RottenTomatoes.com Now, I knew about this website LONG before I went to catch M. Night Shyamalan's new flick The Happening, and although I thought it would suck, there was a little gleam of hope somewhere deep within me. I thought, well even if the generic storyline was as terrible as usual, at least Mark Wahlberg would save it. Nope. Didn't happen. The acting was terrible, the story was terrible and to top it all off, I'm not really into the usually dependable Zoey Deschanel. I wish I had gone to rotten tomatoes as I usually do, if I don't really care if I spoil my hopes for a movie, because I would have known. The film scored a terrible 19% among T-Meter Crtitics (Which I believe are just amateur film snobs)on their "Tomatometer." Even among the "Top Critics" it only gave it a 13% rating. So I didn't enjoy it all that much. I haven't seen The Village and I think that anything Shyamalan has done since Unbreakable pretty much sucked. Take for example Lady in the Water, not really my style.
On to the meat of the story, this website is a very useful tool for new or old releases. There are many "twitter-like" posts from each critic scattered about the page and makes it easy to get a quick glimpse of what you are in for. It has quotes from "real" critics as well, if you are into that whole official kind of reviews. I personally like the people who aren't snobs about movies, but you will get them anywhere, even among friends. Rotten Tomatoes at least gives you many different views and will allow you to make the right decision to go see The Incredible Hulk, which according to my brother is awesome, instead of that piece of trash, no twist or explanation shame that is The Happening RATED R. For showtimes... click... yeah that is what should have happend.
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