Inspired by the linked XKCD. Using 60% instead of 50% because that’s an easy filter to apply on rottentomatoes.

I’ll go first: I think “Sherlock Holmes: A game of Shadows” was awesome, from the plot to the characters ,and especially how they used screen-play to highlight how Sherlocks head works in these absurd ways.

  • @minorninth
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    752 years ago

    Rotten Tomatoes has both a critic score and an audience score.

    If your pick has a low critic score but high audience score, that means it was formulaic or unoriginal but probably lots of fun.

    Movies with a high critic score and low audience score are usually more artsy, film-festival stuff.

      • @[email protected]
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        182 years ago

        Morbius isn’t a great one to point at as an example where this rule of thumb fails because the reviews were brigaded. It was a huge meme and would have been flooded with meme user reviews.

        • Freeman
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          12 years ago

          A friend of mine always gets me to download weird shit (to me). That is one that sticks out. The latest request was renfield, with Nic Cage playing dracula.

      • @[email protected]
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        72 years ago

        Mortal Kombat was a fun movie, and exactly fits the description. The whole plot is basically a series of setups for characters to fight, and characters are a bit one-dimensional, which is exactly what we all want from Mortal Kombat movies.

      • @SCB
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        12 years ago

        Mortal Kombat was fucking amazing dude.

          • @SCB
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            02 years ago

            The second act is when Kano talks the most which makes it the best act.

              • @SCB
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                02 years ago

                I support any opinion that results in me seeing more Kano

      • @BadRS
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        12 years ago

        I think Morbius is a great example. People enjoyed the he’ll out of that movie, they just didn’t enjoy watching it.

    • @Mojave
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      22 years ago

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      • @minorninth
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        12 years ago

        Ha ha!

        At first glance none of the critics we’re fans of the original TV show so they thought the adaptation waa harmless fun. Reviewers who we’re fans of the original show hates it.