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Ludichris1 wrote:

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Yes, I know the years are way off, and they aren't exactly related in anyway, but I'm getting really annoyed lately at ratings from sites such as IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes. Critiques are exremely partial. Take a look:

Rotten Tomatoes wrote:

Surf's Up: Surf's Up is a laid back, visually stunning animated movie that brings a fresh twist to some familiar conventions. Its witty mockumentary format is fun and inventive, and the CGI is breathtakingly realistic. 77% Tomatometer. 48% of audience liked it.

That is the review description at the top of the page on Rotten Tomatoes. Notice how they say nothing bad about it. And how much they say the CGI is top notch (even though they're using the same fur thing in all the penguins and birds). Now, look at the movie dinosuar. It wasn't plotless and didn't have that much 'humor' compared to Surf's Up (which by the way, the humor was a little weird and done before, Surf's Up that is):

While Dinosaur's plot is generic and dull, its stunning computer animation and detailed backgrounds are enough to make it worth a look. 65% Tomatometer (freshness of a tomato, basically). 48% of audience liked it.

Notice how the Surf's Up description had nothing bad in it, and while the Dinosaur movie had a harsh part in there. And notice how they didn't expound upon the graphics AS much. When the Dinosaur movie came out, I'm POSITIVE it was THE best CGI of it's time. When you think back to the best CGI movie in 2000 and below, what was it? Dinosaur. Now, fast forward up to 2007. Would Surf's Up of ever come to mind? In my mind, no, not really. There's bound to be another movie with better graphics at that time. I know it. Surf's Up fur texture was very generic.

NOW, as you remember, Dinosuar, had, even though the plot was a little dragging, it was quite DEVELOPED, thrilling, and scary. Yet look at the ratings? Now look at Surf's Up. A completely forgetful movie, yet it ranks BETTER than Dinosaur, THE best CGI of it's time (Shrek and Final fantasy hadn't come out yet), and a pretty good, though slow, and serious plot. Yet look what the critiques are saying? If you add in toilet humor (Surf's Up DID have that), etc., you'll get good reviews. Well, not usually, but if it's more 'adult oriented', like Surf's Up was, then you'll defintely get good reviews. But look at Dinosaur. It didn't. Why? The plot was slow? No. it's because the people just thought the small laughing parts weren't good enough, and that they have anti-animal issues (all critiques do, take a look at every single animated movie with animals, including the best ones), maybe because Jurassic Park II, I don't know.

Thoughts?

Anyways, I also find it very annoying, that some other movies I THOROUGHLY enjoyed as a kid, such as The Land Before Time (and it's many sequels), Atlantis: the Lost Empire, Treasure Planet, the Brave Little Toaster, and the like, are given bad/average to '...decent..' ratings.

...Is it just me? Or is it them? Old people who have watched thousands of movies in their age should not watch kid's movies They are for kids. And the good kid movies, the kids will very much enjoy (unless they're brats, like many are starting to become today-- only wanting the most violent, the most inappropriate, the most war-like) and cherish in their age. I just don't get it. Why are they berating these movies? You've seen some of the modern ones. I'm sure you can name quite a few animated movies recently that should have gotten worse reviews.

Is is just me? Why do I like movies like The Land Before Time, Atlantis, Treasure Planet, the Brave Little Toaster, Dinotopia, All Dogs Go to Heaven, while everyone else is like "oh, shrek, it was the best. Wall-E is the best (Wall-E wasn't that good to me, in my opinion)." I don't know about young children the 00's, but I think they're growing up with the more mediocre movies, the kids of the 90's growing up with the best movies, and the annoying critiques of the 60's and 70's (NOTE that there weren't as many animated movies back in those years) aging with the less prominent of the bunch.

Why?

Discuss movies (PREFERABLY animated) that you feel were wrongly rated.

Rotten Tomatoes is the most unreliable source and, like you, I feel most of their reviews are just plain ridiculous. Although I do like Surf's Up (even though it doesn't really come to mind a lot), Dinosaur was a thrilling and fun experience. This was definitely something that I could look back on, as I watched this over and over again during my early childhood. I, too, grew up with The Land Before Time, Atlantis, Treasure Planet, the Brave Little Toaster, Dinotopia, and All Dogs Go to Heaven. 

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