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LoLoL. Disney doing work on Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

Posted on 12/16/17 at 10:28 am
Posted by League Champs
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Member since Oct 2012
10340 posts
Posted on 12/16/17 at 10:28 am
Its so painfully obvious that they are in a full scale panic, and trying to scramble to salvage their movie. As well as the possible damage they may have done to the Star Wars initiatives at their theme parks

Last night before going I went to bed, Rotten Tomatoes was at 56% audience score with 306 pages of reviews. So when I check it this morning, still 56%, but up tp 346 pages. And those new pages are chock full of negative reviews. Yet no further drop in the average score.

And those negative reviews are mostly in depth analysis of what failed. However, 2 to 3 entries per page are 5***** reviews along the lines of "Best Star Wars movie yet", "Can't wait to see it again", "Rian hit a home run". Not a single one referenced a scene or a character or anything from the movie. Its almost as though these posters hadn't really seen the movie.

And on page 1, 3, and 7 there was found the exact same positive reviews, from the exact same posters found on the other pages, with the exact same 4**** or 5***** rating

I also checked Metacrtic. It had 383 negative reviews compared to only 197 positive User reviews with a 5.0 audience rating. Woke up this morning, still at 5.0, but the positive reviews are now almost tied with the negative reviews

So in the wee hours of the morning, 400+ positive Users got on and posted what a wonderful movie they saw, and yet the audience rating was unaffected???

Seems like Disney has paid to have the audience score frozen (pun intended) to keep the debacle from attracting attention as to how quickly it has fallen to become the least liked addition to the SW galaxy

I expect shenanigans with the box office numbers too. It will make an amazing amount of money, despite how dreadful the movie is
Posted by RLDSC FAN
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Member since Nov 2008
51410 posts
Posted on 12/16/17 at 10:30 am to
I just started a thread from Deadline that the GA is enjoying it.
Posted by dawgfan24348
Member since Oct 2011
49220 posts
Posted on 12/16/17 at 10:31 am to
Or maybe a lot of people loved it, /r/movies and /r/StarWars seemed to really like it too. But sure it's all a big conspiracy
Posted by Lacour
Member since Nov 2009
32949 posts
Posted on 12/16/17 at 10:31 am to
Yep. Disney paying so their sjw fest looks good. Sad
Posted by Civildawg
Member since May 2012
8547 posts
Posted on 12/16/17 at 10:32 am to
Have you seen it yet? Because me and you seem to have about the same taste in movies.
Posted by dawgfan24348
Member since Oct 2011
49220 posts
Posted on 12/16/17 at 10:32 am to
SJW?

This word has been overused so much it's lost all meaning. It's like the right's version of NAZI
Posted by RLDSC FAN
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Member since Nov 2008
51410 posts
Posted on 12/16/17 at 10:33 am to
I'm seeing it tonight. It's been very hard to stay away from all these threads
Posted by League Champs
Bayou Self
Member since Oct 2012
10340 posts
Posted on 12/16/17 at 10:33 am to
Don't believe it

Its clear that Disney bought those positive critic reviews

Its also clear that they went to work overnight to stop the bleeding in audience reviews

They will leave no stone unturned. Box office numbers will be inflated too
Posted by Scoop
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Member since Sep 2005
44583 posts
Posted on 12/16/17 at 10:34 am to
I am thoroughly confused.

I'm an OT era, hard core SW fan and I loved it. Absolutely loved it. My buddy that I saw it with, same.

My brother who is also a lifelong hardcore fan loved it.

Everyone I know personally that has seen it loved it.

The only place I'm seeing hate is the internet.
Posted by dawgfan24348
Member since Oct 2011
49220 posts
Posted on 12/16/17 at 10:34 am to
Did Disney pay all those Star Wars Fans too? I didn't get my paycheck
Posted by Civildawg
Member since May 2012
8547 posts
Posted on 12/16/17 at 10:34 am to
Just prepare yourself then. I really like TFA and i know you thought it was meh. You have no idea how disappointed and angry ive been since opening night. My wife cant even be around me cause im in such a bad mood
Posted by dawgfan24348
Member since Oct 2011
49220 posts
Posted on 12/16/17 at 10:36 am to
People seemed to have a lot of theoires about Snoke and Rey and the movie went in a completely different direction so now those people are throwing a fit over being absolutely wrong
Posted by League Champs
Bayou Self
Member since Oct 2012
10340 posts
Posted on 12/16/17 at 10:38 am to
quote:

I am thoroughly confused.

I'm an OT era, hard core SW fan and I loved it. Absolutely loved it. My buddy that I saw it with, same.

My brother who is also a lifelong hardcore fan loved it.

Everyone I know personally that has seen it loved it.

The only place I'm seeing hate is the internet.

Everyone that I know is aware of what a HUGE SW fan I am. Family and friends, to the person, have all called or texted me, to tell me how bad they thought this film was.

Not one person in my circle has been pleased
Posted by funnystuff
Member since Nov 2012
8320 posts
Posted on 12/16/17 at 10:39 am to
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My wife cant even be around me cause im in such a bad mood
I think that says less about the movie and more about you
Posted by Decker
Member since Nov 2015
3435 posts
Posted on 12/16/17 at 10:42 am to
I'm a lifelong fan and was disappointed. Some parts were great, others were terrible, with lots of questionable choices. My 10 year old son loves Star Wars and was very meh about this movie. In contrast, he begged to go back and see TFA right after we walked out (he even kind of likes the prequels).
Posted by Harry Caray
Denial
Member since Aug 2009
18636 posts
Posted on 12/16/17 at 10:46 am to
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You have no idea how disappointed and angry ive been since opening night. My wife cant even be around me cause im in such a bad mood
This is pretty pathetic
Posted by BluegrassBelle
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Member since Nov 2010
98898 posts
Posted on 12/16/17 at 10:46 am to
quote:


I am thoroughly confused.


Same here. Going to see it Sunday and everyone I know who has seen it, from a wide range of ideologies and fandoms, have really enjoyed it. It's odd.
Posted by Scoop
RIP Scoop
Member since Sep 2005
44583 posts
Posted on 12/16/17 at 10:49 am to
I’m having a lot of trouble sorting this out.

Nothing but love, love, love from everyone I talked to and as soon as I got on the Internet, hate, hate, hate.
Posted by Brosef Stalin
Member since Dec 2011
39148 posts
Posted on 12/16/17 at 10:50 am to
How do you get a job writing fake reviews for Disney? I'd like to do that.
Posted by molsusports
Member since Jul 2004
36105 posts
Posted on 12/16/17 at 10:51 am to
I have yet to meet anyone who liked it. And a lot of people who really hated it.
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