Is Rotten Tomatoes a BAD Website?

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 461

  • @TheLonelyGoomba
    @TheLonelyGoomba 8 років тому +210

    Rotten Tomatoes has a "Average Rating" under it. Which is more so a score average, than a "Good/Bad" ratio, despite like you said, it's small, but it's there... I think most people know that. I don't see that so much an issue. The way I use RT is that I treat the % as a indicator to the chance that I'd like a film. There's a chance I'll love a a film with 30%, but it's probably less likely than a film with 90%. But I wouldn't complete dismiss a film because of a low %.
    The real issue, as with most things, are how stupid people are. They treat the % as gospel. Just like they treat game critics as the all knowing gods. And that's what makes the site so important. People hold reviews too such a high regard, they gain a unwarranted importance.
    And now Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes seem to be the be all and end all of a movies success...(and the box office).

    • @jtothepmoreno1010
      @jtothepmoreno1010 8 років тому +8

      Hey!! I subscribed to you!!

    • @sonofpechoman4261
      @sonofpechoman4261 8 років тому +5

      Nice to see a familiar face around here.

    • @parforet6988
      @parforet6988 8 років тому +3

      Same thing with IMDB.

    • @KidSnivy69
      @KidSnivy69 8 років тому +3

      The problem us not everyone uses it that way

    • @RyanDaly
      @RyanDaly 8 років тому +3

      Sup Loney Goomba!!

  • @lauraswiftfoot3855
    @lauraswiftfoot3855 8 років тому +33

    It's kinda like what Nostalgia Critic said about critics in general, but this is very true, one must look at WHY a film can be the way it is, and why the viewer should see it for themselves (I feel your pain Mat, I tried to watch FoodFight!! I couldn't!)

    • @johncastillo2194
      @johncastillo2194 4 роки тому +4

      The Autistic FanCritic Show after seeing his Pink Floyd The Wall parody I’m not watching or listening to that cringe channel about anything

    • @dylansmith5206
      @dylansmith5206 3 роки тому +1

      @@johncastillo2194 Yeah Fuck Doug Walker and anything he does.

  • @MrJoeyWheeler
    @MrJoeyWheeler 8 років тому +19

    Even more aggravating is that Wikipedia uses rotten tomatoes scores in the "Critical Reception" segments

  • @WhiffyPlush
    @WhiffyPlush 8 років тому +100

    Well the chart says...

  • @LeopoldLitchenstein
    @LeopoldLitchenstein 8 років тому +20

    It's like how Star Trek Beyond's ads on YT sometimes say "and with a high rating on RT...."

  • @maggie_knolastname
    @maggie_knolastname 7 років тому +82

    I hate Rotten Tomatoes honestly. They unfairly review some WONDERFUL movies

    • @micahwatkins8425
      @micahwatkins8425 4 роки тому +3

      Jah your a idiot rotten tomatoes likes stupid ass movies and downs good movies

    • @FreeSpiritPaulette
      @FreeSpiritPaulette 4 роки тому +2

      Jah123abc✔️ you like despacito your opinion is no longer valid

    • @HugoSoup57
      @HugoSoup57 3 роки тому +1

      MarissaFlynn527 I find that they usually give good movies their fair due and terrible movies the rightful thrashing that they deserve.

    • @GreatOldOne9866
      @GreatOldOne9866 3 роки тому +1

      @@articalp no, it’s a fact.

    • @articalp
      @articalp 3 роки тому +1

      @@GreatOldOne9866 yeah your right. I honestly forgot I wrote that stupid comment

  • @spiderraccoon7869
    @spiderraccoon7869 8 років тому +6

    Well said. Numbers can't tell you EVERYTHING about a movie.

  • @akhimahathir2004
    @akhimahathir2004 Рік тому +4

    Same happened with the super Mario Bros movie when rotten tomato get 46% rating.

    • @Zebra_fandomfella03
      @Zebra_fandomfella03 4 місяці тому

      And apparently, Rotten tomatoes is the same website that gave Cuties a 84% fresh score 💀

  • @jojothebard6687
    @jojothebard6687 8 років тому +46

    Now this is a different style in presentation. I actually like this. Are you using a green screen?

    • @nageorgiou2
      @nageorgiou2 8 років тому +12

      No he's become one with the shows behind him, OF COURSE ITS A GREEN SCREEN! Sorry had to get that out, its obviously either a green screen or a blue screen

    • @c0mpu73rguy
      @c0mpu73rguy 8 років тому +2

      It couldn't be a bluescreen since he's wearing a blue shirt. So I guess it is green... Unless redscreens exist for special effects.

  • @thepancakereviewer
    @thepancakereviewer 6 років тому +3

    Fact check: you only get a certified fresh if the movie has 80 or more critics.

  • @Gravitynaut
    @Gravitynaut 8 років тому +30

    The simple answer: No, if treated properly. And at least it's not the IMDb User Reviews section. THAT is bad.

