That’s why I ignore any sort of reviews when deciding what I should watch. If something looks interesting, I give it a try. I’m not going to let a bunch of miserable assholes who think hating something makes them interesting decide what I get to enjoy.
Also not every movie needs to be a masterpiece. Some movies need to be the Sunday morning hangover movies. I’m not going to watch Interstellar on a Sunday morning when hungover, I’m going to watch Transformers because I know I can shut off my brain and go “big explosion cool”.
I’m usually deciding by first thing in order that allows me to:
description, tags, and whatever I see on the streaming / store / database website; works 90% of the time for stuff I won’t like (1 of 10 I like something I didn’t think I would) and 70% for stuff I will like (3 of 10 I don’t like something I thought I would)
opinion of people I know - that can be a reviewer I’ve been watching for some time or a friend
comments to get some random details (some would consider them spoilers, my shite memory does not)
opinion of people I don’t know - reviews, average rating
coin toss
I sometimes change my decision after seeing a random clip
That’s why I ignore any sort of reviews when deciding what I should watch. If something looks interesting, I give it a try. I’m not going to let a bunch of miserable assholes who think hating something makes them interesting decide what I get to enjoy.
Also not every movie needs to be a masterpiece. Some movies need to be the Sunday morning hangover movies. I’m not going to watch Interstellar on a Sunday morning when hungover, I’m going to watch Transformers because I know I can shut off my brain and go “big explosion cool”.
I’m usually deciding by first thing in order that allows me to:
I sometimes change my decision after seeing a random clip