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A decent movie with multiple fake reviews.

posted 8 years ago by anchurney
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There is three shady reviews on here. Bottom line when He Never Died is your only review, and you don't have one post on the message board it looks highly questionable. Its a shame to, because this was a very solid flick. Henry Rollins was really good as well. But when you have people affiliated with the film writing reviews the film loses credibility. Have faith in the product you put out there and let the cards fall as they may. It really was a waste of time planting positive reviews because they would have come. If anybody gets a chance do yourself a favor and disregard the fake reviews and give this movie a shot, you will not regret it!

[–] horrorgasm 8 years ago

Yep. Just came here and noticed the same thing. Seeing that stuff just makes me think right away "how terrible must this movie be for them to have to do that?", and it usually IS a pretty good indication that you should avoid a movie like the plague.

[–] Thrill_KillZ 8 years ago

I know the only worse thing than the 10 star pseudo review pricks is when the film is actually really good. It's a rarity, but this is the second film in which I've seen it. Totally detracts from the positive attributes of the film itself.

Rollins was great, he basically played himself(if you're familiar with him over the decades) which happened to work perfectly for his character in the film.

[–] mpboylanjr-54038 8 years ago

No sense even bothering to break down why people vote with 1s and 10s. Personally I don't think anything deserves a 1 for the fact that they had it made and reviewed by "professionals" pretty well. This was about a 5 . I hate the IMDb rating system because 1-10 is so dumb. It leaves to much in the middle for ratings on a film. It should be 1-5 or something along those lines. I usually go 4-10 being obviously a 4,5 not good and the rest in the middle unless a 9 or 10. I don't get why people fight back and forth about what they think is great acting or great films over other people's ??
I mean not that a lot of people on here sometimes make you scratch your head (more often than not) on their opinions of "great" filmmaking or acting, but it's not worth fighting and start calling each other names. The age on the site ranges from probably mostly 10 yr olds to 45 year olds so obviously some people will say "the hunger games " is the greatest films they ever saw" and others will say "the godfather" ( just hypothetically). That's all I have on that matter. As far of the movie goes, most people probably have never heard or seen it (like me, until I saw it OnDemand for rent and RT had it at almost a 90 lol). Just cannot know where or why people get to where they ultimately get to in rating films. Just watch it if you think it's interesting or don't . It's as simple as that, and be ready for people to act stupid and attack you sometimes when you actually post on a MB about how you loved it or hated it. I find most people on here are trolls or just little YA that don't know really good cinema yet.

THERES NO ROOM IN MY CIRCUS TENT FOR YOU !!!!

[–] anchurney 8 years ago

Rating is somewhat an issue, but when people are posting fake reviews, its like stealing from the viewer. Ultimately most of us pay to watch films. A lot of people us reviews to make a decision to watch a movie, or more of an unknown movie. I love giving small type budget movies a chance. You look and you see a bunch of amazing reviews, and if you don't know better, you just got dragged into watching a 2 hour piece of crap, that had 10 different reviews stating it as a "MUST WATCH!" So not only did they steal your money they stole 2 hours of your life that is priceless.

[–] therefdotcom 8 years ago

"Personally I don't think anything deserves a 1"

trust me, i have to work with the US release list month by month and i swear to you, that not only are there films that deserve a 1, but 50% of everything released deserves a 1. You would not believe what people are hrave enough to put their money into.

also, it depends if you add up multiple aspects of the film (2 points for acting, 1 point camwork...etc) or if you are judging the film as a whole, meaning the artwork as more than the sum of it's parts. if it's the latter, like in my case, then even visually pleasing films can deserve a 1/10 rating.

for example i gave "the counselor" a 1. from a technical aspect, in many cases it was well done, but as a whole it just just agonizing to watch.

"for the fact that they had it made and reviewed by "professionals" pretty well."

actually most people don't. most people don't even do test screenings.

apart from that it depends on if you depend your rating on the artistry or on the genre.

for me it's the genre. i can give funny games"(original), Amadeus, John Wick, Bad Taste and Attack fo the killer tomatoes all a 10. why? because i rate how good they were in sight of what they tried to achieve.

if i'd go for artistry as a whole, there would be a couple of 10s and then a whole lotta 5s and below.

[–] wayne-robb 8 years ago

disagree totally! its awful god damn awful! anyone who likes it dosent know anything about film making or a good cast or writing editing directing.its almost like your apologizing for the great reviews as a sorry too pull people in. get a grip! TOTAL WASTE OF TIME. i dont take fools seriously anymore and care not what trash they talk but when something needs to be said well im the guy who will stick up for the masses. save your sob story for your next z-list adventure.

[–] snurb-12391 8 years ago

Perhaps you should take a look at the 83 on Rotten Tomatoes from critics from the Ny Times, LA times and Roger Ebert.

Wayne - if you don't like the film, watch something else.

[–] disinter 8 years ago

I agree with the OP. Normally when I see fake reviews I skip the movie entirely but I gave this a chance just because of rollins and it turned out to be a decent flick. Not a "10" but a solid 6, maybe a 7 which makes it slightly better than average. Fake reviews did this film (and no other ones) any favors.

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[–] zingaZinga 8 years ago

If that really bothers you, I want your life.

[–] kelley_bill 8 years ago

I'd give this movie a solid 7 out of 10. I thought the acting was excellent, but it was marred by a low budget. If it had a better budget, it would be in the 8-9 range. 10s are reserved for movies like Citizen Cain or Schindler's List.

Also, this movie could be easily spun into a great series. But only if they talk Henry Rollins into doing it.