Are """"critics"""""

Yes. Critics are and always were cancer.

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yes

RocknRolla collapsed in the second half of the movie, and much like that, King Arthur does the same. The CGI for the "teleports behind you" excalibur scene at the end was some of the worst shit I've seen in any big budget movie in quite a long time.

>>84815814
Critics are pretty spot on here.

This movie was hot garbage.

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>>84815814
?!

>>84815966
My nigga

>>84815962
Hot garbage is better than lukewarm garbage that gets a free pass by most critics

>>84815814
>Are """"critics""""" the problem?
Yes. They don't review films by analysing it and exercising independent thought, they do so by looking at box-office predictions and guessing how the general public will react to it. This is purely a business move as people are more likely to read critics that agree with them.
It makes critics really mad when a badly-reviewed film unexpectedly has a great box-office (see: Suicide Squad).

Of course, films like Transformers are always gonna perform well. But the general opinion amongst anyone that will even think of reading a review is that the films suck. It's cool to hate on Transformers

With regards to King Arthur, it had extremely low box-office predictions so it was an easy film to attack. Because you also have to remember that they HAVE to give some films shit scores so that they aren't seen to be weak critics who just like everything

>>84815966
Even if you like it, you have to admit it's a really uneven movie overall.

>>84816201
Maybe, just maybe, they didn't like King Arthur because it was a shit movie. Just a thought.

When Arthur unleashes the power of the sword it looked like a fucking PS3 game. Please let's be serious, it was an interesting premise that resulted in a giant fart

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(((rt)))

>>84816409
These movies aren't all compared to each other. Why are autists not able to get this?

>>84816244
It's a good film. But for the sake of argument;
films in the last few years that were reviewed significantly better than King Arthur:
>Ghostbusters (2016)
>Avengers: Age of Ultron
>Skyfall
>Mad Max: Fury Road
>The Amazing Spider man
>The Amazing Spider man 2

And that's off the top of my head without bringing up all the oscar-b8

Arthur was fucking trash. It was just 17 hours of not giving a shit about Jude Law and his ability to be Aries.

>>84816484
Mad Max Fury Road is a much better movie than King Arthur. Not sure why you felt like mentioning that one as it contradicts your point.

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>>84816549
>Mad Max Fury Road is a much better movie than King Arthur
hahahahhahaha
"No"

>>84816775
You ok?

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>people unironically think the shitpile that is King Arthur is good
>they think it's better than Fury Road
The absolute state of plebs on this board. Jesus.

>>84816201
This is all very true. Critics strive to control the public opinion so that they can continue to get views.

Unfortunately, too many people blindly accept critics' words as true because "They're professional critics so they must know what they're doing" even though they obviously have ulterior motives, and, in many cases, if you examine the review you'll find that they completely misinterpreted the film. So you have people like >>84816244 DEFENDING the critics. People who couldn't tell you any opinion about the film without regurgitating something they read from a critic. It's sad.

>>84816962
>So you have people like >>84816244 (You) DEFENDING the critics.
Only in the case of King Arthur, which is a bad movie. A broken clock can still be right twice a day.
> People who couldn't tell you any opinion about the film without regurgitating something they read from a critic. It's sad.
You know you haven't said a single thing in defense of the movie, you're just attacking critics. look at these >>84815949 >>84816308 Actual criticism gets no response because you're just a shitposter. Sad.

>>84817036
I clicked reddit but it didn't take me there

>>84816775
>Being so much of a contrarian as to think King Arthur was anywhere near as good as Fury Road, let alone better

>>84817069
You're already on reddit.

>>84815814
>paying any attention to sjwtomatoes

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>Taking Rotten Tomatoes seriously

>>84817057
>Sad.
>>>/pol/

>>84817168
You know, all the hate Rotten Tomatoes gets and I never see anyone screencap the audience reviews. Many of them are truly terrible. And I mean opening up the page and looking at the actual text

>>84817081
>Being so much of a contrarian as to think 300 was anywhere near as good as Ghostbusters(2016), let alone better
wew lad

>>84815814

It sure was a Guy Ritchie movie. I think it should have been longer to explain some stuff but overall it was at least entertaining.

The mage was hot and I want to fuck her.

