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Rotten Tomatoes (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Stamets@lemmy.world to c/funny@sh.itjust.works

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[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Indeed. The RT scoring favors inoffensive, wide appeal over interesting but not-for-everyone movies.

People act like it's some kind of dunk when a movie/show they like gets high rating, despite the often useless nature of critics and/or audiences at large to reflect individual taste.