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Old 10-14-19, 04:05 PM
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more bombs like this and we'll see Iron Man back on the big screen in no time!
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Movie looks fine to me but that accent is fucking awful.
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The 1967 movie is part of my childhood. While I'm a fan of RDJ, this version doesn't do much for me.
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Universal's next disaster comes out this week. I'll be curious to see the reviews.
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This looks insufferably bad.
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This is the Pixies biopic film, right?
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This is the Pixies biopic film, right?
This January
Man is 5
Animals are 6
Doolittle is 7
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This is the Pixies biopic film, right?
Yes, this monkey is going to heaven.
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Every time I see the trailer I wonder how bad the movie is if they are working that hard to try to mask the film.
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Old 01-13-20, 07:33 PM
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A good friend went to a sneak of this last weekend and said it was way better and more fun than he expected. I hope so. I’m seeing it after work Friday and writing a review....
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This looks insufferably bad.
Which means two things. It'll be a huge hit and expect a sequel within 18 months.
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Old 01-14-20, 07:33 PM
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Very first review up on RT. 4/10 rating.

https://culturedvultures.com/dolittl...iew-downey-jr/
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I don't know if anyone has noticed, but the title is misspelled in this topic.
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Old 01-14-20, 08:11 PM
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I don't know if anyone has noticed, but the title is misspelled in this topic.
Yeah, The Antipodean mentioned this in his post above (in October).
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Reviews are garbage so far: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dolittle/
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Oof. We'll see how much people like RDJ at the BO.
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ouch...

There's got to be a moment, as an actor watches himself on-screen pulling bagpipes out of a CGI dragon's rear end, that he thinks, "Have I really fallen this far?"
Jan 15, 2020 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
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I'm usually open to seeing most new releases in the theatre, but this one doesn't really interest me. The initial trailer didn't do anything for me either. I feel like this is something that could have been made 30 years ago.

The initial bad reviews don't help either.

Like some of you, I think this is going to bomb badly. 2 straight big budget bombs are going to hurt Universal until Fast 9 comes out.
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Roeper's quote on rt: "Please make it stop."
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The reviews are brutal. Not even kind of middling, but just disastrously bad.
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2 straight big budget bombs are going to hurt Universal until Fast 9 comes out.
1917 will have to shoulder some of that box office until then.
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13% Fresh on RT. That seems high.
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Agree with it bombing...wow this looks horrible.
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