stop using Rotten Tomatoes as The End all be all
there an aggregator not a review themselves if you want reviews go to actual reviewers themselves
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If you visit Rotten Tomatoes the reviews are all there for viewing. I find their platform user friendly and I’m much more likely to use RT to find quality reviews over imdb.
The review averages don’t tell the whole story but I find they’re a good guide.
Honestly, I’ve never read someone else’s movie review. I don’t understand trusting someone’s opinion on movies over your own taste. Seems silly.
shareWell, I'm a fan of a "good" profound movies that go on to be nominated for Academy Awards. I don't want to accidentally sit through a bad movie. If a movie looks interesting to me, I glance at the RT which just gives me a general idea if the movie is going to be watchable for me or not.
Then there are movies people see solely because they're critically acclaimed, like Get Out for example. How many people would see Get Out in the theatre by chance, never seeing a single headline about it? Not many. It's not an action movie or comic book film or a sequel, so it's not going to draw people in that way. It's the positive buzz that draws people to see them. Parasite is a great example of this.
If I see a movie by chance, and I think it's absolutely horrible, that's typically going to be reflective in the RT score. If I think it's a masterpiece, that's going to be reflective in the RT score. My opinions on movies are in correspondence with the RT score, generally speaking, so it's there to provide a general idea on what I can expect.
Then, there are movies I anticipate months or years in because I really like the character, like Batman movies, or the upcoming Candyman, that I really want to be good; so when they come out, I glance at the RT score to see if it's a good one or not, and if it's over 75% I'm delighted.
RT isn't a definitive answer to good vs bad movie, but it does give one a general idea. If a movie is under 25% you can almost be certain it's a bad film.
I mean I get it. I guess it just depends on what kind of movies you like, and how much you hate sitting through a bad flick. I prefer the lesser known independent films so I’ve sat through a shit ton of bad movies to get to the gems. I don’t mind it.
Usually the more hype a movie gets, the more I shy away. Sometimes I’m wrong to do that, but usually I’m not.
I will say, I’m not the movie fan that most of you are.