Critics Consensus Update: July 24 2012

No video game releases this week except for Wreckateer and since that has not come out yet I will have the post on Thursday.

Critics Consensus: 30 Beats

Hi! We are Critics Consensus. We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is 30 Beats a new romantic comedy.

Remember when I wrote about the movie Virginia which was donkey crap? Well we have got another piece of donkey crap got published by a studio and now I have to talk about it. I present to you a movie with a 5% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 20% on Metacritic, 30 Beats! amNewYork called the "screenwriting lame" and hated the performances while Slant Magazine called the characters one dimensional and lastly Village Voice gave it a 0 out of 10 and called it absolutely terrible!
Overall never see this movie or you will be screwed.


30 Beats is rated R.

Critics Consensus: The Dark Knight Rises

NOTE: The My Personal Opinion: The Dark Knight Rises will be delayed a couple of weeks because of the Aurora TDKR massacre. R.I.P: For the victims that we killed during the atrocity.
NOTE: This post will be more complicated then previous one's because this is a giant release for the movie industry. So why not have a giant post?

Hi! We are Critics Consensus. We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is The Dark Knight Rises the final movie in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy.

Plot:

The Denver Post praised the emotional arc in the story and Aisle Seat also praised the ending. Though through all the positive reception Empire complained about less surprises as the first 2 movies even though they gave the film a 10 out of 10. So while the plot may lack the most originality it still holds up in movie standards.

Acting:

Most critics praised the directors work but The New York Daily News praised Christian Bale's work and they gave it a 8.0. One complaint came from USA Today which gave it a 75 saying that Tom Hardy's performance as Bane was not as good as Heath Ledgers performance which makes sense because Heath Ledger won an Oscar for that role. One of the most positive quotes was praising Joseph Gordon Levitt's performance as John Blake. So all acting in this movie is great.

Special Effects:

The only very negative review was from The New York Observer who complained about the IMAX. Other than that no reviews praised the special effects but praised that there was little special effects and for example a plane falling out of the sky fighting scene was all real.
Overall:
Overall you should go see this movie. You will want to see it again.
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Critics Consensus: Heroes Of Ruin

Hi! We are Critics Consensus. We post the regular daily critics opinion for the newest video games and movies! Today it is Heroes Of Ruin a new 3DS game!

The 3DS is slowly bringing every genre of video games to it's consoles and the new one on the menu is a RPG. It's called Heroes Of Ruin and the problem is it is not a excellent dish. Besides getting a few compliments from critics especially from Nintendo Power who said it was the closest to a Diablo like experience, the biggest fault for Heroes Of Ruin though is that it is standard. EGM  called the combat unoriginal as well as RPG Fan who wanted it to be thoughtfully designed. One of the most impressive things about this game is the multiplayer which GamingXP said it was how  it should work on the 3DS.
Overall pretty much every critic gave this game a 7.0 so if you want it I guess you can get it but there will be a few disappointments along the ride.


Heroes of Ruin is rated T.

Critics Consensus Update: July 18 2012

There will be no post today because for some reason nothing came out last week. Yay.