When choosing a movie to watch, do you go by the reviews of movie critics?
By kgwat70
@kgwat70 (13387)
United States
July 24, 2007 2:38pm CST
Is there anyone that solely watches movies based on the reviews of movie critics? Do you agree with everything they say about each particular movie? Most of the time I will go see a movie without reading any reviews. If the previews look good and there are actors or actresses that I like, I will go see it no matter what. Sometimes I will go with what critics say but mainly if they all say the movie is really, really bad. I think that movie critics like different types of movies than I do so I do not go by their opinions very much. How do you feel about that?
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@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
25 Jul 07
haha! i do that, too. i try to ask for opinions from people i know regarding a certain film. and sometimes, i base my decisions on what they say.
anne
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@ayushthedevil (3147)
• India
26 Jul 07
well i do look at the review if they have a rating system but otherwise i watch a movie that i feel like watching
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@wachit14 (3595)
• United States
25 Jul 07
I ignore the critics. I have a theory that they are all frustrated people any way and they vent they use their power to bash a movie just so they feel like they have some kind of control over the movie-goer.
I go to the movies with no expectations and if I like it, then there's a good chance that some critic somewhere probably hated it.
@arcidy (5005)
• United States
26 Jul 07
Well the only critics I listen to is ebert and roper I usally agree with them on most movies and sometimes for a lot of movies I wont go see it if they rated it bad like chuck and larry they said it was horrble and I wont go see it now just wait for it to come out on dvd but for other movies like the simpsons if they say its a bad movie im still going to see it because ive been waiting two years.
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@wiccania (3360)
• United States
25 Jul 07
No, absolutely not. I base my decision to see a movie on whether the basic plot appeals to me. I look up information about the movies, get info about the story, see as many previews as I can.
Too many times have I gone to a movie that the critics (and everyone else) hated and absolutely loved it. There have also been a few that everyone loved (Blair Witch Project, for example) that I just could not stand. I wasn't really interested in it to begin with, but a friend convinced me to see it. I was bored senseless.
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@breelee2007 (126)
• United States
26 Jul 07
Some of the best movies I ever saw the critics hated! So I usually go with my own taste in movies, not theirs. Some movies the critics thought were just wonderful, I didn't like at all. So I think you are so right that it is a personal taste. Don't you think the critics are sometimes so deep in their opinions that you wonder if they were watching a different movie than you?
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@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
25 Jul 07
there are lots of movies in DVDs here at home now and most of them, i haven't heard anything about. so, what i do is i check about the film on the internet before loading it. i just read about the film's story and not the reviews. i only want to have some background regarding the film. also, i love to see the trailers if possible before watching a movie as a whole.
anne
@ravinskye (8237)
• United States
24 Jul 07
i don't go by what anyone says. unless maybe its someone who has the same taste in movies that i do. there have been a lot of movies that i liked that everyone else hated. so i just go by my own judgement if the previews looked good.
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@metrobelle (398)
• India
25 Jul 07
I just don't go by reviews, be it by movie critics or friends, I usually go by my own choice. The choice of movies is quite subjective. There was a time when I used to watch any type of movies but now I don't watch much.
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@66jerseygirl (3877)
• United States
25 Jul 07
I don't read the previews at all . Everyone's opinion is different and i am not gonna decide not to see a movie just because someone else said it was bad.
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@daycarepal (1998)
• United States
24 Jul 07
I don't always pay attention to what the critics say. I usually base a movie on who the actors are and what the story is about. That will determine if I go see it or not.
@8ctavarium (552)
• Australia
25 Jul 07
Nah, I never do after all, people tend to have their own opinions and it never really gives a realistic representation of the movie. What somebody else might like, you might hate, or what someone hates, you might enjoy and there may be some in between. Nowdays I just watch a movie if it seems interesting, end of story, regardless of ratings or reviews.
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@littlefranciscan (18327)
• United States
25 Jul 07
I don't like reading reviews..I think they put make us predisposed to not like or like a movie. I rather go and see the movie and make my own judgement about the movie.
@sacmom (14192)
• United States
25 Jul 07
I don't usually go by what a movie critic says. My husband on the other hand does, or at least he has. We used to go to rent movies together and it would drive me crazy how he wouldn't go by what the plot was about but rather by what the critic said. How would I know this? Because I would ask him what the movie is about and he would say "I don't know, but look at all of these reviews!" LOL And the majority of the time these movies sucked! Oh well, we haven't rented a movie in a while and when we do my husband usually goes alone. LOL
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@senthil2k (1500)
• India
25 Jul 07
That always varies with the movie. Most of the movies ,I just try to look at the review from different source, not just one, before deciding to watch the movies.
Some special movies from some special directors, I dont look at the reviews. I will just go to the theatres to watch their movies.
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@raychill (6525)
• United States
24 Jul 07
Critics are never accurate in my mind. I also don't bother listening to anyones opinion on movies beyond my brothers. He is the only person who can say a movie is good and I'll believe him or it sucks and I'll know not to see it.
Otherwise I never bother to listen to reviews or read reviews because I just think they're full of crap. I always wonder how people become idiotic movie critics anyway.
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@JBrulez (663)
• Philippines
24 Jul 07
I don't exactly the information of anybody or critics about a movie when I go watch it.. That's the trill for me, not knowing all about it.. It should always be in your surprise once Im are alredy watching every scenes of it.. I think it's not necessary for me to here any comments from anybody if I haven't watch the movie yet because I know that after I have watch it I can Judge it on my own..
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@rijashere (26)
• India
25 Jul 07
I dont go by the reviews...mostly i m attracted to watch a movie just because i like its trailer...and i also look out for the cast in the movie..i dont think that critics are always right..i have seen many movies which are awsome and critics just dont do justice to them...i really do think that one must not go by the critics if his/her taste dont match with the critics....
