I tend to disagree. I don't think the future of this movie is going to be determined by 14 reviews on rotten tomatoes. It could very well bomb still, and people may argue that they could see it coming, but I would argue this is a very small reason of why it may or may not do so. In the small circle I may be involved in I have seen a heightened interest in this movie as opposed to other movies.
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Indiana Jones 5 Now Pushed Back to 2021
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Wendy Pleakley
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There's only 14 reviews so far. Numbers don't mean much at this point. Most movies will have in the neighborhood of 250 reviews on RT.
Jedijax719
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Yes but all movies tend to trend downwards (usually quite a bit) after initial reviews. Sitting at under a 50% for over a month is a very bad place for any movie to be before release. The score, even with 14 reviews, will likely not rise 10 points by the time it is released.
Phroobar
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Those are reviewer previews. I'm sure more than 14 professional reviewers went to the previews.
"Hey, thanks for the spoiler," he said sarcastically.
SPOILERS: Indiana Jones 5: The Dial of Destiny
We have top men spoiling this movie.
erasure fan1
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Of course 14 reviews are not going to be the end all be all for this movie. Should it send up some red flags? Maybe. I trust reviews about as much as I trust Iger to lower prices. The funny part is if it was 14 stellar reviews, you know that the other side would be using it the same way. This movie can easily go either way. If word of mouth is positive and the film is a fun action flick, it should do well. If it's a complete mess like crystal skull was, ruh oh Reorge.
Disney Analyst
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I always find it funny the discussion on reviews.
When it’s a critically praised movie posters on here have decided to hate (before they’ve even see it), “the critics know nothing, wait for the audience score”.
When it’s a panned movie posters on here have decided to hate, “see, it’s garbage, the critics said so!”
Hilariously predictable.
When it’s a critically praised movie posters on here have decided to hate (before they’ve even see it), “the critics know nothing, wait for the audience score”.
When it’s a panned movie posters on here have decided to hate, “see, it’s garbage, the critics said so!”
Hilariously predictable.
TalkingHead
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Who’s trusting the first reviews? The bigger point is the mixed reviews aren’t a good sign for its box office prospects.
erasure fan1
Well-Known Member
It's an issue with this forum in general. Someone will post a video of someone saying why they dislike something and they get pounced on for posting some rando YouTubers. And then that person posts an article from some rando website article, see, people change their stuff all the time! It doesn't matter the side you fall on, both sides do it all the time.
Odd... normally RT holds off on publishing critics' scores until there are significantly more of them...
Disney Analyst
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And sometimes the reviews make no difference to the box office.
Hard to really predict at this stage.
TalkingHead
Well-Known Member
TIME critic Stephanie Zacharek: “There are so many chase sequences... that the movie seems held together with slender bits of plot, rather than the other way around. Worse yet, they’re so heavily CGI’ed that they come off as grimly dutiful rather than thrilling or delightful.”
Ugh, that second sentence. So maybe they didn’t learn as much from Crystal Skull.
Ugh, that second sentence. So maybe they didn’t learn as much from Crystal Skull.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
It’s odd they are allowed reviews this early/far out?
Just read the variety one…yeah…
Just read the variety one…yeah…
erasure fan1
Well-Known Member
This is very much a problem plaguing Disney. I have hope for the movie, but I was fully going in to this expecting the CG to be suspect. Every project, no matter the budget or IP, has multiple scenes that just look amateur. When they can't get Marvel and Star wars to look good, you know they have issues.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Not looking promising anyway you slice it
Disney has not only refused to follow the LFL’s template for success…they seem hell bent on convincing fans they were wrong for decades?
…good luck with that
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
The trailers are awful CG…attack of rhe clones looking
I’m wondering why they bothered with this? Genuinely
TalkingHead
Well-Known Member
Better question is if the movie is truly this much of a mixed bag, why debut it at Cannes and let the reviews sit there for a month? Terrible marketing decision. Are the people in charge this bad at assessing what they have in the final cut?
BlakeW39
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Personally I think the film will do poorly both critically and financially. And I got that feeling before I saw the RT score. Of course I hope I'm wrong, as this was one of the few films Disney's released as of late that I would have considered seeing. But personally I'd bet on that RT score staying below 60%.