    • @noahschlogl4739
      @noahschlogl4739 8 років тому +4

      Oogieloves is a 10/10 masterpiece

    • @crono3015
      @crono3015 8 років тому

      Oogielove. Oogie. Pogielove Love Oogieloves

    • @BitchieSackmore
      @BitchieSackmore 8 років тому +2

      Now, on the scale from Oogielove to Oogielove, I would give the Oogielove an Oogielove out of Oogielove.

    • @TheBonkleFox
      @TheBonkleFox 8 років тому

      Ever see the user reviews on Oogieloves?
      Bots. Bots everywhere.

    • @fairytaleoverworlds7795
      @fairytaleoverworlds7795 6 років тому +2

      Gravitynaut You don't know how to do math do you. Rotten Tomatoes is garbage. This is due to the rating system counting a movie with consistent 7/10s as 100% but then a movie with mostly 10/10s and some 3/10s as 60%. Just look at both IMDb's and Rotten Tomatoes' Top 250. You have brilliant movies never making it to Rotten Tomatoes' top movies because the list is filled with 7/10 lukewarm approval movies that get 100%. It's an absolutely flawed site that everyone simply uses out of stupidity. The IMDB average rating is the one that matters, it's really just a probability out of 10 that anyone on average will enjoy a movie.

  • @RanserSSF4
    @RanserSSF4 8 років тому +8

    I personally 100% agree. I don't hate the website. In fact, there are times the rotten tomatoes scale is actually correct when it comes to the quality of a film, like Zootopia, Inside Out, finding dory, Scooby Doo 2, etc.
    Its just... most people have no idea how rotten tomatoes works. I only use the rating scale to judge if they were right or not. the plus about it is that, you can read all the reviews in one website, which is good for people who like to read reviews. It's all a matter of opinion, just many will never accept them!
    the only thing I hate about it is that I wish the ratings of 6 or 2 and a half stars are considered rotten

    • @gilbertozo
      @gilbertozo Рік тому +1

      Your agreement with is Certified Fresh.

  • @googamp32
    @googamp32 8 років тому +3

    That "Can I please smack you" line just made my day.

  • @Golemoid
    @Golemoid 8 років тому +18

    i love your squeaky, nerdy voice. you should be a voice actor

  • @MundoJuanci
    @MundoJuanci 8 років тому +17

    8:45
    exactly! I want to see Ratchet and Clank to find out if it is really bad as critics are saying or its just good for Ratchet and clank fans

    • @weirdotzero7065
      @weirdotzero7065 8 років тому

      I didn't see it(mostly because I have a one movie per month policy, and I had already seen Rifftrax live and Civil War.)But I do know other Ratchet And Clank fans, and they said they liked it.

    • @MundoJuanci
      @MundoJuanci 8 років тому +4

      +Dylan Nicholson so if you haven't seen it, how can be that a disappointment?

    • @MundoJuanci
      @MundoJuanci 8 років тому +2

      Dylan Nicholson I know he hated
      But still I want to see it

    • @BugsyFoga
      @BugsyFoga 8 років тому +3

      trust me when say it really isnt as bad as they say it is, even me biased fan of the franchise ,my more critical self thought it was a decent movie

    • @MundoJuanci
      @MundoJuanci 8 років тому +3

      +Nathaniel Foga I know, I'm only expecting a decent movie

  • @MediaGhost_
    @MediaGhost_ 8 років тому +18

    *sniffs the new ghostbusters movie* MAN IT STILL SMELLS LIKE SHIT!!!

    • @shadowwolfess4504
      @shadowwolfess4504 8 років тому

      I don't know, I'm personally not gonna see it because I am not a fan of ghost busters in the first place and I have seen the trailers...If I have to see it, might as well see it if everyone else recommended it.

    • @mgeiger2341
      @mgeiger2341 8 років тому +7

      +RogueLvther It tries so hard to be progressive that it becomes regressive.

    • @shadowwolfess4504
      @shadowwolfess4504 8 років тому

      So, is it worth watching or nah? I'm just gonna wait for Doctor Strange to come out and watch that before the new Ghostbusters if it is any good.

    • @MediaGhost_
      @MediaGhost_ 8 років тому

      Shadow Wolfess no, it never is worth it to watch

    • @shadowwolfess4504
      @shadowwolfess4504 8 років тому

      +Media Ghost Alrighty. Thanks. :3

  • @jeremiahbok9028
    @jeremiahbok9028 8 років тому +9

    I like Tomatoes as a site it's a good quick guide. But you made some points I'll have to consider. Funny use of the MLP:FiM scene, clever.

