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Or you watch something that you thought was just awful and you find out that people on the internet loved it…

I have a close friend who has absolutely no taste in movies. He likes everything! I've learned to stop listening to his feedback for movies, because it could be the worst movie ever made and he's like "wow, that was such an amazing experience!". I kind of envy his state of ignorant bliss.

One of my biggest pet peeves is when critics judge a movie on what they think it should be, instead of what it’s actually trying to achieve. Sometimes it’s perfectly fine for a film to be big, loud, and nonsensical. Sometimes, a movie needs to be “complex” (although what critics call “complex” makes me think that a lot of them consider filmgoers to be idiots with the attention spans of goldfish).

Are there plenty of problems with any given popular film? Yes, but if it satisfies the audience it’s for, shut up.

I had a friend at school who did this. At the cinema, after the movie was over, he would be one of the loudest voices in the group, talking about how awesome the movie was, how it's going to do so well at the box office and how he couldn't wait for the next one to come out.

The very next day, he'd come in armed with research on all the plot holes and ways the movie failed from other critics, and then just lay into the movie as if it was the worst movie he'd seen and how it was a waste of his money.

We would point out how annoying he was for convincing himself that he hated it. The only opinion that counted was the one right after the movie ended; that's the best and most honest review one could give. He kept on doing it. It wasn't cool, Chris.

Who cares, as long as you liked it?

My wife and I went into The Northman blind, and we honestly loved the experience. I don't give a shit whether or not it's realistic or historical accurate on any front. It was like John Wick with Norse mythology. Just an intense and barbaric ride from start to finish. I was genuinely surprised to learn how universally disliked it was. But people are out there buying tickets to 9 Fast 9 Furious 9, so I don't exactly value the reviews of opinions of strangers.

Stop basing your opinions on what other people like. I've never experienced such a wide range of media since I cut out sites like Rottentomatoes, Letterbox, Rateyourmusic, and stopped watching "review" youtubers.

I've had the opposite problem.

Take... Interstellar. I watched it. It was pretty and great around track. But the science, plot, and interactions were pretty awful.

Little did I know that for the rest of human time I would be reading about what a Master piece it is and that the internet just can't get enough interstellar.

Sometimes I wonder if there's another movie with the same name. Because I can't believe I'm the only one with a working logic center who watched this movie.

Rotten tomatos had Interstellar listed as 70% fresh, the week it come out.

Thr "critics" called the characters half baked.

I was so stoked for that movie i ignored it. And im so glad I did.

relevant xkcd

I don't care what anyone says, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is one of the best movies of all time.

Broke: Wahhhh everyone hates the movie I liked. They are all wrong and stupid.

Woke: Yeah that movie was crap. I loved it!

Why is that embarrassing? Feels good to break from borg mentality. Means it spoke to you in away it didn't for others. Fly your freak flag.

Me with Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter

I have just learned to accept that if I enjoy the movie watching experience and feel it was worth my time, it doesn't really matter what others think. That doesn't detract from my enjoyment of the film in the slightest. I may be curious why people disagree though, at the very least.

Movies don't always have to be a slam dunk or a masterpiece. I watched the detective pikachu movie on edibles and had no clue what any of the plot was but I loved every minute because the visuals were stellar and something I'd wanted to see as a kid. The Ryan Reynolds shit had me mega confused lol

Even if I didn't like a movie, at least I have an experience to share (more applies to watching with someone else) and something to discuss and keep my mind occupied for a bit on something that is low-stakes at the end of the day.

Even if I absolutely do not like a movie at all, at least all I'm out on is a little time and maybe money; and maybe I can bitch to a friend if they've seen it.

Ratings in general are heavily biased. For example, critics have a very different point of view from most viewers. And even the typical non-critic who goes on sites to rate movies isn't the average viewer either. People like that tend to over-analyze every detail and try to look for a deeper meaning in the works. But that doesn't correlate with your enjoyment of something.

Maybe the movie you liked has a trans character or female hero and got review bombed

I think there are some movies where your first impression when you walk out of the theater is going to be very different than your impression once you've had a couple of days to think.

Speaking of divisive movies, for the people here who watched it, what's your honest assessment of "Babylon"? Just curious.

Rotten Tomatoes is one of the worst rating systems out there. I use IMDB, and even then I take ratings with a grain of salt.

The amount of times I've found absolute gems that have a 50% rating has caused me to go out of my way to watch them.

Some of them stink, but I feel like critics are like everyone else and some of them can be pretty dense