He's the Malcolm Gladwell of film. Started off with a huge hit and felt the need

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Jan 18, 2019
10:16:35am

oxcoug All-American

to try and match it or top it with each subsequent release, resulting in reaching for stuff that didn't add up.

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Glass getting terrible reviews. Starting off at 35% on RT. Bummer.

Dillinger

1/18/19 10:11am

I'm shocked.

kccougar

1/18/19 10:11am

sad. Was hoping it was good. Go see Free Solo in theaters while you still can

Mayor of Cougartown

1/18/19 10:12am

Where is this in Utah? I only see one location in Salt Lake.

Byu4life

1/18/19 10:54am

I have no idea don't live in Utah. Inversion and too many mormons 🙂

Mayor of Cougartown

1/18/19 11:03am

Thanks for telling us why you don’t live in Utah. Super relevant to the topic.

RalphWiggam

1/18/19 11:31am

if people make the assumption everyone lives here I'll tell you why it isn't so

Mayor of Cougartown

1/18/19 11:58am

"Here?"

Byron McNertney

1/18/19 12:00pm

yeah it's a tricky sentance. How would you construct it. I debated but decided

Mayor of Cougartown

1/18/19 12:15pm

I don’t live in Utah either. But I’m not insecure enough about

RalphWiggam

1/18/19 12:14pm

yes, I was just being dumb.

Mayor of Cougartown

1/18/19 1:23pm

Gotcha. I’ve been dumb before too. Once.

RalphWiggam

1/18/19 3:17pm

In fairness, all 3.4 million of us are glad you live elsewhere

Sid Vicious

1/18/19 1:36pm

ouch man. geez

Mayor of Cougartown

1/18/19 2:52pm

Hi! This is Cougarboard. The Utah of the internet!

RSL

1/18/19 11:34am

"Inversion" is what we call the politics category.

russkiejedi

1/18/19 11:36am

They released it this past week in IMAX. Now the only place to see it is SLC

Alpi Gusto

1/18/19 12:00pm

MNS is an amazing director, but very mediocre story-teller. He needs to team up with a great writer.

Byron McNertney

1/18/19 10:12am

He's the Malcolm Gladwell of film. Started off with a huge hit and felt the need

oxcoug

1/18/19 10:16am

I'd say hes made 4 good movies

Gustav

1/18/19 10:21am

I didn't mind The Village. The "twist" was kind of obvious, but the movie itself was suspenseful.

Byron McNertney

1/18/19 10:24am

I thought the Village was entertaining. The twist was painfully obvious but I

Dillinger

1/18/19 10:37am

Which twist?

Coop

1/18/19 10:41am

How on earth was that twist obvious?

Dissenter

1/18/19 11:00am

Yes I did. I'd have to rewatch to remember what tipped me off but I remember

Dillinger

1/18/19 11:02am

I don't remember a specific clue, but if IIRC, the vibe kind of suggested it

Gustav

1/18/19 11:03am

Characters made references to modern things. I thought it was bad writing at first, but then it made sense.

Byron McNertney

1/18/19 11:29am

I called that one early on. Expecting a twist made it easy.

Cougarrr

1/18/19 11:30am

I couldn’t believe how bad After Earth was

BrutustheBrash

1/18/19 11:56am

Can you provide more insight on Gladwell?

cube3_cougar

1/18/19 10:50am

He started off with "The Tipping Point" which was a strong theory that

oxcoug

1/18/19 11:23am

Good to know

cube3_cougar

1/18/19 12:36pm

Was excited for it until reviews started posted

Gustav

1/18/19 10:13am

I don’t trust reviewers completely much anymore. They kinda hate M Night.

Superkid

1/18/19 10:16am

Agree on BP but Split is higher than 76%? Sounds correct to me.

supertux

1/18/19 10:33am

Maybe not much but compared to other Disney movies that easily get 90s despite being completely mediocre, it is

Superkid

1/18/19 10:42am

Can't argue with that

supertux

1/18/19 11:30am

I just don't see the "reviewers" as a block. There are literally hundreds of

oxcoug

1/18/19 10:45am

Oh I think reviewers are completely biased as a group and they all gravitate towards the same stuff even if it sucks or

Superkid

1/18/19 10:55am

From what I’ve seen, the knocks are that it’s overwrought, particularly the end

Coop

1/18/19 10:21am

Overwrought - You think?

kccougar

1/18/19 10:30am

The reviewers should also be stating how they rated Unbreakable and Split to

rcbyufan

1/18/19 10:15am

Both of those are at 77% so I'm guessing most of them liked those 2.

Dillinger

1/18/19 10:16am

i find my enjoyment tracks closer to audience scores than critics

v1k0u6

1/18/19 10:17am

I've found the critics RT scores to be inconsistent in determining if I'll

gwalker

1/18/19 10:18am

well i think we see RT scores like a letter grade sometimes. they are not

v1k0u6

1/18/19 10:24am

Meh. Split was overated

RockyBalboa

1/18/19 10:18am

I feel the same. I wasn't a big fan of either Split or Unbreakable.

Cougar-Duck

1/18/19 10:31am

Yeah that scene really bothered me too.

eddog

1/18/19 9:24pm

Dang it! My hopes for a good movie are shattered.

Texas Hammer

1/18/19 10:27am

Terrible. Do yourself a favor and just read the SPOILERS below.

Sandstone Cougar

1/18/19 10:39am

Shyamalan is generally terrible with action scenes. It's not surprising that

JustKeyrock

1/18/19 10:58am

I’m still going to give it a chance

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