Critic Review - Ebert Presents At The Movies

It has a few very good ideas, and then, the rest of it is totally lackluster.

January 3, 2012 Full Review Source: Ebert Presents At The Movies | Comments (31)

Comments

David Jenny

David Jenny

ur a faggot

Jan 4 - 07:35 PM

Tom Perkins

Tom Perkins

First time I've strongly disagreed with RT. This film was a contrived, tired, plotless dud.

Jan 5 - 09:00 PM

Jao Romero

Jao Romero

i agree as well. i just watched it and i'm mad as hell that RT has convinced me to watch this when i saw that both critics and audience rated it high. i wasn't gonna watch this originally since the series has really gone down ever since the first one (i only liked the first one) i only really trust the rating when both critics and audience rate a movie high. but this is the first time a dumbed-down movie that audiences will usually rate high that critics have rated high. i mean, where are all those intellectual snobs who shat on movies that do not contain any semblance of meaningful story? where have all those critics gone? i mean, look at this drivel. the movie totally has no character development at all. the characters you get at the start are the characters you end up with at the end. they are flat and totally boring. this was basically a run and chase movie from start to finish. that's the plot. run-chase-fight-explode-run-chase-fight-explode rinse-repeat. a few witty lines was thrown in to break the rhythm but its still crap.

Jan 14 - 10:12 AM

Dictator Fred

Dictator Fred

The world needs less intellectual snobs who hate entertaining movies because they lack "depth or meaning". They're all losers who are out of touch with modern society. You're just an idiot who thinks you're smarter than everyone else because you're too highbrow to have fun. Oh, and only boring, pretentious losers use the word "drivel", and you have no sense of grammar.

Apr 25 - 04:01 PM

Nerada Turner

Nerada Turner

Then let's all watch reruns of Bambi, since substance doesn't matter

Apr 29 - 08:38 AM

Dictator Fred

Dictator Fred

No, you're a film snob who just hates entertaining action movies because they're not arty, slow or pretentious.

Apr 25 - 03:59 PM

Ned Paji?

Ned Paji?

You thought this movie was entertaining? Really? Which part? When the woman was holding 2 hanging guys by herself? or when Tom made a gravitational pull to his room and latched on like a rubber man onto a wall? This movie lacked a sense of realism -- it was laughable more than anything. I know a good/entertaining action movie when I see one, this just wasn't it. To each their own I guess...I recommend the first MI, by far the best of the series... sequels in general always fail (other than a few exceptions like The Dark Knight).

May 7 - 12:49 AM

Kassem Jaber

Kassem Jaber

FUCK YOU

May 10 - 02:31 PM

Jose Campaņa

Jose Campaņa

I agree with Tom P. The movie has its moments, and the action sequences are very well accomplished, but as far as the plot goes, it isn't anything we haven't seen before. On top of that Mr. Cruise repeats what he does best, which is to find the most exotic location to perform his spider-man stunts.

Jan 6 - 05:32 AM

Benjamin Rodriguez

Benjamin Rodriguez

Lol spiderman stunts

Jan 6 - 04:31 PM

Amir-Esmaeil Bozorgzadeh

Amir-Esmaeil Bozorgzadeh

It's a sign of the times that critics generally consider this a good movie. Thank you Ignatly for being alive.

Jan 7 - 04:53 AM

Dictator Fred

Dictator Fred

No, critics have learned how to appreciate movies that are made to entertain people. Not all movies have to have depth and meaning and intellectual stimulation to be good.

Apr 25 - 04:02 PM

Damon Ballweg

Damon Ballweg

so the plot has been done before....how do you sit there and not enjoy this film? You gotta be one jaded sob.

Jan 7 - 12:37 PM

Jose Campaņa

Jose Campaņa

Who said it isn't an enjoyable movie?
The point is, that this one is probably the first time rotten tomatoes has made a huge mistake with a movie rating. 93% is just false advertising.

Jan 8 - 07:05 AM

Jao Romero

Jao Romero

it's the church of scientology buying the rating.

Jan 14 - 10:05 AM

Gabriel Zisk

Gabriel Zisk

Please, the few good ideas were just basically taken from other movies. I enjoy action movies, no argument there, so I enjoyed it; but not for it's lack of originality and muddled story.

However, I did enjoy all the characters and special effects. It didn't abuse any of these.

Jan 7 - 03:53 PM

Tom Ferlic

Tom Ferlic

This is why most of you are not critics

Jan 8 - 02:42 PM

Ben Newey

Ben Newey

you've got to be kidding me..to each his own I know but c'mon.."totally lackluster"..why don't you support your accusation you impertinent human

Jan 9 - 07:32 AM

Cindy Olsen

Cindy Olsen

not sure what movie mr. Vishnevetsky saw but it wasn't mi4. This the best of the entire franchise people. I don't care how crazy they claim tom cruise is (and he is not| in my opinion) but no one in hollywood does action like Tom. Sorry, it is what it is. 4 stars!

Jan 10 - 04:13 AM

Richard Noels

Richard Noels

Its the best in action/comedy in series but i still prefer the first one as the best imo.

Jan 10 - 07:40 PM

Mark Gayle

Mark Gayle

Totally agree.
Was wanting it to end well before it did.

Jan 10 - 08:26 PM

Cristina Teter

Cristina Teter

This Movie flat out sucked. I loved the first Movie of the series though. You know its bad when people start leaving half way through. The lines are cheesy action predictable. I bet they paid 3 companies to write good reviews on all the sites to boost their revenue. I really felt cheated out of 10 bucks. Dont go see it.

Jan 16 - 01:09 AM

Steven Potgeter

Steven Potgeter

I thought it was a fun time killer. 93% does seem kind of high, though.

Jan 22 - 06:28 AM

Kassem Jaber

Kassem Jaber

Fuck Tom P, Jao R, Jose C, Mark G and Cristina T

Mar 31 - 02:06 PM

doc l.

doc lomax

Man, what planet are you people from?

Bandying about your negative commentary, without substance. The critics are on target here.

Apr 1 - 06:13 PM

Dictator Fred

Dictator Fred

You're only saying this because they blew up the Kremlin and you're a nationalist who is sad to see your country's beloved landmark explode. Look past that, and you'll find one of the most entertaining movies of the year.

Apr 25 - 03:58 PM

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