Actually, a lot of weekends are probably like this, but you know you’re in trouble when Percy Jackson and the Olympians gets the highest Rotten Tomato Score of that week’s three releases.
Actually, that’s not that surprising, really. The film is directed by Christopher Columbus, who directed the first couple of Harry Potter movies this new would-be series is clearly trying to ape. And Columbus is a solid director, if few people’s idea of an auteur. The film also drew a surprisingly strong supporting cast, including Pierce Brosnan, Uma Thurman and Sean Bean. However, even trouncing the competition, PJ drew a not exactly awesome 54% positive rating, which still leaves it a SPLAT! at the site.
Coming in worst is the *cough* ‘all-star’ romantic comedy Valentine’s Day. Guys being dragged to this by their girlfriends (the one they themselves dragged to see Transformers 2, so boo hoo) will no doubt wince to see the film’s paltry 17% positive score. The ladies will probably find it what they wanted, though, and leave in a happy mood. So gentlemen, suck it up and then try to take advantage of her good mood later in the evening.
Most depressing, of course, is the extremely lame 31% score for The Wolfman. I mean, I doubt few are surprised, given the way the release date kept getting pushed back, and the talks of ‘additional shooting’ late in the process. Still, it would have been nice if this had worked. I’m still a bit offput by that R rating, too, especially given the way many reviews harp on how gory the film is. Was that really necessary for a remake of The Wolf Man? We’re not exactly talking Friday the 13th, here. I hope Universal learns something from this before they trot out Creature of the Black Lagoon. Remember a little something called The Sixth Sense? That did OK at the box office.
Anyway, consider this an open thread if anyone sees one of these, or something else at a theater this weekend.
