re: How much do rely on the rottentomato reviews before seeing a movie?

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I know what I want to see in the theater.

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Agreed. And really that holds true for just any movie that I watch (stream, theater, DVD, whatever)...I know my tastes pretty well (as do most obviously), so I am rarely regretful for watching something. There are some movies that disappoint me, sure, but that's not due to lack of interest on my part. Man of Steel last year was a perfect example...I was waiting for it to come out and amped to go catch it in theaters, and it just fell flat to me and I was disappointed.

I will say that there are times when I have been wrong about not wanting to see something though. For example, I always avoided McGruber because I thought it would be overly stupid, and I'm not a huge Will Forte fan...but I finally broke down and watched it last year based on several peoples' opinions on this board, and I was pleasantly surprised with it and actually liked it.

So just because I know what I'll like and not like doesn't mean I can't be wrong on it from time to time. But it usually means that I don't waste my time watching crap I wouldn't like, and I do a good job most of the time of tempering my expectations going into movies.

I use it as a guide. Like if it gets below a 30 there's no way I'm going to see it in theaters. If it's like 80+ I take that as a solid endorsement. Most of the time I am somewhat in line with their ratings but every once in a while not. They all panned Only God Forgives and I loved it.

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Cocomo's reviews are the only ones i care about.

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You're one reason I will eventually watch BSG.

I look at the percentage that the audience reviews gave rather than the critics because a lot of times critics don't know shite.

watched the Conversation last night . it was like a 98%er. pretty interesting movie but not a greatest of all time suspense type.

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I use it somewhat in determining which movie to see in a theater only because movie tickets are expensive. However, I don't use it at all when renting movies or looking at Netflix, Amazon, etc

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this. tix aren't cheap and the good theaters are around me are a hassle with parking and big crowds, so i am very selective about what i see in theater. i rely heavily on rotten tomato.