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24hrs after - UK Reviews/Summary (No Spoilers) WHY SO NEGATIVE Peeps! Good new

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Why oh why are SOME of you people negative about the film after SOME reviews. Before some other BRIT jumps on my hobby horse, let me summarize with FACTS: Rated 4/5 by TOTAL FILM, The Telegraph, The SUN, Huffington Post, The Scotsman & the London Standard - all major newspapers here in blighty. Some may say that, "The Sun is trash..." or "That reviewer is a tossbag..." The FACT is these are major Newspapers & magazines giving this film 4/5. Rated 3/5 was EMPIRE, The Guardian Thank F**K there is no-one giving it a 1/5 or a 2/5... Most negative reviews contain the comment (Esp The Metro), that the actual ALIEN is not in this - well that is just lazy Journalism. RS clearly has staed this is not a Xeno movie. Also, 85% (still high) after 30 hrs on Rotten-Tomatoes... I cannot wait til TUES... All I can say to those in America is that these reviews would feel me with confidence that the film is not a big pile of shite. I will not judge it til I see it BUT total film & some major papers love it... x
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@RH But the Empire reviewer totally trashed the movie and submitted it as "rotten" to rottentomatoes.com. Most reviewers are giving away one or two stars, those scores do not reflect the contents of their reviews. And judging by the mixed reviews from IMDB users, chances that the movie will enter the Top 250 are slim.
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@RH, thanks for this positive thread... I can't wait to see Prometheus in the states come June 7th at midnight. There are too many people on this site embracing a pessimistic state of mind, just my opinion.
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@Rh - Unfortunately "Den of Geek" one of the biggest movie sites in the UK gave it 2 stars - Check out the review its bad, real real bad...
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@freeze him - agreed - I say watch the film and stay off here for a week - then make up your mind. I tend to look at the big magazines and papers - which is more reliable than some ignorant fool who is waiting for a facehugger & Xeno to appear... Only Empire seems to disappoint... In the end - it is just opinion - My GF hates the road - I think it's a beautiful film... Just opinions... "Opinions are like assholes... Everyone's got one..." Dirty Harry If I think it sucks, then I will say so...
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"Den of geek" ? WtF? lol. Never heard of it... Just read it though... Doesn't like DL does he... I'd rather take note of Den of Geek but then also; Total film, Evening standard, Telegraph, the Scotsman - all 4/5...
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I don't want to be a defender of Prometheus before I see it, I find it frankly stupid, but can't help thinking that DOG gave 4 stars to Conan the Barbarian, last year. Again, reviews/critics are the most unsalted thing on Earth, they have to be taken with loads of salt!
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I can understand that some people are disappointed because of the high expectations, i'm one of them. The story isn't what some people had in there minds. It isn't a bad movie, absolutely not ! But its not the movie who would knock you down. I think about a week, perhaps after a second view, i won't be disappointed anymore...i hope...
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Is it possible that -from the very beginning of this site- we members have blown our expectations so way out of proportion that NO film could live up to? Did we really expect everything to be answered in this film? And, is it possible that RS will "correct" whatever we "purists" don't like for the next film?
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Hey, Rolling Stone magazine trashed Led Zeppelin when they were first reviewed, so, critics can me morons like anyone else.
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Sundar
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Or we are just...morons?
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@Sundar... you're only a moron if you let someone else influence your own opinion, or you accept other opinions as your own without thinking for yourself.
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I think it's just a matter of some people not getting what they expected. i.e Some kind of groundbreaking masterpeice when it's in reality just a very cool sci-fi movie.

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There's a spoiler right there in your original post about the xeno/Metro's review Nice one.
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Who gives a fuck what the reviews say, a bunch o' fuckn dorks walking away from the movie with their tails tucked between their legs. I dont know the people who write these reviews and i dont even trust people that live in my neighborhood so these little bad reviews arent gonna get me down. Prometheus is gonna be the shit!!!! m/
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@ Otto, I believe you may have misconstrued my remark but that is forgivable in this medium. I remember you had once chastised me for degrading Matchstick Men ! Here are a few more G.I. Jane, White Squall, A Good Year, legend, Black Rain and Robin Hood.
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Some people need to lighten up. The majority of people on this site have not watched the movie, including myself. A bad critique from a critic or a friend does not mean that the movie is not good. That is there opinion. You will come to your personal opinion on seeing the film. That is the only opinion that matters, your own.
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Avatar was trashed but it was an enjoyable film.
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Just out of curiousity - why are people who [i]don't[/i] like a movie morons, but the people who [i]do[/i]] like it arent? Or are there different classes of moron? :P
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Oké guys, after a very good night's sleep, thinking about 'Prometheus' i've seen yesterday , i've to admit that the movie is an extraordinary, fantastic and stunning movie, and i want to see it again as soon as possible to get some more answers ...so i'm not that disappointed any more...but enthusisatic!!!
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@John D. That depends on [i]why[/i] they didn't like it. If they're pissed because no xenos show up....or that the juggernaut in this movie doesn't end up as the derelict in "Alien".......they either haven't been paying attention, or........

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