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/r/movies is shocking for this. For almost a year, every second post was "I just watched movie XYZ, it's great, you should watch it streaming on Netflix now".
by grecy 8y ago
/r/movies is shocking for this.
For almost a year, every second post was "I just watched movie XYZ, it's great, you should watch it streaming on Netflix now".
Every single post had that "Netflix" on the end.
Now in the official [Discussion] Thread for any new release whatsoever there are hundreds and hundreds of comments that follow this structure almost to the letter:
"Based on all the criticism online I really went into this not sure what to expect, but actually, I was pleasantly surprised, this movie is really fun with great character development, great action and cinematography to leave you gasping. You should see this in theaters. Highly recommend this movie."
- bliblah 8y agoNot only that but almost once every two week a random poster / trailer for a film is released and it just shoots up to the top of r/all with thousands of upvotes. Then the movie flops because it had no real interest. Here is an example: https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/8t40nu/offical_poster_the_man_who_killed_hitler_and_then/ https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/8t40nu/offical_post... 55,000+ upvotes which is higher than anything I can see in r/all at this moment. Yet the movie has only 23 review on RT, and I can't find a single source of gross box office release. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_man_who_killed_hitler_and_then_the_bigfoot/ https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_man_who_killed_hitler_a... Maybe its the power of memes, but as someone who just browses the r/all once in a while I find it baffling how many weird movies just happen to prop up alongside international news and cute puppy gifs.
- grecy 8y agoYep, absolutely. The number of people buying upvotes is so transparent when you think for even 5 minutes, but of course Reddit are not going to stop it because it's good for them.