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, 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
There's always Metacritic, which divines numerals from reviews that don't use any rating scale whatsoever.
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
you mean like that part where the people ended up making the right moral choices on their own, despite manipulation?
― hot sauce delivery device (mh), Wednesday, 18 July 2012 19:21 (eleven years ago) link
Oh, but this movie is going to make election year a traet!
― the new dire homonomoreboobsativity (Eric H.), Thursday, 19 July 2012 03:18 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, exactly
― contenderizer, Thursday, 19 July 2012 04:09 (eleven years ago) link
http://somecamerunning.typepad.com/some_came_running/2012/07/are-you-not-entertained.html
kenny sorta-kinda weighs in on the Rotten tomatoes thing
― Black_vegeta (Hungry4Ass), Thursday, 19 July 2012 08:49 (eleven years ago) link
not sure he understands this specific scenario as much as he thinks but otm regardless
― NASCAR, surfing, raising chickens, owning land (zachlyon), Thursday, 19 July 2012 09:41 (eleven years ago) link
framing this as readers vs. "critics with whom they disagree" isn't right really since generally speaking the people that are mad haven't even seen the movie, they're just fans of the franchise. which is the craziest thing to me, how can you be that defensive about the advance press for something you haven't seen yet?
― Barack 2 Chainz Obama (some dude), Thursday, 19 July 2012 10:15 (eleven years ago) link
bc anticipation >>> results every time, if the anticipation is big enough
nerds spend 2 hours watching the movie and like two months wetting their pants over the idea of watching the movie
bad reviews injure the fantasy
― NASCAR, surfing, raising chickens, owning land (zachlyon), Thursday, 19 July 2012 10:30 (eleven years ago) link
not that different from music critics tbh
― da croupier, Thursday, 19 July 2012 13:43 (eleven years ago) link
or movie critics!
― da croupier, Thursday, 19 July 2012 13:44 (eleven years ago) link
Harry Knowles is disappointed. Um, too bad?
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 19 July 2012 14:24 (eleven years ago) link
nerds are nerds, and they come in many varieties, but the state of collective, sustained, internet-enabled frenzy in which self-defined "geek culture" (or w/e) awaits its totem films does have its own special character.
― contenderizer, Thursday, 19 July 2012 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
btwn Knowles hating it and Schager approving, I'm about 99% sure I'm going to like this.
― Simon H., Thursday, 19 July 2012 14:31 (eleven years ago) link
no way dude Harry called BULLSHIT.
― Legendary General Cypher Raige (Gukbe), Thursday, 19 July 2012 14:34 (eleven years ago) link
god, harry knowles is a terrible writer
― contenderizer, Thursday, 19 July 2012 14:35 (eleven years ago) link
(you had to know that was coming, so I'm going to assume that was an alley-oop)
― Marco YOLO (Phil D.), Thursday, 19 July 2012 14:37 (eleven years ago) link
After the film, I went out to dinner with some friends that attended and the aggravation with the film was felt throughout the table.
― a hauntingly unemployed american (difficult listening hour), Thursday, 19 July 2012 19:19 (eleven years ago) link
i guess that line's not that weird. maybe you can say "throughout the table". i just laughed cuz i imagined the table itself like shaking with inarticulate rage over nolan's desecration of batman.
― a hauntingly unemployed american (difficult listening hour), Thursday, 19 July 2012 19:31 (eleven years ago) link
tbf James Hetfield usually seems pretty aggravated
― the alternate vision continues his vision quest! (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 19 July 2012 19:32 (eleven years ago) link
Ebert liked the last 2, isn't sold on this one. leaving aside the ones who seemingly HAVE to say something nice this is basiclaly getting 'mixed' reviews then.
― piscesx, Thursday, 19 July 2012 20:03 (eleven years ago) link
He gave this 3 stars. Andy over at Salon loved it.
― Legendary General Cypher Raige (Gukbe), Thursday, 19 July 2012 20:15 (eleven years ago) link
hahaha wait
"hmm, I'm not sure about this one: 3 out of 4 stars"
― PITILESS LIVE SHOW (DJP), Thursday, 19 July 2012 20:17 (eleven years ago) link
NYT review was pretty glowing
― the alternate vision continues his vision quest! (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 19 July 2012 20:21 (eleven years ago) link
I liked the Salon review
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 19 July 2012 20:22 (eleven years ago) link
Harry Knowles is disappointed.
This makes me want to pre-emptively like this movie.
― LISTEN TO THIS BRAD (Nicole), Thursday, 19 July 2012 20:51 (eleven years ago) link
i stopped myself when i got to the big spoiler pause (sigh, normally i don't care but i'd kinda like the end to be a surprise) but the stuff he mentioned, like batman retiring because someone he loved died, seemed kinda weak sans context.
― da croupier, Thursday, 19 July 2012 20:55 (eleven years ago) link