>>84817237
>/pol/
My post had nothing to do with politics. You ok?

>>84817309
>strawman
Not an argument.

>>84815814
Well it IS shit. I didn't see any trailers and expected a big budget King Arthur movie, but what I got was a generic action flick with no Merlin and a black Bedivere.

>>84817432
>black Bedivere

Why does that matter? You are aware the entire Arthurian legend is a myth, correct?

>>84817352
"Sad." is a Trump quote.

>>84817352
must be some kind of bot, they must be responding to the sad. part thinking it's a the trump thing, but that just a tin-foiled theory

he's just a shitposter

>>84817309
>Brings up two movies that were never mentioned before in thread for no reason
Are you okay?

>>84817480
Actually, although commonly believed to be a Trump quote, Trump was in fact quoting Edgar Allen Poe.
>the more you know

>>84815814
It really wasn't good.

>>84817398
>>84817526
>Can't deduce the principles of their argument and see that when applied to another situation with the same premises, their argument is exposed as clearly being ridiculous
I want brainlets to leave

>>84817480
see >>84816962
The retard I was responding to said the same thing. Learn how to follow a conversation dumbass. Sad.

>>84817576
>I want brainlets to leave
>As he says King Arthur is better than fury road
L
M
A
O

>>84817634
No, the retard you were responding to said "It's sad." Which is a normal thing to say. "Sad." on its own is a Trump quote.

>>84817714
>"Sad." on its own is a Trump quote.
You've got problems anon. Seek help.

>>84817457
You are aware that the entire Arthurian legend takes place in Europe at a certain time and place, correct?

>>84815814
the director is amazing tho, movie was decent

>>84817853
Google it. It's true.

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/donald-trump-s-sad-tweets

>>84817694
>if I tell myself Fury Road was good, then that makes it true!
Have fun watching a film with about as much variety as watching a sports match - where you already know which team's gonna win

>>84817911

You are aware this doesn't take away from the original Arthurian legend (which is completely and totally made up despite having pseudohistorical elements), correct?

Digimon Honzo is a good actor anyway, so I didn't see a problem. It's kind of like the manchildren complaining that there is a black Gondorian in that new Lord of the Rings game. It literally doesn't matter.

>>84817993
I watch sports anime all the time and have fun so this isn't a very compelling argument.

>>84817925
>>84817961
It was used long before Trump you silly underage. Good luck with your life. You're going to need it.

>>84818066
>boo hoo i'm getting owned so i'll call my opponent underage
Transparent as fuck. SAD!

>>84818038
>he watches anime
>uses "fun" to describe something as good
My mistake, I assumed you were older than 15. I know, what was I thinking?

>>84818007
Then why not replace the cast with children? Asian children? in wheelchairs? Wouldn't change the story. Ruins the immersion though. Depicting an important figure of European folklore as African feels forced and makes no sense. And no, I'm not "racist" or from /pol/, it's just a detail which makes a movie less enjoyable for me.

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>>84818127
>you will never be this autistic
You're such a morale booster anon.

>>84818162
Oh, sorry, I didn't know I was talking to a 12 year old. I know, I'm 26, I shouldn't waste my time with children on /tv/. I'm too much of an adult for this.

>>84818201
You're posting on /tv/. You are already pretty autistic.

>>84818192

I see your point but it didn't ruin my immersion because it was a fantasy film with giant elephants and wizards. A black guy somewhere didn't interrupt anything for me.

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>>84818203
>he watches anime
>uses "fun" to describe something as good
>tries to take the high ground
>"no u"
kek, keep going
gonna screencap this conversation for the next time some reddit pleb tries to defend fury road

>>84818239
Not as much as you autismo. That's the point. Learn to read my friend.

>>84818287
>N-n-n-n-not as much as you a-a-a-a-a-autismo.
You sound like Trump. "NO PUPPET! YOU'RE THE PUPPET! I DON'T REPEAT MYSELF! I DON'T REPEAT MYSELF! HE STARTED IT!"

>>84818257
You're welcome, I carefully crafted those posts to ruin Fury Road's reputation.

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>the people trying to defend King Arthur can't say a single nice thing about it, only attack other people and other movies
That says everything right there.

>>84818404
It's directed by Guy Ritchie.

