‘Ghostbusters’ Is a Perfect Example of How Internet Movie Ratings Are Broken
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‘Ghostbusters’ Is a Perfect Example of How Internet Movie Ratings Are Broken
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#2"if we aggregate the ratings, they don't show what we want".
"we blame men who obviously didn't even see the movie, don't ask us how we know".
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#3The new ghostbusters movie looks awful - it's not a thing about women leads, it's that it looks really bad in a way the original isn't. I know that's subjective, but watch the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3ugHP-yZXw
Just bad.
There are a lot of bad movies, but this one walks around in the corpse of a much loved and nostalgic intellectual property that a bunch of people wanted. They got that.
Is this really about sexism?
This pattern has shown up a lot recently when an intellectual property is used by something that the original audience doesn't fit into (e.g. the last fable game that got canceled). It's a pretty silly use of an IP - the original audience is where the value comes from.
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#4"if we aggregate the ratings, they don't show what we want". "we blame men who obviously didn't even see the movie, don't ask us how we know".
... because the movie wasn't out yet...?
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#5I have no opinion on Ghosbusters, but I just wanted to add that maybe it's not all out of spite and out of hatred towards media aimed at women? I'm a man and I would on average rate any rom-com that I saw with my fiancee much lower than she would - but at the same time, she would usually rate any action move that I liked much lower than I would. It's not because I hate women or she hates men - it's just.....not everything is for everyone? I have no idea how you would reflect it in ratings though?
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#6How does the author know which reviewers are female or male?
I do wonder how the review sites could allow reviews for a movie that isn't released yet, seems the few prerelease viewers isn't worth the chance of being gamed(or guarantee?)
Re: ‘Ghostbusters’ Is a Perfect Example of How Internet Movie Ratings Are Broken
#7The new ghostbusters movie looks awful - it's not a thing about women leads, it's that it looks really bad in a way the original isn't. I know that's subjective, but watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3ugHP-yZXw Just bad. There are a lot of bad movies, but this one walks around in the corpse of a much loved and nostalgic intellectual property that a bunch of people wanted. They got that. Is this real…
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#8Ghostbusters may not be out where the author is from, but it certainly is here. It's not possible to dismiss all of the reviews as bogus.
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#9The original Ghostbusters was a laugh, but what made it so memorable for me was the weird texture and depth built-in to its lore and tech. Classic!
The previews I've seen of the reboot present like schlock; some writing-by-committee mess. Based on my recent disappointment watching Finding Dory, I suppose muddled writing to be a common affliction in Hollywood, even for the top studios.
Re: ‘Ghostbusters’ Is a Perfect Example of How Internet Movie Ratings Are Broken
#10The new ghostbusters movie looks awful - it's not a thing about women leads, it's that it looks really bad in a way the original isn't. I know that's subjective, but watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3ugHP-yZXw Just bad. There are a lot of bad movies, but this one walks around in the corpse of a much loved and nostalgic intellectual property that a bunch of people wanted. They got that. Is this real…
The movie looks really bad but as someone who saw the movie, it's actually pretty good and funny. The quatuor works perfectly, there is no feminism message at all, it's just a good comedy.
Maybe it won't be your type of humor, but this is not a bad movie in any way. People are just rating the movie without seeing it, which is pretty stupid in the first place. Because of that I expect the score to be much higher, hopefully a lot of people won't listen to the haters and see for themselves.