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Movie Review Websites
Posted on 4/27/10 at 2:15 pm
Posted on 4/27/10 at 2:15 pm
What's the best in your opinion? I'd like to check a few reliable ratings before possibly wasting time on some movies.
And please list a small list of your favorite movies to see if I value your opinion.
Thanks
And please list a small list of your favorite movies to see if I value your opinion.
Thanks
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Posted on 4/27/10 at 2:22 pm to TheLittleAristotle
LINK
Best reviewer on the web.
And I usually check Metacritic over Rotten Tomatoes. Cleaner, quicker, and they actually average out the scores on a 100 scale rather than just doing Fresh/Rotten. I feel it's more accurate, especially for polarizing films.
City Lights
Seven Samurai
The Thing
Murder on the Orient Express
The Sting
The Prestige
City of God
Oldboy
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
I could go on
Best reviewer on the web.
And I usually check Metacritic over Rotten Tomatoes. Cleaner, quicker, and they actually average out the scores on a 100 scale rather than just doing Fresh/Rotten. I feel it's more accurate, especially for polarizing films.
City Lights
Seven Samurai
The Thing
Murder on the Orient Express
The Sting
The Prestige
City of God
Oldboy
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
I could go on
This post was edited on 4/27/10 at 2:25 pm
Posted on 4/27/10 at 2:23 pm to TheLittleAristotle
I use Rottentomatoes.com and imdb.com to find a movie, but to be honest, lately I have been coming on here and asking for opinions off this board once I find a movie that looks appealing, some very solid opinions on here.
O and not to hijack your thread but off the top of my head, favorite movies are:
Shawshank
Children of Men
V for Vendetta
28 Days Later
Unforgiven
Empire Strikes Back
The Matrix (original, not the trilogy)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
O and not to hijack your thread but off the top of my head, favorite movies are:
Shawshank
Children of Men
V for Vendetta
28 Days Later
Unforgiven
Empire Strikes Back
The Matrix (original, not the trilogy)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Posted on 4/27/10 at 2:25 pm to TheLittleAristotle
I always start with rottentomatoes.com for a general idea of how a movie's doing with critics. Then I go to specific critics. My absolute favorite critic is James Berardinelli of reelviews.net. I find that I agree with him probably 90% of the time, and his reviews are fantastic. Next, I'll go check Roger Ebert, and I usually also like the Onion A.V. Club reviews.
Some of my favorite movies...Pulp Fiction, The Prestige, True Romance, Brick, Inglourious Basterds, Aliens, Memento, The Dark Knight, Out of Sight, Sin City, Apatow comedies
ETA: I'll check rottentomatoes for a general idea of how a movie's doing, but I don't read anyone's reviews until after I see the movie.
Some of my favorite movies...Pulp Fiction, The Prestige, True Romance, Brick, Inglourious Basterds, Aliens, Memento, The Dark Knight, Out of Sight, Sin City, Apatow comedies
ETA: I'll check rottentomatoes for a general idea of how a movie's doing, but I don't read anyone's reviews until after I see the movie.
This post was edited on 4/27/10 at 2:48 pm
Posted on 4/27/10 at 2:26 pm to Freauxzen
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And I usually check Metacritic over Rotten Tomatoes. Cleaner, quicker, and they actually average out the scores on a 100 scale rather than just doing Fresh/Rotten. I feel it's more accurate, especially for polarizing films.
agree with that completely. metacritic is a really useful site.
Posted on 4/27/10 at 2:27 pm to TheLittleAristotle
I always just check IMDB I prefer real peoples ratings to critics. I don't read reviews until after I see the movie, then I might check out what the professional critics say to see if they agree with my own assessment.
This post was edited on 4/27/10 at 2:36 pm
Posted on 4/27/10 at 2:28 pm to DanglingFury
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Some of my favorite movies...Pulp Fiction, The Prestige, True Romance, Brick, Inglourious Basterds, Aliens, Memento, The Dark Knight, Out of Sight, Sin City, Apatow comedies
Put that on my queue last week, pretty pumped for it!
Posted on 4/27/10 at 2:28 pm to Freauxzen
thanks
Posted on 4/27/10 at 2:34 pm to TheLittleAristotle
Metacritic and Rottentomatoes are all you need
they RARELY steer me wrong (exception: comedy)
they RARELY steer me wrong (exception: comedy)
Posted on 4/27/10 at 2:35 pm to Feed Me Popeyes
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they RARELY steer me wrong (exception: comedy)
Yea I'm about 50-50 when it comes to agreeing with review sites on comedies, definitely very inconsistent compared to non-comedy ratings.
Posted on 4/27/10 at 2:43 pm to FootballNostradamus
my rule on comedies is that if the critics rate it highly, I will probably like it and laugh at it. If they rate it poorly, I may still laugh at it but it probably won't be "good"
Posted on 4/27/10 at 5:46 pm to TheLittleAristotle
Rogerebert.com
Last of the great film critics.
Last of the great film critics.
Posted on 4/27/10 at 6:13 pm to shutterspeed
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Rogerebert.com
+1
His reviews are VERY well written too. Like everyone he has his own personal tastes, but if you read enough of his reviews you can start to filter through and figure out which likes and dislikes of his are apt to be yours as well.
Posted on 4/27/10 at 6:52 pm to Freauxzen
I check Metacritic every weekend, but even though I have read their explanation for how they score each movie, it seems like their rating is still subjective, unless the reviewer rates it out of 10. Certainly all reviewers don't use that system.
Still, I like it more than Metacritic for the same reasons you listed. Looks better visually than RT and doesn't just use the liked/disliked formula.
Still, I like it more than Metacritic for the same reasons you listed. Looks better visually than RT and doesn't just use the liked/disliked formula.
This post was edited on 4/27/10 at 6:53 pm
Posted on 4/27/10 at 6:53 pm to noladan
I like Dave Whites reviews on movies.com. Funny and normally agrees with my taste.
Posted on 4/28/10 at 6:19 pm to noladan
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but if you read enough of his reviews you can start to filter through and figure out which likes and dislikes of his are apt to be yours as well.
Ebert actually makes that point as well. A film critic's reviews should be informative enough that the general reader not only identifies the critic's likes and dislikes but also understands them. That way, the reader develops an informed opinion as to whether he or she will appreciate the movie or not.
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