  • @cosmicspacething3474
    @cosmicspacething3474 Рік тому +3

    It sure is bad now

  • @VidWatcher01
    @VidWatcher01 3 роки тому +4

    I tend to lean more towards the audience score on the site

  • @RobertStoll
    @RobertStoll 8 років тому +28

    My issue with the whole mindset of "you need to see it yo know if its good" is that it defeats the purpose of reading reviews. For example, the new Star Trek and Ghostbusters. I have nothing but contempt for both, based on literally everything about the production besides the final product. I've openly stated I'm not seeing either. Idiots however keep calling me closed minded for not giving money to studios whose products I find disagreeable and whose actions I find repulsive. At the end of the day, a system that relies on you buying into something to see if you should have bought in in the first place is no market to participate in at all.

    • @thepinkestpigglet7529
      @thepinkestpigglet7529 8 років тому

      I fail to see what that examples has to do with reviews.
      Refusing to see a movie because you don't agree with the actions of the studio that made it does not mean you don't like the movie. It just means you don't like the studio. It sounds like if you were to pirate a film by a studio you don't like, you might like better than you would if you were to watch it legally.

    • @RobertStoll
      @RobertStoll 8 років тому

      Because one way to tell whether or not a film will defy your expectations ad that the studios didn't fuck it up is to look at reviews and decide if you want to give it your money at all. That's the whole reason to look at reviews.
      And yes, if I don't like the studio most likely the studio is grabby on their movies and that influence will ruin the film for me. Happened often enough where it's just preemtive now.
      I won't even pirate those kinds of films either. Studios use those numbers as well to influence their decisions.

    • @crono3015
      @crono3015 8 років тому

      That issue doesn't bother me. I watch reviews for entertainment. You aren't really supposed to take a review seriously. Just some random person's opinion.

    • @crono3015
      @crono3015 8 років тому

      And besides, ignore those idiots who call ypu closed minded. Not like their opinion has any value.

    • @RobertStoll
      @RobertStoll 8 років тому

      Making even more changes to the lore such as changing Sulu's sexuality, along with Paramount making draconian rules for fan projects.Regardless on the merits of gay characters, It is disrespectful to older fans to replace what they know and then say they can't do anything to honor the older continuity unless it is poor quality.

  • @yungegger
    @yungegger 7 років тому +2

    I've always looked at the box telling why a movie got it's rating because it's common sense

  • @alexanderklepp
    @alexanderklepp 8 років тому +9

    Personally, this is a lot better than the Nostalgia Critic's "When Are Critics Wrong?" editorial. One of his few bad ones. The reason is that Mat doesn't give off the impression that critics have an agenda or something and unlike Doug he knows how the site actually works. Sorry, but it's hard to take him seriously when he has no idea how it works. Like in his reviews of Zootopia or The Jungle Book. I feel when he doesn't mention Rotten Tomatoes or at the very least when he's with Rob and they mention it briefly, then the reviews are far better. The problem is to me he lets it be the soul source of his expectations and as a result he ends up being underwhelmed or let down.

  • @Awsome2464
    @Awsome2464 8 років тому +36

    10:23 FNaF, Undertale, and MLP in a nutshell

    • @zfrometa8316
      @zfrometa8316 8 років тому +2

      IKR

    • @mattwo7
      @mattwo7 8 років тому

      Doesn't even make any real sense most of the time too. Don't forget furries, Sonic and anime BTW.

    • @3liony
      @3liony 8 років тому

      ERMAHGERD HOW DER U!!!??? RABBLERABBLERABBLE

    • @Duskool
      @Duskool 8 років тому +4

      Don't forget about Sonic!
      People need to look/play/watch into the things before judging/hating them just because it's the cool thing to do, while on the flipside fans of the stuff should be less annoying when defending or praising it for being the best thing ever, even though it obviously isn'y because perspectives.

    • @mattwo7
      @mattwo7 8 років тому

      Duskool
      Already mentioned Sonic. Seriously why do people always reply to comment threads without reading them thinking they have something original to say? It's really fucking stupid.

  • @titanslayer492
    @titanslayer492 8 років тому +3

    I honestly did not know that's how the rotten tomatoes rating system worked. Thank you for informing :)

  • @dominicsanimatedreviews5966
    @dominicsanimatedreviews5966 8 років тому +3

    I like Rotten Tomatoes personally. No problem considering it is the percentage of people like it. I like it to see movies I have in common with people I disagree on

  • @KaeMcSpadden
    @KaeMcSpadden 8 років тому +2

    You should look into Kirk Cameron's battle with Rotton Tomatoes over his film, Saving Christmas, getting a 0%.

  • @BradRLee
    @BradRLee 8 років тому +5

    0:18 Is that Francis in the background?

