i stopped thinking imdb or rating for entertainment as “how good it is” but rather “the odds of me liking it” i’ve seen plenty 5 or 6 imdb but i absolutely love it. and 9s as meh.
Exactly. Critics are only useful if your opinions are similar to the critics.
Remember, even in recent years movies have been review-bombed for being “woke”, for instance, with hordes of people upset about things that are not important to the movie, attempting to destroy the reputation of the movie rather than evaluate it fairly on its own merits.
I was just watching facts behind “Robin Hood men in tights”, and apparently Siskel gave it half a star, which is absolutely insane. It’s no blazing saddles, but it’s one of the better Mel Brooks movies
So yeah, review scores are basically a good way to decide whether you should go to the theaters and watch it or wait till it’s on streaming. But outside of that, it’s not a good indicator of whether or not you’re going to enjoy the show.
Oh wait. The previous commenter didn’t specify if they’re talking about the critics score or the general public one.
Personally I find I usually agree with the public opinion of movies on imdb, and most things below a 6 I tend to not enjoy. Franchises with hardcore fans are a notorious exception to scores being reliable because they often overhype them (such as Star Wars or Marvel etc). Otherwise the score system works, more or less.
The critics’ score is absolutely meaningless to me. Might as well be a random number for all I care
It’s one of those movies that is a horrible part of its franchise but wouldn’t be so bad just standing on its own. The only thing it really had to do with Mario Bros was it used character names and some items from the games. It was a wtf for fans but if you ignored that part, it was ok on its own.
I think similarly of SW ep 8. It’s an absolute dogshit Star Wars movie but if Rian had instead made up like his own space balls universe except not really funny, and did the same movie there, it wouldn’t have been bad. But instead it made me stop caring so much about Star Wars. Which isn’t really a bad thing tbh, though probably not what Disney had in mind when they bought the franchise.
i stopped thinking imdb or rating for entertainment as “how good it is” but rather “the odds of me liking it” i’ve seen plenty 5 or 6 imdb but i absolutely love it. and 9s as meh.
Exactly. Critics are only useful if your opinions are similar to the critics.
Remember, even in recent years movies have been review-bombed for being “woke”, for instance, with hordes of people upset about things that are not important to the movie, attempting to destroy the reputation of the movie rather than evaluate it fairly on its own merits.
I was just watching facts behind “Robin Hood men in tights”, and apparently Siskel gave it half a star, which is absolutely insane. It’s no blazing saddles, but it’s one of the better Mel Brooks movies
So yeah, review scores are basically a good way to decide whether you should go to the theaters and watch it or wait till it’s on streaming. But outside of that, it’s not a good indicator of whether or not you’re going to enjoy the show.
Oh wait. The previous commenter didn’t specify if they’re talking about the critics score or the general public one.
Personally I find I usually agree with the public opinion of movies on imdb, and most things below a 6 I tend to not enjoy. Franchises with hardcore fans are a notorious exception to scores being reliable because they often overhype them (such as Star Wars or Marvel etc). Otherwise the score system works, more or less.
The critics’ score is absolutely meaningless to me. Might as well be a random number for all I care
I think about how I haven’t reviewed a movie on imdb/rotten tomatoes in years. If you haven’t either, then don’t trust the user reviews.
unironically, I loved the mario bros movie from the 90s. It’s rated REALLY low on imdb, but I loved that film.
It’s one of those movies that is a horrible part of its franchise but wouldn’t be so bad just standing on its own. The only thing it really had to do with Mario Bros was it used character names and some items from the games. It was a wtf for fans but if you ignored that part, it was ok on its own.
I think similarly of SW ep 8. It’s an absolute dogshit Star Wars movie but if Rian had instead made up like his own space balls universe except not really funny, and did the same movie there, it wouldn’t have been bad. But instead it made me stop caring so much about Star Wars. Which isn’t really a bad thing tbh, though probably not what Disney had in mind when they bought the franchise.