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The reviews by critics were/are ridiculous

posted 10 years ago by manram24
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I usually don't care about what they say but I wanted to see why 8MM had such a low rating, I read the reviews and thought the critics were too harsh and apparently didn't like that the main character turned vigilante in the end, I don't think it was just b/c of the subject matter, the critics are likely pacifists and felt the bad guys getting what they deserve was morally "wrong".

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/8mm#reviews

Y'know, I could eat a peach for hours

[–] AdvanceIstheMan 10 years ago

I'm just as surprised by the 6.5 rating on here.

[–] manram24 10 years ago

What rating do you give it?

Y'know, I could eat a peach for hours

[–] den_quixote 10 years ago

It is beyond my comprehension how anyone in their right mind could even give it a 6. I gave it a 3 and felt I was being generous. This is not because if the vigilantism or violence (I enjoyed the Death Wish series), but rather because the plot and the dialogue were absolutely childish. It is movies like these which give Nicolas Cage such a bad reputation. How Catherine Keener could get a job after her performance here is beyond me.

[–] Zuider_Zee 9 years ago

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The critics were being very kind.

[–] doubl3 9 years ago

Anyone who could possibly give it BELOW a 6 is simply someone who likes bashing everything in life and sees a glass as half empty. I have yet to see ONE movie on here where there wasn't someone saying how horrible and overrated it is. Some movies... someone would have to be dumb to rate low.

[–] terrytsilvester 9 years ago

i rated it a 10, just because people like you have rated it far too low.

[–] koffeenkreame41-1 8 years ago

I'm just as surprised by the 6.5 rating on here.

Same here. I gave it an 8/10

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[–] JarreAndMannFan 8 years ago

I like the movie and also give it an 8/10. Hope it is put out on Blu-Ray sometime soon!

[–] Prismark10 10 years ago

Its an exploitation film with a bigger budget and better actors.
Its that man again!!

[–] manram24 10 years ago

Is that a good thing?

Y'know, I could eat a peach for hours

[–] ememjee 10 years ago

I have seen several hundred films in my forty plus years, but this one is the biggest pieces of dung I think I have ever seen.
The main complaint I have with it is the way the writers/directors have so many of these crappy faux "Cliffhangers" it comes off like a Abrams bros. PARODY!! Like when Cage was handcuffed to the bed, he cant quite reach the gun, he tries, he tries again and then at the last minute he finally reaches it. And the way the Layer has a gun pointed right at the guy with a crossbow and instead of putting it down he risks getting killed by shooting the crossbow (Which would NEVER HAPPEN IN RL) and then (SURPRISE!) gets shot in the throat. Then "Machine" gets a big knife or similar object stuck in his gut, and two days later he is fighting Welles, falls from a TWO STORY roof and just gets up, isnt hurt, then he is laying there in the graveyard and gets up and stabs Cage (even though Cage has a friggin GUN trained right ON the dude; plus ANY P.I. w/ANY brains would make sure to clear any weapons from within the perps reach) I mean COME ON. You people REALLY cant understand why this turd got panned? Geeeez.

[–] Druff (1796) 10 months ago

I saw it yesterday and would give it a strong 7.5.

If I saw it in its day with "From the writer of SE7EN" fresh in my mind I probably would have given it more like a 6.0.

It's all relative.