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1. phpist+t22[view] [source] 2023-09-07 15:29:48
>>tortil+(OP)
Jokes on them, if the critics think a movie is bad then i will watch it, movie that has a 100% fresh score from critics goes on my never watch list...

the User Reviews seem to be more accurate but RT does manipulate them as well citing "view botting" for any trends that do not match their desired outcome from a film

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2. mitchd+rC2[view] [source] 2023-09-07 17:38:30
>>phpist+t22
Deliberately ignoring experience and expertise because corruption is merely possible, is not the right way to go about making decisions.
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3. jbm+FH2[view] [source] 2023-09-07 17:58:55
>>mitchd+rC2
Putting experience and expertise about a matter of taste on a pedestal is nonsense.

I don't share many values with movie critics. Here's an spicy example that will mark me as a philistine forever.

I think Princess Mononoke was an awful film with a navel gazing director who gets treated far too kindly because of a childish desire for "whimsy". Everytime I see a Ghibli pusher here, I laugh.

No movie critic will engage with such a perspective (because it is "wrong", the movie is "powerful", the art is "beautiful" and the characters are "strong" — every one of which is literally a matter of interpretation). Depending on critics is depending on people who have to satisfy their local equivalent of the Reddit front page. Why would you trust them except to know the current rightthink?

It's not the same as a scientist describing climate change or an engineer explaining the loads on a bridge.

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