at least one of the "positive" reviews is Ty Burr in the Globe, who gave it 2.5 stars, sure, but a review like this
But that's how rottentomatoes works. 80% is a good score for them, a good percentage of positive reviews, and they total 158 reviews evaluated (it's been out internationally for a while), so it's not like it hasn't been reviewed.
Not being Iron Man isn't a bad thing--I think that movie took everyone by surprise. Iron Man II was still considered a success, and this is getting better press.
I'm not saying anything against the movie! (About its quality or chances of being a financial success.) Just that I didn't think Burr's review was that positive.
But it was more positive than negative, and I'm just sticking by my point that most of the reviews so far have been that.
I am not arguing against your point.
This conversation is about to become a Monty Python sketch, isn't it?
I think we're past that point by now.
And, Hayden, IO9 didn't gush or hate on Source Code, Limitless, or Paul, from a cursory glance. Although I think they were positive about all of them.
EW thought Thor was kind of funny and kind of pretty. Or something. Metacritic has a 58 (I still prefer that over rottentomatoes, since it lets medium-positive reviews only be medium-positive) which is worse than Fast Five (67)and almost exactly the same as Iron Man II (57).
I will see both Fast Five and Thor.
Metacritic and EW did convince me not to see Something Borrowed (35, D+), though.
I enjoyed the book well enough, and like romantic comedies when they're actually good. This one could have been good. It apparently isn't.
