General Chit-Chat Thread - No Spoilers

[Sabretooth]

Are you serious

 

[Sabretooth]

you think critics get paid off

 

[Chris]

Nah I literally said they probably don't lol but it's hard for me to take anyone seriously that gets paid for their opinions bc they're probably catering to an audience at least

 

[Chris]

Like if they know people who read their reviews love superhero movies they'll probably and maybe even unconsciously rate them higher bc they wouldn't want to piss off their base and affect their revenue

 

[Sabretooth]

lol I'm not sure. Critics talk about how their job is rough cause like you said they know certain movies have a fan base that they want to please but can't due to their personal opinions.

 

[Chris]

I'm sure that's true for some of them

 

[Sabretooth]

Critics are constantly under attack from people who don't agree with their reviews which is cringe inducing but you know... the internet

 

[Chris]

I just prefer opinions of people that aren't getting paid for them

 

[Sabretooth]

i like to think they're true reviews but i guess you never know

 

[Chris]

Fine by me lol I'm not arguing you shouldn't go by critic reviews I'm just saying why I don't usually keep up with them

 

[Chris]

And 9 times out of 10 I'm gonna agree with an IMDb ratings over critic reviews unless it was brigaded by a ton of fanboys either positively or negatively which has been happening more and more the last couple years

 

[Chris]

But that's mostly bc IMDb ratings tend to be more friendly and I don't really dislike much since I can be entertained by just about anything

 

[Sabretooth]

critic reviews are really just a snapshot of a movie before it comes out. Usually i end up agreeing with critics anyway but I don't really let them determine if I see a movie. It depends on my expectations and the reason for hating

 

[Sabretooth]

like they didn't enjoy lion king because it was an exact remake but that's not gonna stop me from going

 

[Sabretooth]

if joker was described as atrocious I might not go cause i genuinely expected it to be a good movie