Critics Consensus: The Do-Deca-Pentathlon

Hi! We are Critics Consensus. We post the regular daily critics opinion for the newest video games and movies! Today it is The Do-Deca-Pentathlon a new indie comedy centering around the Olympics.

Even though the title for this movie does not make any sense, the reviews have been pretty decent. The film has a very interesting plot. During a family reunion two brothers battle it out in a makeshift Olympics. Most critics called the film really funny including the New York Times.The most praised thing about the movie was the emotional drama even though it was a comedy. You can clearly see that in Common Sense Media's review. The only very negative review were from Slant Magazine and The New York Post but hey most of the reviews were positive.
Overall see this movie if you want and do not see it if you do not want to see it.


The Do-Deca-Pentathlon is rated R.

Critics Consensus: NCAA Football 13

Hi! We are Critics Consensus. We post the regular daily critics opinion for the newest video games and movies! Today it is NCAA Football 13 the newest NCAA football video game!

Every year there is a franchise related to sports that has yearly installments. Madden NFL, FIFA, Cabbela's, and WWE but don't forget NCAA Football. NCAA Football 13 has a 8.75 from Game Informer which called it a key moment in the franchise's history. In fact all the reviews for NCAA Football 13 has been a 8.0 or higher except for Joystiq who gave it a 6.0. Hang on a sec that's just one critic out of 8 reviews. So basically the average critics consensus is this is great. Even ZTGameDomain said NCAA Football 13 gets so many things right it's impossible not to fault it too much.
Overall get this game if you don't have NCAA Football 12, do not get it if you just don't care,and do not get it if you do have NCAA Football 12 unless you are a NCAA Football fan.


NCAA Football 13 is rated E.

My Personal Opinion: The Amazing Spider-Man

NOTE: This is different than the posts we have on this blog because instead of the critics opinion this is my opinion. This time it is The Amazing Spider-Man.

Spider Man is one of my least favorite superheroes so I was skeptic to see this. I saw it anyway and I have to say the movie is not that bad. The acting is regular acting you would see in every movie but I felt that Dennis Leary and Martin Sheen's performances were the best. The biggest complaint I have is that The Amazing Spider Man starts so slow and then after 45 minutes you are like "THIS IS THE BEST MOVIE EVER. OMG OMG OMG OMG OM-" and then it ends. The last complaint I have is that The Lizard CGI in the movie looks horrible and not in a good way. The rest of the movie is good but I feel like if you are going to reboot the Spider Man franchise it has to be a little better than this.
Overall The Amazing Spider-Man is getting a 7.0 from me.

Critics Consensus: Spelunky

Hi! We are Critics Consensus. We post the regular daily critics opinion for the newest video games and movies! Today it is Spelunky a new indie platformer.

A few years ago a game came out that was hilariously hard but had a certain charm to it that most games did not have. That game was Super Meat Boy. It was a platformer and was critically acclaimed. It was also a port. Well a game has come out that is similar to Super Meat Boy but is still wowing critics every where except for Gamesbeat and 4Players.de who hated Spelunky because they said it was too hard. Gamesbeat should talk to Gamesradar, Polygon, and Eurogamer who gave the game a 10 out of 10. If Spelunky is frusturating you should look at all the other frustrating platformers like Splosion Man, Ms. Splosion Man, and Super Meat Boy because Spelunky is just as good as those maybe even better as critics say. Even Destructoid said to miss on Spelunky is to miss on a incredibly satisfying  well-designed game.
Overall get this game. This is a game to keep in the essential XBLA collection.


Spelunky is rated T.

Critics Consensus: Savages

Hi! We are Critics Consensus. We post the regular daily critics opinion for the newest video games and movies! Today it is Savages the newest movie by famous director Oliver Stone.

 It's funny when a film get's totally mixed reviews ranging from the lowest of the low to the highest of the high. For some reason that happened to the  movie that came out this Friday, Savages which is getting what I just stated is somewhat OK. Salon.com had the most interesting metaphor for what Savages is saying that it was like dinner made by a 7 year old. Reviews On The Run's Victor Lucas hated the movie saying that it was stupid while the New York Magazine called the film impressive. Also when I meant the lowest of the low I really meant that. The San Francisco Chronicle gave the film a 0 while it still holds a 62 on Metacritic.
Overall if you want to see Savages see it but Oliver Stone has done a big disappointment to his fans because this should have been as good as Scarface,Dave and Midnight Express.


Savages is rated R.