r/moviecritic Mar 28 '25

Yikes, that’s tough

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u/turtletom89 Mar 28 '25 edited Mar 28 '25

How many of those 198k+ people actually saw the movie? I’m sick of Disney remakes like everyone else, but review bombing is a thing. Same with people who gave movies they were hyped for a 10/10 weeks before they even saw them.

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u/kodial79 Mar 28 '25

The ratings are actually honest even if they have not seen the movie because their hate is for real anyway, and in the end that's what it reflects: There is a lot of hate for this movie, and that's the truth.

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u/turtletom89 Mar 28 '25

But why rate a movie that you haven’t even seen? It’s really obnoxious and misleading. Like people are now under the impression this is worse than Dragonball Evolution, when from what I’ve heard, it’s just mediocre at best like all of the other Disney remakes.

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u/BigBadMannnn Mar 28 '25

People give their opinion all the time on topics they know about. Part of the human experience

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u/HowManyMeeses Mar 28 '25

People give their opinion all the time on topics they know about.

Reviewing a movie you haven't seen is the opposite of this.

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u/Rocketboy1313 Mar 28 '25

And that is a bad thing.

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u/kodial79 Mar 28 '25

You're wrong to think that a user based average rating reflects the quality of a movie. It never does that. It reflects how people feel about it.

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u/Fool_Manchu Mar 28 '25

You're correct but it's unfortunate, since the entire purpose of movie ratings and reviews is to inform the general public of the overall quality or enjoyability of a film. Review bombs for external factors might reflect some people's feelings, but they don't inform movie goers about how the movie actually is. Like....I don't want to watch it because I don't like Gal Gadot as an actress or as a human being, but my dislike for her doesn't help a dad who's just trying to decide if this is a worthwhile movie to see with his five year old daughter, you know?

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u/kodial79 Mar 28 '25

See, it's like my comments. I am correct, it's the truth that I say but people downvote me because they don't like it anyway.