nicely put. i rely on advanced reviews to let me know whether i want to run run. if they aren't appealing and the stuff they say isn't to my liking i won't kill myself to see it upfront and may even wait for dvd. if a movie shows outstanding in advanced reviews then i am more eager. afterall, they have all seen it whereas i have just seen some slick trailer on television. all that can do is pique my interest, it doesn't tell me a lick if it is a solid film throughout that i want to lay my $10.00 on.

If a movie bombs at Rotten Tomatoes why shouldn't we trust the score? That's not to say that I wont watch a movie with a bad score there. There have been a lot of times that I knew that it didn't look like a "great film", but I wanted to see it anyway. There are times when I actually want to see movies like that.

But when it comes to most stuff, I trust the RT scores. I can't imagine how much money RT has saved me on tickets that I would have bought in the future to movies that ended up pissing me off when I finally ended up watching them on TV or something.

That said, I'm not posting about the RT reviews for Slither because I'm letting that decide for me if I go to see it or not. If this movie had a score of 0% I'd still go to see it today. I just can't help but root for it to get as high a score as possible.

I never would have guessed that Slither of all flicks would be sitting pretty at 90% by this point, and I'm loving it.

Just for kicks, here is a link listing all of the movies released since 2000 that have received 10% or less at RT. Out 180 flicks, there's only one that really stands out as something that I really enjoyed, and it was something that I was going to see no matter what the score (Kung Pow!):

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/browse...000s&x=40&y=11

great link. i saw 4 of the 181 listed and have no desire to see the others.

The only thing about RT where people do take the ratings out of context. Are when maybe 5 advance reviews are up. And most are positive,thus the rating may be 90% let's say. And people start raving on forums "Wow I can't believe it's at 90%,woooo..awesome!!".

I remember checking the site earlier in the week when Slither was at 88% and only had about three reviews up. And people on various horror forums were raving about the rating. As if that rating represented the majority of the reviews in the nation. When once 20+ reviews come in,will you then start to see a real difference in opinions and rating scales.

I want to see the film anyway,and plan to see it this evening. But it wouldn't matter what the RT scale was,I would still see it if I wanted to.

I remmeber High Tension getting skewered by the critics on there and I still enjoyed the film

If a movie gets about 50% and looks interesting to you, you're usually good. Generally means a good genre flick.

That said, you learn how to read the meter to your own tastes.

Slither has a 90% though many reviews are 2.5 out of 4. Meaning most critics enjoyed the movie, and recommend it, yet recognize it for the B movie it is.

lol, way to miss the point. now i see why you like rottentomatoes so much.

i completly agree with what you said, but critics reviews are stupid sometimes and i've noticed lots of users on this site put to much faith in RT. they bashed the shit out of "stay" last year and that still didn't stop me from seeing it opening day and it wound up being my favorite of last year, then last week they loved inside man which i found to be a piece of crap. as for slither, i was gonna see it regardless of how low it scored because i like that type of movie, and now that it's doing good people aren't afraid to say "i wanna see it" but had it been low ratings, there'd be alot less people admitting they wanted to really see it.

see, alot of that stuff on that list is stuff that was going to be obviously bad. and that's not what i'm talking about. it's stuff like running scared, 16 blocks, hills have eyes, hoodwinked, annapolis, ultraviolet, underworld: evolution and tristan & isolde that get "rotten tomatoes" and people assume they're gonna be bad because the critics say so and they won't give them a chance. i'm not saying these were "great" but i'm sure there are some people who wanted to watch them and didn't becasue RT said they were bad and probably would've enjoyed them and they seen them anyways. and if slither was getting "rotten tomatoes" the people saying "woohoo for slither, i'm gonna go see it" would be saying "oh man that's gonan suck" because RT said so.

so i saw this!

i was expecting it to be a little better. definitely funny and some good humor throughout. was hoping it would be a little gorier or grosser. some of the reviews had it as way gorey which i don't think it was at all. some good moments though, but i thought it needed more. the whole movie seemed to hold back, just a little.

i thought Nathan's character was a little dry for some reason. not as crisp or witty as Mal in "Serenity" which this role should have been more like as they were very similar (humor, wit, strength, and some tender). he just seemed a little off throughout.

very decent all around and fun for it's barely 90 minutes or so.
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so when you do see, what movies do you think homage was paid to? (spoilers herein)

Movie:
1. "Critters"...since i just saw this last night, the opening scene looked very similar to the opening of "Critters"
2. "The Toxic Avenger"...
3. "Independence Day"...when the girl who almost gets taken over by a 'Slither' through her mouth saw the creatures ultimate plan (reminded me of Brent Spiner in the lab). Also...
3. "Phantasm"...was it me or when the girl sees that 'homeworld' did it remind you of the brief clip they showed of the homeworld for 'The Tall Man' in Part I?
4. "Night of the Living Dead"...for obvious reasons.
5. "Return of the Living Dead"...the "meat, meat" cries were very reminiscent of "brains, brains".


Creature:
6. "Alien" & "Aliens"...the main baddie, obviously, in its full Queen-like/Host glory
7. "The Thing" & "Leviathan"...the full blown creature reminded me of those two creatures
8. "Night of the Creeps"...i think a big influence on the 'Slither' creatures

i'm sure there are quite a few others...