  • @BlazeHeartPanther
    @BlazeHeartPanther 8 років тому +1

    13:25 XD what is that Tomatoes song from, its cracking me up. it sounds like something a Minion would sing if they could speak coheirently

  • @smashshane9434
    @smashshane9434 6 років тому +1

    This actually helps me. Being a huge moviegoers I never saw into any specifics about most movies that would be on my radar. But sometimes I would just see the reviews and determine if I would see this movie or not. And other times I would avoid spoilers a little bit. Only the reviews would help make up my mind about any sort of movie in general. But I think Box Office Mojo would be my source to keep up with every movie released. And to me I tend to focus on those that have a more massive impact on any moviegoer and those that are successful in the box office. But overall thanks for explaining this information. I'll keep that in mind the next time I read reviews.

  • @CaptainCat101
    @CaptainCat101 3 роки тому +1

    Rotten Tomatoes isn't bad, just not always accurate. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is the only Spider-Man movie to have a rotten score. And we all know Morbius deserves a 200%

  • @c0mpu73rguy
    @c0mpu73rguy 8 років тому +2

    It's good if you don't want to search for every critic individually since they are listed, but you have to ignore the % and read what they say below.
    Rotten Tomatoes should be used as a tool like a map not as a guide like a Sherpa. It have to be interpreted.
    I would also say that it's not because a movie is under 60% that it's gonna be bad to you. I usually enjoy movies over 30%.

  • @dylanmay3335
    @dylanmay3335 8 років тому +2

    I also can't understand why Home Alone 1 and 2 had poor reviews.

    • @m.syauqiabdurahman2798
      @m.syauqiabdurahman2798 2 роки тому

      Yeah
      But if just they did not used statistic to scored the movie , maybe the site will be not that problematic

  • @misseli1
    @misseli1 5 років тому +2

    I find that I usually enjoy a film/series most when I'm not necessarily hyping myself up for it and it takes me by surprise. Many movies that I love I stumbled upon by accident with no real expectations, while in most cases when I'm looking forward to a movie/shown with immense excitement, I end up thinking it's OK or even mediocre

  • @baffledbrandon6971
    @baffledbrandon6971 8 років тому +2

    MLP from 9:47-10:33. Hey, wait a minute, was that comment a snipe at us bronies?

  • @hateUmankind
    @hateUmankind 8 років тому +3

    Rotten Tomatoes is Rotten then the name it self

  • @Paranoidpedantic
    @Paranoidpedantic 8 років тому +2

    to me i loved xmen apocalypse bet people said it was bland i was like a its good xmen movie b/c basically no wolverine, a strong cocky cool cyclops permanent deaths, sophia turner, a funny but not stupid nightcrawler and good villians

  • @TotalAnimeFreak456
    @TotalAnimeFreak456 6 років тому +3

    It is kind of a tricky subject. Me, I use RT to determine whether or not I'll go see the movie in theaters. I'm an unemployed student living off my savings, so I can't afford to go see every movie, not even the ones I'm interested in. Still, as someone who's been burned by bad movies in the past (I've seen Vampires Suck, Cop Out, and a Twilight movie my friend dragged me to, all in theaters), so I'm not inclined to spend my limited funds on a crappy film and overly expensive snacks.
    A low or unimpressive RT score doesn't mean I won't watch it at all - maybe I'll make a note of it and wait for it to come out on Netflix, on TV, for a DVD/Blu-ray to drop to affordable levels, or another option. Hell, I saw Kingsmen: Golden Circle two days ago (Tomatometer: 50%) and really enjoyed myself. A high score doesn't guarantee I'm gonna run out and see it, either; despite Wonder Woman and Spider-Man Homecoming getting really good scores, I never saw them due to the aforementioned budget constraints. In essence, I use the site more to weigh my options for seeing a film than whether or not I'm going to watch or ignore a film.

  • @NintendoFanatic2001
    @NintendoFanatic2001 3 роки тому +3

    Honestly it doesn't matter if l hate what they like or if I like something they hate it doesn't always mean it has to affect me Plus the audience score can be more accurate.

  • @jackbonser8665
    @jackbonser8665 8 років тому +4

    But the chart says...

    • @eddsworldfan8820
      @eddsworldfan8820 5 років тому +1

      I’m not asking the chart I’m asking you

  • @MDWolfe-ks5fu
    @MDWolfe-ks5fu 8 років тому +5

    I'm sorry, I know you are not a Brony, but I noticed that you had a clip from the show episode: Hoofields and McColts as a background clip when they're throwing tomatoes and I just laughed.

  • @dylanmay3335
    @dylanmay3335 8 років тому +18

    I can't understand why Thomas and the Magic Railroad, The Black Cauldron, Pete's Dragon, and Hook had poor reviews by the critics on rotten tomatoes. Seriously none of them aren't that bad at all in my opinion.

