Comic-Con 2014: Day 2

Posted on July 26, 2014 at 10:04 pm

Copyright Scott Mantz 2014Day 2 of Comic-Con included: an interview with “Sharknado” and “Sharknado 2” screenwriter Thunder Levin, a buggy lunch with Boxtrolls, press events with the directors and casts of four films, and appearing on the Rotten Tomatoes panel, where each attendee was given a paddle with a ripe tomato on one side and a rotten tomato on the other. Members of the audience got up to make one-minute pitches on behalf or against the conventional wisdom (and the legendary RT tomato-meter). In true Comic-Con fashion, we spent much too much time talking about the Transformers, the best two comments of the night were made by kids, and a ninja from “Mortal Kombat” made an impassioned — if not ultimately persuasive — case in favor of “The Notebook.”

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boxtrolls bug lunchThe 75th anniversary of Batman is a very big deal here, of course, with a great display of costumes and props from the Batman movies and appearances from the stars of the 60’s television series, Adam West and Burt Ward, to promote the release of the series on DVD. Even Starbucks got into the spirit.

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Rotten Tomatoes Takes on TV

Posted on September 22, 2013 at 3:51 pm

rottentomatoestvI am delighted that Rotten Tomatoes, the pioneering aggregator of movie reviews, is taking on television with its new TV Zone.  Check out the reviews of scripted (non-reality) shows. So far, the widely-reviled “Dads” show gets a big rotten tomato with a 0% rating (which means the reviews are a blast to read, even if the show is not a blast to watch).  Tune in!

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Best Actor in the Worst Movie and More From Rotten Tomatoes — From Slate

Posted on June 6, 2011 at 3:29 pm

Slate has taken data from Rotten Tomatoes to compute the career trajectories of actors and directors.  The results are unexpected — would anyone guess that the actor with the best reviews is….Daniel Autueil?  And the worst actress…Jennifer Love Hewitt?  I’m a fan of both.

To be fair, on Rotten Tomatoes actors do not get individual scores, though that’s a fun idea.  How would you like to read a review that gave individual report cards to each of the people in or behind the film?  Autueil is a brilliant French actor who is equally adept at drama and comedy.  If he has made bad films, they have not made it to the United States.  Jennifer Love Hewitt is a fine actress who has appeared in some lousy (but financially successful) movies.  But the statistics are fascinating nevertheless, and Slate has included its own interactive chart, so you can put in the name of any actor or director to see how his or her career has risen and fallen over the years and even compare them to each other.  Try John Travolta, Jim Carrey, and Brad Pitt.

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