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Is Rotten Tomatoes Killing the Movie Industry? No, Bad Movies Are

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newscracker wrote: post #176
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Post by ericd »

hansthehorse wrote: post #210
ericd wrote: post #175

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Very good point, and it's way easier to follow because of it.

My only complaint is that I would prefer they figure out some way to simulate firearm recoil. As a hobby / target shooter it always takes away from the action when I see guns rock steady every shot. If guns were like that everyone would be John Wick.

At the ranges he's typically dealing with, is it that big an issue?

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Post by philwelch »

ericd wrote: post #212
hansthehorse wrote: post #210

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My only complaint is that I would prefer they figure out some way to simulate firearm recoil. As a hobby / target shooter it always takes away from the action when I see guns rock steady every shot. If guns were like that everyone would be John Wick.

At the ranges he's typically dealing with, is it that big an issue?

It affects the ability to rapidly fire.

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Post by beat »

Yen wrote: post #174
beat wrote: post #23

A flip side to this... is Rotten Tomatoes boosting movies that would otherwise be ignored, by virtue of excellent ratings? I'm thinking specifically of Hidden Figures here. Who would ever have thought that we'd see a Star Wars movie (Rogue One) booted out of the #1 spot by a movie about black women doing math? (This is in no way a criticism of either movie, btw. I loved both of them and consider them high-water marks…

That's quite possible. The article mentioned "_Logan's Lucky_"'s high rating and low box office results. I hadn't heard of this movie at all, but the ratings & reviews on Rotton Tomatoes convinced me to give it a shot, and I quite enjoyed it.

I did the same thing, and quite enjoyed it. Not high art, but well done entertainment.

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Post by fusiongyro »

yahna wrote: post #99
fusiongyro wrote: post #30

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If those people do, why are the studio executives complaining? Perhaps it's because "Ticket revenue was down at least 12 percent, and ticket sales were at their lowest point for the season in 10 years. Audiences did not want to see remakes of old TV shows (bad news for Baywatch and CHIPS). They did not want to see badly reviewed franchise entries (the take for the latest Transformers installment was way down)."[1] (l…

> Audiences did not want to see remakes of old TV shows (bad news for Baywatch and CHIPS). 21/22 jump street suggests the problem isn't with remakes of old shows but rather the quality of the remake. I was interested in baywatch, it got bad reviews so I didn't bother. People don't want to see bad movies. I'm tired of the idea that comic book movies and sequels are all bad movies.

Novelty is key to entertainment. At some point, having the same three guys show up and fight a villain gets repetitive. The studio likes safe bets because the costs are so high. But you don't get 1977 Star Wars money on things that closely resemble things that came out last year. The movie industry has gone through this kind of cycle before; they enter a very creative few years, and then they go through some greedy lazy years where they try to reissue the things that won a few years ago, tweaked slightly.
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