It’s almost hard to tell that the island is actually one of two warring states, the other being Pig Island. Source: Sony Pictures Entertainment Our faces when we saw the Rotten Tomatoes scoreĪngry Birds 2 opens gorgeously to the denizens of Bird Island living the idyllic life, having adopted their greatest weapon – the slingshot – into an effective mode of transportation. The recent earnest but flawed Detective Pikachu (2019) sat at a respectable 68%, while Tomb Raider (2018) got 52% for its troubles. The first Angry Birds movie in 2016 scored only 44%. The average rating that reviewers gave, however, was only 5.73 out of 10.īut this is still the highest any video game adaptation has soared. So, in Angry Birds 2 ’s case, it means that a total of 70 out of 97 critics at press time gave it a ‘fresh’ (Tomato-speak for ‘good’) review, which translates to 72%. In other words, the score is the percentage of professional reviews that are positive. Rotten Tomatoes doesn’t rate movies, but aggregates film critics’ reviews. Some clarification is due: contrary to popular assumption, the scores on Rotten Tomatoes are not the actual ‘grade’ that a movie gets. Source: Sony Pictures Entertainment At least the movie admits it’s recycling gags Why this matters is because video game movies have tended to suck, and the one that is breaking this curse is based on a washed-up mobile game involving hurling flightless birds at green pigs. Except this time he is also carrying a message, which - to everyone’s surprise - he delivers.ĭirected by veteran animator Thurop Van Orman, The Angry Birds Movie 2 is currently the highest-rated video game movie on Rotten Tomatoes, perching proudly at a 72% positive score on the review aggregation site. He’s still the feather-ruffling goofball who can’t go two minutes without frantically tossing out jokes. At the end of that 97-minute hangout sesh, you are desperate for an anger management class yourself. The first Angry Birds movie was like that friend whose sole existence is to pitch toilet humour and innuendoes (with terrible aim), take nothing seriously, and just generally annoy the heck out of you.
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