    • @liltylenoll6955
      @liltylenoll6955 8 років тому +4

      Do you mean Thomas the train and the magic railroad cause in that case um I don't know what to say

    • @SHPASstudiosTandM
      @SHPASstudiosTandM 8 років тому +3

      I've seen Thomas and the Magic Railroad and Hook many times when I was a kid and now, they are still good even if those two have poor reviews

    • @liltylenoll6955
      @liltylenoll6955 8 років тому +2

      +Rustydog9000! Wait there is a Thomas the train fan base

    • @dylanmay3335
      @dylanmay3335 8 років тому +2

      Rustydog9000! I actually do you understand why Thomas fans says Thomas and the magic railroad isn't as good as they remember it but to tell you the truth the Real reason why it failed in theaters worldwide is because there was the original uncut version of the film with an actual main proper villain named PT Boomer (played by Doug Lennox) which explains the reasons in the film that makes a lot more sense like why Peter Fonda is really sad about his magical engine and why Lilly goes to shining time station and things aren't going well on the island of sodor, but thanks to those Hollywood test audiences that destroyed Britt Allcroft's film she had to cut out PT Boomer because The test audience said he was too frightening which he really isn't that frightening at all. A lot of Thomas fans are working hard to support the petitions you can find on the Internet, ones at change.org restore the magic campaign and reawaken the magic thunderclap determined to see the directors cut of Thomas and the magic railroad release on the big screen worldwide and onto DVD and Blu-ray.

    • @dylanmay3335
      @dylanmay3335 8 років тому

      Rustydog9000! I think that the original version deserves to be released so that way it would be much better then the final version.

  • @DrachonaTheWolf
    @DrachonaTheWolf 7 років тому +1

    I think "biased" is a better word. If this is really how the rating system works, then it is significantly flawed. However, there are movies that were decent to good which have shitty scores and there are shit movies with masterpiece-level scores. The idea that a movie like Oblivion with such beautiful music and scenery, and an entertaining and unique story from a new director, would get 54% while a lazy, poorly written and poorly acted "comedy" like Spy got 93%; that goes beyond a flawed system.

  • @jonmoore9823
    @jonmoore9823 7 років тому +2

    film critics are not always right and if u go by rotten tomatoes to judge a movie then ur not that smart also film critics need to get a job their a person who opion who can persuade u to see it or persuade u not to

  • @spiderjeranimo4992
    @spiderjeranimo4992 8 років тому +2

    I think more people need to watch this, and by that i mean the idiots that signed a petition to 'Shut down RT for giving DC movies negative reviews'.

    • @HugoSoup57
      @HugoSoup57 3 роки тому +1

      Spider Jeranimo Yeah, those fanboys are morons. DC films deserve low ratings because they’re terrible.

  • @FleetStreetBarber765
    @FleetStreetBarber765 2 роки тому +2

    So basically there the modern equivalent of Siskel and Ebert then

  • @danielattrell
    @danielattrell 8 років тому +73

    Metacritic is worse

    • @bensadfleck9972
      @bensadfleck9972 8 років тому

      Where you can give a 10/10 without watching a movie.

    • @epicshooters1000
      @epicshooters1000 8 років тому

      Well at least Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic differentiate the Critics and User scores. Literally anyone can contribute to the main score on imdb. Fans can even go and give a film a 10/10 before it is even out.

    • @lewiscranston881
      @lewiscranston881 7 років тому +1

      So true.

    • @nario9718
      @nario9718 7 років тому +1

      Emperor Palpitoad Many people on IMDB have no taste In movies. They're responsible for making movies like Cars underrated.

  • @chellastation
    @chellastation 8 років тому +1

    I never thought I would hear a song about tomatoes in a squeaky voice, but now I have.

  • @Crypt0n1an
    @Crypt0n1an 7 років тому +3

    Rotten tomatoes is for idiots! This video is pretty much echoing the same points I've been making for years now(except for his ridiculous conclusion). The good thing is that people are slowly wising up to this and are using metacritic more and more. Though their "algorithm" seems somewhat open to doctoring it's very likely that it's a far more reliable rating system. RT should either wake up and use their fine print average critic rating as the entire premise of their site or simply close up shop. The only other possibility is to start rating kid films only as they are the only ones that would be happy with a simple binary like/dislike way of rating a movie.

    • @Crypt0n1an
      @Crypt0n1an 7 років тому

      Joshua Hogberg The very fact that you're asking me this question shows you have no real understanding of the issue at hand. I have no time to explain this to people that are oblivious to the matter. I would advise you to do a little bit of research before challenging people with your "show me the evidence" attitude. Do a little bit of digging and you'll find the evidence or at the very least arm yourself with enough knowledge to have a proper discussion with me.

  • @a1000face88
    @a1000face88 8 років тому +1

    They give kids movies a good rating as of a way of saying here is a movie that will shut up your kids for the next hr or 2. Comic movies get crap rating is there way of saying we already read the comics so we already know what's gonna happen in movie . Other movies it all depends who the pay to say what's good and what's bad

  • @ninjarabbids
    @ninjarabbids 8 років тому +1

    9:45 Does anyone want to see Animat and Lewtoons to crossover? (Lewtoon's icon is on the bottom right corner)

  • @bsperoz
    @bsperoz 8 років тому

    I always believe the score is actually somewhere between the rotten tomatoes score and the flixster want to see score

  • @KingRarecrazy
    @KingRarecrazy 8 років тому +2

    I found the use of the original 12 Angry Men fitting for this arguement

  • @thebugisnothere6394
    @thebugisnothere6394 8 років тому +4

    Tell that to the DC fanboys.

