Guess Which Movie is Flirting With a Rare 0% on Rotten Tomatoes?
Of the hundreds of films reviewed and ranked each year at Rotten Tomatoes, only a handful make it into theaters with the spectacular disapproval of every critic who laid eyes on it. And tomorrow, after a long summer of bashings, trashings and general eviscerations, one such film may arrive in the season's grand finale of futility -- a 0-percent rating. Any guesses?
Hell no, it's not Piranha 3D (critics haven't been allowed anywhere near that one). Let's hear it for Vampires Suck! An alert reader notes that the latest genre parody from filmmaking team Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer is tracking straight into the crapper despite Movieline's own best efforts and some pretty vigorous vampire-fan interest. Will the Twilight glow touch these guys this weekend? Or does history await? Predictions!
· Vampires Suck [Rotten Tomatoes]
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" 'Vampires Suck' is a masterpiece! Far superior to the bourgeois satire in the overrated "Airplane" and "Dr. Strangelove." - Armond White
I would have thought the honor would have belonged to Jennifer Aniston's latest foray into cinematic wasteland. Guess Jason Bateman really delievers.
Vampires Suck had a better opening day than the Tom Cruise movie. Nothing makes any sense anymore.
This town needs an enema.
We would have also accepted "Stephanie Zacharek" as the correct answer here.
I never listen to critics. They always overrate bad movies and underrate good ones. I haven't seen Vampires Suck yet, but I've heard it was hilarious, and I'm going to go see it whether rotten tomatoes likes it or not.
I hate all those damn "Movie" movies - Scary Movie, Epic Movie, Date Movie, Not Another Teen Movie, Dance Flick, Meet the Spartans, Spy Hard, etc. But all my friends love them, and I can't seem to go to anyone's house w/o one playing.
It's at 3% now. It has ONE positive review, by Michael Ordoña of the Los Angeles Times. He says: "Plenty of gags fall flat, but writer-directors Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer... have tapped the vein more effectively than their norm, with enjoyable details and on-the-mark senseless brutality."
well, as most people probably know the critics really don't seem to know what they're talking about generally. but to be honest i doubt it has anything to do with critics its probably zit ridden, butt hurt twilight fans crappin on it.
People will still go see it. "Trendy" teens will still stand in line for it, pay $11 when they reach the end of the line, go buy overpriced snacks at the bar and then sit through it.
What does it matter at that point if the movie sucks? They've still got plenty of money from the bratty teens who've taken over our malls; money which ultimately came from their parents who can ill afford such wasteful familial monetary policy.
Sure, theatres will drop it after week three and we'll see it's DVD on Wal-Mart shelves in time for Christmas, but there's still profit to be had, heck people might go see it just because it's bad or more likely because they have nothing else to do.
It is Old No. 7's comment that should be gold now.