If you base what you watch off an aggregate score of over 100 critics you're a fucking idiot.

>>84818420
That doesn't make it a good movie

>>84818494
Actually, yes it does. The man is incapable of failure.

>>84818552
You're retarded, anon

>>84818404
The montages are god-tier, amongst the best in cinema history. The dialogue is witty without feeling like forced humour and feeds you the necessary information at a very deliberate pace to keep you paying attention as you're trying to learn more.
The soundtrack was amazing and the use of music was fantastic too, perfectly enhancing the montages and feeling like a good modern/medieval fusion

The opening battle was a bit shit. And the last sword fight wasn't great. But considering the rest of the film, these flaws are negligible.
Now fuck off

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>>84818552

>>84815814
Once he pulls the sword from the stone the movie stopped being good. Before that I was really enjoying it.

>>84818627
>The montages are god-tier, amongst the best in cinema history.
Why?

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>>84818627
>The montages are god-tier, amongst the best in cinema history.

>>84818627
I really liked that part near the start where they were they were telling the story to the guard or whatever and it kept jumping back to them as they added corrections and clarifications and so on. It was cool how modern it felt for a King Arthur movie.

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>trusting critics
>trusting audience reviews
>trusting /tv/ opinions
>not seeing every movie and forming your own opinion

fucking plebs

Rotten Tomatoes rarely has real film critics or academics in it, since most of them are writing long-winded books or actually writing something more than a pretentious diary of the day I went to the moovees

Your, american in majority, obsession with that website is fucking embarassing. Even Filmaffinity has more quality.

>>84818868
YouTube critics are counted in Rotten Tomatoes' rating. It's laughable.

>>84815814
RT is cancer

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"Over recent years, film journalism has—perhaps unconsciously—been considered a part of the film industry and expected to be a partner in Hollywood’s commercial system. Look at the increased prevalence of on-television reviewing dedicated to dispensing consumer advice, and of magazine and newspaper features linked only to current releases, or to the Oscar campaign, as if Hollywood’s business was everybody’s business. Critics are no longer respected as individual thinkers, only as adjuncts to advertising. We are not. And we should not be. Criticism needs to be reassessed with this clear understanding: We judge movies because we know movies, and our knowledge is based on learning and experience."

https://www.firstthings.com/article/2010/04/do-movie-critics-matter

>This essay is adapted from a speech given by Armond White, chairman of the New York Film Critics Circle, at the group’s annual awards banquet on January 11, 2010. With movie luminaries such as Meryl Streep, George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, Mo’Nique, Kathryn Bigelow, and others in the audience, White’s remarks were met with stony silence.

>>84816409
The Shining smells like arse tbqh

>>84818998
>Armond White
https://youtu.be/lG2dXobAXLI?t=149

>>84815814
Revisiting Lock,Stock recently after not having watched it since it came out, I found it to be fantastic and pure Kino.
I then watched RocknRolla, which comparatively is garbage, and was massively underwhelmed. Its rife with music cutting in every other part of a scene, ruining almost every scene and turning it into your standard US style pop movie. It really was disappointing for me as it paled in comparison to Lock,Stock. It was nowhere near the quality and reminded me of every copypasted crime movie from that era on.

>>84819136
Go back to /v/ you pleb

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>>84818320
>Trump derangement syndrome

Living in your head, rent free

>>84818687
The perfect symmetry between the pacing, the music, the story and what was being told. It quickly gave us a lo of information but it didn't feel like it had been rushed over or that it was getting the boring bits out of the way so it could tell the 'real' story.
The montages were amazing and enjoyable to watch.
Especially the opening montage of Arthur growing up. So many other films have done montages of a character growing up, but they're always pretty generic (sunsets, one particular action repeated). But here we had this entire routine repeated multiple times with Jude being crowned in the background to break it up and music that kept the pace up. I don't know how to explain it better than that.

>>84818706
Yeah, same. I loved the dialogue and the way they said it there.
>"We were off to meet George who..."
>"George who? Big George, George the Butcher, be specific"
I loved all the dialogue to be honest

>LE FUN

Literally every fucking time a pleb tries to justify liking garbage. EVERY TIME.