  • @troopergio
    @troopergio 8 років тому +5

    all they give is bad reviews

  • @OllieByGolly
    @OllieByGolly 5 років тому +1

    Step #1: watch television show or movie
    Step #2: see what Rotten Tomatoes rating on said television show or movie is
    Step #3: base your opinion strictly on Rotten Tomatoes rating

  • @fridayafternooncocoa7553
    @fridayafternooncocoa7553 8 років тому +1

    There are some critics (like me) who's primary goal is to educate parents on whether a film is appropriate for kids or teens (i.e. "Toy Story 3" might be too scary for young kids), but it's still up to the parents to decide what's okay for their children and what isn't.

  • @legomaniac101scarandfilthy9
    @legomaniac101scarandfilthy9 6 років тому

    Jeremy Irons' performance saved both "Batman v Superman" and "Justice League".

    • @HugoSoup57
      @HugoSoup57 3 роки тому

      LegoManiac101/ScarAndFilThyFrankFTW4KidsFTL Not even his performance could save those films

  • @hazchem1
    @hazchem1 7 років тому +3

    Rotten Tomatoes is terrible now. I've been a member on the site now since it began and visit it on average around 4-5 times a week. Have a look just now at the release date they have for God Particle. It's been on the site now for a release date of February, even although it's not due until later on in the year. Their staff don't seem to have a clue because this is now a regular occurrence of posting the wrong release dates. The site is slow, the trailers sometimes refuse to load or are glitchy, the advertisement space takes up half the screen sometimes, they are way behind on the latest movie news which sometimes can be over a week out of date and the site is generally now overall very poor because of it. I would say if they reviewed their own site I would give it a score of 20% ROTTEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @CheshireCat-cm1si
      @CheshireCat-cm1si 7 років тому +1

      I agree with you. For example, I think Jurassic park is a good movie, and rotten tomatoes agrees with me. But, I also think Jurassic park: the lost world is a good movie. Rotten tomatoes says otherwise. I think the definition of a good movie varies from person to person, and the best way to tell if a movie is good or not is to see it yourself. Or, if you're that unsure of yourself, find a critics review.

  • @blazicgd
    @blazicgd 6 років тому +1

    Well Balto has 50% and Lion King 2 has 33% so yes it is bad.

  • @nikolygtx8848
    @nikolygtx8848 5 років тому +2

    This its least trustworthy site, and should never be consider, i don't know how its funding that at this point, and i would not complain if all movies had low rating, but they will give something out this world stupid 90 %, and some amazing movie 23%

  • @Disney65Fan
    @Disney65Fan 8 років тому

    ALOT of films that have low ratings I enjoyed them.I give you some of the examples
    Chasing Liberty-19%
    Kate & Leopold-50%
    The Amazing Spiderman 2-58%
    Aquamarine:51%
    While others are fresh
    Tangled-90%
    Enchanted- 93%
    Cinderella(2015):84%
    The Lion King-91%
    Frozen:89%
    Everyone is a critic at the end of the day. I think metacritic is WAY worse as they always have low ratings.For example Tangled is 90% in Rotten Tomatoes and in Metacritic its 70%.
    I agree with ya Animat people should see a film for themselves and then let them decide whether or not the film is crap or not.

  • @vitcawolfbane
    @vitcawolfbane 8 років тому +2

    Do you feel that a reviewer should be allowed to review a movie out of their taste? like someone who loves horror going into a kids movie that automatically walk in hating it and it reflects in their review.

  • @chrisbrasel9049
    @chrisbrasel9049 7 років тому

    a survey has been done and has shown young people are using the site to make sure the films are worth their money like for example, the baywatch movie bombed because young people saw the rating and went to watch other stuff instead.

  • @meam8493
    @meam8493 8 років тому +2

    They should really just start using the average rating more frequently.

  • @camolotthe42
    @camolotthe42 8 років тому

    There are multiple movies with low percentages that I liked.
    There were multiple movies with high percentages that I disliked, or just thought were mediocre.
    Conjuring 2, for example, was a rather pedestrian horror movie that had little to offer. My sixteen-year-old sister and I were a bit bored in the cinema, and at one point she leaved over to me and muttered that she could be home watching anime. We thought it deserved about sixty or seventy percent at best, but it got far more.
    Obviously, there is no justice and civilization is doomed.

