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Is politics not a reason somebody might decide to not see a movie? If Mel Gibson produces a great new movie, then during the promotion gets drunk again and mak

Is politics not a reason somebody might decide to not see a movie? If Mel Gibson produces a great new movie, then during the promotion gets drunk again and makes another racially charged rant to the police, wouldn't that dissuade people from wanting to see the movie? I know plenty of people who never forgave him for the first rant! Why do movies use famous actors anyway? Not all movies do of course, but many do. Why? Because they're cashing in on the public liking and recognizing that person. Well what's going to happen if the public recognizes your celebrity actor, and dislikes them, for any reason? Isn't that just the other side of the same coin? It has nothing to do with the quality of the movie, but it's the nature of the industry nevertheless. Actors who are well liked for any reason are better for box office performance than actors who are disliked for any reason. Putting Chris Pratt into your movie does not improve the artistic qualities of your movie, but it almost certainly will make the movie more successful in every measurable way.

amanaplanacanal 8y ago
Absolutely people take politics into account when deciding to see a movie. I don't think there is anything wrong with that at all. I suspect that RT was surprised when that feature was used the way it was. Politics was probably not what they are thinking about. They are just trying to provide a review aggregator. I doubt they really though through the implication of what "I want to see this movie" might mean.
- darkpuma 8y ago
  How could they fail to realize that a measure of whether people wanted to see a movie would not be reviews of the movie? I think the possibility they failed to consider is they might find themselves in a political disagreement with the users of their site. Still, it's a wonder how they could have failed to anticipate that after the debacle surrounding the recent Ghostbusters movie.

amanaplanacanal 8y ago

Absolutely people take politics into account when deciding to see a movie. I don't think there is anything wrong with that at all. I suspect that RT was surprised when that feature was used the way it was. Politics was probably not what they are thinking about. They are just trying to provide a review aggregator. I doubt they really though through the implication of what "I want to see this movie" might mean.

darkpuma 8y ago
How could they fail to realize that a measure of whether people wanted to see a movie would not be reviews of the movie? I think the possibility they failed to consider is they might find themselves in a political disagreement with the users of their site. Still, it's a wonder how they could have failed to anticipate that after the debacle surrounding the recent Ghostbusters movie.