>it's just le ebin coincidence i swear im not a pleb with pleb taste even though i'm typical pleb with typical pleb taste for the 29384209348th time

every fucking time

>>84819437
Yeah, like people that try to justify liking the King Arthur movie.

>>84819187
No y ou.

>>84819238
You keep trying to force this meme but it's not working.

>>84818687
>>84818692
>>84819569
>he provides actual justification for his opinion
>you respond with one-word posts and memes

You shitposters are just embarrassing. Straight up. How long till you graduate high school?

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>>84819694
>The montages are god-tier, amongst the best in cinema history.

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>>84819817
>The montages are god-tier, amongst the best in cinema history.

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>>84819883
>The montages are god-tier, amongst the best in cinema history.

>>84819743
>>84819847
>>84819922
>autism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPW5sziS5z0

This scene is absolute kino.

>>84819621
>meme

Lol

>>84820162
>Lol
Living in your head rent-free.

>>84819972
>>84819694
>deleting your own posts
>The montages are god-tier, amongst the best in cinema history.

>>84815966
No they were right about that. Event Horizon has an amazing concept along with set and sound design but it's totally wasted on a by the numbers horror movie and as cool as it would be to see the uncut hell footage I doubt it would salvage it from mediocrity. It's one of the most frustrating movies to think about it has so much going for it.

>>84820196
You mad.

>>84820073
Damn, that was god-tier. Among the best in cinema history.

>>84820281
I agree. Shitposters BTFO

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>>84820243
>The montages are god-tier, amongst the best in cinema history.

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>>84818627
>The montages are god-tier, amongst the best in cinema history.

>>84820073
Jesus the fucking editing, specially the sound! Does he believe that treating every film like it's fucking Snarch is a good idea?

>>84816409
Anon...

8.4/10 is higher than 8/10

A lower % means that some critics didn't like it at all while some fucking loved it.

RT% doesn't represent shit, if by any chance every critics agreed a film was a 6/10 it would have a 100% score

>>84816409
Allowing easily impressionable fanboys on youtube and blog sites get counted as legitimate reviewers was the worst mistake rottentomatoes has ever made. Scores are so fucking inflated now because of them.

>>84820370
>Does he believe that treating every film like it's fucking Snarch is a good idea?
Why wouldn't it be?

What is it about 4chan that attracts autists that are unable to express an opinion outside of memes?

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>>84815814
>Critics say shit movie is shit
>Get angry about it and make a thread

I don't get it everyone will forget this movie even exists next month like that terrible only God Forgives movie.

>>84820329
Glad you agree

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>>84820449
>The montages are god-tier, amongst the best in cinema history.
When you post trash like that, don't be surprised when people make fun of you.

>>84820521
You still haven't posted a counterpoint, you braindead autist.

>>84820521
>people
One autist spamming the same shit again and again for attention isn't people anon
It's barely a person

>>84820521
>people make fun of you.
It's literally just you making the same post over and over.

>>84820595
>One autist spamming
see >>84820329 and >>84820355
Cry more cuck.

>>84820633
Both you.

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>>84820582
see >>84820073
The montage itself has already been posted. You have no defense. Keep crying.

>>84820664
And it's received nothing but praise.

>>84820643
>newfags don't know how to spot samefags
Look at when they're posted.

>>84815814
HE'S A FUCKING WHITE MALE!!!!!

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

>>84820073
Holy shit, that was actually really good.

How does quoting your own posts help your case?

>>84820701
t. increasingly worried samefag with a 4chan Pass

>>84820689
see >>84820370
Do you not know how to read a thread?

>>84815814
ITT: Op has shit taste and acts like a fag and everyone laughs at him

>>84820664
>>84820689
It's also not the full clip. The one in the film is extended (it has Jude Law being crowned interspersed and more scenes of Arthur as a child)

>>84820073
This movie started out 8/10 and nosedived to 5/10 so unbelievably quickly. It's like Guy Ritchie tried making a movie about a King Arthur who grows up on the streets and is a kind of "good gangster" type character, but then somewhere along the line the studio says "sorry, we need you to shoehorn all this ultra high-fantasy shit into it".

What compels someone to sit in a thread for over an hour straight, not discussing the movie at all but instead constantly posting meme images?

