NOT an 8+ movie....C'mon people

Rating: 6/10 (6 June 2011)

Look, I liked it. It was a quality film and the acting was good enough. But to rate this movie at 8+ is just a bit ludicrous. After all this is a movie about a comic book; not a character study or a cinematically beautiful piece worthy of Oscar acknowledgment. By placing an 8rating on this movie places it in the category of Godfather, Pulp Fiction, Shawshank, Shining, Requiem, etc. And it is just not worthy of that company based purely on its merits as a film. It is extremely popular and will probably sell many tickets, but that does not mean it should be so highly rated. I only felt like writing this review because looking at the top250 I see too many GOOD movies with mass appeal rated over more quality works that saw less tickets sales. Dark Knight at 10!? Haha, no sir. This movie follows that theme - quality fun summer flick but by no means a movie that should broach the 8 star rating. When reviewing films one doesn't need to be a prude but one definitely needs to use context...