lol at up in the air being on there. They do need to do full metal jacket.
Feels like thatâs a well that would dry up rather quickly. You can get clicks on an outlier take once, but if you make a career out of being a contrarian negative voice then youâre very soon going to get diminishing returns on the attention-seeking.
I donât know. The movieâs not nearly good enough to get sincere 100% agreement from everyone that itâs good. (Iâd say thatâs reserved for movies like The Shawshank Redemption, butâŚctr says that oneâs kinda bad.)
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I agree. Although White did it.
I think most of the people jumping on the backlash are normally regular critics. They are just succumbing to incentives on a case by base basis.
I guess the bottom line is this. If the data I have is 96% of critics like a movie and 4% donât my immediate take away is not to find a way to assume the 4% is correct especially when the incentives are so clear.
this is the problem with so much both sidsing that plagues all debate now. We have to pretend the 4% are equal or the 96% when it comes to movies, vaccines, climate change ect.
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If the writing is funny, they can sustain a lot of contrarian reviews. Thatâs the key.
Does anyone remember those home video guides from the 80s? Maltin had one he did, but there was a competitor that was more entertainingâŚfor the bad reviews. I only looked for turkeys and remember this gem about a horror movie that began with:
âWith a budget that must have run into the tens of dollarsâ.
Sure. Ctr can correct me if Iâm wrong, but Iâm guessing âmixed reviewsâ in his case meant unhinged raves versus measured reactions like mine rather than any large numbers of outright negative reviews. And a review like mine would surely fall into that 96% positive. I ended up logging it as a 3.5/5 after I let it sit for a day (probably would have been a 3/5 as a snap-reaction, though thatâs reflective of some disappointment after hoping for too much).
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By the way, heâs National Review, right? And has been right-wing wherever he was? That likely puts him in that category where the audience is actively seeking rage bait on an ongoing basis and where the well wonât dry up nearly so easily.
I do think this approach is pretty narrow in its path to long-term success.
Yep he is a right wing nutter. Hates all movies that are âwokeâ. lol
Right, and another example where RT binary rating is not very informative.
The French review aggregator averages ratings and Weapons is at 3.7/5 for press critics (including only one outright negative review, sadly from a critic I like).
General Letterboxd rating is at 3.9 and among the bloggers/Podcaster I follow itâs closer to 3.
So nothing terrible but not unanimous applause either
(I also never read reviews before watching so I donât know anything outside of these numbers)
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Its value diminishes to very, very little the moment the general public starts seeing movies. If youâre an informed consumer, the site exists as a negative freeroll to warn people off of indulging bad movies on opening night.
I curse myself for quoting it earlier for shorthand. Weâre already at the part where people should be viewing LB/IMDb averages as more meaningful.
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Ugh more library checkouts that wonât play.
Gone Girl with directorâs commentary: faulty disc
Glengarry Glen Ross with directorâs commentary: faulty disc
Speed with directorâs commentary: awaiting verdictâŚ
What if itâs your player and not the discs?
Why would my player play some DVDs but not others?
I used and abused our libraryâs extensive catalog and discs not playing is what youâre signing up for.
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I assume DVDs are like CDs, which means theyâre flaky. Some CDs with scratches would play on some players, but not all. Somehow, the one in my car could play anything.
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That makes sense.
I am guessing the library has an excellent player for testing discs. Which is probably the wrong way to come at it. Youâd want a cheap player that needs DVDs to be in excellent condition so you can uphold a minimum standard.
All players are not great. Did you look to see if there are signs of damage on the discs like scratches? If no scratches, your player might be finicky. Itâs worth noting that all Blu-ray players play DVDs and you may be able to find one for under 60 on Evilzon.
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I can probably find one even cheaper somewhere like a pawn shop or Goodwill. I just need to go look.
I just did a quick look and the bargain ones seem to be about 80. Inflation or tariffs or whatever. If you do get one, try to get it before returning those discs so you can have a two layer test to determine if itâs the discs or the player.
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Oh you know what? I donât need a standard Blu-ray player. I need an external drive for my computer. It turns out those are even cheaper. Here is one for $50.
Yeah those are def cheap
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