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
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