  • @ameliafoley4156
    @ameliafoley4156 8 років тому +3

    Rotten Tomatoes is similar to 4Chan; you either love it or hate it for the same reason (rotten tomatoes is the rating by recommendation and 4chan is how raunchy and mean it is and I love both)

  • @StevenCenname
    @StevenCenname 8 років тому +2

    I can't wait for the Ice Age 5 review!

  • @lwanco1018
    @lwanco1018 8 років тому

    I never used rotten tomatoes like that, but I have seen those who do and it can get annoying. Also I didn't know you watch Lewtoons, and best use of the chart guys ever.

  • @crono3015
    @crono3015 8 років тому +3

    I don't get what you're saying. Can you explain your point in the form of a chart?

  • @HamanKarn567
    @HamanKarn567 6 років тому +1

    I would say yes only because people forge their opinions from that rather than actually judging for themselves if something is good or bad.

  • @legionairesunny5507
    @legionairesunny5507 8 років тому +3

    I watch Critics to see the average idea of how good or bad a movie is. Then I can decide what movie I want to spend my money on.

  • @jumpiegermandubs9854
    @jumpiegermandubs9854 8 років тому +1

    How did you get the MLP Episode?After all you're not a Brony and this Episode is only about 10 months old.The reason I'm wondering is because the tomatoes in that Clip aren't a Major part of the Episode so how did you know there was an MLP Clip featuring tomatoes?Did one of your Brony friends recommend it?

  • @KimmyArtMLP
    @KimmyArtMLP 8 років тому +1

    9:48 O look...talking ponies horses in the background...yay.

  • @justathought9789
    @justathought9789 8 років тому +3

    Your best video yet." Derby Derpy but Rotten Tomatoes gave Frozen- Shut up fanboys, I didn't like it.

  • @ojwh1933
    @ojwh1933 8 років тому +2

    Though it's meant more as a joke, CinemaSins really annoy me as they make a couple of or a few good points and then spend the rest of the video being silly and people use those videos as arguments for why movies are bad.
    Another argument also annoys me. One I'd say is obviously is a flawed argument but the fact that people use it for every subject regardless of how many times you remind them it doesn't work annoys me. That argument being, 'I have lots of people agree with me therefore I'm right'. It's unbelievably childish yet people don't stop thinking it's a good argument.
    Not to sound at all arrogant but I don't understand the way other people are in terms of wanting to know spoilers and get massively hyped for something. That leads people to either be inevitably disappointed ('Avengers: Age of Ultron') or buy fully into it regardless of how good it actually is ('Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens'). I just want to know whether I want to see something (which I decide based on trailers - and when I've seen enough trailers to know I want to see the movie, I won't watch more trailers). I don't want anything spoiled for me and while I do get excited for some movies, I remind myself before watching them that they could be bad and then I watch them objectively (obviously, no-one's perfect but you get my point). I think getting excited for things can be good. I watch trailers before their movies partly because I think it's good to get excited for things but so many people (as in, virtually everyone) take it way too far.

  • @Sebastian-tm6hk
    @Sebastian-tm6hk 8 років тому

    0:20 Wait what was up with Boogie in the background ?

  • @vanbloot495
    @vanbloot495 8 років тому

    DONT STOP MAKING UA-cam VIDEOS. I AM SO GLAD YOU MADE THIS VIDEO.

  • @gmdextrimeman5476
    @gmdextrimeman5476 8 років тому +1

    6/10 and 5/10 are same?I always though that 6/10 = "pretty good" and 5/10 = "this is pretty bad,not horrible but not good"

  • @RyanArchiveDump
    @RyanArchiveDump 8 років тому

    Is it bad? No. Can it lead to bad things? Absolutely.

  • @Gemnist98
    @Gemnist98 6 років тому +1

    Best video about Rotten Tomatoes ever. Thanks for making this.

  • @johnstovall7503
    @johnstovall7503 6 років тому +1

    Yes , it is a bad website, mainly because of the sheeple who give it such power and its incredible inaccuracy and arbitraness

  • @jshadowhunter
    @jshadowhunter 8 років тому

    After what happend with Warcaft movie, comparing the critics rating to Audiance rating, you know that critics are full of BS especially, when their biggest argument is comparing it to LotR, just because it has human and orcs in it. Also, US critics were more then happy to jump on hate wagon because it's game-based movie.
    Now it's happening to Suicide Squad, when it's being compared to Marvel movies.

  • @loneretz881
    @loneretz881 7 років тому +1

    On rotten tomatoes I ignore the tomato meter I listen to the audience like percentage or audience reviews

  • @junglehero1274
    @junglehero1274 8 років тому

    While a lack of patience is definitely a part of this, it may also have to do with some people having a lack of free time and or money. They want to make absolutely sure they go see a good film because they don't want to waste anything.

  • @Grant_Scarboro
    @Grant_Scarboro 8 років тому

    You should make a video about why some cartoons are made just to sell toys.

