I think this thread is stupid. I'm not closing it if someone wants to reply though.
My title probably didn't explain a lot so I'll do all of that now.
If you look at my IMDB account, you'll see I have been a member for nine months. However I didn't start posting ratings till about a month ago, and for the first time I started to read IMDB reviews. Before I only used Rotten Tomatoes as my source to find movies. What I noticed from IMDB is that a lot of movies that tend to get critical acclaim have mostly negative reviews if you filter the reviews by best and movies that tend to get critical smack have mostly positive reviews if you filter the reviews by best. Here are some examples I found (along with my ranking if I seen it.)
Critical Acclaim, Mostly Negative Reviews
Gravity http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1454468/reviews?start=0
No Country For Old Men http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477348/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
Avengers http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0848228/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
Skyfall http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1074638/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
American Hustle http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1800241/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
Critical Smack, Mostly Positive Reviews
Beaches http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094715/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
Bushwhacked http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112602/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
A Walk in the Clouds http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114887/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
Paint your Wagon http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064782/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
Movies I thought would have mostly negative but didn't
Grand Budapest Hotel http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2278388/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
Christmas Story http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085334/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
Adaption http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0268126/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
Game of Thrones http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944947/reviews?ref_=tt_urv (I know GoT is a television series but I thought it would have mostly negative as Goodreads is mostly negative https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...ame_of_Thrones
So do you have a hypothesis on why certain movies that get critical acclaim have mostly negative reviews when filtered best and vice versa? My only guess is that certain well written reviews get more votes than other reviews and hence, regardless of what they said about the movie, will get it up there.
If you have some other examples please post them.
PS-Same thing is for Goodreads.
My title probably didn't explain a lot so I'll do all of that now.
If you look at my IMDB account, you'll see I have been a member for nine months. However I didn't start posting ratings till about a month ago, and for the first time I started to read IMDB reviews. Before I only used Rotten Tomatoes as my source to find movies. What I noticed from IMDB is that a lot of movies that tend to get critical acclaim have mostly negative reviews if you filter the reviews by best and movies that tend to get critical smack have mostly positive reviews if you filter the reviews by best. Here are some examples I found (along with my ranking if I seen it.)
Critical Acclaim, Mostly Negative Reviews
Gravity http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1454468/reviews?start=0
No Country For Old Men http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477348/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
Avengers http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0848228/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
Skyfall http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1074638/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
American Hustle http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1800241/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
Critical Smack, Mostly Positive Reviews
Beaches http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094715/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
Bushwhacked http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112602/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
A Walk in the Clouds http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114887/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
Paint your Wagon http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064782/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
Movies I thought would have mostly negative but didn't
Grand Budapest Hotel http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2278388/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
Christmas Story http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085334/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
Adaption http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0268126/reviews?ref_=tt_urv
Game of Thrones http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944947/reviews?ref_=tt_urv (I know GoT is a television series but I thought it would have mostly negative as Goodreads is mostly negative https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...ame_of_Thrones
So do you have a hypothesis on why certain movies that get critical acclaim have mostly negative reviews when filtered best and vice versa? My only guess is that certain well written reviews get more votes than other reviews and hence, regardless of what they said about the movie, will get it up there.
If you have some other examples please post them.
PS-Same thing is for Goodreads.
Last edited by Friendly Mushroom!; 11-05-14 at 10:04 PM.