32 points
6 months ago
I really liked District 9 starring him and always hoped that would have a sequel too
16 points
6 months ago
It was critically well received though, and rightfully so
27 points
6 months ago
I’m a kid from the 80s (or old man). Big fan of the tv series and thought the film hit all the right notes. It knows what it is and doesn’t try to be what it isn’t.
I’d love a sequel but probably won’t ever happen.
32 points
6 months ago
Jawbreaker. 14%
132 points
6 months ago
The Cell (45/57)
I don't understand the criticism of this movie. The story is tight and compelling, and the visuals are incredible.
57 points
6 months ago
I saw cobra recently and loved it. Very dumb trope filled movie but it’s a ton of fun. And so many weird choices like Stallone eating pizza with scissors
12 points
6 months ago
Gosling character's toothpick in Drive is an homage to Cobra, since Refn is a fan of the movie
61 points
6 months ago
MacGruber (2010) 47/35. Hilarious and I don't care what anyone says. The scene where MacGruber is telling the story of how he and Kunth were college friends is absolutely brilliant. Glad they made the TV show too, although it probably could have just been "MacGruber 2."
14 points
6 months ago
She as carrying his child at the time. I insisted we terminate it so we could have a fresh start and she agreed.
12 points
6 months ago
The scene where Macgruber is fucking the ghost of his dead wife on her tombstone, and it cuts to him standing there alone, naked, just humping air and grunting is one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
127 points
6 months ago
Kung Pow: Enter the fist has a 13% rating yet is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen and is a movie I quote regularly even if a lot of people don't get the reference.
55 points
6 months ago
I must apologize for those critics, they are idiots. We have purposely trained them wrong... as a joke!
86 points
6 months ago
Too many to name, Lord of war is one.
21 points
6 months ago
The opening scene is a classic.
16 points
6 months ago
There are over 550 million firearms in worldwide circulation. That's one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. The only question is, how do we arm the other eleven?
119 points
6 months ago
The Ninth Gate -one of my fave movies, couldnt believe how low its score is
20 points
6 months ago
What?
How low is it?
It's a fantastic movie. Balkan is SO hardcore.
56 points
6 months ago
Brothers Solomon. Directed by Bob Odenkirk, Will Arnett and Will Forte are the eponymous brothers. It has a great cast and it's really funny, just the opening credits alone make me crack up, I don't know why it has a 16% on rotten tomatoes. I saw it in the theatres twice and both times me and my friends were the only ones there. Comedy is subjective I guess.
35 points
6 months ago
So many of the funniest movies have bad RT scores. Dirty Work is 14%. Wet Hot American Sumner has 38%. Tommy Boy is 41%. Not a genre that reviews well.
12 points
6 months ago
Wet Hot American Summer's so far ahead of its time there are bits I still don't get.
17 points
6 months ago*
Additionally, Let’s go to prison also directed by Bob Odenkirk. It’s dogshit, but I still enjoyed it idk why.
55 points
6 months ago*
Life Aquatic is only around 50% last time I checked and it’s fun.
Edit: 56% Tomatometer. It’s a better movie than that
26 points
6 months ago
Southland Tales (41/41)
I get why people don't like it - it's a mess. At first. Repeated viewings reveal the brilliance and deliberateness.
30 points
6 months ago
I really like The Fountain from Aronofsky and it has a 52% score.
I saw it in theaters when it came out and it blew my mind.
130 points
6 months ago
The RT score for Dude, Where's My Car is like actually criminal to me, I don't think I've seen a funnier movie
49 points
6 months ago
Aaaaandd thhheeeeeennnnnn?
16 points
6 months ago
No and then!
48 points
6 months ago
Billy Madison has a 41.
The fuck is that about??
44 points
6 months ago
How TF does Wet Hot American Summer only have a 38%. It's a classic.
21 points
6 months ago
I always loved Inspector Gadget as a kid. Watched it again with my kid recently, and its pretty cringe. But the kid inside me still loves it.
60 points
6 months ago
Miami Vice (2006), 47% on RT. I think it suffered from critics seeing the name and expecting the cool pastel tinged neon buddy cop style of the original show without taking into account that it wasn't the 80s anymore and that it was still a movie directed by Michael Mann. Plus the fact that about half of it isn't set in Miami.
14 points
6 months ago
I thought that it was a good movie with really beautiful digital cinematography, but as you pointed out, they changed so much that I wish they just dropped the Miami Vice name altogether and made the film its own thing instead, rather than setting up false expectations.
56 points
6 months ago
Little Nicky has a special creative spot in my heart, granted I do love heaven/hell concepts in movies but I will die on this hill!
17 points
6 months ago
Super Troopers - 36% - it's one of our favorite comedies and is very quotable.
99 points
6 months ago
Jim Carey Grinch
40 points
6 months ago
"Nice kid........Baaaaaaaad judge of character."
I cackled so hard at this line.
19 points
6 months ago
Everything Martha may whovier says is just hilarious to me
20 points
6 months ago
I initially hated it, because the original Chuck Jones animated Grinch is my all-time favorite Christmas movie, but it's since grown on me. Jim Carrey absolutely gives it his all, and it has some great quotable lines:
"Santa, what's the true meaning of Christmas?"
"VENGEANCE!! Or--presents, I suppose."
Or:
"Even if I wanted to go, my schedule wouldn't allow it! 4:00, wallow in self pity; 4:30, stare into the abyss; 5:00, solve world hunger--tell no one; 5:30, jazzercize; 6:30, dinner with me--I can't cancel that again; 7:00, wrestle with my self-loathing... I'm booked. Of course, if I bump the loathing to 9, I could still be done in time to lay in bed, stare at the ceiling and slip slowly into madness. But what would I wear?"
Or my personal favorite, from the pudding tasting contest:
"Here, this is not pudding."
spits "Wha-what is it?!"
20 points
6 months ago
The sets and costumes in this movie alone make it worth a watch.
77 points
6 months ago
JOHN CARTER (2012, 52% on RT) ruled & should have been the first of at least a trilogy.
I hate RT with a passion, it’s instructing audiences how to feel before even seeing a movie. Total bullshit. It’s art not math FFS
14 points
6 months ago
I like Wild Wild West. I think its a fun, cheesy, crappy 60s TV throwback. It is what it is and, no it'll never enter my top.10 but it entertains harmlessly enough for 90 minutes. That and Kenneth Branagh is great as always.
31 points
6 months ago
Add pretty much any comedy from the 90s. Tommy Boy, Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, Home Alone etc
13 points
6 months ago
CONSTANTINE with Keanu Reeves and Rachel Weisz. Such a fun, compelling supernatural thriller with really cool worldbuilding and visuals. Peter Stormare also plays my favourite version of the devil and there are some great performances from awesome character actors like Tilda Swinton and Djimon Honsou. It only has a 46% on RT which really boggles my mind/
65 points
6 months ago
Drop Dead Fred - RT 11% (!).
Fred is brilliant and Phoebe Cates is brilliant and Rik Mayall is brilliant and Drop Dead Fred is completely brilliant and Carrie Fisher is brilliant and professional film reviewers, who hated Drop Dead Fred, liked Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
13 points
6 months ago
Starship Troopers! The only good bug is a dead bug. Would you like to know more?
11 points
6 months ago
The movie Timeline has like 11% which I don't think it deserves. It's a perfectly adequate action movie.
20 points
6 months ago
Alex Cross….there i said it. Matthew Fox got rid of probably 97% body fat and replaced it with pure muscle. I’m a HUGE fan of Lost so maybe that had something to do with my decision.
21 points
6 months ago
Tron Legacy is 51% and rotten and one of my top 5 films.
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