  • @agentontario8398
    @agentontario8398 8 років тому

    I guess the gist of this is that Rotten Tomatoes is the Wikipedia of the movie-review world. You can't cite either one in an argument.

  • @benjaminfenty8745
    @benjaminfenty8745 8 років тому

    To me, the percentage on the Tomatometer doesn't mean anything apart from the majority of critics liked it or disliked it. Every time I look at the website, I look at the reviews more often than the numbers. But at the end of the day, a movie isn't good or bad because of numbers; it's how it's remembered (if at all) that makes it worth while.

  • @haydenrfroehlich7081
    @haydenrfroehlich7081 8 років тому +2

    6:55
    Lol. I literally just watched that. 😄

  • @willlyon7129
    @willlyon7129 8 років тому +1

    Can you have a video on you're thoughts on live action Disney movie reboots?

  • @Ethan-en2ij
    @Ethan-en2ij 5 років тому

    I didn’t even know people don’t read each reviews. I read a majority of them earlier before many more reviews come up

  • @qassimadel5721
    @qassimadel5721 8 років тому +2

    I mean they gave disney ponokyo 100% and zootopia 98% I MEAN WTF

    • @MegaSoulHero
      @MegaSoulHero 8 років тому

      Ponokyo?

    • @TsukiCondor
      @TsukiCondor 8 років тому +2

      Well Mr.Adel Pinocchio Is Considered One Of The Most Cherished Films Of Disneys Golden Age

    • @qassimadel5721
      @qassimadel5721 8 років тому

      +Tsuki Condor
      but is it good as zootopia I mean shin was crap in the pass but now boom

  • @MorKmbt
    @MorKmbt 8 років тому

    The thing about rotten tomatoes is everybody takes their opinions as fact and uses it as a "factual source" to KNOW if a movie is fantastic/terrible
    It isn't rotten tomatoes fault but it's because everybody takes their OPINIONS at definite fact

  • @adthomp
    @adthomp 8 років тому

    Here is the problem as soon as something for example like Suicide Squad is at 31% everyone looks at that and says 'I don't want sped $16 to see this movie most people seem to not like it and should I waste 2 hours of my time and if I take a partner and buy food I could spend $50 on this shit that everybody seems to not like. Then you have the other side where you see it at 80% and someone goes and sees it and it is a major let down. usually those people are the only ones that actually get to see the movie instead of just seeing it themselves regardless of what RT is

  • @EthanolAcid
    @EthanolAcid 8 років тому +5

    I like Rotten Tomatoes as a general idea of what other people think of the movie, but I don't use it as my sole judging factor

  • @emifroy3976
    @emifroy3976 8 років тому

    Yeah is so simple how work Rotten Tomatoes but people don't now

  • @BunnyIsSilly
    @BunnyIsSilly 8 років тому

    when I watch some movie I don't care about RT or IMDB ratings because they're look stupid but I care about how i feel when i watch?

  • @DainnGreywall
    @DainnGreywall 8 років тому +1

    I honestly don't know if i like or dislike rotten tomatoes... on some movies i am baffled at how low a percentage they give... while on other movies i am amazed at how high a score they give it... i prefer IMDB... so far they've been the most fair in my opinion... like for example... they ripped the warcraft movie to shreds because of it's poor pacing in the first half of the movie... completly discrediting the entire movie and calling it one of the worst video game movies in history... when we have directors like Uwe Boll making video game movies nearly getting higher scores than him... rediculous.

    • @Gravitynaut
      @Gravitynaut 8 років тому

      People forget that RT isn't one person, it's everyone's collective opinions. As practical as that seems, it really just makes it entirely useless outside of giving the general away of opinions on one number.

    • @lilliedoubleyou3865
      @lilliedoubleyou3865 8 років тому

      I always liked RT, because most of my favorite movies happen to have really high RT scores. All except one...critics just *don't understand* AN AMERICAN TAIL, lol.

    • @DainnGreywall
      @DainnGreywall 8 років тому

      Amelia Doubleyou An american tail is an unquestionable masterpiece... one of Don Bluth's finest.

    • @lilliedoubleyou3865
      @lilliedoubleyou3865 8 років тому

      Greywall Gaming
      YESSUM. THANK YOU. It's "fresh" but only at like 68% or something. Which I find very, very low.

    • @yunve
      @yunve 8 років тому

      IMDB isn't trustwory. You can rate a film using multiple accounts and even before it comes out

  • @adrianosalomon1447
    @adrianosalomon1447 8 років тому +1

    Good video! Shout out to DoubleToasted.com ! Featured in the background @9:08

  • @nathancoakley5714
    @nathancoakley5714 8 років тому

    I know nostalgia critic, Lew toons, and Jeremy jahn. but who are those other two?

  • @seancollins7447
    @seancollins7447 3 роки тому

    In the first half of the 2010s, I greatly looked down on Disney live action movies and horror movies because they kept getting rotten ratings on Rotten Tomatoes.