Rotten Tomatoes under fire for paid reviews

[FlyRy]

Not surprising to me I've seen some really mediocre films the past few years that has way too high scores on the tomatometer

The Decomposition of Rotten Tomatoes

The most overrated metric in entertainment is erratic, reductive, and easily hacked — and yet has Hollywood in its grip.

www.vulture.com

 

[TheSuperkick!]

I'm shocked

 

[BlackMajik]

Of course they have paid reviews

That awful Star Wars film "The Last Jedi" got a 91% score

 

[FlyRy]

Of course they have paid reviews

That awful Star Wars film "The Last Jedi" got a 91% score

Ant-Man and the wasp 87%

 

[Cloutius Maximus]

at the very least, it was obvious critics were kissing ass in order to get premier tickets. Even if the MCU is ass right now, you might not get that invite to the X-Men premier in 2028 if you say Ant-Man Quantumania was cheeks

 

[winb83]

Why wouldn't this happen? It happens on Amazon.

 

[Regular_P]

I knew this when that piece of shyt The American released and it had a fresh rating on RT.

IMDB user reviews >>>>>

 

[StatUS]

I'll be back once I read the article because the replies in here are just assuming Disney is paying for better scores

 

[AnonymityX1000]

I'll be back once I read the article because the replies in here are just assuming Disney is paying for better scores

I'll save you some time.
They got the goods on indie movies that go straight to VOD. Ophelia is the only one named for sure and they say it's possible other flims promoted by a PR firm Bunker 15 might also be manipulated. But they name 1 movie that is for sure and none that are from big studios.

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

I'll be back once I read the article because the replies in here are just assuming Disney is paying for better scores

Why can't it be assumed especially considering that movie reviews are based on personal opinion that can easily be biased or manipulated. You can tell the bias in a lot of rotten tomato reviews or even articles in general.

 

[AnonymityX1000]

Why can't it be assumed especially considering that movie reviews are based on personal opinion that can easily be biased or manipulated. You can tell the bias in a lot of rotten tomato reviews or even articles in general.

The scandal wouldn't be worth the fresh tomato?

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

The scandal wouldn't be worth the fresh tomato?

You sure about that? Because people's biases would have them not believing the story even if the evidence is right in front of their face or even care enough for that matter. Case in your point your comments.

Those type of things have been rampant in the Hollywood and entertainment industry and it'd be naive to believe otherwise.

 

[AnonymityX1000]

You sure about that? Because people's biases would have them not believing the story even if the evidence is right in front of their face or even care enough for that matter. Case in your point your comments.

Those type of things have been rampant in the Hollywood and entertainment industry and it'd be naive to believe otherwise.

I just explained the jist of article posted. They named one movie and PR firm for a movie that went straight to VOD. Is that evidence against the entire industry? I don't think so.

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

I just explained the jist of article posted. They named one movie and PR firm for a movie that went straight to VOD. Is that evidence against the entire industry? I don't think so.

If you actually do your research if you would find multiple instances of these type of things happening. Hell, it's why the BBB shouldn't necessarily be trusted as companies can manipulate aspects if they pay enough money and care to do so.

These type of things happen and the entertainment industry isn't the exception to that especially when reviews are based on personal opinion that can easily be manipulated.

 

[AnonymityX1000]

If you actually do your research if you would find multiple instances of these type of things happening. Hell, it's why the BBB shouldn't necessarily be trusted as companies can manipulate aspects if they pay enough money and care to do so.

These type of things happen and the entertainment industry isn't the exception to that especially when reviews are based on personal opinion that can easily be manipulated.

Sounds like you did the research already. Please share the evidence?