7.9? Seriously?

Rating: 5/10 (8 May 2011)

It is difficult for me to get to the theater so when I go I really want it to count, $20 is a lot to spend to waste 2 hours of my life. To this end I review IMDb and RT for guidance. So far, my experience doing this has substantiated the notion that movies with the best ratings are indeed good movies. An averaging of so many movie enthusiast's opinions should be a pretty solid indicator of the overall strength of a film, right? With Fast Five I knew I was taking a chance, the first of the F & F movies being primarily puerile nonsense, the sequels being merely more of the same. But with a rating of 7.9 I figured it was worth a shot. I enjoy a good action movie as much as the next guy. So I shelled out $25 to see the IMAX version and what did I discover? More puerile nonsense. Ridiculous plot line, action sequences that were just plain stupid or made no sense whatsoever. A juvenile exercise in car crashes, over testosteroned overmuscled tough guys grunting at each other amidst a world of scantily clad females, car crashes and shoot outs. A 7.9? Seriously? Is there a way to see how the ratings may be skewed by masses of teenagers who loved this movie? But more importantly: Can I have my $25 back now?