It's frustrating how worthless user ratings have become as valid criticisms are drowned out by accusations of WOKE.

  • Diogenes_Barrel [love/loves]
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    3 years ago

    user ratings have become as valid criticisms

    they've never been that. professional reviewer vs. user reviewer is a marketing dichotomy they thought up to try and pass schlock off as 'crowd pleasing' but 'those snot-nosed critics' hate it. and the exchange for giving studios & production companies 'normal joe' review platforms to spar critical review is that the mouthbreathing culture warriors & gormless fanboys get to feel important and shove their opinions on everyone and get to use their market clout to force the rest of us to watch 8 snyder-verse movies and a fucking snyder-cut

    • GnastyGnuts [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Brings to mind the marketing around that otherwise extremely forgettable "Gotti" film from 2018.

      • Diogenes_Barrel [love/loves]
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        3 years ago

        thats an archetypical case. it's become normal practice to tout 'audience scores' from RT on every critical failure & underperforming film now. and to fan the flames on critics vs. fans 'disputes'---to encourage behavior like review bombing/whatever the opposite is