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I stopped using that site after realizing I barely ever agree with them.

by ibdf 9y ago

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mulmen 9y ago
Are you talking about theverge.com or rottentomatoes?
- ibdf 9y ago
  rottentomatoes
varren 9y ago
Same here. I tend to use https://rateyourmusic.com/films/chart https://rateyourmusic.com/films/chart more often these days. Less bots than Imdb, no metacritic/rotten tomatoes "professional" critics. Also rateyourmusic gave me lots of hidden gems. The UI is from 90-th, but i can live with that)
MiddleEndian 9y ago
My favorite rating system was Netflix's back when they had a star system. I rated a large chunk of movies and it gave me expected ratings based on the opinions of users with similar tastes. I miss that system.
JBlue42 9y ago
For myself, I try not to watch trailers for something I want to see in the theatre and don't read reviews until after. AV Club has smart film and tv people but the site is unreadable now. Vox and RogerEbert are good, plus I subscribed to some blogs. I don't necessarily want to get agree with the critics I'm reading -- being challenged in your thinking is part of the game of art, right? What's worth having, if you actually care enough, are people that you consider smart media interpreters on deck if you need some help navigating how you feel about something after. As to RT, Metacritic, etc. that seems mainly beneficial for those with little time to actually decide. And if you have kids, you're probably going to end up seeing a fair bit of dross anyway.
- ibdf 9y ago
  Over the years, I watch less and less trailers, or only watch the first 10 seconds to get an idea of what the movie is about, but todays trailers come with a pre-trailer clip which already reviews too much. There's room for a business/website that talks about movies without giving anything away.
  - JBlue42 9y ago
    Yeah, teasers are about the best I'll do for the same reasons. Most good reviewers don't go into plot too much or spoiler-y. The ethos at RogerEbert.com is to help people make informed decision. Same for those sites targeted to parents. The trailers are all marketing, to hit people over the head over and over again. Not to mention commercial tie-ins that ruin things (looking at you Black Panther Lexus commercial during the Olympics). It's funny that advertising costs have actually increased for movies in this era of pretty much free buzz via social media platforms.

I stopped using that site after realizing I barely ever agree with them.

by ibdf 9y ago

I stopped using that site after realizing I barely ever agree with them.

deleted 9y ago

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mulmen 9y ago

Are you talking about theverge.com or rottentomatoes?

ibdf 9y ago
rottentomatoes

varren 9y ago

Same here. I tend to use https://rateyourmusic.com/films/chart https://rateyourmusic.com/films/chart more often these days. Less bots than Imdb, no metacritic/rotten tomatoes "professional" critics. Also rateyourmusic gave me lots of hidden gems. The UI is from 90-th, but i can live with that)

MiddleEndian 9y ago

My favorite rating system was Netflix's back when they had a star system. I rated a large chunk of movies and it gave me expected ratings based on the opinions of users with similar tastes. I miss that system.

JBlue42 9y ago

For myself, I try not to watch trailers for something I want to see in the theatre and don't read reviews until after. AV Club has smart film and tv people but the site is unreadable now. Vox and RogerEbert are good, plus I subscribed to some blogs. I don't necessarily want to get agree with the critics I'm reading -- being challenged in your thinking is part of the game of art, right? What's worth having, if you actually care enough, are people that you consider smart media interpreters on deck if you need some help navigating how you feel about something after. As to RT, Metacritic, etc. that seems mainly beneficial for those with little time to actually decide. And if you have kids, you're probably going to end up seeing a fair bit of dross anyway.

ibdf 9y ago
Over the years, I watch less and less trailers, or only watch the first 10 seconds to get an idea of what the movie is about, but todays trailers come with a pre-trailer clip which already reviews too much. There's room for a business/website that talks about movies without giving anything away.
- JBlue42 9y ago
  Yeah, teasers are about the best I'll do for the same reasons. Most good reviewers don't go into plot too much or spoiler-y. The ethos at RogerEbert.com is to help people make informed decision. Same for those sites targeted to parents. The trailers are all marketing, to hit people over the head over and over again. Not to mention commercial tie-ins that ruin things (looking at you Black Panther Lexus commercial during the Olympics). It's funny that advertising costs have actually increased for movies in this era of pretty much free buzz via social media platforms.