Bad reviews but good box office
Gerard Butler stars in "Gamer." Image from Flikr.com.
I have learned time and again that movie reviews don’t tell you how well a film will do at the box office. For instance, “The Final Destination” got terrible reviews before it opened last weekend, but it topped the box office earnings. “Gamer” movie reviews show that critics are generally not fans of this film, but that doesn’t mean it couldn’t make a bundle.
This film has been getting a lot of attention because of its subject matter. “Gamer” is about “Slayers,” an interactive game in which, from the comfort of their own homes, real people electronically control battles between real convicted felons, as if they were video game characters, says Matt Pais from Metromix.
Gratuitous violence
Although Pais says in his “Gamer” movie review that the film is “not terrible,” his review doesn’t make me want to get a payday loan to go see it. But that’s about the nicest thing he has to say. He writes that there are so many explosions and so much gunfire that they blur together. Dustin Putman from TheMovieBoy.com says it seems as though the filmmakers have ADD. He writes: … click here to read the rest of the article titled “‘Gamer’ Movie Re! views Foreshadow a Disappointed Audience“
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