this new obsession with rotten tomatoes scores is so fucking weird
― Number None, Monday, 16 July 2012 22:58 (eleven years ago) link
I tune out as soon as anyone tells me a) Rotten Tomato scores or b)b) IMDB scores.
YAY THIS MOVIE WINS THE INTERNET. But it sucks. So...
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 16 July 2012 23:02 (eleven years ago) link
For once a melodrama with pulp origins convinces viewers that it can be the modern equivalent to Greek myths
"for once"
― real men have been preparing manly dishes for centuries (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 13:13 (eleven years ago) link
I really don't understand the people who obsess over rotten tomatoes or think that getting a high or perfect score matters in any significant way.
― LISTEN TO THIS BRAD (Nicole), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 13:32 (eleven years ago) link
It's a 84% now. I bet Nolan wishes he hadn't bothered
― Number None, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 13:37 (eleven years ago) link
Think of it like the weekly poll updates on the presidential superhero contest, only slightly less trivial.
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 13:48 (eleven years ago) link
movies that get in the 95% range are generally boring and average
― Simon H., Tuesday, 17 July 2012 13:48 (eleven years ago) link
im not sure if it's "new" or just reaching new depths of triviality: it's like an immunitary (sp?) response to the threat of disappointment. a whole identity wrapped up in this stuff means that these corporate/cultural products have to be the "real thing." it's fascinating though (in its stupidity).
― ryan, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 13:51 (eleven years ago) link
And here come the death threats for the bad reviews.
― Marco YOLO (Phil D.), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 13:57 (eleven years ago) link
Does "I hope you die" really constitute a death threat?
― Ówen P., Tuesday, 17 July 2012 14:05 (eleven years ago) link
No, but hyperbole must be fought with hyperbole. It's the law.
― mythical mickey rourke jacket (latebloomer), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 14:20 (eleven years ago) link
those Michael Haneke fans are the ones really out for blood
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 14:25 (eleven years ago) link
a "good review" is pretty relative, I'd imagine some critics see their review blurbed on rotten tomatoes and realize that their words were misconstrued and a positive review was viewed as negative or vice versa.
― hot sauce delivery device (mh), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 14:25 (eleven years ago) link
puzzling: editors who classify 2.5/4 as "rotten." Math?
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
Like a superhero inadvertantly attracting/creating supervillains, rottentomatoes inadvertently attract/creates idiots.
― mythical mickey rourke jacket (latebloomer), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 14:30 (eleven years ago) link
It's the review aggragator site we deserve, but not the...ah fuck it.
― mythical mickey rourke jacket (latebloomer), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 14:32 (eleven years ago) link
There's always Metacritic, which divines numerals from reviews that don't use any rating scale whatsoever.
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 14:34 (eleven years ago) link
I was going to mention that site, but I did not dare speak its name. I wonder if they have a robot or wage slave that translates your words into a numeral, Morbs. Either way, what a job.
― hot sauce delivery device (mh), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 14:36 (eleven years ago) link
I don't think I've used RT more than once. Why does it get more "play" than Metacritic, which is more reliable and easier to navigate?
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 14:37 (eleven years ago) link
it got there first i guess
― Number None, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 14:40 (eleven years ago) link
Metacritic lacks a cutesy name and the magic of the Tomatometer.
Agrees with the Tomatometer 71% of the time.
Don't argue with the Tomatometer!
― hot sauce delivery device (mh), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 14:40 (eleven years ago) link
Tomatometer/Retemotamot
― Marco YOLO (Phil D.), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 14:43 (eleven years ago) link
Agrees with the Tomatometer 83% of the time.
I regard this stat with the greatest of shame.
― the new dire homonomoreboobsativity (Eric H.), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 14:46 (eleven years ago) link
i could never be a critic. i have no idea what i just saw most of the time, let alone if i liked it.
― ryan, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 14:59 (eleven years ago) link
not a disqualifier by any means.
all my reviews have a star rating, so it's easy for them. not so much for me.
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 15:01 (eleven years ago) link
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, July 17, 2012 7:37 AM (28 minutes ago)
i don't get the "reliable" thing. neither is a useful guide to movie quality. they're guides to what people are saying about movie quality. i think they're about equally reliable in that sense, though neither is perfect. i prefer rottentomatoes because i like the "top critics" filter, which allows me to easily focus on the responses of voices i'm familiar with.
― contenderizer, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 15:13 (eleven years ago) link
oh, I'm not sure anyone mentioned that the RT editor has suspended user comments and they're moving to a non-anonymous system.
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 17:46 (eleven years ago) link
rip anonymous commenting
― hot sauce delivery device (mh), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 17:48 (eleven years ago) link
i prefer rottentomatoes because i like the "top critics" filter, which allows me to easily focus on the responses of voices i'm familiar with
yeah but Metacritic does this automatically.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 17:54 (eleven years ago) link
neither is a useful guide to movie quality
is that so
Coping with a Dark Knight Rises negative review
― LISTEN TO THIS BRAD (Nicole), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 18:41 (eleven years ago) link
i dunno how anyone can having anything but a 'hope for the best, prepare for the worst' attitude towards sequels, historically speaking it's just a crapshoot. i wanna see this and want to enjoy it, but who knows really.
― some dude, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 18:43 (eleven years ago) link
Often with clear bias. Seen lots of mostly positive reviews get scored in the 40 percent range.
― Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 20:11 (eleven years ago) link
it's pretty rare i want to get a sense of consensus, but i prefer the green-to-red scroll-down formatting of metacritic, despite the lunacy of their imposed rating style, to the relative swamp of rotten tomatoes
― da croupier, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 20:13 (eleven years ago) link
Viocodin is a helluva drug.
― LISTEN TO THIS BRAD (Nicole), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 03:57 (eleven years ago) link
Just incredible the shit that dribbles out of that gaping anal cavity.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 04:03 (eleven years ago) link
you're looking for the tmi thread I think
― hot sauce delivery device (mh), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 04:04 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 04:05 (eleven years ago) link
thank u rush <3
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 04:13 (eleven years ago) link
i use metacritic all the time but not to figure out movie quality just to see a list of links to reviews
i mean i don't read reviews to figure out movie quality either
― a hauntingly unemployed american (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 06:50 (eleven years ago) link
i realize the same could be accomplished by googling "[movie name] review" but leave me alone
― a hauntingly unemployed american (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 06:51 (eleven years ago) link
the first time i appeared on metacritic btw i screencapped it and posted it on my livejournal
― a hauntingly unemployed american (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 06:52 (eleven years ago) link
Posting screencaps of your metacritic appearances on your livejournal is the new 'dancing about architecture' is the name of my dog, officer.
― second dullest ILXor since 1929 (snoball), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 07:54 (eleven years ago) link
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― Marco YOLO (Phil D.), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 16:14 (eleven years ago) link
haha, awesome
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 16:18 (eleven years ago) link
burn
― real men have been preparing manly dishes for centuries (elmo argonaut), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 17:03 (eleven years ago) link
so, Occupy-bashing?
http://www.salon.com/2012/07/18/batman_hates_the_99_percent/
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 18:47 (eleven years ago) link
good lord
― mythical mickey rourke jacket (latebloomer), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
been wondering about this, though i haven't seen TDKR. in TDK, the citizenry must be lied to in order to keep them moving in the right direction (as conceived by the superrich and engineered with the aid of government). looks like the sequel will concern what happens when that benevolent guidance slips.
― contenderizer, Wednesday, 18 July 2012 18:55 (eleven years ago) link