ROTTEN TOMATOES: Critical Consensus: "Silver Surfer" Trips Fantastically, "Nancy Drew" Without a Clue, "DOA" Dead on Arrival

Critical Consensus: "Silver Surfer" Trips Fantastically, "Nancy Drew" Without a Clue, "DOA" Dead on Arrival

by Alex Vo | June 14, 2007

Summary

Pop quiz, hotshot: which of the lesser Roberts do you prefer? Because this Friday, it's a match between Eric Roberts (playing the bad guy in "DOA: Dead or Alive") and Emma Roberts (title star of "Nancy Drew"). Also, there's some arty movie about people in spandex ("Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer," starring Ioan Gruffudd and Jessica Alba). What do the critics have to say about them? Back to Article

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SplendidIsolation writes:
on Jun 15 2007 12:22 PM

Eagle vs. shark still looks funny.

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grapeantler writes:
on Jun 15 2007 12:36 PM

I don't know why I got to this website really. I hate the scale. Fantastic 4 is getting a lot of so-so reviews, not full out terrible ones. I feel like 29 percent makes it look worse. And then they say Nancy Drew is "without a clue" when nit is only 4 percent away from fresh. Would they be saying that it was a great movie if it just go a few more good reviews. I guess the meter is one issue, but their love of hyperbole is a bigger one.

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alsanali writes:
on Jun 15 2007 02:53 PM

DOA was just so ridiculously over-the-top and corny that its a lot of fun. They don't take themselves seriously for a second. The characters even have health meters when they fight. And besides, when was it ever bad to see hot girls go at it? Holly Valance's first scene is probably the sexiest action sequence in a long time.

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enlighten78 writes:
on Jun 15 2007 07:34 PM

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I like the scale. FF2 basicly got a 5/10 which men it's blah. I think the 29 as meaning there is only a twenty-nine % chance of me liking this movie. 30% is pretty good because if only 30% of americans see the movie at the theaters once: that would be a domestic gross of at least 540 million

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haelohm writes:
on Jun 15 2007 07:49 PM

[b]hmmm[/b]
Watching FF2 was very enjoyable and fun. And for those worried about Galactis...the way they chose to make him looks pretty damn awesome and epic on screen and works well for the movie. Give this a chance as a nice short summer blockbuster with good speacial effects and a nice theme.

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Sputnik99 writes:
on Jun 15 2007 11:14 PM

[b]FF2: Recommended[/b]
I just got back from FF2 and I'll tell you straight out: It was a lot of fun. It kept the audience constantly in a good mood with good jokes and stretched its PG rating to the limit. It got rough at times.

Who cares what the critics have to say? The audience walked out of the theater in a really good mood from a darn good movie.

Did it have problems? Yes. But I'm not going to mention them. I'm sure someone else will.

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bigbrother writes:
on Jun 16 2007 04:50 AM

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Someone must have been paying attention to our conversation a while back about how the old suits and their non-pliable necks screwed up the fight sceens. This gives me high hopes we'll actually see a Batman who can fight without looking like Frankenstein for the first time.

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