If you don't like this film and you call yourself a horror fan, you can go fuck yourself.

James Gunn finally has finally redeemed himself after writing two terrible Scooby Doo films. Slither is everything you want out of a down and dirty b-movie. Curse words galore, hicks, blood, guts, people dying in horrific ways, a cheesy soundtrack consisting of nothing but country music and Air Supply, aliens, slugs, zombies, slaps against religion, and even some brief female nudity! Granted, it could've had a little bit more violence and female nudity, but I'll take what I can get. The flick flies by in it's barely 90 minute runtime and we get horror movie references abound and even a cameo from Lloyd Kaufman himself.

It's not as graphic as Final Destination 3 or as brutal as The Hills Have Eyes, but out of all of the horror films to be released this year, it sure is the most enjoyable.

I just got back from seeing this, and I must say that my steak continues. I saw The Hills Have Eyes, Inside Man, V for Vendetta, and now this, Slither, and I've loved them all. Slither was also the most entertaining flick of them all to me.

I don't understand how anyone who enjoys horror or campy flicks at all can say that they don't like this movie. The movie flew by, as it was working on all cylinders. The filmmakers didn't just string out the flick just for the sake of length. They set it up, put the plot in motion, and drove it straight home without any crappy subplots or anything like that.

It had some fantastic hilarious lines, like , it had aliens, zombies, a little nudity, slug creatures, gore, a Lloyd Kaufman cameo, tons of things done in homage to other flicks, and on and on and on. It walks that fine line between straight up horror and straight up comedy/parody, and it does it pretty much flawlessly.

It's the best film of it's kind since Shaun of the Dead. I wish that we could have more flicks like this in theaters more often, because they are so damn fun and entertaining to watch. James Gunn is well on his way to doing even greater things, and I can't wait to see what comes next.

The ratings are deserved, you should believe the hype.

We've had a botload of crappy horror flicks over the past few years, but this sure as hell isn't one of them.

to answer the question about boobies, there is a VERY brief glimpse as the young female in the tub tries to escape the slugs.

oh, and stay through the credits - there is a treat after they are done.

Can you put in spoilers what is after the credits?

Once this one started to actually get good reviews from critics, I predicted that there would be certain horror fans that turn on it. I'm not saying that's what you are dong, if you didn't like it all that much that's cool, but I do think that's going to happen for some reason.

Ever since Shaun of the Dead scored great reviews and the Scary Movies have continued to be slammed, I've been more trustworthy of critics for my horror/comedy needs.

It's just a quick shot of a cat getting a little taste of what Grant got to start the whole thing. You know, for the sequel.

Woohoo!

I definitely agree that out of the recent string of horror movies to come out recently, this is the best one...Campy, schlocky, the right amount of gore, and an actual decent story. All it needed was a little more nudity, but all in all, a fun ride.

I saw it and thought it was alot of fun.

And even two very old woman(one could barely walked and was hunched over) stayed until the very end of the credits(while everyone else left). And they were discussing the film and giggling at how funny it was and saying they enjoyed it. I thought that was an interesting and cool thing to witness. Since you would usually expect old people to freak out over 'gross' material and stuff like that.

i think that is a little extreme. it was probably the better of the horror films to come out recently, all-around, but i don't think it truly lived up to all its schlocky potential. Also, "Shaun of the Dead" is probably thee best to come out in the past 10 years or so and was much more well-rounded and the characters more likeable, creating more gut-busting laughs and true sentiment. Now, that is a movie that works on all cylinders and one that i have enjoyed so many times thus far. "Slither" only holds a dim candle to it and was held back, even just a bit.

Saw this tonight. Thought it was pretty good, but it was missing something. I'm still trying to figure it out.

As far as space slugs movies go, I give Night of the Creeps my vote. But don't get me wrong, I still had fun watching this.

I liked it alright - great cast, great concept and good writing. The only thing lacking was the directing, which wasn't bad per se, it just didn't have any sort of *zing* to it that a film like this needs.

I loved it. Gunn finally gets the chance to shine. I thought Fillion was awesome in this, and really proves that he is a star. I guess I was expecting a bit more gore/goo, and maybe a touch more nudity, but the gore the film has is excellent and the humour and swearing quota was met extremely well. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing what Gunn does next.

Looks like the friday numbers were not very good... It wasn't easy to find a theatre in my area even showing the damn thing...hopefully word of mouth will spread, because I'd be down for seeing a follow-up.

MATT

Though it did beat Basic Instinct 2, which was on a lot more screens with a lot more hype - so that's pretty awesome. But I guess that had more to do with BI2 sucking than with Slither doing well...

A lot of people I have talked to told me that they thought the previews looked dumb, and they weren't sure whether it was a comedy or a serious horror movie. I guess it's a tough film to sell.

I love it, it's a great movie. Too bad, it'll find it's audience on DVD for sure.

much like they did in the Dawn of the Dead remake, there are nods to other films in this one.

Check out the shops at the beginning of the film - one is named "R.J. MacReady" (sp) - which, unless I am mistaken, is the Kurt Russell character in The Thing.