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Exactly. The one example they use gets a 5.2 on IMDB and 42% on rotten tomatoes. Not all movies are high art, nor should they be. It’s for a certain audience.
by paulgb 2y ago
Exactly. The one example they use gets a 5.2 on IMDB and 42% on rotten tomatoes.
Not all movies are high art, nor should they be. It’s for a certain audience. We’ve had crappy made-for-TV movies since long before streaming and it hasn’t been the death of cinema.
- briandear 2y ago42% means that some professional critics considered it “fresh.” That’s scary to me.
- paulgb 2y agoTo be fair to the professional critics, they are writing prose that helps their readers decide if they will like a movie, not just giving it a good/bad review. Looking at the reviews that RT considers fresh, most of them are honest with their readers about what the movie is (“hallmark”, “formulaic”), but consider it a watchable entry in that genre. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/irish_wish/reviews https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/irish_wish/reviews
- bigstrat2003 2y agoWho are you to say that is wrong? Everyone has their own preference for what they like to see in art, and one man's preference is no more correct than another.