• eightpix@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    Hudson Hawk, widely panned, is fun; just refuses to take itself seriously.

    • iMDB: 5.7/10

    • RT: 30/100

    • Metacritic:17/100

    I don’t care. That’s what I think of any film rating system. It’s a report, but not the experience itself.

    See also: the Southland Tales, The One (2001), Lost Souls (2000). All are, objectively, bad films. And yet… I remember them to be re-watchable.

    This write-up is on a site for and app and ends up shilling for that app, but it makes some useful points, confirmed by my years of poking around:

    Trust Metacritic most for prestige drama, arthouse cinema, and Oscar contenders.

    Trust IMDb most for genre films.

    Use the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer as a quick pass/fail for critical reception.

    Use the Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score cautiously.

    Full disclosure: I don’t have the app, don’t want the app, and don’t care about the app. Also, I skimmed the article in 2 minutes while watching my kids bounce on a trampoline.