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23% gave this a 10/10?

posted 12 years ago by chicotheman
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Please tell me I'm not reading that right....

If this is the sad truth about moviegoers, seeing it has officially cemented in my mind the idea that humanity is doomed. When a sub-par comedy like this (5/10 at best IMO) gets treated as if it was royalty, it is a truly embarassing day for filmmaking. I think over time audiences have somehow duped themselves into thinking a few good jokes = A good Comedy Film. Definitely the worst movie of the summer, let alone the year, that I've seen.
As a suggestion; If you want a truly great comedy that doesn't degrade the intelligence of its audience by resorting to offensive and worse, Unfunny, slapstick humour, spend your money seeing 'The Way, Way Back'.

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[–] Icedmetal57 11 years ago

Believe it or not, you shouldn't rely on a film's ratings. They are entirely subjective, and as such are not a perfect system what-so-ever.

Some people will rate a movie a 10/10 because in their mind it was a perfect movie. For them. Then on the flipside rate a movie, which others may find to be a perfect movie, a 3/10 because they just did not like it at all, yet still found a slight amount of enjoyment.

Don't get stressed out over the number 10/10s or whatever. People will rate a movie based on their own personal scale, which actually makes sense. A movie with a high rating means that a lot of people rated it highly, as in they really liked it. That's how the rating system is supposed to work. Just don't get so hung up on a film's rating. Some people loved this movie, others hated it, you'll see that reflected in the movie's overall rating.

[–] kingcarcas 11 years ago

Maybe they figured squares were going to give it a lower rating than it deserves...so some people go higher than expected......like me

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[–] Strazdamonas 11 years ago

Please tell me I'm not reading that right....

your not reading that right. shows as 11.1% for me, which is, gasp, just a tad above the 10% for each of 10 possible choices.

Movies usually have high ratings at launch because only people who really like it sees it day one, and when people like me who usually watch stuff when it gets released on DVD/BR flock in the ratings become much more equalized.

Now, almost 30% of people rated this movie a 7, the same rating i also gave it and i think that it deserves that. It certainly was a head above most romantic comedy crap we get anyway.

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[–] scrardft 11 years ago

Yes, right now the average vote is 7/10 from the majority of voters. To be honest, I haven't even rated the movie BUT many people just rate some titles 10/10 or 1/10, 10 = "I loved it, it's hilarious, I LOL". 1 or 2 = "Horrible, why does it rate so high? Worst movie of the year." And that is because if it's not either of those they wouldn't even care to rate it.
And as you said, now more people have watched it not on the theaters but DVD or something, and the ratings have "normalized".

[–] mike_bike_kite 11 years ago

I loved "The Way, Way Back" - it was a beautiful film and seemed to have just the right touch all the way through. I was a little sad when it finished.

But "We're the Millers" is a different type of film. I didn't consider it beautiful but, being a comedy, it didn't need to be. I spent the whole film laughing from one moment to the next. What confuses me is why the OP went to the film - the trailers make it reasonably clear about the type of comedy to expect. It might not be a 10/10 but (in my eyes) it was still brilliant.

[–] luckybee333 11 years ago

this is much funnier if you watch it high.

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[–] swimminginjeans 11 years ago

I gave it a 8, now I will give it a 10 to piss you off.

[–] nobody111777 11 years ago

I gave it a 6, which would be 3 out of 5... yeah that's math. :P

[–] gian-pacayra 10 years ago

I'm one of those who rate this 10. Because it's unique in some ways