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Very interesting, thanks for the writeup. On a related note, I'm curious how many here find user ratings of new movies coincide with their own. Personally, I'v
by imissmyjuno 13y ago
Very interesting, thanks for the writeup.
On a related note, I'm curious how many here find user ratings of new movies coincide with their own. Personally, I've been sticking to critic reviews because the authors usually have a much larger base for comparison and developed tastes than the casual movie goer like me, and because user-submitted ratings like IMDb can be highly inflated as waves of unusually high ratings pour in in the first few weeks of the release ("Best romantic comedy EVR, 10/10!"). Once the dust settles, the reviews tend to sober up a bit and even out at a value that I tend to agree with more.
- Guzba 13y agoWhen we started working on Filmgrain, what became clear was that it wasn't so much that the popularity told you if the movie was good or bad, it was that it worked remarkably well at highlighting the movies people care about right now. I know many of us watch critic reviews to see if a movie is any good before going, but I don't think this is the norm. Many people just get excited about a movie and then go see it. The other cool thing that Filmgrain captures that's different from quality is insight into what people liked about a movie afterwords. For example, people were divided on if Great Gatsby was good or not, but people couldn't stop tweeting about the soundtrack. I'd have never known how much people cared if it wasn't for this feed and it's this type of meta information we want to bring forward, as we can.