>>84815814
As a Charlie Hunnam and Guy Ritchie fanboy, I can say with a clear conscience, that this movie was shit

>>84820761
>IP count didn't go up
Transparent samefag.

>>84820756
When are you going to admit that you haven't actually watched the movie and so you rely on other people posting their opinions instead of posting your own?

>>84820073
>Asian Kung Fu Master
>Everything is blue-ish
>Shitty generic drums that are used in literally every gangster movie montage
>Shitty cinematography, not a single memorable shot
>Everyone is dirty in the middle ages meme
3/10, I'm glad I didn't waste my time on this movie.

>>84820805
No you can't.
What was the worst scene? Also, bonus question, what was Aiden Gillan's character's actual name (hint: it's not Bill Wilson)?

This movie was really mediocre. It had some good moments here and there but overall just unimpressive. Soundtrack was cool though.

>everyone criticizing the movie
>it's not out on video yet so that means they paid for a ticket
Heh, get owned, suckers. We still have your money.

>>84820924
>Asian Kung Fu Master
It's not kung fu, it's just fighting
>Everything is blue-ish
That's what it looks like in England on an overcast day. You'd know that if you went outside ever. Notice how it had a warm colour-palette for the indoor scenes?
>Shitty generic drums that are used in literally every gangster movie montage
Link one montage where this is the case
>Shitty cinematography, not a single memorable shot
It's a montage. And the shot of Hunham screaming shirtless was pretty memorable, as were the shots of the chest in his room
>Everyone is dirty in the middle ages meme
It's not really a meme when it's true. People weren't going around in dry-cleaned suits with makeup on in the middle ages

>I'm glad I didn't waste my time on this movie
Thanks for admitting you didn't watch it

>>84816775
Fury Road was miles better than some generic fantasy movie

>>84821098
>it's not out on video yet so that means they paid for a ticket
I did. It was ok. Probably not worth the price though.
>We
Get off 4chan Mr Ritchie

>>84821118
>the shot of Hunham screaming shirtless was pretty memorable

I thought it was just silly.

No, people not understanding how RT works is.

>>84821171
Silly and memorable are not mutually exclusive terms (though I didn't find it silly myself but I get where you're coming from)

>>84821297
How is that relevant here? The movie's average rating is still a 4/10 so critics eviscerated it. They didn't even place it on the 7-10 scale that most people use.

>>84815814
>audience score is actually pretty solid for the kind of movie it is
Yep, it's the critics.

>>84821882
lol

>>84822028
I mean it was obvious he hadn't seen the film.
I don't know what he got out of it though, it was a pretty unsuccessful troll.

>>84822099
Agreed, didn't seem to fool anyone.

>>84820840
I did watch the movie. First half is ok, then it goes in the shitter. This is a common opinion for a reason.

>>84821511
>They didn't even place it on the 7-10 scale that most people use.
Because most reviewers operate on the thumbs up or thumbs down scale, which translates to either 10 or 0, respectively.

It it had been Queen Arthur a female retelling i guarantee 100% RT 800 mill box office

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>>84815814
Look at those litty reviews.

>>84822697
>Because most reviewers operate on the thumbs up or thumbs down scale, which translates to either 10 or 0, respectively.
This isn't even true. Most reviewers use A, B, C, D, F.

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>>84820073
>Asian guy doenst age at all

>>84822796
>Anthony Lane
That guy is an utter cockbag.

>>84820805
This.

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>people actually shill King Arthur, of all things, for free

>>84822835
>Most reviewers use A, B, C, D, F.
Like who?

>>84822796
>that random Game of Thrones comparison
What the fuck? They aren't even remotely similar.

I hate to bring gender into this, but it makes a lot of sense that she's a woman.

>>84815814

>watching guy ritchie movies after madonna

why would anyone subject one's self to this

>>84822935
Anthony Lane, the utter cockbag.

>>84822957
>I hate to bring gender into this
Come on now, don't be coy. You love it you little slut.

>>84822992
Literally who?

>>84822994
Not gonna lie, I popped a stiffy while typing the post.

>>84823036
>asks for an example
>receives one
>UHHH WHO?
-_-

>>84823096
>most reviewers use this
>gives one example
You're not helping your cause Anthony.

Armond White loved this film. That alone should be enough to tell you it's good.

