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A few opinions after the NY Premiere

posted 8 years ago by AngusEvans
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Mainly fans and youtubers so take it a grain of salt. But it's nice to see fans are happy of the result. It is a good starting point.

Deela Designs ‏@mcmeld
#AssassinsCreedMovie was perfect, that leap of faith 😍

Melonie Mac 🎄⛄️ ‏@MelonieMac
WOW! The @AssassinsMovie definitely earned its spot in the Assassin's Creed universe. Freaking PHENOMENAL!I am SO excited they did it right!

Awesome Joey ‏@ItsAwesomeJoey
100% the movie I was hoping for. @AssassinsMovie had it all imo. Action, suspense and an incredible performance by Michael Fassbender+cast.👍

Faz ‏@ItsDaFaz How was the story? Was it as deep and immersive as the AC2 trilogy? Or is it more of an action packed movie?
Awesome Joey ‏@ItsAwesomeJoey
don't want to give much away; however, it was deep, immersive and wonderfully action packed. Hope that helps. ☺️

nycassassin1 The film just finished and I am incredibly impressed, original story, wonderful references, did not disappoint!! #AssassinsCreedMovie #AssassinsCreed #NYC

SinfullyRiddling🎄 ‏@s_riddling
The #AssassinsCreedMovie met and exceeded all of my expectations! That was flipping EPIC!! @assassinscreed @AssassinsMovie

Tasukigirl Cosplay ‏@Lorie_O
Honestly, this movie gets so many things right. So many great details... I need to watch this again #AssassinsCreedMovie .@assassinscreed
Every action sequence in this movie is SO MUCH YES .@assassinscreed #AssassinsCreedMovie

Karim Metwaly ‏@KarimyScreamy
Just finished watching #AssassinsCreedMovie and had the pleasure to watch it with the actors and crew.

Loved it, I'm actually surprised!

The Mowgli's ‏@Themowglis

Just saw @AssassinsMovie and it's amazing. Everyone needs to go see it! - @mattdipanni

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[–] camyu_camyu 8 years ago

Thanks for these!

A couple more:

‏@loomer979
I HAVE SEEN THE AC MOVIE!! Overall would give it 8.5/10, meaning I thought it was great. The historical Assassins being a highlight.

Great acting all around. Action scenes gave me chills. Biggest quibble is some slight contradictions with established lore, but...

Overall it fits VERY well in the established canon and universe of AC. Great job Ubisoft and Fox, you exceeded my expectations! :)

‏@NukemDukemz
Just finished @AssassinsMovie standing ovation from the audience. Some actions scenes definitely felt like the game. #assassincreedmovie

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[–] BanzaiTron 8 years ago

Taken with a lot of salt. These kind of random reactions are hardly the epitome of the reliable film reaction or quality. To be frank, they just tend to hype people up for a disappointment.

This will be the only comment or reply you'll get. Like I give a sh!t about YOUR interwebz opinion.

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[–] aymdridi 8 years ago

but damn that script is bland

even people who like the movie say the script is bad
Bill Collage is one of the worst writers in the industry so it's not a surprise

[–] piajet 8 years ago

You can't make blanket judgements on a screenwriter's ability when there are so many moving parts of production out of their control

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[–] gstards 8 years ago

But Collage is not the only screenwriter of AC.

Nolan, I love you forever!

[–] ninja_coola 8 years ago

Meh. Most people are happy with the movie and they ain't faking it. The posotive responses are legit.

[–] DrNarud 8 years ago

That's exactly what Warcraft fans said about the Warcraft movie, which is still 7.1 on IMDb by the way, but it didn't stop critics from panning it nor did it stop it from tanking in America. I'm not going to really be satisfied until I see critic reviews.

[–] ninja_coola 8 years ago

The first responses to Warcraft were very very negative. With Assassin's Creed it's the opposite and I think most critics will give it a 7,5 or a 8 not lower not higher.

[–] Sairentu 8 years ago

I second that. I don't remember first responses to Warcraft being any good.

[–] DrNarud 8 years ago

Most reactions from Warcraft fans were good, the reactions from people who didn't know anything about Warcraft were not. The problem here is that you're talking mostly about the reactions from Assassin's Creed fans, not the general audience. I can link you to the threads about the reactions of the first people who saw Warcraft in Europe if you like. The reactions of Warcraft after the premiere 8 June in America don't count because by that time it had already opened in a number of foreign territories and it had already been hammered for three weeks by movie critics.

[–] DrNarud 8 years ago

I was talking about the reactions from fans not movie critics. Yes, when the first reviews came out, they were bad but the reactions from Warcraft fans were positive. I was there on the Warcraft board, when the first people from Reddit and so on said that they liked it. I can even link them to you, the fact that the fans (who were most of the people at the premiere) liked it, is not necessarily an indicator that other people will like it.

[–] ninja_coola 8 years ago

I have seen the first reactions of the fans and it was a mixed bag with more negative reactions than positive reactions. everything indicates it will be different with Assassin's Creed. Fans will put it in the 7 to 9 range. Critics will put in the 7,5 to 8 range.

[–] DrNarud 8 years ago

Not really so, with Warcraft people were more likely to like it if they were fans than if they weren't. Some fans didn't like it because of the lore changes but on the most part, they seemed to like it from the first screening in Paris (which there is a thread about in on the Warcraft board). Quite a few reactions from non-fans were very negative, so it was more polarising than just negative, people came away from it having extreme opposite views of views of it. A lot popular Warcraft fans on Youtube also liked that movie as well, look up Jesse Cox, SignsOfKelani or Nobbel87 channels if you don't believe me. Just because a couple of popular Youtube's liked it, doesn't mean everyone will.

Judging by the fact that the critic score of Assassin's Creed on the Critic's Choice site already looks positive, that's the first real sign that it might be different with Assassin's Creed but I can promise you that one might be able to make the case that it was different if the reactions were generally positive rather than polarising like Warcraft was. I hope that it will be different.

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[–] jules_th 8 years ago

Ah sh*t... This is what I was afraid of... Glad to know it before I see it. Now I have time to adjust my expectations.

[–] camyu_camyu 8 years ago

Thanks for posting the negative reactions too. I prefer to have realistic expectations rather than being blindsided later.

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[–] ninja_coola 8 years ago

No matter what the negatives say this movie is gonna be good and will have a great story

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[–] DrNarud 8 years ago

I hope so.

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[–] RustyShacklefordd 8 years ago

Twitter reactions after movie premieres are always positive (remember Green Lantern?). Wait till actual reviews come out.

[–] DrNarud 8 years ago

That's what I said. Well, at least the Critic's Choice rating seems like a positive sign. The embargo ends on the 20th though.

[–] ninja_coola 8 years ago

Maybe that's a fact. But it?s also a fact that there is a very big chance that this movie will get good (realistic) ratings 7,5 to an 8

[–] salmanshah-04862 8 years ago

https://twitter.com/jdonbirnam/status/808852290258014208

^ This is a pretty good sign. This guy who has an online movie review/news website saw Assassin's Creed and gave it a B. He also gave Silence an A- and Hidden Figures (Which is an oscar-ish movie) a B as well. Good sign!