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> the general reliance on RT score for any movie The reliance of RT score for what? What are people routinely extrapolating from the RT score that you think is
by sago 11y ago
> the general reliance on RT score for any movie
The reliance of RT score for what? What are people routinely extrapolating from the RT score that you think is not valid?
Extrapolating budget from the RT score is definitely invalid: you've shown that. But who does that?
People might go the other way: extrapolate quality from a big budget (it must be good, it's a big blockbuster), but as you say, that correlation is valid (though noisy).
So not quite sure what you're standing by, sorry. I don't want to sound rude and argumentative. I'm not trying to be a jerk, I'm very happy to concede your analysis is applicable where it is, I just genuinely don't understand what you're referring to here.
- minimaxir 11y agoVery frequently I've heard the question "is this a good movie?" and the response is "what does the RT score say?" Many online stores include the RT score inline when you buy a movie too. This avenue doesn't immediately distinguish whether a movie is a blockbuster or indie or how much money it made. But then again, some people do read movie descriptions thoroughly...
- sago 11y ago[edit: Read the article again, deleted previous response, sorry] So you think box office is a better correlate of 'good movie' than RT score? I didn't get that from the post, but if that's what you're saying, then yes, I concede you have shown that correlation is not valid.
- minimaxir 11y agoMaybe not better, but more important. I'll update the post with a footnote tomorrow clarifying things.
- andreasvc 11y agoCommercial success and quality ("good movie") are obviously very different things. Critics care about the latter. Quality is hard to quantify, but that's no excuse to take such a poor proxy as sales. If you want to test whether Rotten Tomato scores are meaningful, I say you'd have to test whether they are meaningful to a particular individual with particular tastes; i.e., test the correlation of someone's judgments against a critic's.