• UrLogicFails@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    I honestly can’t even remember the last time I used Rotten Tomatoes. From its inception, it was always somewhat of a flawed concept in that it wouldn’t tell you how good a movie was, but how favorable it would be to general audiences. If 100% of reviewers gave it a 7/10, it would still be “100% fresh.”

    I had heard that studios would only invite positive reviewers to early releases, and I had heard studios were gaming the Rotten Tomatoes reviews; so I’m not entirely surprised, but I am a little surprised to see an article about it.

    My personal recommendation would be to find a reviewer/ critic who usually has similar tastes as yourself and follow them over the use of Rotten Tomatoes (though if I’m being honest, I’ve been checking those reviews less often too).