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[–] 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I usually find the tomato review pretty good. There have been times where I thought movies were shite that had a high user score.

But the critics score on there is utterly useless to me, I never agree with their shit.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Disagreeing with the critics is a time honored cinematic tradition. It's like they're always expecting Oscar worthy stories and performances. Sometimes I just wanna watch a bunch of cars go fast, or explosions go off, that doesn't mean it's inherently a bad movie.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    But there's still a good and a bad way to make those movies. I usually find RT a good indicator if a movie I'm interested in will be worth watching. Especially looking at both scores. The critic score is a good indicator if the movie is competently made, the user score shows if people felt entertained. If it's 50% critics and 80% user it's one of those that won't get Oscars but should be fun to watch once. If it's 70% critic and 40% user it's that the director tried something unconventional and it didn't click with people. Etc.

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