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Which is more important to you - RT Audience Score or RT Tomatometer?

Posted on 2/25/15 at 8:30 am
Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
84784 posts
Posted on 2/25/15 at 8:30 am
I occasionally browse the M/TV board so I wanted to see which RottenTomato metric is more important/influential to you all. Personally, if there is a movie I find interesting, a bad score in either metric will not deter me from seeing the film.

However, with the more obscure titles or films that don't peak my interest immediately, I find the Audience Score is usually my go-to factor for whether or not I'll watch the film. I hate to sound like just another sheep, but I feel as though the Audience Score is a better predictor of whether or not I find the film enjoyable. To put it another way, I'm much more inclined to view a movie with a poor Tomatometer score (<50%) but a >60% Audience Score than I am if the ratings were reversed.

I wish RT allowed you to sort movies by the Audience Score rather than the Tomatometer. That omission seems pretty significant and it is the reason I prefer IMDB top lists over RT, although I use RT much more with new features.

Anyway, the Birdman/Whiplash thread sparked my interest in how the board views these things. For reference:



Posted by LoveThatMoney
Who knows where?
Member since Jan 2008
12268 posts
Posted on 2/25/15 at 9:25 am to
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Which is more important to you - RT Audience Score or RT Tomatometer?


Whatever MLSter says about a movie, that's all I care about.
Posted by TigerMyth36
River Ridge
Member since Nov 2005
39730 posts
Posted on 2/25/15 at 9:31 am to
Neither. I know what I like.
Posted by LSUTil_iDie
Lawrenceville, GA
Member since Jan 2012
5511 posts
Posted on 2/25/15 at 9:32 am to
I usually go by the audience score. Typically more indicative of enjoyable the movie. Recent example: The Wedding Ringer. Critics hated it (29%), but the people liked it (74%). Personally, I thought it was hilarious.
Posted by boom roasted
Member since Sep 2010
28039 posts
Posted on 2/25/15 at 9:34 am to
Depends on what kind of movie it is. Smart / different / classic movies - tomatometer. Action movies - audience.
Posted by Patrick_Bateman
Member since Jan 2012
17823 posts
Posted on 2/25/15 at 10:10 am to
Tomatometer, easily.
Posted by Patrick_Bateman
Member since Jan 2012
17823 posts
Posted on 2/25/15 at 10:11 am to
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Neither. I know what I like.
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