>>84823173
This image: >>84822796 proves that quite a few critics use a scale instead of thumbs up/thumbs down.

I would love it if most critics used thumbs up/thumbs down, as that is the objectively best way to rate something as it forces you to pick a side instead of giving some arbitrary score. But it just isn't the case.

>>84823349
Arthur’s first use of the sword Excalibur might be the best battle scene in any Arthurian movie since Boorman’s — the sword vanquishes but it also vibrates, endowing its bearer with obligation. This weightiness refines Arthur’s rascality. There’s a natural resemblance to young Prince Hal carousing with Falstaff, just as Orson Welles dramatized in Chimes at Midnight. This appreciation of wild youth incubating in the British monarchy is key to Ritchie’s instinct that lad culture is connected to a Tory heritage — reminiscent of Bryan Ferry’s cover image for Roxy Music’s timeless, chivalrous make-out album Avalon. All that, plus Hunnam — with his chin-up, goateed, regal profile — knows how to wear a crown.

>>84823349
He also loved A United Kingdom.

>>84823544
His taste is the most patrician taste possible. FACT.

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i unironically liked this movie

also title screen was top tier K I N O

>>84823644
>that perfectly timed music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjWDBEz_6p4

Glorious.

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>>84815814
Remember when they had the Halo 3 ODST live action trailer music?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56cnOkQFRwo

>>84815814
Your only defense of the movie is that it's "fun".
You are actively ruining movies with how stupid you are.

>>84820073
ew

>>84824053
King Arthur is precisely what Quentin Tarantino could not do with American history in Django Unchained and The Hateful Eight. When Arthur rescues a boy who has witnessed his father’s brutalization by the evil usurper Vortigern (Jude Law), the montage connecting savagery, screaming, silence, and escape specifically improves on the carnage of Reservoir Dogs. Tarantino’s sheer sadism lacks the sexy, game-playing frivolity of Ritchie’s violent jamborees. King Arthur ranks with Ritchie’s best antic japes.

We who have been waiting for Ritchie’s waggishly promised sequel to his sleek, stylish RocknRolla (2008) may have to content ourselves with King Arthur. It’s RocknRolla revised as Camelot: egalitarian and postcolonial (multiracial), a muddy, mystically murky, roughly formed society in which Arthur, like other Ritchie heroes, is tutored as a commoner but gains an ethical sense of duty. The redemptive, dreamlike image of Arthur receiving the weighty sword Excalibur from the Lady of the Lake — both suspended in time, both underwater — pays rightful homage to Boorman’s visually exquisite 1981 epic. It reimagines royalty as honor that is earned, respect that is acquired through virtue and courage.

I love how threads like these. It's the perfect confluence of stereotypical nerdy bullshit, it's the average /v/ poster, relatively new to the site, who goes to all the big boards on the site and shits them all up equally with his narrow knowledge and experience with various artistic mediums. He knows mainstream video games, he knows mainstream anime, he knows mainstream cartoons (especially those from the 90s and early 00s), and he knows only the biggest comic book characters. And he feels marginalized by society because of how much of a shut in he is, so he'll have the most shallow /pol/ opinions and tastes. He'll prattle on endlessly about cucks and interracial porn, but he isn't informed or even cares about international political issues and happenings. It's just a slight veneer of racism and misogyny and the rejection of anything that could be considered "degenerate."

And the cross poster signals all of this to his other cross posters with the word "kino." It's like those hobo chalk signs. You slap it on a thread so other cross posters know it's safe to come out of the woodwork.

It's like a sociological study seeing these threads.

>>84824208
>parroting a gay niggers opinion

>>84815814
Of course, they position themselves to agree with what the popular opinion is. They don't give a shit about film criticism, only that it seems like they do, so they go after the low hanging fruit like this h arshly but then give some capeshit a pass because they don't want backlash from the retards who watch them.

>>84819136
>Armond White himself replied to this video
https://twitter.com/3xchair/status/883893180911038468

Meme magic, bros.

>>84819169
I take it you grew up poor?
Rock n Rolla was impressive because it dealt with the same themes as Lock, Stock (and dealt with them well) but from a much different perspective.

