You want to start a discussion over the meaning of words again? Mixed or average is how the website describes it. I think not-great is a fair description of that. But whatever, I've edited my original post to be as precise as possible.
Well yeah…I don’t include dusters in the category of “people”…but that’s just me
It’s a no controversy popcorn flick with a wildly popular character
I agree with all that except this is the one Disney film I am not interested in…. Believe that one…. Stitch has always annoyed me
Sorry, when I see reviews are mostly positive rather than average/mixed or negative I don't consider that "not-great", at best I consider that mixed but consider it "mostly positive".
Like I always try to argue against the Disney Adult stereotype since the fandom is just as opinionated and short tempered as any other one, but sometimes...
Oh I know that it doesn't ultimately matter how bad these things are since it's all about making easily palatable family friendly fare for the masses. Like I know extended family members that took their tween kids to go see the Lion King instead of Godzilla back in Summer 2019.
Never thought I’d hear someone complain that this site is too positive!
I'm not sure what movie that reviewer saw. There were tears flowing in our theater - at least there were from me, my 10 yo daughter, and some woman behind us who was sobbing at one point.
So not great? Cuz if it was great it would've said great. But mixed and mostly positive aren't great so it's not great. I'm glad we're on the same page.
In a spoiler thread
That is why I look at the context of the post, and your post read as "the reviews were mostly negative", which is why I commented. I mean someone doesn't usually say "not great" when talking about something that is mostly positive, it has a negative connotation to it. For example if I heard a restaurant was reviewed as "not great" I wouldn't assume that it got mostly positive reviews, I'd assume it was mostly negative. Or if I was talking to someone and asked how their weekend was and they said "not great", I wouldn't assume it was an average weekend, I'd assume they had a bad weekend and ask them what happened.
If only Disney would go back to making those little art films for discerning audiences on which they built their reputation, but alas nowadays they insist on producing palatable family fare for the masses.
I didn't say the reviews were mostly negative and nothing in the context of my post indicates that so you read it wrong.
I said your post came across that way to me, not that you explicitly said that. Again use my examples, if I said I had a "not great" weekend you wouldn't assume it was a mostly positive or even an average weekend you'd assume I had a bad weekend and wonder why. Maybe this is a regional thing where you come from that its got a different meaning, but for my area "not great" never has a positive or even average meaning behind it, its always negative. I don't think I've ever heard anyone in my life say "not great" to mean anything other than something negative until you posted today.