>>84822796
>Oi! What's Guy Ritchie gone and done with King Arfur, then?
These ""people"" are paid to review films

>>84825103
Not only that, but he's a top critic.

The one that says that the dialogue "feels forced" annoys me more, though. A critic should be able to explain their opinion instead of just saying they had "feelings" with no explanation.

>>84825227
Did you read the guy's full review or just the blurb? In any case the quote up there does state why he feels the dialogue doesn't fit.

>>84819136
Im 3 minutes in, this shit is ridiculous
>Armond White is a contrarian (because he dislikes my favourite films and likes films I don't like)
>Armond White serves a purpose. When he says Man of Steel is his film of the year, it means it's the worst film ever created
>When he says Suicide Squad is bad, it means it's so bad that not even he likes it
Christ, who gave this idiot a computer?

THIS MOVIE WAS FUN AS FUCK

>>84819922
>>84819847
>>84819743
samefag
KingArthur was better than all the capeshit you manchildren watch.
Remember, only pajeets and autists care about rottentomatoes.

>>84825477
I just want more movies with Aidan Gillen.
Fuck........

>>84815966
This, Alien, and the Thing were all inspirations for deadspace and the works really well because of it.

>>84820232
One of the few movies that I think legitimately need a remake

>>84815814
it was pretty shit.. but far better than fucking wonder woman..

>>84827580
It was pretty great.

FUCK YES.

>>84815814
>>84815894

Rotten Tomatoes is the cancer because people go by the Tomato meter instead of the rating

>>84831211
The rating means jack shit. The problem isn't the Tomatometer itself but the fact the people treat the Tomatometer like it's a rating when it's just the percentage of critics who liked it.

>>84824238
Second thread I've seen this.

>>84820073
Fucking awesome scene. I loved the Lady of the Lake stuff, too. Beautiful imagery.

>>84825477
It's funny you say this about cape movies, because I sort of felt like this was King Arthur in the actual past of a comic book world. You could stick Atlantis and Etrigan the Demon in there without so much as missing a beat.

>>84827580
No it wasn't.

What's with fans of shitty blockbusters bitching about Wonder Woman? Great Wall, Mummy, and now this.

>>84816409
The shining is shit tho

>>84834909
Because Wonder Woman made an obscene amount of money and these movies did not. Except for Great Wall, which made an obscene amount of money in China.

>>84815814

Yes and no. Both critics and audiences such depending.

When to comes to non-tolerance bait shit and movies that are dramas they are fine.

Audiences such though when it comes to generic films. They give them too much credit and then forget them.

>>84828239
If the only movie you'd ever seen in your life was Batman vs Superman, then yes. King Arthur is pretty great.

>>84835401
t. pleb

>>84835524
You're right, I am a pleb.

>>84820073
This psychically gave me a headache when I saw it in theaters. The literal definition of tryharding to be "stylized" fuck off.

>>84836832
First Guy Ritchie movie, I'm guessing. He's a little tough for casuals.

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This tread is still alive, you fucking autists never fail to disappoint

>>84837532
Kino Arthur's greatness needs to be stressed.

>>84836951
Man From UNCLE didn't look like it was edited by a crackhead, King Arthur does.

>>84815814
>Are critics the problem?

Yes and no. King Arthur was terrible, but so was >>84815894

>>84838206
>Man From UNCLE didn't look like it was edited by a crackhead
So you didn't watch it.

>>84838296
Yes, I did.

>>84838303
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bMvly-5Xbw

>>84838312
nowhere near as bad as in King Arthur.

>>84838322
You can't have watched that entire scene in under a minute.

>>84838336
I can remember it clearly from watching the movie twice, but I humored you. It's still better than anything from King Arthur, which went overboard with it.

>>84838414
I mean, it's a great scene, but it really has the "crackhead" style to it. This is Guy Ritchie's style. It's not for amateurs.

wait, people here actually think fury road was a good movie?
W.E.W

>>84838867
Anything with Tom Hardy in it is automatically good.
FACT.

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>>84838179
>Kino Arthur

>>84839130
>Trump's face edited onto the face of one of the ugliest men I have ever seen
I wonder if they realize how unflattering this meme is to him.

>>84838867
there's been an unfortunate infestation on this board it seems
same people who unironically praise nolan